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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Hello, I'm Rex, and welcome to my world...""]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Hello, ''[[caption-width-right:300:"Hello, I'm Rex, and welcome to my world...""]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Hello, I'm Rex, and welcome to my world...]]

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* {{Neologizer}}: Stanley Unwin is well-known for his routines of making up almost-English words ("Unwinese" he called it), so his guest appearance as Rex's account, Mr. Wangle, is filled with his trademark neologisms.

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* {{Neologizer}}: Stanley Unwin is was well-known for his routines of making up almost-English words ("Unwinese" he called it), so his guest appearance as Rex's account, accountant, Mr. Wangle, is filled with his trademark neologisms.
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The wobbly, bobbly, dribbly, squiggly, DOGGGGG!!!"''

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The wobbly, bobbly, dribbly, squiggly, squiggly DOGGGGG!!!"''

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A very bizarre stopmotion animated series from Creator/AardmanAnimations (the makers of ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger-happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, jam and hoovers. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please "the bloke who runs telly"... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with the audience's heads]].

The show ran for two series shown between 1998 and 2001 on Creator/{{BBC}} Two, but had a shaky timeslot because of its often [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids irreverent nature]], as well as much ExecutiveMeddling and a slight shift in voice cast. It has, however, found a much wider audience on the Web since Atom Films showcased the series (as well as other Aardman shorts such as ''WesternAnimation/PibAndPog'' and ''WesternAnimation/AngryKid''), and is overall a great start for those willing to check out the studio's more offbeat productions.

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\nA very bizarre stopmotion animated series from Creator/AardmanAnimations (the makers of ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger-happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, jam and hoovers. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please "the bloke who runs telly"... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with the audience's heads]].

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The show ran for two series shown between 1998 and 2001 on Creator/{{BBC}} Two, but had a shaky timeslot because of its often [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids irreverent nature]], as well as much ExecutiveMeddling and a slight shift in voice cast. It has, however, found a much wider audience on the Web since Atom Films showcased the series (as well as other Aardman shorts such as ''WesternAnimation/PibAndPog'' and ''WesternAnimation/AngryKid''), and is overall a great start for those willing to check out the studio's more offbeat productions.
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* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: In an attempt to cure Vince's Random Pavarotti Disease, the other dogs voyage into his head in a shrunken submarine. They eventually find his tuning knob and retune him to BBC Radio 4, preferring the Shipping Forecast and Gardeners' Question Time to his singing.


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* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: In an attempt to cure Vince's Random Pavarotti Disease, the other dogs voyage into his head in a shrunken submarine. They eventually find his tuning knob and retune him to BBC Radio 4, preferring the Shipping Forecast and Gardeners' Question Time to his singing.
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* NonIndicativeName: Bad Bob looks mean, with his EyepatchOfPower and toting a ''massive'' revolver, but he's a fairly affable, if dimwitted guy.
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A very bizarre stopmotion animated series from Creator/AardmanAnimations (the makers of ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, jam and hoovers. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please "the bloke who runs telly"... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with the audience's heads]].

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A very bizarre stopmotion animated series from Creator/AardmanAnimations (the makers of ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy trigger-happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, jam and hoovers. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please "the bloke who runs telly"... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with the audience's heads]].
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* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: The dogs meet a group of Moai-headed aliens after crashing their helicopter on a desert island.
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Recently, AardBoiled uploads each episode every month on their channel.

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Recently, AardBoiled uploads each episode Website/{{Youtube}} channel [=AardBoiled=] has uploaded every month on their channel.episode.
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** And then there's the episode "Carbonara", where Rex goes through a meat grinder, becomes a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince keeps trying to eat him with a knife and fork.

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** And then there's the episode "Carbonara", where Rex goes through a meat grinder, mincer (That he and Bob mistake for an executive whirlpool bath), becomes a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince keeps trying to eat him with a knife and fork.fork. Funnily enough, Rex and all the characters are made of plasticine.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: In "Adventures on Telly: Part III" when the gang are roaming through space, wary of a nearby black-hole, they pass a sign which Bob claims to say "You are now entering a black hole, please drive safely" to which Wendy argues that it says, "All dogs must wear a leash". Pausing the screen for the split second on which the sign is on screen will show that it actually reads "Neither of those two".

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* FreezeFrameBonus: In "Adventures on Telly: Part III" when the gang are roaming through space, wary of a nearby black-hole, they pass a sign which Bob claims to say "You are now entering a black hole, please drive safely" carefully" to which Wendy argues that it says, "All dogs must wear be kept on a leash". Pausing the screen for the split second on which the sign is on screen will show that it actually reads "Neither "neither of those two".
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*** In "Wendy's New Hair Do", after Bad Bob supposedly drinks Wendy's truth serum and reveals what he did at the Halloween party, Rex says "You fu-" before it cuts to the next scene.

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*** In "Wendy's New Hair Do", after Bad Bob supposedly drinks Wendy's truth serum and reveals what he did at the Halloween party, Rex says "You fu-" f-" before it cuts transitions to the next scene.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first two pilots are much shorter, have less smooth animation and are somehow ''even more surreal'' than the TV series. Wendy is also grey, unlike in the series where she's pink, and Rex himself is also greyer than in the series, where he's a lighter purplish-grey.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first two pilots are much shorter, have less smooth animation and are somehow ''even more surreal'' than the TV series. Wendy is also grey, a grey-purple color, unlike in the series where she's pink, and Rex himself is also a much greyer color than in the series, where he's a lighter purplish-grey.mauve.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The titular Johnny Saveloy of "Johnny Saveloy's Undoing!" seems like a swipe at both Cliff Richard and [[FunnyAneurysmMoment (rather uncomfortably in hindsight)]] Creator/JimmySavile.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The titular Johnny Saveloy of "Johnny Saveloy's Undoing!" seems like a swipe at both Cliff Richard and [[FunnyAneurysmMoment (rather uncomfortably in hindsight)]] Creator/JimmySavile.

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