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* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Tubb

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* BorrowedCatchphrase: This moment from "Deep Sea Reg".

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* BorrowedCatchphrase: This moment from "Deep Sea Reg".Reg", wherein Reg uses Tubb's catchphrase when he realizes the water isn't so bad after all.



* CircusEpisode: "Sploshy's Tail" and "Silly Sploshy"
* DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler:Sploshy the Sponge Wonder]] passes the last superhero test in Super Amelia

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* DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler:Sploshy the Sponge Wonder]] passes the last superhero test in Super Amelia"Super Amelia".



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* ExpositoryThemeTune%%* ExpositoryThemeTune %% Please explain how the theme song explains the show's premise.



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->[[TheStinger Rubbadubbers! Rubbadubbers! The children are coming! Bath time scramble!]]

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->[[TheStinger -->''[[TheStinger Rubbadubbers! Rubbadubbers! The children are coming! Bath time scramble!]]scramble!]]''
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''Rubbadubbers'' is a British stop-motion children's television series produced by Creator/CosgroveHall and Creator/HITEntertainment. The series aired on the BBC in the United Kingdom, ABC Television and ABC2 (11 August 2003 – 30 July 2008) in Australia and Nickelodeon in the United States (as part of the Nick Jr. block).

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''Rubbadubbers'' is a British stop-motion children's television series produced by Creator/CosgroveHall and Creator/HITEntertainment. The series aired on the BBC in the United Kingdom, ABC Television and ABC2 [=ABC2=] (11 August 2003 – 30 July 2008) in Australia and Nickelodeon in the United States (as part of the Nick Jr. block).

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Doctor Terence" has Terence rubbing his nose on a sponge in Amelia's propeller/buttocks. Also in "Little Red Riding Tubb":
-->'''Tubb:''' My, what big udders you have! All the better for you to milk me with!

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Doctor Terence" has Terence rubbing his nose on a sponge in Amelia's propeller/buttocks. Also in "Little Red Riding Tubb":
-->'''Tubb:''' My, what big udders
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_2670.JPG Splish, splash, splosh![[note]]Left to right: Sploshy, Terence, Reg, Tubb, Amelia, and Finbar[[/note]]]]

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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_2670.JPG Splish, splash, splosh![[note]]Left to right: Sploshy, Terence, Reg, Tubb, Amelia, and Finbar[[/note]]]]
Finbar. Not pictured: Winona[[/note]]]]
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* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Water]]: Terence has got to be the biggest example of this trope. He CANNOT stand getting even the slightest bit wet, despite being a toy crocodile.

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* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Water]]: WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Terence has got to be the biggest example of this trope. He CANNOT stand getting even the slightest bit wet, despite being a toy crocodile.
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-->-- '''The theme song, which will [[EarWorm NEVER leave your head]]'''

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-->-- '''The theme song, which will [[EarWorm NEVER leave your head]]'''
song'''
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* EconomyCast: Seven characters but only three voice actors.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_2670.JPG]]

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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_2670.JPG]]
JPG Splish, splash, splosh![[note]]Left to right: Sploshy, Terence, Reg, Tubb, Amelia, and Finbar[[/note]]]]



Splish splash splosh!"''

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Splish splash Splish, splash, splosh!"''
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Episode titles feature the name of whatever Rubbadubber is the focus of the episode and the name of the job they get based on their "If only" wish.
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* BookEnds: Every episode starts and ends in the bathroom.


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* StrictlyFormula: The Rubbadubbers go about their lives, then one of them wishes they could do something with the phrase "If only...". The character is transported to a fantasy world where they get their wish, only for things to go wrong until they get help. One more "If only..." wish takes them back to the real world where they learn their lesson, and they all get ready for bath time which ends the episode.
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* ChristmasEpisode: “Finbar’s Gift” has the Rubbadubbers opening Christmas presents.

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* FairyTaleEpisode: "Tubb the Frog Prince" and "Little Red Riding Tubb".

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* FairyTaleEpisode: "Tubb the Frog Prince" and "Little Red Riding Tubb".Tubb."



* HelpImStuck: In "Amelia the Babysitter", Baby Tubb's head gets stuck in a cloud.

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* HelpImStuck: HelpImStuck:
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In "Amelia the Babysitter", Baby Tubb's head gets stuck in a cloud.cloud.
** In "Sploshy the Stoneseeker," Sploshy gets herself stuck in a cave because her sack was too heavy.
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->''"Here Come The Rubbadubbers\\
Splish Splosh Splish Splosh\\
Here Come the Rubbadubbers\\
Splish Splash Splosh!"''

