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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bertram loves porridge and stuffed peppers.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Gregory has many neon-colored wigs.
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* ActingForTwo: Several major roles can turn up in bit parts during ensemble numbers. Example: Mother Goose's actress is the "fair lady" in "London Bridge".
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* OneSteveLimit: "The House that Jack Built" was not built by "Jack Be Nimble". Or the same Jack from "Jack and Jill" for that matter. A bit less confusing in that they are not in the same episodes and don't share any screentime.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted. "The House that Jack Built" was not built by "Jack Be Nimble". Or the same Jack from "Jack and Jill" for that matter. A bit less confusing in that they are not in the same episodes and don't share any screentime.
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* ActingForTwo: Several major roles can turn up in bit parts during ensemble numbers. Example: Mother Goose's actress is the "fair lady" in "London Bridge".
* CallAndResponseSong: "A is for the Archer...", an alphabet song that is one of the few original rhymes in the series. Letters Man says the letter and subject and the crowd describes it back to him.
* CallAndResponseSong: "A is for the Archer...", an alphabet song that is one of the few original rhymes in the series. Letters Man says the letter and subject and the crowd describes it back to him.
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** The first episode has the most cohesive plot, in the sense of conflict and progression. Bertram is upset there are no rhymes about "a brave and handsome goose", so he is set to make one for himself. Little Bo Peep pops in and out looking for her sheep, inspiring Bertram to help her. She finds the sheep, but not the tails, which Bertram finds on a tree somewhere. Putting the tails back on the sheep, Bertram earns a place in the book of rhymes.
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* InsistentTerminology: Bertram keeps wanting to be called "brave and handsome", but it doesn't fit the meter.
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* MusicalChores: One sequence is choreographed to what is perhaps the UrExample, "Here we go Round the Mulberry Bush".
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* OneSteveLimit: "The House that Jack Built" was not built by "Jack Be Nimble". Or the same Jack from "Jack and Jill" for that matter. A bit less confusing in that they are not in the same episodes and don't share any screentime.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Bertram is in a snit, the whole town reacts and tries to set him straight.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Bertram is in a snit, the whole town reacts and tries to set him straight.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The series is set in somewhere called Gooseberry Glen. The setting is vaguely European, surrounded by forest, and has a small village atmosphere, but no details to location are given.
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The ''Mother Goose Treasury'' is a collection of stories and rhymes as encountered and often told by Mother Goose. Her pet goose is named Bertram in this version.
The stories are sometimes told by Mother Goose from her book, but many are done from encounters with these characters. The "plots", [[ExcusePlot if you can call them that]], involve the pair exploring the fairy tale land and encountering the rhyming, singing populace.
While it is a bit of a crazy world without much of a story, the treasury makes up for it with sincerity and a sense of humor of the concept, complete with good costume design and puppetry.
The stories are sometimes told by Mother Goose from her book, but many are done from encounters with these characters. The "plots", [[ExcusePlot if you can call them that]], involve the pair exploring the fairy tale land and encountering the rhyming, singing populace.
While it is a bit of a crazy world without much of a story, the treasury makes up for it with sincerity and a sense of humor of the concept, complete with good costume design and puppetry.
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The ''Mother Goose Treasury'' is a collection of stories and rhymes as encountered and often told by Mother Goose. Her pet In this setting, Mother Goose and her goose is named friend Bertram live in this version.the sequestered vaguely European period town of Gooseberry, where all the nursery rhyme characters live and work.
The stories are sometimes told by Mother Goose from her book, but many are done from encounters with these characters. The "plots", [[ExcusePlot if you can call them that]], involvethe pair Mother Goose and Bertram exploring the fairy tale land and encountering the rhyming, singing populace.
While it is a bit of a crazy world without much of a story, the treasury makes up for it with sincerity and a sense of humorof towards the concept, complete with good costume design and puppetry.
The stories are sometimes told by Mother Goose from her book, but many are done from encounters with these characters. The "plots", [[ExcusePlot if you can call them that]], involve
While it is a bit of a crazy world without much of a story, the treasury makes up for it with sincerity and a sense of humor
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* ViewersAreGoldfish: Several of the rhymes are repeated as soon as they are heard. Justified in sort of a FridgeBrilliance way when you realize the already repetitive and cadenced nature of nursery rhymes.
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* ViewersAreGoldfish: Several of the rhymes are repeated as soon as they are heard. Justified in sort of a FridgeBrilliance sort of way when you realize the already repetitive and cadenced nature of nursery rhymes.
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--->"Old Mother Goose when she wanted to wander/Would ride on the back of a ''very fine gander''". The theme itself shows Bertram ''is'' that gander. Therefore, he is neither this nor a CanonForeigner.
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--->"Old Mother Goose when she wanted to wander/Would ride on the back of a ''very fine gander''".
