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* {{Catchphrase}}: "It's mine!"

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: "It's mine!"


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* PunchClockVillain: He's a NiceGuy who only causes trouble because he was released by Robbie and thus must grant his wishes.
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* SupervillainLair: He lives in an elaborate underground compound beneath [=LazyTown=], where he can spy on the inhabitants.

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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: "Records Day" has an unusually malicious moment for Robbie, where in an attempt to get the World's Laziest Person world record he resorts to attempting to murder Sportacus via a soccer ball catapult.

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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: While he's usually a pretty inept villain, a handful of episodes showcase that Robbie and creations can be genuinely threatening when the time calls for it
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"Records Day" has an unusually malicious moment for Robbie, where in an attempt to get the World's Laziest Person world record he resorts to attempting to murder Sportacus via a soccer ball catapult.catapult.
** "Sportacus Who" has Robbie take advantage of Sportacus' pride by setting up an athletic course with a memory-wiping device near the end, which takes away Sportacus' memories of being the town protector and allows Robbie to nearly make Sportacus as lazy as him and nearly leave town.
** "Little Sportacus" has Robbie create a device that de-ages Sportacus, turning him into a little boy with the intention of raising him to be lazy and eat junk food, so he'd never grow up to be a hero. He even had a self-destruct mechanism that would destroy his machine and nearly leaves Sportacus stuck as a kid forever.

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* AgeLift: The original book mentions that Stephanie is 12 years old but she is aged down to 8 in the TV series.



* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the stage shows, "Stephanie Splitz" is portrayed as being clumsy, awkward, and forgetful, which sticks with her even as she grows more confident and athletic. These traits aren't ever apparent in the TV series. Also in the original stage show her style was completely different rather than the pink hair and pink wardrobe that everyone's now familiar with.

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first stage shows, show, "Stephanie Splitz" is portrayed as being clumsy, awkward, and forgetful, which sticks with her even as she grows more confident and athletic. These traits aren't ever apparent in the TV series. Also in the original stage show her style was completely different rather than the pink hair and pink wardrobe that everyone's now familiar with. The second stage show introduces Stephanie's love for pink and her personality is closer to how she is portrayed on the TV series.
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* {{Sleepyhead}}: Robbie has a habit of falling asleep a lot during the middle of the day fitting his lazy status. He particularly likes to take his naps on a bench in the park, but is usually disturbed by the kids playing. In the episode, "School Scam," Robbie impersonates as a teacher and the RunningGag of the episode is him telling the kids to close their books and go to sleep.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: No matter what he's doing, you can bet he'll always place his own interests aside to come to someone else's aid, regardless of whether his crystal beeps or not, or if it disadvantages him in the process. Robbie had taken note of this factor, and used used it to lore Sportacus into a trap numerous times.

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* OnlySaneWoman: She is a voice of reason to the town and to her husband, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mayor Meanswell]].



* WomenAreWiser: Often there to be the voice of reason to [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mayor Meanswell]].
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* MeaningfulName: He's very '''''[[IncrediblyLamePun stingy]]''''' with his stuff. If he sees something lying around, "[[{{Catchphrase}} it's mine]]!"

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* MeaningfulName: He's very '''''[[IncrediblyLamePun '''''[[{{Pun}} stingy]]''''' with his stuff. If he sees something lying around, "[[{{Catchphrase}} it's mine]]!"
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* ManChild: While he's clearly a full-grown adult, he sure doesn't have the demeanor of one, as he has a constant sense of playfulness and optimism, along with constantly showing off with his super-athletic skills. Plus he tends to be OneOfTheKids most of the time, when hanging out with Stephanie and the others.


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* PerpetualSmiler: He's almost never seen without a smile or a grin on his face, because he's really that cheerful and free-spirited.


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* ManChild: Robbie's got a very childish demeanor, considering his unhealthy eating habits, constant scheming against [=LazyTown=] and petty moments with the cast.
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: She's perpetually young and cheerful even though Ziggy celebrates two birthdays over the course of the series, but all this sudden, upon leaving the LazyTown, ended up turning into a drinking monster, acting as Klungo of ''[[Videogame/BanjoTooie Banjo Tooie]]'', cloning herself into four copies of herself dancing to the lights of a watery mess. Power Chord, some other punk, whois dressed like Stephanie of 2018, has also begun hard rock n' roll on ''Fortnite: Battle Royale'' by Evelynn's new outfit.

