History Series / EureekasCastle

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Surprisingly averted in one sketch where the gang was singing the song, "Animal Fair", which contains a lyric about a monkey getting drunk. The lyric is sung unchanged. Not exactly expected for a show aimed at preschoolers. They even acknowledge the lyric with Mr. Knack exclaiming, "Bad boy!" after it's sung.
** Played straight by their version of "Dem Bones", which secularizes the song be removing all references to The Lord.

* CatchPhrase: Batly's "I meant to do that" (when he crashes), and Eureeka's "Aw, wand whiskers!" (when one of her spells fails to do what she wanted it to). Mr. Knack had two: "Heavens to bootsy!" and "As my Granny Tusnelda used to say…"

* ConstantlyCurious: Bogge and Quagmire, suffering from insomnia, ask Eureeka to tell them a bedtime story, but then pepper her with questions, constantly asking "Why?" to ''every detail'' of the story. Finally Eureeka, realizing the twins are just trying to stall for time, reaches her RageBreakingPoint, and finally flips the script on ''them''.
* ContagiousLaughter: One sketch begins with Magellan thinking to himself, but then he starts laughing. Batly comes up, and begins laughing as well, and they’re soon joined by Bogge and Quagmire. Finally Mr. Knack comes up and asks what’s so funny. Everyone just turns to Magellan who explains that he was laughing over how people will laugh at anything. Everyone then resumes laughing, Mr. Knack included.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Bogge and Quagmire will never successfully con Magellan out of his peanut butter sandwich. Ever. Bogge did succeed on his own in eating Magellan's sandwich once, and commented on how full he was, only to find out that Magellan was about to give him the ''two'' peanut butter sandwiches Eureeka made for his lunch, but since Bogge said he wasn't hungry anymore, he took them for himself.

* TheKlutz: Batly, whose CatchPhrase is "IMeantToDoThat". Magellan, who DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength also qualifies.

* MediumBlending: The show mixes its puppet cast with StopMotion and traditionally-animated characters and elements. The Slurms are claymation, and scenes with the Moat Twins underwater chroma-key Bogge and Quagmire over traditionally-animated water.

* MrFixIt: Mr. Knack is the castle's resident repairman. His IAmSong is about how he is a handyman that likes to fix things.

* MyNewGiftIsLame: On Batly's birthday, everyone, one by one, hands him a gift. As Batly opens them, each one turns out to be underpants. After everyone has a good laugh, Eureeka tells Batly that it just a joke and they actually got him the things that he really wanted.
* NeverBareHeaded: Mr. Knack almost always wears his aviator helmet, and if not, he's either wearing some other kind of hat.
* NoAntagonist: Seeing that one of the main themes of the show is learning to cooperate with others in spite of differences... The Moat Twins sometimes come close as does Batly with some of his more egotistical moments (like in the Christmas special), but even so, the rest of the characters consider them as friends.

* RaincoatOfHorror: There was a horror-themed episode that dealt with fear of movies, fear of a real monster, and pranks revolving around fear. Its opening had the mice scurrying around outside in a storm, screaming their heads off, running from a monster, and wearing yellow raincoats.

* SneezeOfDoom: Magellan's sneezes shake the whole room and himself due to his size. It's so powerful, it actually once broke one of Eureeka's spells: she had accidentally turned Magellan into a bat, but his sneeze turned him back into a dragon.

* VoiceOfReason: Generally, when someone in the castle has a problem, be it the Bogge and Quagmire having an argument, or Magellan is upset over something, they usually turn to Eureeka, who has some kind of solution for it.
* VitriolicBestBuds: The Moat Twins are frequently arguing and fighting, but they seem to enjoy it, and they miss each other when separated for too long. Batly and Magellan also do a lot of arguing, but not to the same degree.
* WeWantOurJerkBack: Happened with both Batly and the Moat Twins when a couple of Eureeka's spells accidentally made them nice.

[[caption-width-right:200:[-Top row: Quagmire, Magellan, Bogge, Middle row: Mr. Knack, Eureeka, Batly, Bottom row: Emma, Cooey, Webster-]]]

''Eureeka's Castle'' is a children's show that aired on Creator/NickJr from 1989 to 1991 conceived by Debby Beece and Judy Katschke, and developed by Creator/RLStine (of ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' fame), who also served as head writer. It followed a similar format to ''Series/SesameStreet'' (in fact, all of its main cast were alumni of ''Sesame'' and/or other [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]] productions) although more in the spirit of another Nickelodeon series, ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'', wbich this series was meant to be a replacement for as ''Pinwheel'' began to be phased out throughout 1989, in that it was a {{Puppet Show|s}} that also featured animated and live-action segments. For a time, ''Eureeka's Castle'' stood alongside ''Series/DoubleDare1986'' and ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'' as one of Nickelodeon's flagship shows and was most certainly the flagship show of the Nick Jr. block up until the mid-1990s. At its peak, it would be run in two hour blocks. Reruns of the show continued on Nickelodeon into the summer of 1996, with a brief return in fall 1998 into winter 1999. Between 1999 and 2000, Creator/{{Noggin}} picked up the short half-hour version. The half-hour version was later syndicated in Canada, where it aired for several years on [=TVOntario=], the provincial public broadcaster.