** The theme itself shows Bertram ''is'' that gander. Therefore, he is neither this nor a CanonForeigner.
** The theme itself shows Bertram ''is'' that gander. Therefore, he is neither this nor a CanonForeigner.
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* CanonImmigrant: Discussed, Exploited, and ultimately granted to Bertram ''twice''. Bertram is shocked to find there are no good rhymes about geese. So he becomes the hero to the stories of both Little Bo Peep (finds the sheep's tails) and the Old Woman in the Shoe (teaches her kids to behave), resulting in Mother Goose including lines about him.
**Though oddly this may be a borderline aversion with Bertram himself. The Nursery Rhyme ''about'' Mother Goose, which lends its opening lines to that of the theme song, starts like this:
--->"Old Mother Goose when she wanted to wander/Would ride on the back of a ''very fine gander''". The theme itself shows Bertram ''is'' that gander. Therefore, he is neither this nor a CanonForeigner.
**Though oddly this may be a borderline aversion with Bertram himself. The Nursery Rhyme ''about'' Mother Goose, which lends its opening lines to that of the theme song, starts like this:
--->"Old Mother Goose when she wanted to wander/Would ride on the back of a ''very fine gander''". The theme itself shows Bertram ''is'' that gander. Therefore, he is neither this nor a CanonForeigner.
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The stories are sometimes told by Mother Goose from her book, but many are done from encounters with these characters. The "plots" [[ExcusePlot if you can call them that]] involve the pair exploring the fairy tale land and encountering the rhyming, singing populace.
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The stories are sometimes told by Mother Goose from her book, but many are done from encounters with these characters. The "plots" "plots", [[ExcusePlot if you can call them that]] that]], involve the pair exploring the fairy tale land and encountering the rhyming, singing populace.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Bertram has to help set the Old Woman in the Shoe's children to work. At the end, they get bread and jam as a just reward.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Bertram has to help set the Old Woman in the Shoe's Shoe set her children to work. At the end, they get bread and jam as a just reward.
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* FakeHairDrama: Gregory Griggs owns twenty-seven different wigs.
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* InASingleBound: "Jack be nimble, jack be quick/Jack jumped over a candlestick". No matter how high it was, he could still clear it.
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* NoAntagonist: Mother Goose and Bertram just meander about from rhyme to rhyme with little hastle. The closest we get is the Knave of Hearts, a HarmlessVillain dealt with quickly.
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* NoAntagonist: Mother Goose and Bertram just meander about from rhyme to rhyme with little hastle. hassle. The closest we get is the Knave of Hearts, a HarmlessVillain dealt with who is punished quickly.
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* TongueTwister: Bertram recites the classic "Peter Piper" and "Betty Botter" ''without skipping a beat''!
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* TongueTwister: Bertram recites the classic "Peter Piper" and "Betty Botter" ''without skipping a beat''!beat!''
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* NoAntagonist: Mother Goose and Bertram just meander about from rhyme to rhyme with little hastle. The closest we get is the Knave of Hearts, a HarmlessVillain dealt with quickly.
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* The Dandy: Gregory Griggs and the Letters Man
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* The Dandy: TheDandy: Gregory Griggs and the Letters Man
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* FanNickname: Some characters are unnamed like "Letters Man" and "Numbers Girl". Otherwise, the titles of their stories suffice.
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* CloudCuckoolander: The Old Woman Tossed up in a Basket flies into the sky to "sweep the cobwebs off the sky".
* The Dandy: Gregory Griggs and the Letters Man
* FakeHairDrama: Gregory Griggs owns twenty-seven different wigs.
* FanNickname: Some characters are unnamed like "Letters Man" and "Numbers Girl". Otherwise, the titles of their stories suffice.
* GenkiGirl: Jumping Joan.
* InASingleBound: "Jack be nimble, jack be quick/Jack jumped over a candlestick". No matter how high it was, he could still clear it.
* FanNickname: Some characters are unnamed like "Letters Man" and "Numbers Girl". Otherwise, the titles of their stories suffice.
* GenkiGirl: Jumping Joan.
* InASingleBound: "Jack be nimble, jack be quick/Jack jumped over a candlestick". No matter how high it was, he could still clear it.
* NurseryRhyme: A show inspired by the TropeMaker and TropeCodifier is bound to feature them.
* PairTheSpares: Jumping Joan and Handy Spandy get together at the end of their little dance number.
* PairTheSpares: Jumping Joan and Handy Spandy get together at the end of their little dance number.
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* ViewersAreGoldfish: Several of the rhymes are repeated as soon as they are heard. Justified in sort of a FridgeBrilliance way when you realize the already repetitive and cadenced nature of nursery rhymes.
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* VerbalTic: Bertram has a tendency to honk at the end of sentences.
* ViewersAreGoldfish: Several of the rhymes are repeated as soon as they are heard. Justified in sort of a FridgeBrilliance way when you realize the already repetitive and cadenced nature of nurseryrhymes.rhymes.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Gregory has many neon-colored wigs.
* ViewersAreGoldfish: Several of the rhymes are repeated as soon as they are heard. Justified in sort of a FridgeBrilliance way when you realize the already repetitive and cadenced nature of nursery
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Gregory has many neon-colored wigs.
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** However, in regards to the Old Woman in the Shoe, she said her children misbehaved, so they deserved one.