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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: She's perpetually young and cheerful even though Ziggy celebrates two birthdays over the course of the series, but all this sudden, upon leaving the LazyTown, ended up turning into a drinking monster, acting as Klungo of ''[[Videogame/BanjoTooie Banjo Tooie]]'', cloning herself into four copies of herself dancing to the lights of a watery mess. Power Chord, some other punk, whois dressed like Stephanie of 2018, has also begun hard rock n' roll on ''Fortnite: Battle Royale'' by Evelynn's new outfit.series.
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[[caption-width-right:300:From left to right, look-alikes backup Ty Dolla $ign on "Swalla".]]
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* BlackAndNerdy: He's African-American(or African-[[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield wherever Lazy Town is]]), and his main talent lies in technology.

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* BlackAndNerdy: He's African-American(or African-American (or African-[[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield wherever Lazy Town is]]), and his main talent lies in technology.
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: She's perpetually young and cheerful even though Ziggy celebrates two birthdays over the course of the series, but all this sudden, upon leaving the LazyTown, ended up turning into a drinking monster, acting as Klungo of ''[[Videogame/BanjoTooie Banjo Tooie]]'', cloning herself into four copies of herself dancing to the lights of a watery mess.

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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: She's perpetually young and cheerful even though Ziggy celebrates two birthdays over the course of the series, but all this sudden, upon leaving the LazyTown, ended up turning into a drinking monster, acting as Klungo of ''[[Videogame/BanjoTooie Banjo Tooie]]'', cloning herself into four copies of herself dancing to the lights of a watery mess. Power Chord, some other punk, whois dressed like Stephanie of 2018, has also begun hard rock n' roll on ''Fortnite: Battle Royale'' by Evelynn's new outfit.
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: She's perpetually young and cheerful even though Ziggy celebrates two birthdays over the course of the series, but all this sudden, upon leaving the LazyTown, ended up turning into a drinking monster, acting as Klungo of ''Banjo-Tooie'', cloning herself into four copies of herself dancing to the lights of a watery mess.

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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: She's perpetually young and cheerful even though Ziggy celebrates two birthdays over the course of the series, but all this sudden, upon leaving the LazyTown, ended up turning into a drinking monster, acting as Klungo of ''Banjo-Tooie'', ''[[Videogame/BanjoTooie Banjo Tooie]]'', cloning herself into four copies of herself dancing to the lights of a watery mess.

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[[caption-width-right:300:From left to right, look-alikes backup Ty Dolla $ign on "Swalla".]]



* NotAllowedToGrowUp: She's perpetually young and cheerful even though Ziggy celebrates two birthdays over the course of the series.

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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: She's perpetually young and cheerful even though Ziggy celebrates two birthdays over the course of the series.series, but all this sudden, upon leaving the LazyTown, ended up turning into a drinking monster, acting as Klungo of ''Banjo-Tooie'', cloning herself into four copies of herself dancing to the lights of a watery mess.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He at least has the decency to bring Ziggy cookies to his birthday party, and is almost disgusted by Stingy not bringing anything.

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* OnlySaneMan: Despite being only eight years old, Stephanie is arguably the most level-headed person in town. It helps that she's [[WiseBeyondHerYears wise beyond her years]].

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* OnlySaneMan: OddNameOut: She's the only child character on the show whose name has more than two syllables, and 5-6 letters
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Despite being only eight years old, Stephanie is arguably the most level-headed person in town. It helps that she's [[WiseBeyondHerYears wise beyond her years]].

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* AdvertisedExtra: Sportacus is usually shown in the front and center of any promotional material, but Stephanie is the main focus with many episodes putting Sportacus OutOfFocus only having him show up in the end to save everybody.

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* AdvertisedExtra: Sportacus is usually shown in the front and center of any promotional material, but Stephanie is the main focus with many episodes past the earlier Season 1 episodes putting Sportacus OutOfFocus only having him show up in the end to save everybody.


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* DemotedToExtra: He is not as prominently featured in the final season compared to the first.


