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* FirstEpisodeTwist: The first episode, "The Magic Key", has two events that are spoiled in the theme song '''before the episode event starts''': [[spoiler: Kate and DJ opening the trunk and finding the goblins inside]], which was [[spoiler: spoiled by the line "Silly 'ol Goblins are living there, too", which was accompanied by Gertie standing next to the dollhouse the goblins live in with them waving]] and [[spoiler: the kids finding Noddy and Big Ears dolls and naming them,]] which was spoiled multiple times in the intro, with [[spoiler: Noddy appearing in his car as the "NODDY" title appears and Planet Pup singing "Noddy and you will be friends in no time" as Noddy nods]]. Even worse, [[spoiler: NODDY is the name of the series in North America, but promotional materials refer to it as either "The Noddy Shop" or "Notions, Oddities, Doodads and Delights of Yesterday".]] In addition, [[any page about the show as well as merchandise also spoils that NODDY is the name the kids give the doll, as he is the most prominent character]].
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* DubNameChange: The Portugese and Hebrew dubs change Truman's name to Tomás and Ruby respectiveley.

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* DubNameChange: The Portugese and Hebrew dubs change Truman's name to Tomás and Ruby respectiveley.respectively.
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* DubNameChange: Many of the dubs change Truman's name. For instance, in Portugese, he's named Tomás, and in Hebrew, he's named Ruby.

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* DubNameChange: Many of the The Portugese and Hebrew dubs change Truman's name. For instance, in Portugese, he's named Tomás, name to Tomás and in Hebrew, he's named Ruby.Ruby respectiveley.
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* DubNameChange: Many of the dubs change Truman's name. For instance, in Portugese, he's named Tomás, and in Hebrew, he's named Ruby.
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** The episode "Skunked" has Whiny and Whimper mistaking the skunk smell for [[PottyFailure one of them soiling their diaper]], which could be considered this because PBS Kids shows, especially those for preschoolers, never tend to use PottyHumor for the purpose of a joke. [[note]] The only other PBS Kids show that had a toilet humor joke was ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} Arthur's Perfect Christmas]]''. Any other instance of mentioning the bathroom on PBS Kids, save for ''Arthur'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'', which show characters having [[PottyEmergency potty emergencies]], mainly happens a ToiletTrainingPlot.[[/note]]

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** The episode "Skunked" has Whiny and Whimper mistaking the skunk smell for [[PottyFailure one of them soiling their diaper]], which could be considered this because PBS Kids shows, especially those for preschoolers, never tend to use PottyHumor for the purpose of a joke. [[note]] The only other PBS Kids show shows that had a toilet humor joke was jokes were ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} Arthur's Perfect Christmas]]''.Christmas]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales''. Any other instance of mentioning the bathroom on PBS Kids, save for ''Arthur'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'', which show characters having [[PottyEmergency potty emergencies]], mainly happens a ToiletTrainingPlot.[[/note]]
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Warloworth likes chocolate bars and bubble gum.

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* TheDollEpisode: The Goblins live in a dollhouse, which can be seen in some of the episodes as well as the intro.



* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The boat in the backyard of the shop was based on a similar boat in the backyard of Sean [=McCann=]'s childhood home.



* TheDollEpisode: The Goblins live in a dollhouse, which can be seen in some of the episodes as well as the intro.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Warloworth likes chocolate bars and bubble gum.
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* ToiletHumor: One of two Creator/PBSKids shows aimed at preschoolers to use this [[note]] the other was a ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'' episode where the characters meet a burping rock[[/note]], one episode of the show has the Crybabies mistake a skunk smell for pooping in their diaper.
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* WolverinePublicity: When the show was imported to the UK as ''Noddy In Toyland'', the BBC had a particular fondness for Johnny Crawfish out of all the puppet characters created for the show for some odd reason. Two of the episodes where he's focused on [[note]] "The Fish Story", which contains a B-plot where he gets a new tankmate, and "The Tooth Fairy", where he performs a song with the Crybabies about the titular topic[[/note]] played in weekly rotation, a couple of Noddy books and toy cars had him on it, despite not being made into a toy, and he even got his own music video to promote the show, as mentioned above.

