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A Canadian-American animated series, Crashbox debuted in 1999 as a part of the relaunch of HBO Family. Produced by Planet Grande Pictures and Canada's Cuppa Coffee Studios, the show lasted for 2 years and 2 seasons, totaling 39 episodes. It is still shown on HBO Family in reruns, and can also be seen on Creator/HBOMax.

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A Canadian-American animated series, Crashbox debuted in 1999 as a part of the relaunch of HBO Family. Produced by Planet Grande Pictures and Canada's Cuppa Coffee Studios, Creator/CuppaCoffeeStudios, the show lasted for 2 years and 2 seasons, totaling 39 episodes. It is still shown on HBO Family in reruns, and can also be seen on Creator/HBOMax.
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* SupernaturallyDelicious: Eddie is a prized snack for every animal at the zoo he works at, including herbivores and animals much smaller than him.

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* SupernaturallyDelicious: SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious: Eddie is a prized snack for every animal at the zoo he works at, including herbivores and animals much smaller than him.
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* SupernaturallyDelicious: Eddie is a prized snack for every animal at the zoo he works at, including herbivores and animals much smaller than him.
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** All the Revolting Slob segments end with one word related to explosions or mortality being described and the Slob blowing up. The announcer then says, "No slobs were harmed in the making of this program."

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** All the Revolting Slob segments end with one word related to explosions or mortality being described and the Slob blowing up. The announcer then says, "No slobs were harmed in the making filming of this program.show."

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Jumpin' Johnny Blumje ("that's ''Jumble''") takes cues from Wolfman Jack.



* RunningGag: In every episode of "Revolting Slob", Revolting Slob always explodes at the end of the segment.

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* RunningGag: In every Every episode of "Revolting Slob", Slob" contains a wrong answer that means "destroyed", "exploded", or similar. At the end of the episode, the narrator defines this word, and then the Revolting Slob always explodes at explodes, followed by the end of narrator calmly stating, "No slobs were harmed in the segment.making of this program."
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* SnakeCharmer: Parodied with "Riddle Snake", where the Riddle Snake's flute calls a ''human'' out of his basket.
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* PunBasedTitle:
** Psychomath is a play on the word psychopath.
** The sound based game Ear We Are swaps the word “here” for “ear” on account of it being hosted by two talking ears.

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* DiscoDan: [[AlliterativeName Jumpin' Johnny Jumble]], radio host of KBOX, of ''Radio Scramble''. Possibly 1950s RockAndRoll.

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* DiscoDan: [[AlliterativeName Jumpin' Johnny Jumble]], radio host of KBOX, of ''Radio Scramble''. Possibly Scramble'', partly styling himself after 1950s RockAndRoll.



%%* EccentricMentor: Professor Rocket from Psycho Math.

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%%* * EccentricMentor: A few of the segment hosts are this. Professor Rocket from Psycho Math.is a crazed robot mathematics professor, Captain Bones is a skeletal pirate who passes the time with logic puzzles, Captain Bob is a rasta submarine pilot more concerned with comparison puzzles than escaping the tank...



** Each segment of "Psycho Math" also ends in the professor exploding.

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** Each segment of "Psycho Math" also ends in Psycho Math has Professor Rocket's head explode before he gets into the professor exploding.introduction.



* FramingDevice: The actual Crashbox is a steampunk factory, producing, introducing, and recapping each of the game segments.

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* FramingDevice: The actual Crashbox is a steampunk factory, {{Steampunk}}-esque factory inside a computer, producing, introducing, and recapping each of the game segments.



%%* MadScientist: Professor Rocket is strongly implied to be not entirely there.
* MeaningfulName: Captain Bones is a skeleton pirate, Eddie Bull is often SwallowedWhole, The Revolting Slob is completely unhygenic, Lens [=McCracken=] is a detective and photographer, Verity tries to find the truth in criminal investigations, The Riddle Snake is a snake who tells riddles, and Dora Smarmy is a [[SmarmyHost Smarmy News Anchor]].

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%%* * MadScientist: Professor Rocket in Psycho Math is strongly implied a benign version. He wants to be teach you about math, but he's definitely not entirely there.
''entirely'' there in the head.
* MeaningfulName: Captain Bones is a skeleton pirate, Eddie Bull is often SwallowedWhole, The Revolting Slob is completely unhygenic, Lens [=McCracken=] is a detective and photographer, Verity tries to find the truth in criminal investigations, The Riddle Snake is a snake who tells riddles, Professor Rocket's head [[YourHeadASplode erupts like a rocket engine]], and Dora Smarmy is a [[SmarmyHost Smarmy News Anchor]].



* OncePerEpisode: Every episode, no matter how the segments fall, the power will always go out in the Crashbox, and the operator with have to restart the system. This also happens before the first segment.

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* OncePerEpisode: Every episode, no matter how the segments fall, the power will always go out in the Crashbox, and the operator with will have to restart the system. This also happens before the first segment. Later episodes break from this formula by showing small skits of the robot workers instead of the power going out.


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* YourHeadASplode: Non-fatal version - at least OncePerEpisode in Psycho Math, sparks erupt from Professor Rocket's head.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The more abrasive hosts like Captain Bones and Professor Rocket fall under this. They are a lot ruder than the other hosts, but are still there to teach and provide sincere praise.
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* WiseSerpent: The Riddle Snake is a calm, secluded snake. By playing a horn, it can produce a riddle (often a pun) the home viewer is then expected to solve.
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* TheAllegedComputer: The innards of the Crashbox, while cool, are also chaotic, and it's a miracle the robots manage to keep it running. Not to mention that OnceAnEpisode, it, well, crashes.
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** One "Haunted House Party" segement’s answer is revealed to be [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar]]. After he gets revealed, he chants, [[Film/AnimalHouse "Toga! Toga! Toga!"]]

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** One "Haunted House Party" segement’s answer is revealed to be [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar]].UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar. After he gets revealed, he chants, [[Film/AnimalHouse "Toga! Toga! Toga!"]]

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%%* ShoutOut: The "Ten Seconds" game seems a bit similar to the game show ''Series/CatchPhrase'', in that they both relay on animated, rebus-style word puzzles.

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%%* ShoutOut: * ShoutOut:
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The "Ten Seconds" game seems a bit similar to the game show ''Series/CatchPhrase'', in that they both relay on animated, rebus-style word puzzles.puzzles.
** One "Haunted House Party" segement’s answer is revealed to be [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar]]. After he gets revealed, he chants, [[Film/AnimalHouse "Toga! Toga! Toga!"]]
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* BadassLongcoat: Lens presumably has one of these; one hangs outside his office along with [[NiceHat a fedora]].

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* BadassLongcoat: Lens presumably has one of these; one hangs outside his office along with [[NiceHat a fedora]].fedora.
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* {{WPUN}}: Jumpin' Johnny Jumble's radio station is titled "[=KBOX=]" after the show itself.

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