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* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHYCWMsA8Lc&ab_channel=ScallywagsTV1 The theme for the 1975 series]] will likely never leave your head.

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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHYCWMsA8Lc&ab_channel=ScallywagsTV1 The theme for the 1975 series]] will likely never leave your head.head.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66U2iqKg3-A Who's acting clever? Who's happy? Who's strong? naughty, neat, scatterbrained or just plain wrong? What a crazy cool commotion, Mr. Men and Little Miss!]]
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* NightmareFuel: Little Miss Lucky's encounter with the [[WhenTreesAttack midnight tree.]]
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Someone behaving too grumpy, too chatty, too nosy, etc? Stalk them around wherever they go to humiliate and punish them anytime they behave bad. That'll get them to change their ways.
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** Mr. Tickle can come off as one in the New Library "Mr. Tickle In A Tangle." His extraordinary long arms prove to be nothing but a nuisance due to getting them tangled in the stair banisters and the revolving door at a hotel where he was meant to meet up with Mr. Uppity for lunch, getting stepped on by a bus conducter and getting tangled up by [[{{Jerkass}} Little Miss Naughty.]]
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** Mr. Good is also one in his own story due to having his generous nature spat in his face by the residents of Badland. Fortunately he manages to leave by the end of the book.
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** Mr. Small in "Little Miss Trouble".
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* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler: Cybermats]] in ''Dr. Twelfth'', which factor into TheReveal.
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* TheWoobie: Mr. Bump and Little Miss Whoops are always clumsy and accidentally hurting themselves, Mr. Forgetful forgets everything and anything, Mr. Muddle is always mixed up about everything, Mr. Clumsy breaks stuff simply by touching it and is always tripping up, Mr. Quiet is unable to raise his voice very much resulting in people not being able to hear him, Little Miss Shy is shy to the point where she spends most of the day in her own house, Mr. Jelly is scared of his own shadow and Little Miss Late is late for everything and often gets yelled at even when she doesn't mean to be late.

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* TheWoobie: Mr. Bump and Little Miss Whoops are always clumsy and accidentally hurting themselves, Mr. Forgetful forgets everything and anything, Mr. Muddle is always mixed up about everything, Mr. Clumsy breaks stuff simply by touching it and is always tripping up, Mr. Quiet is unable to raise his voice very much resulting in people not being able to hear him, Little Miss Shy is shy to the point where she spends most of the day in her own house, Mr. Jelly is scared of his own shadow and shadow, Little Miss Late is late for everything and often gets yelled at even when she doesn't mean to be late.late, Mr. Clever is only clever when it comes to intellectual areas and is stupid when it comes to emotional areas and Mr. Small and Miss Tiny have problems that are caused by their height.
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Figured i'd edit the woobie example.


* TheWoobie: Mr. Bump and Little Miss Whoops are always clumsy and accidentally hurting themselves, Mr. Forgetful forgets everything and anything, and Mr. Muddle is always mixed up about everything.

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* TheWoobie: Mr. Bump and Little Miss Whoops are always clumsy and accidentally hurting themselves, Mr. Forgetful forgets everything and anything, and Mr. Muddle is always mixed up about everything.everything, Mr. Clumsy breaks stuff simply by touching it and is always tripping up, Mr. Quiet is unable to raise his voice very much resulting in people not being able to hear him, Little Miss Shy is shy to the point where she spends most of the day in her own house, Mr. Jelly is scared of his own shadow and Little Miss Late is late for everything and often gets yelled at even when she doesn't mean to be late.
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* TheWoobie: Mr. Bump and Little Miss Whoops are always clumsy and accidentally hurting themselves, Mr Forgetful forgets everything and anything, and Mr. Muddle is always mixed up about everything.

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* TheWoobie: Mr. Bump and Little Miss Whoops are always clumsy and accidentally hurting themselves, Mr Mr. Forgetful forgets everything and anything, and Mr. Muddle is always mixed up about everything.
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* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHYCWMsA8Lc&ab_channel=ScallywagsTV1 The theme for the 1975 series]] will likely never leave your head.
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* UncannyValley: TheGiant in the AnimatedAdaptation of Mr. Greedy's story.

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* UncannyValley: TheGiant in the AnimatedAdaptation of Mr. Greedy's story.story.
* TheWoobie: Mr. Bump and Little Miss Whoops are always clumsy and accidentally hurting themselves, Mr Forgetful forgets everything and anything, and Mr. Muddle is always mixed up about everything.
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* GodModeSue: Mr. Strong allegedly has no weakness, and is very strong[[http://i.imgur.com/LuR5nVD.jpg]]. And eats lots of eggs
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* BizarroEpisode: ''Mr. Snow''. He isn't defined by any character trait, and he never appears in any of the other characters' stories, nor do any of them appear in his.
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* AccidentalInnuendo[=/=]UnfortunateNames: Mr. Happy, [[HilariousInHindsight in hindsight]]. While Mr. Men predated the Creator/RobinWilliams [[ICallHimMisterHappy skit]] by 8 years, and no one saw the PopculturalOsmosis coming, ''Mr. Happy'' became UnusualEuphemism and a common nickname for a man's junk in the US.

