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* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: His original actor, Barry Killerby, is a classically trained Shakespearean actor. He retired from the role only because running around in the suit while yelling at the top of his lungs was too physically demanding.
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A strange, strange, [[RuleOfThree strange]] example of the [[WidgetSeries weirdness of British television]] in the Nineties, Mr Blobby began life as a character appearing on Noel Edmonds' Saturday evening variety show ''Series/NoelsHouseParty''.
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A strange, strange, [[RuleOfThree strange]] strange example of the [[WidgetSeries weirdness of British television]] television in the Nineties, Mr Blobby began life as a character appearing on Noel Edmonds' Saturday evening variety show ''Series/NoelsHouseParty''.
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A strange, strange, [[RuleOfThree strange]] example of the [[WidgetSeries weirdness of British television]] in the 1990s, Nineties, Mr Blobby began life as a character appearing on Noel Edmonds' Saturday evening variety show ''Noel's House Party''.
''Series/NoelsHouseParty''.
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He appeared on the "Gotcha" sketch on ''Series/NoelsHouseParty'' which hoaxed celebrities into thinking that Blobby was a popular children's television character filming an episode about their particular line of work. Blobby would begin by clumsily trying to take part in whatever activity their celebrity guest was trying to teach him before giving up entirely and resorting to rather violently breaking the set in order to frustrate the unwitting celebrity.
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He originally appeared on the "Gotcha" sketch on ''Series/NoelsHouseParty'' ''Noel's House Party'' which hoaxed celebrities into thinking that Blobby was a popular children's television character filming an episode about their particular line of work. Blobby would begin by clumsily trying to take part in whatever activity their celebrity guest was trying to teach him before giving up entirely and resorting to rather violently breaking the set in order to frustrate the unwitting celebrity.
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After a successful music career, Mr Blobby took up the job of being a popular "guest" at university balls, cameoing on ''Noel's House Party'' and occasionally invading other shows for kicks before joining the cast of BBC One's SaturdayMorningKidsShow ''Live & Kicking'' for its second series and ''Series/TheGenerationGame'' on Saturday evenings.
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After a successful music career, Mr Blobby took up the job of being a popular "guest" at university balls, cameoing on ''Noel's House Party'' and occasionally invading other shows for kicks before joining the cast of BBC One's SaturdayMorningKidsShow ''Live & Kicking'' for its second series and ''Series/TheGenerationGame'' on Saturday evenings.
evenings. In other words, something that started off as a fake popular children's TV character ended up becoming a real one. Yup, British TV in the Nineties was ''weird''.
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He appeared on the "Gotcha" sketch on ''Series/NoelsHouseParty'' which hoaxed celebrities into thinking that Blobby was a popular childrens television character filming an episode about their particular line of work. Mr Blobby would begin by clumsily trying to take part in whatever activity their celebrity guest was trying to teach him before giving up entirely and resorting to rather violently breaking the set in order to frustrate the unwitting celebrity.
After "Gotcha" hit the air the character could no longer be used in the same way but the popularity of the character led to him making frequent appearances in other parts of ''Noel's House Party'' (usually to unleash some chaos and destruction on poor Noel himself). In fact, Mr Blobby was so popular that in 1993 he released his own single and ''hit number one in the UK''. '''Twice'''.
After "Gotcha" hit the air the character could no longer be used in the same way but the popularity of the character led to him making frequent appearances in other parts of ''Noel's House Party'' (usually to unleash some chaos and destruction on poor Noel himself). In fact, Mr Blobby was so popular that in 1993 he released his own single and ''hit number one in the UK''. '''Twice'''.
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He appeared on the "Gotcha" sketch on ''Series/NoelsHouseParty'' which hoaxed celebrities into thinking that Blobby was a popular childrens children's television character filming an episode about their particular line of work. Mr Blobby would begin by clumsily trying to take part in whatever activity their celebrity guest was trying to teach him before giving up entirely and resorting to rather violently breaking the set in order to frustrate the unwitting celebrity.
