Line #121 VideoGame/Pixeline


1	-> ''"Hi there, you naughty kid. Wanna play with me?"''
2	--> '''Pixeline''', ''Pixeline in the Treehouse''
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4	'''Pixeline''' is an [[EdutainmentGame edutainment game]] series by Danish developers Studio 1-2 (and later Krea Medie, who also publishes the games) for children ages 3-7 that debuted in 1994 and has, over its run, had [[LongRunners over forty games]], including its spin-offs, from 1994 to 2017. From a concept by Steen Gyldendal and inspired by edutainment games from America in the '90's, they star [[GenkiGirl Genki Girl]] Pixeline (voiced by Annevig Schelde Ebbe) and later her little brother [[ADogNamedDog Lillebror]] ("Little Brother", sometimes translated as "Baby Brother", voiced by several boys) as she teaches the player various things like math, the human body, English and Viking history, or helps others with problems and tasks through mini-games and other point-and-click screens. They caused an edutainment game boom in Denmark and are pretty fondly remembered to this day.
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6	The series has also led to three spin-off series, ''Batta Batta'' about a skater boy, ''Silke'' about Pixeline's previously unseen little sister, and ''Lillebror'' about Baby Brother in his own adventures. Those spin-off games are listed on the third index in this page.
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8	The third, fourth and sixth games have been dubbed into English and sold in Britian, but the rest of the games [[NoExportForYou haven't made it outside of Scandinavia]]. If you want to play the English-dubbed versions of those games, you can download them [[https://archive.org/details/pixeline-03-in-the-attic here]], [[https://archive.org/details/pixeline-04-and-the-house-in-the-fairytale-forest here]] and [[https://archive.org/details/pixeline-06-treasure-island here]].
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10	[[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas Not to be confused with]] [[WesternAnimation/PixelPinkie Pixel Pinkie]].
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12	''Page is currently under construction.''
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14	[[foldercontrol]]
15	[[folder:Main Series]]
16	[[index]]
17	* ''Pixeline - syng, leg og lær'' (1994) ("Sing, play and learn")
18	* ''Pixeline - og hulen i træet'' (1996) ("...and the Treehouse")
19	* ''Pixeline - In The Attic'' (1997)
20	* ''Pixeline - and the House in the Fairy Tale Forest'' (1998)
21	* ''Pixeline - i sommerhuset'' (1999) ("...at the Summer Home")
22	* ''Pixeline - Treasure Island'' (2000)
23	* ''Pixeline - full af fis og ballade'' (2001) (''...filled with follies and ballads'')
24	* ''Pixeline - og kong Gulrot'' (2002) ("...and King Carrot")
25	* ''Pixeline - i den vilde vesten'' (2003) ("...in the Wild West")
26	* ''Pixeline - Hotel Skrottenborg'' (2004) ("Hotel Scrotencastle")
27	* ''Pixeline - Stjernestøv'' (2005) ("Stardust")
28	* ''Pixeline - i Pixieland'' (2006) ("...in Pixieland")
29	* ''Pixeline - Magi i Pixieland'' (2007) ("Magic in Pixieland")
30	* ''Pixeline - Drager over Pixieland'' (2008) ("Dragons Over Pixieland")
31	* ''Pixeline - og Drømmespejlet'' (2009) ("...and the Dream Mirror")
32	* ''Pixeline - og Jungelskatten'' (2010) ("...and the Jungle Treasure")
33	* ''Pixeline - og Stjernehotellet'' (2014) ("...and the Star Hotel")
34	* ''Pixeline - 1 til 10'' (2017) ("One to Ten")
35	[[/index]]
36	[[/folder]]
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38	[[folder: "Skolehjælp" Games]]
39	[[index]]
40	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Lær at lese'' (2007) "Learn to Read")
41	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Lær om kroppen'' (2007) ("Learn About The Human Body")
42	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Lær at stave'' (2009) ("Learn to Spell")
43	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Lær om geografi'' ("Learn About Geography")
