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In the original UK version, [[DawsonCasting while the other kids were voiced by adults]], Peter ended up being voiced by an actual boy.
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* ChildrenVoicingChildren: The Canadian dub has the kids voiced by actual children. Although, instead of Norman and Derek's voice actor being replaced by another boy after their first voice actor hit puberty, [[DawsonCasting they replaced him with Mark Ricci, an adult man]].
In the original UK version, [[DawsonCasting while the other kids were voiced by adults]], Peter ended up being voiced by an actual boy.
In the original UK version, [[DawsonCasting while the other kids were voiced by adults]], Peter ended up being voiced by an actual boy.
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** Following this, mass complaints were sent to Creator/TheBBC, who forwarded them to Creator/Channel5 because the former hadn't broadcast the series since 2007. HIT had said that the page was intended to show illegible text, and then announced that they would also terminate Creator/XingXingDigitalCorporation's contract to animate the show. Miao Chun and Bruce Cho, two employees at the studio, stated that since they were Chinese and didn't know about Muslim culture, the studio inserted the image unknowingly and was not aware of the whole controversy.
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** Following this, mass complaints were sent to Creator/TheBBC, who forwarded them to Creator/Channel5 because the former hadn't broadcast the series since 2007. HIT had said that the page was intended to show illegible text, and then announced that they would also terminate Creator/XingXingDigitalCorporation's contract to animate the show.show, [[StudioHop replacing them]] with Creator/WildBrain from then on. Miao Chun and Bruce Cho, two employees at the studio, stated that since they were Chinese and didn't know about Muslim culture, the studio inserted the image unknowingly and was not aware of the whole controversy.
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** Norman was originally named Bernard.
** There was meant to be a female firefighter from the start; her name was Bronwen Evans, and she was described as a GirlyBruiser. While she never made it into the show, her name was split up and given to two canon characters, Trevor Evans and Bronwyn Jones.
** Originally, the cafe was owned by s man named Bert Hardcastle. Bert was scrapped and Bella Lasagne took his place as the cafe owner.
** Speaking of Bella, she was originally Jamaican instead of Italian and owned the corner store. Series 5 would introduce its own Jamaican character, Helen Flood.
** Norman was originally named Bernard.
** There was meant to be a female firefighter from the start; her name was Bronwen Evans, and she was described as a GirlyBruiser. While she never made it into the show, her name was split up and given to two canon characters, Trevor Evans and Bronwyn Jones.
** Originally, the cafe was owned by s man named Bert Hardcastle. Bert was scrapped and Bella Lasagne took his place as the cafe owner.
** Speaking of Bella, she was originally Jamaican instead of Italian and owned the corner store. Series 5 would introduce its own Jamaican character, Helen Flood.
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* LongRunner: The Bumper Films series had a decent run from 1987 to 1994, and the Siriol series lasted only one year and one season. The CGI series, on the other hand, has been airing on television for over fifteen years, starting in 2008 and continuing well into the 2020s.
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** In 2021, all characters of colour who were previously voiced by white actors (ex. Mandy, Helen, the Chens) were recast with actors who matched their ethnicities; Ayesha Antoine and Siu-see Hung replaced Su Douglas as the voice for Helen (Antoine), Mrs. Chen, and Lily (both Hung).
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** In 2021, all characters of colour who were previously voiced by white actors (ex. Mandy, Helen, the Chens) were recast with actors who matched their ethnicities; Alexandra Mardell, Ayesha Antoine Antoine, Gary Wilmot, and Siu-see Hung replaced Su Douglas as the voice for Helen (Antoine), Ellie (Mardell) Helen, Mandy (both Antoine), Trevor (Wilmot), Mrs. Chen, and Lily (both Hung).
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* ReferencedBy: WebVideo/PhantomStrider reviewed the Series 13 episode "The Last Straw" in "Modern Kids Cartoons' Worst Episodes". While he criticizes the episode for being boring, he still mentions that the series was his favourite when he was young, and he's happy that modern generations are growing up with it.
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* ReferencedBy: ReferencedBy:
** In the opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/SkylandersGiants'', there's a toy firetruck at the Toy Planet that bears a strong resemblance to Jupiter.
