History Trivia / TheMagicAdventuresOfMumfie

* NamesTheSame: Scarecrow's [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz not the first Scarecrow]] [[ADogNamedDog named Scarecrow]].
** Pinkey shares her name with [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain a lab mouse]], [[WesternAnimation/PinkyDinkyDoo an imaginative young girl who loves stories]], and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fun-loving pink pony]].
** CharacterOfTheDay Spike shares his name with [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} a dog who's a friend to a famous group of babies]] and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls the companion of the human Twilight Sparkle]].
** Does Davy Jones [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean have a famous locker?]]

** Like its sister show WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine‎, it was also popular in Japan, with the videos of the series constantly appearing in the top 5 anime videos each time a new one came out, and there were plans for Japanese merchandise. Unfortunately, neither the post-"A Treasure Beyond Price" episodes or the merchandise were ever released in Japan either, because of Kei Tomiyama's death or [=ForteMusic=] dissolving into Columbia Music Group.

* HarsherInHindsight and TooSoon Combined: In 1845, Charles Edward Trevelyan, the assistant secretary of the British Treasury, tried to help stop the potato blight in Ireland, but failed, causing millions of people to die. The CutSong "I Must Have My Night" was sung by The Secretary of Night, who shares the same profession as Trevelyan, contains the line "Starved of the sun, every fruit, flower and vegetable suffers from mildew and blight". Was he trying to repeat history?

** One YouTube comment on the episode "Sparks in the Dark" said "A cross-dressing male eel. Nice." Eel is actually a girl. The commenter might have been confused as a result of her [[CrossDressingVoices cross-dressed role]].

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The Norwegian dub mutes out any time Mumfie sneezes, probably because it sounds more like farting than sneezing. There's an odd exception to this: the episode "Lighter Than Air". They also combined the last two episodes of Mumfie's Quest.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: This show has so many people who get details incorrect about it, that [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer.TheMagicAdventuresOfMumfie it got it's own page for this trope]].

* CutScene: A few scenes were cut from the original TV versions of Mumfie's Quest to make the movie. Here are a few of them:

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show is more popular in Norway and the [=USA=] than it is in its' homeland of Britian, as many fans are American, and there are many Norwegian pages mentioning the show. Norway even was the first country to get the show on DVD!
** Like its' sister show WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine‎, it was also popular in Japan, with the videos of the series constantly appearing in the top 5 anime videos each time a new one came out, and there were plans for Japanese merchandise. Unfortunately, neither the post-"A Treasure Beyond Price" episodes or the merchandise never got released in Japan either because of Kei Tomiyama's death or [=ForteMusic=] dissolving into Columbia Music Group.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Averted-for a while, only a few episodes were released on tape, including the pilot movie, the Christmas special, and four volumes containing episodes from the TV series, two of which are very difficult to find. After Britt got the rights back from Hit, she eventually released them onto DVD and they're available to watch on Hulu, Amazon Instant Video and Netflix (the later only has up to "Let's Go Fly A Kite").
** Currently, 17 episodes are missing from Hulu and Amazon Instant Video-see MissingEpisode below.

** Captian Jellybean's Treasure Hunt (the fourth aired)

* TheMerch: There were tons of Mumfie merchandise back when the show was still airing, and on the heels of the recent re-launch of the series and [[UnCancelled the upcoming uncancellation of the show]], there are plans to release more of it. The first items will be t-shirts, plush toys and books.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Paramount was to have released VHS and DVD of the show over a 15-year period beginning in 2000-2 videos were to be released each year excluding the first, which brought out three titles. Two episodes the second wave of Mumfie videos (which included [=DVDs=] as well) were to include "Cabin Fever" and "Scarecrowella".

* VanillaEdition: The 2014 Lionsgate release has no bonus features, but starts with LeapFrog and {{Toys/Lalaloopsy}} trailers.

* PeopleSitOnChairs: The reason why Mumfie does not wear underwear or use the bathroom, according to the show's creator.

* NamesTheSame: Scarecrow's [[Literature/TheWizardOfOz not the first Scarecrow]] [[ADogNamedDog named Scarecrow]].

