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== Speedy deletion of test pages in the userspace ==
=Tigger=
I had the intention of closing [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Mitros1973/sandbox]] ([[User:Mitros1973/sandbox]]) and [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Mitros1973/sandbox/mitrostziavarasgr]] ([[User:Mitros1973/sandbox/mitrostziavarasgr]]) in the same manner as I did with [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:About daud abdikarem]] ([[Draft:About daud abdikarem]]). However, [[WP:CSD#G2|G2]] explicitly "does not apply to pages in the [[Wikipedia:User page|user namespace]]" (as contributor recently pointed out to me as well). Best Regards, <small>—&nbsp;[[User:Godsy|<span style="color:MediumSpringGreen;">Godsy</span>]]<sup>&nbsp;([[User_talk:Godsy|TALK]]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-2.0ex;">[[Special:Contributions/Godsy|<span style="color:Goldenrod;">CONT</span>]])</sub></small> 04:13, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
{{For|the animal|Tiger}}
:Thanks, I didn't mean to archive this one! I saw that and my mistake, sorry about that Godsy! [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 01:09, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
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Last time page Mohamed_dekkak has been deleted I want to resubmit as per wikipedia standard, please allow me to resubmit it, please. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Thisimran1|Thisimran1]] ([[User talk:Thisimran1#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Thisimran1|contribs]]) 06:50, 5 January 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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| first = ''[[The House at Pooh Corner]]'' (1928)
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| creator = [[A. A. Milne]]
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== Looking to update a page that you deleted ==
'''Tigger''' is a [[fictional character|fictional]] [[tiger]]-like character originally introduced in [[A. A. Milne]]'s book ''[[The House at Pooh Corner]].'' Like other [[Pooh]] characters, Tigger is based on one of [[Christopher Robin Milne]]'s stuffed animals. Nowadays he is most widely recognized as reinterpreted by the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] studios, with distinctive orange and black stripes, beady eyes, a long chin, springy tail, and (the one detail originating from A. A. Milne) his love of bouncing. As he says himself, "Bouncing is what Tiggers do best."


Hi, I went to update my page Draft:Jakob Creighton (Actor) and noticed that you deleted it due to inactivity. Would it be possible to restore it? I have updates and changes to make to it! Thanks! <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Jcreighton1995|Jcreighton1995]] ([[User talk:Jcreighton1995#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Jcreighton1995|contribs]]) 17:41, 17 December 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
==In literature==
:Reviewing the text of the draft, I would agree with the reviewer that it's still [[WP:TOOSOON]] for an article. If you wish to still have the article undeleted, you might want to try [[WP:REFUND/G13]] and follow the directions there. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 14:02, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
[[File:The original Winnie the Pooh toys.jpg|thumb|right|The real stuffed toys owned by Christopher Robin and featured in the ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' stories. Clockwise from bottom left: Tigger, Kanga, Edward Bear (aka Winnie-the-Pooh), Eeyore, and Piglet. They are on display in the [[Donnell Library Center]] in [[New York City]].]] Tigger is introduced in Chapter II of ''House at Pooh Corner'', when he shows up on [[Winnie-the-Pooh|Winnie-the-Pooh's]] doorstep in the middle of the night, announcing himself with a big bounce. Most of the rest of that chapter is taken up with the characters' search for a food that Tigger can eat for breakfast - despite Tigger's claims to like "everything", it is quickly proven he does not like [[honey]], [[acorns]], [[thistles]], or most of the contents of [[Kanga (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Kanga's]] larder. In a happy coincidence, however, he discovers what Tiggers ''really'' like best is [[extract of malt]], which Kanga has on hand because she gives it to her baby, [[Roo]], as "strengthening medicine".
*I've declined the restore. There's now a question as to how much of that article was actually legitimate, given that they created [[Draft:Diagnosed (TV Series)]], which looks to be a complete hoax given the type of claims made. I've given them a not here block. [[User:Tokyogirl79|Tokyogirl79]][[User talk:Tokyogirl79|'''<span style="color:#19197; background:#fff;"> (｡◕‿◕｡)</span>''']] 08:11, 20 December 2016 (UTC)


Hi, I went back to make edits to my Draft:AstroNova, Inc. but it was already deleted due to (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion). The purpose of me returning to it was to insert all of my sources that I used for it. Is there a way for you to restore the draft? Thank you [[User:Lprudentetv|Lprudentetv]] ([[User talk:Lprudentetv|talk]]) 18:50, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
From that point on, Tigger lives with Kanga and Roo in their house in the northeastern part of the [[Hundred Acre Wood]] near the Sandy Pit. He becomes great friends with Roo (to whom he becomes a sort of older sibling figure), and Kanga treats him in much the same way she does her own son. Tigger also interacts enthusiastically with all the other characters — sometimes too enthusiastically for the likes of [[Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Rabbit]], who is sometimes exasperated by Tigger's constant bouncing, [[Eeyore]], who is once bounced into the river by Tigger, and [[Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Piglet]], who always seems a little nervous about the new, large, bouncy animal in the Forest. Nonetheless, the animals are all shown to be friends.


In addition to chapter II, Tigger also appears in chapters IV, VI, VII, and X of ''The House at Pooh Corner'', and is mentioned in several others. He is the only new major character to be introduced in ''The House at Pooh Corner''; all of the others had been established in the earlier [[Winnie-the-Pooh (book)|Winnie-the-Pooh book]].


==Merry Christmas!==
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In [[Ernest H. Shepard]]'s illustrations, Tigger appears to walk (or more often, bounce) on four feet as opposed to two. He is, however, capable of holding a pen with one of his front paws. Though Tigger is described by Rabbit and Piglet as "large", he does not seem particularly big in the illustrations. Pooh states once "He always seems bigger because of his bounces", implying that the other animals think of Tigger as being larger than he truly is.
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'''Hello RickinBaltimore:''' Enjoy the '''[[Christmas and holiday season|holiday season]]''', and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand [[Wikipedia]]. Cheers, '''[[User:Class455|<span style="color: red;">'''Class'''</span><span style="color: green;">'''455'''</span>]] ([[User talk:Class455|<span style="color: orange;">'''Merry Christmas!'''</span>]])''' 17:37, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
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:Very very kind of you, thank you and Merry Christmas to you too! [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 20:09, 19 December 2016 (UTC)


== Pestilential range blocked ==
===Personality traits===
That assessment fits well with Tigger's personality and his assessment of his own abilities, which he always overestimates. He is cheerful, outgoing, competitive in a friendly way, and has complete confidence in himself. Some of the things which he claims Tiggers can do include flying, jumping farther than a [[kangaroo]], swimming, and climbing trees. He never actually attempts any of the first three things in the course of the story, but he does try to climb a tree. He only succeeds half-way, being able to climb up but not to climb down again. Tigger also says Tiggers "never get lost"; unlike most of his other claims, this one seems to be true - he is able to find his way through the Forest even in a thick mist, despite Rabbit's attempts to lose him.


166.137.96.0/22 blocked for a couple of weeks. [[User:Favonian|Favonian]] ([[User talk:Favonian|talk]]) 16:07, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
Like most of the characters in Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger was based on one of [[Christopher Robin Milne]]'s stuffed animals, in this case a stuffed-toy tiger. However, the word "tiger" is never actually used in the book. The term "Tigger" is used instead, both as the character's name and as a description of his type of animal. No other "Tiggers" appear in the story, and at one point Tigger (who has just seen his reflection in a [[mirror]] and mistaken it for another individual) comments he thought he was the only one. Despite that belief, he constantly uses the term in the plural, as in "Tiggers don't like honey." and "So ''that's'' what Tiggers like!", etc. The term is always capitalized.
:I need to get you a Christmas card for that one. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 16:09, 19 December 2016 (UTC)


==In film==
== FYI ==
[[File:The Tigger Movie film.jpg|frame|200px|right|''[[The Tigger Movie]]'', a film based on the Disney adaptation of Tigger.]]
Tigger also appears in the Disney cartoon versions of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, beginning with ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day]]'' in 1968. He has even starred in his own film, ''[[The Tigger Movie]]'' ([[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], 2000), along with his friends from the [[Hundred Acre Wood]].


[[Special:Contributions/170.24.140.130|Just reverted outstanding disruptive edits]]. Thanks for the preventative block. --[[User:JustBerry|JustBerry]] ([[User talk:JustBerry|talk]]) 18:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
Tigger was originally voiced by [[Paul Winchell]]. Since 1990, he has been voiced by [[Jim Cummings]] (who is also the voice of Pooh), with the exception of ''[[Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin]]'' (1997), ''[[A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving]]'' (1998), and ''[[Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine For You]]'' (1999), in which Winchell reprised the role of Tigger. On some albums and read-along cassettes in the early 1990s, [[Ed Gilbert]] voiced Tigger. Also, [[Will Ryan]] voiced Tigger in the [[Disney Channel]] program ''[[Welcome to Pooh Corner]]''.
:Taken care of! [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 18:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC)


== A barnstar for you! ==
In the movies, Tigger sings his own theme song, "[[The Wonderful Thing about Tiggers]]", written by the [[Sherman Brothers]]. According to the song, Tigger is "the only one" &mdash; a fact that leads to his search for his family in ''[[The Tigger Movie]]''.


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In ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'' and subsequent cartoons, Tigger lives in a large treehouse. A tire swing hangs prominently from a branch of the tree. In [[The Tigger Movie]], Tigger builds a makeshift addition (gluing the shingles on with honey) in anticipation of a hoped-for visit by members of his family. This "family room" is eventually relocated to serve as a replacement for Eeyore's collapse-prone house of sticks.
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The Disney version of Tigger was featured in both the TV special ''[[Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue]]'' and the TV series ''[[House of Mouse]]''.

===Personality traits===
Tigger's personality in the cartoons is much like his personality in the book. He is very confident and has quite an ego, he often thinks of himself as being handsome, and some of his other comments suggest he has a high opinion of himself. Tigger is always filled with great energy and optimism, and though always well-meaning, he can also be mischievous, and his actions have sometimes led to chaos and trouble for himself and his friends. Also, he often undertakes tasks with gusto, only to later realize they were not as easy as he had originally imagined. As in the books, Tigger never refers to himself as a tiger, but as a "Tigger". When Tigger introduces himself, he often says the proper way to spell his name is: "T-I-'Double-/G/'-Er (T-i-gg-er), which spells 'Tigger'".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4624547.stm |title=Disney's Tigger voice dies at 82 |accessdate=2008-10-06 |last= |first= |coauthors= |work= |publisher=BBC News | date=2005-06-26 | location=London}}</ref>

Another of Tigger's notable personality traits is his habit of mispronouncing various words, or stressing wrong syllables in them (which is what Tiggers do best, which is why he's only one remaining). Examples of this include him pronouncing "villain" as "villian"; "ridiculous" as "ridickerous"; "recognize" as "recoganize"; and "suspicious" as "suspicerous".

A declaration often made, is that ''"Tiggers are wonderful things. Their heads are made of rubber, their tails are made of springs."'' In cartoon, he is often depicted bouncing around in ways which would make such a statement appear to be valid.

In ''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'', Tigger is often well-meaning but usually does more harm than good. In one episode, he invented a [[bulldozer]]-like contraption intended to provide convenience for Pooh, Piglet, and Rabbit, but the invention proved to have disastrous results, and Rabbit insisted that Tigger shut it down; however, in the winter, a depressed Tigger accidentally started the machine up, and it proved to be useful by [[snowplow|plowing snow]] around Piglet's house before malfunctioning. On another occasion, Tigger attempted to mimic a superhero, "The Masked Offender," bringing mayhem to the Hundred-Acre Wood. In response, Pooh, Rabbit, Gopher, and Owl (unaware that the Masked Offender was actually Tigger) staged a [[hoax]] in which they made an [[inanimate]] monster from a sticky glue-like material. The plan worked, revealing Tigger as the Masked Offender, but the fake monster (which was on wheels) turned on its makers, ultimately resulting in Pooh, Rabbit, Gopher, and Owl hanging by the glue from a rickety bridge. Subsequently, Tigger resumed his role as the Masked Offender, and saved his friends.

It is also shown that Tigger will jump in to help without thinking about the danger to himself. On at least three occasions, he has nearly fallen off a cliff, and ''has'' fallen two of those times, to retrieve something important (Half of the map in [[Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin]], his locket in [[The Tigger Movie]], and a page of [[Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Piglet's]] scrapbook in [[Piglet's Big Movie]]).

Tigger's birthday is believed to be in October 1928, the year ''The House at Pooh Corner'' was first published. However, on Tigger-related merchandise, Disney often indicates Tigger's birthyear as 1968, a reference to the first year Tigger appeared in a Disney production, ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day]]''.

Disney's Tigger is also remembered for his song ''The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers'' when he made his first appearance. However, he was not included in the Winnie the Pooh theme song until [[Winnie the Pooh (film)|the 2011 film]].

==In popular culture==
* Tigger has appeared in the ''[[Mad (TV series)|Mad]]'' episode "Pooh Grit" (a parody of ''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]''), where Christopher Robin hires Marshall Pooh to capture Tigger after he bounced his father. He was voiced by [[Fred Tatasciore]]. Then in the next episode "Fast Hive" (a parody of ''[[Fast Five]]''), Tigger was part of Pooh's team to get honey. He and Piglet fly out of the book and end up in ''[[The Very Hungry Caterpillar]]'', where the caterpillar gives them some honey. In this episode, he was voiced by [[Kevin Shinick]].

* In [[Randy Pausch]]'s [[Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams|The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams]], he asks whether one should live their life as a Tigger or as an Eeyore. Pausch indicated that he was a "Tigger".<ref>{{cite journal
|url=http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/Randy/pauschlastlecturetranscript.pdf
|title=The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
|author=Randy Pausch
|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University
|format = [[Portable Document Format|PDF]]
|page=19
|date=2007-09-18
|accessdate=2009-02-24
}} "So my next piece of advice is, you just have to decide if you’re a Tigger or an Eeyore. I think I’m
clear where I stand on the great Tigger/Eeyore debate."
</ref>

* One skit during the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' Season 28 episode where the late [[Bernie Mac]] hosted involves a game show called "BrainBusters", which is a parody of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' and other game shows. The last question that the contestant Steve Thinson (played by [[Jimmy Fallon]]) was asked was "This was Winnie the Pooh's feline friend." Steve buzzes in and says, "The answer is..." but before he can finish, a Technical Difficulties sign replaces the screen. Upon the return, we see that the host Lawrence (played by Bernie Mac) has Steve by the throat, while Steve is saying "I meant to say Tigger, with a T!" [http://snltranscripts.jt.org/02/02pbrain.phtml]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://atv.disney.go.com/playhouse/tiggerandpooh/ My friends Tigger and Pooh], official Disney website.

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=Katie and Orbie=
{{infobox Television |
| show_name = Katie and Orbie
| image = [[Image:Katie and Orbie.gif]]
| caption = Orbie (left) and Katie (right)
| format = [[Children's television series]]
| writer = Susan Wicks <small>(seasons 1–3)</small><br>Mary Mackay-Smith <small>(seasons 3–6)</small>
| director = Lee Williams
| voices = Chris Wightman<br />[[Amanda Tripp]]
| narrated = [[Leslie Nielsen]]
| composer = Edmund Eagan
| runtime = 30 minutes
| country = [[Canada]]
| network = [[Family (TV channel)|Family Channel]]
| first_aired = 1994–1996, 2001–2002
| starring =
| creator = [[Ben Wicks]] and Susan Wicks
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| num_seasons = 6
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| producer = Mark Edwards
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| list_episodes = List of Katie and Orbie episodes
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'''''Katie and Orbie''''' is an [[animation|animated]] television series aimed at preschoolers, originally broadcast in [[Canada]] in 1994 by [[Family (TV channel)|Family Channel]] and later aired in the [[United States]] on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] from 1995–1997 and on [[Disney Channel]] from 1997–2000. In Canada, the series aired uninterruptedly on [[Family (TV channel)|Family]] and (beginning on 2007) [[Family (TV channel)#Disney Junior|Disney Junior]] (formerly called [[Playhouse Disney]]) until December 2012. The show has also aired in several countries around the world.

The animated series is based on a series of four environment-themed children's books titled ''Katie and Orbie Save the Planet'', illustrated by Canadian cartoonist [[Ben Wicks]] and written by his daughter Susan Wicks, which were published in 1991.<ref>http://umanitoba.ca/cm///cmarchive/vol19no4/kidsandnature.html</ref> In 1993, [[Lacewood Productions]] adapted the characters into an animated series which was originally in production until 1996, being revived five years later by [[Amberwood Entertainment]] and then cancelled in 2002. Contrary to the original books, the series isn't strictly environment-themed, having stories that range from having a new pet or helping their friends, to address themes like children with divorced parents, Down's Syndrome and cerebral palsy. However, some stories are still focused on protection of the environment.

The TV show was narrated by actor [[Leslie Nielsen]].

The theme song was written by [[Edmund Eagan]] and performed by his daughter, [[Mireille Eagan]]. [[Michael Nyman]] has also provided music for the series.

During the first three seasons, most stories were written by the characters' co-creator Susan Wicks, with [[Mary Mackay-Smith]] serving as a secondary writer. For seasons 4–6, all stories were written by Mackay-Smith.

Unlike most TV shows, the animation on ''Katie and Orbie'' is similar to a slideshow, instead of coming to life, also, none of the characters actually speak, so a variety of [[sound effects]] are used during the stories. ''[[Pumper Pups]]'', a TV series produced by Amberwood Entertainment in 2000, also used this style of animation, and it was also narrated by Leslie Nielsen.

International rights for the series were first owned by [[Entertainment Rights]] (which was also a producer company on seasons 4–6), which on 2009 was merged into [[Classic Media]]. On March 25, 2010, Canadian company [[E1 Entertainment]] signed a deal with Amberwood Entertainment on which E1 obtained the worldwide distribution rights to several of Amberwood Entertainment's TV shows, including all 78 episodes of ''Katie and Orbie''.<ref>http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/25/c5060.html</ref>

==Main characters==
* '''Katie''' - A five-year-old girl who is, essentially, the main character of the show. She has blonde hair, and almost always wears a green and white striped t-shirt with blue [[overalls]]. Katie is imaginative, playful, curious and usually quite happy. She lives with her best friend Orbie and her parents in a suburb of an unnamed city. Her sound effects include a characteristic laugh, as well as occasional sighing, yelling and crying sounds. Those sound effects, as well as her "voice" during the Did You Know? segments, are made by Amanda Tripp.

* '''Orbie''' - A small and pink [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]], he has red polka dots on his body (early episodes show him having the capacity to change the color of his dots, depending on how he feels), who is from an unknown planet which is "far away out past the moon". The book ''Katie and Orbie Pick Up the Garbage'', one of the books on which the series is based, implies that he was sent away from his home planet because it was too polluted to sustain life, and the destiny of his native family or his species is unknown. While travelling in a small spaceship, he reached Earth and just happened to land in Katie's backyard, and immediately he and Katie became best friends, resulting in him being "adopted" by Katie's parents. He's apparently the same age as Katie. He speaks in a unique series of squeaks and chirps (often referred to as 'honks') that people appear to be able to understand despite that fact that he isn't speaking any known language. With the exception of ''I Don't Want to be Different'' (the last story of the first episode), people are shown to be oblivious to the fact that he's an alien, and treat him like a normal person (In that story a group of kids at a restaurant look surprised at Orbie, making him feel embarrassed). He doesn't wear clothes or appear to require them; however, he does wear clothing and boots if it's raining, cold or snowing. He is a natural acrobat, often breaking into leaps and flips out of sheer joy and has pads on his fingers and toes which enable him to climb walls and hang from the ceiling. He can also use these pads to help him climb other things, but they work best on flat surfaces. He sleeps in Katie's closet, hanging upside down from the bar like a [[bat]]. His sound effects are made by Chris Wightman.

* '''Wayne''' - Katie's father as well as Orbie's adoptive father. He is always referred to as "Dad", but his real name is mentioned in the episode ''The Thunderstorm''. He works at an office building, but his actual job is unclear. He is very thoughtful towards Katie, Orbie, and his wife, Susan.

* '''Susan''' - Katie's mother and Orbie's adoptive mother. She is always referred to as "Mom", but her real name is mentioned in the episode ''Mrs. Parette's Picture''.

The family's surname was never given. Also, both Wayne's parents (Katie's paternal grandparents) and Susan's parents (maternal grandparents) have appeared on the show. Wayne's parents live in an apartment building in the city, while Susan's parents live in an old house in the same suburb where the characters live.

==Friends and other characters==
* '''Mrs. Elaine Parette''' - A friend of the family, she is an old woman who likes children and is usually seen baking cakes or cookies for them. She has a big willow in her garden which serves as a hideout for Katie, Orbie and their friends. She has at least one daughter, as well as at least two grandchildren. She is always referred simply as ''Mrs. Parette'', being one of the few characters that has a surname. Her name, Elaine, was mentioned by Katie's mother in the story ''Mrs. Parette's Picture'', which was her first appearance.

* '''Chance''' - The family's [[cat]]. She has orange fur, except for her left ear which has white fur.
:First appearance: ''The Day Chance Found a New Home'', but first seen as a background on ''Katie's First Sleepover''

* '''Andy''' - A boy who resembles Katie, although his hair is paler. His parents are divorced and he lives with his mother and his stepfather named Harry. He is one of the three "regular" friends of the main characters, the other two being Arthur and Yee Ping.
:First appearance: ''Andy's Birthday Present''

* '''Arthur''' - A boy who was at first a bully, who gets angry easily and can even hit someone who is bothering him (Katie on only one occasion). Later, his appearance was changed and he was depicted as a simple boy, although a bit mischievous, who plays normally with the other kids.
:First appearance: ''The Day Arthur Smacked Katie''

* '''Yee Ping''' - A girl of Chinese origin, who is very friendly and has even taught Katie and Orbie some Chinese traditions. After Orbie, she was Katie's second friend introduced on the series. When she was introduced, her skin was light brown, however during the course of the series her skin becomes white.
:First appearance: ''Yee Ping''

* '''Kyra''' - A young girl, with the same hair color as Andy, usually wearing a diadem over it. She has [[asthma]] and, on a later appearance, also wears [[glasses]]. Her parents are never seen, only her grandmother has appeared. She mostly appears during seasons 2 and 3. Along with Dakota, she is rarely seen during the Amberwood Entertainment seasons.
:First appearance: ''Everybody Counts'', but formally introduced on ''Kyra'', a later episode.

* '''Phoebe and Bryn''' - Sisters who are always seen together. Phoebe is the youngest and Bryn is the oldest. Phoebe has blonde hair, and Bryn has brown hair. Bryn has an [[egg allergy]].
:First appearance: ''Does It Have Eggs In It?''

* '''Dakota''' - a Native American boy. Although a common character on the Lakewood seasons, he is practically written out on the Amberwood Entertainment seasons, only appearing a few times, and is "replaced" by the Latin character Miguel.
:First appearance: ''The Pow-Wow''

* '''Micah''' - A nine-year-old boy who has [[Down Syndrome]]. He lives on a [[farm]] with his mother named Ara. On his mother's farm they have several animals, including a mare named Spirit, and her newborn colt, Sprite.
:First appearance: ''Andy's Birthday Present'', but formally introduced on ''Drumsticks'', a later episode.

* '''Tom''' - A young adult who usually serves as Katie and Orbie's [[babysitter]].
:First appearance: ''The Baby Sitter''

* '''Polly''' - Tom's girlfriend. Like Tom, she likes children very much and loves to play with them. Orbie once had a crush on her. Her appearances are scarce. Her appearance changed between episodes, first she had red, curly hair and white skin, and later she had straight, black hair with a ponytail, and black skin.
:First appearance: ''Puppy Love''

* '''Belkis''' - A girl that does not speak English. It is unknown from what country she came from, although the name Belkis is of Hebrew origin.
:First appearance: ''Belkis''

* '''Charisse''' - A black girl who has [[cerebral palsy]] and uses a [[wheelchair]], she lives with her mother in an apartment. Her appearances are scarce.
:First appearance: ''Charisse''

* '''Miguel''' - A Latin boy who joins the series by the end of the 4th season as sort of a replacement for Dakota, although his appearances are scarce.
:First appearance: ''Tom's Pool Party''

* '''Charlie and Megan Cobbington''' - Siblings who are neighbours to Katie and Orbie, along with their parents. Charlie and the parents are written out of the show after season 2, but Megan still makes brief appearances on season 3 before being written out too.
:First appearance: ''The Story Dress''

* '''Greg, Jenny and baby Megan''' - A young couple and their baby girl who are neighbours of Katie and Orbie's family. They appear only in a few stories. They also have a dog named Bruce.
:First appearance: ''The New Baby''

* '''Kerry''' - A Caribbean girl who had been Katie's best friend for an unspecified time, and in her only appearance (episode ''Close to My Heart'') she and her parents moved to another town because her father had got a new job. Ironically, despite being referred to as Katie's best friend, she never appeared before and is never seen or mentioned after the aforementioned story. Mrs. Parette gave her and Katie two heart-shaped collars with photos of both, so they could remember their friendship.

A handful of other minor characters have appeared during the series.

==Episodes==
''Main article'': [[List of Katie and Orbie episodes]]

The TV series started production in 1993 by [[Lacewood Productions]], which created thirteen half-hour episodes each consisting of three unrelated stories of seven minutes each, and two interstitial segments titled ''Did You Know?'' of thirty seconds each. The series debuted in 1994 on Family Channel and quickly became a success, prompting Lacewood to create two further seasons of the show in 1995 and 1996. Beginning with the third season in 1996, the series began to use [[digital ink and paint]] for coloring.

In 1997, after producing 39 episodes for the show, Lacewood Productions closed down and production of the series was suspended. In 2000, Lacewood was reformed under the name [[Amberwood Entertainment]], which alongside [[Entertainment Rights]] began production of 26 more episodes for the show, which debuted on the Family Channel the next year. However, the revival of the series was short-lived, as in 2002 after the sixth season the series was cancelled.

A total of 234 individual stories were produced, three per each half-hour episode. Each episode also had two instertitial segments titled ''Did You Know?'' which tells viewers small pieces of information regarding several subjects, such as plants, flowers, animals, the body and arts. These segments are narrated off-screen by Katie (voiced by Amanda Tripp).

Each episode is structured by the opening theme, the first story, a ''Did You Know?'' interstitial segment, the second story, another ''Did You Know?'' interstitial segment, the third story and the closing credits.

==Airing==

* {{CAN}}: [[Family (TV channel)|Family]] from its premiere in 1994 to December 2012.
* [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] aired the show from 2006 to 2008.
* [[Playhouse Disney]] (2007–May 6, 2011).
* [[Disney Junior (Canadian English TV channel)|Disney Junior]] (May 6, 2011–December 31, 2012).
From 2007 until 2012, both Family and Disney Junior only showed the series during overnight hours, when many children are asleep. Presumably, the show was still aired on those channels, in order to fulfill the [[Canadian content]] rules.

* {{USA}}: [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] (1996–1997); [[Playhouse Disney]] (1997–2000). The airing rights for the show were acquired by PBS during 1995, and it premiered in PBS stations on January 28, 1996,<ref>http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67757715.html</ref> becoming the second animated show to air on PBS (''[[The Magic School Bus (TV series)|The Magic School Bus]]'' was the first), however it was dropped off PBS in early 1997, at the time it was picked up by [[Disney Channel]] to be aired on its new [[Playhouse Disney]] block until September 2000. It has not been seen on any US channel since then, however it could be seen on CBeebies, as the channel is available inside the USA on the Spanish Mexico package of [[Dish Network]], channel 848. Seasons 4-6 remain unseen in the US.

* [[Latin America]]: [[CBeebies]] (2008–2010) This Spanish version, dubbed in Mexico, is narrated by Mexican voice actor [[Alejandro Villeli]], with voice actress [[Leyla Rangel]] singing the theme song and narrating the ''Did You Know?'' segments. The channel aired the episodes in order, Monday to Friday; on weekends, repeats of the episodes aired on Monday and Tuesday were shown. From June 2009 until its removal, the channel reran the episodes shown on Friday the following Monday. The full run of 78 episodes was shown four times (with the first 67 episodes airing a fifth time before its removal). The channel aired the show only in the evenings at 8:30 pm and later 9:30 pm (although from August–December 2008, it also aired on weekend afternoons). The show was suddenly removed from CBeebies on April 12, 2010 and replaced by [[Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies]]. It has not been shown in the region since then. Is also the only version to have all 78 episodes dubbed.

* {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia]]: [[Astro Ria]] (early 2000s). Dubbed into Malay by Filem Karya Nusa.

* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia]]: [[ABC Television]] (1990s–early 2000). Despite the series being removed from the schedule after January 2000, the program list on the channel's website still included the series until 2011. ABC lost the broadcasting rights to the series in 2006.

* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]: The series was seen on [[Nickelodeon UK]] as early as June 1994.<ref>http://www.rugratonline.com/nickuk94.htm Nickelodeon UK schedule from June 1994, where Katie and Orbie appear</ref> Apparently, it also aired on [[Channel 4]] and [[Disney Channel (UK and Ireland)|Disney Channel]] during the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/boom-boom-now-weve-got-orbie-699868.html | location=London | work=The Independent | first=Jason | last=Nisse | title=Boom, boom! Now we've got Orbie | date=September 10, 2000}}</ref> It also aired as part of [[Tiny Living]] from 2000 to 2002.

* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain]]: An Iberian Spanish dub of the show exists, it aired on 2000 on a digital channel called ''Club Super 3'' which was part of a now-defunct platform called ''Via Digital''.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-BZmrbUiTY Opening for the Spain dub of the show</ref> Presumably, only the first 39 episodes were dubbed, as they were made before 2000.

* A [[French language|French]] version also exists, but no information is known about what channels have aired it. Apparently, only seasons 3–5 were dubbed.<ref>http://www.animezvous.com/liste/permalink/id_da/1899/nom/katie-et-orbie</ref> A 5-disc DVD set has been released in France<ref>http://www.priceminister.com/offer/buy/85101320/je-decouvre-et-j-apprends-la-vie-avec-katie-et-orbie-coffret-5-dvd-de-group-carrere-dvd-zone-2.html</ref>

* A [[Portugal|Portuguese]] version of the series exists, titled ''Hugo e Catarina''.

==DVD==
Seasons 1, 4, 5 and 6 of the show are available on [[DVD]]; however, seasons 2 and 3 are not.<ref>http://expressmedia.ca/store/index.php?cPath=21_35&osCsid=33f97956a0e19a9431cad681b2e12bad</ref>

Two DVDs were released in Australia in 2010 with season 6 episodes.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0331755|title=Katie and Orbie}}
* {{tv.com show|katie-and-orbie|Katie and Orbie}}

{{Family Channel original series}}
{{PBSKids shows}}

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=The Brave Little Toaster=
{{Infobox film
| name = The Brave Little Toaster
| image = Brave Little Toaster poster.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical UK release poster
| director = [[Jerry Rees]]
| producer = [[Donald Kushner]]<br />Thomas L. Wilhite
| screenplay = [[Jerry Rees]]<br />[[Joe Ranft]]
| story = Jerry Rees<br />Joe Ranft<br />Brian McEntee
| based on = {{Based on|''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]''|[[Thomas Disch]]}}
| starring = [[Deanna Oliver]]<br />[[Timothy E. Day]]<br />[[Jon Lovitz]]<br />[[Timothy Stack|Tim Stack]]<br />[[Thurl Ravenscroft]]<br />[[Wayne Kaatz]]
| music = [[David Newman (composer)|David Newman]]
| editing = [[Donald W. Ernst]]
| studio = [[The Kushner-Locke Company]]<br />[[Wang Film Productions]]
| distributor = [[Hyperion Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1987|7|10}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $2.3 million<ref>Datlow and Windling (2001), p. xlv.</ref>
}}

'''''The Brave Little Toaster''''' is a 1987 American [[Animation|animated]] [[adventure film]] adapted from the 1980 [[The Brave Little Toaster|novel of the same name]] by [[Thomas Disch]]. The film was directed by [[Jerry Rees]]. The film is set in a world where [[Home appliance|household appliances]] and other electronics have the [[Anthropomorphism|ability to speak and move]], pretending to be lifeless in the presence of humans. The story focuses on five appliances&mdash; a [[toaster]], a desk [[lamp (fixture)|lamp]], an [[electric blanket]], a vacuum tube [[radio]], and a [[vacuum cleaner]]&mdash;who go on a quest to search for their original owner.

The film was produced by [[Hyperion Pictures]] along with [[The Kushner-Locke Company]]. Many of the original members of [[Pixar|Pixar Animation Studios]] were involved with this film, including [[John Lasseter]] and [[Joe Ranft]]. While the film received a [[Limited release|limited theatrical release]], ''The Brave Little Toaster'' was popular on home video and was followed by two sequels a decade later. (''[[The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars]]'' and ''[[The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue]]'')

==Plot==
Five appliances—a [[radio]], ''Radio'' ([[Jon Lovitz]]); a [[Gooseneck lamp|lamp]], ''Lampy'' ([[Timothy Stack|Tim Stack]]); an [[electric blanket]], ''Blanky'' ([[Timothy E. Day]]); a [[vacuum cleaner]], ''Kirby'' ([[Thurl Ravenscroft]]); and a [[toaster]], ''Toaster'' ([[Deanna Oliver]])—live in an vacant cabin located in the countryside. Each day they await their "Master", a child whom they have not seen for many years, with a growing sense of abandonment. When a car stops at the cabin and turns out to be a [[real estate broker]] placing a "for sale" sign, the appliances spiral into despair. Unable to accept that the Master would abandon them, Toaster decides that the group should head out and find the Master. The appliances rig up a [[car battery]] to an [[office chair]] pulled by Kirby and set out into the world, following the Radio's signal broadcasted from the city, where the Master lives.

From the cabin to the big city, the appliances have many harrowing adventures where they slowly learn to work together. Shortly after stopping to rest within a forest, a violent storm during nightfall wakes Toaster and the others and blows Blanky up into the trees, and Lampy risks his life by using himself as a [[lightning rod]] to recharge the group's dead battery. After recovering Blanky, the group tries to cross a waterfall, only to have everyone fall in except for Kirby. Kirby dives after them and rescues them, and the appliances wash up into the middle of a swamp. After losing both the chair and the battery, the group resorts to pulling a disabled Kirby through the swamp. After almost drowning in [[quicksand]], they are rescued by Elmo St. Peters, the owner of an appliance parts store. At the store they meet a group of partially dismantled or broken appliances, who have given up on hope and await being disassembled and sold. After Radio is taken from the shelf and is about to have his [[radio tube]]s extracted, the appliances trick St. Peters and flee to the city.

The Master, whose name is revealed to be Rob (Wayne Kaatz), lives in an apartment as a young adult and is about to depart for [[college]]. Rob leaves with his girlfriend Chris (Colette Savage) to head back to the cabin to pick up the appliances to take with him. The modern electronics in the apartment become disappointed and jealous. When the appliances arrive at Rob's apartment, the modern appliances convince them that they are outdated and unusable, tossing them into the garbage, where they are shortly transported to Ernie's Disposal, a [[Wrecking yard|junkyard]]. Rob and Chris return home after thinking his original appliances have been stolen. Rob's [[black and white television]] ([[Jonathan Benair]]), who originally lived with the appliances, broadcasts fake advertisements and convinces Rob and Chris to look at Ernie's Disposal for replacements.

At the junkyard, the appliances lose hope and put themselves at the mercy of a giant [[Electromagnet|magnetic crane]] that picks up junk and places it on a conveyor belt that leads into a [[car crusher]]. When they discover that Rob is in the junkyard, they are encouraged and attempt to foil the magnetic crane in order to allow Rob to find them. After being thwarted several times, the magnetic crane picks up Rob himself as well as the appliances, except for Toaster, and drops them on the compactor's conveyor belt. Toaster sacrifices himself by leaping into the compactor's drive gears to stop the machine from destroying the appliances and killing Rob. Rob returns to the apartment with all of the appliances in tow, including a now mangled Toaster. Rob repairs the Toaster and takes all of them to college with him.

==Cast==
* [[Deanna Oliver]] as Toaster, a gallant [[Sunbeam_Products|Sunbeam toaster]] and inspiring leader of the five appliances and the main protagonist of the film. Jerry Rees, the film's director, called the character "warm enough to put up with everyone else. And the other characters seeing themselves reflected in its surface, feel an immediate kinship." <ref name="RedditAMA">{{cite web|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/104bza/im_jerry_rees_director_of_the_brave_little|title=I'm Jerry Rees, Director of "The Brave Little Toaster" - ask me anything.|date=2012-09-18|publisher=Reddit}}</ref>
* [[Timothy E. Day]] as Blanky, an [[electric blanket]] with an innocent, childlike demeanor. He also voices the child Rob in the flashbacks.
* [[Timothy Stack|Tim Stack]] as Lampy, an easily-impressed yet slightly irascible [[gooseneck lamp]], who "thought he was bright, but he could be pretty dim sometimes."<ref name="RedditAMA"></ref> Stack also voiced the customer named Zeke.
* [[Jon Lovitz]] as Radio, a tube-based [[Antique_radio#Bakelite|Bakelite]] dial [[Receiver (radio)|radio]] whose personality parodies loud and pretentious [[Radio personality|radio announcers]]. Rees performed Radio's singing voice, as Lovitz was working on [[Saturday Night Live]] at the time.<ref name="RedditAMA"></ref>
* [[Thurl Ravenscroft]] as Kirby, a very low-pitched, individualistic upright [[Kirby Company| Kirby Dual Sanitronic 80]] [[vacuum cleaner]] who dons a cynical, cantankerous attitude towards the other appliances.
* [[Wayne Kaatz]] as Rob ("The Master"), the original human owner of the five appliances. Appearing as a child in flashbacks, Rob, now an adult, is leaving for [[college]].
* [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Air Conditioner]], who resides in the cabin with the five appliances. He loses his temper while arguing with the appliances and explodes, and is repaired by Rob near the end of the film.
**Hartman also voiced the [[Peter Lorre]]-inspired [[Pendant light|Hanging Lamp]] in the appliance parts store.
* [[Joe Ranft]] as Elmo St. Peters, an owner of a [[spare part]]s shop, where he disassembles broken machines and sells the pieces.
* Colette Savage as Chris, Rob's tomboyish girlfriend.
* Jim Jackman as Plugsy, a [[table lamp]] who leads the modern machines, who reside in Rob's apartment. While they were benevolent in the original novel, here they are jealous and antagonistic towards the main characters.
* [[Jonathan Benair]] as T.V., a [[black and white television]] who lives in Rob's apartment and is an old friend of the five appliances.
*[[Judy Toll]] as "Mish Mash", a mutated [[can opener]], [[Light fixture|lamp]], and [[electric shaver]] appliance. She also voices [[Megaphone]] in the appliance parts store.
*[[Mindy Sterling|Mindy Stern]] as Rob's mother. She also voices Two-Face Sewing Machine in Rob's apartment.
* Randall William Cook as [[Entertainment Center]] in Rob's apartment.
* Randy Bennett as [[personal computer|Computer]] in Rob's apartment.
* Louis Conti as the TV Announcer when the TV is changed to a Spanish station.