** In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Egg", Billy claims his favourite cartoon is "Fireman Pete".
** In the ''VideoGame/EpisodeChooseYourStory'' story "12 Dates of Christmas", one potential date is a firefighter named Sam, who acknowledges the coincidence of their name and profession.
** "Fireman Sam" is a possible recipe in ''VideoGame/InfiniteCraft''.
** WebVideo/PhantomStrider reviewed the Series 13 episode "The Last Straw" in "Modern Kids Cartoons' Worst Episodes". While he criticizes the episode for being boring, he still mentions that the series was his favourite when he was young, and he's happy that modern generations are growing up with it.
** In the opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/SkylandersGiants'', there's a toy firetruck at the Toy Planet that bears a strong resemblance to Jupiter.
** In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Egg", Billy claims his favourite cartoon is "Fireman Pete".
** In the ''VideoGame/EpisodeChooseYourStory'' story "12 Dates of Christmas", one potential date is a firefighter named Sam, who acknowledges the coincidence of their name and profession.
** "Fireman Sam" is a possible recipe in ''VideoGame/InfiniteCraft''.
** WebVideo/PhantomStrider reviewed the Series 13 episode "The Last Straw" in "Modern Kids Cartoons' Worst Episodes". While he criticizes the episode for being boring, he still mentions that the series was his favourite when he was young, and he's happy that modern generations are growing up with it.
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* FirstAppearance:
** Sam, Elvis, Station Officer Steele, Trevor, Dilys, Bella, Sarah, James, Norman: Series 1, Episode 1, "[[Recap/FiremanSamS1E1 The Kite]]"
** Penny: Series 3, Episode 1, "[[Recap/FiremanSamS3E1 Dilys' Forgetful Day]]"
** Mandy, Tom, Woolly: Series 5, Episode 1, "Danger Falling Sheep"
** Helen: Series 5, Episode 2, "Twist of Fate"
** Mike: Series 5, Episode 3, "A Real Live Wire"
** Radar, Bronwyn: Series 6, Episode 2, "[[Recap/FiremanSamS6E2 Hot and Cold Running Sniffer Dog]]",
** Charlie: Series 6, Episode 4, "[[Recap/FiremanSamS6E4 Perilous Path]]"
** Derek: Series 7, Episode 17, "Double Trouble"
** Boyce: Movie 1, "The Great Fire of Pontypandy"
** Moose: Series 8, Episode 1, "Bronwyn's Millionth Customer"
** Gareth, Mrs. Chen, Lily: Series 8, Episode 2, "Runaway Train"
** Ben, Lizzie, Joe, Hannah: Series 9, Episode 9, "All at Sea"
** Ellie, Arnold: Movie 2, "Heroes of the Storm"
** Professor Pickles: Series 10, Episode 21, "The Treasure of Pontypandy Pete"
** Malcolm: Series 12, Episode 4, "Red Hot Chilli Nibbles"
** Rose: Movie 5, "Norman Price and the Mystery of the Sky"
** Jodie: Series 13, Episode 14, "Norman and the Sea"
** Krystyna: Series 14, Episode 4, "Snap and Spot"
** Annie: Series 15, Episode 2, "Boar Breakout"
** Sam, Elvis, Station Officer Steele, Trevor, Dilys, Bella, Sarah, James, Norman: Series 1, Episode 1, "[[Recap/FiremanSamS1E1 The Kite]]"
** Penny: Series 3, Episode 1, "[[Recap/FiremanSamS3E1 Dilys' Forgetful Day]]"
** Mandy, Tom, Woolly: Series 5, Episode 1, "Danger Falling Sheep"
** Helen: Series 5, Episode 2, "Twist of Fate"
** Mike: Series 5, Episode 3, "A Real Live Wire"
** Radar, Bronwyn: Series 6, Episode 2, "[[Recap/FiremanSamS6E2 Hot and Cold Running Sniffer Dog]]",
** Charlie: Series 6, Episode 4, "[[Recap/FiremanSamS6E4 Perilous Path]]"
** Derek: Series 7, Episode 17, "Double Trouble"
** Boyce: Movie 1, "The Great Fire of Pontypandy"
** Moose: Series 8, Episode 1, "Bronwyn's Millionth Customer"
** Gareth, Mrs. Chen, Lily: Series 8, Episode 2, "Runaway Train"
** Ben, Lizzie, Joe, Hannah: Series 9, Episode 9, "All at Sea"
** Ellie, Arnold: Movie 2, "Heroes of the Storm"
** Professor Pickles: Series 10, Episode 21, "The Treasure of Pontypandy Pete"
** Malcolm: Series 12, Episode 4, "Red Hot Chilli Nibbles"
** Rose: Movie 5, "Norman Price and the Mystery of the Sky"
** Jodie: Series 13, Episode 14, "Norman and the Sea"
** Krystyna: Series 14, Episode 4, "Snap and Spot"
** Annie: Series 15, Episode 2, "Boar Breakout"
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* TheDanza: In the US dub, Lily is voiced by Lily Cassano.