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->''"Here Come The Rubbadubbers\\
come the Rubbadubbers,\\
Splish, splash, splish, splosh!\\
Here come the Rubbadubbers,\\
Splish Splosh Splish Splosh\\
Here Come the Rubbadubbers\\
Splish Splash Splosh!"''
splash splosh!"''

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-->'''Tubb:''' Swiiiiiiiiiiimin'!
-->'''Reg:''' Bathtime Scramble!
-->'''Sploshy:''' Splish Splash Splosh!
-->'''Finbar:''' Ar Ar Arr!

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-->'''Tubb:''' Swiiiiiiiiiiimin'!
Swimmin'!
-->'''Reg:''' Bathtime Scramble!
scramble!
-->'''Sploshy:''' Splish Splash Splosh!
splash splosh!
-->'''Finbar:''' Ar Ar Arr!Arr, arr, arr!


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*VerbalTic: Finbar's sentences usually have the phrase "arr, arr, arr" in them.
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* NeverSayDie: Averted in "Scary Finbar":
-->'''Terence:''' Now he's trying to scare me to death by singing really badly!

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* AgelessBirthdayEpisode: "Tubb the Magician" for Tubb, and "Terence's Bubble Trouble" for Winona.



* BirthdayEpisode: "Tubb the Magician"
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* EnsembleCast
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* BigShutUp: When Amelia quiets the babies in "Amelia the Babysitter":
-->'''Amelia:''' I'll tell you what to do! Be quiet!!!



* WhamLine: When Amelia quiets the babies in "Amelia the Babysitter":
-->'''Amelia:''' I'll tell you what to do! Be quiet!!!

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* DownerEnding: "Spaceman Reg's" "if only" literally ends with [[spoiler:his rocket running out of fuel]] when he tries to go back home.

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* DownerEnding: "Spaceman Reg's" "if only" literally ends with [[spoiler:his rocket running out of fuel]] fuel when he tries to go back home.]]



* ImagineSpot

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* ImagineSpotImagineSpot: OnceAnEpisode



* OnceAnEpisode



* ToiletHumor: In "Amelia the Babysitter", Terence announces to Amelia that his cloud's full of rain, and since the clouds represent diapers, well...

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* ToiletHumor: In "Amelia the Babysitter", Baby Terence announces to Amelia that his cloud's full of rain, and since the clouds represent diapers, well...
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* DownerEnding: "Spaceman Reg's" "if only" literally ends with [[spoiler:his rocket running out of fuel]] when he tries to go back home.
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* HelpImStuck: In "Amelia the Babysitter, Baby Tubb's head gets stuck in a cloud.

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* HelpImStuck: In "Amelia the Babysitter, Babysitter", Baby Tubb's head gets stuck in a cloud.
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* HelpImStuck: In "Amelia the Babysitter, Baby Tubb's head gets stuck in a cloud.
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* DarkHorseVictory: [[spoiler:Sploshy the Sponge Wonder]] passes the last superhero test in Super Amelia
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-->'''Finbar:''' Someone his left the gate open and my sheep has got out!

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-->'''Finbar:''' Someone his has left the gate open and my sheep has got out!
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* NeverSayDie: Averted in "Scary Finbar":
-->'''Terence:''' Now he's trying to scare me to death by singing really badly!

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* DelayedOhCrap: In "Farmer Sploshy", Sploshy doesn't realize that she was destroying Amelia the chicken's eggs until after she stops driving her tractor.

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* DelayedOhCrap: In "Farmer Sploshy", while driving, Sploshy doesn't realize that she was destroying Amelia the chicken's eggs until after she stops driving her tractor.driving.
-->'''Sploshy''': Driving a tractor is so much fun! (laughs, but then gasps) Oh no! What a mess!
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* DelayedOhCrap: In "Farmer Sploshy", Sploshy doesn't realize that she was destroying Amelia the chicken's eggs until after she stops driving her tractor.


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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: These lines from "Farmer Sploshy":
-->'''Finbar:''' Someone his left the gate open and my sheep has got out!
-->'''Sploshy:''' Someone? Who?
-->'''Finbar:''' Someone on a tractor!
-->'''Sploshy:''' Someone else with a trac-(''realizes'')-tor. Oh!
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* WhamLine: When Amelia quiets the babies in "Amelia the Babysitter":
-->'''Amelia:''' I'll tell you what to do! Be quiet!!!

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