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* WolverinePublicity: When the show was imported to the UK as ''Noddy In Toyland'', the BBC had a particular fondness for Johnny Crawfish out of all the puppet characters created for the show for some odd reason. Two of the episodes where he's focused on [[note]] "The Fish Story", which contains a B-plot where he gets a new tankmate, and "The Tooth Fairy", where he performs a song with the Crybabies about the titular topic[[/note]] topic and was the most common to air[[/note]] played in weekly rotation, a couple of Noddy books and toy cars had him on it, despite not being made into a toy, and he even got his own music video to promote the show, as mentioned above.
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* WolverinePublicity: When the show was imported to the UK as ''Noddy In Toyland'', the BBC had a particular fondness for Johnny Crawfish out of all the puppet characters created for the show for some odd reason. Two of the episodes where he's focused on [[note]] "The Fish Story", which contains a B-plot where he gets a new tankmate, and "The Tooth Fairy", where he performs a song with the Crybabies about the titular topic[[/note]], a couple of Noddy books and toy cars had him on it, despite not being made into a toy, and he even got his own music video to promote the show, as mentioned above.

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* WolverinePublicity: When the show was imported to the UK as ''Noddy In Toyland'', the BBC had a particular fondness for Johnny Crawfish out of all the puppet characters created for the show for some odd reason. Two of the episodes where he's focused on [[note]] "The Fish Story", which contains a B-plot where he gets a new tankmate, and "The Tooth Fairy", where he performs a song with the Crybabies about the titular topic[[/note]], topic[[/note]] played in weekly rotation, a couple of Noddy books and toy cars had him on it, despite not being made into a toy, and he even got his own music video to promote the show, as mentioned above.
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** [[http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/tvbanners/453163/p453163_b_v7_ab.jpg An early promotional picture of the show]] depicts Warloworth in a jacket.

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** [[http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/tvbanners/453163/p453163_b_v7_ab.jpg An early promotional picture of the show]] depicts Warloworth in a jacket.jacket that he never wears in the actual show.

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** Official art depicts Warloworth as wearing a white bib with buttons and a black bowtie. In the actual show, he also wears a black coat. Similarly, one of the stock arts for Johnny Crawfish depicts him with pink lips and the inner part of his claws being pink, rather than everything being orange-red in the show proper.
* EducationalSong: Most of the songs in the show are intended to get the moral of the episode across to the viewers and characters. For example, in "Mixed-Up Magic", Gertie and Johnny sing about cleaning up, in "Hooray For The Kids", the characters sing about how nice it is to have friends and in "It's About Time", Gertie sings a song about how to read a clock. There are some episodes where the song isn't educational at all and is instead related to the plot.

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** Official art [[http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/tvbanners/453163/p453163_b_v7_ab.jpg An early promotional picture of the show]] depicts Warloworth as wearing in a white bib with buttons and a black bowtie. In the actual show, he also wears a black coat. Similarly, one of the jacket.
** [[http://web.archive.org/web/20020602020159/http://www.pbs.org/kids/noddy/theater/audio.html The most common
stock arts artwork for Johnny Crawfish Crawfish]] depicts him with pink lips and the inner part of a ToothStrip, compared to his claws being pink, rather than everything being orange-red teeth looking more realistic in the actual show proper.
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* EducationalSong: Most of the songs in the show are intended to get the moral of the episode across to the viewers and characters. For example, in "Mixed-Up Magic", Gertie and Johnny sing about cleaning up, in "Hooray For The Kids", the characters sing about how nice it is to have friends and in "It's About Time", Gertie sings a song about how to read a clock. There are some episodes where the song isn't educational at all and is instead related to the plot.plot, like both of the songs sung in "Skunked".

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* ImageSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx0yKgTFbEo "Special"]], a song made to promote the show, is this for Johnny Crawfish.