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* ChannelHop: During the stop-motion era, episodes were aired on BBC. Since the beginning of 2008 and the CGI era, the series moved over to Milkshake!.
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** In October 2020, Cartoonito had a Fireman Sam Month, where over 95% of the schedule that month was nothing but ''Fireman Sam'' reruns. Since then, the channel has had many dedicated months to nothing but this show, similar to Nick Jr. airing nothing but ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' or ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol''.
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** In October 2020, Cartoonito had a Fireman Sam Month, where over 95% of the schedule that month was nothing but ''Fireman Sam'' reruns. Since then, the channel has had many dedicated months to nothing but this show, similar to Nick Jr. Too airing nothing but ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' or ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol''.
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** The original series had only 1 voice actor, John Alderton, playing every single character.
** In Series 5, there were three voice actors, meaning all of them had to play multiple characters;
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** In Series 5, there were three voiceactors, meaning all actors. All of them had to play played multiple characters;characters.
** In Series 5, there were three voice
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*** John Hasler formerly averted this trope when he joined in Series 8 to take over James, but has averted it since ''Heroes of the Storm'' when he became the voice of Arnold. He also voiced a Cameraman and one-off character The Prince.
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*** John Hasler formerly averted this trope when he joined in Series 8 to take over James, but has averted it played this trope straight since ''Heroes of the Storm'' when he became the voice of Arnold. He also voiced a Cameraman and one-off character The Prince.
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** In October 2020, Cartoonito had a Fireman Sam Month, where over 95% of the schedule that month was nothing but ''Fireman Sam'' reruns. Since then, the channel has had many dedicated months to nothing but this show, similarity to Nick Jr. Too airing nothing but ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' or ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol''.
* BannedEpisode: The Season 9 episode "Troubled Waters" was temporarily withdrawn from circulation by Creator/HiTEntertainment in July 2016 after it was noticed by some news websites that it was discovered in a scene where Elvis slips over a piece of paper while carrying a tray of tea and Station Officer Steele's documents are sent flying, one of the pieces of paper had [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/26/19/369CA3BA00000578-3709281-image-a-8_1469557205964.jpg a page from]] "Literature/TheQuran'' on it.
* BannedEpisode: The Season 9 episode "Troubled Waters" was temporarily withdrawn from circulation by Creator/HiTEntertainment in July 2016 after it was noticed by some news websites that it was discovered in a scene where Elvis slips over a piece of paper while carrying a tray of tea and Station Officer Steele's documents are sent flying, one of the pieces of paper had [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/26/19/369CA3BA00000578-3709281-image-a-8_1469557205964.jpg a page from]] "Literature/TheQuran'' on it.
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** In October 2020, Cartoonito had a Fireman Sam Month, where over 95% of the schedule that month was nothing but ''Fireman Sam'' reruns. Since then, the channel has had many dedicated months to nothing but this show, similarity similar to Nick Jr. Too airing nothing but ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' or ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol''.
* BannedEpisode: The Season 9 episode "Troubled Waters" was temporarily withdrawn from circulation by Creator/HiTEntertainment in July 2016 after it was noticedby some news websites that it was discovered in a scene where Elvis slips over a piece of paper while carrying a tray of tea and Station Officer Steele's documents are sent flying, one of the pieces of paper had [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/26/19/369CA3BA00000578-3709281-image-a-8_1469557205964.jpg a page from]] "Literature/TheQuran'' on it.
