History WesternAnimation / GeorgeShrinks

* StandardFiftiesFather: Harold Shrinks to a certain extent, though with a TotallyRadical habit of talking (or trying to talk) like a {{Beatnik}}.
* WeekendInventor: George's father Harold, along with George himself, build a number of pint-sized contraptions to aide George in his day-to-day. The tube network in the house and George’s signature vehicle the Zoopercar are the most prominent examples.

* BMovie: The episode "Monster Mash" is a tribute to 1950s monster movies.

''George Shrinks'' is a Canadian animated television series based on the children's book of the same name by American author Creator/WilliamJoyce and produced by the world-famous Creator/{{Nelvana}} studio (with China's Creator/JadeAnimation helping out as well) in association with Creator/PBSKids. This series was the second collaboration between Joyce and Nelana, as Joyce had previously done ''WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie'' with the studio prior. Also like ''Rolie Polie Olie'', Joyce was heavily involved in the production of the show and served as an executive producer.

The series started on September 30, 2000, on PBS Kids as part of the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch. The Bookworm Bunch disbanded in 2004, but ''George Shrinks'' was given an individual PBS debut on January 6, 2003, along with ''WesternAnimation/TheBerenstainBears'' and Maurice Sendak's ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters''. It also aired on Creator/{{YTV}} (and later Creator/TreehouseTV) in its native Canada.

George Shrinks is a Canadian animated television series based on the children's book of the same name by American author Creator/WilliamJoyce and produced by the world-famous Creator/{{Nelvana}} studio (with China's Creator/JadeAnimation helping out as well) in association with Creator/PBSKids. This series was the second collaboration between Joyce and Nelana, having previously done ''WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie'' together.

George Shrinks is a Canadian animated television series based on the children's book of the same name by American author Creator/WilliamJoyce and produced by the world-famous Creator/{{Nelvana}} studio (with China's Creator/JadeAnimation helping out as well) in association with Creator/{{PBS}} Kids. This series was the second collaboration between Joyce and Nelana, having previously done WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie together.

The series started on September 30, 2000, on PBS Kids as part of PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch. The Bookworm Bunch disbanded in 2004, but George Shrinks was given an individual PBS debut on January 6, 2003, along with ''WesternAnimation/TheBerenstainBears'' and Maurice Sendak's ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters''. It also aired on Creator/{{YTV}} (and later Creator/TreehouseTV) in its native Canada.

George Shrinks is a Canadian animated television series based on the children's book of the same name by American author Creator/WilliamJoyce and produced by the world-famous Creator/{{Nelvana}} studio (with China's Creator/JadeAnimation helping out as well) in association with Creator/{{PBS}} Kids.

George Shrinks is a Canadian–Chinese animated television series. It is based on the children's book by Creator/WilliamJoyce, produced in China by Creator/JadeAnimation and in Canada by Creator/{{Nelvana}}, in association with Creator/{{PBS}} Kids.

The series started on September 30, 2000, on PBS Kids as part of PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch. The Bookworm Bunch disbanded in 2004, but George Shrinks was given an individual PBS debut on January 6, 2003, along with ''WesternAnimation/TheBerenstainBears'' and Maurice Sendak's ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters''. It also aired on Creator/TreehouseTV in its native Canada.

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The show tells the story of a ten-year-old boy named [[ProtagonistTitle George]] [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Shrinks]] who is only three inches tall. George lives with his musician father Harold, his artist mother Perdita, and his baby brother Harold Jr. ("Junior" for short), finding adventure with them and his friends (primarily his best bud and neighbor Becky Lopez) in mundane situations (no thanks to his diminutive size). Through a mixture of his own ingenuity and a variety of highly adaptable mini machines built by him and his dad, George proves that being tiny is no obstacle to solving problems and having fun.

The show tells the story of a ten-year-old boy named [[ProtagonistTitle George]] [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Shrinks]] who is only three inches tall. George lives with his musician father Harold, his artist mother Perdita, and his baby brother Harold Jr. ("Junior" for short), finding adventure with them and his friends in mundane situations (no thanks to his diminutive size). Through a mixture of his own ingenuity and a variety of highly adaptable mini machines built by him and his dad, George proves that being tiny is no obstacle to solving problems and having fun.

The series started on September 30, 2000, on PBS Kids as part of PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch. The Bookworm Bunch disbanded in 2004, but George Shrinks was given an individual PBS debut on January 6, 2003, along with ''WesternAnimation/TheBerenstainBears'' and Maurice Sendak's ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters''.

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It tells the story of a ten-year-old boy named [[ProtagonistTitle George]] [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Shrinks]] who, one night dreams that he is three inches tall, only to wake up and discover that it is true. The show details his adventures with his friends and family going through his adventures on his mini machines that George and his musical father have created.

George Shrinks is a Canadian–Chinese animated television series. It is based on the children's book by William Joyce, produced in China by Creator/JadeAnimation and in Canada by Creator/{{Nelvana}}, in association with Creator/{{PBS}}. It tells the story of a ten-year-old boy named [[ProtagonistTitle George]] [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Shrinks]] who, one night dreams that he is three inches tall, only to wake up and discover that it is true. The show details his adventures with his friends and family going through his adventures on his mini machines that George and his musical father have created.

* CoolOldGuy: Retired veteran Russell Copland is this.

* RetroUniverse: The show's visual aesthetic and characters are very 50's. It's not clear, though, whether or not the events are intended to literally take place during that time period.

* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: In the book, George is a normal-sized kid who is only temporarily miniaturized. The animated adaptation never provides an explanation as to why he is so small.

!! George Shrinks provides examples of:
* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: In the book, George is a normal sized kid who is only temporarily miniaturized. The animated adaptation never provides an explanation as to why he is so small.

* Portmanteau: The "Zooper" car. So named because "it's a Super little unit," and has "plenty of Zipp,".

* GirlNextDoor: Becky is a platonic example. She lives next door to the Shrinks family and is George’s best friend

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Played straight with jimmy and Timmy Fortevoce. Averted with fraternal twins Hilda and Henry and the unnamed Cadwell twins.

* WeekendInventor: George's father Harold, along with George himself, build a number of pint-sized contraptions to aide Gorge in his day-to-day. The tube network in the house and Gorges signature vehicle the Zoopercar are the most prominent examples.

%%* BlackBeadEyes: Everyone has them.

* {{Lilliputians}}