* WolverinePublicity: When the show was imported to the UK as ''Noddy In Toyland'', the BBC had a particular fondness for Johnny Crawfish out of all the puppet characters created for the show for some odd reason. Two of the episodes where he's focused on [[note]] "The Fish Story", which contains a B-plot where he gets a new tankmate, and "The Tooth Fairy", where he performs a song with the Crybabies about the titular topic[[/note]], a couple of Noddy books and toy cars had him on it, despite not being made into a toy, and he even got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx0yKgTFbEo his own music video]] to promote the show.

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* WolverinePublicity: When the show was imported to the UK as ''Noddy In Toyland'', the BBC had a particular fondness for Johnny Crawfish out of all the puppet characters created for the show for some odd reason. Two of the episodes where he's focused on [[note]] "The Fish Story", which contains a B-plot where he gets a new tankmate, and "The Tooth Fairy", where he performs a song with the Crybabies about the titular topic[[/note]], a couple of Noddy books and toy cars had him on it, despite not being made into a toy, and he even got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx0yKgTFbEo his own music video]] video to promote the show.show, as mentioned above.
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* WolverinePublicity: When the show was imported to the UK as ''Noddy In Toyland'', the BBC had a particular fondness for Johnny Crawfish out of all the puppet characters created for the show for some odd reason. The first two episodes they aired of the show they aired were focused on him in some matter [[note]] The first was "The Fish Story", which had a subplot about Johnny Crawfish getting a new tankmate, and the second was "The Tooth Fairy", in which he has a solo song about his first childhood experience with the Tooth Fairy.[[/note]] and a couple of Noddy books and toy cars had him on it, despite not being made into a toy.

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* WolverinePublicity: When the show was imported to the UK as ''Noddy In Toyland'', the BBC had a particular fondness for Johnny Crawfish out of all the puppet characters created for the show for some odd reason. The first two Two of the episodes they aired of the show they aired were where he's focused on him in some matter [[note]] The first was "The Fish Story", which had contains a subplot about Johnny Crawfish getting B-plot where he gets a new tankmate, and the second was "The Tooth Fairy", in which where he has performs a solo song about his first childhood experience with the Tooth Fairy.[[/note]] and Crybabies about the titular topic[[/note]], a couple of Noddy books and toy cars had him on it, despite not being made into a toy.toy, and he even got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx0yKgTFbEo his own music video]] to promote the show.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** The official website posted song lyrics from the various episodes, some of which referred to characters by their original names. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20010501042043/http://www.pbs.org/kids/noddy/theater/activities/s102.html "Too Much Monkey Business"]] uses "Swami" instead of "Gaylord", and both [[http://web.archive.org/web/20010118230600/http://www.pbs.org/kids/noddy/theater/activities/s101-2.html "A What If World"]] and [[http://web.archive.org/web/20010215011939/http://www.pbs.org/kids/noddy/theater/activities/s110.html "Partytime"]] use "Crockodile" instead of "Gertie".
** Official art depicts Warloworth as wearing a white bib with buttons and a black bowtie. In the actual show, he also wears a black coat. Similarly, one of the stock arts for Johnny Crawfish depicts him with pink lips and the inner part of his claws being pink, rather than everything being orange-red in the show proper.



** The episode "Skunked" has Whiny and Whimper mistaking the skunk smell for [[PottyFailure one of them soiling their diaper]], which could be considered this because PBS Kids shows, especially those for preschoolers, never tend to use PottyHumor for the purpose of a joke. [[note]] The only other PBS Kids show that had a toilet humor joke was ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} Arthur's Perfect Christmas]]''. Any other instance of mentioning the bathroom on PBS Kids, save for ''Arthur'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'', mainly happens a ToiletTrainingPlot.[[/note]]

