Line #103 WesternAnimation/TeamUmizoomi


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2	[[caption-width-right:255:[[{{Keet}} Geo]], [[PluckyComicRelief Bot]], and [[GenkiGirl Milli]].]]
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4	''Team Umizoomi'' is a computer-animated superhero EdutainmentShow, with a focus on teaching beginning math concepts to preschool children. The main characters -- Milli, Geo, and Bot -- are three miniature heroes who live in a statue in Umi City. They help (real) children with their dilemmas, all of which require solving various counting, addition, and geometric challenges to do so. The viewer is addressed as their "[=UmiFriend=]" and incorporated into their adventures.
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6	As superheroes, each team member has their own unique powers: Geo can create any object by assembling the appropriate geometric shapes from his belt, Milli has prehensile ponytails and can project patterns, and Bot is a multipurpose DoAnythingRobot. They typically travel around town in their orange self-driving [=UmiCar=].
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8	The show premiered on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in 2010 and aired it's final episode in 2015.
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11	!!Tropes:
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13	* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Half of the characters and props are made in CGI. Some of these characters blend in pretty well, some stick out like a sore thumb.
14	* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Squiddy the squid only wears glasses and a bowtie.
15	%%* AesopAmnesia: [[spoiler: Dump Truck]] in [[spoiler: The Great Shape Race]] and [[spoiler: Umi Grand Prix]]
16	%%** Also in [[spoiler: Umi Grand Prix]], there was [[spoiler: The Shape Bandit]] and [[spoiler: Squiddy]]
17	%%*** [[spoiler: Squiddy]] gets hit with this again in [[spoiler: Umi Ninjas]]
18	* {{Animesque}}: While Team Umizoomi is influenced by Korean culture, the designs of the main three look a lot like typical cutesy Japanese characters. Season 4 also adds a "powerup" sequence in each episode that takes many visual cues from action-oriented anime.
19	* AstralFinale: "Umi Space Heroes" involves Team Umizoomi going to space to repair the moon after the [=TroubleMakers=] have destroyed it by sending Trouble Bubbles.
20	* AutoDoc: Downplayed, as it is only in this episode, but "Doctor Bot" reveals Bot to have doctor skills, tending to a child's scraped knee.
21	* BadassAdorable: While the titular team itself starts out as just adorable, being a trio of tiny superheroes who are cute and friendly, overtime, as the show adds more action, they gradually become this, which is especially obvious by season 4, where the team does quite a lot of action and still look cute.
22	* BeachEpisode: Two of them, the first involving rescuing a Blue Mermaid, and the second involving returning a shark car to its owner.
23	%%* BearsAreBadNews: Subverted with Silly Bear.
24	* BeTheBall: One of Bot's abilities is to turn into a ball at will when a situation calls for it.
25	* BicolorCowsSolidColorBulls: All the cows in "The Milk Out" are black-and-white, with the added twist of the black patches being shaped like diamonds, hearts, moons, or stars. "The Kitty Rescue" has a [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife blue bull]], a brown bull, and a [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife red bull]].
26	* BlackBeadEyes: Milli, Geo and Bot have these.
27	* BreatherEpisode: "Robo-Tools", "The Sunshine Fairy", and "Little Panda Joe" are the breather episodes of Season 4, which introduced the [=TroubleMakers=] into this season.
28	* BroughtDownToNormal: Subverted. The Shape Bandit only took Geo's shape belt, but not his powers.
29	* CaptainColorbeard: Squarebeard The Pirate.
30	* CartoonCheese: [=DoorMouse=]'s usual lunch is a wheel of cheese. "CHEESY!"
31	* CatsAreMean: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. The Shape Bandit is very clever and tricky when stealing shapes, but not mean. In fact, the reason why he stole all those shapes in the first place is because [[spoiler:he wanted to build a house to live in Umi City]]. When that was done, he inverts it altogether by never stealing shapes again.
32	* CharacterCatchphrase:
33	** Milli: "Pattern Power!" and "Milli Measure!"
34	** Geo: "Super Shapes!"
35	** Bot: Lots, including "Yoinks-A-Doinks!","Great Gigabytes!", and "Jumping [=JPEGs=]!"
36	** The villians have catchprases as well:
37	*** "Bup-Be-Ah-Bah-Bah-Bah!" (Squiddy).
