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* RogerRabbitEffect: Following the "Dekirukana?" segments in the Kana-chan and Rina-chan eras, there would be a live-action segment showing a kid doing an activity inspired by the song that just played, with an animated Kuu talking to them.

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* RogerRabbitEffect: Following the "Dekirukana?" segments in the Kana-chan and Rina-chan eras, era, there would be a live-action segment showing a kid doing an activity inspired by the song that just played, with an animated Kuu talking to them.
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* OneSteveLimit: Downplayed. In one 1999 episode, there was a ball Kuu met named Pakupaku-san. This later became the name of a character played by Wan Wan's hands.

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* OneSteveLimit: Downplayed.Inverted. In one 1999 episode, there was a ball Kuu met named Pakupaku-san. This later became the name of a character played by Wan Wan's hands.
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* OneSteveLimit: Downplayed. In one 1999 episode, there was a ball Kuu met named Pakupaku-san. This later became the name of a character played by Wan Wan's hands.

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* FakeInteractivity: One of the recurring segments on the show featured an animated caterpillar named Mushimushi-kun who often "interacted" with the children watching. For example, in one segment, he offered the viewers a drink by holding his opened can of juice up to the screen for them to drink out of, and in another segment he played catch with the viewers using a balloon.

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* FakeInteractivity: FakeInteractivity:
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One of the recurring segments on the show featured an animated caterpillar named Mushimushi-kun who often "interacted" with the children watching. For example, in one segment, he offered the viewers a drink by holding his opened can of juice up to the screen for them to drink out of, and in another segment he played catch with the viewers using a balloon.balloon.
** In the first episode of the eighth generation of the show, there is a scene where Poupo asks for the viewer's name, followed by a brief pause and him acting as if you responded correctly.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Wan-Wan, U-tan and the 2015-2019 onee-san Yuki.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:The current cast of the show. From left to right: Wan Wan, Poupo
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''Inai Inai Baa!'' is an educational series starring Wanwan the anthropomorphic dog and a female child host known as Onee-san, or "big sister". A character named U-Tan was introduced later on in the series. The show is a children's sing-along show in the same vein as ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''.

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''Inai Inai Baa!'' is an educational series starring Wanwan the anthropomorphic dog and a female child host known as Onee-san, or "big sister". A character They are joined by a changing puppet character, currently an alien-esque critter named U-Tan was introduced later on in the series.Poupo. The show is a children's sing-along show in the same vein as ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''.
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* RogerRabbitEffect: Following the "Dekirukana?" segments in the Kana-chan and Rina-chan eras, there would be a live-action segment showing a kid doing an activity inspired by the song that just played, with an animated Kuu talking to them.
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** The live show ''Wan Wan Matsuri: Party Hen'' has Wan Wan see a sign that says "Toilet Time", which reminds him of how much he needs to pee. He leaves the stage as a snippet of "Toire de su~" plays before shortly coming back.


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* ThreeMonthOldNewborn: According to a fanbook for the show, U-Tan is a one-year-old, but knows how to say many different words, often talks in full sentences, and knows different skills that real-life babies that age wouldn't know how to do, such as putting on clothes, brushing her teeth, using the toilet and cleaning up a room. In addition, her favorite food is norimaki, [[https://rbsushi.com/blog/sushi-safety-tips-for-parents but doctors recommend that children under 5 years of age should not eat sushi]].
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* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The song "Penguin Penguin" features the characters singing about various kinds of penguins. In earlier versions of this segment, U-Tan dressed up like a penguin.
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* GratuitiousEnglish: In one Yuuna-chan episode, [[https://twitter.com/patabit/status/1353217820679524352?s=20&t=D5fPEHXg0WH6dv_HzcYnbQ she shows off a newspaper]] that reads "Why U.S. abortion numbers are down".

