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The Wombles
- 133 statements
- 25 feature instances
- 16 referencing feature instances
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| The Wombles | comment |
This British children's show, based on a series of books by Elisabeth Beresford, followed a group of furry rodent-like critters from Wimbledon Common, who spend their days cleaning up litter that they find. The group included Great Uncle Bulgaria, Tobermory, Orinoco, Bungo, Tomsk, Wellington, and Madame Cholet, each one had their own quirks and dressed a certain way.The original series ran from 1973-75 over two seasons and spun off a live-action film, Wombling Free, in 1977. A new series was made in the 1990s, bringing in Alderney, a book character who wasn't in the 1970s series, and introducing more "diverse" characters such as Shansi and Stepney.Not to be confused with Soviet Womble, a gamer and self-proclaimed "Youtube Phenomenon," though this is where he gets his name and avatar. | |
| The Wombles | fetched |
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| The Wombles | parsed |
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| The Wombles / int_113480b7 | type |
Canon Foreigner | |
| The Wombles / int_113480b7 | comment |
Canon Foreigner: The '90s TV series introduced Stepney (East End Womble) and Obidos (Brazilian Womble), who weren't in the books. Alderney was in the books, but wasn't in the '70s series. | |
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| The Wombles / int_17501df2 | type |
Cool Old Guy | |
| The Wombles / int_17501df2 | comment |
Cool Old Guy: Great Uncle Bulgaria. | |
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| The Wombles / int_1bf94a24 | type |
The Movie | |
| The Wombles / int_1bf94a24 | comment |
The Movie: Wombling Free. | |
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| The Wombles / int_209d0b5f | type |
Wainscot Society | |
| The Wombles / int_209d0b5f | comment |
Wainscot Society: Well, obviously. | |
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| The Wombles / int_2484396e | type |
Know-Nothing Know-It-All | |
| The Wombles / int_2484396e | comment |
Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Bungo — despite being the youngest he thinks he knows everything. | |
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| The Wombles / int_25b19f64 | type |
Cute Bookworm | |
| The Wombles / int_25b19f64 | comment |
Cute Bookworm: Wellington, who spends much of his time in the Library forgetting to come to meals. | |
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| The Wombles / int_4781adbb | type |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
| The Wombles / int_4781adbb | comment |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Tobermory can be very condescending towards the younger Wombles, but when they accomplish something, he'll always give credit where it's due. | |
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| The Wombles / int_55af5099 | type |
Rube Goldberg Device | |
| The Wombles / int_55af5099 | comment |
Rube Goldberg Device: Tobermory and Wellington frequently make these, using rubbish, of course. | |
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| The Wombles / int_56b53152 | type |
Green Aesop | |
| The Wombles / int_56b53152 | comment |
Green Aesop: Interestingly this was before recycling became popular. The Wombles books were written at the time when the UK was undergoing a period of modernising from the post war period into the modern consumer society it is now, and there was a lot of discarded furniture and litter lying around. People thought nothing of dumping obsolete brass and cast iron bedspreads onto public lands for the local authority council to deal with, as example. The series was essentially a plea for people to stop doing that and find something useful to do instead. | |
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| The Wombles / int_5d753b19 | type |
The Smurfette Principle | |
| The Wombles / int_5d753b19 | comment |
The Smurfette Principle: Only Madame Cholet appeared in the original series. Averted in the books and second series which feature the female womble Alderney. And Affirmative Action Girl in the 1990s version, which also included Alderney and added a new female character, Shansi. | |
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| The Wombles / int_5fcedca | type |
Big Eater | |
| The Wombles / int_5fcedca | comment |
Big Eater: Orinoco. Overlaps with The Slacker. | |
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| The Wombles / int_659468c1 | type |
Christmas Songs | |
| The Wombles / int_659468c1 | comment |
Christmas Songs: "Wombling Merry Christmas". | |
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| The Wombles / int_675ff0f1 | type |
Apologises a Lot | |
| The Wombles / int_675ff0f1 | comment |
Apologises a Lot: Wellington, who says 'sorry' a lot mostly because he is often thinking and doesn't hear what people say the first time. | |
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| The Wombles / int_6bccf2ba | type |
Supreme Chef | |
| The Wombles / int_6bccf2ba | comment |
Supreme Chef: Madame Cholet, who is described in The Movie as "the most famous Womble cook in the whole world." | |
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| The Wombles / int_6d7bc0f | type |
Fake Band | |
| The Wombles / int_6d7bc0f | comment |
Fake Band: Mike Batt, the writer of the theme tune had a fair amount of success with the "The Wombles" as a band in The '70s. The band played the Glastonbury Festival in 2011. | |
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| The Wombles / int_7095c87e | type |
TheMasquerade | |
| The Wombles / int_7095c87e | comment |
The Masquerade: One entire episode deals with efforts to prevent a human discovering Wellington. The solution involves a daring rescue undertaken by Bungo disguised as a cardboard box. Wombles try their best to not get spotted by humans. The Movie changes that to 'they don't appear unless you believe in them.' | |
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| The Wombles / int_76ecc890 | type |
Brave Scot | |
| The Wombles / int_76ecc890 | comment |
Brave Scot: MacWomble the Terrible, leader of one of the Womble Clans of Scotland. | |
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| The Wombles / int_7e733dcd | type |
Mobile Shrubbery | |
| The Wombles / int_7e733dcd | comment |
One entire episode deals with efforts to prevent a human discovering Wellington. The solution involves a daring rescue undertaken by Bungo disguised as a cardboard box. | |
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| The Wombles / int_8c6fff90 | type |
I Am Big Boned | |
| The Wombles / int_8c6fff90 | comment |
I Am Big Boned: "I'm not the fattest, I'm just cuddly!" We believe you, Orinoco, but millions wouldn't. | |
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| The Wombles / int_9315c635 | type |
Lovable Jock | |
| The Wombles / int_9315c635 | comment |
Lovable Jock: Tomsk, who's very keen on keeping fit. He tries to talk Orinoco into doing exercise, without much success. | |
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| The Wombles / int_9a7d4472 | type |
Stock Ness Monster | |
| The Wombles / int_9a7d4472 | comment |
Stock Ness Monster: Ness the Water Womble. Yes, the Loch Ness Monster is actually a Womble. Mystery solved. | |
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| The Wombles / int_e43c66bd | type |
Art Evolution | |
| The Wombles / int_e43c66bd | comment |
Art Evolution: The illustrations to the first book shows the Wombles as resembling teddy bears; in the later books they look like the puppets. | |
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| The Wombles / int_fbba5e98 | type |
Gadgeteer Genius | |
| The Wombles / int_fbba5e98 | comment |
Gadgeteer Genius: Tobermory. | |
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| The Wombles / int_fd94c4ac | type |
Theme Naming | |
| The Wombles / int_fd94c4ac | comment |
Theme Naming: The Wombles are named after places found on an old map. | |
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The Slacker / int_d6c831c8 | |
| The Wombles | seeAlso |
The Wombles |
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