* BannedEpisode: The Season 9 episode "Troubled Waters" was temporarily withdrawn from circulation by Creator/HiTEntertainment in July 2016 after it was noticed
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** The show's official [=YouTube=] channel once used this version of the episode on two compilation videos, but these have since been deleted. This was after a Muslim fan of the show named Faraz Qureshi (Who runs the "Fireman Sam Fan Hub" fanchannel) [[https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxotn2W48T-Ky9z9EOI8XoL2Uh_qoJ_qN1 took notice of this and asked his fans to report both uploads]]. Following that as stated above, both videos were deleted although it is unknown if they were manually taken down by the site or if it was done by [=WildBrain=] Spark.
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** The show's official [=YouTube=] channel once used this version of the episode on two compilation videos, but these have since been deleted. This was after a Muslim fan of the show named Faraz Qureshi (Who runs the "Fireman Sam Fan Hub" fanchannel) fan channel) [[https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxotn2W48T-Ky9z9EOI8XoL2Uh_qoJ_qN1 took notice of this and asked his fans to report both uploads]]. Following that as stated above, that, both videos were deleted although deleted. However, it is unknown if they were manually taken down by the site or if it was done by [=WildBrain=] Spark.
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** In the first four seasons, due to only having one voice actor, all the female characters have a male voice.
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** There was once a rumor written on the Italian Wikipedia page that lists a character named "Hecir Price", who was Norman's father who only appeared in the last episode of the third season of the CGI era with a speaking role (due to his Italian voice actor being listed). Nowadays, the rumor was debunked.
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** There was once a rumor written on the Italian Wikipedia page that lists a character named "Hecir Price", who was Norman's father who only appeared in the last episode of the third season of the CGI era with a speaking role (due to his Italian voice actor being listed). Nowadays, the This rumor was has since been debunked.
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* SequelGap: The first major hiatus for the series was between the third and fourth seasons from 1990 to 1994. After that, the series was dormant (aside from annuals) until a fifth season premiered in 2003. The sixth season followed five years later in 2008, with the seventh season coming out the next year. Season 8 came out after a three-year hiatus in 2012, with a two-year hiatus before the ninth season aired in 2014, then yet another two-year hiatus before the tenth and eleventh seasons aired in back-to-back years. After the eleventh season, there was much doubt over the series continuing until a twelfth season was announced for a 2020 premiere, the longest hiatus since Season 8.
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* SequelGap: The first major hiatus for the series was between the third and fourth seasons from 1990 to 1994. After that, the series was dormant (aside from annuals) until a fifth season premiered in 2003. The sixth season followed five years later in 2008, with the seventh season coming out the next year. Season 8 came out after a three-year hiatus in 2012, with a two-year hiatus before the ninth season aired in 2014, and then yet another two-year hiatus before the tenth and eleventh seasons aired in back-to-back years. After the eleventh season, there was much doubt over the series continuing until a twelfth season was announced for a 2020 premiere, the longest hiatus since Season 8.
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** The show's official [=YouTube=] channel once used this version of the episode on two compilation videos, but these have since been deleted. This was after a Muslim fan of the show named Faraz Qureshi (Who runs the "Fireman Sam Fan Hub" fanchannel) [https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxotn2W48T-Ky9z9EOI8XoL2Uh_qoJ_qN1 took notice of this and ordered his fans to report both uploads]. Following that as stated above, both videos were deleted although it is unknown if they were manually taken down by the site or if it was done by [=WildBrain=] Spark.
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** The show's official [=YouTube=] channel once used this version of the episode on two compilation videos, but these have since been deleted. This was after a Muslim fan of the show named Faraz Qureshi (Who runs the "Fireman Sam Fan Hub" fanchannel) [https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxotn2W48T-Ky9z9EOI8XoL2Uh_qoJ_qN1 took notice of this and ordered asked his fans to report both uploads].uploads]]. Following that as stated above, both videos were deleted although it is unknown if they were manually taken down by the site or if it was done by [=WildBrain=] Spark.
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** In Series 5, there were three voice actors, meaning all of them had to play multiple characters; John Sparkes played Dilys and all the male characters, Sarah Hadland played Penny, Mandy, and Bella, and Joanna Ruiz played Sarah, James, and Helen.
** In the CGI series, there are four voice actors; Steven Kynman plays Sam, Elvis, and Norman, Tegwen Tucker plays Penny, Sarah, and Bronwyn, David Carling plays Steele, Trevor, and Mike, and Su Douglas plays Dilys and Mandy.
