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2[[caption-width-right:320:Elliot Moose is on the loose!]]
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4->''"I'm Elliot Moose! I like to play and with my friends I play all day!\
5My best friend Socks has a costume box so we dress up and then....\
6We pretend to be astronauts in Space! Or detectives solving a case!\
7Pirates, knights, explorers too! Then we come home again!"''
8-->--'''The only lyrics in the show's ExpositoryThemeTune that aren't "Elliot Moose is on the loose!"- which weren't even heard in the PBS broadcasts.'''
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10Elliot Moose is a Canadian children's live-action and animated television series produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}}. The series originally premiered in 1999 on [=TVOntario=] in Canada, but later came to the United States in 2000 on Creator/PBSKids as part of their Bookworm Bunch. The series is based on a series of children's books by Andrea Beck, its 104 episodes show the adventures of a young moose named Elliot who lives in a place called "The Big House". He goes on adventures with his friends; Beaverton, Lionel, Socks, and Paisley.
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12The series was developed by Jed [=MacKay=] and produced by Marianne Culbert. The series was unique in that half of the stories were animated, and half were live action; reflecting children's real world of play and their imaginary world. The music was composed by Bruce Ley and Jed [=MacKay=].
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14You can find every episode on [=YouTube=], courtesy of Nelvana's [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUIixndCOJ8x-2cLTyKzMoqu5XbptZZcg Treehouse Direct]].
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16!! This show provides examples of:
17* AdaptedOut: Snowy, Puff and Angel are major characters in the books, but they don’t appear in the actual show.
18* AllThereInTheManual: The show’s page on the ''Bookworm Bunch'' website said that Amy lives upstairs in the house with Paisley (although she never appears in the live action segments).
19* BreakingTheFourthWall: At the beginning and end of each half-hour episode (in total), Elliot would tell the viewers what the moral of "today's show" is. Aside from that though, none of the characters ever talk to the viewers.
20* CanonForeigner: There is no Mong the Mouse in the original books.
21* DubSpeciesChange: In the French dub, Elliot Moose is a caribou instead of a moose.
22* EveryEpisodeEnding: At the end of each (30 minute) episode, Elliot would very briefly tell the viewers the moral of the story. For example:
23** "Remember, good friends cooperate with each other. See you next time"
24* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Despite the show's theme about friendship, the main characters never appear in the same episode together.
25* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Elliot only wears a green t-shirt, but no pants.
26* IMeantToDoThat: Socks' catchphrase.
27* KarmaHoudini: Mong the Mouse nearly always escapes punishment for his actions.
28* ALizardNamedLiz: Beaverton the Beaver and Lionel the Lion are this.
29* MrImagination: Elliot, as well as Socks.
30* TheShowOfTheBooks: This show is based off the books by Andrea Beck.
31* TitleThemeTune: Most of the theme song's lyrics is the fact that "Elliot Moose is on the loose".
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