44	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Lær om førstehjælp'' ("Learn About First Aid")
45	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Lær om dyr'' ("Learn About Animals")
46	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Lær om vikinger'' ("Learn About Vikings")
47	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Lær om regning'' ("Learn About Doing Math")
48	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Lær om klima og vejr'' ("Learn About The Climate and The Weather")
49	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Dansk'' ("Danish")
50	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Dansk 2'' ("Danish Two")
51	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Engelsk'' ("English")
52	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Matematik'' ("Mathmatics")
53	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Matematik 2'' ("Mathmatics Two")
54	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Naturfag'' ("Nature Science")
55	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Trafiksikker'' ("Traffic Security")
56	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp'' (2011) ("Pixeline School Help")
57	* ''Pixeline skolehjælp - Gør lærling til leg'' (2012) ("Turn Learning Into Play")
58	[[/index]]
59	[[/folder]]
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61	[[folder: Other Spin-Offs]]
62	[[index]]
63	* ''Pixelines Lillebror'' ("Pixeline's Baby Brother")
64	* ''Pixelines Lillebror - Buler i Boljedejen'' ("Bulges in the Dough")
65	* ''Pixelines Lillebror 3'' ("Pixeline's Baby Brother 3")
66	* ''Silke - syng, leg og lær''
67	* ''Silke - Hønsefødder og gulerødder'' ("Chicken Feet and Carrots")
68	* ''Silke - Mæh siger det lille monster'' ("'Mah' says the little monster")
69	* ''Silke - Der bor en bager'' ("There Lives A Baker")
70	* ''Silke - Kan du klokken'' ("Do You Know The Time")
71	* ''Silke - Kan du alfabetet'' ("Do You Know The Alphabet")
72	* ''Batta Batta - Kampen mod Ultra'' (2000) ("The Fight Against Ultra")
73	* ''Batta Batta - Kejserens gave'' (2001) ("The Emperor's Gift")
74	* ''Batta Batta - Skurkestreger'' (2004) ("Villainy")
75	[[/index]]
76	[[/folder]]
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79	!!The series contains examples of:
80	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Sometimes.
81	* ADogNamedDog: Barring the above, one of Pixeline's best friends, from ''Sing, play and learn'', is a raincloud named The Raincloud.
82	* AdventureGame: The ''Batta Batta'' games work as such.
83	* AdventurerOutfit: Pixeline wears one for the jungle minigame in ''Sing, play and learn'', the classic style.
84	* AffectionateNickname: In the second English-teaching game, the British detective dog often calls her "Pixeline dear".
85	* AnimalsNotToScale: In the third game's maze minigame, the snail is ''huge'' compared to Pixeline, a normal-sized little girl.
86	* AnimalStereotypes: In said minigame, you have to feed the monkeys bananas after playing hide-and-seek with them.
87	* AllGirlsLikePonies: In ''Pixeline - and the house in the fairy tale forest'', one of the mini-games, where the player put things in their respective closets, has Lillebror describe a magazine about ponies, which Pixeline says "sounds exciting!"
88	* AlliterativeName: '''B'''atta '''B'''atta.
89	* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: The second game has a minigame where Pixeline has to buy fruits (and fish) for one to five Danish crowns each. Granted, they're priced down for the kids' sake but still. The attempted HandWave by the cashier ("They have gone down in price today.") doesn't help either.
90	* ArtShift: The series' art style changes to a more detailed, more cartoony one in the seventh game and on.
91	** The artstyle changes again to a brighter, more pastel one in the last ''Skolehjælp" games.
92	* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: The three 'Chinese' people in ''In the Wild West'', sometimes.
93	* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: Some of Pixeline's outfits show her midriff on occasion.