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* AccidentalInnuendo[=/=]UnfortunateNames: Mr. Happy, [[HilariousInHindsight in hindsight]]. While Mr. Men predated the Creator/RobinWilliams [[ICallHimMisterHappy skit]] by 8 years, and no one saw the PopculturalOsmosis coming, ''Mr. Happy'' became UnusualEuphemism and a common nickname for a man's junk ''junk'' in the US.
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* AccidentalInnuendo[=/=]UnfortunateNames: Mr. Happy, [[HilariousInHindsight in hindsight]]. While Mr. Men predated the Creator/RobinWilliams skit by 8 years, and no one saw the CulturalOsmosis coming, ''Mr. Happy'' became UnusualEuphemism for a man's junk in the US.

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* AccidentalInnuendo[=/=]UnfortunateNames: Mr. Happy, [[HilariousInHindsight in hindsight]]. While Mr. Men predated the Creator/RobinWilliams skit [[ICallHimMisterHappy skit]] by 8 years, and no one saw the CulturalOsmosis PopculturalOsmosis coming, ''Mr. Happy'' became UnusualEuphemism and a common nickname for a man's junk in the US.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: Mr. Happy. It's likely that Mr. Hargreaves was unaware of one particular Creator/RobinWilliams [[ICallHimMisterHappy skit]] that became popular in the US.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: AccidentalInnuendo[=/=]UnfortunateNames: Mr. Happy. It's likely that Happy, [[HilariousInHindsight in hindsight]]. While Mr. Hargreaves was unaware of one particular Men predated the Creator/RobinWilliams [[ICallHimMisterHappy skit]] that skit by 8 years, and no one saw the CulturalOsmosis coming, ''Mr. Happy'' became popular UnusualEuphemism for a man's junk in the US.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: Mr. Happy. It's likely that Mr. Hargreaves was unaware of one particular Creator/RobinWilliams skit that became popular in the US.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: Mr. Happy. It's likely that Mr. Hargreaves was unaware of one particular Creator/RobinWilliams skit [[ICallHimMisterHappy skit]] that became popular in the US.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: Mr. Happy. It's accidental because Mr. Hargraves is likely unaware of one particular Creator/RobinWilliams skit that became popular in the US.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: Mr. Happy. It's accidental because Mr. Hargraves is likely that Mr. Hargreaves was unaware of one particular Creator/RobinWilliams skit that became popular in the US.US.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: Mr. Happy. It's accidental because Mr. Hargraves is likely unaware of one particular Creator/RobinWilliams skit that became popular in the US.

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* GodModeSue: Mr. Strong allegedly has no weakness, and is very strong[[http://i.imgur.com/LuR5nVD.jpg]]. And eats lots of eggs without getting a cholesterol problem.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks - Most people who read the original books as children (or even as parents) are horrified by the TV show, ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''. Infomercials?! And a coastline?! And ''beach parties''?! And where the '''hell''' are Mr. Clever and Miss Star?! They're both smart! And what the heck is up with Mr. Happy's voice?

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* GodModeSue: Mr. Strong allegedly has no weakness, and is very strong[[http://i.imgur.com/LuR5nVD.jpg]]. And eats lots of eggs without getting a cholesterol problem.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks - Most people who read the original books as children (or even as parents) are horrified by the TV show, ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''. Infomercials?! And a coastline?! And ''beach parties''?! And where the '''hell''' are Mr. Clever and Miss Star?! They're both smart! And what the heck is up with Mr. Happy's voice?
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* GodModeSue: Mr. Strong allegedly has no weakness, and is very strong. And eats lots of eggs without getting a cholesterol problem.

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* GodModeSue: Mr. Strong allegedly has no weakness, and is very strong.strong[[http://i.imgur.com/LuR5nVD.jpg]]. And eats lots of eggs without getting a cholesterol problem.
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* GodModeSue: Mr. Strong allegedly has no weakness, and is very strong. And eats lots of eggs without getting a cholesterol problem.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: It's popular among some to psychoanalyse the characters and conclude that Mr. Bump is a masochist, Mr. Strong is a NietzscheWannabe, Mr. Tickle has a tickling fetish, Mr. Happy is a StepfordSmiler (though only in ''TheMrMenShow'', etc.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks - Most people who read the original books as children (or even as parents) are horrified by the TV show, ''TheMrMenShow''. Infomercials?! And a coastline?! And ''beach parties''?! And where the '''hell''' are Mr. Clever and Miss Star?! They're both smart! And what the heck is up with Mr. Happy's voice?

