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* ADayInTheLimelight: Fido usually only makes a brief appearance in each episode, but in "Picnic", he's the focus character.
* BuffySpeak: The brothers end up calling the mini-golf ball "the round orange non-planet-y thing that is neither an orange nor a basketball".
* NotSoAboveItAll: While Puppet is usually the StraightMan, he can also behave as zanily as the brothers. This is most notable in "Picnic", where instead of being the knowledgeable one, he's just as clueless about picnics as the brothers (and [[ADayInTheLimelight Fido]] ends up being the straight man instead).
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* OneShotCharacter: A couple of random animals appear in the various wrong turn rooms, only never to be seen again. This also goes for some of the kid guest stars (several of them reappear in "Birthday Party," but not all).
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* OneShotCharacter: A couple of random animals appear in the various wrong turn rooms, only never to be seen again. This also goes for some of the kid guest stars (several of them reappear in "Birthday Party," Party", but not all).
* SpoilerTitle: The episodes are named after where the brothers end up, or what they end up doing, but in several cases (e.g., "Farm", "Mini-Golf", "Camping"), they don't know that that's where they're aiming for. {{Downplayed|Trope}}, however, because a) usually it's fairly obvious where they'll end up anyway, at least to older viewers ("Camping" being the main exception), and b) the titles aren't present in the episodes themselves (although they are present on the DVD and [=YouTube=] releases).
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* YouShallNotPass: The Voice often won't open a door until David and Shane perform some kind of ridiculous, specific knock.
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* YouShallNotPass: The Voice often won't open a door until David and Shane perform some kind of ridiculous, specific knock.knock (or, occasionally, ring the invisible doorbell).
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* HilariousOuttakes: A blooper/outtake reel for the show was filmed and edited, but only parts of it were released on the Umbilical Brothers' [[Website/TikTok]] page.
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* HilariousOuttakes: A blooper/outtake blooper and outtake reel for the show was filmed and edited, but only parts of it were released on the Umbilical Brothers' [[Website/TikTok]] {{Website/TikTok}} page.
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** David and Shane always have an improbable amount of (usually invisible/imaginary) objects that come in handy for them.
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** David and Shane always have an improbable amount of (usually invisible/imaginary) objects that come in handy for them. After all, pantomime is one of their specialties.
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* [[PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales Pantsless and Fully-Clothed: Puppet usually wears no clothes, while his cousin Mary Annette is fully clothed.
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* [[PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales Pantsless and Fully-Clothed: Fully-Clothed]]: Puppet usually wears no clothes, while his cousin Mary Annette is fully clothed.
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** In "Art Museum", one of the buttons David uses in the opening is the "[[Music/TheWiggles Wiggle]] Button", complete with the band's trademark finger wiggling.
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* PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales: Puppet usually wears no clothes, while his cousin Mary Annette is fully clothed.
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** In "Marching Band," the bird in the Sky Room is a direct reference to John Lennon. The bird references Lennon's song "Imagine" when he says, "There's no ground, only sky."
** In "Mini Golf," David yells, "This is your home! It's your home! You too good for your home?" at the mini golf ball. This is a reference to the Adam Sandler film ''Happy Gilmore'', where the main character yells, "Why don't you just go home? That's your home! Are you too good for your home?"
** In "Mini Golf," David yells, "This is your home! It's your home! You too good for your home?" at the mini golf ball. This is a reference to the Adam Sandler film ''Happy Gilmore'', where the main character yells, "Why don't you just go home? That's your home! Are you too good for your home?"
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** In "Marching Band," Band", the bird in the Sky Room is a direct reference to John Lennon. The bird references Lennon's song "Imagine" when he says, "There's no ground, only sky."
** In "MiniGolf," Golf", David yells, "This is your home! It's your home! You too good for your home?" at the mini golf ball. This is a reference to the Adam Sandler film ''Happy Gilmore'', where the main character yells, "Why don't you just go home? That's your home! Are you too good for your home?"
** In "Mini
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: The Schmuzzies and Mrs. Foil go through just as much slapstick as the boys.
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[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Could you press the "describe the Upside Down Show here" button on your remote?]]
'The Upside Down Show' is a live-action children's series that features a mix of surreal humor, mime, puppetry, slapstick, and renditions of every sound effect possible. It was produced by Blink Films and Creator/SesameWorkshop for the Creator/{{Noggin}} channel. It was aimed at kids, but the show is just as enjoyable for adults (if not ''more'' so) because of its comedic stylings.
The show is set in an odd apartment building where every door leads to a wide variety of bizarre rooms. It features [[Creator/TheUmbilicalBrothers David Collins and Shane Dundas]] as two brothers who live in the building with their sidekick Puppet, their neighbor Mrs. Foil, and a group of fuzzy creatures called the Schmuzzies. In each episode, the brothers journey to a new place and take many wrong turns. To help them reach their destination, David gives the viewers an imaginary remote control that affects the characters and their surroundings.
Noggin cancelled the series in 2007 after just one season of 13 episodes. In 2010, the creators finished a script for [[https://www.facebook.com/UmbilicalBrothers/posts/301846205745 "The Upside Down Movie,"]] a planned special episode that would act as a proper finale. The creators needed support from outside investors to start filming, which never happened. As recently [[https://www.facebook.com/UmbilicalBrothers/photos/a.143618908589/10154484724373590/ as 2017,]] David Collins has said that he's still looking to get the movie made.