==Production==
The film rights to ''The Brave Little Toaster'', the original novel, were bought by the Disney studios in 1982, two years after its appearance in print. After animators [[John Lasseter]] and [[Glen Keane]] had finished a short 2D/3D test film based on the book ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]'', Lasseter and producer Thomas L. Wilhite decided they wanted to make a whole feature this way. The story they chose was ''The Brave Little Toaster'', but in their enthusiasm, they ran into issues pitching the idea to two high level Disney executives, animation administrator Ed Hansen, and Disney president [[Ron W. Miller]]. During Lasseter and Wilhite's pitch, the film was rejected due to the costs of having traditionally animated characters inside then expensive computer-generated backgrounds. A few minutes after the meeting, Lasseter received a phone call from Hansen and was asked to come down to his office, where Lasseter was told that he was dismissed. The development was then transferred to the new Hyperion Pictures, the creation of former Disney employees Wilhite and executive producer [[Willard Carroll]], who took the production along with them.<ref name=beck>Beck (2005), pp. 40-41.</ref>

With Disney backing the project, ''Toaster'' soon turned into an independent effort; the electronics company [[TDK]] and video distributor [[CBS-Fox]] soon joined in. In 1986, Hyperion began to work on the story and characters, with Taiwan's [[Wang Film Productions]] for the overseas unit.<ref name=beck>Beck (2005), pp. 40-41.</ref> The cost was reduced to $2.3 million as production began. [[Jerry Rees]], a crew member on two previous Disney films, ''[[The Fox and the Hound (film)|The Fox and the Hound]]'' and ''[[Tron]]'', and a friend of Lasseter, was chosen to direct the film, and was also a writer on the screenplay along with [[Joe Ranft]]. Rees' inspiration for voice casting came from the [[Groundlings]] improvisational group, some of whose members ([[Jon Lovitz]], [[Phil Hartman]], [[Timothy Stack]], and [[Mindy Sterling]]) voiced characters in the film. At the time, Lovitz and Hartman were stars of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. The color stylist was veteran Disney animator Ken O'Connor, a member of Disney's [[Walt Disney Feature Animation|feature animation department]] from its establishment.<ref name=beck>Beck (2005), pp. 40-41.</ref>

==Music==
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| Name = The Brave Little Toaster: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| Type = Soundtrack
| Artist = [[David Newman (composer)|David Newman]] and [[Van Dyke Parks]]
| Cover =
| Released = July 12, 2005
| Recorded = 1986-87
| Genre = Soundtrack
| Length =
| Label = Percepto
| Producer =
| Reviews =
}}
The film score of ''The Brave Little Toaster'' was composed and conducted by [[David Newman (composer)|David Newman]] and performed by the [[New Japan Philharmonic]]. The film contains four original songs ("City of Lights", "It's a 'B' Movie", "Cutting Edge", and "Worthless") that were written by [[Van Dyke Parks]]. Newman's score for this movie was one of his earlier works and apparently one that he felt very close to. He did not view it as a cheerful one, and decided to give the film a dramatic score to reinforce the serious nature of many of the film's themes. In writing the score, Newman, "tapped into an inherent sadness in being abandoned and seeking reunion."<ref name="RedditAMA"></ref>

{{Track listing
| title1= Main Title
| length1= 2:24
| title2= They All Wake Up
| length2= 2:44
| title3= Blanky's Dream
| length3= 2:30
| title4= The Air Conditioner Blows
| length4= 1:22
| title5= They Decide to Go
| length5= 0:54
| title6= They Look for Transportation
| length6= 0:52
| title7= Out into the World
| length7= 1:42
| title8= City of Lights
| length8= 3:01
| title9= Blanky Looks for a Place to Sleep
| length9= 1:06
| title10= The Pond/Busby Berkley/The Meadow
| length10= 5:37
| title11= Toaster's Dream
| length11= 1:18
| title12= The Storm
| length12= 1:38
| title13= Blanky Is Blown Away
| length13= 1:39
| title14= The Waterfall
| length14= 1:00
| title15= Kirby Rescues the Group
| length15= 1:31
| title16= They Sink in the Mud
| length16= 1:28
| title17= In the Shop
| length17= 0:58
| title18= Blender's Motor Is Sold
| length18= 1:32
| title19= It's a 'B' Movie
| length19= 3:05
| title20= Radio Is Stalked
| length20= 1:06
| title21= Happy Travel
| length21= 1:14
| title22= Into the City
| length22= 1:31
| title23= Cutting Edge
| length23= 2:31
| title24= Junkyard Montage
| length24= 1:26
| title25= Worthless
| length25= 4:28
| title26= Finale
| length26= 7:03
| title27= End Title
| length27= 3:37
}}<ref>[http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6874167/a/Brave+Little+Toaster.htm CD universe: Brave Little Toaster]</ref>

==Release==
''The Brave Little Toaster'' premiered in 1987 at the Los Angeles International Animation Celebration. The following year, it was shown at the 1988 [[Sundance Film Festival]]. Though the prize went to [[Rob Nilsson]]'s ''[[Heat and Sunlight]]'', before the awards ceremony, Rees claims he was told by some of the judges that they considered ''Toaster'' the best film but they could not give the award to a cartoon as they considered people would not take the festival seriously afterwards.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MZzjeAejsg]</ref>

The film failed to find a distributor. Disney, who held the video and television rights, withdrew its official theatrical distribution, and elected to showcase it on [[Disney Channel|their new premium cable service]] instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-3872430.html|title=
`Brave Little Toaster' tells heartwarming tale|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=February 26, 1988|accessdate=May 18, 2010}}</ref> The film premiered on The Disney Channel on February 27, 1988. The buzz it generated at Sundance dissipated, and it only received limited theatrical airings through Hyperion, mainly at arthouse facilities across the U.S., and most notably at the [[Film Forum]] in [[New York City]], in May 1989.

In July 1991, Disney released the film to home video. Throughout the '90s onward, it enjoyed popularity as a rental amongst children as well as a Parent's Choice Award win. The VHS was re-issued in March 1994 and in May 1998. The DVD was released in September 2003, to tie in with the film's 15th anniversary.

==Home media==
'''DVD:'''
* UK: [[Prism Leisure Corporation]] (expired, but can still be found on UK-shopping sites)
* USA: [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]]

'''VHS:'''
* UK: [[Video Collection International]] (1990's), [[Carlton Television|Carlton Video]] (2000's)
* USA: [[Walt Disney Home Video]]
* Spain: Divisa Home Video (2000's), Aurum Produccines (distribution)
* Australia: [[Roadshow Home Video]]

==Reception==
''The Brave Little Toaster'' was well received by critics. The movie has garnered a 75% rating on the reviews website, [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|id=brave_little_toaster|title=The Brave Little Toaster}}. Retrieved March 29, 2007.</ref> The ''[[Washington Post]]'' called it "a kid's film made without condescension",<ref>{{cite book |title=The Rough guide to Kid's Movies |last=Simpson |first=Paul |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2004 |publisher=Rough Guides |location= |isbn=1-84353-346-4 |pages= }}</ref> while the staff of ''[[Halliwell's Film Guide]]'' called it an "Odd fantasy of pots and pans with no more than adequate animation."<ref name=halliwell>{{cite book|editor=Gritten, David|title=[[Halliwell's Film Guide]] 2008|chapter=The Brave Little Toaster|page=161|isbn=0-00-726080-6|year=2007|accessdate=2010-06-16|location=[[Hammersmith]], London|publisher=[[HarperCollins]] Publishers}}</ref> Director [[Roland Joffe]] told Rees he was "moved to tears," something "he never expected from talking animated appliances."<ref name="RedditAMA"></ref>

The film received an [[Emmy]] nomination for Best Animated Program in 1988. It was followed by two sequels, ''[[The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars]]'' (1998), also written by Disch, and ''[[The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue]]'' (1999). The two sequels were released out of chronological order; ''To the Rescue'' takes place before ''Goes to Mars''.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Datlow, Ellen and Windling, Terri (2001). ''The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror''. ISBN 0-312-04450-X. [[St. Martin's Press]]. Retrieved March 29, 2007.
* Beck, Jerry (2005). ''The Animated Movie Guide''. ISBN 1-55652-591-5. Chicago Reader Press. Retrieved March 29, 2007.

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0092695|The Brave Little Toaster}}
* {{bcdb title|20642|The Brave Little Toaster}}
* {{Amg movie|6966|The Brave Little Toaster}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|brave_little_toaster|The Brave Little Toaster}}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MZzjeAejsg Jerry Rees and Deanna Oliver on the making of ''The Brave Little Toaster''], 2010, 57 minutes. ([[YouTube]])

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| image = Toy Story.jpg
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| alt = Film poster showing Woody anxiously holding onto Buzz Lightyear as he flies in a kid's room. Below them sitting on a bed are various smiling toys watching the pair, including Mr. Potato Head, Hamm, and Rex. In the lower right center of the image is the film's title. The background shows the cloud wallpaper featured in the bedroom.
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| screenplay = [[Joss Whedon]]<br />[[Andrew Stanton]]<br />[[Joel Cohen (writer)|Joel Cohen]]<br />[[Alec Sokolow]]
| starring = [[Tom Hanks]]<br />[[Tim Allen]]<br />[[Don Rickles]]<br />[[Jim Varney]]<br />[[Wallace Shawn]]<br />[[John Ratzenberger]]<br />[[Annie Potts]]<br />[[John Morris (actor)|John Morris]]<br />[[Laurie Metcalf]]<br />[[Erik von Detten]]
| music = [[Randy Newman]]
| editing = Robert Gordon<br />[[Lee Unkrich]]
| studio = [[Pixar]] <!-- Pixar is credited as the overall studio of the film -->
| distributor = [[Walt Disney Pictures]] <!-- Overall, Walt Disney Pictures serves as the distributor -->
| released = {{Film date|1995|11|22}}
| runtime = 81 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $30&nbsp;million
| gross = $361,958,736<ref name="BOXMOJO" />
}}
'''''Toy Story''''' is a 1995 American [[computer animation|computer-animated]] [[family film|family]] [[comedy film]] produced by [[Pixar]] and directed by [[John Lasseter]]. Distributed by [[Walt Disney Pictures]], ''Toy Story'' was the first feature-length [[Computer-generated imagery|computer-animated]] film and the first film produced by Pixar. ''Toy Story'' follows a group of [[anthropomorphic]] [[toys]] who pretend to be lifeless whenever humans are present, and focuses on the relationship between [[Woody (Toy Story)|Woody]], a [[pullstring]] [[cowboy]] [[doll]] ([[Tom Hanks]]), and [[Buzz Lightyear]], an [[astronaut]] [[action figure]] ([[Tim Allen]]). The film was written by John Lasseter, [[Andrew Stanton]], [[Joel Cohen (writer)|Joel Cohen]], [[Alec Sokolow]], and [[Joss Whedon]], and featured music by [[Randy Newman]]. Its executive producer was [[Steve Jobs]] with [[Edwin Catmull]].

Pixar, who had been producing short animated films to promote their computers, was approached by Disney to produce a computer-animated feature after the success of the short ''[[Tin Toy]]'' (1988), which is told from the perspective of a toy. Lasseter, Stanton, and [[Pete Docter]] wrote early story treatments which were thrown out by Disney, who pushed for a more edgy film. After disastrous story reels, production was halted and the script was re-written, better reflecting the tone and theme Pixar desired: that "toys deeply want children to play with them, and that this desire drives their hopes, fears, and actions."<ref name="PixarTouch05"/> The studio, then consisting of a relatively small number of employees, produced the film under minor financial constraints.<ref name=ew7/><ref name="Isaacson208"/>

The top-grossing film on its opening weekend,<ref name="numbers">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1995/0TYST.php|title=Toy Story|work=The Numbers|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> ''Toy Story'' went on to earn over $361&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref name="BOXMOJO">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=toystory.htm|title=Toy Story|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=February&nbsp;18, 2010}}</ref> Reviews were highly positive, praising both the animation's technical innovation and the screenplay's wit and sophistication,<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/toy-story|title=Toy Story Reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref><ref name="RotTom">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/toy_story/|title=Toy Story (1995)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> and it is now widely considered by many critics to be one of the [[List of films considered the best|best animated films ever made]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/650/650717p4.html |title=Top 25 Animated Movies of All-Time – Movies Feature at IGN |publisher=Movies.ign.com |date=June 18, 2011 |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Posted Jun 2 2008 4:25&nbsp;pm |url=http://blog.moviefone.com/2008/06/02/feature-page-5-1_m_f/ |title=Best Animated Movies (5–1) – The Moviefone Blog |publisher=Blog.moviefone.com |date=June 2, 2008 |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/best_animated_films/toy_story/ |title=Best Animated Films – Toy Story |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=1 |title=10 Top 10 |publisher=AFI |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/terry-gilliams-top-50-animated-movies-of-all-time/ |title=Time Out’s Top 50 Animated Movies of All Time Curated by Terry Gilliam &#124; /Film |publisher=Slashfilm.com |date=October 7, 2009 |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://themovieblog.com/2008/10/the-movie-blogs-10-best-animated-films-of-all-time |title=The Movie Blog’s 10 Best Animated Films Of All Time |publisher=The Movie Blog |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Corliss |first=Richard |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2079149_2079152_2079169,00.html |title=Toy Story, 1995 – The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films |work=TIME |date=June 23, 2011 |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref> In addition to home media releases and theatrical re-releases, ''Toy Story''-inspired material has run the gamut from toys, video games, theme park attractions, spin-offs, merchandise, and two sequels—''[[Toy Story 2]]'' (1999) and ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' (2010)—both of which received massive commercial success and critical acclaim. ''Toy Story'' was inducted into the [[National Film Registry]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 2005; its first year of eligibility.<ref>http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2005/05-262.html</ref>

==Plot==
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[[Sheriff Woody|Woody]] ([[Tom Hanks]]) is a [[pullstring|pull-string]] [[cowboy]] [[doll]] and leader of a group of toys that belong to a boy named [[Andy Davis (Toy Story)|Andy Davis]] ([[John Morris]]), which act lifeless when humans are present. With his family moving homes one week before his birthday, Andy is given a week early party to spend with his friends. The toys stage a [[reconnaissance mission]] to discover Andy's new presents. Andy receives a space ranger [[Buzz Lightyear]] ([[Tim Allen]]) [[action figure]], whose impressive features see him replacing Woody as Andy's favorite toy. Woody is resentful, especially as Buzz also gets attention from the other toys. However Buzz believes himself to be a real space ranger on a mission to return to his home planet, as Woody fails to convince him he is a toy.

Andy prepares for a family outing at the space themed [[Pizza Planet]] restaurant with Buzz. Woody attempts to be picked by misplacing Buzz. He intends to trap Buzz in a gap behind Andy's desk, but the plan goes disastrously wrong when he accidentally knocks Buzz out the window, resulting in him being accused of murdering Buzz out of jealousy. With Buzz missing, Andy takes Woody to Pizza Planet, but Buzz climbs into the car and confronts Woody when they stop at a gas station. The two fight and fall out of the car, which drives off and leaves them behind. Woody spots a truck bound for Pizza Planet and plans to rendezvous with Andy there, convincing Buzz to come with him by telling him it will take him to his home planet. Once at Pizza Planet, Buzz makes his way into a [[claw game]] machine shaped like a spaceship, thinking it to be the ship Woody promised him. Inside, he finds squeaky aliens who revere the claw arm as their master. When Woody clambers into the machine to rescue Buzz, the aliens force the two towards the claw and they are captured by Andy’s neighbor [[Sid (Toy Story)|Sid Phillips]] ([[Erik Von Detten]]), who finds amusement in torturing and destroying toys.

At Sid's house, the two attempt to escape before Andy's moving day, encountering Sid’s nightmarish toy creations and his vicious dog, Scud ([[Frank Welker]]). Buzz sees a commercial for Buzz Lightyear action figures and realizes that he really is a toy. Attempting to fly to test this, Buzz falls and loses one of his arms, going into depression and unable to cooperate with Woody. Woody waves Buzz’s arm from a window to seek help from the toys in Andy’s room, but they are horrified thinking Woody attacked him, while Woody realizes Sid's toys are friendly when they reconnect Buzz's arm. Sid prepares to destroy Buzz by strapping him to a [[fireworks|rocket]], but is delayed that evening by a [[thunderstorm]]. Woody convinces Buzz that life is worth living because of the joy he can bring to Andy, which helps Buzz regain his spirit. Cooperating with Sid's toys, Woody rescues Buzz and scares Sid away by coming to life in front of him, warning him to never torture toys again. Woody and Buzz then wave goodbye to the mutant toys and return home through a fence, but miss Andy’s car as it drives away to his new house.

Down the road, they climb onto the moving truck containing Andy’s other toys, but Scud chases them, bites down on Woody's leg and tries to pull him off. Buzz tackles the dog to save Woody. Woody attempts to rescue Buzz with Andy's [[radio-controlled car|RC car]] but the other toys, who think Woody now got rid of RC, attack Woody and toss him off onto the road. Spotting Woody driving RC back with Buzz alive, the other toys realize their mistake and try to help. When RC's batteries become depleted, Woody ignites the rocket on Buzz's back and manages to throw RC into the moving truck before they soar into the air. Buzz opens his wings to cut himself free before the rocket explodes, gliding with Woody to land safely into a box in Andy’s car. Andy looks into it and is elated to have found his two missing toys.

On [[Christmas Day]] at their new house, Buzz and Woody stage another reconnaissance mission to prepare for the new toy arrivals, one of which is a [[Mrs. Potato Head]], much to the delight of [[Mr. Potato Head (Toy Story)|Mr. Potato Head]] ([[Don Rickles]]). As Woody jokingly asks what might be worse than Buzz, the two share a worried smile as they discover Andy's new gift is a puppy.

==Cast==
{{Main|List of Toy Story characters}}
;Main cast
* [[Tom Hanks]] as [[Sheriff Woody|Woody]], a cowboy pull string doll
* [[Tim Allen]] as [[Buzz Lightyear]], a Space Ranger action figure
* [[Don Rickles]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Mr. Potato Head|Mr. Potato Head]], a potato shaped doll with put together pieces on his body
* [[Jim Varney]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Slinky Dog|Slinky Dog]], a [[Slinky|slink toy]]
* [[Wallace Shawn]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Rex|Rex]], a cowardly green ''[[Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]''
* [[John Ratzenberger]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Hamm|Hamm]], a piggy bank
* [[Annie Potts]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Bo Peep|Bo Peep]], a shepherdess and Woody's love interest
* [[John Morris (actor)|John Morris]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Andy Davis|Andy Davis]], the young boy who owns all the toys
* [[Erik von Detten]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Sid Phiillps|Sid Phillips]], Andy's former next door neighbor, who destroys toys for his own amusement
* [[Laurie Metcalf]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Andy's Mom|Andy's Mom]]
* [[R. Lee Ermey]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Sarge and the Bucket O' Soldiers|Sarge]], a green plastic figure soldier
* [[Sarah Freeman (actress)|Sarah Freeman]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Hannah Phillips|Hannah Phillips]], Sid's sister
* [[Penn Jillette]] as TV Announcer

;Additional voices
* [[Jack Angel]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Mr. Shark|Shark]]/[[List of Toy Story characters#Rocky Gibraltar|Rocky Gibraltar]]
* [[Greg Berg]] as Minesweeper Soldier
* [[Debi Derryberry]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Squeeze Toy Aliens|Squeeze Toy Aliens]]/Pizza Planet Intercom
* Mickie McGowan as Sid's Mom
* [[Ryan O'Donohue]] as kid in Buzz Lightyear commercial
* [[Jeff Pidgeon]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Squeeze Toy Aliens|Squeeze Toy Aliens]]/[[List of Toy Story characters#Mr. Spell|Mr. Spell]]/[[List of Toy Story characters#Snake and Robot|Robot]]
* [[Phil Proctor]] as Pizza Planet guard/bowling announcer
* [[Joe Ranft]] as [[List of Toy Story characters#Lenny|Lenny]]
* [[Andrew Stanton]] as Buzz Lightyear commercial chorus

===Cast notes===
* Non-speaking characters include [[List of Toy Story characters#Scud|Scud]], [[List of Toy Story characters#Barrel of Monkeys|Barrel of Monkeys]], [[Etch A Sketch]], [[List of Toy Story characters#Snake|Snake]], [[List of Toy Story characters#Clown|Clown]], and [[List of Toy Story characters#Buster|Buster]].

==Production==

===Development===
[[File:Pixar animation studios1.png|thumb|right|alt=In the foreground is a paved street leading to the gate's entrance. A sign reading "PIXAR Animation Studios" sits on top of stone columns in front of the gate that leads to several buildings.|The entrance to Pixar's studio lot in [[Emeryville, California]]]]
Director John Lasseter's first experience with computer animation was during his work as an animator at Disney, when two of his friends showed him the lightcycle scene from ''[[Tron]]''. It was an eye-opening experience which awakened Lasseter to the possibilities offered by the new medium of computer-generated animation.<ref name="PaikInfinity38">{{cite book|last=Paik|first=Karen|title=To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios|url=http://books.google.com/?id=uDAGknVpUwgC&pg=PA104&dq=buzz+lightyear+to+infinity+and+beyond#PPA38,M1|accessdate=March 13, 2009|publisher=[[Chronicle Books]]|location=San Francisco|year=2007|page=38|isbn=0-8118-5012-9}}</ref> Lasseter tried to pitch the idea of a fully computer-animated film to Disney, but the idea was rejected and Lasseter was fired. He then went on to work at [[Lucasfilm]] and later as a founding member of Pixar, which was purchased by entrepreneur and [[Apple Inc.]] founder [[Steve Jobs]] in 1986.<ref name="PaikInfinity41">{{cite book|last=Paik|first=Karen|title=To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios|publisher=[[Chronicle Books]]|location=San Francisco|year=2007|page=41|isbn=0-8118-5012-9}}</ref> At Pixar, Lasseter created short, computer-animated films to show off the Pixar Image Computer's capabilities, and ''[[Tin Toy]]'' (1988) —a short told from the perspective of a toy, referencing Lasseter's love of classic toys— would go on to claim the 1988 Academy Award for animated short films, the first computer-generated film to do so.<ref name="Isaacson181"/> ''Tin Toy'' gained Disney's attention, and the new team at Disney—CEO [[Michael Eisner]] and chairman [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] in the film division —began a quest to get Lasseter to come back.<ref name="Isaacson181"/> Lasseter, grateful for Jobs’ faith in him, felt compelled to stay with Pixar, telling co-founder [[Ed Catmull]], "I can go to Disney and be a director, or I can stay here and make history."<ref name="Isaacson181"/> Katzenberg realized he could not lure Lasseter back to Disney and therefore set plans into motion to ink a production deal with Pixar to produce a film.<ref name="Isaacson181">{{cite book|last=Isaacson|first=Walter|title=[[Steve Jobs (book)|Steve Jobs]]|accessdate=August 2, 2012|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]|year=2011|page=181|isbn=1-4516-4853-7}}</ref>

Both sides were willing. Catmull and fellow Pixar co-founder [[Alvy Ray Smith]] had long wanted to produce a computer-animated feature.<ref name="PixarTouch01">Price, p. 117</ref> In addition, The Walt Disney Company had licensed Pixar's [[Computer Animation Production System]] (CAPS), and that made it the largest customer for Pixar’s computers.<ref name="Isaacson206"/> Jobs made it apparent to Katzenberg that although Disney was happy with Pixar, it was not the other way around: "We want to do a film with you," said Jobs. "That would make us happy."<ref name="Isaacson206">{{cite book|last=Isaacson|first=Walter|title=[[Steve Jobs (book)|Steve Jobs]]|accessdate=August 2, 2012|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]|year=2011|page=206|isbn=1-4516-4853-7}}</ref> At this same time, [[Peter Schneider (film executive)|Peter Schneider]], president of [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], was potentially interested in making a feature film with Pixar.<ref name="PixarTouch01"/> When Catmull, Smith and head of animation Ralph Guggenheim met with Schneider in the summer of 1990, they found the atmosphere to be puzzling and contentious. They later learned that Katzenberg intended that if Disney were to make a film with Pixar, it would be outside Schneider's purview, which aggravated Schneider.<ref name="PixarTouch02">Price, p. 118</ref> After that first meeting, the Pixar contingent went home with low expectations and were surprised when Katzenberg called for another conference. Catmull, Smith and Guggenheim were joined by Bill Reeves (head of animation research and development), Jobs, and Lasseter. They brought with them an idea for a half-hour television special called ''A Tin Toy Christmas''. They reasoned that a television program would be a sensible way to gain experience before tackling a feature film.<ref name="PixarTouch03"/>

They met with Katzenberg at a conference table in the Team Disney building at the company's headquarters in [[Burbank, California|Burbank]].<ref name="PixarTouch03">Price, p. 119</ref> Catmull and Smith considered it would be difficult to keep Katzenberg interested in working with the company over time. They considered it even more difficult to sell Lasseter and the junior animators on the idea of working with Disney, who had a bad reputation for how they treated their animators, and Katzenberg, who had built a reputation as a micromanaging tyrant.<ref name="PixarTouch03"/> Katzenberg asserted this himself in the meeting: "Everybody thinks I’m a tyrant. I ''am'' a tyrant. But I’m usually right."<ref name="Isaacson206"/> He threw out the idea of a half-hour special and eyed Lasseter as the key talent in the room: "John, since you won't come work for me, I'm going to make it work this way."<ref name="Isaacson206"/><ref name="PixarTouch03"/> He invited the six visitors to mingle with the animators—"ask them anything at all"—and the men did so, finding they all backed up Katzenberg's statements. Lasseter felt he would be able to work with Disney and the two companies began negotiations.<ref name="PixarTouch04">Price, p. 120</ref> Pixar at this time was on the verge of bankruptcy and needed a deal with Disney.<ref name="Isaacson206"/> Katzenberg insisted that Disney be given the rights to Pixar’s proprietary technology for making 3-D animation, but Jobs refused.<ref name="PixarTouch04"/> In another case, Jobs demanded Pixar would have part ownership of the film and its characters, sharing control of both video rights and sequels, but Katzenberg refused.<ref name="Isaacson206"/> Disney and Pixar reached accord on contract terms in an agreement dated May 3, 1991, and signed on in early July.<ref name="PixarTouch06">Price, p. 122</ref> Eventually the deal specified that Disney would own the picture and its characters outright, have creative control, and pay Pixar about 12.5% of the ticket revenues.<ref name="KafnerSerBiz103">{{cite book|last=Kanfer|first=Stefan|title=Serious Business|url=http://books.google.com/?id=wQVU6xFGX7oC&pg=PA11&dq=Toy+Story|accessdate=March 13, 2009|publisher=[[Da Capo Press]]|year=2000|page=229|isbn=0-306-80918-4}}</ref><ref name="BizWeekBOX"/> It had the option (but not the obligation) to do Pixar’s next two films and the right to make (with or without Pixar) sequels using the characters in the film. Disney could also kill the film at any time with only a small penalty. These early negotiations would become a point of contention between Jobs and Eisner for many years.<ref name="Isaacson206"/>

An agreement to produce a feature film based on ''Tin Toy'' with a working title of ''Toy Story'' was finalized and production began soon thereafter.<ref name="PixMagicMan">{{cite news|last=Schlender|first=Brent|url=http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/15/magazines/fortune/pixar_futureof_fortune_052906/index.htm|title=Pixar's magic man|date=May 17, 2006|publisher=[[CNNMoney.com]]|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref>

===Writing===
The original treatment for ''Toy Story'', drafted by Lasseter, [[Andrew Stanton]], and [[Pete Docter]], had little in common with the eventual finished film.<ref name="PixarTouch05"/> It paired Tinny, the one-man band from ''Tin Toy'' with a ventriloquist's dummy and sent them on a sprawling odyssey. The core idea of ''Toy Story'' was present from the treatment onward, however: that "toys deeply want children to play with them, and that this desire drives their hopes, fears, and actions."<ref name="PixarTouch05">Price, p. 121</ref> Katzenberg felt the original treatment was problematic and told Lasseter to reshape ''Toy Story'' as more of an odd-couple buddy picture, and suggested they watch some classic buddy movies, such as ''[[The Defiant Ones]]'' and ''[[48 Hrs.]]'', in which two characters with different attitudes are thrown together and have to bond.<ref name="PixarTouch07"/><ref name="Isaacson207"/> Lasseter, Stanton, and Docter emerged in early September 1991 was the second treatment, and although the lead characters were still Tinny and the dummy, the outline of the final film was beginning to take shape.<ref name="PixarTouch07"/>

The script went through many changes before the final version. Lasseter decided Tinny was "too antiquated", and the character was changed to a military action figure, and then given a space theme. Tinny's name changed to Lunar Larry, then Tempus from Morph, and eventually Buzz Lightyear (after astronaut [[Buzz Aldrin]]).<ref name="PixarTouch08">Price, p. 125</ref> Lightyear's design was modeled on the suits worn by Apollo astronauts as well as [[G.I. Joe]] action figures.<ref name="BuzzDesign">{{cite news|title=Disney's Buzz Lightyear and Wall-E explore space for NASA|publisher=[[Space.com]]|date=June 24, 2008|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-062408a.html|accessdate=March 13, 2009}}</ref><ref name="PaikInfinity103">{{cite book|last=Paik|first=Karen|title=To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios|url=http://books.google.com/?id=uDAGknVpUwgC&pg=PA104&dq=buzz+lightyear+to+infinity+and+beyond#PPA103,M1|accessdate=March 13, 2009|publisher=[[Chronicle Books]]|location=San Francisco|year=2007|page=103|isbn=0-8118-5012-9}}</ref> Woody the second character, was inspired by a [[Casper the Friendly Ghost]] doll that Lasseter had when he was a child. Originally Woody was a ventriloquist's dummy with a pull-string (hence the name Woody). However, character designer, [[Bud Luckey]] suggested that Woody could be changed to a cowboy ventriloquist dummy, John Lasseter liked the contrast between the [[Western (genre)|Western]] genre and the [[science fiction|Sci-Fi]] genre and the character immediately changed. Eventually all the ventriloquist dummy aspects of the character were deleted, because the dummy was designed to look "sneaky and mean."<ref name="PixarTouch09">Price, p. 126</ref> However they kept the name Woody to pay homage to the Western actor [[Woody Strode]].<ref name="PixarTouch08"/> The story department drew inspiration from films such as ''[[Midnight Run]]'' and ''[[The Odd Couple (film)|The Odd Couple]]'',<ref name="MidnightRunInfluence">{{cite web|url=http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12024 |title=Charlie Rose Interview of John Lasseter |accessdate=(Dec 2, 2011)}}</ref> and Lasseter screened [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s ''[[Castle in the Sky]]'' (1986) for further influence.<ref name="PixarTouch10"/>

''Toy Story''{{'}}s script was strongly influenced by the ideas of screenwriter [[Robert McKee]]. The members of Pixar's story team—Lasseter, Stanton, Docter and [[Joe Ranft]]—were aware that most of them were beginners at writing for feature films. None of them had any feature story or writing credits to their name besides Ranft, who had taught a story class at [[CalArts]] and did some storyboard work prior.<ref name="PixarTouch09"/> Seeking insight, Lasseter and Docter attended a three-day seminar in [[Los Angeles]] given by McKee. His principles, grounded in [[Aristotle]]'s ''[[Poetics (Aristotle)|Poetics]]'', dictated that a character emerges most realistically and compellingly from the choices that the protagonist makes in reaction to his problems.<ref name="PixarTouch10">Price, p. 127</ref> Disney also appointed [[Joel Cohen (writer)|Joel Cohen]], [[Alec Sokolow]] and, later, Joss Whedon to help develop the script. Whedon found that the script wasn't working but had a great structure, and added the character of Rex and sought a pivotal role for Barbie.<ref name="PixarTouch11">Price, p. 128</ref> The story team continued to touch up the script as production was underway. Among the late additions was the encounter between Buzz and the alien squeak toys at Pizza Planet, which emerged from a brainstorming session with a dozen directors, story artists, and animators from Disney.<ref name="PixarTouch19"/>

===Casting===
Katzenberg gave approval for the script on January 19, 1993, at which point voice casting could begin.<ref name="EWToyWonder"/> Lasseter always wanted Tom Hanks to play the character of Woody. Lasseter claimed Hanks "... has the ability to take emotions and make them appealing. Even if the character, like the one in ''[[A League of Their Own]]'', is down-and-out and despicable."<ref name="EWToyWonder"/> [[Billy Crystal]] was approached to play Buzz, but turned down the role, which he later regretted, although he would voice Mike Wazowski in Pixar's later success, ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''.<ref name="BillyCrystal">{{cite web|url=http://www.crankycritic.com/qa/pf_articles/billycrystal.html|title=Billy Crystal – Cranky Critic StarTalk|last=Fischer|first=Paul|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref><ref name="BillyCrystalCT">{{cite news|last=Pearlman|first=Cindy|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF7B35B6B4F1765&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Crystal clear on 'Monsters'|format=Fee required|date=October 28, 2001|work=Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=March 16, 2009}}</ref> Lasseter took the role to Tim Allen, who was appearing in Disney's ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', and he accepted.<ref name="PixarTouch12">Price, p. 129</ref>

To gauge how an actor's voice would fit with a character, Lasseter borrowed a common Disney technique: animate a vocal monologue from a well-established actor to meld the actor's voice with the appearance or actions of the animated character.<ref name="PixarTouch11"/> This early test footage, using Hanks' voice from ''[[Turner & Hooch]]'', convinced Hanks to sign on to the film.<ref name="EWToyWonder"/><ref name="DVDTurnerHooch">{{cite video|title=Toy Story (10th Anniversary Edition) - (Making Toy Story)|medium=DVD|publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment|time=6:43|date=September&nbsp;6, 2005}}</ref> ''Toy Story'' was both Hanks and Allen's first animated film role.<ref name="FirstAnimated">{{cite news|last=Michael|first=Dennis|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9511/toy_story/stars/index.html|title='Toy Story' stars say being animated is hard work|date=November 25, 1995|publisher=CNN|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref>

===Production shutdown===
Every couple of weeks, Lasseter and his team would put together their latest set of storyboards or footage to show Disney. In early screen tests, Pixar impressed Disney with the technical innovation but convincing Disney of the plot was more difficult. At each presentation by Pixar, Katzenberg would tear much of it up, giving out detailed comments and notes. Katzenberg’s big push was to add more edginess to the two main characters.<ref name="Isaacson207">{{cite book|last=Isaacson|first=Walter|title=[[Steve Jobs (book)|Steve Jobs]]|accessdate=August 2, 2012|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]|year=2011|page=207|isbn=1-4516-4853-7}}</ref> Disney wanted the film to appeal to both children and adults, and asked for adult references to be added to the film.<ref name="EWToyWonder"/> After many rounds of notes from Katzenberg and other Disney execs, the general consensus was that Woody had been stripped of almost all charm.<ref name="Isaacson207"/><ref name="PixarTouch12">Price, p. 129</ref> Tom Hanks, while recording the dialogue for the story reels, exclaimed at one point that the character was a jerk.<ref name="Isaacson207"/> Lasseter and his Pixar team had the first half of the movie ready to screen, so they brought it down to Burbank to show to Katzenberg and other Disney executives on November 19, 1993, a day they later dubbed "Black Friday."<ref name="Isaacson208">{{cite book|last=Isaacson|first=Walter|title=[[Steve Jobs (book)|Steve Jobs]]|accessdate=August 2, 2012|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]|year=2011|page=208|isbn=1-4516-4853-7}}</ref><ref name="EWToyWonder">{{cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299897,00.html|title=Toy' Wonder|date=December 8, 1995|work=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> The results were disastrous, and Schneider, who was never particularly enamored of Katzenberg’s idea of having outsiders make animation for Disney, declared it a mess and ordered that production be stopped immediately.<ref name="PixarTouch13">Price, p. 130</ref> Katzenberg asked colleague Tom Schumacher why the reels were bad. Schumacher replied bluntly: "Because it’s not their movie anymore."<ref name="Isaacson208"/>

