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The series' AnimatedAdaptation has been around longer than you think. In the 80s, Nelvana picked up the rights to the series and spun off six half-hour direct to video specials with it. Starring AlysonCourt opposite of BrentTitcomb, each specials featured a typical slice-of-life storyline peppered with two songs, and was animated with NoFourthWall, allowing Emily and Clifford to "converse" directly with the viewers, but strangely Emily and Clifford could never converse among themselves in English, as to leverage on Scholastic's then-recent study that children learned better through participation rather than through repetition. After that, the franchise reverted to books (unless you count in the discontinuity that is the live-action mixed footage direct to video special by Warner Home Video that was released in the early 90s). This went on until the year 2000. Scholastic wanted to do another animated adaptation. Throwing away the old format and rebooting the continuity, it now featured GreyDeLisle as Emily Elizabeth opposite of JohnRitter as Clifford. The new version was such a phenomenal success that it ran for two seasons, spun off [[TheMovie a movie]], and even resulted in a licensed [[TheKiddieRide kiddie ride]]. Things weren't so rosy after the movie, however. John Ritter passed on shortly after of a heart attack on the set of EightSimpleRules. While Scholstic have been pondering upon the idea of a sequel for a then, the death of Mr. Ritter cements the decision of the spinoff, titled ''Clifford's Puppy Days''. Two seasons were made before Scholastic decided to take a break from making a series out of the franchise again, while maintaining the series franchise. The books are still coming, as are merchandise. Repeats of both TV series, of course, are still running.
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The series' AnimatedAdaptation has been around longer than you think. In the 80s, Nelvana picked up the rights to the series and spun off six half-hour direct to video specials with it. Starring AlysonCourt opposite of BrentTitcomb, each specials featured a typical slice-of-life storyline peppered with two songs, and was animated with NoFourthWall, allowing Emily and Clifford to "converse" directly with the viewers, but strangely Emily and Clifford could never converse among themselves in English, as to leverage on Scholastic's then-recent study that children learned better through participation rather than through repetition. After that, the franchise reverted to books (unless you count in the discontinuity that is the live-action mixed footage direct to video special by Warner Home Video that was released in the early 90s). This went on until the year 2000. Scholastic wanted to do another animated adaptation. Throwing away the old format and rebooting the continuity, it now featured GreyDeLisle as Emily Elizabeth opposite of JohnRitter as Clifford. The new version was such a phenomenal success that it ran for two seasons, spun off [[TheMovie a movie]], and even resulted in a licensed [[TheKiddieRide kiddie ride]]. Things weren't so rosy after the movie, however. John Ritter passed on shortly after of a heart attack on the set of EightSimpleRules.''Series/EightSimpleRules''. While Scholstic have been pondering upon the idea of a sequel for a then, the death of Mr. Ritter cements the decision of the spinoff, titled ''Clifford's Puppy Days''. Two seasons were made before Scholastic decided to take a break from making a series out of the franchise again, while maintaining the series franchise. The books are still coming, as are merchandise. Repeats of both TV series, of course, are still running.
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In May 2012, it was [[http://news.moviefone.com/2012/05/09/clifford-the-big-red-dog-movie_n_1502519.html?_r=true announced]] that Illumination and Universal are working together to create a new ''Clifford'' movie, which will be based on the original book, but won't apparently have anything to do with the television series. The film, which is stated to be a blend of live-action and animation, will be penned by Matt Lopez (''TheSorcerersApprentice''). Clifford celebrates his fiftieth anniversary in 2013.
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In May 2012, it was [[http://news.moviefone.com/2012/05/09/clifford-the-big-red-dog-movie_n_1502519.html?_r=true announced]] that Illumination and Universal are working together to create a new ''Clifford'' movie, which will be based on the original book, but won't apparently have anything to do with the television series. The film, which is stated to be a blend of live-action and animation, will be penned by Matt Lopez (''TheSorcerersApprentice'').(''Film/TheSorcerersApprentice''). Clifford celebrates his fiftieth anniversary in 2013.
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''Clifford the Big Red Dog''. If you're North American, you've most probably heard of this series of picture books, although you probably didn't know that the first book was originally published in 1963. Since then, many, many more books have been published, as well as an animated adaptation.
