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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The third season of the show is drastically different from the first two. It focuses more on Brum being heroic as he tries to stop thieves, the show's tone is more cartoony and over the top with a focus on [[TheChase chase scenes]], and the narrator only talks when reacting to Brum rather than explaining everything that is going on.

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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The third season of the show is drastically different from the first two. It focuses more on Brum being heroic as he tries to stop thieves, the show's tone is more cartoony and over the top with a focus on [[TheChase chase scenes]], and the narrator only talks when reacting to Brum rather than explaining everything that is going on.


%% * SaltAndPepper: The Lollipop Lady and Mickey the [[EthnicMenialLabor black janitor]] (no relation to [[Series/DoctorWho a certain Smith]]).
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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The third season of the show is drastically different from the first two. It focuses more on Brum being heroic as he tries to stop thieves, the humor is more cartoony and over the top with a focus on [[TheChase chase scenes]], and the narrator only talks when reacting to Brum rather than explaining everything that is going on.

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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The third season of the show is drastically different from the first two. It focuses more on Brum being heroic as he tries to stop thieves, the humor show's tone is more cartoony and over the top with a focus on [[TheChase chase scenes]], and the narrator only talks when reacting to Brum rather than explaining everything that is going on.
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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The third season of the show is drastically different from the first two. It focuses more on Brum being heroic as he tries to stop thieves, more cartoony and over the top and the narrator only talks when reacting to Brum rather than explaining everything that is going on.

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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The third season of the show is drastically different from the first two. It focuses more on Brum being heroic as he tries to stop thieves, the humor is more cartoony and over the top with a focus on [[TheChase chase scenes]], and the narrator only talks when reacting to Brum rather than explaining everything that is going on.



* OutOfFocus: One episode has Brum’s battery going flat at a bad time, and the rest of the episode focuses on other people coming across the classic car in the junkyard, until one person realises that it simply has a flat battery rather than being broken and replaces it.

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* OutOfFocus: One episode has Brum’s battery going flat at a bad time, and the rest of the episode focuses on other people coming across the classic car in the junkyard, junkyard until one person realises realizes that it simply has a flat battery rather than being broken and replaces it.



* SentientVehicle: Brum, of course, being a sentient car.

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* SentientVehicle: Brum, of course, being is a sentient car.



%% * UpperClassTwit: Mr and Mrs La-Di-Dah.

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%% * UpperClassTwit: Mr Mr. and Mrs Mrs. La-Di-Dah.
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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The third season of the show is drastically different from the first two. It focuses more on Brum being heroic as he tries to stop thieves, more cartoony and over the top and the narrator only talks when reacting to Brum rather than explaining everything that is going on.
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''Brum'' is a British children's TV series that was transmitted sporadically between 1991 and 2002 on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]]. It followed the adventures of the eponymous Brum, [[SentientVehicle a cute, sentient little car]] who, according to Website/TheOtherWiki, was apparently based on a late-1920s Austin 7 "Chummy" convertible.

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''Brum'' is a British children's TV series that was transmitted sporadically between 1991 and 2002 on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]].One]]'s Creator/{{CBBC}} children's block. It followed the adventures of the eponymous Brum, [[SentientVehicle a cute, sentient little car]] who, according to Website/TheOtherWiki, was apparently based on a late-1920s Austin 7 "Chummy" convertible.
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* MurderousMannequin: In the episode "Brum and the Shop Window Dummy", Brum witnesses a woman steal an entire mannequin from the store window in order to get the dress the mannequin is wearing. Brum gives chase, collecting the various pieces the mannequin loses, and brings the pieces, dress, and thief back to the store. As the store owners and police officer gratefully wave Brum goodbye, the mannequin turns her head as her own way of saying thinks to the little car.

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* MurderousMannequin: In the episode "Brum and the Shop Window Dummy", Brum witnesses a woman steal an entire mannequin from the store window in order to get the dress the mannequin is wearing. Brum gives chase, collecting the various pieces the mannequin loses, and brings the pieces, dress, and thief back to the store. As the store owners and police officer gratefully wave Brum goodbye, the mannequin turns her head as her own way of saying thinks thanks to the little car.



* {{Slapstick}}: Often pervasive in the show's humour due to its strong emphasis on visuals.

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* {{Slapstick}}: Often pervasive in the show's humour humor due to its strong emphasis on visuals.
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%% * WeddingEpisode: In ''Brum at the Wedding''.Wedding''.
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* OutOfFocus: One episode has Brum’s battery going flat at a bad time, and the rest of the episode focuses on other people coming across the classic car in the junkyard, until one person realises that it simply has a flat battery rather than being broken and replaces it.
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''Brum'' is a British children's TV series that was transmitted sporadically between 1991 and 2002 on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]]. It followed the adventures of the eponymous Brum, [[SentientVehicle a cute, sentient little car]] who, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, was apparently based on a late-1920s Austin 7 "Chummy" convertible.

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''Brum'' is a British children's TV series that was transmitted sporadically between 1991 and 2002 on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]]. It followed the adventures of the eponymous Brum, [[SentientVehicle a cute, sentient little car]] who, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Website/TheOtherWiki, was apparently based on a late-1920s Austin 7 "Chummy" convertible.
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* CatchPhrase: Oh, my wheels and wipers!

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* CatchPhrase: Oh, ''Oh, my wheels and wipers!wipers!''
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The show aired for a time in the mid 2000s on what's currently Creator/DiscoveryFamily (as part of their ''Ready Set Learn'' block) in the US.

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The show aired for a time in the mid 2000s on what's currently Creator/DiscoveryFamily and Creator/{{TLC}} (as part of their ''Ready Set Learn'' block) in the US.



** Brum's name derives from both the show's setting (''Brum'' is a slang term for Birmingham) and the fact he brums a lot since he is a car. (The first meaning was likely lost on US viewers when the show ran on Discovery Kids, though.)

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** Brum's name derives from both the show's setting (''Brum'' is a slang term for Birmingham) and the fact he brums a lot since he is a car. (The first meaning was likely lost on US viewers when the show ran on Discovery Kids, viewers, though.)
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* MurderousMannequin: In the episode "Brum and the Shop Window Dummy", Brum witnesses a woman steal an entire mannequin from the store window in order to get the dress the mannequin is wearing. Brum gives chase, collecting the various pieces the mannequin loses, and brings the pieces, dress, and thief back to the store. As the store owners and police officer gratefully wave Brum goodbye, the mannequin turns her head as her own way of saying thinks to the little car.
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->''For six days of the week, Brum the little car lives quietly in the motor museum, and doesn't make a sound. But on the seventh day, Brum comes to life, and likes to go exploring.''
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