Lasseter was embarrassed with what was on the screen, later recalling, "It was a story filled with the most unhappy, mean characters that I’ve ever seen." He asked Disney for the chance to retreat back to Pixar and rework the script in two weeks, and Katzenberg was supportive.<ref name="Isaacson208"/> Lasseter, Stanton, Docter and Ranft delivered the news of the production shutdown to the production crew, many of whom had left other jobs to work on the project. In the meantime, the crew would shift to television commercials while the head writers worked out a new script. Although Lasseter kept morale high by remaining outwardly buoyant, the production shutdown was "a very scary time," recalled story department manager BZ Petroff.<ref name="PixarTouch14">Price, p. 131</ref> Schneider had initially wanted to shutdown production altogether and fire all recently hired animators.<ref name="autogenerated2005">{{cite video|title=Toy Story (10th Anniversary Edition) - (Filmmakers Reflect)|medium=DVD|publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment|date=September&nbsp;6, 2005}}</ref> Katzenberg put the film under the wing of Disney Feature Animation. The Pixar team was pleased that the move would give them an open door to counsel from Disney's animation veterans. Schneider, however, continued to take a dim view of the project and would later go over Katzenberg's head to urge Eisner to cancel it.<ref name="PixarTouch07">Price, p. 124</ref> Stanton retreated into a small, dark windowless office, emerging periodically with new script pages. He and the other story artists would then draw the shots on storyboards. Whedon came back to Pixar for part of the shutdown to help with revising, and the script was revised in two weeks as promised.<ref name="PixarTouch14"/> When Katzenberg and Schneider halted production on ''Toy Story'', Steve Jobs kept the work going with his own personal funding. Jobs did not insert himself much into the creative process, respecting the artists at Pixar and instead managing the relationship with Disney.<ref name="Isaacson208"/>

The Pixar team came back with a new script three months later, with the character of Woody morphed from being a tyrannical boss of Andy’s other toys to being their wise leader. It also included a more adult-oriented staff meeting amongst the toys rather than a juvenile group discussion that had existed in earlier drafts. Buzz Lightyear's character was also changed slightly "to make it more clear to the audience that he really doesn't realize he's a toy."<ref name="autogenerated2005"/> Katzenberg and Schneider approved the new approach, and by February 1994 the film was back in production.<ref name="Isaacson208"/> The voice actors returned in March 1994 to record their new lines.<ref name="EWToyWonder"/> When production was greenlit, the crew quickly grew from its original size of 24 to 110, including 27 animators, 22 technical directors, and 61 other artists and engineers.<ref name=ew7/><ref name="PixarTouch15">Price, p. 133</ref> In comparison, ''[[The Lion King]]'', released in 1994, required a budget of $45&nbsp;million and a staff of 800.<ref name=ew7>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299897_7,00.html |title='Toy Story': The Inside Buzz |publisher=EW.com |date=December 8, 1995 |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref> In the early budgeting process, Jobs was eager to produce the film as efficiently as possible, impressing Katzenberg with his focus on cost-cutting. Despite this, the $17 million production budget was proving inadequate, especially given the major revision that was necessary after Katzenberg had pushed them to make Woody too edgy. Jobs demanded more funds in order to complete the film right, and insisted that Disney was liable for the cost overruns. Katzenberg was not willing, and Ed Catmull, described as "more diplomatic than Jobs," was able to reach a compromise new budget.<ref name="Isaacson208"/>

===Animation===
{{Quote box|width=30em |quote="We couldn't have made this movie in traditional animation. This is a story that can only really be told with three-dimensional toy characters. ... Some of the shots in this film are so beautiful."|source=—Tom Schumacher, Vice President of Walt Disney Feature Animation<ref name=DeseretNewsVP>{{cite news|last=Hicks|first=Chris|title=Animation: Disney is Still King|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/444669/ANIMATION--DISNEY-IS-STILL-KING.html?pg=all|accessdate=October 17, 2012|newspaper=Deseret News|date=October 13, 1995}}</ref>}}
''Toy Story'' was the first fully computer animated feature film. Recruiting animators for ''Toy Story'' was brisk; the magnet for talent was not the pay, generally mediocre, but rather the allure of taking part in the first computer-animated feature.<ref name="PixarTouch15"/> Lasseter spoke on the challenges of the computer animation in the film: "We had to make things look more organic. Every leaf and blade of grass had to be created. We had to give the world a sense of history. So the doors are banged up, the floors have scuffs."<ref name="EWToyWonder"/> The film began with animated storyboards to guide the animators in developing the characters. 27 animators worked on the film, using 400 computer models to animate the characters. Each character was either created out of [[Modelling clay|clay]] or was first modeled off of a computer-drawn diagram before reaching the computer animated design.<ref name="WiredMakingof">{{cite news|last=Snider|first=Burr|url=http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.12/toy.story.html|title=The Toy Story Story |date=September 18, 1995|work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|pages=1–6|date=December 1995|accessdate=March 13, 2009}}</ref> Once the animators had a model, articulation and motion controls were coded, allowing each character to move in a variety of ways, such as talking, walking, or jumping.<ref name="WiredMakingof"/> Of all of the characters, Woody was the most complex as he required 723 motion controls, including 212 for his face and 58 for his mouth.<ref name="EWToyWonder"/><ref name="HenneMakingOf">{{cite journal|last=Henne|first=Mark|coauthors=Hal Hickel, Ewan Johnson, and Sonoks Konishi|title=The Making of Toy Story|journal=CompCon '96. Technologies for the Information Superhighway Digest of Papers|pages=463–468|location=Santa Clara, CA|date=February 25–28, 1996|url=http://www.ece.unm.edu/course/ece512/docs/MakingToyStory_Henne.pdf|format=PDF|issn=0-8186-7414-8|accessdate=March 13, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The first piece of animation, a 30-second test, was delivered to Disney in June 1992 when the company requested a sample of what the film would look like. Lasseter wanted to impress Disney with a number of things in the test piece that could not be done in traditional, hand-drawn animation, such as Woody's plaid shirt or venetian blind shadows falling across the room.<ref name="PixarTouch09"/>

Every shot in the film passed through the hands of eight different teams. The art department gave a shot its color scheme and general lighting.<ref name="PixarTouch16">Price, p. 134</ref> The layout department, under Craig Good, then placed the models in the shot, framed the shot by setting the location of the virtual camera, and programmed any camera moves. To make the medium feel as familiar as possible, they sought to stay within the limits of what might be done in a live-action film with real cameras, dollies, tripods and cranes.<ref name="PixarTouch16"/> From layout, a shot went to the animation department, headed by directing animators Rich Quade and [[Ash Brannon]]. Lasseter opted against Disney's approach of assigning an animator to work on a character throughout a film, but made certain exceptions in scenes where he felt acting was particularly critical.<ref name="PixarTouch16"/> The animators used the Menv program to set the character into a desired pose. Once a sequence of hand-built poses, or "[[keyframe]]s", was created, the software would build the poses from the frames in-between.<ref name="PixarTouch17">Price, p. 135</ref> The animators studied videotapes of the actors for inspiration, and Lasseter rejected automatic lip-syncing.<ref name="PixarTouch17"/> To sync the characters' mouths and facial expressions to the actors' voices, animators spent a week per 8 seconds of animation.<ref name="WiredMakingof"/>

After this the animators would compile the scenes, and develop a new storyboard with the computer animated characters. Animators then added shading, lighting, visual effects, and finally used 300 computer processors to render the film to its final design.<ref name="WiredMakingof"/><ref name="HenneMakingOf"/> The shading team, under Tom Porter, used RenderMan's shader language to create shader programs for each of a model's surfaces. A few surfaces in ''Toy Story'' came from real objects: a shader for the curtain fabric in Andy's room used a scan of actual cloth.<ref name="PixarTouch18">Price, p. 136</ref> After animation and shading, the final lighting of the shot was orchestrated by the lighting team, under Galyn Susman and Sharon Calahan. The completed shot then went into rendering on a "render farm" of 117 [[Sun Microsystems]] computers that ran 24 hours a day.<ref name="PixarTouch19"/> Finished animation emerged in a steady drip of around three minutes a week.<ref name="PixarTouch20">Price, p. 138</ref> Each frame took from 45 minutes up to 30 hours to render, depending on its complexity. In total, the film required 800,000 machine hours and 114,240 frames of animation.<ref name="EWToyWonder"/><ref name="WiredMakingof"/><ref name="CNN110animators"/> There is over 77 minutes of animation spread across 1,561 shots.<ref name="PixarTouch16"/> A camera team, aided by David DiFrancesco, recorded the frames onto [[film stock]]. ''Toy Story'' was rendered at a mere 1,536 by 922 pixels, with each pixel corresponding to roughly a quarter inch of screen area on a typical cinema screen.<ref name="PixarTouch19">Price, p. 137</ref> During post-production, the film was sent to [[Skywalker Sound]] where sound effects were mixed with the music score.<ref name="HenneMakingOf"/>

===Music===
Disney was concerned with Lasseter's position on the use of music. Unlike other Disney films of the time, Lasseter did not want the film to be a musical, saying it was a [[buddy film]] featuring "real toys." [[Joss Whedon]] agreed saying, "It would have been a really bad musical, because it's a buddy movie. It's about people who won't admit what they want, much less sing about it. ... Buddy movies are about sublimating, punching an arm, 'I hate you.' It's not about open emotion."<ref name="EWToyWonder"/> However, Disney favored the musical format, claiming "Musicals are our orientation. Characters breaking into song is a great shorthand. It takes some of the onus off what they're asking for."<ref name="EWToyWonder"/> Disney and Pixar reached a compromise: the characters in ''Toy Story'' would not break into song, but the film would use songs over the action, as in ''The Graduate'', to convey and amplify the emotions that Buzz and Woody were feeling.<ref name="PixarTouch11"/> Disney tapped [[Randy Newman]] to compose the film. The edited ''Toy Story'' was due to Randy Newman and Gary Rydstrom in late September 1995 for their final work on the score and sound design, respectively.<ref name="PixarTouch22">Price, p. 149</ref>

Lasseter claimed "His songs are touching, witty, and satirical, and he would deliver the emotional underpinning for every scene."<ref name="EWToyWonder"/> Newman developed the film's signature song "[[You've Got a Friend in Me]]" in one day<ref name="EWToyWonder"/> although the tune is closely based on his own song, "I Love to See You Smile" from the soundtrack to the 1989 film, ''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]''.

===Editing and pre-release===
It was difficult for crew members to perceive the film's quality during much of the production process, when the finished footage was in scattered pieces and lacked elements like music and sound design.<ref name="PixarTouch20"/> Some animators felt the film would be a significant disappointment commercially, but felt animators and animation fans would find it interesting.<ref name="PixarTouch20"/> According to [[Lee Unkrich]], one of the original [[film editor|editors]] of ''Toy Story'', a scene was cut out of the original final edit. The scene features Sid, after Pizza Planet, torturing Buzz and Woody violently. Unkrich decided to cut right into the scene where Sid is interrogating the toys because the creators of the movie thought the audience would be loving Buzz and Woody at that point.<ref name = "Deleted Scenes">{{cite DVD-notes|title = Toy Story Deleted Scenes (Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition)|director = John Lasseter|publisher = [[Disney]]|year = 2005}}</ref> Another scene, where Woody was trying to get Buzz's attention when he was stuck in the box crate, was shortened because the creators felt it would lose the energy of the movie.<ref name = "Deleted Scenes"/> Peter Schneider had grown buoyant about the film as it neared completion, and announced a United States release date of November, coinciding with Thanksgiving weekend and the start of the winter holiday season.<ref name="PixarTouch21"/>

Sources indicate that executive producer Steve Jobs lacked confidence in the film during its production, and he had been talking to various companies, ranging from Hallmark to Microsoft, about selling Pixar.<ref name="Isaacson208"/><ref name="PixarTouch21">Price, p. 139-142</ref> However, as the film progressed, Jobs became ever more excited about it, feeling that he might be on the verge of transforming the movie industry.<ref name="Isaacson208"/> As scenes from the movie were finished, he watched them repeatedly and had friends come by his home to share his new passion. Jobs decided that the release of ''Toy Story'' that November would be the occasion to take Pixar public.<ref name="Isaacson208"/> A test audience near Anaheim in late July 1995 indicated the need for last-minute tweaks, which added further pressure to the already frenetic final weeks. Response cards from the audience were encouraging, but were not top of the scale, adding further question as to how audiences would respond.<ref name="PixarTouch22"/> The film ended with a shot of Andy's house and the sound of a new puppy. Michael Eisner, who attended the screening, told Lasseter afterward that the film needed to end with a shot of Woody and Buzz together, reacting to the news of the puppy.<ref name="PixarTouch22"/>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| Name = Toy Story
| Type = Soundtrack
| Artist = [[Randy Newman]]
| Cover = Toy Story Soundtrack.jpg
| Alt = At the center of the album cover is a toy cowboy's head overlooking a bed with a shocked expression on his face. Sitting on the bed in front of him are the legs of a toy astronaut. The title of the soundtrack is at the top of the image and the production credits are located at the bottom.
| Released = November 22, 1995
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Film score|Score]]
| Length = 51:44
| Label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
|Producer=Chris Montan <small>(Don Davis, Jim Flamberg, Don Was, Frank Wolf, Randy Newman)</small>
| Chronology = [[Pixar]] soundtrack
| Last album =
| This album = '''''Toy Story'''''<br />(1995)
| Next album = ''[[A Bug's Life#Music|A Bug's Life]]''<br />(1998)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Toy Story
| Type = Soundtrack
| Single 1 = [[You've Got a Friend in Me]]
| Single 1 date = April 12, 1996<ref name="single">{{cite web| url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r297423|pure_url=yes}}| title=You've Got a Friend in Me > Overview| publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Macrovision]]| accessdate=July 30, 2009}}</ref>
}}
}}
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|rev2score={{Rating|3|5}}
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|rev3score={{Rating|4|5}}
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The soundtrack for ''Toy Story'' was produced by [[Walt Disney Records]] and was released on November 22, 1995, the week of the film's release. Scored and written by [[Randy Newman]], the soundtrack has received praise for its "sprightly, stirring score".<ref name="AllmusicReview">{{cite web|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|title=Toy Story|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r227571|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Macrovision]].|accessdate=July 23, 2009}}</ref> Despite the album's critical success, the soundtrack only peaked at number 94 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart.<ref name="chart">{{cite web| url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r227571/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}| title=Toy Story > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums| publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Macrovision]]| accessdate=July 30, 2009}}</ref> A [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] and CD single release of "[[You've Got a Friend in Me]]" was released on April 12, 1996, in order to promote the soundtrack's release.<ref name="single"/> The soundtrack was remastered in 2006 and although it is no longer available physically, the album is available for purchase [[Music download|digitally]] in retailers such as [[iTunes]].<ref name="itunes">{{cite web| url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=217548973&id=217548963&s=143444| title=Toy Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)| publisher=[[iTunes]]. [[Apple Inc.]]| accessdate=July 30, 2009 }}</ref>
;Tracklisting<ref name="AllmusicReview"/><ref name="itunes"/>
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Randy Newman]]
| total_length = 51:44
| title1 = [[You've Got a Friend in Me]]
| note1 = performed by Newman
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Strange Things
| note2 = performed by Newman
| length2 = 3:18
| title3 = I Will Go Sailing No More
| note3 = performed by Newman
| length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Andy's Birthday
| length4 = 5:58
| title5 = Soldier's Mission
| length5 = 1:29
| title6 = Presents
| length6 = 1:09
| title7 = Buzz
| length7 = 1:40
| title8 = Sid
| length8 = 1:21
| title9 = Woody and Buzz
| length9 = 4:29
| title10 = Mutants
| length10 = 6:05
| title11 = Woody's Gone
| length11 = 2:13
| title12 = The Big One
| length12 = 2:51
| title13 = Hang Together
| length13 = 6:02
| title14 = On the Move
| length14 = 6:18
| title15 = Infinity and Beyond
| length15 = 3:09
| title16 = [[You've Got a Friend in Me]] (Duet Version)
| note16 = performed by Newman, [[Lyle Lovett]]
| length16 = 2:42
}}

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|U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="chart"/>
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:Thank you! [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 20:09, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
::Not sure if you're on IRC, but I'd like to invite you to make an account and come there. Fellow editors could definitely use swift admins to reach out to! --[[User:JustBerry|JustBerry]] ([[User talk:JustBerry|talk]]) 20:13, 19 December 2016 (UTC)


== Time for a Range Block ==
==Release==
There were two premieres of ''Toy Story'' in November 1995. Disney organized one at El Capitan in Los Angeles, and built a fun house next door featuring the characters. Jobs did not attend and instead rented the Regency, a similar theater in San Francisco, and held his own premiere the next night. Instead of Tom Hanks and Steve Martin, the guests were Silicon Valley celebrities, such as Larry Ellison and Andy Grove. The dueling premieres highlighted a festering issue between the companies: whether ''Toy Story'' was a Disney or a Pixar film.<ref name="Isaacson209">{{cite book|last=Isaacson|first=Walter|title=[[Steve Jobs (book)|Steve Jobs]]|accessdate=August 2, 2012|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]|year=2011|page=209|isbn=1-4516-4853-7}}</ref> "The audience appeared to be captivated by the film," wrote David Price in his 2008 book ''The Pixar Touch''. "Adult-voiced sobs could be heard during the quiet moments after Buzz Lightyear fell and lay broken on the stairway landing."<ref name="PixarTouch24">Price, p. 151</ref> ''Toy Story'' opened on 2,281 screens in in the United States on November 22, 1995 (before later expanding to 2,574 screens).<ref name="PixarTouch24"/> It was paired alongside a rerelease of a ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit|Roger Rabbit]]'' short called ''[[List of Who Framed Roger Rabbit media#Animated shorts|Rollercoaster Rabbit]]'', while select prints contained ''[[The Adventures of Andre and Wally B.|The Adventures of André and Wally B.]]''.


[[Special:Contributions/54.147.224.206]]
The film was also shown at the [[Berlin Film Festival]] out of competition from February 15 to 26, 1996.<ref name="BerlinFFVariety">{{cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/31584/Toy+Story.html?dataSet=1&query=Toy+Story|title=Toy Story (1995)|work=Variety |accessdate=March 12, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=August 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> Elsewhere, the film opened in March 1996.<ref name="PixarTouch21"/>


And now... presenting... [[Special:Contributions/54.157.225.52]]
===Marketing===
Marketing for the film included $20&nbsp;million spent by Disney for advertising as well as advertisers such as [[Burger King]], [[Pepsico]], [[Coca-Cola]], and [[Payless ShoeSource]] paying $125&nbsp;million in tied promotions for the film.<ref name="Disney20mil">{{cite news|last=Elliott|first=Stuart|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DE1DB1339F931A15752C1A963958260|title=The Media Business: Advertising; Coca-Cola, Pepsico and Burger King sign on with Disney for a happy ending with 'Toy Story' tie-ins|work=The New York Times|date=November 22, 1995|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> A marketing consultant reflected on the promotion: "This will be a killer deal. How can a kid, sitting through a one-and-a-half-hour movie with an army of recognizable toy characters, not want to own one?"<ref name=DailyNewsPromotion>{{cite news|last=Reyes|first=Sonia|title=It's A ''Toy Story'' Told At The Cash Register|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1995-11-23/news/17983233_1_toy-characters-buzz-lightyear-movie|accessdate=October 17, 2012|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=November 23, 1995}}</ref> Despite this, the consumer products arm of Disney was slow to see the potential of ''Toy Story'' early on.<ref name="PixarTouch21"/> When the Thanksgiving release date was announced in January 1995, many toy companies were accustomed to having eighteen months to two years of runway time, and passed on the project. In February 1995, Disney took the idea to Toy Fair, a toy industry trade show in New York. There, a Toronto-based company with a factory based in China, Thinkaway Toys, became interested. Although Thinkaway was a small player in the industry, mainly producing toy banks in the form of film characters, it was able to scoop up the worldwide master license for ''Toy Story'' toys simply because no one else wanted it.<ref name="PixarTouch23">Price, p. 143</ref> Buena Vista Home Video put a trailer for the film on seven million copies of the VHS re-release of ''Cinderella''; the Disney Channel ran a television special on the making of ''Toy Story''; Walt Disney World in Orlando held a daily ''Toy Story'' parade at Disney-MGM Studios.<ref name="PixarTouch22"/>


Why the IP hopping {{smiley2|sad}} --[[User:JustBerry|JustBerry]] ([[User talk:JustBerry|talk]]) 20:16, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
It was screenwriter Joss Whedon's idea to incorporate [[Barbie]] as a character who would rescue Woody and Buzz in the film's final act.<ref name="LostJoss">{{cite web|url=http://www.suvudu.com/2008/07/the-lost-joss-whedonpixar-conn.html|title=The Lost Joss Whedon/Pixar Connection|author=tnarwani|date=July 21, 2008|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> The idea was dropped after Mattel objected and refused to license the toy. Producer [[Ralph Guggenheim]] claimed that Mattel did not allow the use of the toy as "They [Mattel] philosophically felt girls who play with Barbie dolls are projecting their personalities onto the doll. If you give the doll a voice and animate it, you're creating a persona for it that might not be every little girl's dream and desire."<ref name="EWToyWonder"/> Hasbro likewise refused to license G.I. Joe (mainly because Sid was going to blow one up), but they did license [[Mr. Potato Head]].<ref name="EWToyWonder"/> The only toy in the movie that was not currently in production was [[Slinky]] Dog, which was discontinued since the 1970s. When designs for Slinky were sent to [[Betty James]] ([[Richard T. James|Richard James]]'s wife) she said that Pixar had improved the toy and that it was "cuter" than the original.<ref name="NYTimes1">{{cite news |last=Witchel |first=Alex |date=February 21, 1996 |title=Talking Toys with Betty James; Persevering for Family and Slinky |work=The New York Times |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E1D61339F932A15751C0A960958260 |accessdate=February 26, 2009}}</ref>
:Looked into this a bit. Both IPs' geolocation ([http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/54.147.224.206 IP1] and [http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/54.157.225.52 IP2]) are the same. Looking at the hostname (Hostname: *.compute-1.amazonaws.com) and bot-like edits (right after I reverted, the user readded the same nonsense back in), wondering if the user is abusing Amazon server trials and running their own script on the trial servers. --[[User:JustBerry|JustBerry]] ([[User talk:JustBerry|talk]]) 20:23, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
::I agree it's someone roaming AWS. It is a /12 range, which is about 16 times larger than admins can block in one go, and in all probability not without collateral, but it might be looking at further if it continues. -- [[user:zzuuzz|zzuuzz]] <sup>[[user_talk:zzuuzz|(talk)]]</sup> 20:30, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
:::Just looking at the sparse contributions, and the history of [[Hydrus]] for example, I'd now be minded to take the ranges out a /16 at a time. I see that's exactly what MaterialScientist did last week. -- [[user:zzuuzz|zzuuzz]] <sup>[[user_talk:zzuuzz|(talk)]]</sup> 20:41, 19 December 2016 (UTC)


== Please restore BuzzConf page ==
===3-D re-release===
[[File:Toy Story 1 and 2 3D.jpg|thumb|250px|Poster for the double-feature 3D re-release of ''Toy Story'' and ''Toy Story 2'']]
On October 2, 2009, the film was re-released in [[Disney Digital 3-D]].<ref name="Empire3D">{{cite news|last=Richards|first=Olly|url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=21856|title=Toy Story Movies Going 3D|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date=January 24, 2008|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> The film was also released with ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' as a double feature for a two-week run<ref>{{cite news|last=Germain|first=David|title=Disney does 3-D with ''Toy Story'', ''Beast'' reissues|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-03-31-disney-3-D_N.htm|accessdate=October 17, 2012|newspaper=USA Today|date=March 31, 2009}}</ref> which was extended due to its success.<ref name=oct12update>{{cite web|url=http://twitter.com/leeunkrich/statuses/4820087123|title=Toy Story news|date=October 12, 2009|accessdate=October 12, 2009}}</ref><ref name=oct12update2>{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/10/12/lee-unkrich-announces-kristen-schaal-and-blake-clark-cast-in-toy-story-3-toy-story-3d-double-feature-to-stay-in-theaters/|title=Lee Unkrich Announces Kristen Schaal and Blake Clark Cast in Toy Story 3; Toy Story 3D Double Feature To Stay in Theaters|author=David Chen|date=October 12, 2009|accessdate=October 12, 2009}}</ref> In addition, the film's second sequel, ''[[Toy Story 3]]'', was also released in the 3-D format.<ref name="Empire3D"/> Lasseter commented on the new 3-D re-release:
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"The ''Toy Story'' films and characters will always hold a very special place in our hearts and we're so excited to be bringing this landmark film back for audiences to enjoy in a whole new way thanks to the latest in 3-D technology. With ''Toy Story 3'' shaping up to be another great adventure for Buzz, Woody and the gang from Andy's room, we thought it would be great to let audiences experience the first two films all over again and in a brand new way."<ref name="VFXWorldLass3-D">{{cite news|url=http://vfxworld.com/?atype=news&a=search&term=Toy%20Story&id=22054|title=Toy Story Franchise Going 3-D|publisher=VFXWorld.com|date=January 24, 2008|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref>
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Hi there,
Translating the film into 3-D involved revisiting the original computer data and virtually placing a second camera into each scene, creating left-eye and right-eye views needed to achieve the perception of depth.<ref name="Dimension">{{cite news|first=Mekado|last=Murphy|title=Buzz and Woody Add a Dimension|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/movies/04murp.html|date=October&nbsp;1, 2009|work=The New York Times|accessdate=February&nbsp;18, 2010}}</ref> Unique to computer animation, Lasseter referred to this process as "digital archaeology."<ref name="Dimension"/> The process took four months, as well as an additional six months for the two films to add the 3-D. The lead stereographer Bob Whitehill oversaw this process and sought to achieve an effect that affected the emotional storytelling of the film:


I was an attendee at this year's [https://buzzconf.io BuzzConf] in Ballan, Victoria, Australia, and have just discovered that you've deleted its wiki page. I'd just like to verify that it is a legitimate event, that almost 200 people attended, and ask if you could please reinstate the [[BuzzConf]] page. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Mattcen|Mattcen]] ([[User talk:Mattcen#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Mattcen|contribs]]) 23:31, 19 December 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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"When I would look at the films as a whole, I would search for story reasons to use 3-D in different ways. In '''Toy Story'', for instance, when the toys were alone in their world, I wanted it to feel consistent to a safer world. And when they went out to the human world, that's when I really blew out the 3-D to make it feel dangerous and deep and overwhelming."<ref name="Dimension"/>
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As a fellow attendee, I would like to verify the above. and further the request that the page be reinstated. [[User:Amindunited|Amindunited]] ([[User talk:Amindunited|talk]]) 01:06, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
Unlike other countries, the United Kingdom received the films in 3-D as separate releases. ''Toy Story'' was released on October 2, 2009. ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' was instead released January 22, 2010.<ref name="Toy Story 3D Review">{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/movies/reviews/article.aspx?cp-documentid=149974281 |title=Toy Story in 3D: MSN Review|accessdate=October 3, 2009|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20091002133147/http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/movies/reviews/article.aspx?cp-documentid=149974281 <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archivedate=October 2, 2009}}</ref> The re-release performed well at the box office, opening with $12,500,000 in its opening weekend, placing at the third position after ''[[Zombieland]]'' and ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)|Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]''.<ref name="ReBOXMOJO">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=toystory3d.htm|title=Toy Story/Toy Story 2 (3D)|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=February&nbsp;18, 2010}}</ref> The double feature grossed $30,714,027 in its five-week release.<ref name="ReBOXMOJO"/>


I ([[User:Geekscape|Andy Gelme]]) have attended and contributed to workshops at the first two BuzzConf technology festivals in 2015 and 2016. Newspaper articles and other media verify the legitimacy and unique nature of the event. Larger, longer established Australian conferences such as Linux Conference Australia have Wikipedia pages (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux.conf.au) and set a reasonable precident. These are events that people may want to search for and contribute to the corpus of information about them. Thanks for your consideration in regards to reinstating the BuzzConf Wikipedia page [[User:Geekscape|Geekscape]] ([[User talk:Geekscape|talk]]) 01:30, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
===Reception===
{{Quote box|width=30em|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|quote="Yes, we worry about what the critics say. Yes, we worry about what the opening box office is going to be. Yes, we worry about what the final box office is going to be. But really, the whole point why we do what we do is to entertain our audiences. The greatest joy I get as a filmmaker is to slip into an audience for one of our movies anonymously, and watch people watch our film. Because people are 100 percent honest when they're watching a movie. And to see the joy on people's faces, to see people really get into our films...to me is the greatest reward I could possibly get."|source=—John Lasseter, reflecting on the impact of the film<ref name="PaikInfinity104"/>}}


Hi RickinBaltimore
Ever since its original 1995 release, ''Toy Story'' has received universal acclaim from critics; Review aggregate [[Rotten Tomatoes]] (which gave the movie an "Extremely Fresh" rating) reports that 100% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 74 reviews, with an average score of 9/10. The critical consensus is: ''As entertaining as it is innovative, Toy Story kicked off Pixar's unprecedented run of quality pictures, reinvigorating animated film in the process.'' The film is ''Certified Fresh''.<ref name="RotTom"/> At the website [[Metacritic]], which utilizes a [[standard score|normalized]] rating system, the film earned a "universal acclaim" level rating of 92/100 based on 16&nbsp;reviews by mainstream critics.<ref name="metacritic"/> Reviewers hailed the film for its computer animation, voice cast, and ability to appeal to numerous age groups.
I'm not sure what why you felt the need to mark the BuzzConf main and talks pages for quick deletion, given that we were still working on them. If we had more time, you'd have clearly seen that this event is indeed unique, certainly in Australia, if not the world. The talks, focussed on the future of technology, the workshops, the kid's track (where my 6 year old coded apps for the first time), the campsite, the music, and so on, all mark this event as unique.
I'd like you to restore the page so we can keep editing it.
Thanks, BuzzConf participant in 2015 and 2016 <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Hamosapien|Hamosapien]] ([[User talk:Hamosapien#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Hamosapien|contribs]]) 03:06, 20 December 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Reviewing the article, there wasn't enough sourcing to justify how the event was notable. What I could suggest is to work on the article in your draft space, by clicking on the [[Special:Mypage/BuzzConf]] link, and working on the article there. Make sure that when working on this, you help fix the issues that led to the page being deleted, namely the notability of the event and the lack of independent reliable sources. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 13:34, 20 December 2016 (UTC)


Hi all! I've created [[User:Geekcamper/BuzzConf]] with the last content of the original page. Please edit away! --[[User:Geekcamper|Geekcamper]] ([[User talk:Geekcamper|talk]]) 03:41, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
Leonard Klady of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' commended the animation's "... razzle-dazzle technique and unusual look. The camera loops and zooms in a dizzying fashion that fairly takes one's breath away."<ref name="VarietyKlady">{{cite news|last=Klady|first=Leonard|url=http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=review&reviewid=VE1117904715&categoryid=31&cs=1|title=Toy Story|work=Variety |date=November 20, 1995|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' compared the film's innovative animation to Disney's ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', saying "Both movies take apart the universe of cinematic visuals, and put it back together again, allowing us to see in a new way."<ref name="EbertRogerReview">{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19951122/REVIEWS/50208001/1023|title=Toy Story|date=November 22, 1995|accessdate=March 11, 2009 | work=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref> Due to the film's animation, Richard Corliss of ''TIME'' claimed that it was "... the year's most inventive comedy."<ref name="TimeAlive">{{cite news|last=Corliss|first=Richard|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983768-1,00.html|title=They're Alive!|date=November 27, 1995|work=TIME|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref>


Hi RickinBaltimore! There have been a few people editing [[User:Geekcamper/BuzzConf]] now, and I would like your thoughts on how good it is now. I believe it is notable, as it's the first event in Australia that mixes conference type talks and workshops, with a music festival and family friendly environment. I hope that the draft article is at least closer to being acceptable for Wikipedia. Can you let me know? Thanks so much! --[[User:Geekcamper|Geekcamper]] ([[User talk:Geekcamper|talk]]) 03:41, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
The voice cast was also praised by various critics. Susan Wloszczyna of ''[[USA Today]]'' approved of the selection of Hanks and Allen for the lead roles.<ref name="USATodaySusan">{{cite news|last=Wloszczyna|first=Susan|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/toy_story/?critic=creamcrop#contentReviews|title=Toy Story|work=USA Today|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> Kenneth Turan of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' stated that "Starting with Tom Hanks, who brings an invaluable heft and believability to Woody, ''Toy Story'' is one of the best voiced animated features in memory, with all the actors ... making their presences strongly felt."<ref>{{cite news|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|title=MOVIE REVIEWS : The Secret Life of Toys: A 'Story' for All Ages : The animated film's visual dazzle will delight kids, while adults will appreciate the wised-up jokes.|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-22/entertainment/ca-5872_1_toy-story|accessdate=October 17, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 22, 1995}}</ref>
Several critics also recognized the film's ability to appeal to various age groups, specifically children and adults.<ref name="EbertRogerReview"/><ref name="NewsweekAC">{{cite news|last=Ansen|first=David|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/104199|title=Toy Story|work=Newsweek|date=November 27, 1995|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> Owen Gleiberman of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote: "It has the purity, the ecstatic freedom of imagination, that's the hallmark of the greatest children's films. It also has the kind of spring-loaded allusive prankishness that, at times, will tickle adults even more than it does kids."<ref name="EWquote">{{cite news|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen|url=http://www.msnbc.com/m/nw/a/m/mv_t.asp#Toy%20Story1 |title=Toy Story|work=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 27, 1995|accessdate=March 11, 2009 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071220210107/http://www.msnbc.com/m/nw/a/m/mv_t.asp#Toy%20Story1 |archivedate = December 20, 2007}}</ref>


== +X and +x ==
In 1995, ''Toy Story'' was named eighth in [[Time (magazine)|''TIME'']]'s list of the best ten films of 1995.<ref name="Time8th">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983896,00.html|title=The Best of 1995|work=TIME|date=December 25, 1995|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> In 2011, ''TIME'' named it one of "The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films".<ref>{{cite web|title=The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films - Toy Story|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2079149_2079152_2079169,00.html|publisher=''TIME''|accessdate=August 19, 2011|author=Richard Corliss|date=June 23, 2011}}</ref>
It also ranks at number 99 in ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazines list of the 500 Greatest Films of All Time, and as the highest ranked animated movie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/500/80.asp|title=The 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time|work=Empire|publisher=Bauer Media Group|accessdate={{nowrap|August 17, 2011}}|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6100w1klu|archivedate={{nowrap|August 17, 2011}}| deadurl=no}}</ref>


Hello, RickinBaltimore. I noticed your declination of speedy deletion for two articles +X and +×. Just so you know, there has been two separate deletion discussions for the same topic, [[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/%2B×|this one]] resulted in deletion and [[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/%2BX|this]] was resulted in redirect. Jax 0677 had ignored the earlier nomination to redirect the page, leading to the second nomination which was closed by a non-admin. - <span style="padding:1px 2px;background:#ADE6E1;border:1px solid"><span style="color:black;">'''The'''</span></span><span style="padding:1px 5px;background:black;">[[user talk:TheMagnificentist|<span style="color:#ADE6E1;">Magnificentist</span>]]</span> 14:23, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
In 2003, the [[Online Film Critics Society]] ranked the film as the greatest animated film of all time.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ball|first=Ryan|title=Toy Story Tops Online Film Critics' Top 100|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/toy-story-tops-online-film-critics-top-100/|accessdate=October 17, 2012|newspaper=Animation Magazine|date=March 4, 2003}}</ref> In 2007, the [[Visual Effects Society]] named the film 22nd in its list of the "Top 50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time".<ref name="VisualES">{{cite news|url=http://vfxworld.com/?atype=news&a=search&term=Toy%20Story&offset=15&id=19779|title=Star Wars Leads VES' Top 50 Most Influential VFX List|date=May 11, 2007|publisher=[http://vfxworld.com/ VFXWorld.com]|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> In 2005 the film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]], one of five films to be selected in its first year of eligibility.<ref name="NationalFilmRegis">{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/film/nfr2005.html|title=Films Selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress – 2005|date=December 27, 2005|publisher=[[National Film Registry]]|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> The film is ranked ninety-ninth on the [[American Film Institute|AFI's]] [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)|list]] of the hundred greatest American films of all time.<ref name="CitizenKaneAFI">{{cite news|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/about/press/2007/100movies07.pdf|title=Citizen Kane stands the test of time|date=June 20, 2007|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|page=4|format=PDF|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref><ref name="ComSoonAFI">{{cite news|author=American Film Institute|title=AFI Crowns Top 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres|publisher=ComingSoon.net|date=June 17, 2008|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46072|accessdate=March 11, 2009|authorlink=American Film Institute}}</ref><ref name="Top10Animation">{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/10top10/animation.html|title=Top Ten Animation|accessdate=March 11, 2009|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref> It was one of only two animated films on the list, the other being ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]''. It was also sixth best in the animation genre on [[AFI's 10 Top 10]].
:I'm seeing that now. Honestly for the moment I don't see an issue with leaving these as is, however if they were taken to Rfd I wouldn't have an objection. They don't fit G4 though because they don't fit the criteria, that being a duplicate of the previous page that was deleted. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 14:31, 20 December 2016 (UTC)


== 207.74.82.162 ==
Director [[Terry Gilliam]] would praise the film as "a work of genius. It got people to understand what toys are about. They're true to their own character. And that's just brilliant. It's got a shot that's always stuck with me, when Buzz Lightyear discovers he's a toy. He's sitting on this landing at the top of the staircase and the camera pulls back and he's this tiny little figure. He was this guy with a massive ego two seconds before... and it's stunning. I'd put that as one of my top ten films, period."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/8840/ | title=Time Out's 50 Greatest Animated Films: Part 5 | accessdate=April 8, 2011 | work=Time Out London}}</ref>


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===Box office performance===
Prior to the film's release, executive producer and [[Apple Inc.]] founder [[Steve Jobs]] stated "If ''Toy Story'' is a modest hit—say $75&nbsp;million at the box office—we'll [Pixar and Disney] both break even. If it gets $100&nbsp;million, we'll both make money. But if it's a real blockbuster and earns $200&nbsp;million or so at the box office, we'll make good money, and Disney will make a lot of money." Upon its release on November 22, 1995, ''Toy Story'' managed to gross more than $350&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref name="CNN110animators">{{cite news| url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/09/18/206099/index.htm |publisher=CNN | title=Steve Jobs' Amazing Movie Adventure Disney Is Betting On Computerdom's Ex-Boy Wonder To Deliver This Year's Animated Christmas Blockbuster. Can He Do For Hollywood What He Did For Silicon Valley? | first=Brent | last=Schlender | date=September 18, 1995}}</ref> Disney chairman [[Michael Eisner]] stated "I don't think either side thought ''Toy Story'' would turn out as well as it has. The technology is brilliant, the casting is inspired, and I think the story will touch a nerve. Believe me, when we first agreed to work together, we never thought their first movie would be our 1995 holiday feature, or that they could go public on the strength of it."<ref name="CNN110animators"/> The film's first five days of domestic release (on [[Thanksgiving]] weekend), earned it $39,071,176.<ref name="BOXMOJODaily">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=toystory.htm|title=Toy Story Daily Box Office|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=March&nbsp;11, 2009}}</ref> The film placed first in the weekend's box office with $29,140,617.<ref name="BOXMOJO"/> The film maintained its {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 1 position at the domestic box office for the following two weekends. ''Toy Story'' was the highest-grossing domestic film in 1995, beating ''[[Batman Forever]]'' and ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'' (also starring Tom Hanks).<ref name="BOXMOJO1995Best">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1995&p=.htm|title=1995 Domestic Grosses|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=March&nbsp;11, 2009}}</ref> At the time of its release, it was the third highest-grossing animated film after ''[[The Lion King]]'' (1994) and ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' (1992).<ref name="BizWeekBOX">{{cite news|last=Burrows|first=Peter|coauthor=Ronald Grover|title=Steve Jobs, Movie Mogul|work=BusinessWeek |date=November 23, 1998|url=http://www.businessweek.com/archives/1998/b3605001.arc.htm|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> When not considering inflation, ''Toy Story'' is {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 96 on the list of the highest-grossing domestic films of all time.<ref name="BOXMOJO96Domestic">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm|title=Domestic Grosses #1–100|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=March&nbsp;11, 2009}}</ref> The film had gross receipts of $191,796,233 in the U.S. and Canada and $170,162,503 in international markets for a total of $361,958,736 worldwide.<ref name="BOXMOJO"/> At the time of its release, the film ranked as 17th highest-grossing film (unadjusted) domestically, and worldwide it was the 21st highest-grossing film.


