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* AnAesop: Every song the band sings has some kind of lesson attached to it.
%%* ArtisticLicense: Subverted. In "London Town", the flag atop Buckingham Palace is the Union Jack even though [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII the Queen]] was in residence. The Union Jack would ''only'' be present when the Queen is away from the residence, as the Royal Standard is the flag that would be there when she's in the palace.
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* VisualPun: In "London Town", the London Eye can be seen. ''With an actual eye.''

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* VisualPun: In "London Town", the London Eye can be seen. ''With an actual seen with a big, gaping eye.''

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* {{Expy}}: Judges La, Dee, and Da are [[Series/AmericanIdol Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell]], respectively.



* {{Expy}}: Judges La, Dee, and Da are Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell, respectively.

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The band consists of four members: Frred, the band's vocal output; L.O., who plays bass guitar; Ink, the drummer and the only female in the band; and Bluz, the keyboardist. The band's performances are introduced by Roc and Raoul, a purple two-headed monster who speak in rhyme when they aren't backstage.

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The band consists of four members: Frred, the band's vocal output; L.O., who plays bass guitar; Ink, the drummer and the only female in the band; and Bluz, the keyboardist. The band's performances are introduced by Roc and Raoul, a purple two-headed monster who speak in rhyme when they aren't backstage.
backstage. In each episode, the monsters learn an aesop and work it into a song they sing in that episode.

Oh yeah, and the show's songs are performed by Music/TallyHall.[[note]]Well, unless you happen to be watching the [[SameLanguageDub British English dub]], where all of the band's singing voices are changed.[[/note]] Yes, really.



By the way, the show's songs are performed by Music/TallyHall.[[note]]Well, unless you happen to be watching the [[SameLanguageDub British English dub]], where all of the band's singing voices are changed.[[/note]] Yes, really.

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* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: L.O. is late to a performance because he had to mess up his room. Everyone is repulsed when Bluz says humans do it the other way around


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* {{Irony}}: The Tally Hall member with the red necktie voices the blue monster, the one with the blue necktie voices the yellow monster, and the one with the yellow necktie voices the red monster.

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* GeniusLoci: The London Eye and Big Ben are portrayed as giant animate-building monsters.

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* GeniusLoci: The London Eye and Big Ben are portrayed as giant animate-building monsters.giant, animate, building-monsters.


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* {{Expy}}: Judges La, Dee, and Da are Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell, respectively.
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What exactly is "subversive" about this?


* ArtisticLicense: Subverted. In "London Town", the flag atop Buckingham Palace is the Union Jack even though [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII the Queen]] was in residence. The Union Jack would ''only'' be present when the Queen is away from the residence, as the Royal Standard is the flag that would be there when she's in the palace.

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* %%* ArtisticLicense: Subverted. In "London Town", the flag atop Buckingham Palace is the Union Jack even though [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII the Queen]] was in residence. The Union Jack would ''only'' be present when the Queen is away from the residence, as the Royal Standard is the flag that would be there when she's in the palace.

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* BaitAndSwitchComment: One of the judges always gives his opinion on the band's performances like he's about to tell them he didn't like it... only to cheer at their song and say he ''did'' enjoy it.

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* BaitAndSwitchComment: One of the judges Da always gives his opinion on the band's performances in a snooty tone like he's about to tell them he didn't like it... only to cheer at their song and say he ''did'' enjoy it.


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* GeniusLoci: The London Eye and Big Ben are portrayed as giant animate-building monsters.
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* InelegantBlubbering: In "Even Monsters Cry Sometimes", Frred unleashes the feelings [[TryingNotToCry he was trying to hold in]] by loudly bawling, complete with [[OcularGushers tears flying out of his eyes like a sprinkler]].
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** The famous painting, Art/TheMonaLisa, is seen in "A Wonderful Time in France".

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** The famous painting, Art/TheMonaLisa, {{painting|s}}, ''Art/TheMonaLisa'', is seen in "A Wonderful Time in France".
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replacing the Queen Elizabeth wick


* ArtisticLicense: Subverted. In "London Town", the flag atop Buckingham Palace is the Union Jack even though [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen the Queen]] was in residence. The Union Jack would ''only'' be present when the Queen is away from the residence, as the Royal Standard is the flag that would be there when she's in the palace.

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* ArtisticLicense: Subverted. In "London Town", the flag atop Buckingham Palace is the Union Jack even though [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII the Queen]] was in residence. The Union Jack would ''only'' be present when the Queen is away from the residence, as the Royal Standard is the flag that would be there when she's in the palace.
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* ArtisticLicense: In "London Town", the flag atop Buckingham Palace is the Union Jack even though [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen the Queen]] was in residence. The Union Jack would ''only'' be present when the Queen is away from the residence, as the Royal Standard is the flag that would be there when she's in the palace.

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* ArtisticLicense: Subverted. In "London Town", the flag atop Buckingham Palace is the Union Jack even though [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen the Queen]] was in residence. The Union Jack would ''only'' be present when the Queen is away from the residence, as the Royal Standard is the flag that would be there when she's in the palace.
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* ArtisticLicense: In "London Town", the flag atop Buckingham Palace is the Union Jack even though the Queen was in residence. The Union Jack would ''only'' be present when the Queen is away from the residence, as the Royal Standard is the flag that would be there when she's in the palace.

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* ArtisticLicense: In "London Town", the flag atop Buckingham Palace is the Union Jack even though [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen the Queen Queen]] was in residence. The Union Jack would ''only'' be present when the Queen is away from the residence, as the Royal Standard is the flag that would be there when she's in the palace.
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* ArtisticLicense: In "London Town", the flag atop Buckingham Palace is the Union Jack even though the Queen was in residence. The Union Jack would ''only'' be present when the Queen is away from the residence, as the Royal Standard is the flag that would be there when she's in the palace.
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* ItsOkayToCry: This is the lesson of the episode "Even Monsters Cry Sometimes", where Frred tries not to cry when he learns his father can't make it to the concert before the other bandmates tell him it's okay for him to cry.
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** As well as the judges La, Dee and Da.
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If the third season doesn't exist - and as far as anybody knows, it doesn't - it shouldn't be mentioned in the work's main description.


The show aired in 20 five-minute-long episodes spread over two seasons from 2007 to 2008. A third season is said to have aired in 2014, but mysteriously there doesn't exist any video footage of a third season online.

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The show aired in 20 five-minute-long episodes spread over two seasons from 2007 to 2008. A third season is said to have aired in 2014, but mysteriously there doesn't exist any video footage of a third season online.
2008.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: One of the judges always gives his opinion on the band's performances like he's about to tell them he didn't like it... only to cheer at their song and say he ''did'' enjoy it.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: They are monsters, they are happy, and they are in a band.

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* SingingVoiceDissonance: Thanks to the band's singing voices being provided by Music/TallyHall, the monsters' voices sound noticeably deeper when they are singing. Averted in the British English dub, where the characters' singing voices are changed and sound a lot more like their speaking voices.

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* SingingVoiceDissonance: Thanks to the band's singing voices being provided by Music/TallyHall, the monsters' voices sound noticeably deeper and more adultlike when they are singing.singing, which sound nothing like their age. Averted in the British English dub, where the characters' singing voices are changed and sound a lot more like their speaking voices.


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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: In "Yin and Yang", the band settles down in a restaurant to eat dim sum, but then they suddenly leave the food behind to look for a dragon.

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