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The sound of his fingers hitting the plastic is a sound effect. The point of the scene is that he's playing a toy saxaphone.
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** In many shots, the thick, black strings used to hold the puppets' arms up can be seen.
** A rare auditory example. If you listen closely to the intro of "We Are Number One", you can hear Robbie's fingers hitting the plastic on his "saxophone". It doesn't even look like he's even playing it.
** In many shots, the thick, black strings used to hold the puppets' arms up can be seen.
** A rare auditory example. If you listen closely to the intro of "We Are Number One", you can hear Robbie's fingers hitting the plastic on his "saxophone". It doesn't even look like he's even playing it.
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**SpecialEffectFailure: In many shots, the thick, black strings sticks used to hold the puppets' arms up can be seen.
** A rare auditory example. If you listen closely to the intro of "We Are Number One", you can hear Robbie's fingers hitting the plastic on his "saxophone". It doesn't even look like he's even playing it.seen.
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** A rare auditory example. If you listen closely to the intro of "We Are Number One", you can hear Robbie's fingers hitting the plastic on his "saxophone". It doesn't even look like he's even playing it.
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** In "Little Sportacus", Robbie ages Sportacus back into a boy to raise him to be lazy. In 2023, ''Manga/OneOperationJoker'' started publication, and it has a similar yet opposite premise: Batman falls into a vat that ages him back into a baby, and the Joker tries to raise him to become a superhero again so they can go back to being enemies.
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* DelusionConclusion: As a way to explain why Stephanie, Sportacus and Robbie Rotten were the only characters to be played by live actors while the rest were puppets, some people theorized that the show was just the invention of a bed-ridden Stephanie's head who was suffering from Anemia, with Robbie and Sportacus actually being her older brothers acting out both their roles and the puppets as a way to cheer her up and distract her from her pain.
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** It also became very popular in Latin America, especially in Mexico, so much so that Magnus Scheving and Julianna Rose Mauriell appeared as their respective characters, along with Stingy and Ziggy, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohU_bQ1drCY&t=255s in the 2008 Mexican Teletón]]. In fact, most of the videos talking about the show are from people in the region.
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Obviously, we shouldn't overindulge on junk food, but the junk food that Robbie eats looks so darn appetizing.
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: {{Anvilicious}}: The show is very in-your-face about its message on health, with the villain portrayed as lazy and the hero portrayed as active (and sugar making him lethargic) and fruit and vegetables being referred to as "sports candy" and Robbie Rotten having an irrational hatred for them.
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing:
** Obviously, we shouldn't overindulge on junk food, but the junk food that Robbie (and Ziggy) eats looks so darnappetizing. appetizing.
** Pixel's love for technology is portrayed as a vice. However, not only do his games look fun to play and his inventions look fun and/or useful, his technology actually ''saves the day'' in "Sportacus Who?" (where Sportacus only [[AmnesiaEpisode gets his memories back]] due to Pixel's digital files).
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing:
** Obviously, we shouldn't overindulge on junk food, but the junk food that Robbie (and Ziggy) eats looks so darn
** Pixel's love for technology is portrayed as a vice. However, not only do his games look fun to play and his inventions look fun and/or useful, his technology actually ''saves the day'' in "Sportacus Who?" (where Sportacus only [[AmnesiaEpisode gets his memories back]] due to Pixel's digital files).
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: An insane amount of these center around Robbie Rotten.
** A popular trope in fanfiction is that Robbie is ObfuscatingStupidity to some degree and is much more dangerous than the show usually implies, usually involving his implied [[TheFairFolk magic talents]] and how it wouldn't be ''fun'' to get rid of Sportacus too easily, or is just too lazy to properly finish things.
** According to [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.55409#404534 this thread]], Robbie Rotten is a TragicHero, as the series actually takes place AfterTheEnd and his goal to keep the kids inside is actually to protect them from radiation. Sort of Jossed in "Sportacus Saves The Toys" when Sportacus visits France and China. Both countries seem to be fine.
** The fandom is known for its interpretations of character backstories. Fanfiction writers often give Robbie Rotten a tragic past. A few diehards have created interpretations of the mythical "Number Nine", mentioned only in one episode. A lot of fan theories revolve around Nine being Sportacus' father, or being evil and glamouring the whole town.
** [[http://worldofcrap.weebly.com/lazy-town---defending-freedom-and-cake.html This article]] argues that Robbie Rotten is the OnlySaneMan and that trying to let children play and eat sweets is actually preferable to Sportacus' enforcement of brutal physical torture and diet of seeds.