Hey Rick,
===Accolades===
{{Main|List of Pixar awards and nominations (feature films) #Toy Story|l1=List of Pixar awards and nominations: Toy Story}}
The film won and was nominated for various other awards including a [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards|Kids' Choice Award]], [[MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Award]], and a [[British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Award]], among others. John Lasseter received an [[Academy Special Achievement Award]] in 1996 "for the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film."<ref name="LasseterSpecial">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1996/02/01/STYLE8516.dtl|title=Three Pixar execs get special Oscars|date=February 1, 1996|work=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> The film was nominated for three [[Academy Award]]s, two to Randy Newman for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Music—Original Song]], for "[[You've Got a Friend in Me]]", and [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Music—Original Musical or Comedy Score]].<ref name="NYTAwards">{{cite news|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/132294/Toy-Story/awards|title=Toy Story (1995)|work=The New York Times|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> It was also nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)|Best Writing—Screenplay Written for the Screen]] for the work by Joel Cohen, Pete Docter, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton, and Joss Whedon making ''Toy Story'' the first animated film to be nominated for a writing award.<ref name="NYTAwards"/>


Did you mean to block this IP for 31 hours, when it appears as though the previous block was for 6 months? Just letting you know in case f it was an accident, or not... Cheers. [[Special:Contributions/73.96.112.163|73.96.112.163]] ([[User talk:73.96.112.163|talk]]) 18:44, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
''Toy Story'' won eight [[Annie Award]]s, including "Best Animated Feature". Animator Pete Docter, director John Lasseter, musician Randy Newman, producers [[Bonnie Arnold]] and Ralph Guggenheim, production designer [[Ralph Eggleston]], and writers Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton, and Joss Whedon all won awards for "Best Individual Achievement" in their respective fields for their work on the film. The film also won "Best Individual Achievement" in technical achievement.<ref name="AnnieAwards24th">{{cite news|url=http://annieawards.org/24thwinners.html|title=Legacy: 24th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1996)|publisher=[[Annie Award]]s|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref>
:No I meant 1 year and thought I chose that. Thanks for the catch, I've adjusted it. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 18:51, 20 December 2016 (UTC)


==Merry Merry==
''Toy Story'' was nominated for two [[Golden Globe Awards]], one for "Best Motion Picture—Comedy/Musical", and one for "Best Original Song—Motion Picture" for Randy Newman's "You've Got a Friend in Me".<ref name="GoldenGlobes">{{cite news|last=Horn|first=John|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19951221&slug=2158758|title=`Sense And Sensibility' Tops Nominations For Golden Globe Awards|date=December 21, 1995|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> At both the [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] Awards and the [[Kansas City Film Critics Circle]] Awards, the film won "Best Animated Film".<ref name="LosAngelesAward">{{cite news|last=Emerson|first=Jim|url=http://cinepad.com/lafca.htm|title=The Los Angeles Film Critics Association|publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref><ref name="KansasCityAward">{{cite news|url=http://www.kcfcc.org/1990s.html|title=KCFCC Award Winners|publisher=[[Kansas City Film Critics Circle]]|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> ''Toy Story'' is also among the top ten in the [[BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14]], and the highest-placed (at {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 99) animated film in ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine<nowiki></nowiki>'s list of "500 Greatest Movie of All Time".<ref>{{cite web|title=The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time (100–96) | work=[[Empire (magazine)|Emprire]] | url = http://www.empireonline.com/500/80.asp | accessdate=April 1, 2010}}</ref>
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In 2005, ''Toy Story'', along with ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' was voted the 4th greatest cartoon in [[Channel 4]]'s 100 Greatest Cartoons poll, behind ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' and ''[[South Park]]''.
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:And the same to you and yours! [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 19:15, 20 December 2016 (UTC)


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''Toy Story'' was released on VHS and [[Laserdisc|LaserDisc]] on October 29, 1996, with no bonus material. In the first week of release VHS rentals totaled $5.1&nbsp;million, debuting ''Toy Story'' as the week's {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 1 video.<ref name="VHSrentalssales">{{cite news|last=Snow|first=Shauna|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/16972023.html?dids=16972023:16972023&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+08%2C+1996&author=SHAUNA+SNOW&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Arts+and+entertainment+reports+from+The+Times%2C+national+and+international+news+services+and+the+nation%27s+press.&pqatl=google|title=Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 8, 1996|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> Over 21.5&nbsp;million VHS copies were sold in the first year.<ref name="VHSsales">{{cite news|last=Hettrick|first=Scott|url=http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA620949.html|title=Disney packages Toy Story and sequel together for DVD|publisher=[http://www.videobusiness.com/ VideoBusiness.com]|date=June 21, 2000|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> Disney released a deluxe edition widescreen LaserDisc 4-disc box set on December 18, 1996. On January 11, 2000, it was released on VHS in the Gold Classic Collection series with the bonus short, ''[[Tin Toy]]'', which sold two million copies.<ref name="VHSsales"/> Its first DVD release was on October 17, 2000, in a two-pack with ''[[Toy Story 2]]''. This release was later available individually on March 20, 2001. Also on October 17, 2000, a 3-disc "Ultimate Toy Box" set was released, featuring ''Toy Story'', ''[[Toy Story 2]]'', and a third disc of bonus materials.<ref name="VHSsales"/> The DVD two-pack, The Ultimate Toy Box set, the Gold Classic Collection VHS and DVD and the original DVD were put in the [[Disney Vault]]. On September 6, 2005, a 2-disc "10th Anniversary Edition" was released featuring much of the bonus material from the "Ultimate Toy Box", including a retrospective special with John Lasseter, a home theater mix, as well as a new picture.<ref name="10thDVD">{{cite news|last=Otto|first=Jeff|url=http://dvd.ign.com/articles/647/647603p1.html|title=Double Dip Digest: Toy Story|publisher=IGN|date=September 2, 2005|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> This DVD went back in the [[Disney Vault]] on January 31, 2009, along with ''[[Toy Story 2]]''. The 10th Anniversary release was the last version of ''Toy Story'' to be released before taken out of the [[Disney Vault]] lineup, along with ''[[Toy Story 2]]''. Also on September 6, 2005, a bare-bones [[Universal Media Disc|UMD]] of ''Toy Story'' was released for the Sony [[PlayStation Portable]].


This username has been discussed at the username boards; no one is sure that "TNPoliticsNews" is an actual group(though it seems like it could be). Based on their edits I believe they are associated with the perennial candidate that they are promoting and are possibly concealing their association with their innocent-sounding username. I've brought this up at COIN but I mention it here just FYI. Thanks [[User:331dot|331dot]] ([[User talk:331dot|talk]]) 21:37, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
The film was available on [[Blu-ray Disc|Blu-ray]] for the first time in a Special Edition Combo Pack which included two discs, one Blu-ray copy and one DVD copy of the film. This combo-edition was released on March 23, 2010, along with its sequel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030IIYWA|title=Amazon.com – Toy Story (Two-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo w/ Blu-ray Packaging)|publisher=Amazon.com|date=February 10, 2010|accessdate=February 10, 2010}}</ref> There was a DVD-only re-release on May 11, 2010.<ref name="Amazon.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030IIZ4M|title=Amazon.com – Toy Story (Special Edition)|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=May 3, 2010}}</ref> Another "Ultimate Toy Box," packaging the Combo Pack with those of both sequels, became available on November 2, 2010. On November 1, 2011, along with the DVD and Blu-ray release of ''[[Cars 2]]'', ''Toy Story'' and the other two films were released on each Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack (4 discs each for the first two films, and 5 for the third film). They were also be released on Blu-ray 3D in a complete trilogy box set.
:Thanks, reading their edits and all, that did look to be a promotional account, and their sole purpose was to promote that candidate. If anything, that's a promotional account if I've seen one. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 21:39, 20 December 2016 (UTC)


== [[User:CC.YEG]] ==
==Impact and legacy==
''Toy Story'' had a large impact on the film industry with its innovative computer animation. After the film's debut, various industries were interested in the technology used for the film. Graphics chip makers desired to compute imagery similar to the film's animation for personal computers; game developers wanted to learn how to replicate the animation for video games; and robotics researchers were interested in building [[artificial intelligence]] into their machines that compared to the film's lifelike characters.<ref name="ImpactPossible">{{cite news|last=Porter|first=Tom|coauthor=Galyn Susman|title=Creating Lifelike Characters in Pixar Movies|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27383429_ITM|work=[[Communications of the ACM]]|date=January 1, 2000|accessdate=March 13, 2009}}</ref> Various authors have also compared the film to an interpretation of ''[[Don Quixote]]'' as well as [[humanism]].<ref name="TSQuixote">{{cite journal|last=Burningham|first=Bruce|year=2000|title=Walt Disney's Toy Story as Postmodern Don Quixote|journal=Cervantes|publisher=Cervantes Society of America|volume=20|issue=1|pages=157–174|url=http://www.h-net.org/~cervantes/csa/artics00/burningh.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=March 13, 2009}}</ref><ref name="InfinityHeaven">{{cite news|first=Lucia K.B.|last=Hall|title=Toy Stories for Humanists?|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27546351_ITM|work=The Humanist|date=March 1, 2000|accessdate=March 13, 2009}}</ref> In addition, ''Toy Story'' left an impact with its catchphrase "To Infinity and Beyond", sequels, and software, among others.


Are you going to delete the pages that they created? Regards. [[Special:Contributions/2601:1C0:10D:F921:F167:AF04:2CA9:CC94|2601:1C0:10D:F921:F167:AF04:2CA9:CC94]] ([[User talk:2601:1C0:10D:F921:F167:AF04:2CA9:CC94|talk]]) 19:40, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
==="To Infinity and Beyond"===
Buzz Lightyear's classic line "To Infinity and Beyond" has seen usage not only on T-shirts, but among philosophers and mathematical theorists as well.<ref name="InfinityPhil">{{cite book|last=Dusek|first=Val|year=2006|title=Philosophy of Technology: An Introduction|page=59|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|isbn=1-4051-1163-1}}</ref><ref name="InfinityPossible">{{cite news|title=Introducing student-friendly technology|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-919112_ITM|work=[[The Jakarta Post]]|date=April 10, 2004|accessdate=March 13, 2009}}</ref><ref name="InfinityAmerican">{{cite news|last=Matson|first=John|title=Strange but True: Infinity Comes in Different Sizes|url=http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-infinity-comes-in-different-sizes|work=[[Scientific American]]|date=July 19, 2007|accessdate=March 13, 2009}}</ref> Lucia Hall of ''The Humanist'' linked the film's plot to an interpretation of humanism. She compared the phrase to "All this and heaven, too", indicating one who is happy with a life on Earth as well as having an afterlife.<ref name="InfinityHeaven"/> In 2008, during [[STS-124]] astronauts took an action figure of Buzz Lightyear into space on the [[Space Shuttle Discovery|''Discovery'' Space Shuttle]] as part of an educational experience for students while stressing the catchphrase. The action figure was used for experiments in [[Weightlessness|zero-g]].<ref name="BuzzSpace">{{cite news|first=Robert Z.|last=Pearlman|title=Buzz Lightyear Becomes Real Space Ranger|url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080529-cs-buzz-lightyear.html|publisher=[[Space.com]]|date=May 29, 2008|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> It was reported in 2008 that a father and son had continually repeated the phrase to help them keep track of each other while treading water for 15 hours in the Atlantic Ocean.<ref>{{cite news|author=Associated Press|title='Toy Story' Line Helped Father, Son Survive in Water for 15 Hours|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,420602,00.html|publisher=Fox News|date=September 10, 2008|accessdate=March 13, 2009|authorlink=Associated Press}}</ref> The phrase occurs in the lyrics of [[Beyonce|Beyonce's]] 2008 song "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]", during the [[bridge (music)|bridge]].


:Was actually getting to that as you sent this. They have been removed. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 19:44, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
===Sequels, shows, and spin-offs===
== 2TouchPOS ==
{{Main|Toy Story 2|Toy Story 3}}
Hi Rick in Baltimore. I was writing about 2TouchPOS. You deleted the page with a comment that it was advertising. Tell me how to make the article one that you would approve of....
''Toy Story'' has spawned two sequels: ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' (1999) and ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' (2010). Initially, the first sequel to ''Toy Story'' was going to be a [[direct-to-video]] release, with development beginning in 1996.<ref name="EWDtoVideo">{{cite news|last=Thompson|first=Anne|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,291071,00.html|title=Volley of the Dolls|work=Entertainment Weekly|date=January 26, 1996|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> However, after the cast from ''Toy Story'' returned and the story was considered to be better than that of a direct-to-video release, it was announced in 1998 that the sequel would see a theatrical release.<ref name="AWDtoVideo">{{cite news|last=Cohen|first=Karl|url=http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=search&category2=&sval=toy%20story&article_no=1087&page=1|title=Toy Story 2 Is Not Your Typical Hollywood Sequel|publisher=[[Animation World Network]]|date=December 1, 1999|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> The sequel saw the return of the majority of the voice cast from ''Toy Story'', and the film focuses on rescuing Woody after he is stolen at a yard sale. The film was equally well received by critics, earning a rare 100% approval rating at [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 125 reviews.<ref name="RotTom2">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/toy_story_2/|title=Toy Story 2 (1999)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> At [[Metacritic]], the film earned a favorable rating of 88/100 based on 34 reviews.<ref name="metacritic2">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/toystory2?q=Toy%20Story%202|title=Toy Story 2 Reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> The film's widest release was 3,257 theaters and it grossed $485,015,179 worldwide, becoming the second-most successful animated film after ''[[The Lion King]]'' at the time of its release.<ref name="BOXTS2">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=toystory2.htm|title=Toy Story 2|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref><ref name="BOXTS2Lion">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=animation.htm|title=Animation #1–100|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref>


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''Toy Story 3'' centers on the toys being accidentally donated to a day-care center when their owner Andy is preparing to go to college.<ref name="TS3Date3D">{{cite news|author=Walt Disney Studios|title=Toy Story Trio Goes 3-D!|publisher=ComingSoon.net|date=January 24, 2008|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=41189|accessdate=March 11, 2009|authorlink=Walt Disney Pictures}}</ref><ref name="TS3Plot">{{cite news|last=Marr|first=Melissa|coauthor=Nick Wingfield|url=http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120338109294075671.html?mod=blog|title=Big Media Companies Want Back in the Game|date=February 19, 2008|work=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=March 11, 2009}}</ref> Again, the majority of the cast from the prior two films returned. It was the first film in the franchise to be released in 3-D for its first run, though the first two films, which were originally released in 2-D, were re-released in 3-D in 2009 as a double feature.<ref name="TS3Date3D"/> Like its predecessors, ''Toy Story 3'' received enormous critical acclaim, earning a 99% approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/toy_story_3/|title=Toy Story 3(Rotten Tomatoes Review)|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=2011-04-16}}</ref> It also grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing animated film to date.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/41777/ | title=‘Toy Story 3’ Tops $1 Billion Mark | publisher=[[The Epoch Times]] | accessdate=2010-08-29}}</ref>


Lori From Ontario [[User:Lsillato|lsillato]] ([[User talk:Lsillato|talk]]) 20:10, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
In November 1996, the [[Disney on Ice|Disney on Ice: Toy Story]] ice show opened which featured the cast's voices as well as Randy Newman's music.<ref name="DonIce">{{cite news|last=Putzer|first=Jerry|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Disney_Launches_Toy_Story_Musical_Aboard_CruiseLine_20080109|title='Toy Story' Takes the Ice to the Blue Line and Beyond!|work=New York Daily News|date=November 8, 1996|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> In April 2008, the ''[[Disney Wonder]]'' cruise ship launched ''[[Toy Story: The Musical]]'' shows on its cruises.<ref name="TSShowCruise">{{cite news|author=BWW News Desk|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Disney_Launches_Toy_Story_Musical_Aboard_CruiseLine_20080109|title=Disney Launches 'Toy Story' Musical Aboard Cruise-Line|publisher=[http://www.broadwayworld.com/ BroadwayWorld.com]|date=January 9, 2008|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref>
:From reviewing the page, there are a few areas that I would recommend would need correcting. FOr one, a large portion of the article was copy and pasted from [http://www.2touchpos.com/Company/The2TouchStory.aspx], which is a definite issue. That's seen as a [[WP:COPYVIO|copyright violation]], and cannot be in the article. Secondly, the article as a whole read as an ad-copy for the product, not a basic description of what it is and such. I'd read over [[WP:NPOV]] to see what we mean by articles having a neutral point of view. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 20:17, 21 December 2016 (UTC)


== Slacker! ==
''Toy Story'' also led to a spin-off direct-to-video animated film, ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins]]'', as well as the animated television series ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''.<ref name="AdBegins2000">{{cite news|last=Stack|first=Peter|title=Buzz Lightyear Tops Stack of Kid Stuff|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=August 13, 2000|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/08/13/PK79785.DTL&type=music|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> The film and series followed Buzz Lightyear and his friends at Star Command as they uphold justice across the galaxy. Although the film was criticized for not using the same animation as in ''Toy Story'' and ''Toy Story 2'', it sold three million VHS and DVDs in its first week of release.<ref name="BLEWD">{{cite news|last=Fretts|first=Bruce|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,64853,00.html|title=Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2008)|date=August 8, 2000|work=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref><ref name="BL3mil">{{cite news|last=Netherby|first=Jennifer|url=http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6302645.html|title=As biggest animated movies stay in Mouse House|date=January 27, 2006|publisher=[http://www.videobusiness.com/ VideoBusiness.com]|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> The series ran for 65 episodes.


[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=&user=&page=Mattias+Ogillad+Grynning&year=&month=-1&tagfilter=&hide_thanks_log=1&hide_tag_log=1&hide_review_log=1 This deletion] took you 21 minutes? Wow. When you were first made an admin, this stuff only took you a minute. Geez, get just a little bit of time under your belt and now you're a slacker taking 20x as long to delete things? Wow. Unreal. ;) <insert smileys * a million or more as necessary to convey this is entirely a joke!) Thanks for the prompt deletion! --[[User:Hammersoft|Hammersoft]] ([[User talk:Hammersoft|talk]]) 20:24, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
Following the release of ''Toy Story 3'', a series of ''Toy Story'' short films have been shown in theaters in front of other Disney features: ''[[Hawaiian Vacation]]'' (shown before ''[[Cars 2]]''), centering around Barbie and Ken on vacation in Bonnie's room, ''[[Small Fry (film)|Small Fry]]'' (shown before ''[[The Muppets (film)|The Muppets]]''), centering on Buzz being left in a fast-food restaurant, and ''[[Partysaurus Rex]]'' (shown before ''[[Finding Nemo|Finding Nemo 3D]]''), centering on Rex partying with Bonnie's bath toys.
:It's the holiday season, we're all slow now didn't you know! :) [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 20:26, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
:*Well lay off the damn Christmas spirits! No adminning while under the influence of nog! :) --[[User:Hammersoft|Hammersoft]] ([[User talk:Hammersoft|talk]]) 21:03, 21 December 2016 (UTC)


== But I heard him exclaim, as he drove out of sight... ==
===Software and merchandise===
''Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story'' and ''Disney's Activity Center: Toy Story'' were released for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[Mac OS|Mac]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Mannes|first=George|title=A Disney Disc That Hits The Spot|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1996-12-01/news/18020174_1_dalmatians-pongo-pizza-planet-new-toys|accessdate=October 17, 2012|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=December 1, 1996}}</ref> ''Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story'' was the best selling software title of 1996, selling over 500,000 copies.<ref name="AnimatedSalesVideoGame">{{cite news|last=Kent|first=Steven L.|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19970727&slug=2551732|title=Tech Reviews—Disney Makes It Look Good, But Don't Expect Too More|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=July 27, 1997|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> Two console video games were released for the film: the [[Toy Story (video game)|''Toy Story'' video game]], for the [[Sega Genesis]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Game Boy]], and [[Personal computer|PC]] as well as ''[[Toy Story Racer]]'', for the [[PlayStation]] (which contains elements from ''[[Toy Story 2]]'').<ref name="TSVideoGame">{{cite news|last=Bassave|first=Roy|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6350899_ITM|title=Video game of the week: 'Toy Story'|publisher=[[Knight Ridder]]|format=Registration required|date=November 28, 1995|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> Pixar created original animations for all of the games, including fully animated sequences for the PC titles.


Going to be away to spend some well-earned time with family and friends. Responses from me will be slow for the next couple weeks, though I'll pop on here and there. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 21:10, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
''Toy Story'' had a large promotion prior to its release, leading to numerous tie-ins with the film including images on food packaging.<ref name="DailyNewsPromotion"/> A variety of merchandise was released during the film's theatrical run and its initial VHS release including toys, clothing, and shoes, among other things.<ref name="ToyRivalsKing">{{cite news|first=Robert|last=Scally|title='Toy Story rivals '[[The Lion King]]' for merchandising muscle – home video|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n19_v35/ai_18752351|work=Discount Store News|date=October 7, 1996|accessdate=March 12, 2009}}</ref> When an action figure for Buzz Lightyear and Sheriff Woody was created it was initially ignored by retailers. However, after over 250,000 figures were sold for each character prior to the film's release, demand continued to expand, eventually reaching over 25&nbsp;million units sold by 2007.<ref name="PaikInfinity104">{{cite book|last=Paik|first=Karen|title=To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios|url=http://books.google.com/?id=uDAGknVpUwgC&pg=PA104&dq=buzz+lightyear+to+infinity+and+beyond#PPA104,M1|accessdate=March 13, 2009|publisher=[[Chronicle Books]]|location=San Francisco|year=2007|page=104|isbn=0-8118-5012-9}}</ref>
:'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the wiki, not a creature was adminning, not even our Rickie... <ok hit me now> --[[User:Hammersoft|Hammersoft]] ([[User talk:Hammersoft|talk]]) 14:13, 22 December 2016 (UTC)


== Protection ==
===Theme park attractions===
''Toy Story'' and its sequels have inspired multiple attractions at the theme parks of [[Walt Disney World]] and [[Disneyland Resort|Disneyland]]:
* [[Buzz Lightyear attractions#Magic Kingdom|Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin]] at the [[Magic Kingdom]] casts theme park guests as cadets in Buzz's Space Ranger Corps. Guests ride through various scenes featuring Emperor Zurg's henchmen, firing "laser canons" at their Z symbols, scoring points for each hit.<ref name="SpaceRangerSpin">{{cite web|url=http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/magic-kingdom/attractions/buzz-lightyears-space-ranger-spin/|title=Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin|accessdate=June 14, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Buzz Lightyear attractions#Disneyland|Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters]] at [[Disneyland]], is very similar to Space Ranger Spin, except that the laser canons are hand-held rather than mounted to the ride vehicle.<ref name="AstroBlasterDL">{{cite web|url=http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/attractions/detail?name=BuzzLightyearAttractionPage|title=Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters|accessdate=June 14, 2010}}</ref>
* [[DisneyQuest#Third floor|Buzz Lightyear's Astroblasters]] at [[Walt Disney World Resort|Walt Disney World]]'s [[DisneyQuest]], despite the nearly identical name to the Disneyland attraction, is a bumper car style attraction in which guests compete against each other not only by ramming their ride vehicles into each other, but also by firing "asteroids" (playground balls) at each other.<ref name="AstroBlasterWDW">{{cite web|url=http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/downtown-disney/entertainment/disney-quest-indoor-interactive-theme-park/|title=Buzz Lightyear's Astroblasters|accessdate=June 14, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Toy Story Mania]] at both [[Walt Disney World Resort|Walt Disney World]]'s [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]] and [[Disneyland]]'s [[Disney California Adventure]] features a series of interactive carnival-type games hosted by the ''Toy Story'' characters. Guests ride in vehicles while wearing 3-D glasses, and using a pull-string canon to launch virtual rings, darts, baseballs, etc. Disney announced an update to the attraction to add characters from ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' several months before the film's release date.<ref name="MidwayManiaWDW">{{cite web|url=http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/hollywood-studios/attractions/toy-story-mania/|title=Toy Story Mania! (WDW)|accessdate=June 14, 2010}}</ref><ref name="MidwayManiaDL">{{cite web|url=http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/attractions/detail?name=ToyStoryManiaAttractionPage|title=Toy Story Mania! (DL)|accessdate=June 14, 2010}}</ref>
* [[World of Color]] at [[Disney California Adventure]] is a large night time water and light show. Some of the scenes projected on the water screens feature animation from the ''Toy Story'' films.<ref name="WorldOfColor">{{cite web|url=http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/special/woc/index?name=DisneyWorldOfColor|title=World of Color|accessdate=June 14, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Toy Story Playland]] at [[Disneyland Paris]] and [[Hong Kong Disneyland]], opening in August 2010 and 2011 respectively. The area is designed to create the illusion of "shrinking the guest" down to the size of a toy, and to play in Andy's backyard in several themed rides.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Press]]|title=A short visit to Disneyland Paris|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/travel/holidayreviews/8345984.A_short_visit_to_Disneyland_Paris/|date=August 21, 2010|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5wnwuoC0J|archivedate=February 26, 2011}}</ref>
* Toy Story Character Greetings are located at almost all Disney Parks. Three of the main characters, Buzz Lightyear, Woody and Jessie are normally the characters you would meet. Sometimes you can even meet Bullseye, the Green Army Men and Mr. Potato Head.


[[Todd McFarlane]] and [[Image Comics]] are equally in need of protection as [[Spawn (comics)]]; the same person is similarly vandalizing them also. -[[User:JasonAQuest|Jason A. Quest]] ([[User talk:JasonAQuest|talk]]) 02:28, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
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A vandal got on my phone and redirected your talk page, not me. [[User:Secreteditor74|Secreteditor74]] ([[User talk:Secreteditor74|talk]]) 20:22, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
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:You really mean that you forgot to log out to make the edit. ​—[[User:DoRD|DoRD]] ([[User talk:DoRD|talk]])​ 20:34, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
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::{{tps}} ... see also [[Special:Contributions/209.64.152.121]], who did the exact same thing here yesterday. -&nbsp;'''Tom'''&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;[[User:Thomas.W|Thomas.W]] [[User talk:Thomas.W|'''''<sup><small> talk</small></sup>''''']] 20:52, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
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=The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars=
{{Infobox film
| name = The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
| image = The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.jpg
| image_size = 215px
| alt =
| caption = DVD cover
| director = Robert C. Ramirez
| producer = [[Donald Kushner]]<br />John Bush<br />Tom Wilhite<br />Kurt Albrecht<br />'''Executive:'''<br />[[Peter Locke (producer)|Peter Locke]]<br />[[Willard Carroll]]
| writer = Willard Carroll
| based on = {{Based on|''The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars''|[[Thomas Disch|Thomas M. Disch]]}}
| starring= [[Deanna Oliver]]<br />[[Thurl Ravenscroft]]<br />[[Roger Kabler]]<br />[[Timothy Stack]]<br />[[Eric Lloyd]]<br />[[Chris Young (actor)|Chris Young]]<br />[[Jessica Tuck]]<br />[[Carol Channing]]<br />[[Farrah Fawcett]]<br />[[DeForest Kelley]]<br />[[Alan King (comedian)|Alan King]]
| music = Andrew Belling<br />Alexander Janko
| editing = Julie Ann Lau
| studio = [[Hyperion Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Video]]
| released = {{Film date|1998|05|19}}
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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'''''The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars''''' is the name of both a children's book by [[Thomas Disch]], as well as the film made from same. Both are sequels to the book and film versions of ''[[The Brave Little Toaster (film)|The Brave Little Toaster]]''. The film was distributed by [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Video]] and released in 1998.


== Happy New Year, RickinBaltimore! ==
The plot takes place after ''[[The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue]]'', as the group already knows Ratso the rat, and Wittgenstein the supercomputer, having met him in ''To the Rescue''. They also refer to him as "our old college buddy"; Rob is in college in the other film. Both films were produced at the same time and this one was released first.
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== Happy New Year, RickinBaltimore! ==
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Rob and Chris have a baby boy named Robbie. At first the appliances all think that they will pay more attention to him but later get used to him ("''I See a New You''"). Later, the Hearing Aid, who was left in a drawer in their new house from the [[Albert Einstein|past owner]] gets out of the drawer and passes everyone who is asleep. Toaster then sees him and follows him up to the attic. Toaster gets very suspicious about him when he was talking to someone in space.
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==Masood Ahmad, too==
The next morning, Toaster tells what happened last night then they all agree to stay on watch of the drawer till he comes out. Later, when it is midnight, everyone falls asleep just when Hearing Aid escapes from the drawer. The "little master", as they call baby Robbie, awakes to the sound and gets out of his crib and follows Hearing Aid. The appliances awake and find Robbie going up the stairs. Lampy tries to get him down, but is dragged up the stairs and his plug slips out and falls down the stairs. The appliances appear in the room when a big beam of light appears. The appliances chase after Hearing Aid, but then Robbie disappears in a bubble through space. And after that, they all find out that he was sent to [[Mars]].
Shawn in Montreal thanks Rick in Baltimore! But one more thing, would you also be willing to SALT the previous, thrice-created, twice-deleted version of the article, [[Masood Ahmad]]? Because right now the SPA could just cycle back to that, again. [[User:Shawn in Montreal|Shawn in Montreal]] ([[User talk:Shawn in Montreal|talk]]) 19:35, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
:Hey Shawn, I'll keep my eye on it. For now I'll leave it as is, it hasn't been re-created in over a year. SHould they go back to it and I catch it, I'll SALT it then. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 19:39, 3 January 2017 (UTC)


Please tell why you are deleting this page.ABDUL HASEEB is a real personality. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Cxdy|Cxdy]] ([[User talk:Cxdy#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Cxdy|contribs]]) 20:51, 6 January 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
They get Wittgenstein, the old [[supercomputer]], to help them and gives them advice. They get the microwave and cheddar cheese popcorn to help them fly, as it is organic, a laundry basket, and the ceiling fan. They set off in space to go to Mars and find Robbie. During their flight, a pack of balloons appear who fly endlessly in space from hands who let them go ("''Floating''"). The appliances crash on Mars and find the baby. They meet a [[Christmas angel]] named Tinselina who was sent to mars with [[Viking 1]]. The appliances follow a group of military toasters who had just arrived to their leader Supreme Commander who is a huge refrigerator. They then learn that they are going to blow Earth up because their old owners threw them out, and Toaster tries to talk them out of it. In between the fight, Robbie is able to push a hand out of his bubble. His hand touches Supreme Commander, and the refrigerator suddenly begins to turn pink. He smiles at the child, before returning his original color.
:First, please stoip posting this comment multiple times on my talk page. Secondly, I would suggest you read over [[WP:GNG]] to understand what makes someone notable, and please use [[WP:RS|independent reliable sources]] to verify these claims. Finally, the user {{noping|Abdul Haseeb PTI Pakistan}} was just blocked for promotion. Your edit and signatures are making me believe this is you. If so, this is considered sockpuppetry and is highly frowned on. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 21:00, 6 January 2017 (UTC)


== A message from [[User talk:Cxdy|Cxdy]] ==
Toaster ends up between an election with Supreme Commander ("''Humans''"). After a while, Toaster wins the election and is the new Supreme Commander. The appliances go into the freezer of Supreme Commander and find the brother of Hearing Aid, who he hasn't seen in sixty years. When asked by Toaster why Surpreme Commander changed his mind about blowing up Earth, he says "the touch of the small boy's hand" reminded him that not all humans are bad. They are all about to return to earth when suddenly Hearing Aid's brother forgets to deactivate the rocket. The missile counts down. Toaster jumps off with Hearing Aid's brother and destroys the rocket. Toaster is almost left on Mars, but the others come back for him. After Toaster is on board, Tinselina gives up her clothes so they can have something organic to get back to earth.


This page is for real personality. Why you are not willing to check this mistake. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Cxdy|Cxdy]] ([[User talk:Cxdy#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Cxdy|contribs]]) 20:47, 6 January 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
The appliances happily ride back to Earth ("''Home Again''"). The appliances return to Earth just in time as the [[baby monitor]] that Ratso, their pet rat, had been restraining all night, finally wakes Rob and Christine up. One day when they are taping Robbie, Rob finds Tinselina in a garbage can and fixes her up. It is a happy ending with Robbie's first word is "Toaster!" and Tinselina's first time on a Christmas tree. It is a happy ending with the appliances having a merry Christmas with the little master.


Pls dont delete the page, Abdul Haseeb <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Cxdy|Cxdy]] ([[User talk:Cxdy#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Cxdy|contribs]]) 20:56, 6 January 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
==Voice cast==
* [[Deanna Oliver]] as Toaster
* [[Thurl Ravenscroft]] as Kirby
* [[Roger Kabler]] as Radio
* [[Timothy Stack]] as Lampy
* [[Eric Lloyd]] as Blanky
* [[Chris Young (actor)|Chris Young]] as Rob
* [[Jessica Tuck]] as Chris
* [[Carol Channing]] as the ceiling fan
* [[Farrah Fawcett]] as Faucet
* [[DeForest Kelley]] as [[Viking 1]]
* [[Alan King (comedian)|Alan King]] as Supreme Commander
** [[Jim Cummings]] provided the singing voice of the Supreme Commander
* [[Andy Milder]] as Ratso
* [[Kath Soucie]] as Tinselina
* [[Wayne Knight]] as Microwave
* [[Fyvush Finkel]] as Hearing aid
* [[Stephen Tobolowsky]] as Calculator
* Redmond O'Neal as Squirt
* [[Russi Taylor]] as Baby Robbie
* [[Brian Doyle-Murray]] as Wittgenstein


== Draft : Alex Demirdjian ==
==Musical numbers==
# "I See a New You" - Jessica Tuck
# "Floating" - Balloons
# "Humans" - Jim Cummings, Deanna Oliver
# "Home Again" - Deanna Oliver, Thurl Ravenscroft, Roger Kabler, Timothy Stack, Eric Lloyd


Dear Rick,
==Reception==
The movie got mixed to negative reviews and was widely panned by fans of the first movie.


I have recently published a draft of this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Alex_Demirdjian page] that you deleted.
==Comparisons to Book==
In the book, only The Fan, Microwave, Hearing Aid, Toaster, Radio, and Blanky (after sneaking on the laundry basket) went to Mars. Lampy and Kirby stayed behind. In the film those same characters go along with Calculator, Lampy, and Kirby.


