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2 | [=BabyTV=] is a multilingual 24-hour TV network owned by Creator/{{Disney}} (under its international branch). As its name suggests, the channel broadcasts programming targeted at babies, with shows about learning shapes, colors, words, and basic concepts like big and small. |
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4 | If you think this channel seems similar to another TV network called Creator/{{BabyFirst TV}}, you aren't alone. Though [=BabyTV=] launched in 2003, some of its current programming is very similar to programming offered by [=BabyFirst TV=], which started three years later. Despite these similarites, the differences between the two networks are clearly visible in both programming and overall branding. |
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6 | [=BabyTV=] didn't come to the United States until January 2011, when Dish Network added the channel to its lineup. But in doing so, Dish dropped [=BabyFirst TV=], which Dish had carried since 2006. Fans of [=BabyFirst TV=] weren't happy, and they campaigned on Website/{{Facebook}} for its restoration while denouncing [=BabyTV=]. Dish eventually restored [=BabyFirst TV=] on a separate channel, but also kept [=BabyTV=] on the lineup, giving people a chance to compare the two channels' programming, and ultimately decide which one is better. |
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8 | !!The channel's programming exhibits the following tropes: |
9 | * AnimateInanimateObject: The majority of the characters in ''Jammers'' are living musical instruments, with the main four characters being an upright piano, a double bass, a snare drum, and a saxophone. |
10 | * ArtInitiatesLife: Sketch of ''Mona and Sketch'' can draw anything up for the pair to use in their adventures. |
11 | * ArtisticLicenseHistory: Lampshaded by ''Mini Matinee''. The shorts do cover a basic historical event with each episode and every one ends with the line "In case you were wondering if this was a true story, then maybe it was and maybe it wasn't." |
12 | * BlobMonster: The namesake characters of ''Pitch and Potch'' are blobby critters of indescribable species, both different shades of orange. |
13 | * LaughTrack: An in-series group of kids laugh in ''Pitch and Potch'' whenever Pitch and Potch do something funny. |
14 | * MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: Due to its demographic, ''Pitch and Potch'' doesn't contain dialogue. It's about Pitch and Potch messing with different items and making sounds/music with them. |
15 | * NameAndName: They run an imported Israeli series called ''Pitch and Potch'', after its main characters. |
16 | * NinjaRun: Little Lola runs in this manner, arms straight out behind her during the intro sequence to her episodes. |
17 | * SecretIngredient: In one episode of ''Charlie and the Numbers'', the secret ingredient of ice cream is humour. |
18 | * SeriesMascot: Baby Butterfly (see page image above) and, to a lesser extent, the rest of the Tiny Bunch, appear on the channel's logos and promos. |
19 | * SpeakingSimlish: Rocco communicates in this way with TheNarrator, who relays the plot and what Rocco is up to to the audience. |
20 | * StockAnimalDiet: |
21 | ** Rabbit grows a wide variety of vegetables in his patch, including, yes, carrots. Other animals also eat their respective food, Squirrels and nuts, Tortoises and lettuce, Chicks and seeds, Sheep and grass etc. |
22 | ** Zigzagged with Rocco. As a squirrel, he is shown eating nuts, but at other times he eats other foods. For example, one episode has him find a way to carry a plum home so he can share it with some birds. |
23 | * StrictlyFormula: Given that the channel's target audience isn't exactly going to follow any complicated story, many of the shorts have much the same in terms of plot. For example, a typical ''Ahoy Pirates!'' plot goes as follows: Captain Katie announces that there's treasure on an island, the crew need to find a piece of equipment before leaving, set sail, have an encounter at sea, arrive at the island, solve the puzzles, find the treasure, and have a party with the toys found inside. |
24 | * TalkLikeAPirate: TheNarrator for ''Ahoy Pirates!'' speaks this way, even adding an "Aaaar, matey!" to the end of the theme song. Averted with the pirates themselves, who are an all female crew. |
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