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* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: There are at least two humans in Peppa's world: Santa Claus and Queen Elizabeth II.

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Commented out Zero Context Examples that idk how to fix. Comment them back in when someone\'s added more detail/context. Realphabetised some tropes that use \"the\" since \"the\" isn\'t counted when alphebetising. Bilingual Bonus isn\'t the right trope for Mummy Pig speaking French, so I\'ve moved the example to Surprisingly Good Foreign Language instead. Moving The Other Darrin to Trivia.


* AllBalloonsHaveHelium: in ''Mummy Pig's Birthday''
* AlliterativeName: Peppa Pig, and most of her friends (Danny Dog, Suzy Sheep, Zoe Zebra, Pedro Pony, Rebecca Rabbit, et al.)

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* %%* AllBalloonsHaveHelium: in In ''Mummy Pig's Birthday''
Birthday''.
* AlliterativeName: AlliterativeName:
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Peppa Pig, and most of her friends (Danny Dog, Suzy Sheep, Zoe Zebra, Pedro Pony, Rebecca Rabbit, et al.)



--> '''Pedro''': Sharon Rabbit.
--> '''Suzy''': I don't think so.
--> '''Peppa''': Sharon Rabbit sounds wrong...
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--> '''Pedro''': Michael Rabbit.
--> '''Peppa, Suzy and Rebecca''': Michael Rabbit?!? No!

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--> ---> '''Pedro''': Sharon Rabbit.
--> ---> '''Suzy''': I don't think so.
--> ---> '''Peppa''': Sharon Rabbit sounds wrong...
** and:
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---> ''(later on)''
--->
'''Pedro''': Michael Rabbit.
--> ---> '''Peppa, Suzy and Rebecca''': Michael Rabbit?!? No!



*** George Pig and Chloe Pig are more obvious aversions.

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*** ** George Pig, Chloe Pig and Chloe Alexander Pig are more obvious aversions.



* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: All of the parents featured in "School Play".

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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: All of the parents featured in "School Play". They all take photos when they're not supposed to and a few also call out to their children during the play.



* BilingualBonus: In "Pen Pal," Peppa gets a French pen pal who she also talks with on the phone and later meets. It transpires that Mommy Pig is fairly fluent in French. Daddy Pig claims to be, but is actually awful.
* BirthdayEpisode: LOTS of them.

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* BilingualBonus: In "Pen Pal," Peppa gets a French pen pal who she also talks with on the phone and later meets. It transpires that Mommy Pig is fairly fluent in French. Daddy Pig claims to be, but is actually awful.
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%%* BirthdayEpisode: LOTS of them.



* BlindWithoutEm: Daddy Pig & Pedro Pony.
* BumblingDad: Daddy Pig can be this.
* CaptainObvious: TheNarrator

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* BlindWithoutEm: Daddy Pig & Pedro Pony.
Pony. When both lose their glasses in separate episodes, they have a hard time telling what's what and who's who.
* BumblingDad: Daddy Pig can be this.
this when he doesn't exactly know what he's doing.
* CaptainObvious: TheNarrator normally makes unneeded comments on what's happening. Justified as the show is aimed at young children.



* ChristmasEpisode: "Santa's Grotto" and the follow-up "Santa's Visit."
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Grampy Rabbit.

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* ChristmasEpisode: "Santa's Grotto" and the follow-up "Santa's Visit."
*
Visit" are about Christmas (and Santa).
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{{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Grampy Rabbit.Rabbit.
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Related: Pedro's father is an optometrist, but Pedro is the only child that needs glasses.



* CuteButCacophonic: In the Spain Dub, When Richard cries, he sounds like he's shrieking.
** Baby Alexander's wailing is loud enough to be heard from quite a while away. (although it's justified, since he ''is'' a baby)
* DisappearedDad: Danny Dog's father has been sailing around the world.
** Even Suzy Sheep's father is never seen or heard of.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding
** Often laughing so hard that they are all on their backs.
* FarSideIsland: In the episode 'Desert Island'.

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* CuteButCacophonic: CuteButCacophonic:
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In the Spain Dub, When Richard cries, he sounds like he's shrieking.
** Baby Alexander's wailing is loud enough to be heard from quite a while away. (although Although it's justified, since he ''is'' a baby)
baby.
* DisappearedDad: DisappearedDad:
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Danny Dog's father has been sailing around the world.
** Even Suzy Sheep's father is never seen or heard of.
%%* TheDitz: (Sorta) Pedro.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding
**
EverybodyLaughsEnding: Often laughing so hard that they are all on their backs.
* %%* FarSideIsland: In the episode 'Desert Island'.