After "Gotcha" hit the air the character could no longer be used in the sameway way ... but the popularity of the character led to him making frequent appearances in other parts of ''Noel's House Party'' (usually to unleash some chaos and destruction on poor Noel himself). In fact, Mr Blobby was so popular that in 1993 he released his own single and ''hit number one in the UK''. '''Twice'''.
After "Gotcha" hit the air the character could no longer be used in the same
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* SpringtimeForHitler: The joke of the original Gotcha sketches was that the celebrity being pranked should really have realised that such an absurd and unsettling character couldn't ''possibly'' be a real children's TV star. And then he was.
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* SpringtimeForHitler: The joke of the original Gotcha sketches was that the celebrity being pranked should really have realised that such an absurd and unsettling character couldn't ''possibly'' be a real children's TV star. And then he was.became one.
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* {{Cameo}}: On several shows. [[Series/TopGear Jeremy Clarkson]] cameo'd in his music video, as well.
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* {{Cameo}}: TheCameo: On several shows. [[Series/TopGear Jeremy Clarkson]] cameo'd in his music video, as well.
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* FifteenMinutesOfFame: Mr Blobby was a hit in the 90s but his popularity faded out once the 2000s began. While he has been making minor appearances in the 2020s, he'll likely never be as popular as he was in the 90s.
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* FifteenMinutesOfFame: Mr Blobby was a hit in the 90s but his popularity faded out once the 2000s began. While he has been making minor appearances in the 2020s, he'll likely never be as popular as he was in the 90s.
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* AmusementParkOfDoom: The final fate of Blobbyland (known also as Crinkely Bottom) is that it was eventually abandoned. This inspired a creepypasta known as The Blobbyland Incident.
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* FifteenMinutesOfFame: Mr Blobby was a hit in the 90s but his popularity faded out once the 2000s began. While he has been making minor appearances in the 2020s, he'll likely never be as popular as he was in the 90s.
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* StylisticSuck: It's all by design, hence why Mr Blobby is a pink blob with yellow spots and a NightmareFace plastered on it's face. He was originally a parody of all the obnoxious kid's show characters appearing in the 90s. Suffice to say, this didn't translate all that well when he actually became a kid's show character and he was utterly hated.
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* CoverAlbum: Mr Blobby [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm8Epcq1aRU had one]] which mostly had covers of other songs with some originals such as his self titled song and A Blobby Christmas.
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* {{Cult}}: The music video of Mr Blobby very much evokes vibes of this to the lyrics to the children singing his name or the grimy lighting. The best part is that it's very much in line with how people perceive him as a creepy EldritchAbomination.
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* OneHitWonder: Mr Blobby's short lived musical career consists of the song of the same name and Christmas in Blobbyland, the latter of which isn't as fondly remembered as his debut song.
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* OneHitWonder: NightmareFace: Mr Blobby's short lived musical career consists Blobby has this plastered on his face 24/7, which is one of the song of the same name and Christmas in Blobbyland, the latter of which isn't as fondly remembered as his debut song.many reasons why he scares people to this day.
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* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: Mr. Blobby speaks in a distorted, high-pitched voice that fits his very disturbing design. This is fitting because he was intended as a parody of children's show characters.
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* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: Mr. Blobby speaks in a distorted, high-pitched voice that fits his very disturbing design. This is fitting because he was intended as a parody of children's show characters. This is inverted for the song "Mr Blobby" where his voice is far deeper.
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* PinkMeansFeminine: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; Mr Blobby is pink and, well, a Mr.
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* OneHitWonder: Mr Blobby's short lived musical career consists of the song of the same name and Christmas in Blobbyland, the latter of which isn't as fondly remembered as his debut song.
* PinkMeansFeminine: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; Mr Blobby is pink and, well, a Mr. Mrs Blobby however plays the trope completely straight.
* PinkMeansFeminine: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; Mr Blobby is pink and, well, a Mr. Mrs Blobby however plays the trope completely straight.
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* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: Mr. Blobby speaks in a distorted, high-pitched voice. This is fitting because he was intended as a parody of children's show characters.