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** The episode "Skunked" has Whiny and Whimper mistaking the skunk smell for [[PottyFailure one of them soiling their diaper]], which could be considered this because PBS Kids shows, especially those for preschoolers, never tend to use PottyHumor for the purpose of a joke. [[note]] The only other PBS Kids show that had a toilet humor joke was ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} Arthur's Perfect Christmas]]''. Any other instance of mentioning the bathroom on PBS Kids, save for ''Arthur'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'', which show characters having [[PottyEmergency potty emergencies]], mainly happens a ToiletTrainingPlot.[[/note]]
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* RecycledInSpace: The series is ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' [-IN A TOY STORE!-]

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* RecycledInSpace: RecycledPremise: The series show is basically a remake of ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' [-IN A TOY STORE!-]that is set in a toy store.
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** In "Closing Up Shop", Granny Duck says "Of all the words spoken that cast a sad spell, the hardest to say is the wish of farewell", a reference to a similar line in the poem "Maud Muller" by John Greenleaf Whittier.

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** As mentioned below, the show has plenty of [[ParentalBonus parental bonuses]], with the characters quoting or referencing things adults would only get.

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** As mentioned below, the show has plenty of [[ParentalBonus parental bonuses]], with scenes in which the puppet characters quoting (and on occasion the humans) quote or referencing things adults would only get.


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* ParentalBonus: Some of the pop culture references on the show are to things that only adults would get. Perhaps the most surprising was a CharacterOfTheDay using a catchphrase from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
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** The song "The Day The Goblins Got Away" contains this verse that could be mistaken for AccidentalInnuendo:
--> Goblins are like an itch you can't get near

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--> [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Goblins are like an itch you can't get nearnear]]

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: During the song "The Day The Goblins Got Away", the Crybabies sing "Goblins are like itches you can't get near" and Stein interrupts them by saying "Don't give them any ideas!".


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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: This show had many things that probably wouldn't fly on any other Creator/PBSKids show aimed at preschoolers:
** One of the characters, Stein, is a beer mug.
** The song "The Day The Goblins Got Away" contains this verse that could be mistaken for AccidentalInnuendo:
--> Goblins are like an itch you can't get near
--> Don't give them any ideas!

** As mentioned below, the show has plenty of [[ParentalBonus parental bonuses]], with the characters quoting or referencing things adults would only get.
** The episode "Skunked" has Whiny and Whimper mistaking the skunk smell for [[PottyFailure one of them soiling their diaper]], which could be considered this because PBS Kids shows, especially those for preschoolers, never tend to use PottyHumor for the purpose of a joke. [[note]] The only other PBS Kids show that had a toilet humor joke was ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} Arthur's Perfect Christmas]]''. Any other instance of mentioning the bathroom on PBS Kids, save for ''Arthur'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'', mainly happens a ToiletTrainingPlot.[[/note]]
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Warloworth's punishment for playing tricks on the other toys is to take care of the Crybabies.


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* WickedWeasel: Warloworth loves to play tricks on the toys.
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* SmellySkunk: In the episode "Skunked", Truman gets sprayed on by a skunk, and spends the whole episode lonely when everyone wants to get away from him

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* SmellySkunk: In the episode "Skunked", Truman gets sprayed on by a skunk, and spends the whole episode lonely when everyone wants to get away from him him.



* ToTheTuneOf: The songs for this show are well-known melodies with new words added to them.

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* ToTheTuneOf: The Most of the songs for this show are well-known melodies with new words added to them.
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* WelcomeTitles: The show's intro is a tour around the shop, where the camera focuses on the places where we see various characters. In order, we see a view of the shop, then Warloworth popping out of a jack in the box, then the characters by a train set, then Johnny in his aquarium, then Noddy and Planet Pup, then Gertie near the goblins in a doll house, then Island Princess, then a close-up of the babies and the group singing together.

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* CharacterOfTheDay: Sometimes, the writers will throw in characters that only show up once (occasionally twice in some cases) as a story element. A few examples of these include Jack Frost, The Sandman, Disrupto the robot, Angelina and Johnny Crawfish's new tankmate.