'The Upside Down Show' is a live-action children's series that features a mix of surreal humor, mime, puppetry, slapstick, and renditions of every sound effect possible. It was produced by Blink Films and Creator/SesameWorkshop for the Creator/{{Noggin}} channel. It was aimed at kids, but the show is just as enjoyable for adults (if not ''more'' so) because of its comedic stylings.
The show is set in an odd apartment building where every door leads to a wide variety of bizarre rooms. It features [[Creator/TheUmbilicalBrothers David Collins and Shane Dundas]] as two brothers who live in the building with their sidekick Puppet, their neighbor Mrs. Foil, and a group of fuzzy creatures called the Schmuzzies. In each episode, the brothers journey to a new place and take many wrong turns. To help them reach their destination, David gives the viewers an imaginary remote control that affects the characters and their surroundings.
Noggin cancelled the series in 2007 after just one season of 13 episodes. In 2010, the creators finished a script for [[https://www.facebook.com/UmbilicalBrothers/posts/301846205745 "The Upside Down Movie,"]] a planned special episode that would act as a proper finale. The creators needed support from outside investors to start filming, which never happened. As recently [[https://www.facebook.com/UmbilicalBrothers/photos/a.143618908589/10154484724373590/ as 2017,]] David Collins has said that he's still looking to get the movie made.
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->[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Could you press the "describe]] ''[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere The Upside Down Show]]'' [[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Could you press the "describe the Upside Down Show here" button on your remote?]]
'The ''The Upside Down Show' Show'' is a live-action children's TV series that features a mix of surreal humor, mime, SurrealHumor, miming, puppetry, slapstick, and renditions of every sound effect possible. It was produced by Blink Films and Creator/SesameWorkshop for the Creator/{{Noggin}} channel. It was aimed at kids, but the show is just as enjoyable for adults (if not ''more'' so) because of its comedic stylings.
channel, where it aired from October 13 to November 13, 2006.
The show is set in an odd apartment building where every door leads to a wide variety of bizarre rooms. It features [[Creator/TheUmbilicalBrothers David Collins and Shane Dundas]] as two brothers named [[TheDanza David and Shane]] who live in the building with their sidekick Puppet, their neighbor Mrs. Foil, and a group of fuzzy creatures called the Schmuzzies. In each episode, the brothers journey to a new place and take many wrong turns. To help them reach their destination, David gives the viewers an imaginary remote control that affects the characters and their surroundings.
The show was aimed at kids, but the show is just as enjoyable for adults (if not ''more'' so) because of its comedic stylings -- and this wasn't an accident. The show's concept was based on a live comedy act that Collins and Dundas performed for adult audiences in the [=1990s=] called ''[=SpeedMouse=]'', revolving around the imaginary remote that would go on to become a trademark of the show. The show got off the ground after the two were approached by producers from Sesame Workshop who felt that the remote would lend itself to a family show. The goal that the two had in developing the show was to make an "adult show for kids" -- something that would entertain younger audiences but also be "filled with gags that will fly over the heads of little ones and straight into the face of the parent stalking behind them." As this sometimes took the form of GettingCrapPastTheRadar, the two sometimes had to fight the censors to keep certain jokes in.
Noggin cancelled the series in June 2007 after just one season of 13 episodes. In 2010, the creators finished a script for[[https://www.''[[https://www.facebook.com/UmbilicalBrothers/posts/301846205745 "The The Upside Down Movie,"]] Movie]]'', a planned special episode that would act as a proper finale. The creators needed support from outside investors to start filming, which never happened. As recently [[https://www.facebook.com/UmbilicalBrothers/photos/a.143618908589/10154484724373590/ as 2017,]] David 2017]], Collins has said that he's still looking to get the movie made.
The show is set in an odd apartment building where every door leads to a wide variety of bizarre rooms. It features [[Creator/TheUmbilicalBrothers David Collins and Shane Dundas]] as two brothers named [[TheDanza David and Shane]] who live in the building with their sidekick Puppet, their neighbor Mrs. Foil, and a group of fuzzy creatures called the Schmuzzies. In each episode, the brothers journey to a new place and take many wrong turns. To help them reach their destination, David gives the viewers an imaginary remote control that affects the characters and their surroundings.
The show was aimed at kids, but the show is just as enjoyable for adults (if not ''more'' so) because of its comedic stylings -- and this wasn't an accident. The show's concept was based on a live comedy act that Collins and Dundas performed for adult audiences in the [=1990s=] called ''[=SpeedMouse=]'', revolving around the imaginary remote that would go on to become a trademark of the show. The show got off the ground after the two were approached by producers from Sesame Workshop who felt that the remote would lend itself to a family show. The goal that the two had in developing the show was to make an "adult show for kids" -- something that would entertain younger audiences but also be "filled with gags that will fly over the heads of little ones and straight into the face of the parent stalking behind them." As this sometimes took the form of GettingCrapPastTheRadar, the two sometimes had to fight the censors to keep certain jokes in.
Noggin cancelled the series in June 2007 after just one season of 13 episodes. In 2010, the creators finished a script for
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'The Upside Down Show' is a live-action children's TV series that features a mix of surreal humor, mime, puppetry, slapstick, and renditions of every sound effect possible. It was developed by Creator/SesameWorkshop and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} for their joint venture, Creator/{{Noggin}}. It was aimed at kids, but the show is just as enjoyable for adults (if not ''more'' so) because of its comedic stylings.
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'The Upside Down Show' is a live-action children's TV series that features a mix of surreal humor, mime, puppetry, slapstick, and renditions of every sound effect possible. It was developed produced by Blink Films and Creator/SesameWorkshop and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} for their joint venture, Creator/{{Noggin}}.the Creator/{{Noggin}} channel. It was aimed at kids, but the show is just as enjoyable for adults (if not ''more'' so) because of its comedic stylings.
