Line #20 WesternAnimation/FacesMusicParty


1	%%Face was written to have no defined gender, according to WordOfGod. This article will use "they/them" for consistency.
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4	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7caec453_98c0_455e_b3d5_ad4eb7aefee2.jpeg]]
5	[[caption-width-right:350:"Hi there, Face here! Welcome to my music party!"]]
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7	->''"Hey! This is Face's Music Party!"\
8	"Come on in, let's get it started! What you wanna do?"\
9	"Come check out the sound, It's the best in town"\
10	"Like a music note, we come back around"\
11	"Let's get funky now!"''
12	-->-- The opening five lines of the ThematicThemeTune
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14	''Face's Music Party'' is a Creator/NickJr animated series starring... well, Face, the mascot of Nick Jr. from 1994 to 2004.
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16	Face is back, but this time around, they're not limited to channel bumpers. Instead, their airtime got upgraded to a full-blown dance party complete with nursery rhymes and songs from both Nick Jr. shows and award-winning artists.
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18	The first season, consisting of thirteen episodes, premiered on June 3, 2022. The holiday special, "Face's [=SuperSnowtacular=] Holiday Special", premiered on December 1, 2022. A summertime special, "Face's Summertime Jam", premiered on June 30, 2023. The full series became available on Creator/ParamountPlus on July 5th, 2023.
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20	Full episodes can also be watched on the Nick Jr. app and the [[https://www.nickjr.com/shows/faces-music-party Nick Jr. US website]].[[note]]Only "Friendship/Bugs" and "Face's Summertime Jam" are free to watch; to unlock the rest of the episodes, you need to sign in to whatever cable provider you use.[[/note]]
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22	!!''Face's Music Party'' provides examples of:
23	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Downplayed with Face. While they're definitely still prone to being giddy at times, they're much more laid back and relaxed than in the original bumpers.
24	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Face looks considerably cuter compared to their appearance in the old bumpers. Their eyes are bigger and closer together, while their mouth moves more fluidly.
25	* AdaptationalGenderIdentity: Played with. In the original bumpers, Face was explicitly male and used "he/him" pronouns. Here, their gender is more ambiguous and they now use "they/them" pronouns.
26	* AmbiguousGender: Although Face has a masculine voice, they don't have any definite masculine or feminine features due to only being a face. They have both male-presenting and female-presenting forms which they turn into, sometimes in the same episode. WordOfGod is that Face has no defined gender, and episode descriptions explicitly use "they/them" pronouns when referring to Face.[[invoked]] Face's official character bio on the Nick Jr. website takes it one step further, and avoids using any third person pronouns for them.[[note]]An official Nick Jr. [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cqJUHEnHdQ4 reupload]] of "Face's [=SuperSnowtacular=] Holiday Special" erroneously refers to Face with he/him pronouns.[[/note]]
27	* ArtEvolution: Instead of the scanimate-esque animation Face's bumpers were known for, the animation is a lot more fluid, with cleaner lines, reminiscent of indie cartoons.
28	* ArtShift: During "Pirates", the animation shifts to stop-motion paper cutouts in one scene, similar to ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
29	* CameoCluster: The episode "Mega Party" features cameo appearances from WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer, [[WesternAnimation/BluesCluesAndYou Josh, Blue and their friends]], the WesternAnimation/BubbleGuppies, and [[Animation/BabySharksBigShow Baby Shark]].
30	* CameraAbuse: In the opening of "Jungle", Face accidentally slams [[{{Pun}} face-first]] into the camera while swinging on a vine.
31	* ChristmasEpisode: The aptly-titled "Face's [=SuperSnowtacular=] Holiday Special" has Face host a winter themed dance party at a ski resort while explaining the joys of the three main winter holidays in the U.S.: Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
32	* ADogNamedDog: A face named "Face".
33	* ExcitedKidsShowHost: Face is still as enthusiastic as ever, although sometimes they can get carried away with their lessons.
34	* KinderAndCleaner: Every pop song featured in the show that has cuss words are changed to fit the younger demographic.
35	* QuarterHourShort: Each episode except for "Mega Party" and "Face's [=SuperSnowtacular=] Holiday Special" is broken up into two 15-minute segments.
36	* NationalAnimalStereotypes: In "Mega Party", Face [[ItMakesSenseInContext transforms into a moose]] and puts on a stereotypical Canadian accent while doing so.
37	* NurseryRhyme: Apart from the pop hits and Nick Jr. songs, remixes of popular nursery rhymes also play in each episode.
38	* ShoutOut: In "Confidence", the gold chain that Face wears at the beginning of the episode has the old Creator/NickJr logo.
39	* StrictlyFormula: Each episode always starts with a warm-up dance before shifting to whatever nursery rhyme or pop song is playing, before the party ends with Face giving their "goodbye face".
40	* VagueAge: {{Enforced\|Trope}}. According to [[WordOfGod David Kleiler]] in [[https://www.cartoonbrew.com/series/faces-music-party-nickelodeon-kleiler-morganstein-217205.html an interview]], Face has no defined age. He further elaborated by stating that Face is more like an older cousin of sorts to the show's preschool demographic, but how much older hasn't been stated.[[invoked]]
41	* VerbalTic: Face's trademark three-note trumpet sound ("Too too toot") makes a return in this series, and it always occurs at least once per episode.
42	* WingdingEyes: In various episodes, the highlights in Face's eyes change shape from circles to stars and even music notes.
43	* YoungerAndHipper: While Face was a goofy ExcitedKidsShowHost in a similar vein to [[Series/YoGabbaGabba DJ Lance Rock]] in the original bumpers, this version of Face was written to act like an older cousin or sibling of sorts to the show's preschool demographic, making them act like they're in their teens or early twenties. It should also be noted that Creator/ChrisPhillips, the original voice of Face, was in his early forties at the height of Face's popularity in the late 90s, while Creator/CedricLWilliams was in his late twenties when ''Music Party'' premiered in 2022.
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