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* LoveInterest: Preeti is shown to be Ajay's love interest.
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* OncePerEpisode: Besides the "Under Pressure" and "Beat Badjay" game segments, there was also a segment every episode where Ajay sang a song from a popular artist (examples include Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me" and Music/KatyPerry's "Hot n' Cold").
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* YouCanPanicNow: Whenever a game of "Under Pressure" is about to start, the announcer gives the following warning that encourages the kids comprising the audience in the palace's stage room to panic:
-->'''Announcer:''' Warning! The planet is about to explode! If you do not want to save the planet, then do not panic! If you do, panic!
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** The Bollywoods are a group of trees (which are, of course, made of wood) that take their name from UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}, the term used to refer to the Hindi film industry.

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** The Bollywoods are a group of trees (which are, of course, made of wood) that take their name from UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}, which is both the term used to refer to the Hindi film industry.industry and the name for several types of trees.



** Killjoy hates fun and is constantly trying to ruin the fun others are having. Basically, he's trying to ''kill joy''.

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** Killjoy hates fun and is constantly trying to ruin the fun others are having. Basically, he's trying to ''kill joy''.joy'' on Planet Ajay.
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** This is used in a RunningGag form whenever Chips The Robot malfunctions and start to reference quotes from well known TV shows, including ''Series/LittleBritain'' and ''Series/ChuckleVision''.
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Everyone is able to breathe on Planet Ajay with no problems whatsoever. The only person who wears a spacesuit on the planet is Bud the astronaut, and even then nothing happens in the series that confirms whether he can actually breathe Planet Ajay's air without the spacesuit or not.

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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Everyone is able to breathe on Planet Ajay with no problems whatsoever. The only person who wears a spacesuit on the planet is Bud the astronaut, and even then nothing happens in the series that confirms whether if he can actually breathe Planet Ajay's air without the spacesuit or not.spacesuit.
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Everyone is able to breathe on Planet Ajay with no problems whatsoever. The only person who wears a spacesuit on the planet is Bud the astronaut, and even then nothing happens in the series that confirms whether he can actually breathe Planet Ajay's air or not.

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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Everyone is able to breathe on Planet Ajay with no problems whatsoever. The only person who wears a spacesuit on the planet is Bud the astronaut, and even then nothing happens in the series that confirms whether he can actually breathe Planet Ajay's air without the spacesuit or not.
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Everyone is able to breathe on Planet Ajay with no problems whatsoever. The only person who wears a spacesuit on the planet is Bud the astronaut, and even then nothing happens in the series that confirms whether he can actually breathe Planet Ajay's air or not.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Killjoy, the palace's fun-hating security guard, got turned into a werewolf in the episode "Three Moons" due to an old legend saying that when three full moons pass by Planet Ajay, someone will turn into a werewolf. Instead of a straight example of a werewolf, Killjoy turns into a werewolf calling himself "Party Animal" who cannot stop having fun.

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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Mr. Killjoy, the palace's fun-hating security guard, got turned into a werewolf in the episode "Three Moons" due to an old legend saying that when three full moons pass by Planet Ajay, someone will turn into a werewolf. Instead of a straight example of a werewolf, Killjoy turns into a werewolf calling himself "Party Animal" who cannot stop having fun.
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* SeriesFauxnale: [[spoiler: "Highlights Show" is set up to be like this, and would likely have been an example if the show went on longer. Near the end of the episode, Ajay decides not to take his trip across the universe after all, and instead decides on throwing a party for everyone on Planet Ajay... but he decides this right near the end of his 30-minute stay on the planet, and has to travel back to Earth.]]

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* SeriesFauxnale: [[spoiler: "Highlights Show" is set up to be like this, and would likely have been an a straight example if the show went on longer. Near the end of the episode, Ajay decides not to take his trip across the universe after all, and instead decides on throwing a party for everyone on Planet Ajay... but he decides this right near the end of his 30-minute stay on the planet, and has to travel back to Earth.]]
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''Planet Ajay'' is an obscure British children's show that aired from 2009 to 2010 on CBBC.