The books, which were written by Norman Bridwell, star the adventures of the eponymous Clifford, a giant of a dog, and his owner, Emily Elizabeth Howard. Clifford originally started out as the runt of the litter, but Emily Elizabeth's love made him grow—and grow, and grow, and grow, ad infinitum. Well, not quite—he stopped growing once he was about twenty-five feet high, although his height isn't set in stone; it varies, depending on the story. He was way too big for the Howards to properly take care of Clifford in the city at this point, so they moved to Birdwell Island, where he could have more room to move around.
The series' AnimatedAdaptation has been around longer than you think. In the 80s, Nelvana picked up the rights to the series and spun off six half-hour direct to video specials with it. Starring AlysonCourt opposite of BrentTitcomb, each specials featured a typical slice-of-life storyline peppered with two songs, and was animated with NoFourthWall, allowing Emily and Clifford to "converse" directly with the viewers, but strangely Emily and Clifford could never converse among themselves in English, as to leverage on Scholastic's then-recent study that children learned better through participation rather than through repetition. After that, the franchise reverted to books (unless you count in the discontinuity that is the live-action mixed footage direct to video special by Warner Home Video that was released in the early 90s). This went on until the year 2000. Scholastic wanted to do another animated adaptation. Throwing away the old format and rebooting the continuity, it now featured GreyDeLisle as Emily Elizabeth opposite of JohnRitter as Clifford. The new version was such a phenomenal success that it ran for two seasons, spun off [[TheMovie a movie]], and even resulted in a licensed [[TheKiddieRide kiddie ride]]. Things weren't so rosy after the movie, however. John Ritter passed on shortly after of a heart attack on the set of EightSimpleRules. While Scholstic have been pondering upon the idea of a sequel for a then, the death of Mr. Ritter cements the decision of the spinoff, titled ''Clifford's Puppy Days''. Two seasons were made before Scholastic decided to take a break from making a series out of the franchise again, while maintaining the series franchise. The books are still coming, as are merchandise. Repeats of both TV series, of course, are still running.
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!!''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' contains examples of:
* AGirlAndHerX: A girl and her giant red dog.
* AesopAmnesia: You'd think all the lessons Jetta learns about friendship would start to sink in at some point.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Many of the animals have nonstandard fur color like bright red and purple.
* AnimatedAdaptation
* ArtEvolution: The movie, titled ''Clifford's Really Big Movie'', actually had a budget. So the animators decided to play around with cell shading. It worked ok for Clifford and the other animals. Unfortunately Emily-Elizabeth and the other regular human characters got dumped somewhere in the UncannyValley.
** Also, there's a major art shift between the 80s specials (which were much more faithful to Norman Birdwell's illustrations) and the 2000s TV series.
* BigFriendlyDog: Clifford of course - extra emphasis on ''big''.
* BlackBeadEyes: Except for the giant version of Clifford, [[NonstandardCharacterDesign who is the only character to have normal eyes]].
* CanisMajor: Again, when they say "big", they aren't kidding.
* CannotTellAJoke: T-Bone.
* ConeOfShame: Cleo got to wear one in the episode "Cleo Gets A Cone".
* ContinuityReboot: Between the Nelvana videos and the Scholastic self-produced TV series. The former made no mention of Bridwell Island and/or any of Clifford's or Emily's friends that the latter is much more commonly known for.
* CryingWolf: "The Dog Who Cried Woof" has Cleo repeatedly telling the others a ghost skunk named Wiffy, who she'd told ghost stories about, was after her as a prank. When she gets in trouble with a ''real'' [[SmellySkunk skunk]], they don't listen to her due to her pranking and she gets sprayed.
* CuteGiant: Clifford himself, of course.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The books and cartoon are about a dog named Clifford who is big and red.
* ExpositoryThemeTune
* HairOfGold: Emily Elizabeth.
* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: One episode of the series has T-Bone's old friend [[PunnyName Hamburger]] visiting Birdwell Island. Hamburger is voiced by [[AllThat Kenan]] [[KenanAndKel Thompson]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jetta, Cleo, and Mac.
* TheKiddieRide: The infamous [[http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/849/cfdrider.jpg Clifford ride]] made by Jolly Rogers of the UK. They're actually pretty common worldwide, you may have seen one at your local mall.