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/5epio4/lazytown_robbie_rotten_could_have_been_once/ Another fan theory]] suggests that Robbie Rotten was one of the former superheroes of [=LazyTown=], who gave up because he was frustrated with the kids reverting back to their old ways every time (that is, until Sportacus came along), so he just gave up and encouraged them to be lazy out of spite whilst being the town's villain for his own amusement. A theory similar to this one poses that Robbie was one of the original heroes, before Sportacus (ten) and the mysterious Number Nine; after all, the first of the heroes would be Number One. A third theory suggests that Robbie successfully defeated all the previous Sportacuses given how [=LazyTown=] used to be a good place to live, but in the first episode it's barely hanging on. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/5epio4/lazytown_robbie_rotten_could_have_been_once/daf9k6v/ The show's head writer]] commented on the theories and liked them, suggesting joke theories that the series was all just a dream of Stingy's and the Mayor was on drugs.
** Stefan Karl did a Website/{{Reddit}} [=AMA=] in 2016. One question was "Way deep down inside, what does Robbie '''really''' think about the residents of [=LazyTown=]?" Stefan's response? [[IJustWantToHaveFriends "I wish I could be their friend."]] He later clarified that Robbie thought about it in a selfish manner, but the implication deepens his character significantly. Stefán had previously stated in [[https://stefankarlfanblog.tumblr.com/post/179260602895/photos-taken-by-haraldur-gu%C3%B0j%C3%B3nsson-used-for-this an Icelandic-language interview]] seven years earlier that he didn't see Robbie as a villain, believing Sportacus would be long dead if this was the case.
** A popular trope in fanfiction is that Robbie is ObfuscatingStupidity to some degree and is much more dangerous than the show usually implies, usually involving his implied [[TheFairFolk magic talents]] and how it wouldn't be ''fun'' to get rid of Sportacus too easily, or is just too lazy to properly finish things.
** According to [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.55409#404534 this thread]], Robbie Rotten is a TragicHero, as the series actually takes place AfterTheEnd and his goal to keep the kids inside is actually to protect them from radiation. Sort of Jossed in "Sportacus Saves The Toys" when Sportacus visits France and China. Both countries seem to be fine.
** The fandom is known for its interpretations of character backstories. Fanfiction writers often give Robbie Rotten a tragic past. A few diehards have created interpretations of the mythical "Number Nine", mentioned only in one episode. A lot of fan theories revolve around Nine being Sportacus' father, or being evil and glamouring the whole town.
** [[http://worldofcrap.weebly.com/lazy-town---defending-freedom-and-cake.html This article]] argues that Robbie Rotten is the OnlySaneMan and that trying to let children play and eat sweets is actually preferable to Sportacus' enforcement of brutal physical torture and diet of seeds.
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/5epio4/lazytown_robbie_rotten_could_have_been_once/ Another fan theory]] suggests that Robbie Rotten was one of the former superheroes of [=LazyTown=], who gave up because he was frustrated with the kids reverting back to their old ways every time (that is, until Sportacus came along), so he just gave up and encouraged them to be lazy out of spite whilst being the town's villain for his own amusement. A theory similar to this one poses that Robbie was one of the original heroes, before Sportacus (ten) and the mysterious Number Nine; after all, the first of the heroes would be Number One. A third theory suggests that Robbie successfully defeated all the previous Sportacuses given how [=LazyTown=] used to be a good place to live, but in the first episode it's barely hanging on. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/5epio4/lazytown_robbie_rotten_could_have_been_once/daf9k6v/ The show's head writer]] commented on the theories and liked them, suggesting joke theories that the series was all just a dream of Stingy's and the Mayor was on drugs.
** Stefan Karl did a Website/{{Reddit}} [=AMA=] in 2016. One question was "Way deep down inside, what does Robbie '''really''' think about the residents of [=LazyTown=]?" Stefan's response? [[IJustWantToHaveFriends "I wish I could be their friend."]] He later clarified that Robbie thought about it in a selfish manner, but the implication deepens his character significantly. Stefán had previously stated in [[https://stefankarlfanblog.tumblr.com/post/179260602895/photos-taken-by-haraldur-gu%C3%B0j%C3%B3nsson-used-for-this an Icelandic-language interview]] seven years earlier that he didn't see Robbie as a villain, believing Sportacus would be long dead if this was the case.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** An insane amount of these center around Robbie Rotten.
** *** A popular trope in fanfiction is that Robbie is ObfuscatingStupidity to some degree and is much more dangerous than the show usually implies, usually involving his implied [[TheFairFolk magic talents]] and how it wouldn't be ''fun'' to get rid of Sportacus too easily, or is just too lazy to properly finish things.
** *** According to [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.55409#404534 this thread]], Robbie Rotten is a TragicHero, as the series actually takes place AfterTheEnd and his goal to keep the kids inside is actually to protect them from radiation. Sort of Jossed in "Sportacus Saves The Toys" when Sportacus visits France and China. Both countries seem to be fine.
** *** The fandom is known for its interpretations of character backstories. Fanfiction writers often give Robbie Rotten a tragic past. A few diehards have created interpretations of the mythical "Number Nine", mentioned only in one episode. A lot of fan theories revolve around Nine being Sportacus' father, or being evil and glamouring the whole town.
