#THE BACKYARDIGANS SECRET AGENTS SERIES#

Dancer: Tasha Cooper (seasons 1–3), Jonathan Sandler (season 3), Steven Konopelski (seasons 3–4), Jacob Wimar (season 4), Paul Flanagan (season 4). Singing voice: Sean Curley (seasons 1–4). Speaking voice: Zach Tyler Eisen (season 1), Jake Goldberg (seasons 2–4) and Janet James (UK, seasons 1–4). Pablo does not appear one time: 'Chichen-Itza Pizza'. The number of panic attacks decreased considerably after season 1, though in the episode The Flipper! his propensity for getting overexcited is a major plot point. Due to his energy and impetuousness, he often goes into a 'panic attack' when he faces an obstacle, running around in circles and telling everyone not to worry until someone interrupts him. Pablo tends to be the most excitable of the group and is best friends with Tyrone. Pablo is very respectable and often acts on his own accord. Pablo is a yellow-beaked blue penguin who wears a blue bow tie and a blue-and-yellow propeller beanie.They rarely wear their normal clothes in an adventure after the first season. What we film for that day is pretty close to what you see in the character.' In season one, the Backyardigans usually wear their normal clothes while on an adventure, usually accompanied with accessories. The animators watch, and were pretty precise. Choreographer, Beth Bogush, describes the process: 'What we do is we film the live footage in the studio, send that off and they do a Leica, and then they send it to the animators. The dancing on the show is first performed by live-action dancers, and their movements are later transported to animation. This is the only time only one of the real Backyardigans appears.Įach of the five characters on the show have two voice actors: one for speaking, and the other for singing. Also, Austin, though never shown, is the only Backyardigan who makes a physical appearance in the episode the other four appear only in the storybook. In one episode, 'The Secret of Snow', the episode does not start off in the backyard, but on a floor that has a red storybook on it. The picture then is lifeless with some background bird noises often heard as iris closes, ending the episode. The main character or characters then opens the snack host's house door, fence, or around the corner, and shouts the main catchphrase for the last time and then closes the door. When the Backyardigans have achieved their mission or defeated any disadvantages, the fantasy sequence fades, restoring actuality to the setting of the episodes as the closing song is sung, the characters scurrying to their houses for a snack.

The adventures get more advanced after the first season. The program also follows a musical format, featuring multiple musical numbers sung throughout the course of an episode regarding whatever imaginary predicament in which the characters have situated themselves or perhaps a challenge that they have met, every episode opening and concluding with a particular song. After season one, there is usually a villain in the episode, mainly played by one of the Backyardigans (thus another Backyardigan plays the role of the hero), but the villain of the episode always reforms in the end. Usually, the group will visualize a unique scenario, ranging from prehistoric times to adventurous fantasies, and they are often presented with multiple dilemmas along the way to accomplishing a certain goal or priority, or may be challenged with a major single obstacle to defeat or problem to solve.

#THE BACKYARDIGANS SECRET AGENTS SERIES#

Designed to encourage imaginative play, the characters communicate with the viewers by constantly breaking the fourth-wall, albeit the series rests particular focus on the role-playing games in which the friends participate varying with each episode, and said games are visualized through dream sequences lasting for a majority of the episode and serving as the primary focus of that certain episode. The series follows a ritualistic pattern and centers around an assortment and musical pop group of neighboring playmates depicted as bipedal, anthropomorphic animals: Uniqua, Pablo, Tyrone, Austin, and Tasha.

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