Line #27 WesternAnimation/MooseAndZee


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3	'''Moose and Zee''' are a pair of animated mascots who hosted program breaks on the Creator/{{Noggin}} channel. They made their first appearance in 2003, shortly after the channel relaunched its preschool block. Moose and Zee ushered in an age of much younger-skewing content on Noggin, as opposed to the weirder, more experimental content from its first few years.
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5	Moose A. Moose is a talkative yellow moose while Zee D. Bird is a mute blue bird. The two are close friends and are always seen together. Together, Moose and Zee teach young children various things, tell stories, and sing songs.
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7	The characters were seen on TV from 2003 to 2012 (2013 in the UK). In 2015, the Noggin brand was revived as a mobile app, and Moose and Zee were temporarily brought back as the hosts. Some of their older shorts were also included in the app, edited to remove the wraparound segments that announced which shows came up next. Since 2019, Moose and Zee are no longer the hosts, but some of the shorts still remain. Occasionally, app users unfamiliar with the characters mistake them for a TV show of their own; it's important to note that Moose and Zee were just channel mascots and (unfortunately) never had their own show.
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9	The main segments are:
10	* Mighty Fine Art: Moose and Zee discuss a painting or artist at the art museum.
11	* Puzzle Time: Moose asks the viewer to solve a puzzle.
12	* Music Video: Moose sings a song.
13	* In Other Words: A specific word is introduced and explained to the viewer.
14	* Class Pet Time: The life of a pet named "Chip-Chip".
15	* Story Time: A fairy-tale is narrated by Moose.
16	* Little Green Fingers ("Zee's Garden" internationally): A live-action segment featuring a type of plant.
17	* Zee's Bookshelf: Zee introduces an upcoming show.
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19	Moose and Zee also appear as hosts on the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} game ''Nickelodeon Fit''.
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21	!!Moose and Zee's shorts contain examples of:
22	* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The dancing candy cane in "Candy Cane" is animated in CGI.
23	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Moose is a light yellow moose.
24	* AreWeThereYet: This is the refrain for Moose's aptly titled music video "[[https://youtu.be/AkRMyA3gI-A Are We There Yet?]]", which is about being impatient on an exciting journey.
25	* AudienceSurrogate: Zee is supposed to be a stand-in for the preschool audience watching Noggin's and Nick Jr's shows.
26	* BeachEpisode: "Beside the Seaside" features Moose and Zee enjoying a day at the beach.
27	* ChristmasEpisode: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULco5m94_i4 Candy Cane]]", where Moose wants a candy cane for Christmas. [[spoiler:Zee gives him one in the end]].
28	* CuteMute: Zee is pretty much adorable despite being TheSpeechless.
29	* DoesNotLikeSpam: Moose despises candy corn. He has a whole song about how much he hates it.
30	* ADogNamedDog: Moose A. Moose is, well, a moose.
31	* ExpressiveEars: Moose doesn't actually have visible ears, but has antlers sticking out of where the ears would be that function in the exact same way.
32	* GenkiGirl: Male example -- Moose is usually this since he's the talkative and wordy one.
33	* HalloweenEpisode: The music video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtuHI4z1ssQ I Don't Like Candy Corn]]" takes place on Halloween, where Moose is a mummy and Zee is a vampire. Moose performs a song about how he doesn't like candy corn.
34	* FracturedFairyTale: The "Story Time" segments present the original fairy tales as they initially were intended, but add a spin at the very end to elaborate on the endings of the stories.
35	* InterspeciesFriendship:
36	** Moose and Zee are a moose and bird who are best friends.
37	** The FracturedFairyTale take on ''Literature/GoldilocksAndTheThreeBears'' ends with [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Goldilocks]] taking the bear family out for breakfast. She ends up befriending Baby Bear.
38	* MarshmallowDream: In "Candy Cane," Moose dreams about eating a candy cane, only to wake up to find that he's eaten his umbrella.
39	* MysteriousMiddleInitial: Zee D. Bird and Moose A. Moose both have them. Both of these, however, can technically be read as being [[PunnyName punny names]], i.e. "Zee, the bird" and "Moose, a moose."
40	* NotHisSled: ''Goldilocks and the Three Bears'' ends with Goldilocks befriending the bears.
41	* PlatonicLifePartners: Moose and Zee are best buddies who apparently live together.
42	* ReactiveContinuousScream: Goldilocks screams at the sight of the bear family finding her in Baby Bear's bed, to which the bear family screams along with her, before she [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere scrambles her way out of the house]].
43	* RedOniBlueOni: Moose and Zee are a very downplayed example. Moose is the more extroverted and talkative one of the duo, while Zee is more introverted and explicitly stated to be shy in her debut appearance on Noggin.
44	* RepetitiveName: Moose A. Moose and Zee D. Bird, with only a consistently used MysteriousMiddleInitial keeping them from being even more repetitive.
45	* SameLanguageDub: A British dub was produced and aired on TMF/VIVA and Nick Jr. UK, however, it is very hard to come by.
46	* TheSingingMute: The only time Zee has ever said anything was in [[https://ashleyelizabeth.bandcamp.com/track/abc-song-for-noggins-moose-zee this alphabet song.]]
47	* SpeciesSurname:
48	** Moose's surname is "Moose".
49	** Zee's surname is "Bird".
50	* ThanksgivingEpisode: "[[https://youtu.be/QkTnHtcWTuQ We Are Thankful]]" is a song that would air every year during November, about family, food, and thankfulness.
51	* TrueBlueFemininity: Since Zee couldn't speak and has blue feathers, she gave a lot of viewers a ViewerGenderConfusion. Nevertheless, a lot of fans knew that Zee is indeed a girl.
52	* VocalEvolution: While Paul Christie's performance as Moose is known for being lively and enthusiastic, his tone was a lot more relaxed in earlier shorts.

Context WesternAnimation / MooseAndZee