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Nickelodeon cancelled the series in 2007 after just one season of 13 episodes. In 2010, the creators finished a script for [[https://www.facebook.com/UmbilicalBrothers/posts/301846205745 "The Upside Down Movie,"]] a planned special episode that would act as a proper finale. The creators needed support from outside investors to start filming, which never happened. As recently [[https://www.facebook.com/UmbilicalBrothers/photos/a.143618908589/10154484724373590/ as 2017,]] David Collins has said that he's still looking to get the movie made.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Most of the Schmuzzies' phrases are this, since they add "sch-" to the start of most words.
* ADogNamedDog: Puppet is named for his "species." According to his [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060819073023/http://nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=129&subSectionID=409&itemID=1023 Nickelodeon character bio:]] "Puppet is the boys' pet puppet, who happens to know and love the fact that he is a puppet."
%%* AirGuitar: Shane does this throughout "Marching Band."
* ADogNamedDog: Puppet is named for his "species." According to his [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060819073023/http://nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=129&subSectionID=409&itemID=1023 Nickelodeon character bio:]] "Puppet is the boys' pet puppet, who happens to know and love the fact that he is a puppet."
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Most of the Schmuzzies' phrases are this, since they add "sch-" to the start of most words.
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* ADogNamedDog: Puppet is named for his "species." According to his [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060819073023/http://nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=129&subSectionID=409&itemID=1023Nickelodeon official character bio:]] "Puppet is the boys' pet puppet, who happens to know and love the fact that he is a puppet."
%%* * AirGuitar: Shane does this throughout "Marching Band."" At the end of the episode, he gives his pretend guitar to the viewers.
* ADogNamedDog: Puppet is named for his "species." According to his [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060819073023/http://nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=129&subSectionID=409&itemID=1023
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* AllThereInTheManual: Nickelodeon's promo statements reveal a few key details about the characters that are never directly stated in the episodes. Namely that David and Shane "have never been anywhere" (which is why they're so clueless about the outside world) and that the Schmuzzies are an "infestation" (which is why they live all throughout the apartment but aren't really pets).
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* AllThereInTheManual: Nickelodeon's The show's promo statements reveal a few key details about the characters that are never directly stated in the episodes. Namely that David and Shane "have never been anywhere" (which is why they're so clueless about the outside world) and that the Schmuzzies are an "infestation" (which is why they live all throughout the apartment but aren't really pets).
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* CartoonCreature: The Schmuzzies are their own unique species. According to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060823185728/http://nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=129&subSectionID=409&itemID=1024 their Nickelodeon character bio,]] they're an "infestation" so they could be the show's equivalent to rodent/insect pests.
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* CartoonCreature: The Schmuzzies are their own unique species. According to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060823185728/http://nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=129&subSectionID=409&itemID=1024 their Nickelodeon official character bio,]] they're an "infestation" so they could be the show's equivalent to rodent/insect pests.
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** Nickelodeon's original description of the show indicates that David was supposed to be the impulsive, hyperactive brother, and Shane was supposed to be the more straight-laced one. This is flip-flopped in the show itself.
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* PilotEpisode: In 2004, before Nickelodeon ordered the show's (first and only) season, it commissioned an unaired pilot episode. It followed David and Shane looking for the beach, and the storyline was later rewritten into the episode "Beach." In the pilot, the brothers' costumes were swirly T-shirts, and Puppet had a different design. The apartment set also ''literally'' went upside down in the pilot, because the art department constructed it with the ability to flip over. In the main show, the cameras are simply turned around instead.
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* PilotEpisode: In 2004, before Nickelodeon Noggin ordered the show's (first and only) season, it commissioned Sesame Workshop produced an unaired pilot episode. It followed David and Shane looking for the beach, and the storyline was later rewritten into the episode "Beach." In the pilot, the brothers' costumes were swirly T-shirts, and Puppet (named "Stretch" at the time) had a totally different design. The apartment set also ''literally'' went upside down in the pilot, because the art department constructed it with the ability to flip over. In the main show, the cameras are simply turned around instead.
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* VisualPun: At the beginning of "Airport", Shane says "Where in the world could David be?" while the camera is pointing directly at a globe.
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* TalkingToHimself: Whenever Shane "talks" with Fido.
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* PokemonSpeak: While Puppet never refers to himself in the third-person, he likes to add "puppet" to whatever role he is playing (like specifically calling himself a "puppet director").
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* DescendedCreator: David Collins and Shane Dundas are also two of the show's three co-creators.
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* AbsenteeActor:
** The Voice, an all-seeing narrator who speaks to David and Shane whenever they enter a room, is absent for just one episode: "Airport." This is probably because no apartment doors are actually used in the episode.
** Shane mentions his imaginary pet fly, Fido, in all but two episodes: "Movie Theater" and "Airport."
** The Voice, an all-seeing narrator who speaks to David and Shane whenever they enter a room, is absent for just one episode: "Airport." This is probably because no apartment doors are actually used in the episode.
** Shane mentions his imaginary pet fly, Fido, in all but two episodes: "Movie Theater" and "Airport."
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[[DescribeTopicHere Could you press the "describe the Upside Down Show here" button on your remote?]]
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* AirGuitar: Shane does this throughout "Marching Band."
