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** Even Little Miss Greedy's name was changed after the word "plump" was deemed offensive in the UK in TheEighties.
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** HilariousInHindsight: Said parodies of Mr. Men and Little Misses based around adult problems become quite funny when an actual ''Mr. Men'' [[https://www.amazon.com/Little-Grown-Books-Collection-Hargreaves/dp/9526533593 line of books]] aimed at adults released in 2018 (albeit with existing characters).
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** One from ''Little Miss Inventor And The Robots'': What are the chances that the [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Bossybot taking control of the other robots]] that Little Miss Inventor built and causing them to spiral out of control may have resulted in a [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminator]]-esque scenario had Little Miss Inventor not created a stop button?

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** One from ''Little Miss Inventor And The Robots'': What are the chances that the [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Bossybot taking control of the other robots]] that Little Miss Inventor built and causing them to spiral out of control may have resulted in a [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminator]]-esque or Literature/NineteenEightyFour-esque scenario had Little Miss Inventor not created a stop button?
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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 ''penis'' in the US.

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* AccidentalInnuendo[=/=]UnfortunateNames: AccidentalInnuendo: 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 ''penis'' in the US.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: 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 ''penis'' in the US.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: 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 ''penis'' in the US.



*** Take into account the bullet points regarding [[WeDoTheImpossible Mr. Impossible]] and [[BornLucky Little Miss Lucky]]. The citizens of Misterland are very lucky that Little Miss Inventor didn't create robotic clones based on them or who knows what they would've done when the Bossybot took control of the other robots.

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*** Take into account the bullet points regarding [[WeDoTheImpossible Mr. Impossible]] and [[BornLucky Little Miss Lucky]]. The citizens of Misterland are very lucky that Little Miss Inventor didn't create robotic clones based on of them or who knows what they would've done when the Bossybot took control of the other robots.
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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 ''penis'' in the US.

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* AccidentalInnuendo[=/=]UnfortunateNames: AccidentalInnuendo: 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 ''penis'' in the US.
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*** Take into account the bullet points regarding [[WeDoTheImpossible Mr. Impossible]] and [[BornLucky Little Miss Lucky]]. The citizens of Misterland are very lucky that Little Miss Inventor didn't create robotic clones based on them or who knows what they would've done when the Bossybot took control of the other robots.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of fans aren't happy about Mr. Uppity's seemingly out of nowhere and unnecessary name change, some even out right refusing to call him Snooty.



* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of fans aren't happy about Mr. Uppity's seemingly out of nowhere and unnecessary name change, some even out right refusing to call him Snooty.
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** Mr. Bump and Mr. Tickle beating up Little Miss Trouble after she tricked Mr. Uppity and Mr. Clever into attacking Mr. Small and [[LackOfEmpathy laughed at the result]] is very much a breath of fresh air.

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** Mr. Bump and Mr. Tickle beating up Little Miss Trouble after she tricked Mr. Uppity and Mr. Clever into attacking Mr. Small and [[LackOfEmpathy laughed at the result]] is very much a huge breath of fresh air.
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** Mr. Bump and Mr. Tickle beating up Little Miss Trouble after she tricked Mr. Uppity and Mr. Clever into attacking Mr. Small and [[LackOfEmpathy laughing at the result]] is very much a breath of fresh air.

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** Mr. Bump and Mr. Tickle beating up Little Miss Trouble after she tricked Mr. Uppity and Mr. Clever into attacking Mr. Small and [[LackOfEmpathy laughing laughed at the result]] is very much a breath of fresh air.

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* CatharsisFactor: In light of Little Miss Naughty's [[KickTheDog actions]] in "Little Miss Shy And The Fairy Godmother", her being forced to scrub the plates as punishment for attempting to ruin a street party at the end of "Little Miss Princess And The Very Special Party" might come off as extremely well-deserved.

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** Mr. Bump and Mr. Tickle beating up Little Miss Trouble after she tricked Mr. Uppity and Mr. Clever into attacking Mr. Small and [[LackOfEmpathy laughing at the result]] is very much a breath of fresh air.
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In light of Little Miss Naughty's [[KickTheDog actions]] in "Little Miss Shy And The Fairy Godmother", her being forced to scrub the plates as punishment for attempting to ruin a street party at the end of "Little Miss Princess And The Very Special Party" might come off as extremely well-deserved.