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* GratuitiousEnglish: GratuitousEnglish: In one Yuuna-chan episode, [[https://twitter.com/patabit/status/1353217820679524352?s=20&t=D5fPEHXg0WH6dv_HzcYnbQ she shows off a newspaper]] that reads "Why U.S. abortion numbers are down".
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* GratuitiousEnglish: In one Yuuna-chan episode, [[https://twitter.com/patabit/status/1353217820679524352?s=20&t=D5fPEHXg0WH6dv_HzcYnbQ she shows off a newspaper]] that reads "Why U.S. abortion numbers are down".
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* PolarPenguins: The song "Penguin Penguin" always takes place in a wintery setting when it's performed on the show. The cast usually don winter outfits while singing it.
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* SofterAndSlowerCover: This happened to "Genki Genki!" beginning with the Yuki-chan era. Originally a fast-paced song, the newer version is much slower.
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** A more traditional example of this trope occurs in the ''WanWan The World'' special. Fuku Suzuki, who made his acting debut on ''Inai Inai Baa!'' in 2006, is the host of the special.

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** A more traditional example of this trope occurs in the ''WanWan ''[=WanWan=] The World'' special. Fuku Suzuki, who made his acting debut on ''Inai Inai Baa!'' in 2006, is the host of the special.

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* SesameStreetCred: An interesting case of this trope happens with this show. Rather than having the actual celebrities appear on the show, they will write songs for this show:
** Yuzu wrote the songs "Kanpa~i!" (which they also performed a cover of) and "Yurayura".
** [=GReeeeN=] wrote four songs for the show, "Popopopose" (which they also covered), "Banbanzai!", "Dakarando" and "Tetotetotetotetote".
** Pikotaro wrote "Pyon Pyon Animal Party".
** A more traditional example of this trope occurs in the ''WanWan The World'' special. Fuku Suzuki, who made his acting debut on ''Inai Inai Baa!'' in 2006, is the host of the special.


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* ToTheTuneOf: "Pyon Pyon Animal Party" is set to the tune of Hungarian Dance #5 by Johannes Brahms.

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* PottyEmergency:
** The Kuu segment "Gattan Omaru No Densha" begins with Kuu panicking because he's having one of these.
** In the home video release "Super Wan No Uta", Wan Wan has one of these, but keeps bumping into babies. This leads into the song "Toire ni ittoire".



* ToiletTrainingPlot: The show has three songs about this, which are sung by U-Tan and her toilet and potty seat friends Benki and Omarun:

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* ToiletTrainingPlot: The show has three four songs about this, which are sung by U-Tan and her toilet and potty seat friends Benki and Omarun:



** The third is "Toire yoitoko yottoire", involves Benki and Omarun singing about the job they have, with U-Tan coming in soon afterward to use the bathroom. It only appeared during the Yuuna-chan and Yuki-chan eras.

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** The third third, "Soreyuke unchichi!", was about pooping, and was only used in the Koto-chan era.
** The fourth
is "Toire yoitoko yottoire", involves Benki and Omarun singing about the job they have, with U-Tan coming in soon afterward to use the bathroom. It only appeared during the Yuuna-chan and Yuki-chan eras.
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* CommercialPopUp: On Clic Clac's airings of the Spanish dub ("¿Dónde estoy? ¡Aquí!"), the logo is placed in a spot that slightly obscures the song titles.

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* CommercialPopUp: On Clic Clac's airings of the Spanish dub ("¿Dónde estoy? ¡Aquí!"), the channel logo is placed in a spot that slightly obscures the song titles.
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''Inai Inai Baa!'' is a Japanese children's show. It premiered on the Creator/{{NHK}} on April 1, 1996, and has been running since. In North America, the show airs on NHK's international feed, TV Japan. [=VTV7=] in Vietnam airs a ForeignRemake, ''Ú Òa''. It's also available on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

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''Inai Inai Baa!'' is a Japanese children's show. It premiered on the Creator/{{NHK}} on April 1, 1996, and has been running since. In North America, the show airs on NHK's international feed, TV Japan. [=VTV7=] in Vietnam airs a ForeignRemake, ''Ú Òa''.Òa'', while Canal 22 in Mexico airs a dubbed version called ''¿Dónde estoy? ¡Aquí!''. It's also available on Creator/{{Netflix}}.
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''Inai Inai Baa!'' is an educational series starring Wanwan the anthropomorphic dog and a female child host known as Onee-san, or "big sister". A character named U-tan was introduced later on in the series. The show is a children's sing-along show in the same vein as ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''.

If you're wondering, the show's title basically means "peek-a-boo" in Japanese. In fact, the aforementioned Netflix release, as well as the TV Japan website, both rename the show ''Peek-a-Boo''.