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'The Upside Down Show' is a live-action children's TV series that features a mix of surreal humor, mime, puppetry, slapstick, and renditions of every sound effect possible. It was developed by Creator/SesameWorkshop and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} for their joint venture, Creator/{{Noggin}}. It was aimed at kids, but the show is just as enjoyable for adults (if not ''more'' so) because of its comedic stylings.
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[[DescribeTopicHere Could you press the "Describe the Upside Down Show" button on your remote?]]
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A live-action Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} series that features a mix of surreal humor, mime, puppetry, slapstick, and renditions of every sound effect possible. It was developed by Nickelodeon and Sesame Workshop for their joint venture Creator/{{Noggin}}. It was aimed at kids, but the show is just as enjoyable for adults (if not ''more'' so) because of its comedic stylings.
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A live-action Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} series that features a mix of surreal humor, mime, puppetry, slapstick, and renditions of every sound effect possible. It was developed by Nickelodeon Creator/SesameWorkshop and Sesame Workshop Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} for their joint venture venture, Creator/{{Noggin}}. It was aimed at kids, but the show is just as enjoyable for adults (if not ''more'' so) because of its comedic stylings.
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* NotWhereTheyThought: In every episode, David and Shane try to find some kind of destination, but they go to several wrong rooms first and initially mistake those for their destination until someone corrects them.
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* Offscreen Teleportation: In the episode "Airport," David and Shane discover they can do this by ducking out of frame and making sound effects with their mouths.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Let's just say that the creators were aware that a ''lot'' sails over younger audiences' heads. One example is in "Ice Cream Truck" where Shane thinks the Schmuzzies are calling him a curse word.
--> '''Schmuzzies:''' Schice cream schtruck!
--> '''Shane:''' [offended] What did you call me?
--> '''David:''' No, no, "truck," Shane! Must be the ice cream ''truck''!
--> '''Shane:''' Oh. Which way?
--> '''Schmuzzies:''' Schmat schmay... Schtruck.
--> '''David:''' That way!
--> '''Shane:''' [suspicious] Yeah, what about the second part?
--> '''David:''' [lying] Uh... truck.
--> '''Schmuzzies:''' Schice cream schtruck!
--> '''Shane:''' [offended] What did you call me?
--> '''David:''' No, no, "truck," Shane! Must be the ice cream ''truck''!
--> '''Shane:''' Oh. Which way?
--> '''Schmuzzies:''' Schmat schmay... Schtruck.
--> '''David:''' That way!
--> '''Shane:''' [suspicious] Yeah, what about the second part?
--> '''David:''' [lying] Uh... truck.
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Let's just say that GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the creators were aware that a ''lot'' sails over younger audiences' heads. One future, please check the trope page to make sure your example is in "Ice Cream Truck" where Shane thinks fits the Schmuzzies are calling him a curse word.
--> '''Schmuzzies:''' Schice cream schtruck!
--> '''Shane:''' [offended] What did you call me?
--> '''David:''' No, no, "truck," Shane! Must be the ice cream ''truck''!
--> '''Shane:''' Oh. Which way?
--> '''Schmuzzies:''' Schmat schmay... Schtruck.
--> '''David:''' That way!
--> '''Shane:''' [suspicious] Yeah, what about the second part?
--> '''David:''' [lying] Uh... truck.current definition.
--> '''Schmuzzies:''' Schice cream schtruck!
--> '''Shane:''' [offended] What did you call me?
--> '''David:''' No, no, "truck," Shane! Must be the ice cream ''truck''!
--> '''Shane:''' Oh. Which way?
--> '''Schmuzzies:''' Schmat schmay... Schtruck.
--> '''David:''' That way!
--> '''Shane:''' [suspicious] Yeah, what about the second part?
--> '''David:''' [lying] Uh... truck.
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* Workaholic: Mrs. Foil works a ton of different jobs and gives them all her best effort.
* Workaholic: Mrs. Foil works a ton of different jobs and gives them all her best effort.
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* Workaholic:{{Workaholic}}: Mrs. Foil works a ton of different jobs and gives them all her best effort.
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A live-action Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} series that features a mix of surreal humor, mime, puppetry, slapstick, and renditions of every sound effect possible. It was developed by Nickelodeon for their sister network Creator/{{Noggin}}. It was aimed at kids, but the show is just as enjoyable for adults (if not ''more'' so) because of its comedic stylings.
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A live-action Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} series that features a mix of surreal humor, mime, puppetry, slapstick, and renditions of every sound effect possible. It was developed by Nickelodeon and Sesame Workshop for their sister network joint venture Creator/{{Noggin}}. It was aimed at kids, but the show is just as enjoyable for adults (if not ''more'' so) because of its comedic stylings.
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* ActingForTwo: Along with their main roles, David Collins and Shane Dundas play a variety of imaginary characters. David Collins voices Pointy and Bob the Blanket, and Shane Dundas voices Knuckles and Fido the Fly.
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A live-action Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} series that features a mix of surreal humor, mime, puppetry, slapstick, and renditions of every sound effect possible. It was developed by Nickelodeon for their sister network Creator/{{Noggin}}. It was aimed at kids, but the show is just as enjoyable for adults (if not ''more'' so) because of its comedic stylings.
The show is set in an odd apartment building where every door leads to a wide variety of bizarre rooms. It features [[Creator/TheUmbilicalBrothers David Collins and Shane Dundas]] as two brothers who live in the building with their sidekick Puppet, their neighbor Mrs. Foil, and a group of fuzzy creatures called the Schmuzzies. In each episode, the brothers journey to a new place and take many wrong turns. To help them reach their destination, David gives the viewers an imaginary remote control that affects the characters and their surroundings.