38	*** "Ha Ha Ha Ha!" (Zilch).
39	*** "Toodely-Doo" (Shape Bandit).
40	*** "Trouble you later!" and "Trouble-Dee, Trouble-Dee, Trouble Ray!" (The Troublemakers)
41	%%* CheekyMouth: Some of the characters will have this.
42	* ChromaticArrangement: Milli (Pink/Red), Geo (Blue), and Bot (Green).
43	* CityOfAdventure: Umi City has its fair share of adventure with a Shape Bandit, a pair of [=TroubleMakers=], a bunch of races, and, of course, the Team saving the day with math powers.
44	%%* CodeName: [=DoorMouse=]. That's all.
45	* CompressedHair: With her helmet on, Milli's ponytails are quite thin and ribbon-like (see MagicHair for justification). With her helmet off, they are full and luscious without any signs of helmet hair.
46	* ContinuityNod: In "The Great Umi Car Rescue", Milli mentions Umi Car winning the Umi City Race.
47	%%* CoolCar: [=UmiCar=]!
48	%%* CoolHelmet: Milli and Geo.
49	* CountingSong: They have songs about counting by fives and tens.
50	* DancePartyEnding: [[EveryEpisodeEnding Every episode closes]] with the team dancing the Umi Shake dance along with [[WrapUpSong its song.]] Since Season 2, every character who helped them in the episode dances with them.
51	* ADayInTheLimeLight: Milli is focused on in the episode "Milli Saves The Day".
52	* DefeatEqualsFriendship:
53	** Somewhat. It's usually whenever the team faces a villain.
54	** Averted with the Troublemakers. They never reform.
55	* {{Determinator}}: "Milli Saves the Day" reveals that Milli would go through anything to help her friends Geo and Bot whenever they're in danger; there's even an entire musical number about it.
56	* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat:
57	** Any episode that has a race.
58	** "Umi Grand Prix" has the worst. [[spoiler:The Shape Bandit, Dump Truck, Squiddy, and the [=TroubleMakers=]]] were probably better-off focusing on the race and ''only'' the race.
59	* DisneyAcidSequence: Almost ''any'' song in this show will have certain elements of this that relate to the song.
60	* [[DistressedDude Distressed Dudes]]:
61	** Geo and Bot in "Milli Saves the Day".
62	** Bot in "Crazy Skates".
63	** [[spoiler:[=DoorMouse=]]] in [[spoiler:[=DoorMouse=] in Space]]
64	** [[spoiler:The Incredible Presto]] in both "The Incredible Presto" and "Presto's Magic House"
65	* DoAnythingRobot: Bot has stretching limbs, a see-anything viewscreen, various {{Hammerspace}} compartments, and as much strength as the plot demands.
66	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The theme song is performed by the three main characters.
67	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
68	** In "The Big Boat Race", the tones used for "Milli Measure" and "Pattern Power" are switched.
69	** Throughout most of Season 1, [=UmiCar=] was an inanimate car, compared to him being sentient in later seasons.
70	* EarsAsHair: Subverted. Milli is a non-animal girl, but what appear to be ponytails coming out of her helmet are actually tape measures.
71	* EdutainmentShow: Teaches various math concepts to viewers.
72	* EvolvingCredits:
73	** In Season 1, the opening starts with Milli, Geo, and Bot poking out of the grass, jumping over some shoes, and then getting into [=UmiCar=] and driving towards the viewers. The Season 2, 3, and 4 opening removes the grass scene and replaces it with a new one that consists of Bot, Milli, and Geo popping into the screen with the middle and latter without their helmets, then Milli and Geo put on their helmets and the team jumps.
74	** In the former opening, [=UmiCar=] is inanimate. In the latter opening, he becomes sentient.
75	* ExtendableArms: Bot can stretch his arms and legs to long lengths. In fact, two of his catchphrases are "Arms, extendo!" and "Legs, extendo!"
76	* FakeInteractivity: The team addresses the viewer as their "Umifriend," saying that they have mighty math powers too.
77	* FantasyHelmetEnforcement:
78	** The titular characters always put on their seat-belts whenever they go inside Umi Car or any land vehicle. [[OffModel The seat-belts disappear at some points of time]].
79	** The Team also puts on life-jackets when they go on anything floating in water.