** Does Davy Jones [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean have a famous locker?]]

* PeripheryHatedom: People who grew up with Here Comes Mumfie and/or the Katharine Tozer books hate this series for being too saccharine and cute.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Is that [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]] singing The Secretary Of Night's CutSong "I Must Have My Night"?
** In the Japanese version, [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Bugs Bunny]] voices Scarecrow, [[Anime/CardCaptorSakura Sakura Kinomoto]] voices Pinkey, [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid King Triton]] is The Secetary of Night and [[Anime/SailorMoon Rei Hino]] voices the Electric Eel. The narrator is the real-life mother of [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Cure Princess]], and the Black Cat and Bristle are [[{{WesternAnimation/TUGS}} Sunshine]] and [[{{WesternAnimation/ThomasThetankEngine}} Sir Handel]].
** In the Nowegian dub, Mumfie, Scarecrow and Pinkey are [[Disney/TheLionKing Simba, Zazu and Sarafina]]!

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Paramount was to have released VHS and DVD of the show over a 15-year period beginning in 2000-2 videos were to be released each year excluding the first, which brought out three titles. Two episodes the second wave of Mumfie videos (which included DVDs as well) were to include "Cabin Fever" and "Scarecrowella".

** In the Japanese version, [[LooneyTunes Bugs Bunny]] voices Scarecrow, [[Anime/CardCaptorSakura Sakura Kinomoto]] voices Pinkey, [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid King Triton]] is The Secetary of Night and [[Anime/SailorMoon Rei Hino]] voices the Electric Eel. The narrator is the real-life mother of [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Cure Princess]], and the Black Cat and Bristle are [[{{WesternAnimation/TUGS}} Sunshine]] and [[{{WesternAnimation/ThomasThetankEngine}} Sir Handel]].

* VanillaEdition: The 2014 Lionsgate release has no bonus features, but starts with LeapFrog and {{Franchise/Lalaloopsy}} trailers.