* FatAndProud: Daddy Pig.
* FawltyTowersPlot: ''Daddy Pig Puts Up A Picture''
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Grandpa Pig got away with saying "stupid" in at least one episode.

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* FatAndProud: Daddy Pig.
Pig. He doesn't see the point in being fit and is fond of his fat belly (though he believes it to be pure muscle).
* FawltyTowersPlot: In ''Daddy Pig Puts Up A Picture''
Picture'', Daddy Pig accidentally breaks the wall when trying to put up a photo of Peppa and George. He manages to mend it before Mummy Pig returns and notices it, and he and the children pretend nothing's happened when she ends up putting up the photo herself.
%%* ForgetfulJones: Pedro.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Grandpa Pig got away with saying "stupid" in at least one episode.episode, which isn't ideal for little kids (the target audience) to hear.



* LargeHam: Grampy Rabbit, played by [[BrianBlessed BRIAN BLESSED]], who is quite a hammy actor himself.

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* LargeHam: Grampy Rabbit, who is overly eager and over-the-top at anything he does. Helps he's also played by [[BrianBlessed BRIAN BLESSED]], who is quite a hammy actor himself.



* LittleMissSnarker: Peppa occasionally.

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* %%* LittleMissSnarker: Peppa occasionally.



* TheMountainsOfIllinois:
** The series never says where it is set. It is supposed to be somewhere in the UK, but things like high, alpine mountains, which aren't found in the UK, appear.
** Also in most foreign dubs, the dub will change the setting to where the dub takes place. For example, the Brazilian Portuguese version is supposed to have the series set in Brazil despite the fact snow-topped mountains and hills lined with temperate climate vegetation appear.



* PlutoIsExpendable: Pluto is excluded when the planets are mentioned at the museum.
** {{Justified}} in that Pluto had been denounced as a planet when the episode was made. Most schools don't teach Pluto is a planet anymore and many, if not most, museums removed it from planetariums.

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* PlutoIsExpendable: Pluto is excluded when the planets are mentioned at the museum.
** {{Justified}}
museum. {{Justified|Trope}} in that Pluto had been denounced as a planet when the episode was made. Most schools don't teach Pluto is a planet anymore and many, if not most, museums removed it from planetariums.



* SchoolPlay: Pedro develops PerformanceAnxiety; Madame Gazelle joins him on stage.
* ShoutOut: The trip to Grandpa Pig's Dinosaur park has Grandpa Pig welcoming everyone in the manner of Richard Attenborough in JurassicPark.
* SpeciesSurname
* SickEpisode: Three of them.

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* SchoolPlay: Peppa's class acts out Little Red Riding Hood for the parents. Then Pedro develops PerformanceAnxiety; Madame Gazelle joins him on stage.
* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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The trip to Grandpa Pig's Dinosaur park has Grandpa Pig welcoming everyone in the manner of Richard Attenborough in JurassicPark.
Franchise/JurassicPark.
** An extremely bizarre one: in "Peppa's Christmas", a bunch of cards hanging near the ceiling can be seen occasionally - and [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140316020419/fantendo/images/7/78/Otaku_Peppa.png one of the cards]] blatantly has a picture of ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', a Japanese character from the popular light novel and anime series with the same name.
* SpeciesSurname
SpeciesSurname: All the characters' surname are their species, such as Peppa Pig [[CaptainObvious who is a pig]].
* SickEpisode: Three of them. One is a episode where the doctor has to keep going to the school to give medicine because a child keeps getting sick. And then he gets sick himself.
* SuddenlyBilingual: In "Pen Pal" it suddenly becomes known for no particular reason that Mummy Pig can speak and understand French, and she uses her knowledge to help Peppa talk to her French pen pal Delphine. Her knowing French isn't mentioned again after the episode.
* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: In "Pen Pal", Peppa gets a French pen pal who she also talks with on the phone and later meets. It transpires that Mommy Pig is fairly fluent in French. Daddy Pig claims to be, but is actually awful.



* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Related: Pedro's father is an optometrist, but Pedro is the only child that needs glasses.
* TheDitz: (Sorta) Pedro.
** ForgetfulJones
* TheMountainsOfIllinois: The series never says where it is set. It is supposed to be somewhere in the UK, but things like high, alpine mountains, which aren't found in the UK, appear.
** Also in most foreign dubs, the dub will change the setting to where the dub takes place. For example, the Brazilian Portuguese version is supposed to have the series set in Brazil despite the fact snow-topped mountains and hills lined with temperate climate vegetation appear.
* TheOtherDarrin: Peppa has had three voice actors. However, other characters voiced by children still have their original voice actors.



* ThroughAFaceFullOfFur: Rebecca Rabbit does it all the time.