** In the CGI series, there are four voice actors; Steven Kynman plays Sam, Elvis, and Norman, Tegwen Tucker plays Penny, Sarah, and Bronwyn, David Carling plays Steele, Trevor, and Mike, and Su Douglas plays Dilys and Mandy.
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** In Series 5, there were three voice actors, meaning all of them had to play multiple characters; characters;
*** John Sparkes played Dilys and all the malecharacters, characters except James.
*** Sarah Hadland played Penny, Mandy, andBella, and Bella.
*** Joanna Ruiz played Sarah, James, and Helen.
** In the CGI series, there arefour voice actors; many examples of this.
*** Steven Kynman plays Sam, Elvis,and Norman, Derek, Charlie, James (Series 6-7), Jerry Lee and the Mapscreen 700 (Series 14-present).
*** David Carling plays Steele, Trevor (Series 6-12), Tom, Mike and Boyce.
*** Tegwen Tucker plays Penny, Sarah,and Bronwyn, David Carling plays Steele, Trevor, Mrs. Chen (Series 6-12) and Mike, and the Mapscreen 700 (Series 10-13).
*** Su Douglas playsDilys Dilys, Helen, Mandy and Mandy.Lily. She currently averts this trope after Helen, Mandy and Lily were recast for Series 13.
*** John Hasler formerly averted this trope when he joined in Series 8 to take over James, but has averted it since ''Heroes of the Storm'' when he became the voice of Arnold. He also voiced a Cameraman and one-off character The Prince.
*** Alex Lowe plays Joe, Ben and Professor Pickles.
*** Jo Wyatt plays Lizzie and Hannah.
*** Harriet Kershaw plays Ellie and Bella. She currently averts this trope after Ellie was recast.
*** Colin [=McFarlane=] plays Malcolm and the Police Station's Mapscreen system.
*** Ayesha Antoine voices Helen (Series 13-present), Mandy (Series 13-present) and Jodie.
*** Ifan Huw Dafydd (Garath from Series 8-11), Nigel Whitmey (Moose), David Tennant (Buck Douglas), John Barrowman (Flex), Alexandra Mardell (Ellie from Series 13 onwards), Gary Wilmot (Trevor from Series 13 onwards), Sasha Behar (Rose), Denise Van Outen (Professor Polonium), Krystyna O'Brien (Krystyna), Arthur Smith Galiano (Peter) and Helen Skelton (Annie) all avert this trope.
*** John Sparkes played Dilys and all the male
*** Sarah Hadland played Penny, Mandy, and
*** Joanna Ruiz played Sarah, James, and Helen.
** In the CGI series, there are
*** Steven Kynman plays Sam, Elvis,
*** David Carling plays Steele, Trevor (Series 6-12), Tom, Mike and Boyce.
*** Tegwen Tucker plays Penny, Sarah,
*** Su Douglas plays
*** John Hasler formerly averted this trope when he joined in Series 8 to take over James, but has averted it since ''Heroes of the Storm'' when he became the voice of Arnold. He also voiced a Cameraman and one-off character The Prince.
*** Alex Lowe plays Joe, Ben and Professor Pickles.
*** Jo Wyatt plays Lizzie and Hannah.
*** Harriet Kershaw plays Ellie and Bella. She currently averts this trope after Ellie was recast.
*** Colin [=McFarlane=] plays Malcolm and the Police Station's Mapscreen system.
*** Ayesha Antoine voices Helen (Series 13-present), Mandy (Series 13-present) and Jodie.
*** Ifan Huw Dafydd (Garath from Series 8-11), Nigel Whitmey (Moose), David Tennant (Buck Douglas), John Barrowman (Flex), Alexandra Mardell (Ellie from Series 13 onwards), Gary Wilmot (Trevor from Series 13 onwards), Sasha Behar (Rose), Denise Van Outen (Professor Polonium), Krystyna O'Brien (Krystyna), Arthur Smith Galiano (Peter) and Helen Skelton (Annie) all avert this trope.