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''Planet Ajay'' is an obscure British children's show that aired from 2009 to 2010 on CBBC.
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* ClipShow: The final episode of the show, which is appropriately named "Highlights Show", is this. The episode is about Ajay packing up to leave Planet Ajay on a ''very'' long trip around the universe (it's 2,517 years long, to be precise); Chips reminds Ajay of all of the friends he has on Planet Ajay, and this is used as the framing device for the clips which are presented as Ajay's memories.

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* ClipShow: The final episode of the show, which is appropriately named "Highlights Show", is this. The episode is about Ajay packing up to leave Planet Ajay on a ''very'' long trip around the universe (it's 2,517 ''2,517'' years long, to be precise); Chips reminds Ajay of all of the friends he has on Planet Ajay, and this is used as the framing device for the clips which are presented as Ajay's memories.
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* ClipShow: The final episode of the show, which is appropriately named "Highlights Show", is this. The episode is about Ajay packing up to leave Planet Ajay on a ''very'' long trip around the universe (it's 2,517 years long, to be precise); Chips reminds Ajay of all of the friends he has on Planet Ajay, and this is used as the framing device for the clips which are presented as Ajay's memories.


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* SeriesFauxnale: [[spoiler: "Highlights Show" is set up to be like this, and would likely have been an example if the show went on longer. Near the end of the episode, Ajay decides not to take his trip across the universe after all, and instead decides on throwing a party for everyone on Planet Ajay... but he decides this right near the end of his 30-minute stay on the planet, and has to travel back to Earth.]]
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* MixAndMatchCritters: One of the pets being entered into the Space Crufts contest in the episode "Space Crufts" has a dog's head and a snake's body.

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* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:The entirety of the events of "Planet Badjay", where Badjay inexplicably takes over Planet Ajay, turns out to be a nightmare Ajay was having.]]



* BookEnds: All episodes begin with the intro, which shows Ajay finding the magic ring and teleporting to Planet Ajay, followed by him singing the show's theme song. The episodes end with Ajay singing an end-of-show version of the theme song, followed by him teleporting back to Earth.

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* BookEnds: All episodes begin with the intro, which shows Ajay finding the magic ring and teleporting to Planet Ajay, followed by him singing the show's theme song. his dance introduction. The episodes end with Ajay singing an end-of-show version of the theme dance introduction song, followed by him teleporting back to Earth.



* ShoutOut: Badjay attempts to sell Bud's spaceship online, on a website called "[[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.-Bay]]".

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Badjay attempts to sell Bud's spaceship online, on a website called "[[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.-Bay]]".-Bay]]".
** In "Planet Badjay", Ajay finds himself in Badjay's ship while Badjay himself has taken over the planet, and he presses various buttons in Badjay's ship to see if one of them brings him back to Planet Ajay. One of the buttons he presses plays the drum beat heard at the beginning of the ''Series/EastEnders'' theme song.

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* BigNo: Whenever his plans are foiled, Badjay usually always blerts out "NO!".



* CoveredInGunge: This happens to a contestant if they pull the right chain in the game "Under Pressure", or end up losing in the game "Beat Badjay". In the case of "Under Pressure", it's more like Covered in Curry.

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* CouchGag: The dance introduction to each episode always contained Ajay saying different things related to that episode.
* CoveredInGunge: This happens to a contestant if they pull the right chain in the game "Under Pressure", or end up losing (or if Badjay loses) in the game "Beat Badjay". In the case of "Under Pressure", it's more like Covered in Curry.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: In "Bollywood Ball", Ajay and Preeti are chosen to do the Bollywood Ball's opening dance. Problem is, Preeti isn't really the best dancer and keeps on stepping on Ajay's feet.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Killjoy, the palace's fun-hating security guard, got turned into a werewolf in the episode "Three Moons" due to an old legend saying that when three full moons pass by Planet Ajay, someone will turn into a werewolf. Instead of a straight example of a werewolf, Killjoy turns into a fun-loving werewolf calling himself "Party Animal".

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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Killjoy, the palace's fun-hating security guard, got turned into a werewolf in the episode "Three Moons" due to an old legend saying that when three full moons pass by Planet Ajay, someone will turn into a werewolf. Instead of a straight example of a werewolf, Killjoy turns into a fun-loving werewolf calling himself "Party Animal".Animal" who cannot stop having fun.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Killjoy, the palace's fun-hating security guard, got turned into a werewolf in the episode "Three Moons" due to an old legend saying that when three full moons pass by Planet Ajay, someone will turn into a werewolf. Instead of a straight example of a werewolf, Killjoy turns into a fun-loving werewolf calling himself "Party Animal".


