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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Bella and Foxworthy disappeared after the first commercial.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Bella Della and Foxworthy disappeared after the first commercial.
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* WiseBeyondtheirYears: For a kid growing up in the eighties, Hacker is well-versed in computers, managing to use less-commonly known input devices and databases with no problem.

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* WiseBeyondtheirYears: WiseBeyondTheirYears: For a kid growing up in the eighties, Hacker is well-versed in computers, managing to use less-commonly known input devices and databases with no problem.

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* MeaningfulName: Tabby realises the term "menu" is used because they give the user what they ordered (in that case, by tapping the touch-screen monitor) and Hacker agrees.

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* MeaningfulName: MeaningfulName:
** It's pretty lucky for Hacker that he likes computers.
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Tabby realises the term "menu" is used because they give the user what they ordered (in that case, by tapping the touch-screen monitor) and Hacker agrees.
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* AmbiguouslyRelated: Harriet and Harold are the parents, Tabby and Hacker are the kids. So how do Foxworthy, Della and Stanley fit in?

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* AmbiguouslyRelated: Harriet and Harold are the parents, Tabby and Hacker are the (adopted?) kids. So how do Foxworthy, Della and Stanley fit in?
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* AmbiguouslyRelated: Harriet and Harold are the parents, Tabby and Hacker are the kids. So how do Foxworthy, Della and Stanley fit in?


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* InterspeciesRomance: Harold's a rabbit, Harriet's a squirrel.

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->'''Della''': "''Computers are coming your way.''"\\
'''Everyone else''': "''Computers?''"\\
'''Harold''': "''For paying bills?''"\\
'''Harriet''': "''Mothers, too?''"\\
'''Foxworthy''': "''Bah humbug!''"\\
'''Tabby''': "''Wow...''"\\
'''Hacker''': "''Let me try it!''"

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->'''Della''': "''Computers ->'''Della:''' Computers are coming your way.''"\\
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'''Everyone else''': "''Computers?''"\\
'''Harold''': "''For
else:''' Computers?\\
'''Harold:''' For
paying bills?''"\\
'''Harriet''': "''Mothers, too?''"\\
'''Foxworthy''': "''Bah humbug!''"\\
'''Tabby''': "''Wow...''"\\
'''Hacker''': "''Let
bills?\\
'''Harriet:''' Mothers, too?\\
'''Foxworthy:''' Bah humbug!\\
'''Tabby:''' Wow...\\
'''Hacker:''' Let
me try it!''"
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->'''Della''': "''Computers are coming your way.''"\\
'''Everyone else''': "''Computers?''"\\
'''Harold''': "''For paying bills?''"\\
'''Harriet''': "''Mothers, too?''"\\
'''Foxworthy''': "''Bah humbug!''"\\
'''Tabby''': "''Wow...''"\\
'''Hacker''': "''Let me try it!''"



# [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qPpI6WfTcg Control devices, like the mouse, the touch screen, and the light pen]]

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# [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qPpI6WfTcg Control Input devices, like the joystick, the mouse, the touch screen, and the light pen]]
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''Computer Critters'' is a PublicServiceAnnouncement series produced by Buzzco Productions and shown by Creator/{{ABC}} that shows how children can use computers and things related to them. As the episodes aired in 1984 and there were only four of them, they don't cover the most things in the world, but still manage to show them in a way that's ahead of its time.

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[[caption-width-right:331:From bottom left counter-clockwise: Tabby, Hacker, Stanley, Harold, Harriet, Foxworthy, and Della.]]

''Computer Critters'' is a PublicServiceAnnouncement series produced by Buzzco Productions and shown by Creator/{{ABC}} that shows how children can use computers and things related to them. As the episodes aired in 1984 and there were only four of them, episodes and they all aired in 1984, they don't cover the most things in the world, but still manage to show them in a way that's ahead of its time.
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''Computer Critters'' is a PublicServiceAnnouncement series produced by Buzzco Productions and shown by Creator/{{ABC}} that shows how children can use computers and things related to them. As the episodes aired in 1984 and there were only four of them, they don't cover the most things in the world, but still manage to show them in a way that's ahead of its time.

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# [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdF_XdVuO-o Usage of computers in our everyday lives]]
# [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qPpI6WfTcg Control devices, like the mouse, the touch screen, and the light pen]]
# [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON4RpymQWoY Databases]]
# [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAsMR9jq7vE Word processors]]
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!!These adverts provide the following tropes:
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Bella and Foxworthy disappeared after the first commercial.
* MeaningfulName: Tabby realises the term "menu" is used because they give the user what they ordered (in that case, by tapping the touch-screen monitor) and Hacker agrees.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Foxworthy states "Bah humbug!" when he hears about a computer, but he still comes around Hacker when he starts using it.
* RhymesOnADime: Hacker explains what word processor can do by rhyming.
* SigningOffCatchPhrase: Each commercial ends with the characters waving and shouting "see you soon!"
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The female characters have eyelashes while males don't.
* WiseBeyondtheirYears: For a kid growing up in the eighties, Hacker is well-versed in computers, managing to use less-commonly known input devices and databases with no problem.
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