80	** Milli and Geo wear helmets all the time, because you never know when you could go into a dangerous situation with [[CoolHelmet Cool Helmets]].
81	* FictionalCurrency: Umi City uses Umi Dollars/Umi Cents.
82	* FisherKing: Averted. Even when the King of Numbers is trapped in Zilch's tower, Numberland is still a bright and [[BuffySpeak number-y]] kingdom.
83	* FisherKingdom: In "Movie Madness", whatever movie Team Umizoomi and/or a [=TroubleMaker=] enters, they end up dressed appropriately for the movie. (i.e. In the spy movie, Team Umizoomi is wearing spycatsuits, while Little Trouble is dressed entirely in white.)
84	* ForTheEvulz: Pretty much the only reason the Troublemakers do what they do.
85	* FourFingeredHands:
86	** Milli and Geo have these. Ironic for Mighty Math Heroes. Geo does grow a 5th one on one occasion, however.
87	** [=DoorMouse=] has the 5 proper fingers.
88	* FreeRangeChildren:
89	** Asides from Bot taking care of them, Milli and Geo play this straight.
90	** Ditto to the children in Umi City.
91	* FreudianExcuse: Almost every bad guy Team Umizoomi has ever encounter has one.
92	** Squiddy captured the Blue Mermaid [[spoiler:because he was afraid of the dark]].
93	** Zilch hated numbers [[spoiler:because he never learned to count]].
94	** The Shape Bandit stole shapes [[spoiler:just to build a house]].
95	** Grog stole Sunny's Sunshine Power [[spoiler:because he didn't like his dark swamp]].
96	* FriendlyRival: Dump Truck to [=UmiCar=].
97	* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: [=DoorMouse=] wears a vest, shirt, pants, and shoes.
98	* GirlishPigtails: Milli has two red-colored pigtails sticking out of her helmet.
99	* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Milli is overall pretty girly, with stuff like the [[PinkMeansFeminine default pink dress]], GirlishPigtails, and her love of flowers, but at the same time, she is also a GirlyBruiser who can do Kung-Fu, and does share some interests with her little brother, Geo, like video games and dinosaurs.
100	* {{Hammerspace}}:
101	** In one episode, Geo pulls out a banana from behind his back to show what the Ice Lasers could do to the team if they weren't careful.
102	** Similarly, Bot's various compartments always has whatever item the story needs.
103	* HaveAGayOldTime: In "Umi Knights", the bard sings that "the Umi Knights are gay for saving the day". Given that the episode takes place in a medieval time period, when "gay" meant happy and not homosexual, this is justified, though this episode aired in 2014 and probably prompted some funny looks from parents watching with their kids.
104	* IAmSong: The first song, [[http://teamumizoomi.wikia.com/wiki/Mighty_Math_Powers Mighty Math Powers]], has the team introducing themselves and their powers.
105	* ImprobableAge:
106	** In "Job Well Done", Milli was able to get a job at a sandwich stand and Geo was able to become the newspaper boy.
107	** Milli and Geo sit in the front of [=UmiCar=] ''at 6 and/or 5!'' Probably justified as [=UmiCar=] drives itself and avoids dangers appropriately.
108	* InconsistentSpelling:
109	** "Milli" is sometimes spelled as "Millie".
110	** [=DoorMouse=] has his name spelled as "Door Mouse" and "Dormouse".
111	* InterspeciesFriendship: Milli and Geo are friendly to Bot and [=DoorMouse=]. See RobotBuddy.
112	* LargeHam: There are people who had at least a few large ham moments.
113	** "Super Shaaaaaaaaapes, you-know-what-I'm-talking-about. Super, Duper Shapes!" (Cue AirGuitar)
114	** "Cheese! Come back, cheese! Coming through! CHEESY!"
115	** "YOINKS-A-DOINKS!"
116	** "BUP-BE-AH-BAH-BAH-BAH!"
117	** "TROUBLE RAY!"
118	* {{Lilliputians}}: Milli and Geo. Bot is a non-human version of this.
119	* LimitedWardrobe: Taken a few steps further, they even dive underwater with their clothes on (abet with faceplates and/or flippers). For spacesuit, they still have the faceplates, but their clothes turn white with few hints of color and gloves are added. A possible justification is that their clothes are waterproof MagicPants.
120	* MagicHair: Milli's hair can grow longer and measure!