* {{Licensed Game}}s / {{Edutainment Game}}s / {{iOS Games}}: About a dozen or so titles for PC/Macs. One for the iPhone (with a separate, [[BlatantLies HD version]] for the iPad, and an iPad-exclusive title). Also one title for the Leapfrog Leapster console. And that's not counting the platforms that are technically not gaming devices!
* LimitedWardrobe
* LovableAlphaBitch: Jetta might be a snotty RichBitch in training, but she's still part of the [[TrueCompanions group]] (and [[LickedByTheDog Clifford likes her]].) Machiavelli is a rare male example.
* LyricalDissonance: The Really Big Tribute CD. Jody Gray loves this trope. They got Jody Gray to write the score and lyrics to the CD. Cue Emily singing about how great Clifford is- to a tune that sounded bitter. This also happens to some extent in the movie, who's music and lyrics are, unsurprisingly, scored and written by Jody Gray. Although the movie leans towards MoodWhiplash instead.
* MerchandiseDriven: Of course!
* NoAntagonist: Unless you count the movie.
* NoExportForYou: The iPhone and iPad game was this to South America and Asia. Averted recently, when the games were finally released worldwide. And then played straight again, when the apps were purged off Malaysian app store for no reason. Most of the toys, however, are still in this trope, particularly if they're not produced by Scholastic themselves.
* RecursiveAdaptation: Unsurprisingly.
* RichBitch: Jetta.
* SmellySkunk: "The Dog Who Cried Woof" had Cleo taunting the other dogs with ghost stories about a giant ghost skunk named Wiffy. [[CryingWolf She kept pranking them by saying he was after her]], and they finally got fed up with it. Then a ''real'' skunk shows up and she scares it. The others don't come until they smell that she got sprayed.
* SpinoffBabies: ''Clifford's Puppy Days''.
* TheMovie
* ZettaiRyouiki: Emily Elizabeth wears a pair of stripey stockings.
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''Clifford the Big Red Dog''. If you're North American, you've most probably heard of this series of picture books, although you probably didn't know that the first book was originally published in 1963. Since then, many, many more books have been published, as well as an animated adaptation.
The books, which were written by Norman Bridwell, star the adventures of the eponymous Clifford, a giant of a dog, and his owner, Emily Elizabeth Howard. Clifford originally started out as the runt of the litter, but Emily Elizabeth's love made him grow—and grow, and grow, and grow, ad infinitum. Well, not quite—he stopped growing once he was about twenty-five feet high, although his height isn't set in stone; it varies, depending on the story. He was way too big for the Howards to properly take care of Clifford in the city at this point, so they moved to Birdwell Island, where he could have more room to move around.
The series' AnimatedAdaptation has been around longer than you think. In the 80s, Nelvana picked up the rights to the series and spun off six half-hour direct to video specials with it. Starring AlysonCourt opposite of BrentTitcomb, each specials featured a typical slice-of-life storyline peppered with two songs, and was animated with NoFourthWall, allowing Emily and Clifford to "converse" directly with the viewers, but strangely Emily and Clifford could never converse among themselves in English, as to leverage on Scholastic's then-recent study that children learned better through participation rather than through repetition. After that, the franchise reverted to books (unless you count in the discontinuity that is the live-action mixed footage direct to video special by Warner Home Video that was released in the early 90s). This went on until the year 2000. Scholastic wanted to do another animated adaptation. Throwing away the old format and rebooting the continuity, it now featured GreyDeLisle as Emily Elizabeth opposite of JohnRitter as Clifford. The new version was such a phenomenal success that it ran for two seasons, spun off [[TheMovie a movie]], and even resulted in a licensed [[TheKiddieRide kiddie ride]]. Things weren't so rosy after the movie, however. John Ritter passed on shortly after of a heart attack on the set of EightSimpleRules. While Scholstic have been pondering upon the idea of a sequel for a then, the death of Mr. Ritter cements the decision of the spinoff, titled ''Clifford's Puppy Days''. Two seasons were made before Scholastic decided to take a break from making a series out of the franchise again, while maintaining the series franchise. The books are still coming, as are merchandise. Repeats of both TV series, of course, are still running.