Nickelodeon cancelled the series in 2007 after just one season of 13 episodes. In 2010, the creators finished a script for [[https://www.facebook.com/UmbilicalBrothers/posts/301846205745 "The Upside Down Movie,"]] a planned special episode that would act as a proper finale. The creators needed support from outside investors to start filming, which never happened. As recently [[https://www.facebook.com/UmbilicalBrothers/photos/a.143618908589/10154484724373590/ as 2017,]] David Collins has said that he's still looking to get the movie made.
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* AbsenteeActor:
** The Voice, an all-seeing narrator who speaks to David and Shane whenever they enter a room, is absent for just one episode: "Airport." This is probably because no apartment doors are actually used in the episode.
** Shane mentions his imaginary pet fly, Fido, in all but two episodes: "Movie Theater" and "Airport."
* ActingForTwo: Along with their main roles, David Collins and Shane Dundas play a variety of imaginary characters. David Collins voices Pointy and Bob the Blanket, and Shane Dundas voices Knuckles and Fido the Fly.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Most of the Schmuzzies' phrases are this, since they add "sch-" to the start of most words.
* ADogNamedDog: Puppet is named for his "species." According to his [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060819073023/http://nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=129&subSectionID=409&itemID=1023 Nickelodeon character bio:]] "Puppet is the boys' pet puppet, who happens to know and love the fact that he is a puppet."
* AirGuitar: Shane does this throughout "Marching Band."
* AirplaneArms: Shane does this near the end of "Pet Shop" when David pretends that his chair, Spot, is an airplane.
* AlasPoorYorick: Quoted directly by Puppet in "Mini Golf" when he dresses up as Hamlet and uses the mini golf ball as Yorick.
* AllThereInTheManual: Nickelodeon's promo statements reveal a few key details about the characters that are never directly stated in the episodes. Namely that David and Shane "have never been anywhere" (which is why they're so clueless about the outside world) and that the Schmuzzies are an "infestation" (which is why they live all throughout the apartment but aren't really pets).
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The Schmuzzies come in a wide range of bright colors like purple and pink. There is a rarely-seen white Schmuzzy who seems to be the only one who ''isn't'' super-colorful.
* AnimateInanimateObject: Bob the Blanket, though it's not entirely clear if he's really alive or not.
* ArtEvolution: Puppet's design changed completely between the pilot and "Movie Theater."
* AscendedExtra: Fido the Fly is usually just briefly mentioned, but he is the focal point of the episode "Picnic."
* AsideGlance: The brothers, usually David, do this at various points.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The Schmuzzies love dust and get distracted by it. When Puppet tries to lead them in a marching band, seeing one ball of dust is all it takes for them to lose the rhythm entirely.
* BeachEpisode: The episode "Beach," as well as the original pilot episode.
* BetterAsFriends: Spoofed in "Pet Shop." When Puppet offers to play the role of David's pet, David says he sees Puppet more as a friend.
* BigBrotherMentor: Puppet often assumes this role to the brothers. Though they're all adults, Puppet's maturity and knowledge make him seem quite a bit older than them.
* BirthdayEpisode: "Birthday Party" is about the Schmuzzies throwing a surprise "Schmirthday Schmarty" for [[spoiler:David and Shane.]]
* TheBlank: The entire supporting cast. The Voice, the Action Fingers, Fido, Spot, and Bob all have no faces.
* {{Bookends}}: Each episode starts and ends in the apartment.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Whenever a character needs the Remote to be used, they talk directly with the viewers.
* TheBusCameBack: According to the creators, they thought Bob the Blanket was so funny in "Barbershop" that they brought him back for "Camping."
* ButtMonkey: Mrs. Foil in the "Apartment Tour" short. David and Shane also get some of this treatment.
* CallARabbitASmeerp: The Schmuzzies speak a language where most English words have "sch-" added to the beginning of them, and they have ''no idea'' what you're talking about if you use the normal English equivalent. For example, in "Mini Golf," the Schmuzzies are completely puzzled when Shane says ''please and thank you'' instead of ''schmease and schmank you''.
* CallBack:
** David gets a pet chair named Spot in "Pet Shop." Spot makes a very brief call-back appearance in "Picnic" when he's shown being blown away in the Wind Room.
** Many of the kids from previous episodes return for the Schmuzzies' party in "Birthday Party."
* CastFullOfCrazy: All of the characters are airheads and act in strange ways, in no small part due to their completely unpredictable surroundings.
* CastFullOfWriters: Amanda Bishop (Mrs. Foil), David Collins, and Shane Dundas all contributed to the creative side of the show.
* CartoonCreature: The Schmuzzies are their own unique species. According to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060823185728/http://nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=129&subSectionID=409&itemID=1024 their Nickelodeon character bio,]] they're an "infestation" so they could be the show's equivalent to rodent/insect pests.
* CatchPhrase: In every episode, David says about the Remote: "It does heaps of cool things." Whenever he sees the Schmuzzies, he says "Schmello, Schmuzzies!"
* CeilingCling:
** Puppet gets stuck to the ceiling in "Marching Band," and it's later revealed that this is due to Shane's habit of smearing honey on the ceiling.
** David, Shane, and Puppet are able to climb the walls in "Airport" -- with the help of the "Climb the Wall" remote button, of course.
* CharacterDevelopment: Shane is always afraid of the Schmuzzies and sees them as pests. In the last episode, "Mini Golf," he finally musters up the courage to talk to two Schmuzzies and ask for his golf ball back.
