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3 | ''Bump'' is a cartoon for children made by CMTB Animation (who also made ''WesternAnimation/TheTrapDoor'' and ''WesternAnimation/StoppitAndTidyup''), which was broadcast between 1990 and 1996, with a ChristmasSpecial in 1995. |
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5 | The cartoon is all about an elephant called Bump and [[ADogNamedDog a bird called Birdie]], who live in a surreal world together with their friends. |
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7 | The TitleThemeTune was sung by Steve Augrade, with his son. [[ShortRunner Only 26 episodes were made]], but there was a ChristmasSpecial in 1995 called "Bump's Christmas Story". The series was narrated by Creator/SimonCadell, who also appeared in ''Series/HiDeHi''. |
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10 | !!Tropes used in the series: |
11 | * ButtMonkey: Bump. |
12 | * ChristmasSpecial: Bump's Christmas Story. Bump's adventures normally involve such simple delights as treading in rabbit burrows, losing buttons, or trying to help folks out. But in 1995 he had a bigger adventure which took twice as long to tell. "Bump's Christmas Story" was a ten minute tale in which Bump headed for the North Pole to see SantaClaus. But on the way, he meets a snowman who convinces him that Christmas might never actually happen... |
13 | * ADogNamedDog: Birdie. |
14 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Bump is in every title with no exceptions! |
15 | * MassiveMultiPlayerCrossover: Bump appeared in one children's compilation for charity, and that's Upside Down Friend in NSPCC Children's TV Favourites Volume 2. |
16 | * OneWordTitle: ProtagonistTitle, named after the elephant protagonist. |
17 | * ProtagonistTitle: Also a OneWordTitle, named for the elephant protagonist. |
18 | * ShortRunner: Only 26 episodes were made, like ''WesternAnimation/HuxleyPig''. |
19 | * TheUnintelligible: All the characters speak in MIDI, except for the narrator. |
20 | * TitleThemeTune: "Bump, bump, bumpity, bump. BUMP!" Sung by Steve Augrade and his son. |
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