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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crayonbox.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350: The show's cast.]]
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4	-> ''While walking through a toy store the day before today,''\
5	''I overheard a crayon box with many things to say.''
6	-->-- '''Bubby in the intro'''
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8	''The Crayon Box'' is a puppet and animated series based on a poem by Shane [=DeRolf=], it was produced by The Chiodo Brothers, better known for making ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace'' and Creator/SunbowEntertainment.
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10	The show followed a bunch of LivingToys living in a toy store. At the beginning of each episode, the crayons in the titular box would introduce the story of the episode, and the moral at the end.
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12	The show also featured a number of animated segments as well, including songs or animated segments of stories told in the episode.
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14	The show ran on Creator/{{YTV}} in Canada from 1997 to 1998, and in syndication alongside ''Series/BananasInPyjamas'' in the United States.
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17	!!''The Crayon Box'' contains examples of:
18	* AnimateInanimateObject: The crayons.
19	* BearyFriendly: Bubby the teddy bear's a pretty friendly fellow.
20	* BlackBeadEyes: Most of the cast seems to have these.
21	* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: Dotty and Lump, respectively.
22	* LivingToys: The inhabitants of the store are a bunch of living toys.
23	* MeaningfulName: Dotty is a cat with a connect-the-dot-style series of dots around her.
24	** Piggy Banks is a PiggyBank.
25	* MediumBlending: Sometimes, during the stories being told, the format would change from live-action puppets to 2D animation.
26	* PiggyBank: Piggy Banks is a living piggy bank, with a slot for coins in his back.
27	* ShoutOut: In "Three Little Piggies", the pigs are named Lester, Chester, and Sylvester. However, Sylvester changes his name to Bob because [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Sylvester's a name for a cat]].

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