94	* BilingualBonus: When you click on the elephant in her room, she first says, ''"Wilkommen, meine Damen und Herren."'' Often arbitrarily, too (see GratuitousEnglish and GratuitousGerman below).
95	** She also uses English words sometimes in the English-teaching games.
96	* BlatantLies: When their mom arrives after they finish organizing their family items and asks them if they're "making loud noises", Pixeline says they're just sitting still in their cardboard box.
97	* BlindIdiotTranslation: The Norwegian version of the second game translates the subtitle to ''Hulen i treet'', '''the tree cave'''. It's because the Danish word ''hule'' means ''house'' and was translated literally. This was re-translated into, ''Hytten i treet'' (''the treehouse'') later, though.
98	* BirthdayEpisode: The second ''Lillebror'' spin-off game takes place on Pixeline's birthday.
99	* BraggingThemeTune: ''Pixelines sang'' ("Pixeline's Song"), which debuted in the second game, is all about how great she is, including stuff like, "''She has a lot of friends"'' and, ''"She can count to ten"''.
100	* BrattyHalfPint: Lillebror behaves this way sometimes, often blowing raspberries.
101	* CaptainObvious: If you click on the bus doors, the bus driver says, "But you know, it's not a good idea to open the doors when driving!"
102	* CoversAlwaysLie: Despite the name, only two parts of ''The House In The Fairy Tale Forest'' takes place in said house.
103	* CoverVersion: Besides the traditional kid's songs (see NurseryRhymes below), Danish childrens songs like, "Jeg er en glad lille cowboy" ("I'm A Happy Little Cowboy") have also been covered for certain games.
104	* DamselInDistress: Pixeline is kidnapped by a dragon and an eagle in the fourth and sixth games, respectively. In both cases, Lillebror has to save her.
105	* DullSurprise: The acting in the first game is this to an extent. It improves from the second game.
106	* EvilWitch: In ''The Fairy Tale Forest'', a witch catches (Pixeline's dolls of) Hansel and Gretel and she has to find cards to battle against her with.
107	* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: In ''In the Wild West'', Pixeline and Lillebror uses pop guns to fight bad guys in certain minigames.
108	* FeministFantasy: ''The Wild West'' has Pixeline play a female sheriff (with Lillebror as her deputy), catching and bringing criminals to jail.
109	* FreeRangeChildren: The kids tend to be on their own outside, wherever on the beach, on an island or in a fairy tale land, without their parents.
110	* FunnyAnimal: Some of the animals, like Pip ("Peep") and Mumle ("Mumble") are generally meant to be humorous.
111	* GenreShift: ''Pixeline - The Jungle Treasure'' shifts the series from a point-and-click edutainment to a [[PlatformGame platformer]].
112	* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The cow minigame in ''In the Fairy Tale Forest'' has udder-related innuendo in the song said cow sings.
113	* GratuitousEnglish: In the Wild West minigame (in the second game), Pixeline introduces the minigame with, ''"Hi, stranger!"''
114	* GratuitousGerman: See BilingualBonus above.
115	* HeavyMetal: The style of music that plays during the monkey hide-and-seek minigame (see [[AdventurerOutfit Adventurer Outfit]] and [[AnimalStereotypes Animal Stereotypes]] above).
116	* HotTeacher: Pixeline's teacher in ''In the Attic''.
117	* HouseMusic: The first game's version of ''Wheels on the Bus'' uses house beats.
118	* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Pixeline's mom.
119	* MazeGame: The second game has Pixeline go through a hedge maze to get the parts of her uncle's bicycle for him.
120	** The third game has her go throgh a tall grass maze to get a specific item for her animal friends there to use. They give her colored keys in return.
121	* MinigameGame: What most of the games are (see GenreShift).
122	* MoodWhiplash: The first (or second, depending on when you play it) dressing game starts with Pixeline saying all the dresses have turned completely grey and wishes they could get their colors back.
123	* NationalStereotypes: ''Pixeline in the Wild West'' has some blatant ones of Chinese people, triangle hats and all.