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* ThroughAFaceFullOfFur: Rebecca Rabbit Rabbit's face goes really red when blushing despite her fur, and she does it all the time.



* VitriolicBestBuds: Grandpa Pig and Grandad Dog.

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* %%* VitriolicBestBuds: Grandpa Pig and Grandad Dog.



* YesVirginia: "Peppa’s Christmas"

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* YesVirginia: "Peppa’s Christmas"Christmas" has Peppa and George meeting Santa. The others believe in Santa but they initially don't believe that the two got to see him.
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* WhatAreRecords: Averted. When Peppa and George find a record player in Granny and Grandpa's attic, both seem to immediately recognize what it's for and Peppa asks them to play the record that they found with it.

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Other characters are other anthropomorphic animals whose names always start with the first letter of the name of the animal they represent. Popular enough in the UK to have an entire section of a childrens theme park (Paulton's Park) called Peppa Pig World open in 2011.

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Other characters are other anthropomorphic animals whose names always start with the first letter of the name of the animal they represent. Popular enough in the UK to have an entire section of a childrens children's theme park (Paulton's Park) called Peppa Pig World open in 2011.


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* BilingualBonus: In "Pen Pal," Peppa gets a French pen pal who she also talks with on the phone and later meets. It transpires that Mommy Pig is fairly fluent in French. Daddy Pig claims to be, but is actually awful.

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* RunningGag: George's obsession with dinosaurs. "George, you always say 'dinosaur'!"

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* RunningGag: RunningGag
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George's obsession with dinosaurs. "George, you always say 'dinosaur'!"'dinosaur'!"
** Jumping up and down in muddy puddles because "everybody loves jumping up and down in muddy puddles." Even the adults.
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* SantaClaus: In "Peppa's Christmas," both Peppa and George get to meet Santa. The episode seems to imply that the only reason Santa goes up and down the chimney is because he never thought of simply using the door. The vocal credits for the episode list "Father Christmas as himself."
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** {{Justified}} in that Pluto had been denounced as a planet when the episode was made. Most schools don't teach Pluto is a planet anymore and many, if not most, museums removed it from planetariums.
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''Peppa Pig'' is a British animated television series created, directed and produced by Astley Baker Davies (who also make ''WesternAnimation/BenAndHollysLittleKingdom'') and distributed by eOne Entertainment. Debuted in 2004 and still ongoing.

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''Peppa Pig'' is a British animated television series created, directed and produced by Astley Baker Davies (who also make ''WesternAnimation/BenAndHollysLittleKingdom'') and distributed by eOne Entertainment. Debuted in 2004 and still ongoing.ended in 2012.

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--> '''Pedro''': Let's see, if the baby is a girl, I'd name her Sharon.
--> '''Peppa''': Sharon Rabbit? Sharon Rabbit sounds wrong...

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--> '''Pedro''': Let's see, if the baby is a girl, I'd name her Sharon.
Sharon Rabbit.
--> '''Suzy''': I don't think so.
--> '''Peppa''': Sharon Rabbit? Sharon Rabbit sounds wrong...



--> '''Pedro''': And if the baby is a boy, I'd name him Michael.
--> '''Peppa and Rebecca''': Michael Rabbit?!? No!
--> '''Pedro''': What's wrong with Sharon or Michael? I think they're both pretty neat!

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--> '''Pedro''': And if the baby is a boy, I'd name him Michael.
Michael Rabbit.
--> '''Peppa '''Peppa, Suzy and Rebecca''': Michael Rabbit?!? No!
--> '''Pedro''': What's wrong with Sharon or Michael? I think they're both pretty neat!
No!
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The Japanese version did use this song as the theme song. It doesn\'t matter if the video is visually the same.

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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu6dDAIepuE "Colorful Fanfare"]] by ROCO as its theme song.
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That has nothing visually to do with Peppa


* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: ''PeppaPig'' has an different [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu6dDAIepuE theme song]] in Japan.

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** Peppa and some of her friends get to pick out a name for Mummy Rabbit's baby. Pedro's suggestions elicit strong questioning/rejection.
--> '''Peppa''': Sharon Rabbit sounds wrong...

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** Even Peppa and her friends agree that they like it when their names start with the same letter as the name of the species they are. For example, in "Mummy Rabbit's Bump", Peppa and some of her friends get to pick out a name for Mummy Rabbit's baby. Pedro's suggestions elicit strong questioning/rejection.
--> '''Pedro''': Let's see, if the baby is a girl, I'd name her Sharon.
--> '''Peppa''': Sharon Rabbit? Sharon Rabbit sounds wrong...



--> '''Pedro''': And if the baby is a boy, I'd name him Michael.