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** Killjoy hates fun and is constantly trying to ruin the fun others are having. Basically, he's trying to ''kill joy''.
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The eponymous main character Ajay finds a magic ring that allows him to travel to "Planet Ajay", an area that is based around Indian culture. Ajay owns a palace on this planet resembling the Taj Mahal, which has a stage room where an audience of children watch his performances. Ajay has a few friends in Planet Ajay, including a robot named Chips and a scientist girl named Preeti; he also has to contend with a troublemaking twin of his, named Badjay. Whenever Ajay travels to Planet Ajay, he has 30 minutes before the magic of the magic ring wears out and he has to travel back to Earth.

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The eponymous main character Ajay finds a magic ring that allows him to travel to "Planet Ajay", an area that is based around Indian culture. Ajay owns a palace on this planet resembling the Taj Mahal, which has a stage room where an audience of children watch his performances.performances; this palace is the setting for every episode of the show. Ajay has a few friends in Planet Ajay, including a robot named Chips and a scientist girl named Preeti; he also has to contend with a troublemaking twin of his, named Badjay. Whenever Ajay travels to Planet Ajay, he has 30 minutes before the magic of the magic ring wears out and he has to travel back to Earth.
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The eponymous main character Ajay finds a magic ring that allows him to travel to "Planet Ajay", an area that is based around Indian culture. Ajay has a few friends in Planet Ajay, including a robot named Chips and a scientist girl named Preeti; he also has to contend with a troublemaking twin of his, named Badjay. Whenever Ajay travels to Planet Ajay, he has 30 minutes before the magic of the magic ring wears out and he has to travel back to Earth.

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The eponymous main character Ajay finds a magic ring that allows him to travel to "Planet Ajay", an area that is based around Indian culture. Ajay owns a palace on this planet resembling the Taj Mahal, which has a stage room where an audience of children watch his performances. Ajay has a few friends in Planet Ajay, including a robot named Chips and a scientist girl named Preeti; he also has to contend with a troublemaking twin of his, named Badjay. Whenever Ajay travels to Planet Ajay, he has 30 minutes before the magic of the magic ring wears out and he has to travel back to Earth.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Bud, the American astronaut that crash lands on Planet Ajay in the episode "Spaceman", refers to the United States as the "United States of the US of A" a couple of times. Since "US of A" is short for "United States of America", he's basically just saying "United States of the United States of America".


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* ShoutOut: Badjay attempts to sell Bud's spaceship online, on a website called "[[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.-Bay]]".

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The eponymous main character Ajay finds a magic ring that allows him to travel to "Planet Ajay", an area that is based around Indian culture. Ajay has a few friends in Planet Ajay, including a robot named Chips and a scientist girl named Preeti; he also has to contend with a troublemaking twin of his, named Badjay.

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The eponymous main character Ajay finds a magic ring that allows him to travel to "Planet Ajay", an area that is based around Indian culture. Ajay has a few friends in Planet Ajay, including a robot named Chips and a scientist girl named Preeti; he also has to contend with a troublemaking twin of his, named Badjay.
Badjay. Whenever Ajay travels to Planet Ajay, he has 30 minutes before the magic of the magic ring wears out and he has to travel back to Earth.



* BigBad: Badjay.



* BookEnds: All episodes end with an end-of-show version of the theme song.

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* BookEnds: All episodes begin with the intro, which shows Ajay finding the magic ring and teleporting to Planet Ajay, followed by him singing the show's theme song. The episodes end with Ajay singing an end-of-show version of the theme song.song, followed by him teleporting back to Earth.

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* PunnyName: The Bollywoods are a group of trees (which are, of course, made of wood) that take their name from UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}, the term used to refer to the Hindi film industry.

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* PunnyName: PunnyName:
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The Bollywoods are a group of trees (which are, of course, made of wood) that take their name from UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}, the term used to refer to the Hindi film industry.industry.
** "Preeti" is meant to sound like "pretty".
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The eponymous main character Ajay finds a magic ring that allows him to travel to "Planet Ajay", an area that is based around Indian culture. Ajay has a few friends in Planet Ajay, including a robot named Chips and a scientist girl named Preeti; he also had to contend with a troublemaking twin of his, named Badjay.