Can you please guide me into fixing the content so it doesn't look explicity promotional? The intend here was to publish this person's business and life achievements.
==References==
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:It's not just that the article was promotional, he doesn't appear to meet the [[WP:GNG]] as well. He's a prominent businessman yes, but can you show where he was covered in [[WP:RS|independent neutral reliable sources]]? [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 13:26, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
* {{IMDb title|0147926|The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars}}
* {{allrovi movie|174239|The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|brave_little_toaster_goes_to_mars|The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars}}


== [[Mohamed dekkak]] ==
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Recreated after you deleted it G11 on 4 , January. Happy New Year to you! [[User:Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi|<span style="color:maroon; text-shadow:#666362 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;">'''O Fortuna!'''</span>]][[User talk:Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi|<span style="color:navy"><sup>'''''...Imperatrix mundi.'''''</sup></span>]] 11:55, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
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:(<small>stalked</small>) Deleted and salted -- ''[[User:Samtar|Samtar]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Samtar|talk]] &middot; [[Special:Contributions/Samtar|contribs]]</sup> 11:57, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
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:: Many thanks {{u|Samtar}} [[User:Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi|<span style="color:maroon; text-shadow:#666362 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;">'''O Fortuna!'''</span>]][[User talk:Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi|<span style="color:navy"><sup>'''''...Imperatrix mundi.'''''</sup></span>]] 11:59, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
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:::Thank you to you both! [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 13:23, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
=The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue=
{{Infobox Film
|name = The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
|image=The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue.jpg
|image size = 185px
|director = Robert C. Ramirez
|producer = [[Donald Kushner]]<br>Thomas L. Wilhite<br>[[John Bush]]<br>Kurt Albrecht ''(co-producer)''<br>[[Willard Carroll]] ''(executive producer)''<br>[[Peter Locke (producer)|Peter Locke]] ''(executive producer)''
|writer = '''Original ''[[The Brave Little Toaster|Brave Little Toaster]]'' characters''':<br>[[Thomas M. Disch]] (book),<br>[[Jerry Rees]] and [[Joe Ranft]] ([[The Brave Little Toaster (film)|1987 film]])<br>
'''Screenplay''':<br>[[Willard Carroll]]
|music = Alexander Janko (score),<br>[[William Finn]] and Ellen Fitzhugh (songs)
|starring = [[Deanna Oliver]]<br>[[Tim Stack]]<br>[[Thurl Ravenscroft]]
|distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]]
|released = May 20, 1999
|runtime = 74 min.
|country = United States
|language = English
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== Spur ==
'''''The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue''''' is the first [[direct-to-video]] sequel to ''[[The Brave Little Toaster (film)|The Brave Little Toaster]]''. Though it was released after ''[[The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars]]'', it is actually the second film in chronological order. A production of [[Hyperion Pictures|Hyperion]]/[[The Kushner-Locke Company|Kushner-Locke]], it was originally released in 1999 in [[North America]] by [[Walt Disney Home Video]]. It was also released the same year in 1999 in the [[United Kingdom]] and premiered on TV on [[BBC Two]] but there was no DVD release.


Hi, [[Spur Corporation]] redirects to [[Spur Steak Ranches]], which redirects to [[Spur Corporation#Spur Steak Ranches]]... :-) Thought I'd drop you a note about this, instead of deleting them, perhaps you know of another suitable target. --[[User:Randykitty|Randykitty]] ([[User talk:Randykitty|talk]]) 15:03, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
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:Well now isn't this a sticky wicket? I don't know of a target, though I can dig around to see what I can find. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 15:05, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
* [[Deanna Oliver]] as Toaster
::Ahhh, there we go. I revert the last edit on [[Spur Steak Ranches]] done by Focusandlearn who directed the page to Spur Corporation. Think that solves it. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 15:06, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
* [[Timothy Stack]] as Lampy
:::Until somebody figures out that that one, too, was paid editing... I'd seen Focus around and was surprised about the revelation... --[[User:Randykitty|Randykitty]] ([[User talk:Randykitty|talk]]) 15:27, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
* [[Roger Kabler]] as Radio
::::I was surprised too. As for the paid editing, if it can be shown it was, I'm not against that page being removed as well. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 15:30, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
* [[Eric Lloyd]] as Blanky
:::::No, I was just being cynical. When checking for COI or biased editing, I usually skip looking at an edit if I see it's an editor with thousands of edits, reckoning that those have been tried and tested... Looks like I should change my habits... --[[User:Randykitty|Randykitty]] ([[User talk:Randykitty|talk]]) 15:37, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
* [[Thurl Ravenscroft]] as Kirby
::::::I suspect that several crafty editors are using semi-automated tools and/or maintaining a general-interest "front" to boost their edit count for just this reason. {{Noping|Earflaps}} also comes to mind; he was here for over four years. {{Noping|Jeeteshvaishya}} over four years (many promos documented at [[Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_92#Ravi_Tripathi_and_others|COIN 92]]). It took {{U|Smartse}} and me a bit of analysis just to sift out [[User:Brianhe/COIbox43|his COI contribs]] from the background noise of pop music. {{Noping|Lesbianadvocate}} over six years, followed by an attempted restart with socks. {{Noping|BiH}} ten years, though he was only doing paid editing for the last several (not that that is great either). There's also the possibility that seasoned accounts are being purchased, though that has never been proven. One online advert [[Special:diff/753040296|suggests]] that it may be the case. There's one called "Singing River Media" which has never been tied to an account here, but their job-site boasts of hundreds of hours and tens of jobs done since 2013. It's is a massive problem coming from a relatively small cadre of English-writing-competent, well entrenched Western editors as well as extremely numerous smaller small fry globally, and appears to be a [[User:Brianhe/What%27s_wrong_with_undisclosed_paid_editing#Serious_business|lucrative niche]] of the multibillion dollar online advertising and SEO industry. - [[User:Brianhe|Brianhe]] ([[User talk:Brianhe|talk]]) 19:08, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
* [[Brian Doyle-Murray]] as Wittgenstein
::::::In several countries, industries that pollute or produce stuff that needs special handling when it's thrown out (plastic bags, fridges, stuff like that) have to pay a contribution to that. Perhaps the Wikimedia Foundation could get these industries to pay a cleanup fee for WP, too :-) But seriously, what a pain this paid stuff is. And there's no easy solution short of requiring everybody to edit under their real names (which for other reasons never will happen). --[[User:Randykitty|Randykitty]] ([[User talk:Randykitty|talk]]) 20:05, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
* [[Chris Young (actor)|Chris Young]] as Rob
* [[Jessica Tuck]] as Chris
* [[Alfre Woodard]] as Maisie
* Andy Midler as Ratso
* [[Jonathan Benair]] as Jim Bob
* [[Eddie Bracken]] as Sebastian
* [[Andrew Daly]] as Murgatroid
* [[Eddie Deezen]] as Charlie
* Patti Edwards as Lab Computer
* [[Victoria Jackson]] as Mouse
* Marc Allen Lewis as Security Guard
* Ross Mapletoft as Modem
* [[Kevin Meaney]] as Computer
* [[Jay Mohr]] as Mack
* [[Danny Nucci]] as Alberto


== [[User:DaggerDick]] and [[WP:UAA]] ==
==Plot==
Rob, the owner of the appliances and whom they refer to as "the master", is working in a veterinary clinic where he tends to injured animals. One night, while working on a [[thesis]], his computer crashes thanks to a terrible [[computer virus]] from Wittgenstein, an old TLW-728 [[supercomputer]]. The appliances, along with the rat Ratso who found Wittgenstein, then seek to help Rob by finding Wittgenstein to reverse the effects of his virus, hence recovering the master's thesis. Meanwhile, in a dual plot of the film, Mack, Rob's lab assistant, plots to sell the injured animals Rob had been tending, to a place called "Tartaras Laboratories", the same place that Sebastian, an old monkey Rob is tending to, was sent to when he was just a [[baby]]. When the appliances find Wittgenstein, they discover him abandoned, all alone and run-down and broken in the basement. The miserable supercomputer reveals that he is living on one rare tube, named the "WFC 11-12-55". The appliances learn that unless they find a replacement quickly, Wittgenstein's tube will blow and lead to his apparent death.


I saw that you [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Usernames_for_administrator_attention&diff=759313916&oldid=759313904 declined] blocking this account as not a blatant violation. I have to disagree with your elevation of this. While "Dick" can simply be a person's name, it's blatantly apparent this is not such a case. I am very far from easily offended, but I can also see how some would view this name as deeply offensive. DaggerDick? I.e., knife dick? As in sexually assaulting and mutilating a woman in the process? This is a blatant violation of [[WP:DISRUPTNAME]]. This sort of interpretation can too easily be reached. Creating a new account, or renaming to a new name, is painless and takes little time. --[[User:Hammersoft|Hammersoft]] ([[User talk:Hammersoft|talk]]) 15:31, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
In an attempt to revive Wittgenstein to his superior state, Radio and Ratso go to the college's storage building to find the hard-to-find WFC 11-12-55 tube. When they come back with the last apparent tube for miles, however, Radio and Ratso (after an argument with the tube) accidentally breaks it, and it seems that all hope is lost. Wittgenstein does his best with all his might, but he blows his remaining tube with a big explosion and apparently "[[death|is a goner]]". Ratso then blames Radio, which causes Radio himself to give up his own tube which turns out to be the very rare tube they had been looking for, thus leaving himself as a lifeless appliance. Apparently, knowing that they were given a final chance to save the animals, the appliances replaced the tube in the nick of time; with the boosted power of the new tube, Wittgenstein wakes up, miraculously regenerates the other smashed tubes connected to himself and is completely revived to as good as new. By the end of the film, the appliances restore Rob's thesis and stop Mack from selling the injured animals, Radio's tube is replaced with a new one (hence his revival), Rob proposes to his girlfriend Chris, and all is well.
:I can see where you're coming from, but I didn't make that correlation immediately, and I didn't see it as such. I'm going to place a comment on the user's page to suggest a name change, but I don't feel outright comfortable soft-blocking them over it. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 15:39, 10 January 2017 (UTC)


== Problem at TFD log ==
==Notes==
Although this is third and final movie released, it appears to be the second in plot sequence. This is indicated in '' [[The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars]]'' by the fact that the group is already familiar with Wittgenstein the supercomputer, and by the fact that he is referred to as "our old college buddy." Also, Rob proposes to his girlfriend in this movie, while in the second movie the two are married with a baby. This is because both the films were in production at the time, and ''Goes To Mars'' just happened to be finished first.


Hi Rick, thanks for deleting those templates. It looks like you've accidentally grouped two of the discussions in the same closing tag. Could you rectify this? Thanks. [[User:Linguist111|<span style="color:lightblue;">'''Linguist'''</span>]] <span style="border:1px solid black;background:#ffa500;"><small>If you reply to me here, please add '''<nowiki>{{ping|Linguist111}}</nowiki>''' to the start of your message</small></span> 18:18, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
==Reception==
:Ack! Will do so here shortly. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 18:25, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
The movie got mixed reviews but most fans say it's more enjoyable than ''The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars''.
::Already fixed. The issue was the {{t|tfd top}} being placed above the header (should go under it). [[User:Primefac|Primefac]] ([[User talk:Primefac|talk]]) 18:28, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
:::Thanks, I was cleaning up my mess when you fixed it, see why I supported your RfA? :) [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 18:29, 10 January 2017 (UTC)


== Policy question on use of G5 for ToU violation ==
==Animal Characters==
*Sebastian - [[Monkey]]
*Maisie - [[Cat]]
*Ratso - [[Rat]]
*Murgatroid - [[Snake]]
*Alberto - [[Chihuahua (dog)|Chihuahua]]


You might want to see [[WP:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard#FoCuSandLeArN]]. I meant to ping you there but messed up, but maybe a personal note is better anyhow. Just wondering if your G5 speedy deletion of [[Spur Corporation]] was meant to be extended to other things created by same editor. - [[User:Brianhe|Brianhe]] ([[User talk:Brianhe|talk]]) 18:56, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
==External links==
:With regards to Spur Corporation, it's a plausible redirect to the Spur Steak House page (which wasn't created by F&L and actually was REVERSED by them, that being the steak house redirecting to the corporation page, which honestly was my reasoning for the deletion). As for the other pages, I would agree with you that the Orangemoody incident seemed to set a precedent, and we really need to examine the pages individually to determine what actions to take. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 19:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
*{{IMDb title|0163986}}
*{{Amg movie|179411}}
*{{rotten-tomatoes|brave_little_toaster_to_the_rescue}}
*{{bcdb title|20644}}


== [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Aryan121]] ==
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue}}
[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:American animated films]]
[[Category:Children's films]]
[[Category:Direct-to-video films]]
[[Category:Films distributed by Disney]]
[[Category:Films featuring anthropomorphic characters]]
[[Category:Sequel films]]


Sorry to bother, but you commented with [[Template:bnt]]. Are you planning to tag the user pages? I saw you tagged {{noping2|Christian2017}} on xis talk page. --[[User:JustBerry|JustBerry]] ([[User talk:JustBerry|talk]]) 02:49, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
[[es:The Brave Little Toaster To The Rescue]]
:Aryan121, while the master, wasn't indef'd so I didn't place a tag for that on the page. I did extend the block longer though, the b&t was for the Christian account. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 03:06, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
[[fr:Le Petit Grille-pain courageux : À la rescousse]]
::Ah, okay. Thanks for clarifying. --[[User:JustBerry|JustBerry]] ([[User talk:JustBerry|talk]]) 04:43, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
[[pl:Dzielny mały Toster ratuje przyjaciół]]
=Bear in the Big Blue House=
{{Infobox television
| show_name = Bear in the Big Blue House
| image = Bear in the Big Blue House.png
| camera =
| picture_format = [[4:3]] [[480i]] ([[SDTV]])
| audio_format = [[Dolby Surround]]
| runtime = 25 minutes
| genre = Children's television series
| creator = [[Mitchell Kriegman]]
| developer = [[The Jim Henson Company]]
| company = [[Shadow Projects]]<br>[[Jim Henson Television]] (1997–2006)<br>[[Walt Disney Television]]<br>[[The Muppets Studio]]
| executive_producer = [[Mitchell Kriegman]]<br>[[Brian Henson]]<br>Alex Rockwell
| producer = Richard A. Fernandes
| distributor = [[Disney-ABC Domestic Television]]
| starring = [[Noel MacNeal]]<br>[[Peter Linz]]<br>[[Tyler Bunch]]<br>Vicki Eibner
| voices = [[Lynne Thigpen]]<br>[[Geoffrey Holder]]
| director = [[Mitchell Kriegman]]<br>Dean Gordon<br>Richard A. Fernandes<br>Hugh Martin<br>[[Jim Martin (puppeteer)|Jim Martin]]<br>[[Lisa Simon]]<br>Tom Guaddarrama<br>Chuck Vinson
| opentheme = "Welcome to the Blue House" <br>[[Bill Obrecht]]<br>[[Peter Lurye]]
| endtheme = "Welcome to the Blue House" (Instrumental) <br>[[Bill Obrecht]]<br>[[Peter Lurye]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| network = [[Playhouse Disney]]
| first_run =
| first_aired = {{start date|1997|10|20}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2006|4|28}}
| num_seasons = 5
| num_episodes = 118
| list_episodes = List of Bear in the Big Blue House episodes
| website = http://www3.disney.com/DisneyJunior/Disney Junior/Disney Junior/friends/bear/index.htm
}}
'''''Bear in the Big Blue House''''' is an American/children's television series created by [[Mitchell Kriegman]] and produced by [[Jim Henson Television]] for [[Disney Channel]]'s [[Playhouse Disney]] preschool television block. Debuting on October 20, 1997,<ref name=TVSeriesFinale>{{cite web|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/bear-in-the-big-blue-house-disney-has-big-plans/|title=Bear in the Big Blue House: Disney Has Big Plans|publisher=|accessdate=19 December 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701184112/http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/bear-in-the-big-blue-house-disney-has-big-plans/|archivedate=July 1, 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name=LATimes1>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/20/entertainment/ca-44709|title=Preschoolers Will Grin and 'Bear' New Henson Series|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=19 December 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219162311/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/20/entertainment/ca-44709|archivedate=December 19, 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref>it ran until 2003. Eight additional episodes were produced to make a 5th season and ran in 2006. The final episode aired on April 28, 2006.


== Restore a Company Page you Deleted ==
==Plot==
Bear lives in the Big Blue House with his friends Ojo, Tutter, Treelo, Pip, Pop, and Shadow. He and his friends have many adventures together. Those normally include solving problems, sharing, cooperating with each other, and developing social skills.


Hi Rick,
Each episode opens with the welcome song. The other characters in the show then make their appearance, and the theme and plot of the show then comes to place. Throughout the episode, the theme (ex; "sleep", "doctors", "Thanksgiving") is learned about, and a lesson is learned at the end of the episode. Songs and jokes accompany the episode. Bear acts as a caregiver towards Ojo the bear cub, Treelo the lemur, Tutter the mouse, and Pip and Pop, who are two otters. Character "Shadow" narrates a segment with shadow puppets in each episode. Most of the segments are in song, while some are simply a short story relating to the episode's theme. At the end of the program, Bear then sings the goodbye song with Luna, the moon.


I noticed that you deleted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RemitRadar due to A7 No credible indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content, events). However, if you take a look at it, the funding for the company is from Prince Michael of Kent (quite an important individual that funds many organizations) see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Michael_of_Kent. I believe this would be worthy of staying on Wikipedia as it is important.
==Characters==


Please take another look at the Remit Radar page and if you could let me know as the CEO of Remit Radar is meeting with the Prince again soon. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Danmartin555|Danmartin555]] ([[User talk:Danmartin555#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Danmartin555|contribs]]) 09:54, 11 January 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
===Main characters===
:Talking to a member of nobility however isn't enough for [[WP:N]], as notability isn't inherited in that way. Right now, this is just another organization that Prince Michael funds it would appear. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 13:54, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
* '''Bear''' (performed by [[Noel MacNeal]]) - The protagonist of the series, he is a large [[bear]] who is very kind and lovable. He is tall and has light brown fur. Bear acts a caregiver to Pip, Pop, Ojo, Treelo and Tutter. He was designed by Paul Andrejco.
* '''Tutter''' (performed by [[Peter Linz]]) - A small light blue [[mouse]] who loves [[cheese]]. He lives in a mousehole in the kitchen of Bear's house. He is considered the show's [[breakout character]]. He was designed and built by Paul Andrejco.
* '''Pip and Pop''' (performed by [[Peter Linz]] and [[Tyler Bunch]]) - Two purple [[otter]] twins who live in the otter pond by the big blue house. They were designed by Paul Andrejco.
* '''Ojo''' (performed by Vicki Eibner) - A curious red [[bear]] cub who has a wild imagination and is good friends with Treelo. She was designed and built by Paul Andrejco.
* '''Treelo''' (performed by [[Tyler Bunch]]) - A white, blue, and green [[lemur]] who is playful, loves to dance, always active and good friends with Ojo. He was designed by Paul Andrejco.
* '''[[Shadow]]''' (performed by [[Peter Linz]], voiced by Tara Mooney) - A [[Shadow person|shadow girl]] who is always laughing, telling stories, and sneaking up on Bear.
* '''Luna the [[Moon]]''' (operated by [[Peter Linz]], voiced by [[Lynne Thigpen]]) - A talking moon. At the end of every episode Bear walks out onto the balcony and discusses the episode's theme with her and sings "The Goodbye Song" with her at the end while a montage of the day's events play. She was designed by Paul Andrejco and built by [[Ed Christie]]. "''Luna''" means "moon" in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Italian language|Italian]].
* '''Ray the [[Sun]]''' (operated by [[Peter Linz]], voiced by [[Geoffrey Holder]]) - A talking sun who would often rise (or set) at the beginning of some episodes, starting from Season Two. He will also occasionally tell Bear what the weather will be like throughout the day. He was designed by Paul Andrejco.


**Hi Rick, thank you for taking the time to reply. I appreciate what you're saying regarding notability, however https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NRV would suggest that it could be linked from Prince Michael's wiki page to as you rightly said one of his funded businesses. Remit Radar helps the transfer of money from particularly difficult countries to move money ie Nigeria to USD/GBP and while it is a company/organisation it's incredibly important for inhabitants of countries where there were blocks on money transfers (see http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/03/africa/nigeria-money-transfer-restriction/) portals like Remit Radar have helped put pressure on governments to allow the movement of money again. This not only has helped Nigerians to travel, send money back to their families in Nigeria, trade, create business and a whole lot more. I'd say that's quite an indicator of importance for not only the organization but the fact that Royalty is behind it stands to reason that it's a legitimate entity that people would like to read about on Wikipedia. Pages such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwoca would fall under the A7 deletion notice I presume but that's still up and running. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/46.233.116.126|46.233.116.126]] ([[User talk:46.233.116.126#top|talk]]) 14:25, 15 January 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
===Supporting characters===
:::I'll be blunt with this, Wikipedia [[WP:NOT|is not a place to promote your business]]. The organization did not meet our [[WP:GNG|notability guidelines]], and the fact other companies have an article [[WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS|doesn't matter]]. To add, you have an admitted [[WP:COI|conflict of interest]] with the company. I will not restore the page at this time. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 19:30, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
* '''Grandma Flutter''' (performed by [[Alice Dinnean]] in 1997-1998, [[Vicki Eibner]] in 1998-2003) - Tutter's grandmother who has a dance called "The Grandma Mambo". She has a granddaughter named Baby Blotter. She was designed by Paul Andrejco and built by Michael Schupbach and Kip Rathke.
* '''Cousin Whiner''' (performed by [[Victor Yerrid]]) - One of Tutter's cousins.
* '''Uncle "Jet Set Tutter"''' (performed by [[Tim Lagasse]]) - Tutter's uncle.
* '''Doc Hogg''' (performed by [[Tyler Bunch]]) - A [[pig]] who is the local [[physician]]. He was designed by [[Paul Andrejco]] and built by [[Eric Englehardt]].
* '''Benny the Bat''' (performed by [[James Kroupa]]) - A [[Megabat|fruit bat]] living in the attic of the house. He is a recycled version of Leah the Fruit Bat from "[[Jim Henson's Animal Show]]."
* '''Jeremiah Tortoise''' (performed by [[James Kroupa]]) - An elderly [[tortoise]] living in Woodland Valley. He is a recycled and hair-added version of Penelope the [[Yellow-footed tortoise|Yellow-Footed Tortoise]] from "[[Jim Henson's Animal Show]]."
* '''Lois''' (performed by [[Vicki Eibner]]) - A [[Blue-footed booby]] living in Woodland Valley. She usually mishears things that her friends are saying. She is a recycled version of Milton the Blue-footed Booby from "[[Jim Henson's Animal Show]]."
* '''Annette''' (performed by [[Vicki Eibner]]) - An [[armadillo]] who runs the Woodland Valley Cinema and is very shy. She is a recycled version of Dooley the Armadillo from "[[Jim Henson's Animal Show]]".
* '''Henrietta Vanderpreen''' (performed by [[Vicki Eibner]]) - An [[ostrich]] who is the editor of Woodland House Wonderful, a magazine of interest to residents of Woodland Valley. She is a recycled version of Lydia the Ostrich from "[[Jim Henson's Animal Show]]".
* '''Skippy''' - A blind [[red squirrel]] living in Woodland Valley that wears sunglasses and uses a cane. He is good friends with Treelo. He is a recycled version of Gabe the Squirrel from "[[Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola]]".
* '''Big Old Bullfrog''' (performed by [[Peter Linz]]) - A [[American bullfrog|bullfrog]] living in Woodland Valley. He is a recycled version of Bufo the [[Toad]] from "[[Jim Henson's Animal Show]]".
* '''Jacques the Beaver''' (performed by [[Peter Linz]]) - A French [[beaver]] living in Woodland Valley. He is a recycled version of Morton the Beaver from "[[Jim Henson's Animal Show]]".
* '''Miss Maxwell''' (performed by [[Jennifer Barnhart]]) - A [[mouse]] who is a teacher at the Mouse School.
* '''Rita Mouse''' (performed by Anney McKilligan) - A mouse who attends Mouse School with Tutter. She needs some help with painting but is very good at soccer.
* '''Keisha''' (performed by [[Vicki Eibner]]) - A [[mouse]] who attends Mouse School with Tutter.
* '''Moss''' (performed by [[Noel MacNeal]]) - A [[mouse]] who attends Mouse School with Tutter.
* '''Cousin Titter''' (performed by [[Sean Choi]])
* '''Harry the Duck''' (performed by [[Eric Jacobson]]) - A [[duck]] who has been seen several times through the show who addresses bear as "Mister Bear" and quacks repeatedly when he is upset. He was designed by Paul Andrejco.
* '''Otto and Etta Otter''' (performed by [[James Kroupa]] and [[Vicki Eibner]]) - Pip and Pop's grandparents who run the Woodland Valley Library.
* '''Ursa''' (performed by [[Carmen Osbahr]]) - Bear's old friend from Mexico that appeared twice in "And to All a Good Night" and "You Never Know."


OK thanks for your reply Ricky. I see your point. For the record I didn't make the page I just started with the company and they asked me to look into why it was deleted. You've replied and made it clear. No hard feelings. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/82.33.103.139|82.33.103.139]] ([[User talk:82.33.103.139#top|talk]]) 19:54, 15 January 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Several of these characters appeared in a music video for the [[We Are Family Foundation]]. Bear also appeared as a celebrity in the 2002 revival of ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]''; he notably appeared in Whoopi Goldberg's final episode.


== User:Nicky jam el cangri ==
==Locations==
* '''Woodland Valley''' - Woodland Valley is the area/village in which events on the show are situated. The Big Blue House is the main landmark, but there is also a general store, post office, mall, library, movie theater, mouse school, and many other locations. Many of these are not seen (or not seen in much detail) until the fourth season of the program. In "History, Herstory, Bearstory," Jeremiah Tortoise reveals that his grandfather Hepahestus Tortoise was the town's first settler. He initially decided to call it Who'd Have Thought I Would Land in This Valley Valley, but decided it was too long and changed it to Would Land Valley. Jeremiah says he's been trying to get the official spelling changed for years. Sequoia City is a neighboring town of Woodland Valley.
* '''The Big Blue House''' - The Big Blue House is where most of the main action of the series Bear in the Big Blue House takes place. Located in Woodland Valley, it looks somewhat small from the outside, but large and roomy on the inside. Bear lives here and runs a sort of daycare/group-home. Tutter has his mousehole in the house, while most of the other young characters only spend the day here. The Big Blue House is often described as warm and cozy. The Big Blue House has five rooms. The kitchen and the living room are downstairs. Bear has his very own swing where he sometimes sits and reads in the living room. Tutter's mousehole is in the kitchen. The front-door, where Bear greets the viewers at the beginning of each episode, is also downstairs. Upstairs are the bathroom and Bear's bedroom. Finally, Bear stores various items in the attic. There's also a landing there where Bear visits each night to talk with his friend Luna, the moon. Bear once gave the following directions on how to reach the Big Blue House: just take the path that leads into the woods, make the right past the big oak, go right, past the pond and then you're there.
* '''Otter Pond''' - Pip and Pop often hang out at the Otter Pond. It is also home to Harry the Duck, his mom, and his sister, Hallie. Additionally, various other creatures sometimes hang out at the Otter Pond, including Benny, Christine, and Big Old Bullfrog. The general area of the Otter Pond is filled with plants, including bushes filled with berries. Bear and Ojo visit there to pick berries for triple-berry pie in "If at First You Don't Succeed..." The Otter Pond was the site of a special nighttime party in "And to All a Good Night."
* '''Woodland Valley Library''' - The Woodland Valley Library is a place for everyone in Woodland Valley to go for research and resources. It is managed by Otto and Etta Otter. It is located directly in the center of the town. In addition to books, it also offers DVDs, CD-ROMs, Internet access and various other resources. Woodland Valley Library is featured in the two-part Welcome to Woodland Valley story. A tree falls on the library and the entire community works together to help get it cleaned up. There is damage to the collection and so donations are made. When Ojo discovers two unnamed [[opossum]]s (voiced by [[Gilbert Gottfried]] and [[Brad Garrett]]) living in the tree that fell, the tree itself is made into a part of the library as the Book Nook. The library is featured in the song, "Everything's Great About the Library." Harry the Duck wonders what's so great about the library and so Tutter, Treelo, Pip and Pop sing a song to explain it. They tell him that there's something for everyone at the library, but the library is a place to read, so you have to keep your voices down; no disturbing allowed.
* '''Woodland Valley Cinema''' - The Woodland Valley Cinema is a local movie theater for everyone in Woodland Valley to relax and watch films. Annette is the owner of the movie theater and does all the jobs from box office to ticket taker. The screening room has three rows of seats in the auditorium and a concession stand. The concession stand accepts dollars and cents as payment instead of clams, Woodland Valley's official currency. Woodland Valley Cinema was first introduced in "Welcome to Woodland Valley." However, in "Words, Words, Words," the Woodland Valley Gazette says the movie theater is named "Woodland Valley Multiplex."
* '''Woodland Valley Post Office''' - The Woodland Valley Post Office is Woodland Valley's own facility for posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail. The post office also sells stamps for stamp collections and does clammygrams if asked. Jeremiah Tortoise works there in addition to running his general store. Most of the mail ends up arriving late due to Jeremiah Tortoise, who is slow at delivering the mail. In "A Strange Bird," Bear received a two-week-old postcard from a penguin named Puck from the South Pole and finds out Puck is paying a visit to the Big Blue House today. The store accepts clams, Woodland Valley's official currency, as payment and it has to be exact change only. Woodland Valley Post Office was first introduced in "Read My Book" and was seen more in later episodes.
* '''Mouse School''' - The Mouse School is a fun place to learn for Tutter and his classmates, including Keisha, Luke, Lily, Rita, and Moss. Learning and other activities are overseen by Miss Maxwell. It's a one-room schoolhouse, but there's plenty of places to play and an occasional field trip. Tutter first begins attending Mouse School in the fourth season of the program. He joins the school soccer team, coached by Bear, but considers quitting in "Show Your Stuff." In "Teacher Appreciation Day," Tutter joins with Lily to figure out a way to show Miss Maxwell how much the mice kids all appreciate her. Tutter holds a sleepover for his Mouse School classmates in "Tutter's First Big Sleepover Bash."
* '''Doc Hogg's Office''' - Doc Hogg's Office is where Doc Hogg treats his patients on Bear in the Big Blue House. Bear, Tutter and Ojo visited the office when Tutter hurt his tail in "That Healing Feeling." The office has a waiting room with toys and books to keep children entertained.
* '''Sequoia City''' - Sequoia City is a neighboring town of Woodland Valley, and Woodland Valley may be considered a suburb of it. They are known to have a baseball team called the "Big Bats." Sequoia City is the hometown for two radio stations that reach Woodland Valley; WWTL (a news and weather station) and Bear's favorite music station WCHA-CHA. Sequoia City was one of the locations on a signpost in "The Great Bandini." The other location names on that signpost (other than the library) have not been used again, but Sequoia City has been mentioned in other episodes. Bear and the kids of the Big Blue House went on vacation at a nice hotel in Sequoia City in "This Is Your Life, Bear."
* '''River City''' - River City is a town mentioned on Bear in the Big Blue House. Not much is known about it, but Grandma Flutter was an all-star player for their baseball team: the River City Rodents.


I do not know what relationship there is between [[User:Nicky jam el cangri]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Nickyjamelcangri787 Nickyjamelcangri787], but their names are totally the same and both users edit the same articles. I inform you since I have seen that you have blocked it.--<font face="Myriad Web">'''[[User:Philip J Fry|<span style="color:royalblue4">Philip J Fry</span>]]''' <span style="color:dark blue">•</span> <small>''([[User_talk:Philip J Fry|<span style="color:darkgoldenrod">talk</span>]])''</small></font> 12:32, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
==Episodes==
:[[WP:DUCK|That's a duck quacking into a megaphone if I ever heard one]]. IF you see this activity again, you might want to file a report at [[WP:SPI]]. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 13:58, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
{{main|List of Bear in the Big Blue House episodes}}


== [[Trump Tower]] RFPP ==
==Cancellation==
''Bear in the Big Blue House'' was initially produced from 1997 to 2004. The voice actor for "Luna" the moon was played by Lynne Thigpen, who abruptly died due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Thigpen's death led to a three-year hiatus of ''Bear in the Big Blue House''. A planned film version of Bear was also put on hold. Two years after Thigpen's death, Tara Mooney, who played the character Shadow, in an interview with Ray D'Arcy on Today FM stated: "The crew's hearts just weren't in it anymore". Thigpen's friends and family established a non-profit foundation, The Lynne Thigpen - Bobo Lewis Foundation, to help young actors and actresses learn how to survive and succeed in New York theater and to mentor the next generation of Broadway stars. After the hiatus and the [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] ''Breakfast with Bear'', new episodes returned to the Disney Channel in April 2006, with the last episode airing on April 28, 2006. Thigpen was posthumously nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for voicing Luna the moon in Bear in the Big Blue House, but lost to Jeff Corwin.


Hi Rick. This one is your call and I don't want to step on anybody's toes but given the political climate I can all but guarantee that this article is going to be a top tier target for vandalism for at least the next four years. I'm not usually a fan of indefinite protection, but this one might be a rare case where it's justified. Again though, it's your call. -[[User:Ad Orientem|Ad Orientem]] ([[User talk:Ad Orientem|talk]]) 22:18, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
==International airings==
:I had considered that off the bat honestly, but I wanted to see if maybe this would stem the tide. If not then yeah next step is to possible indefinitely protect, or pending changes perhaps for the next 4 to 8 years. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 03:17, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
The show was shown throughout the world including in the United Kingdom on [[Five (channel)|five]] and [[Playhouse Disney UK]], on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] in Australia and on [[RTÉ Two]] in Ireland.


== Regarding block of 110.147.142.28 ==
==Toys==
There are many Bear in the Big Blue House toys, including a coin-operated boat [[kiddie ride]] ride with Bear, Pip & Pop by kiddie ride makers Fun2Learn. More toys are available off eBay.


Thanks for blocking him, but are you sure 31 hours will be enough? The only edits he/she/it has made have been gross vandalism. [[User:L3X1|L3X1]] ([[User talk:L3X1|talk]]) 20:42, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
==Awards==
:It's the standard for an IP for a first block. That's a dynamic IP as well, so more than likely if they come back, it will be on another IP. Generally if it happens again we can increase the time, or if the vandalizing on the page is bad enough, protect the page. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 20:45, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
*'''[[Daytime Emmy Awards]]'''
::Ok thanks for explaining. Have a nice day. [[User:L3X1|L3X1]] ([[User talk:L3X1|talk]]) 20:48, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
:[[27th Daytime Emmy Awards|2000]] - ''Outstanding Sound Mixing'' - Peter Hefter and John Alberts (won)<ref name=27thDaytimeEmmyVariety>{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/2000/tv/news/emmy-time-for-rosie-bill-nye-1117781621/|title=Emmy time for 'Rosie' & 'Bill Nye'|work=Variety|accessdate=19 December 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219165407/http://variety.com/2000/tv/news/emmy-time-for-rosie-bill-nye-1117781621/|archivedate=December 19, 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref> (Tied with [[Bill Nye the Science Guy]] and [[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show]])
:[[27th Daytime Emmy Awards|2000]] - ''Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series'' - Mitchell Kriegman, Richard A. Fernandes and Dean Gordon (won)<ref name=27thDaytimeEmmyVariety />
:[[30th Daytime Emmy Awards|2003]] - ''Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series'' - Mitchell Kriegman and Dean Gordon (won)<ref name=30thDaytimeEmmyArchive>https://web.archive.org/web/20140625155616/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_30th_winners_creative.pdf</ref>
* Parent's Choice Gold Award Winner - 2000,<ref name=PCGA2000>{{cite web|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/previousawardlist.cfm?p_code=p_tel&awdyr=2000&thePage=television&award=AW|title=Parents' Choice Award-Winning Television|publisher=|accessdate=19 December 2014}}</ref> 2002<ref name=PCGA2002>{{cite web|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/previousawardlist.cfm?p_code=p_tel&awdyr=2002&thePage=television&award=AW|title=Parents' Choice Award-Winning Television|publisher=|accessdate=19 December 2014}}</ref>
* Director's Guild Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs - "Episode 225: Love Is All You Need"


== Unblock template ==
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Ola! Do you mind updating the unblock template at [[User talk:TempTTC]] to reflect that you've unblocked them? That way it will remove the editor from [[CAT:RFU]]. Thanks, --[[User:Ponyo|<span style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's '''Ponyo'''</span>]]<sup>[[User_talk:Ponyo|<span style="color:Navy;">''bons mots''</span>]]</sup> 22:37, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
==External links==
:Sure thing, I'm on mobile so it might take a minute. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 23:20, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
* {{Official website|http://movies.disney.com/bear-in-the-big-blue-house}}
::Sounds like a painful endeavour; let me know if you want me to do it for you. I won't even charge you! --[[User:Ponyo|<span style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's '''Ponyo'''</span>]]<sup>[[User_talk:Ponyo|<span style="color:Navy;">''bons mots''</span>]]</sup> 23:21, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
* {{IMDb title|0173664}}
:::Got it, but thanks for the help! [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 23:24, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
* {{tv.com show|bear-in-the-big-blue-house}}
::::Thanks for that, and you can store the freebie I offered in your back pocket for a rainy day :) --[[User:Ponyo|<span style="color:Navy;">Jezebel's '''Ponyo'''</span>]]<sup>[[User_talk:Ponyo|<span style="color:Navy;">''bons mots''</span>]]</sup> 23:28, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
::::Thank you for unblocking me. That user had been doing numerous edits to pages they politically disagree with. I was super confused how reverting changes by a clear troll (there's no basis for any claims of the company having Quatari ties - LA based as sourced later, US news - as sourced later), could result in a ban. Do you mind pointing me in the right direction for undoing/reporting changes done by a clear troll. Seems to me that the obvious thing of undoing changes, isn't appreciated on Wikipedia :(. [[User:TempTTC|TempTTC]] ([[User talk:TempTTC|talk]]) 23:31, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
::::Normally I'd say AIV, but a report had been placed there earlier in the day. It may need more eyes on it, so perhaps ANI, if it continues, however if this all appears to be one specific blocked edits coming back, you can compile the evidence and post a request at [[WP:SPI]]. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 23:34, 12 January 2017 (UTC)


== ANI close (Just now) ==
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Your closing commentary echoed my own thoughts quite perfectly. In fact, I got an ec as I tried to comment essentially the same thing you wrote. Good job. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em; class=texhtml">[[User:MPants at work|<font color="green">'''MjolnirPants'''</font>]] [[User_talk:MPants at work|<small>Tell me all about it.</small>]]</span> 20:53, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
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:Thank you! I mean, yes it's a red flag, however I am willing to not [[WP:BITE]] a newcomer right off the bat with that. If they slip up again, then blocks are cheap and easy. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 20:55, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
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::And well don't I feel dumb now...[[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 21:00, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
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:::Rick no feel bad; there no way to know but checkuser. Besides, Hammerpants feel dumb, too. Is normal state for Hammerpants, really. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em; class=texhtml">[[User:MPants at work|<font color="green">'''MjolnirPants'''</font>]] [[User_talk:MPants at work|<small>Tell me all about it.</small>]]</span> 21:07, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
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== Is it possible to request creation protection through RPP (or any other way)? ==
=PB&J Otter=


Hello, the [[Baggymod]] article has gone through CSD and then was recreated using the same material shortly thereafter. I placed another CSD, but I'm wondering if there is a way to request creation protection as a non-admin (without having to ask an admin on their talk page) - this is, of course, not for articles that are recreated using other content (or would pass muster otherwise), but only for articles created using the same content (similar to G4, but that is for XfD and PROD's only, apparently). Thanks! [[User:Garchy|Garchy]] ([[User talk:Garchy|talk]]) 20:54, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
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:Actually yes you can on RFPP, you can ask for "Indefinite creation protection", and explain why you feel it's needed. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 20:57, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
{{Infobox television
:Great! I must have missed it, thank you! [[User:Garchy|Garchy]] ([[User talk:Garchy|talk]]) 21:02, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
| show_name = PB&J Otter
| image = PBJOtter.jpg
| image_size = 250
| runtime = 11 minutes
| creator = [[Jim Jinkins]]
| voices = Chris Phillips<br />[[Corinne Orr]]<br />[[Jackie Hoffman]]<br />Jenell Brook Slack<br />Adam Rose<br />Gina Marie Tortorici<br />Cody Pennes<br />[[Gwen Shepherd]]
| composer = Dan Sawyer (score/songs)<br />[[Fred Newman (actor)|Fred Newman]] (songs)
| country = United States
| language = English
| executive_producer = Jim Jinkins<br />David Campbell<br />David Martin<br />Christine Martin
| producer = Melanie Grisanti<br />Jack Spillum
| company = [[Disney Television Animation|Walt Disney Television Animation]]<br />[[Cartoon Pizza|Jumbo Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Disney-ABC Domestic Television|Buena Vista Television]]
| network = [[Disney Channel]]
| first_aired = December 10, 1997
| last_aired = October 21, 2001
| num_episodes = 130 ([[List of PB&J Otter episodes|list of episodes]])
| num_seasons = 3
}}


== Pitygritty Deletion ==
'''''PB&J Otter''''' is an American animated children's television series which premiered on [[Playhouse Disney]] on December 10, 1997. A total of 65 episodes were produced during the course of its three season run, with the "farewell" episode airing on September 24, 2000 (although a Halloween episode was the last aired episode, on October 21, 2001). The series centered on the [[otter]] family who lived in the [[rural]] fishing community of Lake Hoohaw. Most stories revolved around the [[Otter]] kids: older brother Peanut, younger sister Jelly and diapered baby Butter (named after the [[peanut butter and jelly sandwich]]), as well as their friends and neighbors. Supporting characters included gossipy [[crane (bird)|Cranes]], overly hygienic [[raccoon]]s, a junk-collecting [[mayor]] and some very wealthy [[poodle]]s.


