History WesternAnimation / WilloTheWisp

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[[caption-width-right:299:Hello children, would you like to hear a horrid story of dreadful folk?]]

Willo The Wisp is the title of a 1981 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] children's programme, and TheRemake in 2005. It tells the story of various magical beings living in an enchanted forest, Doily Woods, all voiced by Creator/KennethWilliams, and whose adventures were narrated by Willo the Wisp, a ghostly creature [[InkSuitActor caricature of]] Creator/KennethWilliams. In the remake, they were voiced by James Dreyfuss of ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'' and ''Series/GimmeGimmeGimme''.

'''Characters''':

* '''Willo The Wisp''': The CharacterNarrator, a WillOTheWisp.
* '''Arthur''': H'an h'opinionated caterpillar who never quite turned into a butterfly. A KnowNothingKnowItAll.
* '''Mavis Cruet''': A very overweight fairy who can't fly. A bit of a romantic.
* '''The Moog''' A very dim dog-like being. Arthur's pet, but he hangs around with Carwash quite a lot.
* '''Carwash''': A highly intelligent cat. Usually too intelligent to actually be involved in the story, and just [[DeadpanSnarker snarks]] from the sidelines.
* '''The Beast''': A handsome prince who gets turned into a beast by Evil Edna in the first episode. Generally obsessed with becoming a handsome prince again.
* '''Evil Edna''': A WickedWitch. Also, a talking television set with legs. (In the remake, she transforms herself into a flatscreen in the first episode.)
* '''Twit''': A small yellow bird. Intelligent, but quietly so.
* '''The Astrognats''': A group of insect-like space explorers. Their ship is a huge rocket-powered mushroom.

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!!This show contains examples of:

* AndIMustScream: In one episode Edna turns the Beast into an iced lolly ("And in your old shape, too!"). Then he starts to melt...
* BeautyToBeast: The Beast, turned from handsome prince to shaggy beast in ep1 and from there any attempts to turn back meet with FailureIsTheOnlyOption.
* BlindWithoutEm: Carwash apparently has no eyes at all without 'em.
* BritishBrevity: Both versions lasted for one season of 26 5 minute episodes, making a total run time of four hours and twenty minutes.
* CatsAreSnarkers: Carwash the Cat, who provides sarcastic commentary on how the current storyline and people in it are acting like idiots.
* DogsAreDumb: The Moog.
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: The Beast. The magic words he must recite to revert to his true form are, of course, "Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran".
* FatComicRelief: Although pretty much everyone takes a turn on being the idiot, Mavis is this more than normal due to her weight and being a bit of a deluded romantic.
* IneptMage: Mavis. Seldom do her spells go right, or even work at all.
* InkSuitActor: Willo the Wisp is clearly modelled on a caricature of Williams.
* FurryConfusion: The caterpillar has a pet dog. Let's not even get into the size discrepancy between the characters.
* LarynxDissonance: Mavis and Edna.
* LemonyNarrator: Kenneth Williams' trademark snark is on full display during his narration duties.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In "Edna's Secret", Arthur and his friends are baffled when Evil Edna starts acting cheerful and nice.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Carwash.
* SpinOff: In a way; the character design of Willo has its origins in an animated advermentary about British Gas, in which he was a talking blob of natural gas (still played by Williams), initially mistaken for a will o' the wisp.
* WeightWoe: Mavis. She is insecure about her weight, and also a hopeless romantic.
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* '''Willo The Wisp''': The {{Narrator}}, a WillOTheWisp.

* LemonyNarrator: Kenneth Williams trademark snark is on full display during his narration duties.

* FatGirl: Mavis. She is insecure about her weight, and also a hopeless romantic.

* FurryConfusion: The caterpillar has a pet dog. Let's not even get into the size discrepency between the characters.

* '''The Moog''' A very dim dog-like being. Arthur's pet.

Willo The Wisp is the title of a 1981 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] children's programme, and TheRemake in 2005. It tells the story of various magical beings living in an enchanted forest, Doily Woods, all voiced by Creator/KennethWilliams, and whose adventures were narrated by Willow the Wisp, a ghostly creature [[InkSuitActor caricature of]] Creator/KennethWilliams. In the remake, they were voiced by James Dreyfuss of ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'' and ''Series/GimmeGimmeGimme''.

Willo The Wisp is the title of a 1981 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] children's programme, and TheRemake in 2005. It tells the story of various magical beings living in an enchanted forest, Doily Woods, all voiced by Creator/KennethWilliams, and whose adventures were narrated by Willow the Wisp, a ghostly creature [[InkSuitActor caricature of]] Creator/KennethWilliams. In the remake, they were voiced by James Dreyfuss of ''TheThinBlueLine'' and ''GimmeGimmeGimme''.

Willo The Wisp is the title of a 1981 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] children's programme, and TheRemake in 2005. It tells the story of various magical beings living in Doily Woods, all voiced by Creator/KennethWilliams. In the remake, they were voiced by James Dreyfuss of ''TheThinBlueLine'' and ''GimmeGimmeGimme''.

* '''Willo The Wisp''': The {{Narrator}}, a will o' the wisp.

Willo The Wisp is the title of a 1981 [[TheBBC BBC]] children's programme, and TheRemake in 2005. It tells the story of various magical beings living in Doily Woods, all voiced by Creator/KennethWilliams. In the remake, they were voiced by James Dreyfuss of ''TheThinBlueLine'' and ''GimmeGimmeGimme''.

Willo The Wisp is the title of a 1981 [[TheBBC BBC]] children's programme, and TheRemake in 2005. It tells the story of various magical beings living in Doily Woods, all voiced by Kenneth Williams. In the remake, they were voiced by James Dreyfuss of ''TheThinBlueLine'' and ''GimmeGimmeGimme''.

* '''Willow The Wisp''': The {{Narrator}}, a will o' the wisp.

* InkSuitActor: Willow the Wisp is clearly modelled on a caricature of Williams.

* SpinOff: In a way; the characte design of Willow has its origins in an animated advermentary about British Gas, in which he was a talking blob of natural gas (still played by Williams), initially mistaken for a will o' the wisp.

* CatsAreSnarkers: Carwash.

* IneptMage: Mavis.
* InkSuitActor: Willow the Wisp is clearly modeled on a caracticure of Williams.
* FatGirl: Mavis.

* TalkingToHimself: Williams (and later Dreyfuss) do all the voices.