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* ReversePsychology: Played with in the "Safety Queen" shorts. To encourage the kids she visits to be brave with their tasks, Safety Queen sarcastically validates their assumed fears. This always leads to the kid going ahead and solving their problem, and realizing the task was actually easier than they thought it would be.

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* ReversePsychology: Played with in the "Safety Queen" shorts. To encourage the kids she visits to be brave with their tasks, Safety Queen sarcastically validates their assumed fears. This always leads to the kid going ahead and solving doing their problem, task, and realizing the task it was actually easier than they thought it would be.
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* ReversePsychology: Played with in the "Safety Queen" shorts. To encourage the kids she visits to be brave with their tasks, the Safety Queen sarcastically validates their assumed fears. This always leads to the kid going ahead and solving their problem, and realizing the task was actually easier than they thought it would be.

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* ReversePsychology: Played with in the "Safety Queen" shorts. To encourage the kids she visits to be brave with their tasks, the Safety Queen sarcastically validates their assumed fears. This always leads to the kid going ahead and solving their problem, and realizing the task was actually easier than they thought it would be.
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* ReversePsychology: Played with in the "Safety Queen" shorts. To encourage the kids she visits to be brave with their tasks, the Safety Queen sarcastically validates their assumed fears. This always leads to the kid solving their problem, and realizing the task is actually easier than they thought it would be.

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* ReversePsychology: Played with in the "Safety Queen" shorts. To encourage the kids she visits to be brave with their tasks, the Safety Queen sarcastically validates their assumed fears. This always leads to the kid going ahead and solving their problem, and realizing the task is was actually easier than they thought it would be.

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* AdviceBackfire: Played with in the "Safety Queen" shorts. Safety Queen's wild, sarcastic advice leads to the person solving their problem easier than they thought they would.


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* ReversePsychology: Played with in the "Safety Queen" shorts. To encourage the kids she visits to be brave with their tasks, the Safety Queen sarcastically validates their assumed fears. This always leads to the kid solving their problem, and realizing the task is actually easier than they thought it would be.
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* ''The Non-Adventures Of Safety Queen'': Traditional animation. A kid who is having a problem accomplishing a difficult or possibly hardest task gets visited by a strange girl known only as the Safety Queen. The Safety Queen motivates the kid to have more courage with their task by using ReversePsychology. She explains to the kid why they shouldn't finish the task at hand, citing a number of absurd or outlandish outcomes of going through with it. Invariably, the kid goes through with it and finds that what they were trying to do wasn't so difficult after all. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHJEC0V3gE One example]]. Three shorts were included on the 1996 ''Rugrats'' VHS ''Phil And Lil: Double Trouble'', playing in-between episodes.

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* ''The Non-Adventures Of Safety Queen'': Traditional animation. A kid who is having a problem accomplishing a difficult or possibly hardest task gets visited by a strange girl known only as the Safety Queen. The Safety Queen motivates the kid to have more courage with their task by using with ReversePsychology. She explains to the kid why they shouldn't finish the task at hand, citing a number of absurd or outlandish outcomes of going through with it. Invariably, the kid goes through with it and finds that what they were trying to do wasn't so difficult after all. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHJEC0V3gE One example]]. Three shorts were included on the 1996 ''Rugrats'' VHS ''Phil And Lil: Double Trouble'', playing in-between episodes.
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* ''The Non-Adventures Of Safety Queen'': Traditional animation. A kid who is having a problem accomplishing a difficult or possibly hardest task gets visited by a strange girl known only as the Safety Queen. The Safety Queen motivates the kid to have more courage with their task by using reverse psychology. She explains to the kid why they shouldn't finish the task at hand, citing a number of absurd or outlandish outcomes of going through with it. Invariably, the kid goes through with it and finds that what they were trying to do wasn't so difficult after all. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHJEC0V3gE One example]]. Three shorts were included on the 1996 ''Rugrats'' VHS ''Phil And Lil: Double Trouble'', playing in-between episodes.

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* ''The Non-Adventures Of Safety Queen'': Traditional animation. A kid who is having a problem accomplishing a difficult or possibly hardest task gets visited by a strange girl known only as the Safety Queen. The Safety Queen motivates the kid to have more courage with their task by using reverse psychology.ReversePsychology. She explains to the kid why they shouldn't finish the task at hand, citing a number of absurd or outlandish outcomes of going through with it. Invariably, the kid goes through with it and finds that what they were trying to do wasn't so difficult after all. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHJEC0V3gE One example]]. Three shorts were included on the 1996 ''Rugrats'' VHS ''Phil And Lil: Double Trouble'', playing in-between episodes.
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* ''The Non-Adventures Of Safety Queen'': Traditional animation. A kid who is having a problem accomplishing a difficult or possibly hardest task gets visited by a strange girl known only as the Safety Queen. The Safety Queen motivates the kid to have more courage with their task by using reverse psychology, explaining to the kid why they shouldn't finish the task at hand, citing a number of absurd or outlandish outcomes of going through with it. Invariably, the kid goes through with it and finds that what they were trying to do wasn't so difficult after all. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHJEC0V3gE One example]]. Three shorts were included on the 1996 ''Rugrats'' VHS ''Phil And Lil: Double Trouble'', playing in-between episodes.