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''Inai Inai Baa!'' is an educational series starring Wanwan the anthropomorphic dog and a female child host known as Onee-san, or "big sister". A character named U-tan U-Tan was introduced later on in the series. The show is a children's sing-along show in the same vein as ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''.

If you're wondering, the show's title basically means "peek-a-boo" in Japanese. In fact, the aforementioned Netflix release, as well as the TV Japan website, website and the official English dub, both rename the show ''Peek-a-Boo''.
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* QuarterHourShort: With the exception of episodes broadcast from 1997 to 1999 which were 10 minutes and the ''Wan Wan Wonderland'' specials being 30 minutes long, the show has always run for 15 minutes.

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* ToiletTrainingPlot: Many of the songs on the show focus on using the bathroom, usually involving U-tan and her talking potty seat and toilet king friends.

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* ToiletTrainingPlot: Many of the The show has three songs on the show focus on using the bathroom, usually involving U-tan about this, which are sung by U-Tan and her talking toilet and potty seat friends Benki and toilet king friends.Omarun:
** The first, "Toire ni Ittoire", was used in the Fuuka-chan era and was about how refreshing it is to poop in the toilet.
** The second, "Toire de su~", is about peeing in the toilet. It began being used in the Koto-chan era and still airs as a regular segment to this day.
** The third is "Toire yoitoko yottoire", involves Benki and Omarun singing about the job they have, with U-Tan coming in soon afterward to use the bathroom. It only appeared during the Yuuna-chan and Yuki-chan eras.
** Before U-Tan came around, the puppet character Kuu also had two animated segments about potty training: "Gattan Omaru no Densha", where Kuu imagines [[StealthPun a potty as a train]], and "Chii Shichao", a song about peeing.

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* OneTwoThreeFourGo: The song "Kanpa~i!" contains a line that goes "One, two, Wanwan!" before the second chorus. "Wan" is also the Japanese pronnounciation of "one".

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* OneTwoThreeFourGo: OneTwoThreeFourGo:
** The song "Asobou! Asobou!" has Rina sing the line "One, two, three, four, go-go!".
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The song "Kanpa~i!" contains a line that goes "One, two, Wanwan!" before the second chorus. "Wan" is also the Japanese pronnounciation of "one".
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* EdutainmentShow: This show teaches young children about various early childhood concepts, from toilet-training to toothbrushing to colors.


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* ShaveAndAHaircut: In one Haru-chan era segment where she guesses what instrument Wan-Wan is playing, he plays this tune on one of the instruments.
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* DoubleDoubleTitle: The song "Penguin Penguin".

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* DoubleDoubleTitle: The song songs "Penguin Penguin".Penguin" and "Hajimete Hajimete" have this.
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* EveryEpisodeEnding: At the end of each episode, the characters will say goodbye to the viewer by playing peek-a-boo and yelling "Inai inai bye bye!".


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* PopCulturalOsmosis: "Inai inai baa!" is the Japanese phrase used in what is known to the English-speaking world as "Peek-a-boo". But since this show premiered, it's impossible for some people in Japan to hear the phrase and not think of this show. It doesn't help that the characters sometimes yell "Baa!" to introduce themselves, and that every episode ends with the characters playing peek-a-boo to say goodbye to the viewer.
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* VocalDissonance: Wanwan’s voice. You’d think he’d have a low, gruff voice that’s fit for a dog his size, or a childlike voice that’s in line with the show's demographic. Instead, he sounds a lot like [[Manga/{{Doraemon}} Suneo]]...
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* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: In the Vietnamese version, Wanwan the male dog is accompanied by a female cat named Nana.
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* DoubleDoubleTitle: The song "Penguin Penguin".
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** U-tan is a cute little humanoid... [[CartoonCreature something]] with a big head, big eyes, and little rattles on hed head.

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** U-tan is a cute little humanoid... [[CartoonCreature something]] with a big head, big eyes, and little rattles on hed her head.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: The official 20th anniversary DVD seems to do this to the 1996-97 era of the program, as all of the clips of Kana-chan shown are from 1997 and later. In addition, the puppet character Penta is not mentioned on the disc unlike Kuu and Dada.

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