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!!''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' contains examples of:
* AGirlAndHerX: A girl and her giant red dog.
* AesopAmnesia: You'd think all the lessons Jetta learns about friendship would start to sink in at some point.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Many of the animals have nonstandard fur color like bright red and purple.
* AnimatedAdaptation
* ArtEvolution: The movie, titled ''Clifford's Really Big Movie'', actually had a budget. So the animators decided to play around with cell shading. It worked ok for Clifford and the other animals. Unfortunately Emily-Elizabeth and the other regular human characters got dumped somewhere in the UncannyValley.
** Also, there's a major art shift between the 80s specials (which were much more faithful to Norman Birdwell's illustrations) and the 2000s TV series.
* BigFriendlyDog: Clifford of course - extra emphasis on ''big''.
* BlackBeadEyes: Except for the giant version of Clifford, [[NonstandardCharacterDesign who is the only character to have normal eyes]].
* CanisMajor: Again, when they say "big", they aren't kidding.
* CannotTellAJoke: T-Bone.
* ConeOfShame: Cleo got to wear one in the episode "Cleo Gets A Cone".
* ContinuityReboot: Between the Nelvana videos and the Scholastic self-produced TV series. The former made no mention of Bridwell Island and/or any of Clifford's or Emily's friends that the latter is much more commonly known for.
* CryingWolf: "The Dog Who Cried Woof" has Cleo repeatedly telling the others a ghost skunk named Wiffy, who she'd told ghost stories about, was after her as a prank. When she gets in trouble with a ''real'' [[SmellySkunk skunk]], they don't listen to her due to her pranking and she gets sprayed.
* CuteGiant: Clifford himself, of course.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The books and cartoon are about a dog named Clifford who is big and red.
* ExpositoryThemeTune
* HairOfGold: Emily Elizabeth.
* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: One episode of the series has T-Bone's old friend [[PunnyName Hamburger]] visiting Birdwell Island. Hamburger is voiced by [[AllThat Kenan]] [[KenanAndKel Thompson]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jetta, Cleo, and Mac.
* TheKiddieRide: The infamous [[http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/849/cfdrider.jpg Clifford ride]] made by Jolly Rogers of the UK. They're actually pretty common worldwide, you may have seen one at your local mall.
* {{Licensed Game}}s / {{Edutainment Game}}s / {{iOS Games}}: About a dozen or so titles for PC/Macs. One for the iPhone (with a separate, [[BlatantLies HD version]] for the iPad, and an iPad-exclusive title). Also one title for the Leapfrog Leapster console. And that's not counting the platforms that are technically not gaming devices!
* LimitedWardrobe
* LovableAlphaBitch: Jetta might be a snotty RichBitch in training, but she's still part of the [[TrueCompanions group]] (and [[LickedByTheDog Clifford likes her]].) Machiavelli is a rare male example.
* LyricalDissonance: The Really Big Tribute CD. Jody Gray loves this trope. They got Jody Gray to write the score and lyrics to the CD. Cue Emily singing about how great Clifford is- to a tune that sounded bitter. This also happens to some extent in the movie, who's music and lyrics are, unsurprisingly, scored and written by Jody Gray. Although the movie leans towards MoodWhiplash instead.
* MerchandiseDriven: Of course!
* NoAntagonist: Unless you count the movie.
* NoExportForYou: The iPhone and iPad game was this to South America and Asia. Averted recently, when the games were finally released worldwide. And then played straight again, when the apps were purged off Malaysian app store for no reason. Most of the toys, however, are still in this trope, particularly if they're not produced by Scholastic themselves.
* RecursiveAdaptation: Unsurprisingly.
* RichBitch: Jetta.
* SmellySkunk: "The Dog Who Cried Woof" had Cleo taunting the other dogs with ghost stories about a giant ghost skunk named Wiffy. [[CryingWolf She kept pranking them by saying he was after her]], and they finally got fed up with it. Then a ''real'' skunk shows up and she scares it. The others don't come until they smell that she got sprayed.
* SpinoffBabies: ''Clifford's Puppy Days''.
* TheMovie
* ZettaiRyouiki: Emily Elizabeth wears a pair of stripey stockings.
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