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The eponymous main character Ajay finds a magic ring that allows him to travel to "Planet Ajay", an area that is based around Indian culture. Ajay has a few friends in Planet Ajay, including a robot named Chips and a scientist girl named Preeti; he also had has to contend with a troublemaking twin of his, named Badjay.

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The eponymous main character Ajay finds a magic ring that allows him to travel to "Planet Ajay", an area that is based around Indian culture. Ajay has a few friends in Planet Ajay, including a robot named Chips and a scientist girl named Preeti; he also had to contend with a troublemaking twin of his, named Badjay. The show is basically a hybrid comedy/game show, with game segments placed in-between the scenes in the actual episode.

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The eponymous main character Ajay finds a magic ring that allows him to travel to "Planet Ajay", an area that is based around Indian culture. Ajay has a few friends in Planet Ajay, including a robot named Chips and a scientist girl named Preeti; he also had to contend with a troublemaking twin of his, named Badjay. Badjay.

The show is basically a hybrid comedy/game show, with game segments placed in-between the scenes in the actual episode.
episode. There are two game segments: "Under Pressure", where the contestants must ask a question, and if they get it right they pull one of three chains in hopes that it will release some curry from the planet's core, and "Beat Badjay", where a contestant has to ask Badjay a few questions, and if he gets three right the contestant is dropped into a pool of slime below; on the other hand, if Badjay gets three questions wrong, he gets dropped into the pool of slime.



* BirthdayEpisode: "Preeti's Birthday".



* CoveredInGunge: This happens to a contestant if they pull the right chain in the game "Under Pressure", or end up losing in the game "Beat Badjay". In the case of "Under Pressure", it's more like Covered in Curry.



* ThePlace: The show's title refers to the "planet" Ajay can travel to with his magic ring.

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* ThePlace: The show's title refers to the "planet" planet Ajay can travel to with his magic ring.
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* LocationTitle

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* LocationTitleThePlace: The show's title refers to the "planet" Ajay can travel to with his magic ring.
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* AlliterativeTitle: The episode s "Hiccup Hooray" and "Bollywood Ball".

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* AlliterativeTitle: The episode s episodes "Hiccup Hooray" and "Bollywood Ball".
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* AlliterativeTitle: The episode "Bollywood Ball".

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* AlliterativeTitle: The episode s "Hiccup Hooray" and "Bollywood Ball".



* BreakingTheFourthWall: When Kaleel the Eel is informed that a game of "Beat Badjay" is about to start while he is trying to cure Ajay of his gassiness, he says "How's this for a cliffhanger, then, eh?" right before it cuts to the set for "Beat Badjay".

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: When Kaleel Jaleel the Eel is informed that a game of "Beat Badjay" is about to start while he is trying to cure Ajay of his gassiness, he says "How's this for a cliffhanger, then, eh?" right before it cuts to the set for "Beat Badjay".
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* AlliterativeTitle: The episode "Bollywood Ball".
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''Planet Ajay'' is an obscure British children's show that aired from 2009 to 2010 on CBBC.

The eponymous main character Ajay finds a magic ring that allows him to travel to "Planet Ajay", an area that is based around Indian culture. Ajay has a few friends in Planet Ajay, including a robot named Chips and a scientist girl named Preeti; he also had to contend with a troublemaking twin of his, named Badjay. The show is basically a hybrid comedy/game show, with game segments placed in-between the scenes in the actual episode.

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!!''Planet Ajay'' provides examples of:
* BookEnds: All episodes end with an end-of-show version of the theme song.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: When Kaleel the Eel is informed that a game of "Beat Badjay" is about to start while he is trying to cure Ajay of his gassiness, he says "How's this for a cliffhanger, then, eh?" right before it cuts to the set for "Beat Badjay".
* EvilTwin: Badjay is an evil twin to Ajay.
* LocationTitle
* PunnyName: The Bollywoods are a group of trees (which are, of course, made of wood) that take their name from UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}, the term used to refer to the Hindi film industry.
* ShortRunner: Ran for 13 episodes.
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