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3	'''''The Ink Thief''''' was a memorably weird 1994 children's TV show starring Creator/RichardOBrien and Toyah Wilcox. It was about a brother and sister, Jim and Sam, stumbling on a very gothic MagicalLand populated by "Bumps" (basically {{Imaginary Friend}}s that live in books and are made of pure imagination), and getting caught up in a conflict between the 'OOB', the organisation of Bumps, headed by Librarian Miz Tiggle, and the Ink Thief, a villain who sucks out imagination from books, art and Bumps and feeds on it with the aim of becoming human and taking over the world.
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5	Did we mention that this show was ''weird''?
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7	While Sam sides with Miz Tiggle to collect the Four Bumps of the Aplopolypse, Jim is seduced away by the Ink Thief's book of Infinite Power - but while Jim wants to create a perfect world with it, the Thief is after something very different...
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10	!! This show provides examples of:
11	* CowardlyLion: Lorni Snoop ends up as one of these.
12	* EndlessCorridor: This was basically the entire setting of the show, coupled with ScoobyDoobyDoors and ExtremelyDustyHome.
13	* ScaryLibrarian: Miz Tiggle is a kung-fu librarian with power over imagination. She's also a rather cool mentor for Sam.
14	* ShoutOut: the 'Don't Panic' sign that hangs in the 'plane the Waverleys take to Leaf is of course a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy shout out.
15	* SiblingRivalry: The kids spend most of the series on opposite sides and they weren't on particularly friendly terms to begin with.
16	* TeenGenius: Jim definitely qualifies, being about the only one to understand the book of Power and pre-adventure, constantly confusing and annoying his impulsive action-girl sister.
17	* WeirdnessCensor: The private plane the Ink Thief uses to bring the family to their new home is obviously home-made complete with mismatched seats and cardboard signs. Although Sam is delighted with their 'brilliant' plane, you might expect the parents to be a bit concerned but they don't seem to even notice. Nor do they care that Leaf doesn't appear on any map.

Context Series / TheInkThief