* CharacterTics: Whenever Puppet tells the boys about something they've never heard of, he tends to add a little laugh to the end of his sentences.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: Puppet has this, as shown when he leaves the No-Room Room because he would be more comfortable inside a picnic basket.
* CloudCuckoolander: ''Everyone'' in the cast is one, especially Mrs. Foil, who often shows up to say odd expressions that don't make sense at all.
* ColorCodedCharacters: David's shirt is white and brown, Shane's is blue, Mrs. Foil's outfit is pink, Puppet is gray, and the Schmuzzies are...well, every other color.
** In the original pilot, Puppet was purple, David's shirt was solid brown, and Shane's shirt was teal.
* CompanionCube: David's pet chair, Spot.
* CoolPlane: The apartment's mini toy airplanes become this when the Action Fingers use them for real.
* CoolShades: Puppet wears some when he acts as a movie director.
* TheComicallySerious: Mrs. Foil when she's in the No-Fun Room in "Birthday Party."
* CowboyEpisode: Not an entire episode, but the whole opening sequence of "Beach" is about (imaginary) horseback riding. Naturally, this sequence introduces three new remote buttons: the "Bucking Broncos" button, the "Photo Finish" button, and the "Get Off Your High Horse" button.
* CrazyPrepared: In "Picnic," Puppet instantly brings a smorgasbord of picnicking supplies.
* CutenessProximity: David has this reaction whenever the Schmuzzies pop up.
* CutShort: The show was cancelled after just one season, and the creators were never able to make the [[https://www.facebook.com/UmbilicalBrothers/posts/301846205745 planned finale movie]] that they'd fully scripted.
* TheDanza: David and Shane's characters retain their real first names.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Most episodes focus more on the locations than a character, but a few give the spotlight to a particular character. "Barbershop" for Shane, "Airport" for Puppet, and "Pet Shop" for David.
* DeadpanSnarker: David, at times.
* DebutQueue: The first episode (after the pilot) "Movie Theater" introduces all of the main characters in their own segments. David introduces himself and Shane in the "white void" opening sequence; Puppet is introduced in the apartment; Mrs. Foil is introduced in the Laundry Room sequence; and the Schmuzzies conveniently pop up to play a rhyming game just to have David establish who they are.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Puppet is the most level-headed character, and most episodes show him as the voice of reason. Sometimes, such as in "Picnic," he can be just as silly as the others.
* DescendedCreator: David Collins and Shane Dundas are also two of the show's three co-creators.
* DoorDumb: The disembodied Voice will often decide whether or not David and Shane are opening a door wrong. The Voice will then make them do something oddly specific to get it open.
* DoubleEntendre: The creators inserted a ''ton'' of this and were very surprised when they got past the censors. According to David Collins, they had to fight for the line "You can play with your own balls!" from the episode "Beach."
* DropInCharacter: Mrs. Foil is ''sometimes'' this, as she's the only main character who doesn't live in the same room (she's in a different room of the same apartment building). However, the others consider her a part of the group anyway. The short "Apartment Tour" revolves around Mrs. Foil popping up everywhere in the apartment room — on the wall, on the couch, in the window, by the door, and even in the closet — in the hopes that the others will notice. But because she's there so often anyway, they don't.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Several examples in the pilot episode.
** In the pilot, Puppet was purple, wore a striped red/yellow shirt, and was named "Stretch."
** In the pilot, David and Shane both wore T-shirts with swirly designs on them.
** Nickelodeon's original description of the show indicates that David was supposed to be the impulsive, hyperactive brother, and Shane was supposed to be the more straight-laced one. This is flip-flopped in the show itself.
* EccentricArtist: Puppet wants to be an actor/director and has a very odd taste in acting roles, often playing his own unconventional characters such as a pair of opera-singing scissors or a giant squid.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The Schmuzzies are introduced piling up in front of a door like a bunch of dustballs, saying nonsense words in Schmuzzish and rhyming with each other.
* EstablishingShot: Every episode begins with a zooming-in shot of the apartment.
* EveryEpisodeEnding: Episodes always end with the brothers going somewhere "for the very first time" in slow motion with triumphant music. The end credits play over a scene of them back at the apartment, where they give an imaginary souvenir to the viewers.
* FamilyOfChoice: The brothers may not be related to Puppet and the Schmuzzies, but they see themselves as one big family.
* FingerlessHands: Puppet's hands are mitten-shaped.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the beginning of "Pet Shop," David says he likes how Shane's pet (a fly) is a unique kind of pet nobody else has. In the end, he decides to get a pet ''chair'', and his narration remarks, "Nobody has a pet chair!"
* ForgottenBirthday: In "Birthday Party," David and Shane seem to forget ''their own'' birthday, since they have no idea who the Schmuzzies are throwing a party for (until the very end).
* FriendshipFavoritism: David gives the Schmuzzies a ton of attention, more than he gives Shane or Puppet, and he's always trying to get Shane to warm up to them.
* FunPersonified: The Schmuzzies are a ton of fun for David, Puppet, and Mrs. Foil, and just the sight of the Schmuzzies makes them happy.
* FurryConfusion: Puppet, whose species is a living puppet, somehow coexists with inanimate puppets.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Let's just say that the creators were aware that a ''lot'' sails over younger audiences' heads. One example is in "Ice Cream Truck" where Shane thinks the Schmuzzies are calling him a curse word.
--> '''Schmuzzies:''' Schice cream schtruck!
--> '''Shane:''' [offended] What did you call me?
--> '''David:''' No, no, "truck," Shane! Must be the ice cream ''truck''!
--> '''Shane:''' Oh. Which way?
