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** The shoe children Mary Jane and Lacey are probably a reference to Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen. They are siblings and the names are very similar.

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** The shoe children Mary Jane and Lacey are probably a reference to Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen. They are siblings and the names are very similar.[[note]]The Mary Jane name itself is a reference to the ComicStrip/BusterBrown character whom the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane_(shoe) Mary Jane]] shoe style was named after.[[/note]]
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* NeverSayDie: "Love of My Life" talks about Doris' husband, an awning, who one day, "couldn't roll down" any longer.

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** The episode "Old, New, Dance", also focuses on the topic of dancing.

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** The episode "Old, New, "New, Old, Dance", also focuses on the topic of dancing.



* NeverSayDie: "Love of My Life" talks about Doris' husband, an awning, who one day, "couldn't roll down" any longer.



* SickEpisode: The "Lift Your Spirits" segment has Plush sick in bed.

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* SickEpisode: The "Lift Your Spirits" segment has Plush Bob sick in bed.
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* NiceHat: One of the "Top" segments, and the live-action segment shown afterwards, focuses on everyone wearing top hats.
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** Mr. String would usually end his paranoid observations by stating they “would be terrible, ''terrible'', '''''TERRIBLE!'''''”. Sometimes he might say "Definitely, definitely!"

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** Mr. String would usually end his paranoid observations by stating they “would be terrible, ''terrible'', '''''TERRIBLE!'''''”. Sometimes he might say "Definitely, definitely!" or "Oh boy!"
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* Mop: An artistic teenaged… [[ADogNamedDog mop]]. She's usually obsessed with changing her “hairstyle”.

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* Mop: An artistic teenaged… well, [[ADogNamedDog mop]]. She's usually obsessed with changing her “hairstyle”.



** Mr. String would usually end his paranoid observations by stating they “would be terrible, ''terrible'', '''''TERRIBLE!'''''”

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** Mr. String would usually end his paranoid observations by stating they “would be terrible, ''terrible'', '''''TERRIBLE!'''''”'''''TERRIBLE!'''''”. Sometimes he might say "Definitely, definitely!"

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* BeachEpisode: The musical segment "Hot Summer Dance in the Sand" takes place at the beach.



** The music videos "Winning Smile" and "Games We Like to Play" feature clips of segments seen from previous episodes.



** The episode "Old, New, Dance", also focuses on the topic of dancing.



* NervousWreck: Mr. String's shtick is that he's a ball of nerves. His character song in Season 2 even states that he's jumpy.

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* MysteryEpisode: The "Undercover Cup" segments.
* NervousWreck: Mr. String's shtick is that he's a ball of nerves. His character song in Season 2 even states that he's jumpy. Matter of fact, an early season 1 song is unofficially titled "Nervous Wreck".
* NewBabyEpisode: The Shoe Family picks up their new baby brother, Booties, in the segment "Beginning of Life".


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* RunningGag: In the segment "Lift Me Up", Little Cup wants to be lifted up to get a better view at stuff. Whenever he gets lifted up, some juice falls onto Mr. String.
** All of the "Mop's Mirror" segments has a gag where whenever Mop looks into a puddle of water, pretending it is a mirror, she gets wet whenever either Bob or Plush jump into it. When they both try jumping to it they both miss when Mop lifts up the puddle, but she gets herself wet when the puddle falls on her.


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** The shoe children Mary Jane and Lacey are probably a reference to Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen. They are siblings and the names are very similar.
** The similarities between Mr. String and ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' are striking. Both are essentially worm-like creatures and have high voices.
* SickEpisode: The "Lift Your Spirits" segment has Plush sick in bed.
** The segment "Pushing the Envelope" features Little Cup delivering a letter to Doris who is sick with a cold.
* StoryArc: Some episodes have segments with continuing stories in them that span the entire episode. Examples include "Win, Lose, Tie" has some characters competing in a home game show in segments split in three parts, and "A Little Curious About Life" also features a three part series of segments with Bob and Little Cup planting a flower.
* ToiletTrainingPlot: "Potty Training" has Mop teaching Little Cup how to use the potty.
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While only two seasons were produced, the show has been airing reruns non-stop for over a decade (though this can be attributed to HBO's general neglect of their family-oriented programming). Not bad for a preschool show of this scope.

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While only two seasons were produced, [[AdoredByTheNetwork the show has been airing reruns non-stop for over a decade decade]] (though this can be attributed to HBO's general neglect of their family-oriented programming). Not bad for a preschool show of this scope.
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* CoverVersion: While having a slew of original songs, the show sometimes did its own versions of retro hits like “We Got the Beat”, “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head”, and “TURN TURN TURN!”.

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* CoverVersion: While having a slew of original songs, the show sometimes did its own versions of retro hits like “We Got the Beat”, “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head”, "Twist and Shout" and “TURN TURN TURN!”.
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''A Little Curious'' is an animated edutainment show running from 1998 to 2000 on Creator/{{HBO}} Family. The series centers on a group of household objects discovering and exploring all the amazing aspects of the world around them.

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''A Little Curious'' is an animated edutainment show running from 1998 1999 to 2000 on Creator/{{HBO}} Family. The series centers on a group of household objects discovering and exploring all the amazing aspects of the world around them.
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* NervousWreck: Mr. String's shtick is that he's a ball of nerves.

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* NervousWreck: Mr. String's shtick is that he's a ball of nerves. His character song in Season 2 even states that he's jumpy.
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* MixAndMatchCritters: Plush is one, apparently, or rather, his attributes. According to Pad and Pencil in Plush's first IAmSong, "he's got eyes like an eagle and a nose like a hog; he's shaped like a beagle but he roars like a frog".
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** Season 2's IAmSong for Plush has a dance based off of him, performed twice in the song.

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** Season 2's IAmSong for Plush has a dance based off of him, performed twice in the song.song--once so the viewers can learn it, and again so they can perform it.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: When it comes to the Shoe Family's daughters, Lacey is the tomboy and Mary Jane is the girly-girl.

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* DanceSensation: One of the "Bump" segments and the subsequent lice-action segment focuses on the Bump dance.

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* DanceSensation: One of the "Bump" segments and the subsequent lice-action live-action segment focuses on the Bump dance.dance.
** Season 2's IAmSong for Plush has a dance based off of him, performed twice in the song.

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