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* ExcusePlot: There is a setup and scenario every episode, but most of the runtime is Mother Goose and/or Bertra running into various characters and reciting their rhymes.
* ManChild: Bertram seems to function as one.
* NonHumanSidekick: Bertram is Mother Goose's goose companion
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* ExcusePlot: There is a setup and scenario every episode, but most of the runtime is Mother Goose and/or Bertra running into various characters and reciting their rhymes.
* ManChild:EarnYourHappyEnding: Bertram seems has to function help set the Old Woman in the Shoe's children to work. At the end, they get bread and jam as one.a just reward.
* ExcusePlot: There is a setup and scenario every episode, but most of the runtime is Mother Goose and/or Bertram running into various characters and reciting their rhymes.
* ManChild: Bertram seems to function as one.
* NeverSayDie: Surprisingly averted in the Old Mother Hubbard segment:
--->"She went to the baker to buy him some bread/But when she came back the poor dog was dead!"
** He [[UnexplainedRecovery got better, though]].
* NonHumanSidekick: Bertram is Mother Goose's goosecompanioncompanion.
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* ExcusePlot: There is a setup and scenario every episode, but most of the runtime is Mother Goose and/or Bertram running into various characters and reciting their rhymes.
* ManChild: Bertram seems to function as one.
* NeverSayDie: Surprisingly averted in the Old Mother Hubbard segment:
--->"She went to the baker to buy him some bread/But when she came back the poor dog was dead!"
** He [[UnexplainedRecovery got better, though]].
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* TongueTwister: Bertram recites the classic "Peter Piper" and "Betty Botter" ''without skipping a beat''!
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* TongueTwister: Bertram recites the classic "Peter Piper" and "Betty Botter" ''without skipping a beat''!beat''!
* ViewersAreGoldfish: Several of the rhymes are repeated as soon as they are heard. Justified in sort of a FridgeBrilliance way when you realize the already repetitive and cadenced nature of nursery rhymes.
* ViewersAreGoldfish: Several of the rhymes are repeated as soon as they are heard. Justified in sort of a FridgeBrilliance way when you realize the already repetitive and cadenced nature of nursery rhymes.
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The stories are sometimes told by Mother Goose from her book, but many are done from encounters with these characters. The "plots" {{ExcusePlot [[ExcusePlot if you can call them that}} that]] involve the pair exploring the fairy tale land and encountering the rhyming, singing populace.
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The ''Mother Goose Treasury'' is a collection of stories and rhymes as encountered and often told by Mother Goose. Her pet goose is named Bertram in this version.
The stories are sometimes told by Mother Goose from her book, but many are done from encounters with these characters. The "plots" {{ExcusePlot if you can call them that}} involve the pair exploring the fairy tale land and encountering the rhyming, singing populace.
While it is a bit of a crazy world without much of a story, the treasury makes up for it with sincerity and a sense of humor of the concept, complete with good costume design and puppetry.
Four volumes were released on two VHS tapes, but they are long since out of print.
Not at all related to the similar ''Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories''.
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*CostumePorn: For such a low-budget production, the costumes are quite impressive.
*DownerEnding: Defied by Mother Goose in regards to Humpty Dumpty. She demands an amendment to the rhyme where she fixes him.
*TheDitz: Simple Simon
*ExcusePlot: There is a setup and scenario every episode
*ManChild: Bertram seems to function as one.
*NonHumanSidekick: Bertram is Mother Goose's goose companion
*{{PublicDomainCharacter Public Domain Characters}}
*RandomEventsPlot: Mother Goose and Bertram go about their day and just happen to run into the characters from her rhymes. It's one BigLippedAlligatorMoment after another.
*TongueTwister: Bertram recites the classic "Peter Piper" and "Betty Botter" ''without skipping a beat''!
The stories are sometimes told by Mother Goose from her book, but many are done from encounters with these characters. The "plots" {{ExcusePlot if you can call them that}} involve the pair exploring the fairy tale land and encountering the rhyming, singing populace.
While it is a bit of a crazy world without much of a story, the treasury makes up for it with sincerity and a sense of humor of the concept, complete with good costume design and puppetry.
Four volumes were released on two VHS tapes, but they are long since out of print.
Not at all related to the similar ''Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories''.
!!!Tropes included:
*CostumePorn: For such a low-budget production, the costumes are quite impressive.
*DownerEnding: Defied by Mother Goose in regards to Humpty Dumpty. She demands an amendment to the rhyme where she fixes him.
*TheDitz: Simple Simon
*ExcusePlot: There is a setup and scenario every episode
*ManChild: Bertram seems to function as one.
*NonHumanSidekick: Bertram is Mother Goose's goose companion
*{{PublicDomainCharacter Public Domain Characters}}
*RandomEventsPlot: Mother Goose and Bertram go about their day and just happen to run into the characters from her rhymes. It's one BigLippedAlligatorMoment after another.
*TongueTwister: Bertram recites the classic "Peter Piper" and "Betty Botter" ''without skipping a beat''!
