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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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