Hi there RickinBaltimore
The show was created by [[Jim Jinkins]] and executive-produced by David Campbell in close conjunction with Harvard University's Cognitive Skills Group, "Project Zero". The Group's job was to monitor each and make sure the material had a positive educational message. This show features songs by Dan Sawyer and [[Fred Newman (actor)|Fred Newman]].


It has arrived to my knowledge that you requested for a speedy deletion for the page Pitygritty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitygritty I created the page and it had been up smoothly for over 7 months with over 1000 views. I do not understand why you have deleted the page? Please can you undelete the page this page has so much relevance. If you need sources I can send you, or please tell me what was wrong with the page.
PB&J Otter was nominated for an Annie Award for outstanding music in an animated show in 2000.<ref name=Nomination>{{cite web | url = http://annieawards.org/28th-annie-awards | title = 28th Annie Awards | publisher = Annie Awards}}</ref>


Kind regards
The show aired in reruns on [[Disney Junior]] from 2012-2014. The show now airs on Disney Junior app, 2016


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== Talk: Front Row Filmed Entertainment ==
==Characters==
* '''[[Peanut]] Otter''' (voiced by Adam Rose) - He is the brother of family. Peanut is smart and can be a little funny at times, but always loyal. He would usually rather not dance, especially "The Noodle Dance" but he ends up doing it anyway, even on some occasions, he would want to dance. Often, when Jelly comes up with an idea from the Noodle Dance, she has to stop Peanut dancing by shouting "Peanut... Peanut... PEANUT!" to which he stops suddenly and replies "What? What happened, what?". Jelly's yelling at Peanut is similar to the common running gag in [[Alvin and the Chipmunks]] where Dave would yell at Alvin.
* '''[[Butter]] Otter''' (voiced by Gina Marie Tortorici) - The baby and the youngest of the family. She does not talk much, but says simple words now and then, such as "Mama. Dada. Funny." etc.
* '''[[Fruit preserves#Jelly|Jelly]] Otter''' (voiced by Jenell Brook Slack) - Jelly is the middle child of the otter children, she often comes up with ideas that sometimes are not feasible.
* '''Opal Otter''' (voiced by [[Gwen Shepherd]]) - She is the wife of Ernest Otter and PB&J's mother. Opal is caring, but can be strict when necessary. She has a purple [[afro]] hair and wears thick glasses and pink slippers.
* '''Ernest Otter''' (voiced by [[Chris Phillips (voice actor)|Chris Phillips]]) - is PB&J's father and the husband of Opal Otter. He owns a hardware store-boat on Lake Hoohaw.
* '''Anna ('Aunt Nanner') Otter''' – Opal's sister. Has an unspecified job in [[show business]], and travels the world. She knows many famous people and seems quite well off (but not nearly as rich as the Snooties), but always has time for her family. Married to her husband, Redolfo.
* '''Pinch Raccoon''' (voiced by Cody Pennes) - A friend of PB&J. She thinks of herself as beautiful and a ballerina, and spends most of her time dancing making herself more pretty. She's quite a drama queen sometimes. She is Jelly's best friend.
*'''Scootch Raccoon''' (voiced by Cody Pennes) - Pinch's little brother. He is rambunctious and a bit of a trouble-maker to his friends and parents. He does not speak very much, generally only saying "Sorry, sorry, my fault" or "Oops, my fault!" when he invariably knocks something over, but later in other episodes, he slowly becomes capable of forming new (but short) sentences. He makes a lot of mistakes by accident, but he still has a good heart and apologizes. Sometimes he feels left out due to his clumsiness, but everybody loves him, including Pinch, his sister. He is Baby Butter's best friend.
* '''Munchy Beaver''' (voiced by [[Chris Phillips (voice actor)|Chris Phillips]]) - A beaver who has quite the appetite for wood. He often tends to chew on things made of wood when he is nervous. He gets scared easily, and is rather jittery. He tends to have a low self-esteem. He is Peanut's best friend.
* '''Cap'n Crane''' (also voiced by Chris Phillips) - A 'watchbird' which he calls himself. He keeps an eye on Lake Hoohaw and its population, in order to keep everyone safe, though he tends to overdo it from time to time, often being too safe for his own good, which tends to complicate things, though his heart is in the right place. His catchphrase is 'Watchbird Alert!'. He is Connie Crane's husband.
* '''Connie Crane''' (voiced by [[Jackie Hoffman]]) - Cap'n Crane's wife. She is usually seen sleeping and is often woken by her husband for unimportant alarms. She tends to think Cap'n Crane overdoes his job a bit and generally keeps an eye on him to keep him from making mistakes. She is very sarcastic most of the time.
* '''Flick Duck''' (voiced by [[Eddie Korbich]]) - A duck who is sometimes clumsy and rough, but just like the others, he always apologizes for making mistakes. He is one of Peanut's best friends, and even sometimes does the Noodle Dance with them. He enjoys reading [[comic books]] featuring a [[superhero]] called Mallard Man, he also loves and cannot resist babbleberry pie. His catchphrase is: "Cheese and quackers!". After much practice and perseverance, he learned how to fly, and used the new ability at times during the rest of the show's run.
** Korbich also voices '''Ootsie''' and '''Bootsie Snootie''', son and daughter of '''Edouard''' (also voiced by Korbich) and '''Georgina'''; rich, spoiled and generally bored, they nonetheless enjoy the company of the other children when they tire of playing with the newest toy or gadget their parents have bought them. Although they are mean to PB&J and their friends at times, PB&J and the others still help them when they have a problem. Ootsie and Bootsie are shown to be quite clever and stealthy as well. For example, in the episode "Invitation to the Snooties", they blackmail their own father into ordering outrageous items for their birthday party. Ootsie and Bootsie can still be good friends and they also helped the kids many times. They are poodles.
* '''Mayor Jeff''' (voiced by Bruce Bayley Johnson) - The mayor of Lake Hoohaw. He is a wise, old otter who loves to help out the kids. He also is known for his collection of various treasures. He is also known to babysit the Otter children from time to time.


Hi Ricki,
==Minor characters==
* '''Wanda and Walter Raccoon''' (Walter voiced by [[Chris Phillips (voice actor)|Chris Phillips]]) - Pinch and Scootch's parents. Wanda is the post raccoon for Lake Hoohaw, while Walter works as the area trash collector, requiring him to sleep most of the day as he gets up very early.
* '''Shirley Duck''' (voiced by [[Corinne Orr]]) - Flick's mother. Very softhearted, she rarely so much as raises her voice to Flick, much less punishes him. Flick takes advantage of this whenever possible. Flick's father never appeared in the series and it is unknown if he has one.
* '''Betty-Lou Beaver''' - Munchy's mother. She is proud of her son and tries to help him become more outspoken. Munchy's father has never been seen, but he has sent Munchy presents in the mail. It can be assumed he works away from home.
* '''Bubbles''' (voiced by [[Chris Phillips (voice actor)|Chris Phillips]]) - The Otters' pet fish.
* '''Mr. Bigdog''' - Edouard's boss. He is a bulldog, who at one point wanted to take down most of Lake Hoohaw to make room for a minimall.
* '''Measles''' - Munchy's frog, later renamed Spot.
* '''Edouard Snootie''' (voiced by [[Eddie Korbich]]) - Father of Ootsie and Bootsie, and the wealthiest man in Lake Hoohaw. He is usually seen making important phone calls to his wife or his clients. He spoils his children, but he can be quick to punish them if necessary. He tells others to "have a rich day". He is purple like Ootsie, has brown hair, and wears a yellow bow tie, green glasses, and brown loafers.
* '''Georgina Snootie''' (voiced by [[Corinne Orr]]) - Mother of Ootsie and Bootsie.
* '''Billy Duck''' - Flick's older cousin. Billy was once thought to be a bully by the Lake Hoohaw kids due to Flick's remembering something improperly, but he turned out to be kind. He may look scary, because he has a stern expression, nevertheless he still smiles and is kind to the ones around him. Like Flick, he likes to read Mallard Man comics.
* '''Ricky Raccoon''' - Pinch's and Scootch's cousin. He is also kind, and he may be a little older than Pinch.
* '''Simon Fieldmouse''' - A little field mouse boy who mistook Flick for the Ice Moose (The Hoohaw version of [[Santa Claus]]) Simon's greatest wish was to fly. In his episode, he taught Flick to care about others. Flick dressed himself as the Ice Moose and flew Simon to the stage where everybody, including Simon's parents, was there. His only appearance was in the episode, "The Ice Moose".
* '''Redolfo''' - Boyfriend (and now husband) of Anna Otter. Usually transports her to and from Lake Hoohaw.
* '''Captain Camel''' - Did not speak in his only appearance, which was in Opal and the New Otter. He was the character that sold his boat to Ernest so that he could open up a store boat.
* '''The Muskrat Family''' - A family including Mr. and Mrs. Muskrat (parents), Doris Muskrat (daughter), Wally Muskrat (son), and three babies (genders unknown). They may have moved in from the country, because Mr. Muskrat has an accent from Tennessee and they are very poor. They might not even live in Lake Hoohaw, they probably just visit Lake Hoohaw.


I work for Front Row Filmed Entertainment and we were seeking to reproduce the exact company profile from the website as a Wiki Page. What is the best way to go about that? Would it be for the owner of FFE to create an account on here and have him personally apply for a copyright donation? Thanks for any help or assistance!
==Episodes==
Each episode was typically divided into two 11-minute stories. Some seasonal specials and the occasional 2 part episode took up the entire program length such as "Hope Castle" Parts 1 and 2. There were no commercials since episodes only lasted 22 minutes, however interstitial content was presented at the end of airings before the next show. As the network Disney Junior remains free of commercial broadcasts, airings on this network follow this format as well.


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===Episode list===
:I'd read over the article [[WP:DONATETEXT]] for a better explanation on how to donate copyrighted material, as it goes into detail better than I could to be truthful. You would need to reach out to the [[WP:OTRS]] team to give this permission, and there is some steps you would need to do that are covered there. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 18:08, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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== Unconstructive IP editor ==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0191715}}
* {{bcdb|Walt_Disney_Studios/Television/PB_amp_J_Otter/|PB&J Otter}}
* {{tv.com show|pbandj-otter|PB&amp;J Otter}}
* [http://www.disney.co.uk/DisneyChannel/playhouse/friends/pbandj/ Playhouse Disney Official Site]


Hello -- you previously disciplined [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:24.38.94.116 IP user 24.38.94.116] with a block for which reinforcement is needed again. Thanks. --[[User:Zefr|Zefr]] ([[User talk:Zefr|talk]]) 17:43, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
==References==
:Blocked for 72 hours now. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 18:04, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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::Thanks. However, please check [[User:Larrydouglas222|Larrydouglas222]] and the editing at [[Cauliflower]] where a [[WP:SOCK]] may be at work. --[[User:Zefr|Zefr]] ([[User talk:Zefr|talk]]) 18:08, 17 January 2017 (UTC)


== Page protected ==
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Hi Rick, I've popped some semi on your talk page for a couple of days - feel free to revert if you don't want it -- ''[[User:Samtar|Samtar]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Samtar|talk]] &middot; [[Special:Contributions/Samtar|contribs]]</sup> 16:38, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
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:It's fine, I left a message on your page as well. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 16:39, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
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| language = English
| network = [[Nick Jr]]
| company = [[Out of the Blue Enterprises]]<br />Nick Jr. Productions<br />Nick Digital
| first_aired = {{start date|1996|9|8}}
| last_aired = {{start date|2006|8|6}}
| creator = [[Traci Paige Johnson]]<br />[[Todd Kessler]]<br />[[Angela Santomero]]
| opentheme = Blue's Clues Theme (1996-2002)<br>It's Another Blue's Clues Day (2002-2004)
| endtheme = So Long Song (1996-2003)<br>The Goodbye Song (2004)
| composer = Nick Balaban<br />Michael Rubin<br />Bernard Devlin (associate composer)
| executive_producer = Todd Kessler<br />[[Traci Paige Johnson]]<br />[[Angela Santomero]]
| presenter = [[Steve Burns]] (1996–2002)<br />[[Donovan Patton]] (2002–2006)<br />[[Kevin Duala]] (UK version)| num_seasons = 6
| num_episodes = 141
| list_episodes = List of Blue's Clues episodes
| followed_by = ''[[Blue's Room]]''
| website = http://www.nickjr.com/blues-clues/
}}


== Speedy deletion within 1 minute of nomination ==
'''''Blue's Clues''''' is an American [[children's television series]] that premiered on [[Nickelodeon]] in 1996.<ref name="tenyears-1"/> Producers [[Angela Santomero]], [[Todd Kessler]] and [[Traci Paige Johnson]] combined concepts from [[child development]] and early-childhood education with innovative animation and production techniques that helped their viewers learn. It was hosted originally by [[Steve Burns]], who left in 2002 to pursue a music career, and was replaced by [[Donovan Patton]]. The show follows an animated blue-spotted dog named Blue as she leaves a treasure hunt for the host and the viewers. ''Blue's Clues'' became the highest-rated show for preschoolers on American commercial television and was critical to Nickelodeon's growth. It has been called "one of the most successful, critically acclaimed, and ground-breaking [[preschool]] television series of all time."<ref name="tenyears-1"/> A [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] called ''[[Blue's Room]]'' premiered in 2004.


Your speedy deletion of [[The Grange (car dealership)]] took place so speedily that there was literally no time to contest the nomination. The notification appeared, and by the time I could read it and click through to the page, it had already been deleted. I'd applaud your diligence and prompt action under other circumstances! However, in this case your immediate action on the nomination had the effect of preventing an ''almost''-immediate response in which I intended to contest the deletion and acknowledge the problem, requesting a day to address the issue and improve the article. <small><span style="color:#000;border-width:0;font-weight:normal;padding:0 1px 0 1px;text-shadow:1px 4px 8px #F70,-8px -6px 10px #ee7f2d,1px 1px 1px #FFF,2px 2px 1px #AAA;">[[User:Lwarrenwiki|Lwarrenwiki]] ([[User talk:Lwarrenwiki|talk]])</span></small> 16:10, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
The show's producers and creators presented material in a [[narrative]] format instead of the more traditional [[magazine]] format, used repetition to reinforce its curriculum, and structured every episode the same way. They used research about child development and young children's viewing habits that had been conducted in the thirty years since the debut of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in the U.S., and revolutionized the genre by inviting their viewers' involvement. Research was part of the creative and decision-making process in the production of the show and was integrated into all aspects and stages of the creative process. ''Blue's Clues'' was the first [[cutout animation]] series for preschoolers and resembles a storybook in its use of primary colors and its simple [[construction paper]] shapes of familiar objects with varied colors and textures. Its home-based setting is familiar to American children but has a look unlike other children's TV shows. A live production of ''Blue's Clues'', which used many of the production innovations developed by the show's creators, toured the U.S. starting in 1999. As of 2002, over 2 million people had attended over 1,000 performances.
:If I could suggest, go ahead and work on it in your draft space, then see if it's ready to be republished. We have a list of article for deletion that appear and I was going in alphabetical order, when that one was on the list. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 16:12, 23 January 2017 (UTC)


== Talk page abuse ==
By 2002, ''Blue's Clues'' had received several awards for excellence in children's programming, educational software, and licensing, and had been nominated for nine [[Emmy Awards]]. It has been syndicated in 120 countries and translated into 15 languages. Regional versions of the show featuring local hosts have been produced in other countries. It was one of the first preschool shows to incorporate [[American Sign Language]] into its content. The show's extensive use of research in its development and production process inspired several research studies that have provided evidence for its effectiveness as a learning tool.


FYI, [[user:165.138.143.61]] is abusing her talk page. [[User:CLCStudent|CLCStudent]] ([[User talk:CLCStudent|talk]]) 16:33, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
==History==
:Thanks, I've added the restriction to edit their talk page. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 16:34, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
''Blue's Clues'' was developed during a transitional period for children's television. In 1990, [[United States Congress|Congress]] had passed the [[Children's Television Act]], which required networks and TV stations to devote a portion of their programming to children's shows, but the legislation did not specify how many hours of programming broadcasters were required to air. It set no guidelines or criteria for educational programs and had no provisions for enforcement. According to author Diane Tracy in her 2002 book ''Blue's Clues for Success'', "The state of children's television was pretty dismal."<ref name="tracy-5" />{{refn|Tracy's book is a business guide based on Nickelodeon and the history of ''Blue's Clues''. ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' noted the value in Tracy's discussion of the creators' and producers' business model but found Tracy's tone "less then {{sic}} optimal for discerning executive readers."<ref name="pweekly"/>|group=note}} Since the late 1960s, [[PBS]] was one of the few sources for children's educational television programming in the U.S., and most other U.S. children's TV shows were violent and created for the purpose of selling toys.<ref name="tracy57"/> The [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) ruled in 1997 that the commercial broadcast networks had to air educational children's programs for a minimum of three hours per week. The cable network [[Nickelodeon]], which had been airing programs for six- to twelve-year-olds, was not legally bound by this legislation but complied with it anyway many years before the laws and regulations were passed.<ref name="tracy57"/>


== Vandalism-only accounts ==
Nickelodeon assigned a team of producers to create a new U.S. television program for young children in mid-1994 using research on [[early childhood education]] and the viewing habits of preschoolers. These producers, who were made up of the "green creative team"<ref name="tenyears-1"/> of [[Angela Santomero]], [[Todd Kessler]] and [[Traci Paige Johnson]], met at [[Nickelodeon Studios]] for a month to develop ''Blue's Clues''. Kessler, Santomero and Johnson, according to Tracy, did not have the traditional backgrounds of most producers of children's programs but "did possess an amazing combination of talents, backgrounds and personal attributes".<ref name="tracy-12"/>{{refn|Santomero worked at Nickelodeon as a researcher, Kessler was a freelance producer, and Johnson was a freelance artist and animator.<ref name="tracy-1314"/> Kessler left Nickelodeon in 2000, but was listed as an executive producer throughout the show's run.<ref name="carter"/>|group=note}} Researcher [[Daniel R. Anderson]] of the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]], who had also worked on ''[[Sesame Street]]'', was an adviser for the new show.<ref name="anderson2-34"/> The character Blue was originally conceived as a cat, and the name of the show was to be "Blue's Prints," but the show's name was changed and Blue became a dog because Nickelodeon was already producing a show about a cat.<ref name="tenyears-1"/> Kessler handled the show's production, Santomero the research, and Johnson the animation and design.<ref name="repetition"/> They were given a modest $150,000 to produce a pilot.<ref name="tracy-14"/>


I was under the impression that [[Wikipedia:Vandalism-only account|vandalism-only accounts]] "are usually blocked indefinitely, sometimes without warning", hence why I reported. I did not think [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism&diff=761737051&oldid=761736571 sufficient warnings] were required in a case where the only contributions are evidently vandalism and violating the biographies of living persons policy. [[User:Garchy|Garchy]] ([[User talk:Garchy|talk]]) 17:06, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
''Blue's Clues'' premiered in the U.S. on September 8, 1996.<ref name="tenyears-2"/> It was a smash hit, largely due to the producers'&nbsp;extensive research,<ref name="interactive"/> and became crucial to Nickelodeon's growth.<ref name="schmelzer"/> Within 18 months of its premiere, ''Blue's Clues'' was as well-known as more established children's shows such as the 30-year-old ''Sesame Street''.<ref name="tracy-3"/> It became the highest-rated show for preschoolers on commercial television.<ref name="tubefortots"/> By 2002, 13.7 million viewers tuned in each week.<ref name="tracy-3"/>
::I just checked - moot point, as Widr has [[Special:Contributions/LukeProbably|blocked for those specifi]]c reasons already. [[User:Garchy|Garchy]] ([[User talk:Garchy|talk]]) 17:07, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
:::Well I had an answer all prepared too! No worries, I just didn't feel ready to block a user that hadn't edited in 2 days. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 17:08, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
::::No worries! Generally I err on the side of caution as well (AGF and all that) - I just wasn't sure if there was something I was missing! Thanks, [[User:Garchy|Garchy]] ([[User talk:Garchy|talk]]) 17:10, 24 January 2017 (UTC)


== What would you do here? ==
In 2004, a spin-off, ''[[Blue's Room]]'', was launched. It featured puppets instead of animation as well as the original show's second host, Joe, in several episodes.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/arts/television/26blue.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0|title = Calling Blue: And on That Farm He Had a Cellphone|last = Heffernan|first = Jennifer|date = 26 January 2007|work = The New York Times|accessdate = 23 August 2014}}</ref> ''Blue's Clues'' celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2006 with a DVD that consisted of a 12-minute retrospective produced by [[VH1]]'s "[[Behind the Music]]" staff and a collection of "milestone"<ref name="skein"/> episodes, including first host [[Steve Burns]]' 2002 departure.<ref name="schmelzer"/>


This user has been [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/block&page=User%3A184.145.42.19 blocked a few times] for NPA and edit warring. They recently [[WP:BOOMERANG|shot themselves in the foot]] filing [[Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Is_any_of_this_vandalism.3F.3F.3F|this ANI]] - they have [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Garchy&diff=760692654&oldid=759925926 threatened sockpuppetry], and has responded to their blocks with things such as this: [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:184.145.42.19&diff=760694123&oldid=760693442 Clearly not here to better Wikipedia]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Scoville_scale&diff=760973230&oldid=760691587 This] edit summary was particularly nice. Anyway, they have picked right back up on their [[Special:Contributions/184.145.42.19|edit warring]] ways, and since I was just involved in an ANI with them I wasn't sure if I should report them to [[WP:AN3]] or if there is another way to handle this editor. Thanks! [[User:Garchy|Garchy]] ([[User talk:Garchy|talk]]) 18:58, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
===Casting===
:I just noticed you already commented on this thread (a while ago in fact) - I must have missed it! [[User:Garchy|Garchy]] ([[User talk:Garchy|talk]]) 19:00, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
::No problem, I think [[WP:ROPE]] applies. There's quite a few admins now watching them, so I'm sure they will be under scrutiny here. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 19:18, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
:::Thanks for the advice! I'll just watch and wait. [[User:Garchy|Garchy]] ([[User talk:Garchy|talk]]) 19:31, 24 January 2017 (UTC)


== Could you check out [[Talk:Bataan Transit Co.]]? ==
[[File:Steve Burns 2009.JPG|thumb|alt=A photograph of a bearded man wearing an orange T-shirt and blue jeans standing with both of his hands on his hips and looking at the viewer all on a dark background|The producers of ''Blue's Clues'' originally wanted a female host, but hired [[Steve Burns]] (shown here in 2009) after he received the strongest and most enthusiastic response in tests with preschoolers.]]


Something seriously weird is going on over there. <span style="font-family:monospace;background:lightgrey;border-radius:5px;"> '''''[[User:Insertcleverphrasehere|Insert]][[Special:Contributions/Insertcleverphrasehere|CleverPhrase]][[User talk:Insertcleverphrasehere|Here]]''''' </span> 13:32, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
The most important casting decision was that of the host, the only human character in the show. The host's role was to empower and challenge the show's young viewers, to help increase their self-esteem, and to strongly connect with them through the television screen. The producers originally wanted a female host,<ref name="tracy-45"/> but after months of research and over 1,000 auditions, they hired actor/performer [[Steve Burns]] based on the strength of his audition.<ref name="tenyears-1"/><ref name="tracy-45"/> Burns received the strongest and most enthusiastic response in tests with preschoolers.<ref name="tracy-46"/> Johnson said that what made Burns a great children's TV host was that "he didn't want to be a children's host&nbsp;... He loved kids, but he didn't want to make a career out of it."<ref name="meandyou"/> Burns remained on ''Blue's Clues'' for seven years and was in over 100 episodes before he left to pursue a musical career in 2002.<ref name="tenyears-2"/> Burns himself stated, "I knew I wasn't gonna be doing children's television all my life, mostly because I refused to lose my hair on a kid's TV show, and it was happenin'—fast."<ref name="tenyears-2"/>
:Looks like it's deleted to me right now. It appears it was re-created after I deleted it. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 13:52, 25 January 2017 (UTC)


== 75.146.147.137 ==
Accompanied by a "concentrated multiplatform promotional campaign"<ref name="nondog"/> that included articles in Nickelodeon's magazine and on its webpage, an arc of three episodes introduced Burns' replacement [[Donovan Patton]], who played Steve's brother Joe.<ref name="tracy-47"/> Patton was subjected to the same kind of scrutiny to earn the job,<ref name="tenyears-2"/> and was selected out of 1,500 auditions.{{refn|Burns was involved in Patton's selection.<ref name="tracy-48"/>|group=note}}<ref name="newhost"/> Patton had never seen ''Blue's Clues'' before he auditioned for the part but, like Burns, was the favorite with preschool test audiences.<ref name="tracy-47"/> Burns helped train Patton to perform the role. "We saw Steve Burns' retirement from the show as a chance to put ''Blue's Clues'' on a new course," Johnson said.<ref name="newhost"/> Also, according to Johnson, Joe's character was more like a preschooler and more innocent than Steve.<ref name="newhost"/>


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Johnson was cast as Blue's voice because, of the show's crew, she was able to sound the most like a dog. Nick Balaban, who wrote the music for the show along with Michael Rubin, was cast as the voice of Mr. Salt. Balaban initially used a [[Brooklyn]] accent for Mr. Salt before settling on a French accent.<ref name="tenyears-1" /> Rubin also provided the voice of Mailbox.<ref name="tracy-52" />


Hey Rick,
==Format==
{{see also|List of Blue's Clues characters}}


You may not have accidently done this, but I'll leave this here just in case though. The previous block for this IP address was for "60 days" (2 months), not "60 hours", and you have blocked it for 72 hours, so I'm assuming that you accidently saw this as 60 hours... Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/172.58.38.185|172.58.38.185]] ([[User talk:172.58.38.185|talk]]) 16:34, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
In ''[[The Tipping Point]]'', author [[Malcolm Gladwell]] called the show "sticky," and described its format:
:I did ready that wrong, I'm going to fix it now, thanks! [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 16:34, 25 January 2017 (UTC)


== Thanks! ==
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Steve, the host, presents the audience with a puzzle involving Blue, the animated dog&nbsp;... To help the audience unlock the puzzle, Blue leaves behind a series of clues, which are objects marked with one of her paw prints. In between the discovery of the clues, Steve plays a series of [[games]] — mini-puzzles — with the audience that are thematically related to the overall puzzle&nbsp;... As the show unfolds, Steve and Blue move from one animated set to another, jumping through magical doorways, leading viewers on a journey of discovery, until, at the end of the story, Steve returns to the living room. There, at the climax of the show, he sits down in a comfortable chair to think — a chair known, of course, in the literal world of ''Blue's Clues'', as the Thinking Chair. He puzzles over Blue's three clues and attempts to come up with the answer.<ref name="gladwell-122"/>
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Just wanted to say thanks for helping with all those deletions! --[[User:Zackmann08|<span style="color:DarkTurquoise;">Zackmann08</span>]] (<sup>[[User_talk:Zackmann08|Talk to me]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Zackmann08|<span style="color:orange;">What I been doing</span>]]</sub>) 18:34, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
Nickelodeon researcher Daniel R. Anderson called the structure of ''Blue's Clues'' a game that presented its viewers with increasingly challenging and developmentally appropriate problems to solve.<ref name="anderson-181"/> Early episodes focused on basic subjects such as colors and numbers, but later the programs focused on [[Mathematics|math]], [[physics]], [[anatomy]] and [[astronomy]].<ref name="schmelzer"/> The show's producers believed that comprehension and attention were strongly connected, so they wrote the episodes to encourage and increase their viewers' attention. They used content and production characteristics such as pacing which gave children time to respond,<ref name="watchlearn"/> as well as "camera techniques, children's voices, musical cues, sound effects, clear transitions, repeatable dialogue, and visuals."<ref name="anderson-181"/> Participation, in the form of spoken or physical response from the audience, and the mastery of thinking skills were encouraged by the use of repetition, both within the structure of individual episodes and across multiple episodes.<ref name="watchlearn"/> The producers used a variety of formal features, which were auditory, and content features, which consisted of invitations given to the audience, such as "Will you help?" The features were also in the form of both recurrent and unique formats and content. The purpose of the recurrent formats and content, which were similar in every episode, was to increase viewers' attention, comprehension, and participation during key educational lessons.<ref name="crawley-267"/>
:No problem, you're welcome! [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 18:36, 27 January 2017 (UTC)


== Re. user [[User:Whlstation|Whlstation]] ==
Nickelodeon originally aired the same episode daily for five days before showing the next one. The producers believed this telecast strategy empowered young children by giving them many opportunities to master the content and problems presented to them.<ref name="repetition"/><ref name="crawley-265"/>


Hi, you recently blocked this user per [[WP:NOTHERE]] but is continuing to edit disruptively via his talk page. Could you revoke access please. Thanks <span style="background:Black">[[User:Nordic Nightfury|<font color="White">'''Nördic'''</font>]]</span> [[User talk:Nordic Nightfury|<font color="Black">'''Nightfury'''</font>]] 08:54, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
==Educational goals==
:It looks like they stopped, and haven't posted in a while. I'll keep an eye on the page, but since they are blocked, not much they can do to be honest. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 13:23, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
The creators' and producers' goals were to "empower, challenge, and build the self-esteem of preschoolers"<ref name="anderson-180"/> while entertaining them. Kessler, Santomero and Johnson were influenced by ''[[Sesame Street]]'', the first children's television program to utilize a detailed and comprehensive educational curriculum developed from research.<ref name="truglio-234"/> "We wanted to learn from ''Sesame Street'' and take it one step further," Santomero said.<ref name="gladwell-111"/> Like ''Sesame Street'', [[Formative assessment|formative research]] which the producers called their "secret sauce,"<ref name="tracy-67"/> was used during all aspects of the creative and decision-making process during the production of ''Blue's Clues''.<ref name="tracy-66"/><ref name="tracy-70"/> In addition to a curriculum that emphasized reasoning skills relevant to preschoolers' everyday lives, the producers wanted to include audience participation, called by ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' its "call and response style,"<ref name="schmelzer"/> that encouraged mastery of the information presented, positive reinforcement, and [[Prosocial behavior|prosocial]] messages.<ref name="anderson-180"/> In their first brainstorming sessions in 1994, Santomero, Kessler and Johnson decided to promote mastery rather than rote learning or memorizing, make sure that their viewers knew the answers to the puzzles with which they were presented, and include elements of surprise and play. By 2001, the show's research team consisted of head researcher Alice Wilder, Alison Sherman, Karen Leavitt, and Koshi Dhingra.<ref name="bugs-3"/>{{refn|Alice Wilder joined the team shortly after its debut and, according to Tracy, reinvented the role of research in children's television, as well as helping to train the writers and animators to trust and use research.<ref name="tracy-68"/>|group=note}} The research team and creators worked collaboratively.<ref name="tracy-72"/>


== 2601:C8:C000:363D:59BF:9F19:FAD0:708D ==
Unlike ''Sesame Street'', which tested a third of its episodes,<ref name="gladwell-127"/> the ''Blue's Clues'' research team field tested every episode three times with children aged between two to six in preschool environments such as [[Head Start Program|Head Start]] programs, public schools, and private day care centers. There were three phases of testing: content evaluation, video evaluations, and content analysis.<ref name="anderson-182"/> In their tests of the pilot, conducted throughout the New York City area with over 100 children aged from three to seven,<ref name="tracy-21"/> the show was "immediately successful."<ref name="tenyears-1"/> They found that as the pilot progressed, children's attention was not only captured and sustained, but they became excited and actively participated with what they saw, to the point that they stood up to get closer to the television and spoke back to the host.<ref name="tracy-2223"/> The producers and researchers also consulted outside advisers, who were chosen based on their expertise and the needs of each script. As Anderson stated, the formative research team served "as a liaison between the feedback provided by the preschoolers and outside advisers and the production team, including writers, talent, producers, directors, element artists, and animators."<ref name="anderson-182"/>
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It looks like you've got a fan! ;-) [[Special:Contributions/172.58.35.222|172.58.35.222]] ([[User talk:172.58.35.222|talk]]) 21:27, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter - February 2017 ==
Twenty years worth of research had showed that television, a "cultural artifact" accessible to most American children, could be a "powerful educational agent."<ref name="bugs-3"/> The show was designed and produced on the assumption that, since children are cognitively active when they watch television,<ref name="anderson2-34"/> a show could be an effective method of scientific education for young children by telling stories through pictures and by modeling behavior and learning.<ref name="tracy-40"/> The creators and producers used film techniques to present information from multiple perspectives in many "real world" contexts, or situations within the daily experiences of young children. They wanted to provide their viewers with more "authentic learning opportunities"<ref name="bugs-3"/> by placing problem-solving tasks within the stories they told, by slowly increasing the difficulty of these tasks, and by inviting their involvement.<ref name="bugs-3"/><ref name="anderson2-35"/> These learning opportunities included the use of [[mnemonics]] in the form of mantras and songs, and what Tracy called "metacognitive wrap-up"<ref name="tracy-40"/> at the end of each episode, in which the lessons were summarized and rehearsed. The producers wanted to foster their audience's sense of empowerment by eliciting their assistance for the show's host and by encouraging their identification with the character Blue, who served as a stand-in for the typical preschooler.<ref name="tracy-2122"/>


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''Sesame Street'' was designed around the prevailing view that preschoolers had short attention spans, so its curriculum was a magazine-like format<ref name="watchlearn"/> in which each episode was made up of a variety of segments.<ref name="truglio-234"/> Based on research conducted over the 30 years since the launch of ''Sesame Street'' by theorists like Anderson, the producers of ''Blue's Clues'' wanted to develop a show that took advantage of children's intellectual and behavioral activity when watching television. Previous children's television programs presented their content with little input from their viewers, but ''Blue's Clues'' was one of the first children's shows to actively invite its viewers' involvement. Its creators believed that if children were more involved in what they were viewing, they would attend to its content longer than previously expected—for up to a half hour—and learn more. They also dropped the magazine format for a more traditional [[narrative]] format. As ''Variety'' magazine stated, "...&nbsp;The choice for ''Blue's Clues'' became to tell one story, beginning to end, camera moving left-to-right like reading a storybook, transitions from scene to scene as obvious as the turning of a page."<ref name="interactive"/> Every episode of ''Blue's Clues'' was structured in this way.<ref name="interactive"/>


