History WMG / Madeline

The other 11 girls TookALevelInDumbass while Madeline stayed at the hospital in the first TV special ("First we brush our bread, and then we...break our teeth?") because they are physical manifestations of Madeline's imagination, and didn't know how to function without her. Madeline also created Genevive to save her from drowning, and granted Genevive the relatively high intelligence she demonstrated during class. Pepito also sprang forth from Madeline's imagination because she wanted a cute Spanish boy to live next door.

This would explain why Genevieve is inexplicably absent in some episodes. They take place before ''Madeline's Rescue''. It also explains away one apparent SeriesContinuityError: the fact that ''Madeline at the Louvre'' shows Madeline learning to paint for the first time, when in the earlier ''Madeline's Christmas'' she painted a picture of the Nativity. ''...at the Louvre'' is also an episode without Genevieve, so it must take place earlier than both ''Madeline's Rescue'' and ''Madeline's Christmas.'' It might even take place before the original ''Madeline'', since at one point in the original special, Madeline sings about the Louvre and the Art/MonaLisa as if they were already familiar to her.

This would explain why Genevieve is inexplicably absent in some episodes. They take place before ''Madeline's Rescue''. It also explains away one apparent SeriesContinuityError: the fact that ''Madeline at the Louvre'' shows Madeline learning to paint for the first time, when in the earlier ''Madeline's Christmas'' she painted a picture of the Nativity. ''...at the Louvre'' is also an episode without Genevieve, so it must take place earlier than both ''Madeline's Rescue'' and ''Madeline's Christmas.'' It might even take place before the original ''Madeline'', since at one point in the original special, Madeline sings about the Louvre and the Mona Lisa as if they were already familiar to her.

This would explain why Genevieve is [[AbsenteeActor inexplicably absent]] in some episodes. They take place before ''Madeline's Rescue''. It also explains away one apparent SeriesContinuityError: the fact that ''Madeline at the Louvre'' shows Madeline learning to paint for the first time, when in the earlier ''Madeline's Christmas'' she painted a picture of the Nativity. ''...at the Louvre'' is also an episode without Genevieve, so it must take place earlier than both ''Madeline's Rescue'' and ''Madeline's Christmas.'' It might even take place before the original ''Madeline'', since at one point in the original special, Madeline sings about the Louvre and the Mona Lisa as if they were already familiar to her.

In real life, Creator/ShirleyTemple produced a ''Madeline'' adaptation as part of her ''Shirley Temple's Storybook'' series in 1960. In the later ''Madeline'' cartoons, Madeline befriends the Shirley Temple {{Expy}} Sugar Dimples. She also befriends an artist named [[AuthorAvatar Ludwig]], who eventually is shown writing the first ''Madeline'' book. Within the world of the cartoons, the events will play out more-or-less like real life. Sugar Dimples will grow up to host her own ''Storybook'' TV series and one of the episodes will be based on Ludwig's book – possibly with the real, grown-up Madeline on hand as a consultant.

This would explain why Genevieve is [[AbsenteeActor inexplicably absent]] in some episodes. They take place before ''Madeline's Rescue''. It also explains away one apparent SeriesContinuityError: the fact that ''Madeline at the Louvre'' shows Madeline learning to paint for the first time, when in the earlier ''Madeline's Christmas'' she painted a picture of the Nativity. ''...at the Louvre'' is also an episode without Genevieve, so it must take place earlier than both ''Madeline's Rescue'' and ''Madeline's Christmas.'' It might even take place before the original ''Madeline'', since at one point in the original special Madeline sings about the Louvre and the Mona Lisa as if they were already familiar to her.

This would explain why Genevieve is [[AbsenteeActor inexplicably absent]] in some episodes. They take place before ''Madeline's Rescue''. It also explains away one apparent SeriesContinuityError: the fact that ''Madeline at the Louvre'' shows Madeline learning to paint for the first time, when in the earlier ''Madeline's Christmas'' she painted a picture of the Nativity. ''...at the Louvre'' is also an episode without Genevieve, so it must take place earlier than both ''Madeline's Rescue'' and ''Madeline's Christmas.''

This probably isn't the case in Season 3's continuity, where Simone is [[SuddenNameChange renamed Ellie]] and has [[RaceLift her skin and hair darkened]]. But in the original specials and earlier series episodes, they have the same light olive-brown hair color, with the only difference being that Sylvie's is long while Simone's is cut in a bob.

In real life, Creator/ShirleyTemple produced a ''Madeline'' adaptation as part of her ''Shirley Temple's Storybook'' series in 1960. In the later ''Madeline'' cartoons, Madeline befriends the Shirley Temple {{Expy}} Sugar Dimples. She also befriends an artist named [[AuthorAvatar Ludwig]], who eventually is shown writing the first ''Madeline'' book. Within the world of the cartoons, the events will play out more-or-less like real life. Sugar Dimples will grow up to host her own ''Storybook'' TV series and one of the episodes will be based on Ludwig's book – possibly with the real, grown-up Madeline on hand as a consultant.

[[WMG:Marie herself isn't an angel, but she knows a few angels personally.]]
I've seen lots of speculation that Marie from "Madeline's Christmas" is an angel. While she doesn't have wings or any overt powers, she does cure everybody [[HyperactiveMetabolism instantly]] with her porridge and the angel at the top of the Christmas tree has her face. Maybe she knows angels personally and it was those angels who gave her the porridge recipe.

[[WMG:Fred's not dead]]
Helene didn't kill him as she knew that would make Madeline sad, but she did still want to make chicken, so she bought an already-dead chicken.

The song "In Two Straight Lines" is sung from the perspective of one of the girls (who isn't Madeline). Moreover, she was born in 1945, while this movie has a SettingUpdate to the 1950s, which would make her old enough (just about) to be in (any, let alone this) school during that time.

The other 11 girls TookALevelInDumbass while Madeline stayed at the hospital in the first TV special ("First we brush our bread, and then we...break our teeth?") because they are physical manifestations of Madeline's imagination, and didn't know how to function without her. Madeline also created Genevive to save her from drowning, and granted Genevive the relatively high intelligence she demonstrated during class. Pepito also sprang forth from Madeline's imagination because she wanted a cute Spanish boy to live next door.