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* CuteMute: As Austin the Clown in "The Best Clowns in Town," he only communicates with his horn or other props (think [[Creator/MarxBrothers Harpo Marx]]) until he breaks character at the end of the episode.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Reginald Davis Jr. (seasons 1–2), Jordan Coleman (seasons 2–3), Christopher Grant, Jr. (season 4), Creator/MariaDarling (UK)\\

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->'''Voiced by:''' Reginald Davis Jr. (seasons 1–2), Jordan Coleman (seasons 2–3), Christopher Grant, Jr. (season 4), Creator/MariaDarling (UK)\\(UK), Creator/ShirlyLilu (Hebrew)\\
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* AbsenteeActor: Averted, as she's the ''only'' member in the group who appears in every episode.



* AbsenteeActor: He doesn't appear at all in "Chichen-Itza Pizza".
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->'''Voiced by:''' Reginald Davis Jr. (seasons 1–2), Jordan Coleman (seasons 2–3), Christopher Grant, Jr. (season 4)\\

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->'''Voiced by:''' Reginald Davis Jr. (seasons 1–2), Jordan Coleman (seasons 2–3), Christopher Grant, Jr. (season 4)\\4), Creator/MariaDarling (UK)\\



->'''Voiced in English by:''' Naelee Rae (seasons 1–2), Gianna Bruzzese (seasons 3–4)\\

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->'''Voiced in English by:''' Naelee Rae (seasons 1–2), Gianna Bruzzese (seasons 3–4)\\3–4), Creator/MariaDarling (UK)\\
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->'''Voiced by:''' Lashawn Tináh Jefferies (English), Creator/AnnieRojas (Latin American Spanish)\\

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->'''Voiced by:''' Lashawn Tináh Jefferies (English), (US English), Creator/LizzieWaterworth (UK English), Creator/AnnieRojas (Latin American Spanish)\\



->'''Voiced by:''' Jonah Bobo\\

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->'''Voiced by:''' Jonah Bobo\\Bobo (US English), Creator/LizzieWaterworth (UK English)\\
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* MixedAnimalSpeciesTeam: The main group consists of a penguin, a moose, a uniqua, a hippo, and kangaroo.

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* MixedAnimalSpeciesTeam: The main group consists of a unique creature, a penguin, a moose, a uniqua, a hippo, and kangaroo.
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* BreakTheCutie: In "Race Around the World" when he keeps coming last in the race.
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'''Voiced in Italian by:''' Creator/AntonellaBaldini\\
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->'''Voiced by:''' Lashawn Tináh Jefferies\\

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->'''Voiced by:''' Lashawn Tináh Jefferies\\Jefferies (English), Creator/AnnieRojas (Latin American Spanish)\\
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* FiveManBand: About the closest it gets for a preschool show.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The sensitive guy to Tyrone's manly man (with Austin in the middle).

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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The sensitive guy manly man to Tyrone's manly man sensitive guy (with Austin in the middle).



* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The manly man to Pablo's sensitive guy (with Austin in the middle).

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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The manly man sensitive guy to Pablo's sensitive guy manly man (with Austin in the middle).



* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He is in the middle of Pablo's manly man and Tyrone's sensitive guy (he plays either Pablo's sensitive guy or Tyrone's manly man).

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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He is in the middle of Pablo's manly man and Tyrone's sensitive guy (he plays either Pablo's sensitive guy manly man or Tyrone's manly man).sensitive guy).
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* NervousWreck: Pablo can be described as high-strung and frenetic and he frequently has panic attacks.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Naelee Rae (seasons 1–2), Gianna Bruzzese (seasons 3–4)\\
'''Singing voice:''' Kristin Danielle Klabunde (seasons 1–3), Gabriella Malek (seasons 3–4)

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->'''Voiced in English by:''' Naelee Rae (seasons 1–2), Gianna Bruzzese (seasons 3–4)\\
'''Singing '''English singing voice:''' Kristin Danielle Klabunde (seasons 1–3), Gabriella Malek (seasons 3–4)
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'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KanaUeda
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->'''Voiced by:''' Zach Tyler Eisen (season 1), Jake Goldberg (seasons 2–4)\\

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->'''Voiced by:''' Zach Tyler Eisen Creator/ZachTylerEisen (season 1), Jake Goldberg (seasons 2–4)\\
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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Tasha, Tyrone, Pablo, Uniqua, Austin]]
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Tasha is a yellow hippo. She is strong-willed and a bit bossy, but she has a soft side as well. Tasha doesn't appear as often as the PowerTrio listed above.

