Difference between revisions of "LazyTown Extra"

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The titlecard for Lazytown Extra.

The Action Time title

LazyTown Extra is a a spin-off television series which debuted in the UK on CBeebies on September 15, 2008. A "magazine format style show" for 3- to 6-year-olds, it features characters from LazyTown in an assortment of short sketches. 26 episodes of LazyTown Extra have been produced, each between 11 and 15 minutes in duration. Several characters are voiced by different actors from those who performed in LazyTown.

Premise

The programme features different short sketches featuring the citizens of LazyTown. In the main segment Ziggy, the show's main protagonist, is on the move at different locations around the UK, learning about different sports, exercise, fun facts. These typically entail him misinterpreting a sport and being corrected by children, passively watching a sport or warm up in play and then interviewing them with a mix of serious and quirky questions, often involving sports candy. These scenes are punctuated with skits with other characters. Sometimes these will be educational in someway, and involve Sportacus teaching children stretches, or Stephanie demonstrating choreography moves to her dances to songs from the main series. Other times, they will be comedic character pieces using characters such as Mayor Meanswell, Stingy and Robbie Rotten based on the theme of the episode.

Action Time

There is also a variation of the premise called Action Time! The most notable change is that Ziggy isn't visiting kids around the world, instead he is in a room talking about the topic of the episode. This was likely done to make it easier to dub the episodes in other languages. Some countries like Spain and Brazil have their own version of the Ziggy on location scenes which is filmed in their country and the kids speak their language, but Spain also included the Action Time! Ziggy scenes as well as the Ziggy on location scenes which made the episodes a bit longer than other countries. The Action time! version of the episode Picnic Time was changed to "let's warm up" and is based on warming up but still has the same character segments (apart from Ziggy) from the episode "picnic time"

Trivia

Although the show was initially produced for the UK, Ziggy is the only puppet character to have his English voice over as opposed to the American voices the others have. This is likely because Ziggy's scenes were filmed in the UK, so it was easier to get hold of and use that voice for those sequences.