--> '''Pedro''': What's wrong with Sharon or Michael? I think they're both pretty neat!



* LargeHam: Grampy Rabbit, played by [[BrianBlessed BRIAN BLESSED]].

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* LargeHam: Grampy Rabbit, played by [[BrianBlessed BRIAN BLESSED]].BLESSED]], who is quite a hammy actor himself.

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* CaptainObvious: TheNarrator

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* CaptainObvious: TheNarratorTheNarrator


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* MadLibsCatchPhrase: The Narrator:
--> "[Character] likes [what is currently happening]. ''Everybody'' likes [what is currently happening]."
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''Peppa Pig'' is a British animated television series created, directed and produced by Astley Baker Davies and distributed by eOne Entertainment. Debuted in 2004 and still ongoing.

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''Peppa Pig'' is a British animated television series created, directed and produced by Astley Baker Davies (who also make ''WesternAnimation/BenAndHollysLittleKingdom'') and distributed by eOne Entertainment. Debuted in 2004 and still ongoing.
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* RunningGag: George's obsession with dinosaurs. "George, you always say 'dinosaur'!"
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* ShoutOut: The trip to Grandpa Pig's Dinosaur park has Grandpa Pig welcoming everyone in the manner of Richard Attenborough in JurassicPark.
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and**and:
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** Baby Alexander's wailing is loud enough to be heard from quite a while away. (although it's justified, since he ''is'' a baby)
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*** George Pig and Chloe Pig are more obvious aversions.

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* CuteButCacophonic: In the Spain Dub, When Richard cries, he sound like he's shrieking.

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* CuteButCacophonic: In the Spain Dub, When Richard cries, he sound sounds like he's shrieking.



* ParentalBonus: There's quite a few jokes which are too subtle to be picked up by children, but an adult can find it mildly humorous. Mostly delivered by Daddy Pig and [[BrianBlessed Grampy Rabbit]].

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* ParentalBonus: There's quite a few jokes which are too subtle to be picked up by children, but an adult can find it mildly humorous. Mostly humorous, mostly delivered by Daddy Pig and [[BrianBlessed Grampy Rabbit]].Rabbit]].
* PlutoIsExpendable: Pluto is excluded when the planets are mentioned at the museum.
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* CuteButCacophonic: In the Spain Dub, When Richard cries, he sound like he's shrieking.
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** Joey Kangaroo averts this trope. However, he still has a PunnyName.
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* '''Mommy Pig''': Peppa and George's mother

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* '''Mommy '''Mummy Pig''': Peppa and George's mother
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Grandpa Pig and Grandad Dog.
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* FiveManBand: The toddlers (sans Didier Donkey)
** TheLeader: George Pig (Peppa Pig's little brother)
** TheLancer: Ricard Rabbit (George's best friend; Rebecca Rabbit's little brothers)
** TheSmartGuy[=/=]TheBigGuy: Edmond Elephant (Since he's a clever clogs and elephants are bigger in RealLife; Emilly Elephant's little brother)
** {{The Chick}}s: Zuzu and Zaza Zebra (The only known female toddlers; Zoe Zebra's little twin sisters)
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** Even Suzy Sheep's father is never seen or heard of.


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* FiveManBand: The toddlers (sans Didier Donkey)
** TheLeader: George Pig (Peppa Pig's little brother)
** TheLancer: Ricard Rabbit (George's best friend; Rebecca Rabbit's little brothers)
** TheSmartGuy[=/=]TheBigGuy: Edmond Elephant (Since he's a clever clogs and elephants are bigger in RealLife; Emilly Elephant's little brother)
** {{The Chick}}s: Zuzu and Zaza Zebra (The only known female toddlers; Zoe Zebra's little twin sisters)
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* YesVirginia

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* YesVirginiaYesVirginia: "Peppa’s Christmas"

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Updating those that are blind without glasses, and the Alliterative names.


** Peppa and some of her friends get to pick out a name for Mummy Rabbit's baby. Pedro's suggestion elicits strong questioning.

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** Peppa and some of her friends get to pick out a name for Mummy Rabbit's baby. Pedro's suggestion elicits suggestions elicit strong questioning. questioning/rejection.
--> '''Peppa''': Sharon Rabbit sounds wrong...
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* BlindWithoutEm: Daddy Pig.

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* BlindWithoutEm: Daddy Pig.Pig & Pedro Pony.
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Added EXTRA AMAZING information about Madame Gazelle.


* CoolOldLady: Madame Gazelle is old enough to have taught the parents, and plays a mean guitar.

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* CoolOldLady: Madame Gazelle is old enough to have taught the parents, and plays a mean guitar.guitar, used to be in a band, and was a world champion skiier.

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