** *** [[http://worldofcrap.weebly.com/lazy-town---defending-freedom-and-cake.html This article]] argues that Robbie Rotten is the OnlySaneMan and that trying to let children play and eat sweets is actually preferable to Sportacus' enforcement of brutal physical torture and diet of seeds.
** *** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/5epio4/lazytown_robbie_rotten_could_have_been_once/ Another fan theory]] suggests that Robbie Rotten was one of the former superheroes of [=LazyTown=], who gave up because he was frustrated with the kids reverting back to their old ways every time (that is, until Sportacus came along), so he just gave up and encouraged them to be lazy out of spite whilst being the town's villain for his own amusement. A theory similar to this one poses that Robbie was one of the original heroes, before Sportacus (ten) and the mysterious Number Nine; after all, the first of the heroes would be Number One. A third theory suggests that Robbie successfully defeated all the previous Sportacuses given how [=LazyTown=] used to be a good place to live, but in the first episode it's barely hanging on. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/5epio4/lazytown_robbie_rotten_could_have_been_once/daf9k6v/ The show's head writer]] commented on the theories and liked them, suggesting joke theories that the series was all just a dream of Stingy's and the Mayor was on drugs.
** *** Stefan Karl did a Website/{{Reddit}} [=AMA=] in 2016. One question was "Way deep down inside, what does Robbie '''really''' think about the residents of [=LazyTown=]?" Stefan's response? [[IJustWantToHaveFriends "I wish I could be their friend."]] He later clarified that Robbie thought about it in a selfish manner, but the implication deepens his character significantly. Stefán had previously stated in [[https://stefankarlfanblog.tumblr.com/post/179260602895/photos-taken-by-haraldur-gu%C3%B0j%C3%B3nsson-used-for-this an Icelandic-language interview]] seven years earlier that he didn't see Robbie as a villain, believing Sportacus would be long dead if this was the case.case.
** Why does Sportacus become lethargic when he eats sugar? Is it because he's not human (whether an elf like in the plays or something else entirely) and his species always reacts that way to sugar? Is it because his body doesn't recognise sugar due to how infrequently he eats it? Or is he diabetic?
** An insane amount of these center around Robbie Rotten.
** Why does Sportacus become lethargic when he eats sugar? Is it because he's not human (whether an elf like in the plays or something else entirely) and his species always reacts that way to sugar? Is it because his body doesn't recognise sugar due to how infrequently he eats it? Or is he diabetic?
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* SacredCow: Robbie Rotten is not only considered a hilarious villain but also has some of the show's best songs, so it should come as no surprise that his actor, Stefán Karl Stefánsson, would eventually gain a certain level of sanctity on the internet after he embracing the show's memes, not to mention became known as a generally nice person. When he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, '''every single meme video of "We Are Number One"''' was updated to include a link to a charity page to pay for his treatment... ''and it worked'', and Stefánsson was vocally grateful to his fans for allowing him to live cancer-free for another year. Needless to say, there was a ''wide'' outpouring of grief when the illness eventually claimed his life in 2018.
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* SacredCow: Robbie Rotten is not only considered a hilarious villain but also has some of the show's best songs, so it should come as no surprise that his actor, Stefán Karl Stefánsson, would eventually gain a certain level of sanctity on the internet after he embracing the show's memes, not to mention became known as a generally nice person. When he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, '''every single meme video of "We Are Number One"''' was updated to include a link to a charity page to pay for his treatment... ''and it worked'', and Stefánsson was vocally grateful to his fans for allowing him to live cancer-free for another year. Needless to say, there was a ''wide'' outpouring of grief when the illness eventually claimed his life in 2018.
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** Stefan Karl Stefansson claimed that part of the reason his cancer went into remission is due to taking time to exercise. Considering that Robbie's whole schtick is trying to convince kids to be lazy...
** Stefan Karl Stefansson claimed that part of the reason his cancer went into remission is due to taking time to exercise. Considering that Robbie's whole schtick is trying to convince kids to be lazy...
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight:
**HarsherInHindsight: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gw1w7qMY8w LazyTown Forever]] passion project samples a line from Robbie Rotten in "The First Day of Summer", where despite initially being chipper about being in solitary, he laments on how much he misses the [=LazyTown=] gang. An already bittersweet line takes a more poignant and retrospective meaning following the death of his actor, Stefan Karl.
* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Stefan Karl Stefansson claimed that part of the reason his cancer went into remission is due to taking time to exercise. Considering that Robbie's whole schtick is trying to convince kids to be lazy...
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Stefan Karl Stefansson claimed that part of the reason his cancer went into remission is due to taking time to exercise. Considering that Robbie's whole schtick is trying to convince kids to be lazy...