* VanillaEdition: The 2014 Lionsgate release has no bonus features, but starts with LeapFrog and {{Lalaloopsy}} trailers.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The Norwegian dub mutes out any time Mumfie sneezes, probably because it sounds more like farting than sneezing. There's an odd exception to this: the episode "Lighter Than Air". They also combined the last two episodes of Mumfie's Quest.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: This show has so many people who get details incorrect about it, that [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer.TheMagicAdventuresOfMumfie it got it's own page for this trope]].
* CrossDressingVoices: All the characters are voiced by the same person who narrates the story, so all the girls (except The Queen of Night and The Queen of Light, who are voiced by the series' creator, Britt Allcroft) have these. Averted with the songs, however.
** In the Japanese dub, Mumfie is voiced by a girl. It's clearly noticeable during the songs.
* CutScene: A few scenes were cut from the original TV versions of Mumfie's Quest to make the movie. Here are a few of them:
** The Beginning of Things: Scarecrow tries to break up a fight between two pigs and Pinkey, telling them that they shouldn't bully her due to her wings.
** A Whale Of Discovery: An adorable scene where Mumfie plays in the water, Mumfie accidentally calling Whale a mountain and explaining part of his backstory to the gang and a scene where Mumfie doesn't know how to sleep in a hammock were cut.
** Pinkey's Mysterious Island: A scene where Mumfie trips in the forest after hearing a scary noise and hums "The Beginning of Things" to calm down, part of "Gotta Dance, Gotta Whistle, Gotta Sing", and a longer scene where the tree sucks him in.
** Sparks In The Dark: Anytime Eel mentions jam jars.
** Friendship Is A Circle: The title song got cut.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ask anyone who their favorite character is from this show, and 95% of the time, they will say that Scarecrow's their favorite. He's so liked that almost nobody hates him!
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show is more popular in Norway and the [=USA=] than it is in its' homeland of Britian, as many fans are American, and there are many Norwegian pages mentioning the show. Norway even was the first country to get the show on DVD!
** Like its' sister show WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine‎, it was also popular in Japan, with the videos of the series constantly appearing in the top 5 anime videos each time a new one came out, and there were plans for Japanese merchandise. Unfortunately, neither the post-"A Treasure Beyond Price" episodes or the merchandise never got released in Japan either because of Kei Tomiyama's death or [=ForteMusic=] dissolving into Columbia Music Group.
* HarsherInHindsight and TooSoon Combined: In 1845, Charles Edward Trevelyan, the assistant secretary of the British Treasury, tried to help stop the potato blight in Ireland, but failed, causing millions of people to die. The CutSong "I Must Have My Night" was sung by The Secretary of Night, who shares the same profession as Trevelyan, contains the line "Starved of the sun, every fruit, flower and vegetable suffers from mildew and blight". Was he trying to repeat history?
* HeyItsThatVoice: Is that [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]] singing The Secretary Of Night's CutSong "I Must Have My Night"?
** In the Japanese version, [[LooneyTunes Bugs Bunny]] voices Scarecrow, [[Anime/CardCaptorSakura Sakura Kinomoto]] voices Pinkey, [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid King Triton]] is The Secetary of Night and [[Anime/SailorMoon Rei Hino]] voices the Electric Eel. The narrator is the real-life mother of [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Cure Princess]], and the Black Cat and Bristle are [[{{WesternAnimation/TUGS}} Sunshine]] and [[{{WesternAnimation/ThomasThetankEngine}} Sir Handel]].
** In the Nowegian dub, Mumfie, Scarecrow and Pinkey are [[Disney/TheLionKing Simba, Zazu and Sarafina]]!
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Averted-for a while, only a few episodes were released on tape, including the pilot movie, the Christmas special, and four volumes containing episodes from the TV series, two of which are very difficult to find. After Britt got the rights back from Hit, she eventually released them onto DVD and they're available to watch on Hulu, Amazon Instant Video and Netflix (the later only has up to "Let's Go Fly A Kite").
** Currently, 17 episodes are missing from Hulu and Amazon Instant Video-see MissingEpisode below.
* MemeticMutation: The term "what-iffer", originally used for Scarecrow, is commonly used for people who worry a lot. It also helps that Scarecrow's the EnsembleDarkhorse.
* MissingEpisode: The Hulu and Amazon Instant Video run skips the 13 episodes that made up the Mumfie's Quest movie to not confuse people. Four other episodes are missing because Britt Allcroft [[OldShame didn't think they were good enough]].
** The Music Of Spring
** Lighter Than Air
** Flying Fever
** Aiming For The Moon
* NamesTheSame: Scarecrow's [[Literature/TheWizardOfOz not the first Scarecrow]] [[ADogNamedDog named Scarecrow]].
** Pinkey shares her name with [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain a lab mouse]], [[WesternAnimation/PinkyDinkyDoo an imaginative young girl who loves stories]], and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fun-loving pink pony]].
** CharacterOfTheDay Spike shares his name with [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} a dog who's a friend to a famous group of babies]] and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls the companion of the human Twilight Sparkle]].
** Does Davy Jones [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean have a famous locker?]]
* NonSingingVoice: All the characters have this.
* OutOfOrder: The episode "The Album" reveals the order in which the episodes after Mumfie's Quest happened. This reveals that they originally aired out of order. The order they are supposed to go in is as follows:
** Captian Jellybean's Treasure Hunt (the fourth aired)
** The Black Cat Disappears (the sixth aired)
** Things That Go Bump (the eighth aired)
** A Grouper's Teeth (the seventh aired)
** The Lonely Cloud (the twenty-third aired)
** The Guest (the twenty-second aired)
** Scarecrow's Birthday Surprise (the third aired)
** Scarecrow's New Best Friend (the fifth aired)
** Mumfie and the Wellwisher (the first aired)
* PeopleSitOnChairs: The reason why Mumfie does not wear underwear or use the bathroom, according to the show's creator.
* PeripheryDemographic: A lot of older people like this show for the same reasons Thomas is liked. Britt even addresses these people on her website.
* PeripheryHatedom: People who grew up with Here Comes Mumfie and/or the Katharine Tozer books hate this series for being too saccharine and cute.
* TheMerch: There were tons of Mumfie merchandise back when the show was still airing, and on the heels of the recent re-launch of the series and [[UnCancelled the upcoming uncancellation of the show]], there are plans to release more of it. The first items will be t-shirts, plush toys and books.
* UnCancelled: Britt is currently working on the fourth season of this series.
* VanillaEdition: The 2014 Lionsgate release has no bonus features, but starts with LeapFrog and {{Lalaloopsy}} trailers.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Many sellers of Mumfie merchandise believe that Mumfie is a girl, because of the character's pink jacket. Mumfie is a boy.
** One YouTube comment on the episode "Sparks in the Dark" said "A cross-dressing male eel. Nice." Eel is actually a girl. The commenter might have been confused as a result of her [[CrossDressingVoices cross-dressed role]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Paramount was to have released VHS and DVD of the show over a 15-year period beginning in 2000-2 videos were to be released each year excluding the first, which brought out three titles. Two episodes the second wave of Mumfie videos (which included DVDs as well) were to include "Cabin Fever" and "Scarecrowella".
* WorkingTitle: According to production art, the show was originally called "Here Comes Mumfie", which was changed because there was already a puppet show with the same name.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The Norwegian dub mutes out any time Mumfie sneezes, probably because it sounds more like farting than sneezing. There's an odd exception to this: the episode "Lighter Than Air".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Paramount was to have released VHS and DVD of the show over a 15-year period beginning in 2000-