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The pace of ''Blue's Clues'' was deliberate, and its material was presented clearly.<ref name="tubefortots"/> Similar to ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'', which also inspired the producers,<ref name="tracy-18"/> this was done was in the use of pauses that were "long enough to give the youngest time to think, short enough for the oldest not to get bored."<ref name="interactive"/> The length of the pauses, which was estimated from formative research, gave children enough time to process the information and solve the problem. After pausing, child voice-overs provided the answers so that they were given to children who had not come up with the solution and helped encourage viewer participation. Researcher Alisha M. Crawley and her colleagues stated that the show was "unique in making overt involvement a systematic research-based design element."<ref name="crawley-265"/> In 2002, the success of ''Blue's Clues'' inspired the producers of ''Sesame Street'' to change its format and add more interactive segments.<ref name="schmelzer"/> ''Blue's Clues'' also differed from ''Sesame Street'' by not using cultural references or humor aimed at adults, as this could confuse preschoolers, but instead made the show literal, which the producers felt would better hold the children's attention.<ref name="tracy-19"/> The structure of each episode was repetitive, designed to provide preschoolers with comfort and predictability.<ref name="tracy-40"/>
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''Blue's Clues'' was set in the home—the environment that was most familiar and secure for preschoolers—and looked like no other children's television show.<ref name="tracy-18"/> Each episode was in development, from idea development to final production, for approximately one year. Writers created a goal sheet, which identified their objectives based on the show's curriculum and audience needs. Script drafts, once developed and approved by the show's creators and research team, were tested at public and private schools, day care centers, preschools, and Head Start programs by three researchers, who would narrate the story in the form of a storybook and take notes about the children's responses. The writers and creators revised the scripts based on this feedback. A rough video, in which the host performed from the revised script in front of a blue screen with no animation, was filmed and retested. The script was revised based on the audiences' responses, tested a third time with animation and music added, and incorporated into future productions.<ref name="tracy-8284"/>
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Most of the show's production was done in-house, rather than by outside companies as was customary for children's TV shows.<ref name="tracy-103"/> The show's creators understood that the look and visual design of the show would be integral to children's attachment with it.<ref name="tracy-95"/> Johnson expanded on the "cut-out" style she had created during her college years. ''Blue's Clues'' was the first animated series for preschoolers that utilized simple cut-out construction paper shapes of familiar objects with a wide variety of colors and textures, resembling a storybook.<ref name="tracy-41"/> Johnson also used primary colors and organized each room of the home setting into groups. The green-striped shirt worn by the show's original host, Steve, was inspired by [[Fruit Stripe]] [[Chewing gum|gum]].<ref name="tracy-42"/> The goals were to make the show look natural and simplistic; as Tracy put it, "freshly cut and glued together with a vivid array of textures, colors, and shadows"<ref name="tracy-4243"/> similar to picture book illustrations. The music, produced by composer Michael Rubin and pianist Nick Balaban, was simple, had a natural sound, and exposed children to a wide variety of genres and instruments. According to Tracy, the music empowered children and gave the show "a sense of playfulness, a sense of joy, and a sense of the fantastic".<ref name="tracy-51"/> Rubin and Balaban encouraged the musicians who performed for the show to improvise.<ref name="tracy-5052"/>
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The host performed each episode in front of a "[[Chroma key|blue screen]]", with animation added later.<ref name="tracy-45"/> The show's digital design department combined high-tech and low-tech methods by creating and photographing three-dimensional objects, then cutting them out and placing them into the background.<ref name="tracy-103"/> This made the objects look more real and added perspective and depth.<ref name="tracy-43"/> Their animation technique was at that time a new technology. Johnson hired artist Dave Palmer and production company Big Pink to create the animation from simple materials like fabric, paper, or pipe-cleaners, and scan them into a [[Macintosh]] computer so that they could be animated using inexpensive computer software such as [[Media 100]], Ultimatte, [[Adobe Photoshop|Photoshop]] and [[Adobe After Effects|After Effects]],<ref name="tracy-100"/>{{refn|[[Adobe Systems]] was surprised that their products were being used in the production of a children's television show. According to Tracy, "Not even the developers of the software knew it could be used to create character animation on the scale ''Blue's Clues'' was using it".<ref name="tracy-106"/> Adobe later requested that the show's animators join their client development group, and made several changes and improvements to their software as a result.|group=note}} instead of being repeatedly redrawn as in traditional animation. The result was something that looked different from anything else on television at the time, and the producers were able to animate two episodes in eight weeks, as compared to the sixteen weeks necessary to create a single episode by traditional methods.<ref name="tracy-94"/> Their process looked like traditional cut-out animation, but was faster, more flexible, and less expensive, and it allowed them to make changes based on feedback from test audiences.<ref name="tracy-101"/> Unlike traditional animation environments, which tended to be highly structured, the animators were given information about the characters and goals of the scenes they would animate, and then given the freedom to work out the timing and look of each scene themselves, as long as their creations were true to the characters and to the story.<ref name="tracy-105"/> By 1999, the show's animation department consisted of Palmer, 20 animators, 11 digital designers, and 5 art directors and model makers. By 2002, Nickelodeon had built a "state-of-the-art"<ref name="tracy-109"/> $6 million digital animation studio that housed 140 people, including 70 animators.<ref name="tracy-107"/>
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==Reception==
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Ratings for ''Blue's Clues'' were high during its first season, and it was Nickelodeon's most popular preschool program.<ref name="anderson2-35"/> It has been described as the first commercial television show for preschoolers that was both educational and profitable.<ref name="tracy-35"/> Its creators met regularly with businesses that developed ''Blue's Clues'' merchandise and products to ensure that toys that were educational and met "the same high&nbsp;... standards as the show."<ref name="tracy-35"/> Products, like the show, were heavily tested prior to marketing.<ref name="tracy-156"/>{{refn|In order to keep the integrity of the ''Blue's Clues'' brand intact, a branding guide "bible" called ''Blue's Clues 101'' was created that explained the show and provided examples of products that both correctly and incorrectly reflected it.<ref name="tracy-155"/>|group=note}} ''Blue's Clues'' had sold almost 40 million units of its 45 VHS and DVD titles by 1998<ref name="skein"/> and generated over $1 billion in product licensing in 2000.<ref name="tracy-3"/> More than ten million ''Blue's Clues'' books were in print by 2001 and over three million copies of six CD-ROM titles based on the show had been sold.<ref name="tracy-4"/> Seven ''Blue's Clues'' titles sold at least 1 million copies each.<ref name="skein"/> The show's first [[direct-to-video]] production was ''[[Blue's Big Musical Movie]]'' (2000), featuring [[Ray Charles]] and [[The Persuasions]]; it received mostly positive reviews<ref name="goodall"/> and has sold over 3 million copies since 2006.<ref name="skein"/> The launch of ''Blue's Clues'' products at [[FAO Schwarz]]'s flagship store in New York City was the most successful product launch in the store's history and was attended by over 7,000 people.<ref name="tracy-5"/> By 2002, ''Blue's Clues'' had received several awards for children's programming, educational software, and licensing<ref name="tracy-4"/> and been nominated for nine [[Emmy Award]]s.<ref name="tracy-xi"/> It also won a [[Peabody Award]] in 2001.<ref>[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/blues-clues 61st Annual Peabody Awards], May 2002.</ref>


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[[File:Ray Charles (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Ray Charles]], shown here in 1990, appeared in the popular ''Blue's Clues'' VHS ''Blue's Big Musical Movie''.]]
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Starting in 1999, a live production of ''Blue's Clues'' toured the U.S. to positive reviews.<ref name="tracy-53"/> Johnson compared the show's audience participation with that of ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''.<ref name="skiddoos"/> As of 2002, over 2 million people had attended over 1,000 performances.<ref name="tracy-53"/> The creators of the TV show were involved in all aspects of the live show, aiming to translate the bond between the TV show's audience and its cast to the stage<ref name="tracy-55"/> and to provide young audiences with their first theatrical experience.<ref name="skiddoos"/> The creators chose Jonathan Hochwald as the live show's producer,<ref name="tracy-53"/> Gip Hoppe as its director, and Dave Gallo as its set designer. Neither Hoppe nor Gallo had any previous experience in children's theater.<ref name="tracy-54"/> Nick Balaban and Michael Rubin, who wrote the music for the TV show, composed the live show's soundtrack.<ref name="tracy-55"/> The producers were concerned with children's response to the host, who was played by Tom Mizer (a different actor than the host of the TV show), but his young audience enthusiastically accepted and embraced him.<ref name="tracy-56"/> Actors were encouraged to improvise and respond to the audience, which resulted in changes throughout the show's run. The show's script included humor that both children and their parents could enjoy.<ref name="tracy-5657"/>

Regional versions of the show, featuring native hosts, have been produced in other countries. It was a big hit in the United Kingdom (hosted by [[Kevin Duala]]), became part of [[pop culture]] in Korea,<ref name="tracy-5960"/> was syndicated in 120 countries, and was translated into 15 languages.<ref name="schmelzer"/> In 2000, it became one of the first preschool shows to incorporate [[American Sign Language]] into its content, with between five and ten signs used consistently in each episode.<ref name="lee"/> ''Blue's Clues'' won an award from the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness (GLAD) for promoting deaf awareness in the media.<ref name="tracy-58"/>

==Influence==
The show's extensive use of research in its development and production process inspired several studies that provided evidence for its effectiveness as a learning tool. Field tests showed that the attention and comprehension of young viewers increased with each repeat viewing.<ref name="gladwell-125126"/> In 1999, Anderson and a team of researchers, some of which were his colleagues at Nickelodeon, studied how episode repetition affected comprehension, audience participation, and visual attention. The researchers tested whether repeated viewings of the show resulted in mastery over the material presented, or whether viewers would habituate or become bored.<ref name="anderson-183"/> They discovered that audience participation was lower for the first few viewings, because children paid more attention to unfamiliar material, and because it was more cognitively demanding to understand and solve the problems presented. After five viewings, more of the viewers' cognitive resources were available for interaction and participation, so they answered more questions. Episode repetition seemed to empower viewers, as shown in their enthusiastic efforts to solve the problems presented to them.<ref name="anderson-184"/> Repetition, which the researchers called "an inexpensive tool to maximize comprehension,"<ref name="anderson-192"/> improved comprehension, held children's attention, and increased audience participation.<ref name="media-51"/> Children were not only tolerant of repetition, they were "positively enthusiastic"<ref name="anderson-192"/> about it. [[Nielsen ratings]] of the show's first season, when the same episode was shown daily, were flat over the five-day period, which indicated to Anderson that young children did not tire of its repetition or of its complexity over time.<ref name="anderson2-35"/> Anderson and Crawley felt that the telecast strategy helped increase the show's ratings and called it a success.<ref name="effect-636"/>

In 2000, another team of researchers, including Anderson, Crawley, and other Nickelodeon colleagues, studied whether experienced ''Blue's Clues'' viewers interacted more with the show than less-frequent viewers and whether regular viewers of the show interacted more with other shows than did children who were not.<ref name="anderson184185"/> They found that when the content of a program was new and challenging, children paid more attention, and when it was familiar, either from previous viewings or in a format they recognized, they instead interacted more. In short, they found that "interaction in ''Blue's Clues'' to some extent reflects mastery."<ref name="anderson185186"/> A similar study, also conducted in 2000 by many of the same researchers, found that experienced ''Blue's Clues'' viewers interacted more with other educational programs than did inexperienced viewers, which proved that watching ''Blue's Clues'' changed the way children watch television.<ref name="anderson-186"/> Researcher Shalom M. Fisch, however, stated that although the show attempted to be "participatory," it could not truly be so, because unlike interactive computer games, the viewers' responses could not change or influence what occurred on-screen.<ref name="learning"/>

Jennings Bryant conducted a two-year longitudinal study of the effects of ''Blue's Clues'' at the [[University of Alabama]] in 2001 to ascertain whether or not the show's curriculum goals were achieved. He compared regular viewers and non-viewers and found that the show's episode repetition strategy improved children's comprehension while holding their attention and increasing their participation, which suggested that watching ''Blue's Clues'' increased children's learning and social interactions. At the end of the study, regular viewers outperformed the non-viewers, solving problems more successfully and systematically.<ref name="media-46"/> Anderson stated, "Given the program's large audience, it appears that the program is not only doing well, but it is also doing good."<ref name="anderson-192"/>

[[File:MarleeMatlinMay09.jpg|thumb|right|Actress [[Marlee Matlin]], shown here in 2009, appeared in several ''Blue's Clues'' episodes introducing American Sign Language to its young viewers.]]

In 2002, Crawley, Anderson, Kiersten Clark, and their colleagues conducted another study on the effects of ''Blue's Clues'', this time researching whether more experienced viewers mastered the content and cognitive challenges faster and easier than first-time viewers. They surmised that experienced viewers would comprehend and interact more with the recurring and familiar segments of the show designed to aid comprehension,<ref name="crawley266268"/> but they found that familiarity with the structure of an individual episode did not provide experienced viewers with an advantage over the inexperienced viewers. Crawley and Anderson also studied whether experienced viewers of ''Blue's Clues'' interacted more with other children's TV shows<ref name="crawley-274275"/> and whether the viewing behaviors they learned from ''Blue's Clues'' could be transferred to other shows.<ref name="crawley-278"/> They found that although experienced viewers of ''Blue's Clues'' interacted with an episode of another series, they did not spend more time watching it than viewers unfamiliar with the show. The researchers stated, "It is apparent that, although preschoolers learn to enthusiastically engage in overt audience participation, they do not, by and large, have a metacognitive understanding of why they do so."<ref name="crawley-278"/> The 2002 studies demonstrated that experience with watching one TV series affects how children watch other programs, especially in the way they interact with them.<ref name="crawley-278"/> They also showed that since children are selective in the material they attend to and that their interaction increases with comprehension and mastery, children tend to pay more attention to novel information and interact more with material they have seen before and mastered. The researchers predicted that since shows like ''Blue's Clues'' help children feel empowered to learn, it could have long-term effects in motivating children to learn and provide them with a lifelong love of learning.<ref name="crawley-279"/>

Erin Ryan and her colleagues performed a 2009 study on the effect of the use of American Sign Language (ASL) in ''Blue's Clues'' episodes. They analyzed 16 episodes over two weeks for the content and frequency of the signs used and found a high incidence of ASL usage by various characters, but that it was inconsistent, especially in the connection between English words and their corresponding signs.<ref name="ryan-17"/><ref name="ryan-20"/> The purpose of signed communication and its connection with ASL and the Deaf community was not clearly explained, either. The researchers speculated that hearing children with no previous ASL exposure would be familiarized with ASL and the deaf by these episodes, thus reducing the stigma attached to deafness and hard of hearing individuals. Based on other research about the positive effects of teaching ASL to hearing children, the researchers also speculated that it could lead to an increase of vocabulary skills and IQ, as well as improve interpersonal communication. They surmised that deaf children would feel more included and less isolated and be provided with the opportunity to view positive models of ASL and deaf people.<ref name="ryan-17"/>

Georgene L. Troseth and her colleagues at [[Vanderbilt University]] studied how toddlers use information gained from prerecorded video and from interactions with a person through closed-circuit video, and found that two-year-olds do not learn as much from prerecorded videos because the videos lack social cues and personal references.<ref name="troseth-786"/> Two-year-olds who viewed a pretaped video with instructions about how to find a toy in an adjoining room by a non-interactive researcher did not use the information, even though they smiled and responded to questions. Troseth speculated that their research had implications for interactive educational shows like ''Blue's Clues'', which although was "on the right track"<ref name="troseth-796"/> due to the way in which the host invites interaction with the show's viewers, did not provide children with the social cues to solve real-world problems. Troseth stated that repetition, repeated exposure, and familiarity with the show's host may increase children's ability to learn facts and to use strategies they learn from ''Blue's Clues'' to solve new problems. Her research suggested that ''Blue's Clues'' engaged young children and elicited their active participation because they mimicked social interaction.<ref name="troseth-796"/> A longitudinal study published in 2005 found that early exposure to ''Blue's Clues'' to children between six and thirty months of age was positively linked with vocabulary and expressive language later learned.<ref name="media-49"/>

==References==
===Explanatory notes===
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===Citations===
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<ref name="anderson184185">Anderson et al., pp. 184–185</ref>
<ref name="anderson185186">Anderson et al., pp. 185–186</ref>
<ref name="anderson-180">Anderson et al., p. 180</ref>
<ref name="anderson-181">Anderson et al., p. 181</ref>
<ref name="anderson-182">Anderson et al., p. 182</ref>
<ref name="anderson-183">Anderson et al., p. 183</ref>
<ref name="anderson-186">Anderson et al., p. 186</ref>
<ref name="anderson-184">Anderson et al., p. 184</ref>
<ref name="anderson-192">Anderson et al., p. 192</ref>

<ref name="anderson2-34">Anderson, p. 34</ref>
<ref name="anderson2-35">Anderson, p. 35</ref>

<ref name="bugs-3">Dhingra, Koshi; Alice Wilder; Alison Sherman; Karen D. Leavitt (April 2001). [http://www.webcitation.org/5lik1clyc "Science on Television: Case Study of the Development of "Bugs" on "Blue's Clues"] (PDF). ''Change Agents in Science Education.'' Annual meeting. Seattle, Washington: American Educational Research Association. Retrieved 2013-03-23</ref>

<ref name="carter">Carter, Bill (2000-06-21). [http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/21/arts/tv-notes-blue-s-creator-wouldn-t-stay.html?scp=1&sq=the%20David%20E.%20Kelley%20of%20children's%20television%20Todd%20Kessler&st=cse "TV NOTES; 'Blue's' Creator Wouldn't Stay".] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 2012-06-28</ref>

<ref name="crawley266268">Crawley et al., pp. 266–268</ref>
<ref name="crawley-274275">Crawley et al., pp. 274–275</ref>
<ref name="crawley-265">Crawley et al., p. 265</ref>

<ref name="crawley-267">Crawley et al., p. 267</ref>
<ref name="crawley-278">Crawley, et al.,p. 278</ref>
<ref name="crawley-279">Crawley, et al., p. 279</ref>

<ref name="effect-636">Crawley, Alisha M.; Daniel R. Anderson; Alice Wilder; Marsha Williams; Angela Santomero (Dec 1999). "Effects of Repeated Exposures to a Single Episode of the Television Program Blue's Clues on the Viewing Behaviors and Comprehension of Preschool Children." ''Journal of Educational Psychology.'' '''91''' (4): 636</ref>

<ref name="gladwell-125126">Gladwell, pp. 125–126</ref>
<ref name="gladwell-111">Gladwell, p. 111</ref>
<ref name="gladwell-122">Gladwell, p. 122</ref>
<ref name="gladwell-127">Gladwell, p. 127</ref>

<ref name="goodall">Goodall, Gloria (2000-09-29). [http://www.csmonitor.com/2000/0929/p18s2.html "'Blue's Clues' Movie, a Video Treat".] ''Christian Science Monitor''. Retrieved 2013-03-23</ref>

<ref name="interactive">Weisman, Jon (2006-08-02). "Interactive Innovator Draws Raves". ''Variety'' '''292''' (22). p. A2</ref>

<ref name="learning">Fisch, Shalom M. (2004). ''Children's Learning from Educational Television: ''Sesame Street'' and Beyond''. Mahwah, New Jersey.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p. 199. ISBN 0-8058-3936-4</ref>

<ref name="lee">Lee, Felicia R. (2000-04-22). [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E0DE1630F931A15757C0A9669C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/S/Sign%20Language "A Children's Adventure in a Deaf World".] ''The New York Times.'' Retrieved 2013-03-23</ref>

<ref name="meandyou">Norris, Chris (2004-02-09). [http://www.spin.com/articles/me-and-you-and-dog-named-blue "Me and You and a Dog Named Blue".] ''Spin''. Retrieved 2013-03-23</ref>

<ref name="media-46">Kirkorian, Wartella, and Anderson, p. 46</ref>
<ref name="media-49">Kirkorian, Wartella, and Anderson, p. 49</ref>
<ref name="media-51">Kirkorian, Wartella, and Anderson, p. 51</ref>

<ref name="newhost">Kiesewetter, John (2002-04-29). [http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/04/29/tem_blues_clues_puts_on.html "'Blue's Clues' Puts on New Host, New Shirts".] ''The Cincinnati Enquirer''. Retrieved 2013-03-23</ref>

<ref name="nondog">Chunovic, Louis (2002-04-15). "Blue's Clues Giving Top Non-Dog a Sendoff". ''Electronic Media'' '''21''' (15). p. 21</ref>

<ref name="pweekly">[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7931-5376-3 "Blue's Clues for Success: The 8 Secrets Behind a Phenomenal Business"] (2002-05-17). ''Publishers Weekly''. Retrieved 2013-12-14</ref>

<ref name="repetition">Mifflin, Lawrie (1997-08-07). [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900E4DA1F30F930A3575BC0A961958260 "The Joy of Repetition, Repetition, Repetition".] ''The New York Times.'' Retrieved 2013-03-23</ref>

<ref name="ryan-17">Ryan et al., p. 17</ref>
<ref name="ryan-20">Ryan et al., p. 20</ref>

<ref name="schmelzer">Schmelzer, Randi (2006-08-06). "Tale of the Pup: Innovative Skein Leads Way to Preschool TV boom". ''Variety'' '''21''' (16), p. 20</ref>

<ref name="skein">"Skein Helps Nick Dig up Disc Bones". ''Variety'' '''292''' (22). 2006-08-02. p. A3</ref>

<ref name="skiddoos">Liebenson, Donald (2003-02-07). [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-02-07/entertainment/0302070380_1_blue-s-clues-live-rosemont-theatre-audience "'Blue' skiddoos, live, to Rosemont Theatre".] ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved 2013-03-20</ref>

<ref name="tenyears-1">Jim Forbes (narrator) (2006-07-27). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcMary-nCRY ''Behind the Clues: 10 Years of Blue (Part 1)''] (Short documentary). Nickelodeon.</ref>

<ref name="tenyears-2">Jim Forbes (narrator) (2006-07-27). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwpC4IxvXTU&feature=relmfu ''Behind the Clues: 10 Years of Blue (Part 2)''] (Short documentary). Nickelodeon.</ref>

<ref name="tracy57">Tracy, pp. 5–7</ref>
<ref name="tracy-1314">Tracy, pp. 13–14</ref>
<ref name="tracy-2122">Tracy, pp. 21–22</ref>
<ref name="tracy-2223">Tracy, pp. 22–23</ref>
<ref name="tracy-4243">Tracy, pp. 42–43</ref>
<ref name="tracy-5052">Tracy, pp. 50–52</ref>
<ref name="tracy-5657">Tracy, pp. 56–57</ref>
<ref name="tracy-5960">Tracy, pp. 59–60</ref>
<ref name="tracy-8284">Tracy, pp. 82–84</ref>
<ref name="tracy-xi">Tracy, p. xi</ref>
<ref name="tracy-3">Tracy, p. 3</ref>
<ref name="tracy-4">Tracy, p. 4</ref>
<ref name="tracy-5">Tracy, p. 5</ref>
<ref name="tracy-12">Tracy, p. 12</ref>
<ref name="tracy-14">Tracy, p. 14</ref>
<ref name="tracy-16">Tracy, p. 16</ref>
<ref name="tracy-18">Tracy, p. 18</ref>
<ref name="tracy-19">Tracy, p. 19</ref>
<ref name="tracy-21">Tracy, p. 21</ref>
<ref name="tracy-35">Tracy, p. 35</ref>
<ref name="tracy-40">Tracy, p. 40</ref>
<ref name="tracy-41">Tracy, p. 41</ref>
<ref name="tracy-42">Tracy, p. 42</ref>
<ref name="tracy-43">Tracy, p. 43</ref>
<ref name="tracy-45">Tracy, p. 45</ref>
<ref name="tracy-46">Tracy, p. 46</ref>
<ref name="tracy-47">Tracy, p. 47</ref>
<ref name="tracy-48">Tracy, p. 48</ref>
<ref name="tracy-51">Tracy, p. 51</ref>
<ref name="tracy-52">Tracy, p. 52</ref>
<ref name="tracy-53">Tracy, p. 53</ref>
<ref name="tracy-54">Tracy, p. 54</ref>

<ref name="tracy-55">Tracy, p. 55</ref>

<ref name="tracy-56">Tracy, p. 56</ref>
<ref name="tracy-58">Tracy, p. 58</ref>
<ref name="tracy-66">Tracy, p. 66</ref>
<ref name="tracy-67">Tracy, p. 67</ref>
<ref name="tracy-68">Tracy, p. 68</ref>
<ref name="tracy-70">Tracy, p. 70</ref>
<ref name="tracy-72">Tracy, p. 72</ref>
<ref name="tracy-94">Tracy, p. 94</ref>
<ref name="tracy-95">Tracy, p. 95</ref>
<ref name="tracy-100">Tracy, p. 100</ref>
<ref name="tracy-101">Tracy, p. 101</ref>
<ref name="tracy-103">Tracy, p. 103</ref>
<ref name="tracy-105">Tracy, p. 105</ref>
<ref name="tracy-106">Tracy, p. 106</ref>
<ref name="tracy-107">Tracy, p. 107</ref>
<ref name="tracy-109">Tracy, p. 109</ref>
<ref name="tracy-155">Tracy, p. 155</ref>
<ref name="tracy-156">Tracy, p. 156</ref>

<ref name="troseth-786">Troseth et al., p. 786</ref>
<ref name="troseth-796">Troseth et al., p. 796</ref>

<ref name="truglio-234">Fisch, Shalom M.; Rosemarie T. Truglio (2001). "Why Children Learn from Sesame Street". In Shalom M. Fisch & Rosemarie T. Truglio. ''"G" is for Growing: Thirty Years of Research on Children and Sesame Street.'' Mahweh, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers. p. 234. ISBN 0-8058-3395-1</ref>

<ref name="tubefortots">Collins, James (2006-08-02). [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987416-1,00.html "Tube for Tots".] ''Time''. Retrieved 2013-03-23</ref>

<ref name="watchlearn">Jaffe, Eric (December 2005). [http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/uncategorized/watch-and-learn.html "Watch and Learn".] ''APS Observer'' '''18''' (12). Retrieved 2013-03-23</ref>
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=The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh=
{{distinguish|The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh}}
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{{Infobox television
| show_name = The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
| image = TheNewAdventuresofWinniethePooh.jpg
| image_size = 250
| show_name_2 =
| caption = Title card
| genre = Comedy<br>Adventure<br>[[Fantasy]]
| creator = [[Walt Disney Television]]
| developer =
| writer = [[Mark Zaslove]] <br>[[Dev Ross]]<br> Bruce Talkington<br> Carter Crocker<br> Rich Fogel<br>Doug Hutchinson <br> Larry Bernard<br> David Silverman <br> Len Uhley
| director = Karl Geurs<br>[[Charles August Nichols|Charles A. Nichols]]<br>Terence Harrison<br>[[Ken Kessel]]<br>[[Jamie Mitchell]]
| creative_director = [[Mark Zaslove]]
| presenter =
| starring =
| judges =
| voices = [[Jim Cummings]]<br>[[John Fiedler]]<br>[[Paul Winchell]] (Seasons 1 & 2)<br>[[Ken Sansom]]<br>[[Peter Cullen]]<br>[[Patricia Parris]]<br>[[Hal Smith (actor)|Hal Smith]]<br>Nicholas Melody<br>[[Michael Gough (voice actor)|Michael Gough]]<br>Tim Hoskins
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer = Steve Nelson
| opentheme = "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" theme
| endtheme = "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" theme (instrumental with vocals at the end on some credits)
| composer = Steve Nelson<br>Thom Sharp
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 4
| num_episodes = 50 (82 segments)
| list_episodes = List of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh episodes
| executive_producer =
| producer = Karl Geurs
| editor = [[Mark Zaslove]]
| location =
| cinematography =
| camera =
| runtime = 23 minutes
| company = [[Disney Television Animation|Walt Disney Television Animation]]
| distributor = [[Disney–ABC Domestic Television|Buena Vista Television]]
| network = [[Disney Channel|The Disney Channel]] (January 17, 1988 – April 10, 1988)<ref name=lexington>{{cite news|title=WINNIE AND FRIENDS WILL GET NEW SERIES|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LH&s_site=kentucky&p_multi=LH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB73A3305A9265F&p_field_direct-0=document_id|accessdate=September 28, 2011|newspaper=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]]|date=November 26, 1987|author=unknown|location=USA}}</ref><br>[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (November 12, 1988 – October 26, 1991)
| picture_format = [[4:3]]
| audio_format = Stereo
| first_run =
| first_aired = January 17, 1988<ref name=lexington/>
| last_aired = October 26, 1991
| preceded_by = ''[[The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]''
| followed_by = ''[[Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin]]''
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| website_title = Official website
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'''''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh''''' is an [[Television in the United States|American]] [[Saturday morning cartoon|Saturday morning]] animated [[children's television series]] produced by [[Walt Disney Television]] that ran from January 17, 1988 to October 26, 1991, inspired by [[A. A. Milne]]'s [[Winnie-the-Pooh]] stories. It has been released on VHS and DVD.

==Overview==
''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' first aired in January 1988 on [[The Disney Channel]].<ref name=lexington/> The show moved to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in September of that same year. For the 1989-90 season, it was paired with ''[[Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'' (which had moved from [[NBC]]) as the ''Gummi Bears-Winnie the Pooh Hour''. After the final regular episode was shown in October 1991, reruns continued to air on ABC until September 4, 1993. On December 9, 1995, before Disney took over ABC's Saturday Morning programming, ''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' was brought back in reruns (except for a brief period in the 1996-97 season), in which it aired until September 7, 2002. The Disney Channel began reruns of the series on October 3, 1994,<ref>''The Disney Channel Magazine'', Vol. 12, no. 6, October/November 1994: pp. 36, 48.</ref> which continued to air until September 1, 2006. The show also aired on [[Playhouse Disney]] from 1999 to 2006, as well as on [[Toon Disney]] from the channel's launch in 1998 until 2008. In the UK, the program aired from 2000 to 2011 on Playhouse Disney. Although the series is set in [[Ashdown Forest]]/[[Hartfield]] in [[East Sussex]], there are various Americanisms.

In some countries, this show had been a part of ''[[The Disney Afternoon]]'' lineup.

The show featured a number of original songs, including "Here We Go Floating" from the episode "Balloonatics".<ref name="floating">{{cite web|url=http://agent0042.fileburst.com/poohlric.html |title=Winnie the Pooh Song Lyrics |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803124545/http://agent0042.fileburst.com/poohlric.html |archivedate=August 3, 2009 }}</ref>

===With the Talents of===
* [[Jim Cummings]]: [[Winnie-the-Pooh]], [[Tigger]] (in the episode "King of the Beasties" in season 1, and in season 3 [except for "Oh Bottle", "What's the Score, Pooh?" and "Eeyi Eeyi Eeyore"] & season 4 [except for "Christmas Too"]), additional voices
* [[John Fiedler]]: [[Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Piglet]]
* [[Paul Winchell]]: [[Tigger]] (in seasons 1 and 2 (except in "King of the Beasties"), and three episodes of season 3; he returns in "Christmas Too" in 1991)
* [[Ken Sansom]]: [[Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Rabbit]], Stan the Woozle, Piglet Look-Like, Store Clerk
* [[Peter Cullen]]: [[Eeyore]]
* [[Michael Gough (voice actor)|Michael Gough]]: Gopher
* [[Patricia Parris]] (is credited as Patty Parris): Kanga, Christopher Robin's Mother
* Nicholas Melody: Roo
* [[Hal Smith (actor)|Hal Smith]]: [[Owl (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Owl]]
* [[Tim Hoskins|Timothy Hoskins]] (is credited as Tim Hoskins): [[Christopher Robin]] (in "Christmas Too " provided by Edan Gross)
* [[Edan Gross]]: [[Christopher Robin]] (in "Christmas Too")
* [[Chuck McCann]]: Heff Heffalump/Vacuum Head

===Other appearances===
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger were two of the cartoon characters featured in ''[[Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue]]''.

Additionally, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, Gopher, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Owl, and Christopher Robin were featured in ''[[House of Mouse]]'' and ''[[Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse]]''.

==Episodes==
{{main|List of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh episodes}}

==Home media releases==

===VHS releases===
From 1989 into the 1990s, various VHS tapes were released in the United States each containing 2 to 4 episodes. Several more were later released in the 2000s. Other countries had their own exclusive VHS releases. There were 10 volumes under the title "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh," released in the United States between 1989 and 1991 through [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Video]].
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!VHS Name !! Episode Titles !! Release Date !! Stock Number
|-
| The Great Honey Pot Robbery || style="text-align:center;"|"The Great Honey Pot Robbery"<br>"Stripes"<br>"Monkey See, Monkey Do Better" || September 8, 1989 || 903
|-
| The Wishing Bear || style="text-align:center;"|"The Wishing Bear"<br>"The Piglet Who Would Be King" || September 8, 1989 || 920
|-
| Newfound Friends || style="text-align:center;"|"Find Her, Keep Her"<br>"Donkey for a Day"<br>"Friend, In Deed" || September 8, 1989 || 902
|-
| There's No Camp Like Home || style="text-align:center;"|"There's No Camp Like Home"<br>"Balloonatics"<br>"Paw and Order" || May 3, 1990 || 916
|-
| Wind Some, Lose Some || style="text-align:center;"|"Gone with the Wind"<br>"Nothing But the Tooth"<br>"How Much Is That Rabbit in the Window" || May 3, 1990 || 917
|-
| All's Well That Ends Well || style="text-align:center;"|"All's Well That Ends Wishing Well"<br>"Bubble Trouble"<br>"Where, Oh Where Has My Piglet Gone" || June 7, 1991 || 1182
|-
| King of the Beasties || style="text-align:center;"|"King of the Beasties"<br>"Tigger's Shoes"<br>"Up, Up, and Awry"<br>"Luck Amok" || June 7, 1991 || 1320
|-
| The Sky's the Limit || style="text-align:center;"|"[[Pooh Skies]]"<br>"Rabbit Takes a Holiday"<br>"Owl in the Family" || June 7, 1991 || 1321
|-
| Everything's Coming Up Roses || style="text-align:center;"|"Eeyi Eeyi Eeyore"<br>"My Hero"<br>"Honey for a Bunny"<br>"Owl Feathers" || June 7, 1991 || 1322
|-
| Pooh to the Rescue || style="text-align:center;"|"Oh, Bottle"<br>"The Old Switcheroo"<br>"The 'New' Eeyore"<br>"Good-Bye Mr. Pooh" || June 7, 1991 || 1323
|}

This list is for VHS releases in the UK, Australia and New Zealand from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!VHS Name !! Episode Titles
|-
| The Great Honey Pot Robbery || style="text-align:center;"|"The Great Honey Pot Robbery"<br>"Stripes"
|-
| Wild West Winnie || style="text-align:center;"|"Paw and Order"<br>"Fish Out of Water"
|-
| Birds of a Feather|| style="text-align:center;"|"Find Her, Keep Her"<br>"Donkey for a Day"
|-
| Hundred Acre Hero || style="text-align:center;"|"Pooh Oughta Be In Pictures"<br>"Trap as Trap Can"
|-
| Up, Up and Away || style="text-align:center;"|"Balloonatics"<br>"The Piglet Who Would Be King"
|-
| The Masked Marauders || style="text-align:center;"|"The Wishing Bear"<br>"The Masked Offender"
|-
| Bubbles and Troubles || style="text-align:center;"|"Cleanliness Is Next to Impossible"<br>"Luck Amok"
|-
| Pooh Bear's Big Surprise || style="text-align:center;"|"The Rats Who Came to Dinner"<br>"My Hero"<br>"Owl Feathers"
|-
| The Great River Rescue || style="text-align:center;"|"Oh Bottle"<br>"Tigger's Shoes"<br>"Eeyi Eeyi Eeyore"
|-
| Goodbye Mr. Pooh || style="text-align:center;"|"All's Well That Ends Wishing Well"<br>"Bubble Trouble"<br>"Goodbye Mr. Pooh"
|}

The following were released under the title "Winnie the Pooh: Learning".
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!VHS Name !! Episode Titles !! Release Date !! Stock Number
|-
| Making Friends || style="text-align:center;"|"Cloud, Cloud Go Away"<br>"Tigger's Houseguest"<br>"The Bug Stops Here"<br>"Tigger is the Mother of Invention" || May 6, 1994 || 2457
|-
| Sharing and Caring || style="text-align:center;"|"Lights Out"<br>"The Rats Who Came to Dinner"<br>"No Rabbit's a Fortress" || May 6, 1994 || 2458
|-
| Helping Others || style="text-align:center;"|"Owl's Well That Ends Well"<br>"A Very, Very Large Animal"<br>"Caws and Effect"<br>"To Dream the Impossible Scheme" || May 6, 1994 || 2459
|-
| Growing Up || style="text-align:center;"|"Home is Where the Home is"<br>"Grown But Not Forgotten" || July 21, 1995 || 3943
|-
| Working Together || style="text-align:center;"|"Shovel, Shovel, Toil and Trouble"<br>"Tigger's Shoes"<br>"Easy Come, Easy Gopher" || July 17, 1996 || 6765
|}

The following were released under the title "Winnie the Pooh: Playtime".
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!VHS Name !! Episode Titles !! Release Date !! Stock Number
|-
| Cowboy Pooh || style="text-align:center;"|"The Good, the Bad, and the Tigger"<br>"Rabbit Marks the Spot"<br>"The Masked Offender" || May 6, 1994 || 2198
|-
| Detective Tigger || style="text-align:center;"|"Tigger, Private Ear"<br>"Sham Pooh"<br>"Invasion of the Pooh Snatcher"<br>"Eeyore's Tail Tale" || May 6, 1994 || 2199
|-
| Pooh Party || style="text-align:center;"|"[[Party Poohper]]"<br>"A Bird in The Hand"<br>"A Pooh Day Afternoon" || May 6, 1994 || 2200
|-
| Fun 'N' Games || style="text-align:center;"|"What's the Score, Pooh"<br>"Prize Piglet"<br>"Piglet's Poohetry" || July 21, 1995 || 3941
|-
| Happy Pooh Day || style="text-align:center;"|"April Pooh"<br>"Tigger Got Your Tongue"<br>"The Wise Have It" || July 17, 1996 || 6764
|}

The following were released under the title "Winnie the Pooh: Friendship".
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!VHS Name !! Episode Titles !! Release Date !! Stock Number
|-
| Clever Little Piglet || style="text-align:center;"|"Where, Oh Where Has My Piglet Gone?"<br>"Gone with the Wind"<br>"My Hero"<br>"Owl Feathers" || February 18, 1997 || 9802
|-
| Pooh Wishes || style="text-align:center;"|"The Wishing Bear"<br>"Good-Bye, Mr. Pooh"<br>"Balloonatics" || February 18, 1997 || 9799
|-
| Tigger-ific Tales || style="text-align:center;"|"All's Well That Ends Wishing Well"<br>"Stripes"<br>"Luck Amok" || February 18, 1997 || 9800
|-
| Imagine That, Christopher Robin! || style="text-align:center;"|"[[Pooh Skies]]"<br>"Oh, Bottle"<br>"Up, Up, and Awry" || March 3, 1998 || 11030
|-
| Three Cheers for Eeyore and Rabbit || style="text-align:center;"|"Eeyi Eeyi Eeyore"<br>"The 'New' Eeyore"<br>"Honey for a Bunny"<br>"Rabbit Takes a Holiday" || March 3, 1998 || 11031
|}

Other releases include the following.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!VHS Name !! Episode Titles !! Release Date !! Stock Number
|-
| [[Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too]] || style="text-align:center;"|"Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too"<br>"Magic Earmuffs" || November 13, 1994 || 2853
|-
| Un-Valentine's Day || style="text-align:center;"|"Un-Valentine's Day"<br>"Three Little Piglets" || January 13, 1995 || 3706
|-
| Frankenpooh || style="text-align:center;"|"The Monster Frankenpooh"<br>"Things That Go Piglet in the Night"<br>"Pooh Moon" || September 8, 1995 || 3944
|-
| Spookable Pooh || style="text-align:center;"|"A Knight to Remember"<br>"Rock-a-Bye Pooh Bear" || September 4, 1996 || 6783
|-
| [[Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh]] || style="text-align:center;"|"Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh" || August 26, 1997 || 10563
|-
| [[Seasons of Giving]] || style="text-align:center;"|"Groundpiglet Day"<br>"[[A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving]]"<br> "Find Her, Keep Her" || November 9, 1999<br />October 31, 2000 || 17459<br />21404
|-
| [[A Valentine for You]] || style="text-align:center;"|"A Valentine for You" || January 11, 2000 || 18782
|}

===DVD releases===
Region 1:

Between 2002 and 2010, several episodes of the series were released on DVD.