* UnintentionallySympathetic: Little Miss Trouble tends to get this from some people, if only for the fact that Mr. Small got revenge on her by [[FrameUp framing her for calling Mr. Tickle and Mr. Bump rude nicknames.]] It might also be a case of MisaimedFandom given her [[LackOfEmpathy remorseless reaction]] to the results of her "prank" on Mr. Small. [[labelnote:]] Framing him for giving Mr. Uppity and Mr. Clever rude nicknames which made the two of them angry and attack Mr. Small without letting him speak first. [[/labelnote]]
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Considering the amount of characters who are [[{{Foil}} Foils]] to each other (E.G. [[GrumpyBear Mr. Grumpy]] to [[ThePollyanna Mr. Happy and Little Miss Sunshine]]), [[ScienceHero Little Miss Inventor]] and [[MagicalGirl Little Miss Magic]] would be foils to each other but so far, such a storyline hasn't come to light.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Considering the amount of characters who are [[{{Foil}} Foils]] to each other (E.G. [[GrumpyBear Mr. Grumpy]] to [[ThePollyanna Mr. Happy and Little Miss Sunshine]]), you'd think that there'd be a story showing [[ScienceHero Little Miss Inventor]] and [[MagicalGirl Little Miss Magic]] would be foils to each other having such a relationship but so far, such a storyline hasn't come to light.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Considering the amount of characters who are [[{{Foil}} Foils]] to each other (E.G. [[GrumpyBear Mr. Grumpy]] to [[ThePollyanna Mr. Happy and Little Miss Sunshine]]), [[ScienceHero Little Miss Inventor]] and [[MagicalGirl Little Miss Magic]] would have such a relationship but so far, such a storyline hasn't come to light.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Considering the amount of characters who are [[{{Foil}} Foils]] to each other (E.G. [[GrumpyBear Mr. Grumpy]] to [[ThePollyanna Mr. Happy and Little Miss Sunshine]]), [[ScienceHero Little Miss Inventor]] and [[MagicalGirl Little Miss Magic]] would have such a relationship be foils to each other but so far, such a storyline hasn't come to light.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Considering the amount of characters who are [[{{Foil}} Foils]] to each other (E.G. [[GrumpyBear Mr. Grumpy]] to [[ThePollyanna Mr. Happy and Little Miss Sunshine]]), [[ScienceHero Little Miss Inventor]] and [[MagicalGirl Little Miss Magic]] would have such a relationship but so far, such a storyline hasn't come to light.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of fans aren't happy about Mr. Uppity's seemingly out of nowhere and unnecessary name change, some even out right refusing to call him Snooty

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of fans aren't happy about Mr. Uppity's seemingly out of nowhere and unnecessary name change, some even out right refusing to call him Snooty Snooty.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A lot of fans aren't happy about Mr. Uppity's seemingly out of nowhere and unnecessary name change, some even out right refusing to call him Snooty
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** One from ''Little Miss Inventor And The Robots'': What are the chances that the [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Bossybot taking control of the other robots]] that Little Miss Inventor built and causing them to spiral out of control may have resulted in a [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminator]]-esque scenario had Little Miss Inventor not created a stop button?

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: So popular in France that in the 90s, an extra ''eleven'' ghost-written entries in the series under the name Roger Hargreaves were made specifically for the country, are now part of the official French canon, and didn’t receive a release in the UK until TheNewTens!

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So popular in France that in the 90s, an extra ''eleven'' ghost-written entries in the series under the name Roger Hargreaves were made specifically for the country, are now part of the official French canon, and didn’t receive a release in the UK until TheNewTens!


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* StockParodyJokes: Fake covers focusing of original characters whose MeaningfulName is an insult or more adult-themed than the normal series.
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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 StrawNihilist, Mr. Tickle has a tickling fetish, Mr. Happy is a StepfordSmiler (he actually is one in ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''), etc.

