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Gullah Gullah Island was a children's show on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block in the mid 90's. The show stars a Gullah family and their tadpole friend Binyah Binyah Polliwog living on an island off the coast of South Carolina.

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Tropes featured include:

• Classically Trained Extra: Not really "classically trained," but Miss Juana was played by Iris Chacon, a very popular singer and performer in Puerto Rico.
• The Danza: The better part of the cast.
• Getting Crap Past the Radar: In the episode "Armando's New Home", the kids and the adults got away with the words "stupid" and "dumb".
• Nephewism: Ron and Natalie are hosting their niece, Vanessa, while her parents are teaching in an African University.
• Pokémon Speak: Binyah Binyah Polliwog.

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