''Eureeka's Castle'' is a children's show that aired on Creator/NickJr from 1989 to 1995 conceived by Debby Beece and Judy Katschke, and developed by Creator/RLStine (of ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' fame), who also served as head writer. It followed a similar format to ''Series/SesameStreet'' (in fact, all of its main cast were alumni of ''Sesame'' and/or other [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]] productions) although more in the spirit of another Nickelodeon series, Series/{{Pinwheel}}, in that it was a {{Puppet Show|s}} that also featured animated and live-action segments. In its original run, it was two hours long. Between 1999 and 2002, Creator/{{Noggin}} picked up the short half-hour version. The half-hour version was later syndicated in Canada, where it aired for several years on [=TVOntario=], the provincial public broadcaster.

* CollectorOfTheStrange: Bogge and Quagmire like to collect anything they can find, sometimes even if they know it belongs to someone else.

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* EditedForSyndication: Two configurations of the show exist. The original hour-long configuration that was aired on Nick Jr. up until 1996, and a cut-down half-hour configuration for international broadcast, Cable in the Classroom, and Nickelodeon timeslots with configurations. The half-hour version is the one most commonly seen in later runs and on Creator/ParamountPlus, not least of which because it omits segments such as animated shorts and musical guests that would pose legal issues.

''Eureeka's Castle'' is a children's show that aired on Creator/NickJr from 1989 to 1995 created by Creator/RLStine (of ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' fame). It followed a similar format to ''Series/SesameStreet'' (in fact, all of its main cast were alumni of ''Sesame'' and/or other [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]] productions) although more in the spirit of another Nickelodeon series, Series/{{Pinwheel}}, in that it was a {{Puppet Show|s}} that also featured animated and live-action segments. In its original run, it was two hours long. Between 1999 and 2002, Creator/{{Noggin}} picked up the short half-hour version. The half-hour version was later syndicated in Canada, where it aired for several years on [=TVOntario=], the provincial public broadcaster.

The main puppet sketches took place in a castle owned by a wizard named Eureeka(also a music box owned by a giant), and featured characters such as Magellan, the dragon, Batly, the bat, Bogge and Quagmire, twin monsters who lived in the moat, and Mr. Knack, a trader / fix-it man who worked in the courtyard.

The main puppet sketches took place in a castle owned by a wizard named Eureeka, and featured characters such as Magellan, the dragon, Batly, the bat, Bogge and Quagmire, twin monsters who lived in the moat, and Mr. Knack, a trader / fix-it man who worked in the courtyard.

* MulticoloredHair: While mostly blonde, Eureeka has streaks of pink and blue in her hair.

* ContagiousLaughter: One sketch begins with Magellan thinking to himself, but then he starts laughing. Batly comes up, and begins laughing as well, and they’re soon joined by Bogge and Quagmire. Finally Mr, Knack comes up and asks what’s so funny. Everyone just turns to Magellan who explains that he was laughing over how people will laugh at anything. Everyone then resumes laughing.

* ConstantlyCurious: Bogge and Quagmire, suffering from insomnia, ask Eureeka to tell them a bedtime story, but then pepper her with questions, constantly asking "Why?" to ''every detail'' of the story. Finally Eureeka, realizing the twins are just trying to stall for time, reaches her RageBreakingPoint.
-->'''Eureeka:''' Now, Andrew the squirrel lived in a big oak tree...\\
'''Bogge:''' Why?\\
'''Eureeka:''' Because squirrels live in trees.\\
'''Bogge:''' Got it.\\
'''Eureeka:''' Now, one day Andrew climbed down from the oak tree...\\
'''Bogge and Quagmire:''' Why?\\
'''Eureeka:''' Because he wanted to go down to the ground and look for acorns to put away for the winter.\\
'''Bogge and Quagmire:''' Why?\\
'''Eureeka:''' ''[increasingly annoyed]'' Because that's what squirrels eat! They eat acorns!\\
'''Bogge and Quagmire:''' Why?\\
'''Eureeka:''' Because they don't eat scrambled eggs! WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP ASKING ME "WHY"?!!!\\
'''Bogge and Quagmire:''' Why?\\
'''Eureeka:''' UGHHHHHHH!!!

''Eureeka's Castle'' is a children's show that aired on Creator/NickJr from 1989 to 1995 created by Creator/RLStine (of ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' fame). It followed a similar format to ''Series/SesameStreet'' (in fact, some of its cast and crew were alumni of ''Sesame'' and other [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]] productions) although more in the spirit of another Nickelodeon series, Series/{{Pinwheel}}, in that it was a {{Puppet Show|s}} that also featured animated and live-action segments. In its original run, it was two hours long. Between 1999 and 2002, Creator/{{Noggin}} picked up the short half-hour version. The show also aired in Canada on [=TVOntario=], the provincial public TV network.

''Eureeka's Castle'' is a children's show that aired on Creator/NickJr from 1989 to 1995 created by Creator/RLStine (of ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' fame). It followed a similar format to ''Series/SesameStreet'' (in fact, some of its cast and crew were alumni of ''Sesame'' and other [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]] productions) although more in the spirit of another Nickelodeon series, Series/{{Pinwheel}}), in that it was a {{Puppet Show|s}} that also featured animated and live-action segments. In its original run, it was two hours long. Between 1999 and 2002, Creator/{{Noggin}} picked up the short half-hour version. The show also aired in Canada on [=TVOntario=], the provincial public TV network.

''Eureeka's Castle'' is a children's show that aired on Nick Jr. from 1989 to 1995 created by Creator/RLStine (of ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' fame). It followed a similar format to ''Series/SesameStreet'' (and closer to another Nickelodeon series, Series/{{Pinwheel}}) in that it was a {{Puppet Show|s}} that also featured animated and live-action segments. In its original run, it was two hours long. Between 1999 and 2002, Noggin picked up the short half-hour version.