* MissingEpisode: The Hulu and Amazon Instant Video run skips the 13 episodes that made up the Mumfie's Quest movie to not confuse people. Four other episodes are missing due to both services probably waiting a while or the reasons guessed below. They are:
** The Music Of Spring: Scarecrow's "flute" looking like a pipe cigarette and burning his butt on Mole's bagpipe.
** Lighter Than Air: Misinterpretation of the episode's plot as a drug reference.
** Flying Fever: Napoleon and Fifi getting injured multiple times. [[note]]This one is odd, considering that they have the episode Mind Over Manners, where Bristle injures himself multiple times. Hulu and Amazon were probably being lazy.[[/note]]
** Aiming For The Moon: The episode's con-artist message may be the cause, but it could also be that Mumfie [[FreudWasRight looked like a male's privates]] when he put the helmet on. [[note]]Like Flying Fever, there's another episode on Hulu and Amazon, "If Wishes Were Pancakes" where he covers his eyes from pancakes, making it look like the same thing as well.[[/note]]

** One YouTube comment on the episode "Sea of Surprises" said "A cross-dressing male eel. Nice." Eel is actually a girl. The commenter might have been confused as a result of her [[CrossDressingVoices cross-dressed role]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ask anyone who their favorite character is from this show, and 99% of the time, they will say that Scarecrow's their favorite.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ask anyone who their favorite character is from this show, and 95% of the time, they will say that Scarecrow's their favorite.

* TheMerch: There were tons of Mumfie merchandise back when the show was still airing, and on the heels of the recent re-launch of the series and [[UnCancelled the upcoming uncancellation of the show]], there are plans to release more of it. The first items will be plush toys and books.

* UnCancelled: Britt is currently working on the third season of this series.

EnsembleDarkhorse

** Like its' sister show WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine‎, it was also popular in Japan, with the videos of the series constantly appearing in the top 5 anime videos each time a new one came out, and there were plans for Japanese merchandise. Unfortunately, neither the post-"A Treasure Beyond Price" episodes or the merchandise never got released in Japan either because of Kei Tomiyama's death or the company who distributed the series, [=ForteMusic=] going bankrupt.

* TheMerch: There were tons of Mumfie merchandise back when the show was still airing, and on the heels of the recent re-launch of the series and [[UnCancelled the upcoming uncancellation of the show]], there are plans to release more of it. The first items will be plush toys and books.

* HarsherInHindsight: In 1845, Charles Edward Trevelyan, the assistant secretary of the British Treasury, tried to help stop the potato blight in Ireland, but failed, causing millions of people to die. The CutSong "I Must Have My Night" was sung by The Secretary of Night, who shares the same profession as Trevelyan, contains the line "Starved of the sun, every fruit, flower and vegetable suffers from mildew and blight". Was he trying to repeat history?

* VanillaEdition: The 2014 Lionsgate release has no bonuses features, but starts with LeapFrog and {{Lalaloopsy}} trailers.