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** The show's official [=YouTube=] channel once used this version of the episode on two compilation videos, but these have since been deleted. This was after a Muslim fan of the show named Faraz Qureshi (Who runs the "Fireman Sam Fan Hub" fanchannel) [https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxotn2W48T-Ky9z9EOI8XoL2Uh_qoJ_qN1 took notice of this and ordered his fans to report both uploads]. Following that as stated above, both videos were deleted although it is unknown if they were manually taken down by the site or if it was done by WildBrain.
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** The show's official [=YouTube=] channel once used this version of the episode on two compilation videos, but these have since been deleted. This was after a Muslim fan of the show named Faraz Qureshi (Who runs the "Fireman Sam Fan Hub" fanchannel) [https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxotn2W48T-Ky9z9EOI8XoL2Uh_qoJ_qN1 took notice of this and ordered his fans to report both uploads]. Following that as stated above, both videos were deleted although it is unknown if they were manually taken down by the site or if it was done by WildBrain.[=WildBrain=] Spark.
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* BannedEpisode: In July 2016, Creator/HiTEntertainment temporarily withdrew the episode "Troubled Waters", after it was discovered that in a scene where Elvis slips over a piece of paper while carrying a tray of tea, ''[[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/26/19/369CA3BA00000578-3709281-image-a-8_1469557205964.jpg a page from]] Literature/TheQuran'' can briefly be seen flying afterwards. For context, willfully or negligently damaging any physical copy of the Qur'an is considered an act of sacrilege in Islam, so having a page from it just lying around to be trodden on like that would be taken as a major insult. After mass complaints to Creator/Channel5 following the discovery, [=HiT=] announced that they would terminate Creator/XingXingDigitalCorporation's contract to animate the show, after they had unknowingly inserted the controversial image into the episode. The episode was also briefly pulled from broadcast and on-demand services, before being re-instated with the offending paper left blank.
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* BannedEpisode: In July 2016, The Season 9 episode "Troubled Waters" was temporarily withdrawn from circulation by Creator/HiTEntertainment temporarily withdrew the episode "Troubled Waters", in July 2016 after it was noticed by some news websites that it was discovered that in a scene where Elvis slips over a piece of paper while carrying a tray of tea, ''[[http://i.tea and Station Officer Steele's documents are sent flying, one of the pieces of paper had [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/26/19/369CA3BA00000578-3709281-image-a-8_1469557205964.jpg a page from]] Literature/TheQuran'' can briefly be seen flying afterwards. "Literature/TheQuran'' on it.
** For context, willfully or negligently damaging any physical copy of the Qur'an is considered an act of sacrilege in Islam, so having a page from it just lying around to be trodden on like that would be taken as a majorinsult. After insult, which is what Elvis did.
** Following this, mass complaints were sent to Creator/TheBBC, who forwarded them to Creator/Channel5following because the discovery, [=HiT=] former hadn't broadcast the series since 2007. HIT had said that the page was intended to show illegible text, and then announced that they would also terminate Creator/XingXingDigitalCorporation's contract to animate the show, after show. Miao Chun and Bruce Cho, two employees at the studio, stated that since they had unknowingly were Chinese and didn't know about Muslim culture, the studio inserted the controversial image into unknowingly and was not aware of the episode. whole controversy.
** The episode was also briefly pulled from broadcast and on-demand services,before being re-instated but soon returned with the offending paper being edited to be left blank.blank.
** The show's official [=YouTube=] channel once used this version of the episode on two compilation videos, but these have since been deleted. This was after a Muslim fan of the show named Faraz Qureshi (Who runs the "Fireman Sam Fan Hub" fanchannel) [https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxotn2W48T-Ky9z9EOI8XoL2Uh_qoJ_qN1 took notice of this and ordered his fans to report both uploads]. Following that as stated above, both videos were deleted although it is unknown if they were manually taken down by the site or if it was done by WildBrain.
** For context, willfully or negligently damaging any physical copy of the Qur'an is considered an act of sacrilege in Islam, so having a page from it just lying around to be trodden on like that would be taken as a major
** Following this, mass complaints were sent to Creator/TheBBC, who forwarded them to Creator/Channel5
** The episode was also briefly pulled from broadcast and on-demand services,
** The show's official [=YouTube=] channel once used this version of the episode on two compilation videos, but these have since been deleted. This was after a Muslim fan of the show named Faraz Qureshi (Who runs the "Fireman Sam Fan Hub" fanchannel) [https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxotn2W48T-Ky9z9EOI8XoL2Uh_qoJ_qN1 took notice of this and ordered his fans to report both uploads]. Following that as stated above, both videos were deleted although it is unknown if they were manually taken down by the site or if it was done by WildBrain.