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* OutOfFocus: Sportacus was the show's {{Deuteragonist}} in Season 1, being very prominent in the episodes conflicts almost as much as Stephanie and was the main focus of many of Robbie Rotten's schemes to make him leave town forever. Over time, his screen time decreased to the point where by Season 3 he was reserved to being a walking DeusExMachina to come in towards the end of a story to set things right.
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->'''Played By:''' Kobie Powell (US S1-2) / Ronald Binion (US S3-4) / Joanna Ruiz (UK)

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->'''Played By:''' Kobie Powell (US S1-2) / Ronald Binion (US S3-4) / Joanna Ruiz Creator/JoannaRuiz (UK)



->'''Played By:''' Sarah Burgess (US S1-2; UK) / Aymee Garcia (US S3-4) / Joanna Ruiz (UK)

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->'''Played By:''' Sarah Burgess (US S1-2; UK) / Aymee Garcia (US S3-4) / Joanna Ruiz Creator/JoannaRuiz (UK)



->'''Played By:''' Jodi Eichelberger (US) / Sarah Burgess (UK S1-2) / Unknown (UK S3-4)

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->'''Played By:''' Jodi Eichelberger (US) / Sarah Burgess (UK S1-2) / Unknown Julie (UK S3-4)

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She only appears in the very first play and nowhere else.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She only appears in the very first play and nowhere else. Unlike Jives, Officer Obtuse, and the Postman, she didn't even make it to ''Glanni Glæpur í Latabæ'', with her absence being completely unaddressed and unexplained.


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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Does not appear in the TV show. The local mailbox is used to send messages to Sportacus by other characters instead.
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* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: DependingOnTheWriter. In some episodes, Robbie seems to genuinely believe that his bad views on health and exercise are the right path to live, which makes him a sort of AntiVillain. In others, however, he clearly knows he is advocating detrimental ways and explicitly does it to mess with the other characters.

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* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: DependingOnTheWriter. In some episodes, Robbie seems to genuinely believe that his bad views on health and exercise are the right path to live, which makes him a sort of AntiVillain. In others, however, he clearly knows he is advocating detrimental ways and explicitly does it to mess with the other characters.characters out of spite and wanting everyone else to be brought down to his level.

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* CharacterExaggeration: Although Stephanie has always been a happy-go-lucky CheerfulChild, the earlier seasons tried to remedy this by showing that she could be just as flawed as everyone else. After the show was revived for its third season, Stephanie's perkiness was taken to the point where there's seldom a moment where she's not incredibly bubbly, and most of her flaws disappeared.

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the stage shows, "Stephanie Splitz" is portrayed as being clumsy, awkward, and forgetful, which sticks with her even as she grows more confident and athletic. These traits aren't ever apparent in the TV series. Also in the original stage show her style was completely different rather than the pink hair and pink wardrobe that everyone's now familiar with.
* CharacterExaggeration: Although Stephanie has always been a happy-go-lucky CheerfulChild, the earlier seasons tried to remedy this by giving her NaiveEverygirl and DeadpanSnarker moments and showing that she could be just as flawed as everyone else. After the show was revived for its third season, Stephanie's perkiness was taken to the point where there's seldom a moment where she's not incredibly bubbly, and most of her flaws disappeared.



* DeadpanSnarker: While Stephanie is undoubtedly sweet, she had more of a sarcastic streak in the earlier episodes. This trait has all but vanished from her character in later episodes.

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* DeadpanSnarker: While Stephanie is undoubtedly sweet, she had more of a sarcastic streak in the earlier episodes. This trait has all but vanished from her character in later episodes.episodes, particularly by Season 3.
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* DarkSkinnedRedhead
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* GrumpyBear: He's not too thrilled with life in the more active [=LazyTown=].
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->'''Played By:''' Kobie Powell (US S1-2) / Ronald Binion (US S3-4) / Julie Westwood (UK)

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->'''Played By:''' Kobie Powell (US S1-2) / Ronald Binion (US S3-4) / Julie Westwood Joanna Ruiz (UK)



->'''Played By:''' Sarah Burgess (US S1-2; UK) / Aymee Garcia (US S3-4)

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->'''Played By:''' Sarah Burgess (US S1-2; UK) / Aymee Garcia (US S3-4)
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* {{Nerd}}: A young computer-obsessed kid who loves video games and science.

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