Between 2005 and 2006, four DVDs were released as part of the "Growing Up with Winnie the Pooh" series. Each DVD would feature 4 episodes, and sometimes it would include a double-length episode. These DVDs were targeted for preschoolers.

The episodes "Magic Earmuffs" and "The Wishing Bear" were made available as Bonus Shorts on the 10th Anniversary DVD release of "Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving".
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!DVD Name !! Episode Titles !! Release Date
|-
| Frankenpooh and Spookable Pooh || style="text-align:center;"|"The Monster Frankenpooh"<br>"Things That Go Piglet in the Night"<br>"Pooh Moon"<br>"A Knight to Remember"<br>"Rock-a-Bye Pooh Bear" || August 27, 2002
|-
| Growing Up with Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery || style="text-align:center;"|"All's Well That Ends Wishing Well"<br>"Babysitter Blues"<br>"[[Party Poohper]]"<br>"Piglet's Poohetry" || February 8, 2005
|-
| Growing Up with Winnie the Pooh: Friends Forever || style="text-align:center;"|"Good-bye, Mr. Pooh"<br>"Where, Oh Where Has My Piglet Gone?"<br>"Fish Out of Water"<br>"[[Pooh Skies]]" || February 8, 2005
|-
| Growing Up with Winnie the Pooh: It's Playtime with Pooh || style="text-align:center;"|"April Pooh"<br>"The Good, the Bad, and the Tigger"<br>"Bubble Trouble"<br>"What's the Score, Pooh?" || May 23, 2006
|-
| Growing Up with Winnie the Pooh: Love and Friendship || style="text-align:center;"|"A Very, Very Large Animal"<br>"No Rabbit's a Fortress"<br>"Stripes"<br>"Tigger's Shoes" || May 23, 2006
|-
| A Valentine for You – Special Edition || style="text-align:center;"| "[[A Valentine for You]]"<br>"Un-Valentine's Day"<br>"Three Little Piglets"<br>"My Hero" || January 5, 2010
|-
|}

Region 2:

In addition to:

"Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year" (August 20, 2002)<br>
"Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun and Boo to You, Too!" (October 6, 2003)<br>
"Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving" (November 1, 2004)<br>
"Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day and A Valentine for You" (August 20, 2010)

Eight DVDs were released as part of the "The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh" series. Each DVD would feature 4 episodes:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!DVD Name !! Episode Titles !! Release Date
|-
| The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh, Vol. 1: All for One, One for All || style="text-align:center;"|"Rabbit Marks the Spot"<br>"Friend, In Deed"<br>"The Piglet Who Would Be King"<br>"Donkey for a Day" || March 17, 2003
|-
|The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh, Vol. 2: Little Things Mean a Lot || style="text-align:center;"|"The Wishing Bear"<br>"Honey for a Bunny"<br>"Eeyi Eeyi Eeyore"<br>"Monkey See, Monkey Do Better" || March 17, 2003
|-
| The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh, Vol. 3: It's Playtime with Pooh || style="text-align:center;"|"April Pooh"<br>"The Good, the Bad, and the Tigger"<br>"Bubble Trouble"<br>"What's the Score, Pooh?" || September 29, 2003
|-
| The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh, Vol. 4: A Great Day of Discovery || style="text-align:center;"|"All's Well That Ends Wishing Well"<br>"Babysitter Blues"<br>"[[Party Poohper]]"<br>"Piglet's Poohetry" || September 29, 2003
|-
| The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh, Vol. 5: Friends Forever || style="text-align:center;"|"Good-bye, Mr. Pooh"<br>"Where, Oh Where Has My Piglet Gone?"<br>"Fish Out of Water"<br>"[[Pooh Skies]]" || April 26, 2004
|-
| The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh, Vol. 6: Love & Friendship || style="text-align:center;"|"A Very, Very Large Animal"<br>"No Rabbit's a Fortress"<br>"Stripes"<br>"Tigger's Shoes" || April 26, 2004
|-
| The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh, Vol. 7: Share Your World || style="text-align:center;"|"To Catch a Hiccup"<br>"Owl's Well That Ends Well"<br>"Lights Out"<br>"The Rats Who Came to Dinner" || March 14, 2005
|-
| The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh, Vol. 8: Growing Up with Pooh || style="text-align:center;"|"Cloud, Cloud Go Away"<br>"Me and My Shadow"<br>"Easy Come, Easy Gopher"<br>"The Bug Stops Here" || March 14, 2005
|}


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==Awards==
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'''[[Daytime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]]'''
*[[16th Daytime Emmy Awards|1989]] – ''[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program]] (won)
*[[17th Daytime Emmy Awards|1990]] – ''[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program]] (won, tied with [[Beetlejuice (TV series)|Beetlejuice]])


== User:Johnnaber ==
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Hello - you deleted [[User:Johnnaber]] after I tagged the page for speedy deletion today. The author recreated it soon after. Although the new page content technically doesn't violate Wikipedia policies (as the author notes), I am concerned based on the [[User talk:Johnnaber|talk page]] (especially [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Johnnaber&diff=763305537&oldid=763304191 this suggestion]) that these kids are just chatting and not at all interested in contributing to the encyclopedia. Not sure what policy, if any, applies here... [[User:Funcrunch|Funcrunch]] ([[User talk:Funcrunch|talk]]) 22:10, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
==External links==
:Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I'm mobile right now, so I won't be able to really do much with it, but I'm pretty sure one of my fellow talk page stalkers might help. {{ping|Widr}}, mind have a peek? [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 22:32, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
* {{Official website|http://disney.go.com/disneyjunior/winnie-the-pooh}}
::Thanks. Per [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Grantsimmons&diff=prev&oldid=763348975 this comment] you might want to check them out [[:c:User:Johnnaber|on Commons]] too. [[User:Funcrunch|Funcrunch]] ([[User talk:Funcrunch|talk]]) 22:36, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
* {{IMDb title|id=0165052|title=The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh}}
:::Thanks again, generally using the talk page to communicate isn't against the rules, but it's not to be used for social networking. I'll keep an eye out. As for Commons, I'm not an admin there, so that's something they would need to look into. [[User:RickinBaltimore|RickinBaltimore]] ([[User talk:RickinBaltimore#top|talk]]) 13:37, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
* {{tv.com show|the-new-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh|The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh}}
*[http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Walt_Disney_Studios/Television/The_New_Adventures_of_Winnie_the_Pooh/index.html The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh] on Big Cartoon Database
*[http://www.ultimatedisney.com/guwpooh1.html Growing Up with Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery DVD Review with Pictures]
*[http://www.ultimatedisney.com/guwpooh2.html Growing Up with Winnie the Pooh: Friends Forever DVD Review with Pictures]


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Sorry if I was misusing a Wiki talk page I am not trying to use Wikipedia for the wrong purpose, I was just chatting with a few of my fellow friends I haven't been able to see or talk to for a long time.
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Again, sorry if anything I did was looked down upon or not allowed on talk pages.
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Thanks for your time,
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Speedy deletion of test pages in the userspace

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I had the intention of closing Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Mitros1973/sandbox (User:Mitros1973/sandbox) and Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Mitros1973/sandbox/mitrostziavarasgr (User:Mitros1973/sandbox/mitrostziavarasgr) in the same manner as I did with Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:About daud abdikarem (Draft:About daud abdikarem). However, G2 explicitly "does not apply to pages in the user namespace" (as contributor recently pointed out to me as well). Best Regards, — Godsy (TALKCONT) 04:13, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I didn't mean to archive this one! I saw that and my mistake, sorry about that Godsy! RickinBaltimore (talk) 01:09, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Last time page Mohamed_dekkak has been deleted I want to resubmit as per wikipedia standard, please allow me to resubmit it, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thisimran1 (talk • contribs) 06:50, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Looking to update a page that you deleted

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Hi, I went to update my page Draft:Jakob Creighton (Actor) and noticed that you deleted it due to inactivity. Would it be possible to restore it? I have updates and changes to make to it! Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcreighton1995 (talk • contribs) 17:41, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewing the text of the draft, I would agree with the reviewer that it's still WP:TOOSOON for an article. If you wish to still have the article undeleted, you might want to try WP:REFUND/G13 and follow the directions there. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:02, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I went back to make edits to my Draft:AstroNova, Inc. but it was already deleted due to (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion). The purpose of me returning to it was to insert all of my sources that I used for it. Is there a way for you to restore the draft? Thank you Lprudentetv (talk) 18:50, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Merry Christmas!

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Hello RickinBaltimore: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Class455 (Merry Christmas!) 17:37, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message
Very very kind of you, thank you and Merry Christmas to you too! RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:09, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pestilential range blocked

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166.137.96.0/22 blocked for a couple of weeks. Favonian (talk) 16:07, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I need to get you a Christmas card for that one. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:09, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

FYI

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Just reverted outstanding disruptive edits. Thanks for the preventative block. --JustBerry (talk) 18:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Taken care of! RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:37, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Admin's Barnstar
Always to the rescue. Thanks for monitoring AIV! JustBerry (talk) 20:08, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:09, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure if you're on IRC, but I'd like to invite you to make an account and come there. Fellow editors could definitely use swift admins to reach out to! --JustBerry (talk) 20:13, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Time for a Range Block

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Special:Contributions/54.147.224.206

And now... presenting... Special:Contributions/54.157.225.52

Why the IP hopping --JustBerry (talk) 20:16, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Looked into this a bit. Both IPs' geolocation (IP1 and IP2) are the same. Looking at the hostname (Hostname: *.compute-1.amazonaws.com) and bot-like edits (right after I reverted, the user readded the same nonsense back in), wondering if the user is abusing Amazon server trials and running their own script on the trial servers. --JustBerry (talk) 20:23, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I agree it's someone roaming AWS. It is a /12 range, which is about 16 times larger than admins can block in one go, and in all probability not without collateral, but it might be looking at further if it continues. -- zzuuzz (talk) 20:30, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Just looking at the sparse contributions, and the history of Hydrus for example, I'd now be minded to take the ranges out a /16 at a time. I see that's exactly what MaterialScientist did last week. -- zzuuzz (talk) 20:41, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please restore BuzzConf page

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Hi there,

I was an attendee at this year's BuzzConf in Ballan, Victoria, Australia, and have just discovered that you've deleted its wiki page. I'd just like to verify that it is a legitimate event, that almost 200 people attended, and ask if you could please reinstate the BuzzConf page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattcen (talk • contribs) 23:31, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As a fellow attendee, I would like to verify the above. and further the request that the page be reinstated. Amindunited (talk) 01:06, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I (Andy Gelme) have attended and contributed to workshops at the first two BuzzConf technology festivals in 2015 and 2016. Newspaper articles and other media verify the legitimacy and unique nature of the event. Larger, longer established Australian conferences such as Linux Conference Australia have Wikipedia pages (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux.conf.au) and set a reasonable precident. These are events that people may want to search for and contribute to the corpus of information about them. Thanks for your consideration in regards to reinstating the BuzzConf Wikipedia page Geekscape (talk) 01:30, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi RickinBaltimore I'm not sure what why you felt the need to mark the BuzzConf main and talks pages for quick deletion, given that we were still working on them. If we had more time, you'd have clearly seen that this event is indeed unique, certainly in Australia, if not the world. The talks, focussed on the future of technology, the workshops, the kid's track (where my 6 year old coded apps for the first time), the campsite, the music, and so on, all mark this event as unique. I'd like you to restore the page so we can keep editing it. Thanks, BuzzConf participant in 2015 and 2016 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamosapien (talk • contribs) 03:06, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewing the article, there wasn't enough sourcing to justify how the event was notable. What I could suggest is to work on the article in your draft space, by clicking on the Special:Mypage/BuzzConf link, and working on the article there. Make sure that when working on this, you help fix the issues that led to the page being deleted, namely the notability of the event and the lack of independent reliable sources. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:34, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all! I've created User:Geekcamper/BuzzConf with the last content of the original page. Please edit away! --Geekcamper (talk) 03:41, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi RickinBaltimore! There have been a few people editing User:Geekcamper/BuzzConf now, and I would like your thoughts on how good it is now. I believe it is notable, as it's the first event in Australia that mixes conference type talks and workshops, with a music festival and family friendly environment. I hope that the draft article is at least closer to being acceptable for Wikipedia. Can you let me know? Thanks so much! --Geekcamper (talk) 03:41, 19 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

+X and +x

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Hello, RickinBaltimore. I noticed your declination of speedy deletion for two articles +X and +×. Just so you know, there has been two separate deletion discussions for the same topic, this one resulted in deletion and this was resulted in redirect. Jax 0677 had ignored the earlier nomination to redirect the page, leading to the second nomination which was closed by a non-admin. - TheMagnificentist 14:23, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm seeing that now. Honestly for the moment I don't see an issue with leaving these as is, however if they were taken to Rfd I wouldn't have an objection. They don't fit G4 though because they don't fit the criteria, that being a duplicate of the previous page that was deleted. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:31, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

207.74.82.162

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Hey Rick,

Did you mean to block this IP for 31 hours, when it appears as though the previous block was for 6 months? Just letting you know in case f it was an accident, or not... Cheers. 73.96.112.163 (talk) 18:44, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No I meant 1 year and thought I chose that. Thanks for the catch, I've adjusted it. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:51, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Merry

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Season's Greetings, RickinBaltimore!
At this wonderful time of year, I would like to give season’s greetings to all the fellow Wikipedians I have interacted with in the past! May you have a wonderful holiday season! MarnetteD|Talk 19:14, 20 December 2016 (UTC) [reply]
And the same to you and yours! RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:15, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

TNPoliticsNews

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This username has been discussed at the username boards; no one is sure that "TNPoliticsNews" is an actual group(though it seems like it could be). Based on their edits I believe they are associated with the perennial candidate that they are promoting and are possibly concealing their association with their innocent-sounding username. I've brought this up at COIN but I mention it here just FYI. Thanks 331dot (talk) 21:37, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, reading their edits and all, that did look to be a promotional account, and their sole purpose was to promote that candidate. If anything, that's a promotional account if I've seen one. RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:39, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

User:CC.YEG

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Are you going to delete the pages that they created? Regards. 2601:1C0:10D:F921:F167:AF04:2CA9:CC94 (talk) 19:40, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Was actually getting to that as you sent this. They have been removed. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:44, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2TouchPOS

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Hi Rick in Baltimore. I was writing about 2TouchPOS. You deleted the page with a comment that it was advertising. Tell me how to make the article one that you would approve of....

thanks

Lori From Ontario lsillato (talk) 20:10, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

From reviewing the page, there are a few areas that I would recommend would need correcting. FOr one, a large portion of the article was copy and pasted from [1], which is a definite issue. That's seen as a copyright violation, and cannot be in the article. Secondly, the article as a whole read as an ad-copy for the product, not a basic description of what it is and such. I'd read over WP:NPOV to see what we mean by articles having a neutral point of view. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:17, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Slacker!

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This deletion took you 21 minutes? Wow. When you were first made an admin, this stuff only took you a minute. Geez, get just a little bit of time under your belt and now you're a slacker taking 20x as long to delete things? Wow. Unreal. ;) <insert smileys * a million or more as necessary to convey this is entirely a joke!) Thanks for the prompt deletion! --Hammersoft (talk) 20:24, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's the holiday season, we're all slow now didn't you know! :) RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:26, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

But I heard him exclaim, as he drove out of sight...

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Going to be away to spend some well-earned time with family and friends. Responses from me will be slow for the next couple weeks, though I'll pop on here and there. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night. RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:10, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the wiki, not a creature was adminning, not even our Rickie... <ok hit me now> --Hammersoft (talk) 14:13, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Protection

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Todd McFarlane and Image Comics are equally in need of protection as Spawn (comics); the same person is similarly vandalizing them also. -Jason A. Quest (talk) 02:28, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Extended confirmed protection policy RfC

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You are receiving this notification because you participated in a past RfC related to the use of extended confirmed protection levels. There is currently a discussion ongoing about two specific use cases of extended confirmed protection. You are invited to participate. ~ Rob13Talk (sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:31, 22 December 2016 (UTC))[reply]

Merry Christmas

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Merry Cristmas everybody!!!
Merry Cristmas everybody!!!

"And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold,

I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."

Luke 2:10-11 (King James Version)

CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) is wishing you a Merry Christmas.

This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove.


Spread the cheer by adding {{Subst:Xmas4}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 23:43, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

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Hello RickinBaltimore: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Doug Weller talk 15:28, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

Merry, merry!

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From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 19:23, 25 December 2016 (UTC) [reply]

Sorry about the redirect

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A vandal got on my phone and redirected your talk page, not me. Secreteditor74 (talk) 20:22, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You really mean that you forgot to log out to make the edit. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 20:34, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) ... see also Special:Contributions/209.64.152.121, who did the exact same thing here yesterday. - Tom | Thomas.W talk 20:52, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, RickinBaltimore!

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Happy New Year!

RickinBaltimore,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Class455 (talk | stand clear of the doors!) 18:31, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Happy New Year, RickinBaltimore!

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Happy New Year!

RickinBaltimore,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Donner60 (talk) 04:52, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Happy New Year, RickinBaltimore!

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Happy New Year!

RickinBaltimore,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Cold and Spicy 15:50, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Masood Ahmad, too

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Shawn in Montreal thanks Rick in Baltimore! But one more thing, would you also be willing to SALT the previous, thrice-created, twice-deleted version of the article, Masood Ahmad? Because right now the SPA could just cycle back to that, again. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:35, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Shawn, I'll keep my eye on it. For now I'll leave it as is, it hasn't been re-created in over a year. SHould they go back to it and I catch it, I'll SALT it then. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:39, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please tell why you are deleting this page.ABDUL HASEEB is a real personality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cxdy (talk • contribs) 20:51, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

First, please stoip posting this comment multiple times on my talk page. Secondly, I would suggest you read over WP:GNG to understand what makes someone notable, and please use independent reliable sources to verify these claims. Finally, the user Abdul Haseeb PTI Pakistan was just blocked for promotion. Your edit and signatures are making me believe this is you. If so, this is considered sockpuppetry and is highly frowned on. RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:00, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A message from Cxdy

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This page is for real personality. Why you are not willing to check this mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cxdy (talk • contribs) 20:47, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Pls dont delete the page, Abdul Haseeb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cxdy (talk • contribs) 20:56, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Draft : Alex Demirdjian

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Dear Rick,

I have recently published a draft of this page that you deleted.

Can you please guide me into fixing the content so it doesn't look explicity promotional? The intend here was to publish this person's business and life achievements.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdfouni (talk • contribs) 09:59, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's not just that the article was promotional, he doesn't appear to meet the WP:GNG as well. He's a prominent businessman yes, but can you show where he was covered in independent neutral reliable sources? RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:26, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mohamed dekkak

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Recreated after you deleted it G11 on 4 , January. Happy New Year to you! O Fortuna!...Imperatrix mundi. 11:55, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(stalked) Deleted and salted -- Samtar talk · contribs 11:57, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks Samtar O Fortuna!...Imperatrix mundi. 11:59, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you to you both! RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:23, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Spur

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Hi, Spur Corporation redirects to Spur Steak Ranches, which redirects to Spur Corporation#Spur Steak Ranches... :-) Thought I'd drop you a note about this, instead of deleting them, perhaps you know of another suitable target. --Randykitty (talk) 15:03, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well now isn't this a sticky wicket? I don't know of a target, though I can dig around to see what I can find. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:05, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ahhh, there we go. I revert the last edit on Spur Steak Ranches done by Focusandlearn who directed the page to Spur Corporation. Think that solves it. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:06, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Until somebody figures out that that one, too, was paid editing... I'd seen Focus around and was surprised about the revelation... --Randykitty (talk) 15:27, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I was surprised too. As for the paid editing, if it can be shown it was, I'm not against that page being removed as well. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:30, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
No, I was just being cynical. When checking for COI or biased editing, I usually skip looking at an edit if I see it's an editor with thousands of edits, reckoning that those have been tried and tested... Looks like I should change my habits... --Randykitty (talk) 15:37, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I suspect that several crafty editors are using semi-automated tools and/or maintaining a general-interest "front" to boost their edit count for just this reason. Earflaps also comes to mind; he was here for over four years. Jeeteshvaishya over four years (many promos documented at COIN 92). It took Smartse and me a bit of analysis just to sift out his COI contribs from the background noise of pop music. Lesbianadvocate over six years, followed by an attempted restart with socks. BiH ten years, though he was only doing paid editing for the last several (not that that is great either). There's also the possibility that seasoned accounts are being purchased, though that has never been proven. One online advert suggests that it may be the case. There's one called "Singing River Media" which has never been tied to an account here, but their job-site boasts of hundreds of hours and tens of jobs done since 2013. It's is a massive problem coming from a relatively small cadre of English-writing-competent, well entrenched Western editors as well as extremely numerous smaller small fry globally, and appears to be a lucrative niche of the multibillion dollar online advertising and SEO industry. - Brianhe (talk) 19:08, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
In several countries, industries that pollute or produce stuff that needs special handling when it's thrown out (plastic bags, fridges, stuff like that) have to pay a contribution to that. Perhaps the Wikimedia Foundation could get these industries to pay a cleanup fee for WP, too :-) But seriously, what a pain this paid stuff is. And there's no easy solution short of requiring everybody to edit under their real names (which for other reasons never will happen). --Randykitty (talk) 20:05, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User:DaggerDick and WP:UAA

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I saw that you declined blocking this account as not a blatant violation. I have to disagree with your elevation of this. While "Dick" can simply be a person's name, it's blatantly apparent this is not such a case. I am very far from easily offended, but I can also see how some would view this name as deeply offensive. DaggerDick? I.e., knife dick? As in sexually assaulting and mutilating a woman in the process? This is a blatant violation of WP:DISRUPTNAME. This sort of interpretation can too easily be reached. Creating a new account, or renaming to a new name, is painless and takes little time. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:31, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I can see where you're coming from, but I didn't make that correlation immediately, and I didn't see it as such. I'm going to place a comment on the user's page to suggest a name change, but I don't feel outright comfortable soft-blocking them over it. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:39, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Problem at TFD log

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Hi Rick, thanks for deleting those templates. It looks like you've accidentally grouped two of the discussions in the same closing tag. Could you rectify this? Thanks. Linguist If you reply to me here, please add {{ping|Linguist111}} to the start of your message 18:18, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ack! Will do so here shortly. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:25, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Already fixed. The issue was the {{tfd top}} being placed above the header (should go under it). Primefac (talk) 18:28, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I was cleaning up my mess when you fixed it, see why I supported your RfA? :) RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:29, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Policy question on use of G5 for ToU violation

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You might want to see WP:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard#FoCuSandLeArN. I meant to ping you there but messed up, but maybe a personal note is better anyhow. Just wondering if your G5 speedy deletion of Spur Corporation was meant to be extended to other things created by same editor. - Brianhe (talk) 18:56, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

With regards to Spur Corporation, it's a plausible redirect to the Spur Steak House page (which wasn't created by F&L and actually was REVERSED by them, that being the steak house redirecting to the corporation page, which honestly was my reasoning for the deletion). As for the other pages, I would agree with you that the Orangemoody incident seemed to set a precedent, and we really need to examine the pages individually to determine what actions to take. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Aryan121

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Sorry to bother, but you commented with Template:bnt. Are you planning to tag the user pages? I saw you tagged Christian2017 (talk · contribs) on xis talk page. --JustBerry (talk) 02:49, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Aryan121, while the master, wasn't indef'd so I didn't place a tag for that on the page. I did extend the block longer though, the b&t was for the Christian account. RickinBaltimore (talk) 03:06, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, okay. Thanks for clarifying. --JustBerry (talk) 04:43, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Restore a Company Page you Deleted

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Hi Rick,

I noticed that you deleted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RemitRadar due to A7 No credible indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content, events). However, if you take a look at it, the funding for the company is from Prince Michael of Kent (quite an important individual that funds many organizations) see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Michael_of_Kent. I believe this would be worthy of staying on Wikipedia as it is important.

Please take another look at the Remit Radar page and if you could let me know as the CEO of Remit Radar is meeting with the Prince again soon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danmartin555 (talk • contribs) 09:54, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Talking to a member of nobility however isn't enough for WP:N, as notability isn't inherited in that way. Right now, this is just another organization that Prince Michael funds it would appear. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:54, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • Hi Rick, thank you for taking the time to reply. I appreciate what you're saying regarding notability, however https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NRV would suggest that it could be linked from Prince Michael's wiki page to as you rightly said one of his funded businesses. Remit Radar helps the transfer of money from particularly difficult countries to move money ie Nigeria to USD/GBP and while it is a company/organisation it's incredibly important for inhabitants of countries where there were blocks on money transfers (see http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/03/africa/nigeria-money-transfer-restriction/) portals like Remit Radar have helped put pressure on governments to allow the movement of money again. This not only has helped Nigerians to travel, send money back to their families in Nigeria, trade, create business and a whole lot more. I'd say that's quite an indicator of importance for not only the organization but the fact that Royalty is behind it stands to reason that it's a legitimate entity that people would like to read about on Wikipedia. Pages such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwoca would fall under the A7 deletion notice I presume but that's still up and running. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.233.116.126 (talk) 14:25, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'll be blunt with this, Wikipedia is not a place to promote your business. The organization did not meet our notability guidelines, and the fact other companies have an article doesn't matter. To add, you have an admitted conflict of interest with the company. I will not restore the page at this time. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:30, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

OK thanks for your reply Ricky. I see your point. For the record I didn't make the page I just started with the company and they asked me to look into why it was deleted. You've replied and made it clear. No hard feelings. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.33.103.139 (talk) 19:54, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User:Nicky jam el cangri

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I do not know what relationship there is between User:Nicky jam el cangri and Nickyjamelcangri787, but their names are totally the same and both users edit the same articles. I inform you since I have seen that you have blocked it.--Philip J Fry • (talk) 12:32, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That's a duck quacking into a megaphone if I ever heard one. IF you see this activity again, you might want to file a report at WP:SPI. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:58, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Trump Tower RFPP

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Hi Rick. This one is your call and I don't want to step on anybody's toes but given the political climate I can all but guarantee that this article is going to be a top tier target for vandalism for at least the next four years. I'm not usually a fan of indefinite protection, but this one might be a rare case where it's justified. Again though, it's your call. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:18, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I had considered that off the bat honestly, but I wanted to see if maybe this would stem the tide. If not then yeah next step is to possible indefinitely protect, or pending changes perhaps for the next 4 to 8 years. RickinBaltimore (talk) 03:17, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding block of 110.147.142.28

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Thanks for blocking him, but are you sure 31 hours will be enough? The only edits he/she/it has made have been gross vandalism. L3X1 (talk) 20:42, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's the standard for an IP for a first block. That's a dynamic IP as well, so more than likely if they come back, it will be on another IP. Generally if it happens again we can increase the time, or if the vandalizing on the page is bad enough, protect the page. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:45, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ok thanks for explaining. Have a nice day. L3X1 (talk) 20:48, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock template

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Ola! Do you mind updating the unblock template at User talk:TempTTC to reflect that you've unblocked them? That way it will remove the editor from CAT:RFU. Thanks, --Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 22:37, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing, I'm on mobile so it might take a minute. RickinBaltimore (talk) 23:20, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds like a painful endeavour; let me know if you want me to do it for you. I won't even charge you! --Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 23:21, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Got it, but thanks for the help! RickinBaltimore (talk) 23:24, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that, and you can store the freebie I offered in your back pocket for a rainy day :) --Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 23:28, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for unblocking me. That user had been doing numerous edits to pages they politically disagree with. I was super confused how reverting changes by a clear troll (there's no basis for any claims of the company having Quatari ties - LA based as sourced later, US news - as sourced later), could result in a ban. Do you mind pointing me in the right direction for undoing/reporting changes done by a clear troll. Seems to me that the obvious thing of undoing changes, isn't appreciated on Wikipedia :(. TempTTC (talk) 23:31, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Normally I'd say AIV, but a report had been placed there earlier in the day. It may need more eyes on it, so perhaps ANI, if it continues, however if this all appears to be one specific blocked edits coming back, you can compile the evidence and post a request at WP:SPI. RickinBaltimore (talk) 23:34, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ANI close (Just now)

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Your closing commentary echoed my own thoughts quite perfectly. In fact, I got an ec as I tried to comment essentially the same thing you wrote. Good job. MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 20:53, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I mean, yes it's a red flag, however I am willing to not WP:BITE a newcomer right off the bat with that. If they slip up again, then blocks are cheap and easy. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:55, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
And well don't I feel dumb now...RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:00, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Rick no feel bad; there no way to know but checkuser. Besides, Hammerpants feel dumb, too. Is normal state for Hammerpants, really. MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 21:07, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to request creation protection through RPP (or any other way)?

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Hello, the Baggymod article has gone through CSD and then was recreated using the same material shortly thereafter. I placed another CSD, but I'm wondering if there is a way to request creation protection as a non-admin (without having to ask an admin on their talk page) - this is, of course, not for articles that are recreated using other content (or would pass muster otherwise), but only for articles created using the same content (similar to G4, but that is for XfD and PROD's only, apparently). Thanks! Garchy (talk) 20:54, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Actually yes you can on RFPP, you can ask for "Indefinite creation protection", and explain why you feel it's needed. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:57, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Great! I must have missed it, thank you! Garchy (talk) 21:02, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Pitygritty Deletion

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Hi there RickinBaltimore

It has arrived to my knowledge that you requested for a speedy deletion for the page Pitygritty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitygritty I created the page and it had been up smoothly for over 7 months with over 1000 views. I do not understand why you have deleted the page? Please can you undelete the page this page has so much relevance. If you need sources I can send you, or please tell me what was wrong with the page.

Kind regards

--SEOEdit (talk) 23:10, 14 January 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SEOEdit (talk • contribs) 23:05, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Talk: Front Row Filmed Entertainment

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Hi Ricki,

I work for Front Row Filmed Entertainment and we were seeking to reproduce the exact company profile from the website as a Wiki Page. What is the best way to go about that? Would it be for the owner of FFE to create an account on here and have him personally apply for a copyright donation? Thanks for any help or assistance!

Sam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sakl1976 (talk • contribs) 11:35, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'd read over the article WP:DONATETEXT for a better explanation on how to donate copyrighted material, as it goes into detail better than I could to be truthful. You would need to reach out to the WP:OTRS team to give this permission, and there is some steps you would need to do that are covered there. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:08, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Unconstructive IP editor

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Hello -- you previously disciplined IP user 24.38.94.116 with a block for which reinforcement is needed again. Thanks. --Zefr (talk) 17:43, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked for 72 hours now. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:04, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. However, please check Larrydouglas222 and the editing at Cauliflower where a WP:SOCK may be at work. --Zefr (talk) 18:08, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Page protected

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Hi Rick, I've popped some semi on your talk page for a couple of days - feel free to revert if you don't want it -- Samtar talk · contribs 16:38, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's fine, I left a message on your page as well. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:39, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion within 1 minute of nomination

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Your speedy deletion of The Grange (car dealership) took place so speedily that there was literally no time to contest the nomination. The notification appeared, and by the time I could read it and click through to the page, it had already been deleted. I'd applaud your diligence and prompt action under other circumstances! However, in this case your immediate action on the nomination had the effect of preventing an almost-immediate response in which I intended to contest the deletion and acknowledge the problem, requesting a day to address the issue and improve the article. Lwarrenwiki (talk) 16:10, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If I could suggest, go ahead and work on it in your draft space, then see if it's ready to be republished. We have a list of article for deletion that appear and I was going in alphabetical order, when that one was on the list. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:12, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page abuse

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FYI, user:165.138.143.61 is abusing her talk page. CLCStudent (talk) 16:33, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I've added the restriction to edit their talk page. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:34, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism-only accounts

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I was under the impression that vandalism-only accounts "are usually blocked indefinitely, sometimes without warning", hence why I reported. I did not think sufficient warnings were required in a case where the only contributions are evidently vandalism and violating the biographies of living persons policy. Garchy (talk) 17:06, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I just checked - moot point, as Widr has blocked for those specific reasons already. Garchy (talk) 17:07, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Well I had an answer all prepared too! No worries, I just didn't feel ready to block a user that hadn't edited in 2 days. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:08, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
No worries! Generally I err on the side of caution as well (AGF and all that) - I just wasn't sure if there was something I was missing! Thanks, Garchy (talk) 17:10, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What would you do here?

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This user has been blocked a few times for NPA and edit warring. They recently shot themselves in the foot filing this ANI - they have threatened sockpuppetry, and has responded to their blocks with things such as this: Clearly not here to better Wikipedia. This edit summary was particularly nice. Anyway, they have picked right back up on their edit warring ways, and since I was just involved in an ANI with them I wasn't sure if I should report them to WP:AN3 or if there is another way to handle this editor. Thanks! Garchy (talk) 18:58, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I just noticed you already commented on this thread (a while ago in fact) - I must have missed it! Garchy (talk) 19:00, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, I think WP:ROPE applies. There's quite a few admins now watching them, so I'm sure they will be under scrutiny here. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:18, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the advice! I'll just watch and wait. Garchy (talk) 19:31, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Could you check out Talk:Bataan Transit Co.?

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Something seriously weird is going on over there.  InsertCleverPhraseHere  13:32, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it's deleted to me right now. It appears it was re-created after I deleted it. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:52, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

75.146.147.137

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75.146.147.137 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Hey Rick,

You may not have accidently done this, but I'll leave this here just in case though. The previous block for this IP address was for "60 days" (2 months), not "60 hours", and you have blocked it for 72 hours, so I'm assuming that you accidently saw this as 60 hours... Thanks! 172.58.38.185 (talk) 16:34, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I did ready that wrong, I'm going to fix it now, thanks! RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:34, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

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Just wanted to say thanks for helping with all those deletions! --Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 18:34, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, you're welcome! RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:36, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Re. user Whlstation

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Hi, you recently blocked this user per WP:NOTHERE but is continuing to edit disruptively via his talk page. Could you revoke access please. Thanks Nördic Nightfury 08:54, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like they stopped, and haven't posted in a while. I'll keep an eye on the page, but since they are blocked, not much they can do to be honest. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:23, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2601:C8:C000:363D:59BF:9F19:FAD0:708D

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2601:C8:C000:363D:59BF:9F19:FAD0:708D (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

It looks like you've got a fan! ;-) 172.58.35.222 (talk) 21:27, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm flattered, really! :) RickinBaltimore (talk) 21:28, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
They've returned with full force using 2601:C8:C000:363D:A89B:5269:F3E2:B977 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). If you perform rangeblocks, it looks like 2601:C8:C000:363D::/64 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) should keep them busy for at least a little while... 172.58.35.222 (talk) 21:46, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017

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13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

User:Johnnaber

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Hello - you deleted User:Johnnaber after I tagged the page for speedy deletion today. The author recreated it soon after. Although the new page content technically doesn't violate Wikipedia policies (as the author notes), I am concerned based on the talk page (especially this suggestion) that these kids are just chatting and not at all interested in contributing to the encyclopedia. Not sure what policy, if any, applies here... Funcrunch (talk) 22:10, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I'm mobile right now, so I won't be able to really do much with it, but I'm pretty sure one of my fellow talk page stalkers might help. @Widr:, mind have a peek? RickinBaltimore (talk) 22:32, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Per this comment you might want to check them out on Commons too. Funcrunch (talk) 22:36, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again, generally using the talk page to communicate isn't against the rules, but it's not to be used for social networking. I'll keep an eye out. As for Commons, I'm not an admin there, so that's something they would need to look into. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:37, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Misuse of Wiki Talk Page on My Behalf

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Sorry if I was misusing a Wiki talk page I am not trying to use Wikipedia for the wrong purpose, I was just chatting with a few of my fellow friends I haven't been able to see or talk to for a long time. Again, sorry if anything I did was looked down upon or not allowed on talk pages. Thanks for your time, John Naber — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnnaber (talk • contribs) 16:49, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No problem John, just please be mindful that Wikipedia is not a social media platform. RickinBaltimore (talk) 17:31, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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