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: It's popular among some to psychoanalyse the characters and conclude that Mr. Bump is a masochist, Mr. Strong is a NietzscheWannabe, Mr. Tickle has a tickling fetish, Mr. Happy is a StepfordSmiler (though only in ''TheMrMenShow'', ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''), etc.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks - Most people who read the original books as children (or even as parents) are horrified by the TV show, ''TheMrMenShow''.''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''. Infomercials?! And a coastline?! And ''beach parties''?! And where the '''hell''' are Mr. Clever and Miss Star?! They're both smart! And what the heck is up with Mr. Happy's voice?

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I nearly went deaf just READING that They Changed It Now It Sucks entry. Remember, emphasise everything and you emphasise nothing (and the results are almost always obnoxious to read at the best of times).


* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: It's popular among some to psychoanalyse the characters and conclude that Mr. Bump is a masochist, Mr. Strong is a NietzscheWannabe, Mr. Tickle has a tickling fetish, Mr. Happy is a StepfordSmiler, etc.
** Mr. Happy's only that in TheMrMenShow.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks - Most people who read the original books as children (or even as parents) are horrified by the TV show, TheMrMenShow. INFOMERCIALS?! AND A COASTLINE?! AND ''BEACH PARTIES''?! AND WHERE THE '''HELL''' ARE MR. CLEVER AND MISS STAR?! THEY'RE BOTH SMART!
** Also, "what the heck is up with Mr. Happy's voice?"

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: It's popular among some to psychoanalyse the characters and conclude that Mr. Bump is a masochist, Mr. Strong is a NietzscheWannabe, Mr. Tickle has a tickling fetish, Mr. Happy is a StepfordSmiler, StepfordSmiler (though only in ''TheMrMenShow'', etc.
** Mr. Happy's only that in TheMrMenShow.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks - Most people who read the original books as children (or even as parents) are horrified by the TV show, TheMrMenShow. INFOMERCIALS?! AND A COASTLINE?! AND ''BEACH PARTIES''?! AND WHERE THE '''HELL''' ARE MR. CLEVER AND MISS STAR?! THEY'RE BOTH SMART!
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''TheMrMenShow''. Infomercials?! And a coastline?! And ''beach parties''?! And where the '''hell''' are Mr. Clever and Miss Star?! They're both smart! And what the heck is up with Mr. Happy's voice?"voice?
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** Also, "what the heck is up with Mr. Happy's voice?"
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** Mr. Happy's only that in TheMrMenShow.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks - Most people who read the original books as children (or even as parents) are horrified by TheMrMenShow. INFOMERCIALS?! AND A COASTLINE?! AND ''BEACH PARTIES''?! AND WHERE THE '''HELL''' ARE MR. CLEVER AND MISS STAR?! THEY'RE BOTH SMART!

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks - Most people who read the original books as children (or even as parents) are horrified by the TV show, TheMrMenShow. INFOMERCIALS?! AND A COASTLINE?! AND ''BEACH PARTIES''?! AND WHERE THE '''HELL''' ARE MR. CLEVER AND MISS STAR?! THEY'RE BOTH SMART!
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of old-school fans aren't pleased with some of the character-design changes in ''The Mr Men Show'', or with [[TheScrappy new character]] Mr. Rude. Some also feel all books since Roger Hargeaves's death are FanonDiscontinuity.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of old-school fans aren't pleased with some of TheyChangedItNowItSucks - Most people who read the character-design changes in ''The Mr Men Show'', or with [[TheScrappy new character]] Mr. Rude. Some also feel all original books since Roger Hargeaves's death as children (or even as parents) are FanonDiscontinuity.horrified by TheMrMenShow. INFOMERCIALS?! AND A COASTLINE?! AND ''BEACH PARTIES''?! AND WHERE THE '''HELL''' ARE MR. CLEVER AND MISS STAR?! THEY'RE BOTH SMART!
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of old-school fans aren't pleased with some of the character-design changes in ''The Mr Men Show'', or with [[TheScrappy new character]] Mr. Rude. Some also feel all books since Roger Hargeaves's death are FanonDiscontinuity.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of old-school fans aren't pleased with some of the character-design changes in ''The Mr Men Show'', or with [[TheScrappy new character]] Mr. Rude. Some also feel all books since Roger Hargeaves's death are FanonDiscontinuity.FanonDiscontinuity.
* UncannyValley: TheGiant in the AnimatedAdaptation of Mr. Greedy's story.

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