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-{{Infobox character
+[[File:Lazytownextra.jpg|thumb|right|alt=LazyTownExtra.|The titlecard for Lazytown Extra.]]
-| name            = Stingy
+[[File:Lazytownactiontime.png|thumb|alt=Action Time|The Action Time title]]
-| image            = Stingy.png
+LazyTown Extra is a a spin-off television series which debuted in the UK on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cbeebies CBeebies] on September 15, 2008. A "magazine format style show" for 3- to 6-year-olds, it features characters from [[LazyTown]] in an assortment of short sketches. 26 episodes of LazyTown Extra have been produced, each between 11 and 15 minutes in duration. Several characters are voiced by different actors from those who performed in LazyTown.
-| caption          = [[File:Stingy_Name.png]]
-| icelandic_name  = [[Nenni Níski]]
-| actor/puppeteer  = [[Jodi Eichelberger]]
-| voice            = -}}
-== Personality ==
+== Premise ==
-Stingy, as his name implies, is the stingiest and greediest person in LazyTown. His catchphrase is "It's Mine!", which he says about almost everything, going as far as to having a song, [[The Mine Song]], where he claims that everything is LazyTown belongs to him. Most of the time, this is played for laughs or to the slight exasperation of his friends except in the episode '''''[[The Great Crystal Caper]]''''' where, after causing Sportacus to lose his crystal, Stingy finds and keeps it. He eventually gives it back and is deeply sorry and vows to try and do better at returning things that don't belong to him. His most prized possessions are his pink piggy-bank, simply called '''Piggy''', and his yellow toy-car, in which he can often be seen driving, or parked next to the Sports Field. Despite his greedy manner, he is a good friend who generally cares about them, and wouldn't let them down. He enjoys playing especially with his friends, but becomes hurt and angry, when he is excluded, or they don't want to play with him, as seen in '''''[[My Treehouse]]''''' when his friends exclude him from their "Friends Forever" club, on the basis that he can't work in a team (Later in the episode this is shown to be true, but he does immensely improve) he ties up the clubhouse with rope (While they are still inside!) and attempts to drag it away, he is stopped by Sportacus, who after asking him why, convinces the kids to let him join. He is very musical, with him shown on the Saxophone, Harmonica, Bass, and Recorder. He is great on roller-blades (Of which he owns many), and is quite good at soccer. He is very clean and hygienic (Owning ''many'' toothbrushes, and he even taught Ziggy how to brush his teeth!) As well as teaching the kids how important it is to clean up, and to keep everything tidy ('''''[[Trash Trouble]]''''').
+The programme features different short sketches featuring the citizens of LazyTown. In the main segment [[Ziggy]], the show's main protagonist, is on the move at different locations around the UK, learning about different sports, exercise, fun facts. These typically entail him misinterpreting a sport and being corrected by children, passively watching a sport or warm up in play and then interviewing them with a mix of serious and quirky questions, often involving [[sports candy]]. These scenes are punctuated with skits with other characters. Sometimes these will be educational in someway, and involve [[Sportacus]] teaching children stretches, or Stephanie demonstrating choreography moves to her dances to songs from the main series. Other times, they will be comedic character pieces using characters such as [[Mayor Meanswell]], [[Stingy]] and [[Robbie Rotten]] based on the theme of the episode.
-His best friend is shown to be Ziggy. At the end of '''''[[The Great Crystal Caper]]''''', [[Trixie]] kisses him.
-==Character Development==
+== Action Time ==
-===Appearance===
-Of all the characters, Stingy's outfits, are the most similar to each other.
-In the first play, Stingy's outfit, consists of a yellow suit, a large black bow-tie, and black shoes. When he is next seen again, in '''''[[Glanni Glæpur í Latabæ]]''''', his outfit is almost identical to his current one, except his shirt is short-sleeved, he has short socks, and black Oxford Shoes.''
-His current outfit is, a long-sleeved button-up shirt, with small pale blue/grey lines, a daffodil yellow waistcoat, knee-length shorts in the same yellow, long white socks, dark brown loafers, a red bow-tie, with a polka-dot pattern, and cuff links. He is the only person in LazyTown besides Sportacus (Whose hair is always hidden) who has brown hair. He wears it short, with some of it being swept over to the other side.
-He is of average height, he has a circle-shaped face, with dark brown eyes, and heavy eyelids.
+There is also a variation of the premise called Action Time! The most notable change is that Ziggy isn't visiting kids around the world, instead he is in a room talking about the topic of the episode. This was likely done to make it easier to dub the episodes in other languages. Some countries like Spain and Brazil have their own version of the Ziggy on location scenes which is filmed in their country and the kids speak their language, but Spain also included the Action Time! Ziggy scenes as well as the Ziggy on location scenes which made the episodes a bit longer than other countries. The Action time! version of the episode [[Picnic Time]] was changed to "let's warm up" and is based on warming up but still has the same character segments (apart from Ziggy) from the episode "picnic time"
-===Personality===
+== Trivia ==
-==Trivia==
+*Although the show was initially produced for the UK, Ziggy is the only puppet character to have his English voice over as opposed to the American voices the others have. This is likely because Ziggy's scenes were filmed in the UK, so it was easier to get hold of and use that voice for those sequences.
-*According to '''''[[LazyTown's Greatest Hits]]''''', his favorite song is [[The Mine Song]].
-*As of '''''[[School Scam]]''''', Stingy starts using glasses for reading.
-*Stingy can play [[When We Play in a Band|bass]], the [[Good Stuff|harmonica]], the [[Man on a Mission|saxophone]] and the recorder.
-*Although his motto is "Mine!", he has also disclaimed certain things, like a ladder he finds in '''''[[Sportafake]]''''' ("Hey, what's this doing here? It's mine. Well, no, but it might be my father's.") and Robbie's Robodog in '''''[[LazyTown's New Superhero]]''''' ("That dog is not mine!").
-{{Character List}}
-[[Category:Characters]]