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** In the first four seasons, due to only having one voice actor, all the female characters have a male voice.
** In Series 5, James (male) is voiced by Joanna Ruiz (female), while Dilys (female) is voiced by John Sparkes (male).
** In the first four seasons, due to only having one voice actor, all the female characters have a male voice.
** In Series 5, James (male) is voiced by Joanna Ruiz (female), while Dilys (female) is voiced by John Sparkes (male).
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** In Series 5, there were three voice actors, meaning all of them had to play multiple characters; John Sparkes playd played Dilys and all the male characters, Sarah Hadland played Penny, Mandy, and Bella, and Joanna Ruiz played Sarah, James, and Helen.
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* ActingForTwo: The original series had only 1 voice actor.
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* ActingForTwo: ActingForTwo:
** The original series had only 1 voiceactor.actor, John Alderton, playing every single character.
** In Series 5, there were three voice actors, meaning all of them had to play multiple characters; John Sparkes playd Dilys and all the male characters, Sarah Hadland played Penny, Mandy, and Bella, and Joanna Ruiz played Sarah, James, and Helen.
** In the CGI series, there are four voice actors; Steven Kynman plays Sam, Elvis, and Norman, Tegwen Tucker plays Penny, Sarah, and Bronwyn, David Carling plays Steele, Trevor, and Mike, and Su Douglas plays Dilys and Mandy.
** The original series had only 1 voice
** In Series 5, there were three voice actors, meaning all of them had to play multiple characters; John Sparkes playd Dilys and all the male characters, Sarah Hadland played Penny, Mandy, and Bella, and Joanna Ruiz played Sarah, James, and Helen.
** In the CGI series, there are four voice actors; Steven Kynman plays Sam, Elvis, and Norman, Tegwen Tucker plays Penny, Sarah, and Bronwyn, David Carling plays Steele, Trevor, and Mike, and Su Douglas plays Dilys and Mandy.
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** In October 2020, Cartoonito had a Fireman Sam Month, where over 95% of the schedule that month was nothing but ''Fireman Sam'' reruns. Since then, the channel has had many dedicated months to nothing but this show, similarity to Nick Jr. Too airing nothing but Peppa Pig or PAW Patrol.
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** In October 2020, Cartoonito had a Fireman Sam Month, where over 95% of the schedule that month was nothing but ''Fireman Sam'' reruns. Since then, the channel has had many dedicated months to nothing but this show, similarity to Nick Jr. Too airing nothing but Peppa Pig ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' or PAW Patrol.''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol''.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In Seasons 6 and 7, James was voiced by Steven Kynman. Starting in Season 8, John Hasler took over the role due to Kynman making James sound too similar to Norman and too old compared to Sarah.
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* TheOtherDarrin: TheOtherDarrin:
** In Seasons 6 and 7, James was voiced by Steven Kynman. Starting in Season 8, John Hasler took over the role due to Kynman making James sound too similar to Norman and too old compared toSarah.Sarah.
** In 2021, all characters of colour who were previously voiced by white actors (ex. Mandy, Helen, the Chens) were recast with actors who matched their ethnicities; Ayesha Antoine and Siu-see Hung replaced Su Douglas as the voice for Helen (Antoine), Mrs. Chen, and Lily (both Hung).
** In Seasons 6 and 7, James was voiced by Steven Kynman. Starting in Season 8, John Hasler took over the role due to Kynman making James sound too similar to Norman and too old compared to
** In 2021, all characters of colour who were previously voiced by white actors (ex. Mandy, Helen, the Chens) were recast with actors who matched their ethnicities; Ayesha Antoine and Siu-see Hung replaced Su Douglas as the voice for Helen (Antoine), Mrs. Chen, and Lily (both Hung).