121	* MagicSkirt: Played straight and literally with Milli's dress! No matter witch way Milli flips, turns or moves, Mill's dress is always in place. Her dress also changes colors.
122	* MagneticPlotDevice: Bot's Umi Alarm goes off whenever someone needs help.
123	* MeaningfulName:
124	** Milli is a Latin prefix for "Thousand", and is often used for measurements. It's also short for "millimeter" or "millisecond".
125	** Geo's powers related to '''geo'''metry.
126	** Bot is short for "Robot".
127	* MediumBlending: The main characters are flash animated, but live actors also regularly appear and interact with the characters.
128	* MouseWorld: Tend to be a subversion since the humans will often interact with the team.
129	* MundaneUtility:
130	** In one episode, Geo uses his shape powers to make snacks.
131	** Bot is a living version of this trope when not problem solving.
132	* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: [=DoorMouse=] can go from guarding doors in one episode to lowering bridges in another. He was also a shark catcher and a cowboy.
133	* NonIndicativeName: Door Mouse at first averts this, guarding only doors. But then he starts guarding anything but doors, putting the name in question. He still does guard doors, but only in a few occasions.
134	* TheNoseless: Milli and Geo both lack noses.
135	* NoSongForTheWicked: Zig-zagged. While some villains got their own songs, Squiddy never did.
136	* NotWearingTights: Milli and Geo wear the basic dress/shirt and pants (respectively) and, along with Bot, use their own names.
137	* OddNameOut: Think about it.
138	** "Milli" and "Geo" are math-related names. (millipede, millimeter, millisecond, geometry, geometric)
139	*** Bonus points for being prefixes.
140	** "Bot" is the only non-math related name and non-prefix name.
141	** In another way, Milli's name has five letters instead of three (with Geo and Bot), further emphasizing her status as a leader.
142	* OdeToFood:
143	** "Snack Patterns" from "Ready for Take-Off" has the team sing about various foods put in different patterns, initiated after seeing a pattern of juice and pretzels on the plane's snack cart.
144	** "We Like Milk" from "The Milk Out", where the team sings about milk and its healthiness.
145	%%* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Sunny the Sunshine Fairy
146	%%* OurGoblinsAreDifferent:
147	%%** Zilch, if his appearance and ability were of any indication.
148	%%** Grog from "The Sunshine Fairy".
149	* OffscreenInertia: The Troublemakers always ended each episode in a demeaning position, even staying that way for the "Crazy Shake". Their final appearance in particular had them trapped in a forcefield that was spiraling through space.
150	* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: The Blue Mermaid from "Legend of the Blue Mermaid."
151	-->'''The Blue Mermaid:''' I love my home, I love my friends and all my friends love me.
152	* ParentalAbandonment: Milli and Geo's parents are nowhere to be seen. [[ParentalSubstitute Bot seems to be the closest thing to a parental figure]].
153	* ParentalBonus: The title of "Gizmos Gone Wild" is a reference to ''Girls Gone Wild'', a porn/adult entertainment franchise.
154	* PokeThePoodle: Most of the crimes the Troublemakers commit tend to be this, from breaking a skateboard to stealing lunch boxes. [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Their most heinous crime]] however, was splitting the moon into four pieces.
155	* PokemonSpeak: The only word Umicar ever says is his own name, though it will change accordingly if he transforms into something else (e.g. "Umicopter" in the "Rescue" episodes).
156	* {{Premiseville}}: Umi City. Take a wild guess.
157	* RememberTheNewGuy:
158	** Bot immediately recognizes The [=TroubleMakers=] in the season four premiere "The Boy with the Dragon Skateboard", despite said premiere being the debut of the latter.
159	** Likewise, inverted. Any character/villain recently introduced in certain episodes/specials, if Team Umizoomi doesn't introduce themselves beforehand, will address Team Umizoomi by their actual name, even if it's never given it out to said character/villain.
160	*** One example of this inversion is "Umi Cops!", where the Team is called upon by the Police General as The Umi Cops, despite only becoming cops recently.
161	* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Bot is able to eat food, swim in the water and cry without being electrocuted (even when he says "Don't get my circuits wet"), and be friendly to people.
162	* RobotBuddy: Bot, if his name didn't clue you in, is a robot who is best friends with Milli and Geo.
