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Wimzie's House is a Canadian preschool puppet series that ran for 65 episodes from 1995-1996 on YTV, and ran in the USA on select PBS stations from 1998-2000. It can currently be seen in America on a channel called Kids Unlimited that is on demand only and offers large amounts of episodes at a time of semi-obscure educational kid's shows for free if it comes with your on demand service. It can also be seen on ThisTV, a subnetwork that airs on many cable providers and over-the-air in some markets.

The show was about a five year old dragon bird girl named Wimzie whose parents worked all day, so her grandma Yaya ran a mini daycare center. The charges of the daycare are Wimzie, her 18 month old brother Bo, a 5 year old Goblin named Jonas who loves science, his 3 year old sister Loulou who loves to be with the bigger kids, and a four year old troll named Horace who isn't very bright.

In each episode they learn lessons and [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment flip over to semi-related songs out of the blue twice an episode]]. As a bonus, the songs are presented in letterbox widescreen; the show is presented in 4:3 full-screen. (Though not always.)

In 1999 The Jim Henson company issued a lawsuit against the company, claiming the characters looked too much like Muppets (despite the fact that a number of Henson people, including puppet builder Jim Kroupa, worked on this series), though an UrbanLegend has surrounded the lawsuit for years that the real reason behind the lawsuit was because [[SoBadItsGood they didn't want to be connected to what they considered to be an inferior show]].

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!!Tropes:

* {{Aesop}}: This series was full of them.
* AffirmativeActionGirl: Wimzie.
* BeYourself: One of the show's episodes is called this and is about this.
* BigEater: Horace. So much, an episode was made in which the other kids tease him about his eating habits, saying he'll become as big as a dinosaur... after he breaks a chair, he goes on a non-stop excerize kick and tries to stop eating altogether.
* CuteLittleFangs: Bo.
* DeadpanSnarker: Despite her feisty nature, Wimzie actually can let a few zingers rip from time to time.
* EmbarrassingNickname: An episode deals with Wimzie's disdain for her father's nickname for her - "Whizzy".
* HeyItsThatVoice: Some of the characters in this show are voiced by actors and actresses from ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''. Wimzie is Arthur's mom, Horace is Binky and Arthur's dad, and Loulou is Fern.
* ImagineSpot
* InterSpeciesRomance: When you consider that Wimzie and Bo's father is (supposed to be) a dragon, while their mother is (supposedly) a bird.
* ItWasAllADream: One episode focused on Wimzie avoiding Jonas at all costs, because she had a nightmare the night before where he tormented her about not really being her friend.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Has been off the air in many U.S. markets since 2000, though others still air it, and there are official DVD releases.
* MeaningfulName: Ya Ya actually does mean "grandmother", it originated from an African tribe.
* {{Meganekko}}: Loulou
* {{Muppet}}: In fact, the puppets were actually designed and built by a former Muppet builder.
* NerdGlasses: Jonas and Loulou.
* NeverTrustATrope: One episode dealt with the issue of trust (and lack thereof).
* NoFourthWall: Usually the main storyline of the episode does (with rare occasions), however, there are other little inserts in the episodes where the characters speak directly to the audience.
* NoirEpisode: Not an actual episode of the show, however PBS frequently featured a promo for the series that was done in film noir style.
* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Wimzie uses "Fantabulous" an awful lot.
** One episode had Wimzie and Loulou coming up with their own foreign language that only they can understand.
* PuppetShows
* SiblingSenioritySquabble: Not necessarily seniority, but Jonas and Loulou are prone to squabbling over things that are rightfully theirs (ala their own mother).
* SignatureLaugh: Just about each of the characters have their own.
* TheSwearJar: In "Don't Say That Word," Yaya institutes this with the word [[InnocentSwearing "stupid"]] with one cent going into a "charity cup" each time it's said. Only Wimzie's little brother Bo is exempt because A.) He's only 1 1/2 and B.) He doesn't have any money.
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Naturally, as one of the main thrusts of the show is teaching kids to recognize and express feelings.
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen They Who Must Not Be Seen]]: There are a number of characters that are mentioned the entire series, none of whom are ''ever'' seen on screen, including next-door neighbor Mrs. Ferris, and Wimzie's ''other-other'' best friend Mitzi Moonstar (who lives down the street).
* TitleDrop: For some reason, Yaya answers the phone with "Hello, this is Wimzie's House."
* TomBoyAndGirlyGirl: This could apply to Wimzie and Loulou.
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