History WesternAnimation / LeapFrog

* YouTalkinToMe: In A ''A Tad of Christmas Cheer'', Tad tells his fairy godbug Edison that he's cuckoo and Parker asks him "Are you talkin' to me? Well, I don't see nobody else, so you must be talkin' to me." He says that he's talking to Edison and at that point, Edison reveals that nobody else can see him. "That's probably not good," deadpans Tad.

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This was followed by a two year hiatus and then ''A Tad of Christmas Cheer'' in 2007. Then the series went into another two year hiatus before the next video. During this hiatus, the three main characters (and Edison) were completely redesigned and many of the supporting were PutOnTheBus.

Leapfrog has since proceeded to put Scout and his friends on the bus instead and brought back Leap, Lily and Tad in the 2014 video ''The Letter Machine Rescue Team'', which also marks an art shift to CGI. Two other CGI [=DVDs=] have since been produced.

** Attempted in ''Learn to Read at the Storybook Factory'' with "Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs".

* OfficialCouple: As of ''Learn to Read at the Storybook Factory'', Tad and Dot are considered boyfriend and girlfriend.

* LastSecondWordSwap: In "The Letter Factory," Professor Quigley takes Tad to the V room, where the V letters are vibrated to help them learn their sound. Tad doesn't take well to the vibrating.

* LostVoicePlot: In "Code Word Caper", Mr. Websley lost his voice when he got himself inside the Silent E machine. So Tad and his siblings had to find a way to get his voice back from the machine.

* YouTalkinToMe: In A ''Tad of Christmas Cheer'', Tad tells his fairy godbug Edison that he's cuckoo and Parker asks him "Are you talkin' to me? Well, I don't see nobody else, so you must be talkin' to me." He says that he's talking to Edison and at that point, Edison reveals that nobody else can see him. "That's probably not good," deadpans Tad.

* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: One-off character Dash in ''Adventures in Shapeville Park'' can't use his back legs and requires aid in the form of an "animal wheelchair". He can also run very fast.

* AnthropomorphicTypography: The first episode, Letter Factory, which provides the image for the page, involves the protagonist, Tad, learning his alphabet at a factory that produces anthropomorphic letters. The next couple of episodes focus on using said letters to make words, before shifting to numbers in Math Circus, where anthropomorphic numbers perform circus acts of adding and subtracting. The series goes through a few reboots, from using tad and Lily in a different style of episodes teaching the same concept, then focusing on Scout and his friends going through the same concepts, and finally a CGI cartoon focusing on Tad, Leap, and Lily learning the same concepts.

So far, 15 [=DVDs=] has been released. The first title, ''The Letter Factory'', was released way back in 2003. It was followed by ''The Words Factory'' in the same year, ''The Words Factory 2: Code Word Caper'' and ''Math Circus'' in 2004, ''(Learn to Read at) The Storybook Factory'' in 2005.

Leapfrog regularly releases [=DVDs=] featuring animations of the characters its franchise created.

Upon returning from the hiatus, the first video released was ''Lets Go To School'' in 2009. This was followed by ''Math Adventure to the Moon'' in 2010. This was followed by ''The Amazing Alphabet Amusement Park'' and ''Numbers Ahoy'' in 2011.

!!Tropes exhibited include:

* ItsAWonderfulPlot / WholePlotReference: ''A Tad Of Christmas Cheer'', in summary, completely references the plot of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
** Attempted in ''Learn To Read At The Storybook Factory'' with ''Literature/ThreeLittlePigs''

-->'''Tad''': I think I'm gonna vuh, vuh... get sick!

** ''Numbers Ahoy'': with the biggest shark of 3; at the end of their song the biggest shark makes a big smile and swims toward the camera it's teeth fill up the screen.

* ArtShift: ''The Letter Machine Rescue Team'' marks a shift to full {{CGI}} from the past [=DVDs'=] FlashAnimation.

Leapfrog has since proceeded to put Scout and his friends on the bus instead and brought back Leap, Lily and Tad in the 2014 video ''The Letter Machine Rescue Team'', which also marks an art shift to CGI. Two other CGI DVDs have since been produced.

Leapfrog has since proceeded to put Scout and his friends on the bus instead and brought back Leap, Lily and Tad in the 2014 video ''The Letter Machine Rescue Team'', which also marks an art shift to CGI.

* FantasyHelmetEnforcement: In the Scout and Friends videos, notice how Axel automatically puts seatbelts on the characters during the "I'm With You Scout" song.

Leapfrog has since proceeded to put Scout and his friends on the bus instead and brought back Leap, Lily and Tad in the 2014 video ''The Letter Machine Rescue Team'', which also marks an art shift to CGI. Reviews on Amazon indicate a broken base tho.

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This page contains tropes that applies to the DVD releases. For the toys, see Franchise/LeapFrog.

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Pretty much every now and then in the [=DVDs=].

* HeyItsThatVoice: Many of the [=VAs=] on the [=DVDs=] made their start and is well known in the anime dubbing industry.

* TheOtherDarrin: Most of the core characters have at least changed voice actors once. Heck, Even Scout and Violet aren't voiced by Ibsen where the [=DVDs=] are concerned.

So far, 14 [=DVDs=] has been released. The first title, ''The Letter Factory'', was released way back in 2003. It was followed by ''The Words Factory'' in the same year, ''The Words Factory 2: Code Word Caper'' and ''Math Circus'' in 2004, ''(Learn to Read at) The Storybook Factory'' in 2005.

* WholePlotReference: Attempted in ''Learn To Read At The Storybook Factory'' with ''Literature/ThreeLittlePigs''