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* CharacterOfTheDay: Sometimes, the writers will throw in a character that would interact with the toy characters that and Johnny in the shop who would only show up once (occasionally twice in some cases) cases, like Disrupto and Bunkey) as a story element. A few examples of these include Jack Frost, The Sandman, Disrupto the robot, Angelina and Johnny Crawfish's new tankmate.tankmate.
** There were also human characters of the day as well. These include Jack Fable, Wally the Wanderer, Sam, Julie, the bullies in Big Bullies, Robbie [=MacRhino=], Ed Caruso and Rodney Styx.
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It wasn't the annual, but a series of books including "Mr Jumbo and the Toy Town Bus" and "Don't Blame Noddy!" that had Johnny on the back. I discovered the toys myself.


* WolverinePublicity: When the show was imported to the UK as ''Noddy In Toyland'', the BBC had a particular fondness for Johnny Crawfish out of all the puppet characters created for the show for some odd reason. The first two episodes they aired of the show they aired were focused on him in some matter [[note]] The first was "The Fish Story", which had a subplot about Johnny Crawfish getting a new tankmate, and the second was "The Tooth Fairy", in which he has a solo song about his first childhood experience with the Tooth Fairy.[[/note]] and the Noddy annual for the year the UK got the show had him on the back cover.

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* WolverinePublicity: When the show was imported to the UK as ''Noddy In Toyland'', the BBC had a particular fondness for Johnny Crawfish out of all the puppet characters created for the show for some odd reason. The first two episodes they aired of the show they aired were focused on him in some matter [[note]] The first was "The Fish Story", which had a subplot about Johnny Crawfish getting a new tankmate, and the second was "The Tooth Fairy", in which he has a solo song about his first childhood experience with the Tooth Fairy.[[/note]] and the a couple of Noddy annual for the year the UK got the show books and toy cars had him on the back cover.it, despite not being made into a toy.
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* NurseryRhyme: In some episodes, the characters will read a nursery rhyme or fairy tale that's accompanied by a song reflecting the episode's moral.

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* ValentinesDayEpisode: "Secret Valentine" takes place on Valentine's Day and is about Warloworth stealing the Valentines from all the other toys because he thinks he did not get any. After seeing he did indeed get a Valentine from everybody he has a change of heart.

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* ValentinesDayEpisode: "Secret Valentine" takes place on Valentine's Day and is about Warloworth stealing the Valentines valentines from all the other toys because he thinks he did not get any. After seeing he did indeed get a Valentine valentine from everybody he has a change of heart.heart.
* VerySpecialEpisode: "Part Of The Family" was a Mother's Day episode that discussed foster children. The Child Welfare League of America assisted in writing the script.
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** "Little Swap Of Horrors" is a play on ''Theater/LittleShopOfHorrors''.

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** "Little Swap Of Horrors" is a play on ''Theater/LittleShopOfHorrors''.''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''.



** Done with some of the song titles as well, usually referencing other songs. For example, "I Can Do Better Than You" is a play on [[Film/AnnieGetYourGun "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better"]], the song "Buddy, Can You Spare Some Time?" is a pun on "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" and "The Smallest Show On Earth" is a pun on "The Greatest Show On Earth".

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** Done with some of the song titles as well, usually referencing other songs. For example, "I Can Do Better Than You" is a play on [[Film/AnnieGetYourGun [[Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better"]], the song "Buddy, Can You Spare Some Time?" is a pun on "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" and "The Smallest Show On Earth" is a pun on "The Greatest Show On Earth".
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* LivingToys: The toys come to life when adults aren't around, but in Season 2, they can talk to Truman.
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* FramingDevice: During the middle of each episode, Kate would tell Truman and DJ Noddy stories in the Book Nook, which were represented by episodes of ''Series/NoddysToylandAdventures''.

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* FramingDevice: During the middle of each episode, Kate would tell Truman and DJ Noddy stories in the Book Nook, which were represented by episodes of ''Series/NoddysToylandAdventures''.''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures''.

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