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Tasha is a yellow hippo. She is strong-willed and a bit bossy, but she has a soft side as well. Tasha doesn't appear as often as the PowerTrio trio listed above.



Austin is a purple joey. He is very shy (even having a song about it in "Castaways"), but finally blossoms in later seasons. Due to appearing less than the PowerTrio ''and'' Tasha, he is simply listed as a main character.

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Austin is a purple joey. He is very shy (even having a song about it in "Castaways"), but finally blossoms in later seasons. Due to appearing less than the PowerTrio trio ''and'' Tasha, he is simply listed as a main character.
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* PinkMeansFeminine: She's pink with darker pink spots.

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* PinkMeansFeminine: She's pink with darker pink spots. The feminine part is downplayed; she’s as likely to play a princess role as Tasha, though Uniqua is slightly tomboyish and usually plays as gender-neutral roles.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A ''purple'' kangaroo.

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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A ''purple'' kangaroo. Interestingly, he's the only one of the group whose coloring occasionally changes for his role: red in "Who Goes There?", pale blue in "The Funnyman Bogeyman", and olive green in "Tale of the Mighty Knights" (though his character is inexplicably the usual purple in the SequelEpisode, "The Tale of the Not-So-Nice Dragon".

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* CharacterDevelopment: Austin is much more open with his friends during later seasons than he was at the beginning.
* TheCutie: After his redesign in Season Two.

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* CharacterDevelopment: Austin is much more open with his friends during later seasons than he was at the beginning.
* TheCutie: After his redesign
beginning, and becomes more prone to mischief and joking around, as seen with the Grabbing Goblin in Season Two."The Tale of the Mighty Knights" and the titular Boogeyman from "The Funnyman Boogeyman."


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* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Of the three boys, he's the only one to be fully-clothed (even if [[BarefootCartoonAnimal barefoot]]), and in Season 1, his character model has smaller hands and longer fingers.

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* AbsenteeActor: Averted, as she's the only member in the group who stars in every episode.

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* AbsenteeActor: Averted, as she's the only ''only'' member in the group who stars appears in every episode.
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* ADogNamedDog: According to the wiki, her species is called "the uniqua."

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* ADogNamedDog: According to the wiki, her [[https://nickelodeonuniverse.com/character/uniqua/ official bio,]] her species is called "the uniqua."



* AmbiguousDisorder: Pablo has a panic attack once an episode, indicating he may have some kind of anxiety disorder. Thankfully, he gets better as the show goes on.

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* AbsenteeActor: He doesn't appear at all in "Chichen-Itza Pizza".
* AmbiguousDisorder: In the first season, Pablo has a regular panic attack once an episode, attacks, indicating he may have some kind of anxiety disorder. Thankfully, he gets better as the show goes on.



Tasha is a yellow hippo. She is strong-willed and a bit bossy, but she has a soft side as well. Due to not appearing as often as the PowerTrio listed above, she is simply listed as a main character.

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Tasha is a yellow hippo. She is strong-willed and a bit bossy, but she has a soft side as well. Due to not appearing Tasha doesn't appear as often as the PowerTrio listed above, she is simply listed as a main character.
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* ColorCodedCharacters: Blue for Pablo, Orange for Tyrone, Pink for Uniqua, Yellow for Tasha, and Purple for Austin.

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* ColorCodedCharacters: Pink for Uniqua, Blue for Pablo, Orange for Tyrone, Pink for Uniqua, Yellow for Tasha, and Purple for Austin.



** Sanguine -- Pablo and Uniqua

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** Sanguine -- Pablo Uniqua and UniquaPablo



Uniqua is a pink [[ADogNamedDog uniqua]]. She is energetic and positive, but rather stubborn. She is the main protagonist of the series.

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Uniqua is a pink [[ADogNamedDog uniqua]].one-of-a-kind, unique creature (hence her name). She is energetic and positive, but rather stubborn. She is the only character who appears in every episode, as well as the only Backyardigan who is not a real animal. She is the main protagonist of the series.



* ADogNamedDog: According to the wiki, her species is called the uniqua.

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* ADogNamedDog: According to the wiki, her species is called the "the uniqua."



* SeriesMascot: He is the first character to appear in the intro, the main character of the MadeForTVMovie, "International Super Spy", and is used in most advertisements, despite Uniqua being the true protagonist and the only character to appear in every episode.