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* BannedEpisode: In July 2016, Creator/HiTEntertainment withdrew episode 7 of Season 9, "Troubled Waters", as it featured a scene where Elvis slips over a piece of paper while holding a tray of tea. In a FreezeFrameBonus, the paper is showing '''''[[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/26/19/369CA3BA00000578-3709281-image-a-8_1469557205964.jpg verses 13-26 of chapter 69 of]]''''' '''''Literature/TheQuran'''''. In other words: a very, very good way to [[BerserkButton invite a terrorist attack]]. [=HiT=] later stated that they would no longer be working with Creator/XingXingDigitalCorporation, one of the animation companies for the show since the switch to CGI in 2008 (they would be replaced with Creator/WildBrain shortly after). [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes The episode was later removed from Channel 5's on demand service]]. A censored version replacing the paper with a blank sheet was later produced and made available online however.
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* BannedEpisode: In July 2016, Creator/HiTEntertainment temporarily withdrew the episode 7 of Season 9, "Troubled Waters", as after it featured was discovered that in a scene where Elvis slips over a piece of paper while holding carrying a tray of tea. In a FreezeFrameBonus, the paper is showing '''''[[http://i.tea, ''[[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/26/19/369CA3BA00000578-3709281-image-a-8_1469557205964.jpg verses 13-26 a page from]] Literature/TheQuran'' can briefly be seen flying afterwards. For context, willfully or negligently damaging any physical copy of chapter 69 of]]''''' '''''Literature/TheQuran'''''. In other words: the Qur'an is considered an act of sacrilege in Islam, so having a very, very good way page from it just lying around to [[BerserkButton invite be trodden on like that would be taken as a terrorist attack]]. major insult. After mass complaints to Creator/Channel5 following the discovery, [=HiT=] later stated announced that they would no longer be working with Creator/XingXingDigitalCorporation, one of terminate Creator/XingXingDigitalCorporation's contract to animate the animation companies for show, after they had unknowingly inserted the show since controversial image into the switch to CGI in 2008 (they would be replaced with Creator/WildBrain shortly after). [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes episode. The episode was later removed also briefly pulled from Channel 5's on demand service]]. A censored version replacing broadcast and on-demand services, before being re-instated with the offending paper with a blank sheet was later produced and made available online however.left blank.
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* BannedEpisode: In July 2016, Creator/HiTEntertainment withdrew episode 7 of Season 9, "Troubled Waters", as it featured a scene where Elvis slips over a piece of paper while holding a tray of tea. In a FreezeFrameBonus, the paper is showing '''''[[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/26/19/369CA3BA00000578-3709281-image-a-8_1469557205964.jpg verses 13-26 of chapter 69 of]]''''' '''''Literature/TheQuran'''''. In other words: a very, very good way to [[BerserkButton invite a terrorist attack]]. [=HiT=] later stated that they would no longer be working with Xing Xing, one of the animation companies for the show since the switch to CGI in 2008 (they would be replaced with Creator/{{Wildbrain}} shortly after). [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes The episode was later removed from Channel 5's on demand service]]. A censored version replacing the paper with a blank sheet was later produced and made available online however.
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* BannedEpisode: In July 2016, Creator/HiTEntertainment withdrew episode 7 of Season 9, "Troubled Waters", as it featured a scene where Elvis slips over a piece of paper while holding a tray of tea. In a FreezeFrameBonus, the paper is showing '''''[[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/26/19/369CA3BA00000578-3709281-image-a-8_1469557205964.jpg verses 13-26 of chapter 69 of]]''''' '''''Literature/TheQuran'''''. In other words: a very, very good way to [[BerserkButton invite a terrorist attack]]. [=HiT=] later stated that they would no longer be working with Xing Xing, Creator/XingXingDigitalCorporation, one of the animation companies for the show since the switch to CGI in 2008 (they would be replaced with Creator/{{Wildbrain}} Creator/WildBrain shortly after). [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes The episode was later removed from Channel 5's on demand service]]. A censored version replacing the paper with a blank sheet was later produced and made available online however.
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* ActingForTwo: The original series had only 1 voice actor.
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Names The Same is not a trope anymore
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* NamesTheSame: one of the home video releases is titled ''[[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fireman-Sam-Heroes-Jonah-Ain/dp/B019WKG54I/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Heroes+of+the+Storm&qid=1589265498&sr=8-2 Heroes of The Storm]]''. This has not gone unnoticed by fans of Creator/ActivisionBlizzard's [[VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm MOBA]].