163	* RogerRabbitEffect: The animated characters often appear alongside and interact with live-action actors.
164	* SentientVehicle: [=UmiCar=] past the first half of season 1 is capable of speaking and moving around on its own.
165	* SerialEscalation: Season 1 had mundane, slice-of-life problems that the team had to solve. Season 2 added a RoguesGallery for the team to deal with, and by the time of the final season, the show has become much more action-oriented, with the team chopping, kicking, and ponytail whipping their way through obstacles ("Umi Ninjas," "Movie Madness," etc), though it never gets violent.
166	* ShoutOut:
167	** The team's WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine.
168	** In "Haircut Hijinx", Team Umizoomi has made references to Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog (in Geo's short hair segment), Literature/SherlockHolmes, Anthony and Cleopatra, and ''Franchise/StarWars'' (in the photos segment).
169	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Milli is the only regular female in the team with a ratio of 1:3. But she is ''the'' leader of the team, making her prominent.
170	* SpyCatsuit: Subverted in "Movie Madness". The catsuits Milli, Geo, and Bot wear have a design that's no different from [[LimitedWardrobe what they usually wear.]] It still carries the black part of the spy catsuit.
171	* StarringSmurfette: ZigZagged, Milli is the only female member and the leader, though the show gives equal focus between her, Geo, and Bot, most of the time. That said, this is especially obvious on episodes focusing on her like "Milli Saves the Day", where the premise is that [[DistressedDude Geo and Bot]] got stuck in honey and need Milli's help.
172	* ThemeMusicPowerUp:
173	** Season 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGO-vmK0DqE
174	** Season 2 (Lyrics will Vary): http://www.nickjr.com/kids-videos/team-umizoomi-kids-videos.html
175	* ThemeTuneRollCall: At the end of the theme song.
176	-->'''Milli:''' Milli!
177	-->'''Geo:''' Geo!
178	-->'''Bot:''' Bot!
179	-->'''Everyone:''' And ''[[NoFourthWall you!]]''
180	* ThreateningShark: {{Inverted}} with the episode Shark Car, including the character. Both follow the cutesy aesthetic of the show and the latter wouldn't even scare a fly.
181	* ThreePlusTwo: The show maily focuses on Milli, Geo, and Bot, but Umi Car sometimes jumps into the action.
182	%%* TinCanRobot: Bot.
183	* UnconventionalFoodUsage:
184	** In a licensed game, the villain causes "silly" things to happen around town, such as a window being made of cheese and a car's wheel being swapped with a pizza.
185	** In one episode, since Geo at the time still doesn't have his Shape Belt, he decides to make a helicopter out of food to be able to chase the Shape Bandit. They are able to go after him and go to his secret hideout, but not without consequences as their helicopter suffered two bites from birds, leading to them having to avoid four-bump clouds.
186	* UtilityBelt: Geo has a shape belt that only carries [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you know what]], but with his powers he can still make whatever a utility belt carries with the shapes he has.
187	* VillainSong:
188	** The Shape Bandit's theme song.
189	--->'''The Shape Bandit''': "I'm a Shape Bandit. Please understand it. Shape Collecting is what I do."
190	** The [=TroubleMakers=]' theme song:
191	--->'''The [=TroubleMakers=]''': Trouble-Dee, Trouble-Dee, Trouble-Dee, Trouble-Dee, Trouble-Dee, Trouble-Dee, Trouble-Dee, Trouble-Dee, Trouble-Dee, Trouble-Dee, Trouble-Dee, Trouble-Dee, Double the trouble for you!
192	** Come to think of it, pretty much ''every'' villain has one.
193	* [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Where The Hell Is Umi City?]]:
194	** Umi City might be in America, but with concepts like the Statue of Geometry and Umi Dollars, it's hard to tell.
195	** In "[=DoorMouse=] in Space", the rocket made by Geo leaves California, and later the two rocket ships head somewhere towards Florida or Georgia.
196	* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Milli is only 6, and Geo is no older than her. Yet they can handle responsibility, speak perfect English, and don't go into temper tantrums that often. They can also solve problems easily.
197	* WrapUpSong: Every episode ends with a "Crazy Shake" song and dance. The lyrics were shortened and changed since Season 2, and every character who appeared in the episode joins as well.
198	* YouMeanXmas: Valentine's Day is called "Just Because I Love You Day".

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