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* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: Mr. Blobby speaks in a distorted, high-pitched voice.voice that fits his very disturbing design. This is fitting because he was intended as a parody of children's show characters.
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* SpringtimeForHitler: The joke of the original Gotcha sketches was that the celebrity being pranked should really have realised that such an absurd and unsettling character couldn't ''possibly'' be a real children's TV star. And then he was.
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%%[[PokemonSpeak "Blobby Blobby Blobby!]]"
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[[caption-width-right:350:Mr. Blobby loves you!]]
A strange, strange, [[RuleOfThree strange]] example of the [[WidgetSeries weirdness of British television]] in the 1990s, Mr Blobby began life as a character appearing on Noel Edmonds' variety show ''Noel's House Party''.
Not so much a character as a force of nature, Blobby was a tall, pink [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin blob]] covered from his overly large head to his overly large feet in yellow spots. He also boasted a pair of bulging round googly eyes and a permanent [[CheshireCatGrin toothy grin]] and, as if this was not weird enough already, he spoke in a highly distorted, nightmarish electronic voice and said only [[PokemonSpeak his own name]].
He appeared on the "Gotcha" sketch on ''Series/NoelsHouseParty'' which hoaxed celebrities into thinking that Blobby was a popular childrens television character filming an episode about their particular line of work. Mr Blobby would begin by clumsily trying to take part in whatever activity their celebrity guest was trying to teach him before giving up entirely and resorting to rather violently breaking the set in order to frustrate the unwitting celebrity.
After "Gotcha" hit the air the character could no longer be used in the same way but the popularity of the character led to him making frequent appearances in other parts of ''Noel's House Party'' (usually to unleash some chaos and destruction on poor Noel himself). In fact, Mr Blobby was so popular that in 1993 he released his own single and ''hit number one in the UK''. '''Twice'''.
After a successful music career, Mr Blobby took up the job of being a popular "guest" at university balls, cameoing on ''Noel's House Party'' and occasionally invading other shows for kicks before joining the cast of BBC One's SaturdayMorningKidsShow ''Live & Kicking'' for its second series and ''Series/TheGenerationGame'' on Saturday evenings.
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! '''This work provides examples of:'''
* BreakoutCharacter: Originally, Blobby was meant to prank celebrities by being an obnoxious twat who can't do anything without falling over himself. His (initial) popularity with British children turned him into a standalone act.
* {{Cameo}}: On several shows. [[Series/TopGear Jeremy Clarkson]] cameo'd in his music video, as well.
* CandidCameraPrank: His original purpose.
* CoveredInGunge: During the Series/GetYourOwnBack Christmas special of 1997.
* DistaffCounterpart: The rarely-seen Mrs Blobby.
* TheDogBitesBack: The celebrities in his original shorts tended to do this, but easily the biggest instance was when footballer Garth Crooks "accidentally" sent Mr. Blobby crashing to the floor with a downright brutal tackle. The head came flying off Blobby's costume in the process, leaving a visibly pained Noel asking where the referee was.
* EldritchAbomination: He's blobby, incomprehensible, and will drive you insane if you spend time with him. Jack Whitehall [[https://youtu.be/97fw8xjB5u4 is apparently terrified of him]].
-->'''Jack''': He looked like a fat, jaundiced baby. That anyone would find that amusing - it's horrible. I used to have nightmares-\\
'''Denise''': Series/TheTeletubbies-\\
'''Jack''': Teletubbies? They're joyous things! Mr. Blobby is ''evil''.
* FakeOutOpening: The eponymous single opens with portentous fanfares and the sound of a rocket launch. 22 seconds in, a RecordNeedleScratch and a raspberry lead into the actual song.
* HappilyMarried: [[DistaffCounterpart Apparently]].
* TheKiddieRide: Mr. Blobby became very popular with preschool kids for some reason and actually spawned a see-saw and boat kiddie ride made by Jolly Roger in 1994.
* TheKlutz: His original purpose was to fail at things and cause general destruction.