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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 StrawNihilist, Mr. Tickle has a tickling fetish, Mr. Happy is a StepfordSmiler (he ([[AscendedFanon he actually is one one]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''), etc.
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* ValuesDissonance: The word "uppity" apparently has a racist history, so, most likely in light of the Black Lives Matter movement, Mr. Uppity's name was changed to Mr. Snooty in all territories, making him the second character to undergo a name change in all territories after Little Miss Greedy.
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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 StrawNihilist, Mr. Tickle has a tickling fetish, Mr. Happy is a StepfordSmiler (though only in ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''), etc.

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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 StrawNihilist, Mr. Tickle has a tickling fetish, Mr. Happy is a StepfordSmiler (though only (he actually is one in ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''), etc.
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** The books ''Mr. Men Go To School'' and ''Mr. Men Hospital'' show [[ControlFreak Little]] [[ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife Miss Bossy]] as the headteacher and the matron respectively and [[ThePrankster Mr. Mischief and Little Miss Naughty]] are shown as working under her in the latter book and Little Miss Naughty is shown as a student in the former book. While Mr. Mischief and Little Miss Naughty are both troublemakers, there's a very likely chance that having to deal with Little Miss Bossy's bossiness may have excacerbated their bad behavior instead of making it better.
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** Similar to Mr. Impossible above, you have [[BornLucky Little Miss Lucky]] - She would, as likely as not, literally get away with murder if she had a mind set similar to Mr. Mischief and Little Miss Naughty, which luckily (No pun intended) she doesn't.

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** Similar to Mr. Impossible above, you have [[BornLucky Little Miss Lucky]] - She would, as likely as not, literally get away with murder if she had a mind set mindset similar to Mr. Mischief and Little Miss Naughty, which luckily (No pun intended) she doesn't.
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** Similar to Mr. Impossible above, you have [[BornLucky Little Miss Lucky]] - She would, as likely as not, literally get away with murder if she had a mind set similar to Mr. Mischief and Little Miss Naughty, which luckily (No pun intended) she doesn't.
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** Mr. Impossible is by far one of the most powerful characters in the series -- he can do ''anything'' even if it's impossible. This does not seem to have any limits making him a potential RealityWarper, and his abilities could theoretically include horrible things like blowing up the world with a snap of his fingers. Fortunately, he's one of the nicest Mr. Men and wouldn't do such terrible acts, but one can only imagine what could happen if he had the disposition of Mr. Grumpy, Mr. Mean, or worse...

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* FridgeHorror: The fact that the [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} Nonsenselanders]] apparently keep their doors open to prevent burglars from coming in. Suppose a burglar that's not a Nonsenseland native came round?

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The fact that the [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} Nonsenselanders]] apparently keep their doors open to prevent burglars from coming in. Suppose a burglar that's not a Nonsenseland native came round?round?
** One regarding ''Mr. Men Go Dancing'', what are the chances that Mr. Fussy, Mr. Cheerful, Little Miss Sunshine and Little Miss Splendid (Who were the judges at the dance contest) were unfairly blamed by the press for what happened to Mr. Perfect and Little Miss Star when it was really Mr. Mischief and Little Miss Naughty who ruined their turn on the dance floor?
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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 any time they behave bad. That'll get them to change their ways.
** "Old habits die hard" seems to be the moral of Mr. Mischief's story, given that the story ends with him going back to his old ways after a wizard teaches him a lesson.
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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.
** Old habits die hard seems to be the moral of Mr. Mischief's story, given that the story ends with him going back to his old ways after a wizard teaches him a lesson.

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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 any time they behave bad. That'll get them to change their ways.
** Old "Old habits die hard hard" seems to be the moral of Mr. Mischief's story, given that the story ends with him going back to his old ways after a wizard teaches him a lesson.



* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: So popular in France that in the 90's, an extra ''eleven'' ghost-written entries in the series under the name Roger Hargreaves were made specifically for the country, are now part of the official French canon, and didn’t receive a release in the UK until TheNewTens!

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: So popular in France that in the 90's, 90s, an extra ''eleven'' ghost-written entries in the series under the name Roger Hargreaves were made specifically for the country, are now part of the official French canon, and didn’t receive a release in the UK until TheNewTens!

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