--> '''Schmuzzies:''' Schmat schmay... Schtruck.
--> '''David:''' That way!
--> '''Shane:''' [suspicious] Yeah, what about the second part?
--> '''David:''' [lying] Uh... truck.
* {{Hammerspace}}:
** David and Shane always have an improbable amount of (usually invisible/imaginary) objects that come in handy for them.
** In "Airport," David takes an extremely long time emptying his pockets of all kinds of useless junk.
** In "Beach," Shane gets sand in his shoes, and when he tries to shake it out, it goes on for what seems like forever.
** Puppet seems to have lots of costumes on hand and can switch into them without having to go grab them from somewhere.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: David and Shane.
* HiddenDepths: David is fluent in Schmuzzish and has super-sensitive hearing.
* HilarityEnsues: It does!
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Puppet may be the brothers' sidekick, but he's far smarter and is always the first to teach them about seemingly normal things they've never even heard of.
* ImaginaryFriend: Most of the supporting cast are just imaginary roles and/or objects that are personified and treated like their own characters.
** There's Fido, Shane's imaginary pet fly; he claims to be able to see and understand Fido, though nobody else can. Whenever Fido "speaks," Shane makes the buzzing noises himself.
** The Action Fingers are David and Shane's superhero alter-egos (they're just their hands putting on superhero voices). But Mrs. Foil treats the Action Fingers like separate people.
** Spot the Chair (completely inanimate) and Bob the Blanket (sometimes inanimate, but voiced and moved around by David) are also treated like real people.
* InstantCostumeChange:
** Puppet is able to switch into four different delivery man costumes in an instant, complete with a new accent each time.
** Sometimes, Mrs. Foil will show up in two wrong turn rooms back-to-back, assuming an entirely different costume and job.
* InvisibleAnatomy: The Schmuzzies have no arms but are shown carrying presents above themselves and to their sides. (This was done with puppet strings.)
* IrisOut: "Marching Band" ends this way (no other episodes do).
* ItsAllAboutMe: Puppet shows shades of this when he acts as a movie director. "The director has arrived! And oh, how the fans love him."
* ItsAlwaysSpring: The apartment window always shows the same springtime hedge scene outside.
* JumpPhysics: The Remote's up/down buttons can make David and Shane jump very high instantly.
* {{Keet}}: All of the human characters.
* LargeHam: Mrs. Foil as the game show host in "Ice Cream Truck."
* {{Leitmotif}}: The Action Fingers have their own epic theme music.
* LimitedWardrobe: David and Shane's outfits never change.
* MandatoryLine: All five main characters (counting the Schmuzzies as a single character) have at least one scene in each episode.
* MasterOfDisguise: Mrs. Foil. She wears so many costumes and has so many different jobs that sometimes, David and Shane don't recognize her in a particular room.
* MeaningfulName: Mrs. Foil is the foil to the brothers, Puppet is a living puppet, and the Schmuzzies are "fuzzies" who speak with "sch" in front of each word.
* MinimalistCast: The main characters (David, Shane, the Schmuzzies, Mrs. Foil, and Puppet) are also the ''only'' consistent characters. All other reappearing characters are either unseen (the narrator voices) or imaginary figures/objects personified by David and Shane (the Action Fingers, Fido, Spot, and Bob).
* MrExposition: When something needs to be explained, Puppet is always the one to do it, since he's the one character with a real understanding of how the world works.
* MrImagination: David and Shane are the ''kings'' of this. Almost every scene involves some kind of imaginary object/animal that the brothers treat as if it's completely real.
--> '''Shane:''' [about his imaginary "invisible" pet fly] There's something wrong with Fido.
--> '''David:''' How can you tell?
--> '''Shane:''' Well, look at him! Have you not eyes?
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* NarratorAllAlong: At the end of each episode, a goofy triumphant voice narrates David and Shane's successful journey. The voice is provided by David, but you wouldn't be able to tell until the episode "Farm" when David uses the voice himself, revealing it's always him.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Mrs. Foil usually has a new job in each of the wrong turn rooms, with no explanation as to how she works in so many fields (or gets around to so many different rooms so quickly).
* NoAntagonist: None of the characters are level-headed enough to be deliberately bad/evil.
* NonHumanSidekick: Puppet.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: All of the background puppets on the show are medium-sized beige creatures, all shaped like eggs. The only puppets who ''don't'' follow this design are, of course, the main puppets: the Schmuzzies and Puppet.
* NoSeatBelts: Whenever the brothers imagine a car/plane, there are never seatbelts because the vehicles are... well, imaginary.
* OddCouple: Shane the super-quick thinker and David the laid-back.
* OnceAnEpisode: At one point on their journey, the brothers always encounter a child who teaches them something and sets them on the correct path.
* OneGenderRace: None of the Schmuzzies are ever identified by a gender in the show, but their puppeteers and voices are all female.
* OneShotCharacter: A couple of random animals appear in the various wrong turn rooms, only never to be seen again. This also goes for some of the kid guest stars (several of them reappear in "Birthday Party," but not all).
* OneWordTitle: Many of the episode titles. "Camping," "Picnic," "Airport," "Beach," "Farm."
* OnlyOneName: All of the characters are known by just one name. David, Shane, Puppet, and the Schmuzzies never have any last names revealed, and Mrs. Foil never has her first name revealed.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Mat [=McCoy=] has an Australian accent but puts on an American one for Puppet. His accent noticeably slips into Australian in "Birthday Party" when Puppet asks "Now what?"
* PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales: Puppet usually wears no clothes, while his cousin Mary Annette is fully clothed.
* PaperThinDisguise: No matter how elaborate Mrs. Foil's costumes are, she's always identified by her swirly blonde hair.
* ParentalBonus: Many deliberate and clever nods to the parents (or just older viewers in general).
* PilotEpisode: In 2004, before Nickelodeon ordered the show's (first and only) season, it commissioned an unaired pilot episode. It followed David and Shane looking for the beach, and the storyline was later rewritten into the episode "Beach." In the pilot, the brothers' costumes were swirly T-shirts, and Puppet had a different design. The apartment set also ''literally'' went upside down in the pilot, because the art department constructed it with the ability to flip over. In the main show, the cameras are simply turned around instead.
* {{Pirate}}: When Puppet directs a movie for the brothers, he tells them it needs more pirates, and they assume the roles accordingly.
* ThePlace: Most of the episodes are named after the final destination. In the case of "Farm," the title actually spoils the ending because the group doesn't think of the farm until the very end of the episode.
* PokemonSpeak: While Puppet never refers to himself in the third-person, he likes to add "puppet" to whatever role he is playing (like specifically calling himself a "puppet director").
* RecurringCharacter: The show has a supporting cast of sorts, all of the secondary characters being either unseen or imaginary.
* RedOniBlueOni: Inverted with David and Shane. Shane has a blue shirt and tends to be tightly-wound. David has a brown shirt, but is more level-headed and laid-back.
* RepetitiveName: Shane introduces Puppet as "our puppet, Puppet."
* RhymesOnADime: The Schmuzzies can rhyme with anything at any time.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Schmuzzies.
* RuleOfThree: In every single episode, there are exactly three rooms featured as "wrong turns."
* RunningGag: Puppet making dramatic entrances.
* SanityBall: They're usually all portrayed as airheads, but David, Shane, or Mrs. Foil have all taken this role when there needs to be one stable character and Puppet isn't around.
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Fido the Fly wasn't mentioned at all in the first episode. He's first mentioned in episode 2, "Barbershop."
* ShoutOut:
** In "Marching Band," the bird in the Sky Room is a direct reference to John Lennon. The bird references Lennon's song "Imagine" when he says, "There's no ground, only sky."
** In "Mini Golf," David yells, "This is your home! It's your home! You too good for your home?" at the mini golf ball. This is a reference to the Adam Sandler film ''Happy Gilmore'', where the main character yells, "Why don't you just go home? That's your home! Are you too good for your home?"
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: The Schmuzzies and Mrs. Foil go through just as much slapstick as the boys.
* SmarterThanYouLook: The Schmuzzies often show shades of being more intelligent (and sometimes more sarcastic) than their cute exterior would imply.
* TheSmartGuy: Puppet acts as the voice of reason and usually knows the most about the outside world.
* SpeakingSimlish: A lot of the Schmuzzies' language is made up of nonsense words like "schmee" and "schmoyo."
* SpeechImpairedAnimal: The Schmuzzies can't say or understand normal English words, only their modified Schmuzzish counterparts.
* SpiritualSuccessor: According to Shane Dundas, the concept of the show was "taken directly" from the Umbilical Brothers' adult-oriented comedy act ''[=SpeedMouse=]'', which also focuses on an imaginary remote control.
* SplitPersonality: In some of her jobs, Mrs. Foil assumes a different temperament (like overly dramatic, mostly silent, or attention-loving) and can switch right back to her normal demeanor in the next room.
* StraightMan: Usually played by Puppet. When the brothers are with Mrs. Foil, both of them become the Straight Man.
* TakeYourTime: In "Beach," David waits as Shane takes an extremely long time to get the sand out of his shoe.
* TalkingPest: In the original concept of the show, the Schmuzzies were this. The pest aspect was pretty much dropped from the final show.
* TalkingToHimself: Whenever Shane "talks" with Fido.
* TeamDad: As the only somewhat mature member of the main cast, Puppet fills this role.
* TeamShot: Aside from the promotional posters, which usually feature all of the main characters, the short "Apartment Tour" includes shots of all the main characters together.
* ThirdWheel: A non-romantic example: Mrs. Foil is the third wheel to David and Shane's friendship. Puppet and/or the Schmuzzies aren't third wheels, since they are like pets to the brothers.
* ThreePlusTwo: Backwards: the two brothers are joined by three other main characters.
* TitleDrop:
** Because the episodes' titles are usually the name of the final destination, this happens a lot.
** The name of the show itself is only (partially) title-dropped once: when Puppet pretends to be an airplane pilot and says "Thank you for flying ''Upside Down'' Air."
* TooDumbToLive: Shane's impulsiveness and David's tendency to get distracted tend to put them in danger (though it can usually be remedied with the Remote).
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The Schmuzzies love dust.
* TriumphantReprise: The end of "Marching Band" features a big band version of the show's usual destination music.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The only human members of the main cast are David, Shane, and Mrs. Foil.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Mrs. Foil. She appears in the "Wrong Turn" rooms with a new costume and a new role (sometimes multiple of each) in every episode.
* TheVoice: There is a disembodied voice, known just as "the Voice," that speaks to the brothers when they reach a door.
* TheVoiceless: Not exactly silent, but the Schmuzzies only make humming noises in "Picnic" and don't use any Schmuzzish in the episode.
* VocalEvolution:
* Workaholic: Mrs. Foil works a ton of different jobs and gives them all her best effort.
* YouShallNotPass: The Voice often won't open a door until David and Shane perform some kind of ridiculous, specific knock.
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