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* SeriesMascot: He is the first character to appear in the intro, the main character of the MadeForTVMovie, "International Super Spy", intro and is used in most advertisements, despite Uniqua being the true protagonist and the only character to appear in every episode.
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** Eugênio in European Portuguese.

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** Eugênio Eugénio in European Portuguese.

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* FreakOut: He's ''extremely'' prone to panic attacks.

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* FreakOut: He's ''extremely'' ''very'' prone to panic attacks.



* BerserkButton: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Tyrone doesn't go "berserk", but episodes like "The Yeti" and "To the Center of the Earth" show that Tyrone becomes ''extremely'' annoyed when his opinion is ignored.

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* BerserkButton: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Tyrone doesn't go "berserk", but episodes like "The Yeti" and "To the Center of the Earth" show that Tyrone becomes ''extremely'' highly annoyed when his opinion is ignored.



* CaptainObvious: According to [[https://nickjr.fandom.com/wiki/Tyrone his page]] on the Nick Jr wiki, being a deep thinker sometimes makes him a "master of the obvious".
* {{Catchphrase}}: As listed above, "That certainly is convenient".

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* CaptainObvious: According to [[https://nickjr.fandom.com/wiki/Tyrone his page]] on the Nick Jr Jr. wiki, being a deep thinker sometimes makes him a "master of the obvious".
* {{Catchphrase}}: As listed mentioned above, "That certainly is convenient".convenient".
* CharacterDevelopment: Early episodes depict him as having a tendency to get nervous, but he gets over it pretty quickly. He also has trouble with any kind of skating, but fittingly improves in "The Magic Skateboard".
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* {{Determinator}}: This is both her greatest strength and her biggest flaw. Uniqua has a tendency to push forward in the face of problems and she often encourages her friends to not give up, but this often leads to her being extremely stubborn.

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* {{Determinator}}: This is both her greatest strength and her biggest flaw. Uniqua has a tendency to push forward in the face of problems and she often encourages her friends to not give up, but this often leads to her being extremely very stubborn.
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* WhiteMaleLead: Inverted. Despite being the only white boy of the five, he appears less than anyone else. Meanwhile, Uniqua, the only one to appear in every single episode, is a black girl.
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* FiveTokenBand: Uniqua is (voiced by) a black girl, Pablo is a Hispanic boy, Tyrone is a black boy, Tasha is a white girl, and Austin is a white boy.
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* GenkiGirl: In spades. This is helped by the Japanese dub, where in a few episodes she says the word "genki" after introducing herself.

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* GenkiGirl: In spades. Uniqua has a cheerful, energetic, and lovable personality, and she's often the character to come up with new ideas for The Backyardigans' adventures. Heck, this is especially common in the first season, like in "The Yeti", "Knights Are Brave and Strong", Monster Detectives" and "High Tea". This is also helped by the Japanese dub, where in a few episodes she says the word "genki" after introducing herself.



* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The energetic girl to Tyrone's savvy guy.

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* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The energetic girl to Tyrone's savvy guy. This is especially common in the Season 1 episode "Monster Detectives".
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* {{Determinator}}: Uniqua has a tendency to push foreward in the face of problems, although this often leads to stubborness.

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* {{Determinator}}: This is both her greatest strength and her biggest flaw. Uniqua has a tendency to push foreward forward in the face of problems, although problems and she often encourages her friends to not give up, but this often leads to stubborness.her being extremely stubborn.



* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Tyrone only wear a red and blue striped shirt, yet somehow he always seems to put his hands in his pockets.

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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Tyrone only wear wears a red and blue striped shirt, yet somehow he always seems to put his hands in his pockets.



* TheChick: Often Tasha plays the role of character who kicks of the plot, but does not necessarily drive it, Lady Tasha in "Whodunit" is good example as while she did invite everyone to Mystery Manor, Pablo was the one the episode focused on.

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* TheChick: Often Tasha plays the role of the character who kicks of off the plot, but does not necessarily drive it, it. Lady Tasha in "Whodunit" is a good example as while she did invite everyone to Mystery Manor, Pablo was the one the episode focused on.



Austin is a purple joey. He is very shy (even having a song about it), but finally blossoms in later seasons. Due to appearing less than the PowerTrio ''and'' Tasha, he is simply listed as a main character.

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Austin is a purple joey. He is very shy (even having a song about it), it in "Castaways"), but finally blossoms in later seasons. Due to appearing less than the PowerTrio ''and'' Tasha, he is simply listed as a main character.

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