History Series / TheLetterPeople

* PoliticalOvercorrectness: The current version of the Letter People program. Not only have the genders of the characters been changed to make half of the letters boys and the other half girls, but a lot of the traits of the characters have been changed to be happier or more positive. For example, Mr. H's Horrible Hair is now ''Happy'' Hair, Mr. J and his junk have been swapped for ''Miss'' J and her Jingle Jacket, and don't even count on Mr. D having Delicious Doughnuts anymore since he now does Dazzling Dances.

* MadLibsCatchPhrase: "I'm Mister/Miss [blank], and my sound is the same sound that starts [blankity blank]."

Soon after its premiere, the show began to gain popularity and spread to other PBS stations via syndication. Its popularity largely grew from the fact that, despite being based on the rather mundane topic of phonics, all of the characters have rather distinct personalities (LargeHam: Mister G, JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Miss O, TheCape: Mister S). Also, even with the show's simplistic nature, a number of the Letter People went through a good deal of CharacterDevelopment and found themselves involved in a number of [[WeirdnessMagnet wacky hijinks]]. And according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the show has aired almost constantly since its premiere.

* IllGirl:
** Miss A, naturally, since her sound was the sound of "Achoo!" The low budget also meant her left hand was permanently stuck in the "hold your finger under your nose to block the sneeze" position even when she was feeling well.
** Male version for Mr Q. Well, at least according to the classroom version, he was so sick, he couldn't speak and if he could, you couldn't hear him, without Miss U.

** Nardo, for instance.

*** This has been changed has far as the current modern incarnation of the Letter People are concerned; see PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad above.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: The current version of the Letter People program. Not only have the genders of the characters been changed to make half of the letters boys and the other half girls, but a lot of the traits of the characters have been changed to be happier or more positive. For example, Mr. H's Horrible Hair is now ''Happy'' Hair, Mr. J and his junk have been swapped for ''Miss'' J and her Jingle Jacket, and don't even count on Mr. D having Delicious Doughnuts anymore since he now does Dazzling Dances.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The two-part episode that introduced syllables centers around a new character, Chopper, and makes almost no mention of the actual Letter People.
** The last episode (of 60) in the series barely featured the Letter People. It was about the characters playing a baseball game but focused entirely on the announcers in the booth.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: A lot of the Letter People had different colored hair...or skin..or whatever. Miss A and Mr. H for example had green hair.

* PaperThinDisguise: Dolly the Dragon managed to disguise herself as a daisy and a Dalmatian.