124	** Native Americans has blatant stereotypes laid on them as well, from totem poles and war paint to rain dances and them all being evil.
125	* NippleAndDimed: Pixeline's teacher inexplicably has her nipples sticking out through her shirt.
126	* NurseryRhymes: Songs like "Wheels On The Bus" and "Poor Little Marie" have been covered in the games.
127	* OurFairiesAreDifferent: The ones in the sixth game wear colorful clothing and are rather rough-looking.
128	* {{Pun}}: Besides the TakeThat below, clicking on the monkey drawing on Pixeline's wall has her refer to it as her ''monkeyin' fun monkey drawing" ("abeskøje abetægning").
129	* PuzzleGame: ''In the Attic'' and ''The Wild West'' have such mini-games, where you put together special pictures and newspaper pictures, repsectively.
130	* RealWomenDontWearDresses: The reason Pixeline's design was changed to blue shirt and pants from ''Hotel Skrotenborg'' and on.
131	* RecycledSoundtrack: ''In the Wild West'' re-uses background music from [[SpaghettiWestern Spaghetti Western]] movies.
132	* RecycledTitle: The "''Sing, play and learn''" subtitle is re-used for the first Silke spin-off game.
133	* RedheadsAreRavishing: Pixeline's mom is a redhead and is attractive, something relatively rare for European media.
134	* RepetitiveName: Batta Batta.
135	* RhymesOnADime: Some of the dialogue, especially in ''The house in the fairy tale forest'', rhyme seemingly at random.
136	* {{Sampling}}: The album version of "Look At My Dress" oddly interpolates [[Literature/PippiLongstocking "Here Comes Pippi Longstocking"]].
137	* ShrinkingViolet: Olsen the Octopus, apparently.
138	* ShoutOut: In ''The Wild West'', one of the segments is based on the Danish children's song and game, ''Tre små kinesere'' (''Three Little Chinese'').
139	** The second Batta Batta game's subtitle comes from the fairy tale of the same name.
140	* {{Slapstick}}: Appears occasionally, for example, a pelican bonking on gorilla's heads as part of a music minigame.
141	* {{Spoonerism}}: Pixeline does this occasionally. From the first game:
142	--> '''Pixeline''': Let's learn how to country the water. Nah, of course I mean, to water the country!
143	* SugarBowl: The setting of the last spin-off game, ''Gjør lærling til leg'' ("Turn Learning Into Play").
144	* SweetTooth: Subverted with the lyric, "''I can taste with my tounge/sweet balls and melons/Caddels and melons"''.
145	* TakeThat: In ''The House in the Fairy Tale Forest'', Pixeline calls steel workers [[{{Pun}} "steal-workers"]] since they, supposedly, steal from the wood choppers.
146	* TalkingAnimal: Many of Pixeline's friends, including at a bar in ''Filled with proots and ballads''.
147	* TheWildWest: The primary setting of, well, ''Pixeline in the Wild West''.
148	* ToiletHumor: Comes up on rare occasions, like in ''Sing, play and learn'' where one of the songs has the line, ''And I can smell when you let out a fart'' and a butler farts, before he wisks away out of emberassment.
149	* TotallyRadical: A downplayed version with Batta Batta, who says "cool" a lot, skates and wears 'cool' clothes.
150	* TreasureMap: A minigame in ''Treasure Island'' involves using one that uses numbers and arrows to move Pixeline to the treasure.
151	* UglyGuyHotWife: Pixeline's studry dad and buxom, curvy mom.
152	* VocalDissonance: In the Norwegian dubs of the games that made it to Norway, both of Pixeline's voice actresses ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HUl0ir2nv8&t=784s Karin Annette-Hansson]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmf74sY8M-4&t=869s Siri Nilsen]]) sound a lot older than she's supposed to be.
153	* WickedWitch: See EvilWitch above.

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