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Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
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Marvin The Tap-Dancing Horse is a Canadian animated Preschool Show produced by Nelvana for Teletoon and PBS Kids. It is based on a children's book by the mother-son team Betty and Michael Paraskevas, the same duo behind Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, another preschool Nelvana cartoon produced in association with Teletoon. Like with Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, the Paraskevas were both involved in the production of this show and served as executive producers.The show tells the story of Marvin The Tap-Dancing Horse, an equine performer who works at a circus and carnival run by Fast-Talking Jack. A seasoned artist who has danced on stages across the world and for countless people, Marvin is joined in his line of work by a number of fellow circus animals, namely an irritable tiger named Stripes, a gentle elephant named Diamonds, and an emotional pig named Elizabeth, as well as resident carnival fortune teller Edna. However, Marvin's best friend is 9-year-old Eddy Largo, who was hired by Fast-Talking Jack to help around the circus when he came around looking for a summer job (so he wouldn't have to attend "Office Camp" like his dad wanted him to). Alongside their fellow carnival employees and performs, Marvin and Eddy always find adventure to be had around the circus.It originally aired on Teletoon in Canada and on PBS Kids as part of their Bookworm Bunch, running for 2 seasons and 26 episodes. Reruns of the show later popped up on Qubo in the United States. | |
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Tempting Fate: Jack decides to do Eddy's chores when he gets sick, because they can't possibly be that hard... | |
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Sibling Rivalry: Marvin and his brother Clyde. It's a one-sided example, as Clyde is only too happy to see Marvin. However, Marvin is jealous of how fast Clyde is, and obsesses over beating him in a race. | |
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Sand In My Eyes: Stripes uses this excuse in the episode "Eddy's Fortune" when, after getting attached to a lost puppy, tears up when the latter is reunited with his owner. | |
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Vocal Evolution: Eddy's voice was starting to deepen by the end of the series. | |
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Characterization Marches On: Elizabeth eventually becomes less emotional and more confident in later episodes, particularly in "Elizabeth's Big Splash". | |
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Mr. Vice Guy: Marvin is very prideful and can sometimes get envious, but he's still one of the nicest guys you could meet. | |
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Barefoot Cartoon Animal: Elizabeth is an anthropomorphic pig who doesn't wear shoes. | |
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Only Known by Their Nickname: Eddy Largo's real name is Edward Larue III. | |
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Trademark Favorite Food: Diamonds: Anything related to and infested with peanuts. Stripes: 32 chickens for dinner and a giant bowl of Crunchy Creatures cereal soaked for ten minutes to have the right degree of sogginess for breakfast. Elizabeth: She compulsively eats corn on the cob. | |
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Deadpan Snarker: Stripes. | |
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Irony: Around the end of "Marvin Keeps Track", Stripes and Diamonds are shown to have terrible table manners eating mouthfuls of pancakes. Meanwhile, Elizabeth, who is an animal known for being a messy eater, neatly cuts her pancakes and takes small bites. | |
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Hoist by His Own Petard | |
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Hoist by His Own Petard: In "Jokers Go Wild", Stripes tries to mess with the Ferris wheel so that Elizabeth will get stuck at the top. He ends up getting himself stuck up there. | |
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Amazing Technicolor Wildlife | |
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Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Diamonds is a pink elephant. | |
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Expy: Very likely a mere coincidence, but most of the group has similarly matching personalities to the characters of The Brave Little Toaster, including Marvin being the optimist (Toaster), Elizabeth being the emotional Cowardly Sidekick (Blanky), fiesty and impulsive Diamonds the Elephant (Lampy), and even "Fast-Talking" Jack (Radio). The most obvious example is Stripes the Tiger whose grumpy personality is very similar to that of Kirby the vacuum cleaner. His voice even bears a somewhat striking resemblance to Kirby's voice actor, Thurl Ravenscroft. Plus, Stripes gets easily annoyed by Elizabeth's emotional outbursts, just like how Kirby gets with Blanky. Also, Elizabeth is basically a combination of Piglet from the Winnie the Pooh franchise and Hamilton from Maggie and the Ferocious Beast (Her appearance is based on a female version of the latter except with Black Bead Eyes.) | |
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invokedOld Shame: Marvin isn't too proud of his first acting job in 43rd Street. | |
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Naïve Newcomer | |
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Naïve Newcomer: Eddy in the first episode. He quickly befriends everyone and becomes an expert working backstage of the carnival. | |
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Friend Versus Lover | |
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Friend Versus Lover: When Lula Belle, an old flame of Marvin's, shows up, Eddy ends up becoming the third wheel. She's refreshingly understanding, and even apologizes to Eddy for Marvin's behavior. | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
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Beware the Nice Ones: Elizabeth, of all characters, becomes a Drill Sergeant Nasty when Jack leaves her in charge. | |
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