* PinkMeansFeminine: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; Mr Blobby is pink and, well, a Mr.
* PokemonSpeak: Only says "Blobby". Or more accurately, "BLOBBY BLOBBY BLOBBY!"
* ThePratfall: All the time, along with the faceplant variation.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Mr. Blobby loves you!]]
A strange, strange, [[RuleOfThree strange]] example of the [[WidgetSeries weirdness of British television]] in the 1990s, Mr Blobby began life as a character appearing on Noel Edmonds' variety show ''Noel's House Party''.
Not so much a character as a force of nature, Blobby was a tall, pink [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin blob]] covered from his overly large head to his overly large feet in yellow spots. He also boasted a pair of bulging round googly eyes and a permanent [[CheshireCatGrin toothy grin]] and, as if this was not weird enough already, he spoke in a highly distorted, nightmarish electronic voice and said only [[PokemonSpeak his own name]].
He appeared on the "Gotcha" sketch on ''Series/NoelsHouseParty'' which hoaxed celebrities into thinking that Blobby was a popular childrens television character filming an episode about their particular line of work. Mr Blobby would begin by clumsily trying to take part in whatever activity their celebrity guest was trying to teach him before giving up entirely and resorting to rather violently breaking the set in order to frustrate the unwitting celebrity.
After "Gotcha" hit the air the character could no longer be used in the same way but the popularity of the character led to him making frequent appearances in other parts of ''Noel's House Party'' (usually to unleash some chaos and destruction on poor Noel himself). In fact, Mr Blobby was so popular that in 1993 he released his own single and ''hit number one in the UK''. '''Twice'''.
After a successful music career, Mr Blobby took up the job of being a popular "guest" at university balls, cameoing on ''Noel's House Party'' and occasionally invading other shows for kicks before joining the cast of BBC One's SaturdayMorningKidsShow ''Live & Kicking'' for its second series and ''Series/TheGenerationGame'' on Saturday evenings.
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! '''This work provides examples of:'''
* BreakoutCharacter: Originally, Blobby was meant to prank celebrities by being an obnoxious twat who can't do anything without falling over himself. His (initial) popularity with British children turned him into a standalone act.
* {{Cameo}}: On several shows. [[Series/TopGear Jeremy Clarkson]] cameo'd in his music video, as well.
* CandidCameraPrank: His original purpose.
* CoveredInGunge: During the Series/GetYourOwnBack Christmas special of 1997.
* DistaffCounterpart: The rarely-seen Mrs Blobby.
* TheDogBitesBack: The celebrities in his original shorts tended to do this, but easily the biggest instance was when footballer Garth Crooks "accidentally" sent Mr. Blobby crashing to the floor with a downright brutal tackle. The head came flying off Blobby's costume in the process, leaving a visibly pained Noel asking where the referee was.
* EldritchAbomination: He's blobby, incomprehensible, and will drive you insane if you spend time with him. Jack Whitehall [[https://youtu.be/97fw8xjB5u4 is apparently terrified of him]].
-->'''Jack''': He looked like a fat, jaundiced baby. That anyone would find that amusing - it's horrible. I used to have nightmares-\\
'''Denise''': Series/TheTeletubbies-\\
'''Jack''': Teletubbies? They're joyous things! Mr. Blobby is ''evil''.
* FakeOutOpening: The eponymous single opens with portentous fanfares and the sound of a rocket launch. 22 seconds in, a RecordNeedleScratch and a raspberry lead into the actual song.
* HappilyMarried: [[DistaffCounterpart Apparently]].
* TheKiddieRide: Mr. Blobby became very popular with preschool kids for some reason and actually spawned a see-saw and boat kiddie ride made by Jolly Roger in 1994.
* TheKlutz: His original purpose was to fail at things and cause general destruction.
* PinkMeansFeminine: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; Mr Blobby is pink and, well, a Mr.
* PokemonSpeak: Only says "Blobby". Or more accurately, "BLOBBY BLOBBY BLOBBY!"
* ThePratfall: All the time, along with the faceplant variation.
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