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* ''The Non-Adventures Of Safety Queen'': Traditional animation. A kid who is having a problem accomplishing a difficult or possibly hardest task gets visited by a strange girl known only as the Safety Queen. The Safety Queen motivates the kid to have more courage with their task by using reverse psychology, explaining psychology. She explains to the kid why they shouldn't finish the task at hand, citing a number of absurd or outlandish outcomes of going through with it. Invariably, the kid goes through with it and finds that what they were trying to do wasn't so difficult after all. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHJEC0V3gE One example]]. Three shorts were included on the 1996 ''Rugrats'' VHS ''Phil And Lil: Double Trouble'', playing in-between episodes.
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* ''The Non-Adventures Of Safety Queen'': Traditional animation. A kid who is having a problem accomplishing a difficult or possibly hardest task gets visited by a strange girl known only as the Safety Queen. The Safety Queen motivates the kid to be more courageous by using reverse psychology, explaining to the kid why they shouldn't finish the task at hand, citing a number of absurd or outlandish outcomes of going through with it. Invariably, the kid goes through with it and finds that what they were trying to do wasn't so difficult after all. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHJEC0V3gE One example]]. Three shorts were included on the 1996 ''Rugrats'' VHS ''Phil And Lil: Double Trouble'', playing in-between episodes.

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* ''The Non-Adventures Of Safety Queen'': Traditional animation. A kid who is having a problem accomplishing a difficult or possibly hardest task gets visited by a strange girl known only as the Safety Queen. The Safety Queen motivates the kid to be have more courageous courage with their task by using reverse psychology, explaining to the kid why they shouldn't finish the task at hand, citing a number of absurd or outlandish outcomes of going through with it. Invariably, the kid goes through with it and finds that what they were trying to do wasn't so difficult after all. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHJEC0V3gE One example]]. Three shorts were included on the 1996 ''Rugrats'' VHS ''Phil And Lil: Double Trouble'', playing in-between episodes.
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* ''The Non-Adventures Of Safety Queen'': Traditional animation. A kid who is having a problem accomplishing a difficult or possibly hardest task gets visited by a strange girl known only as the Safety Queen. The Safety Queen helps motivate the kid by using reverse psychology, explaining to the kid why they shouldn't finish the task at hand, citing a number of absurd or outlandish outcomes of going through with it. Invariably, the kid goes through with it and finds that what they were trying to do wasn't so difficult after all. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHJEC0V3gE One example]]. Three shorts were included on the 1996 ''Rugrats'' VHS ''Phil And Lil: Double Trouble'', playing in-between episodes.

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* ''The Non-Adventures Of Safety Queen'': Traditional animation. A kid who is having a problem accomplishing a difficult or possibly hardest task gets visited by a strange girl known only as the Safety Queen. The Safety Queen helps motivate motivates the kid to be more courageous by using reverse psychology, explaining to the kid why they shouldn't finish the task at hand, citing a number of absurd or outlandish outcomes of going through with it. Invariably, the kid goes through with it and finds that what they were trying to do wasn't so difficult after all. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHJEC0V3gE One example]]. Three shorts were included on the 1996 ''Rugrats'' VHS ''Phil And Lil: Double Trouble'', playing in-between episodes.
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* AnAesop: Par for the course with the Nick Jr. shorts, though some were just plain fun for the sake of being fun.
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* VocalEvolution: Face's voice was a bit lower in his first year.
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* RiseOfZitboy: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls7_anNvhjk Attack of the Hideous Pimple]]'', an Australian-made ''Short People'' film deals with a girl getting a talking sentient pimple on the day of the school dance, much to her consternation.
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* ''Face'': From 1994 to 2004, the Nick Jr. block was hosted by a smiley face on a color-changing background, who engaged in humorous antics before announcing the next show or ad break. Face was given a revamp in his later years that didn't last for very long before he was phased out. Voiced in most of his appearances by Chris Phillips.

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* ''Face'': From 1994 to 2004, the Nick Jr. block was hosted by a smiley face on a color-changing background, who engaged in humorous antics before announcing the next show or ad break. Face was given a revamp in his later years 2003 that didn't last only lasted for very long a couple months before he reverted to his original design and eventually was phased out. Voiced in most the US by Creator/ChrisPhillips, and in the UK by David Holt. In 2022, Face would be rebooted ''again'' as the host of his appearances ''WesternAnimation/FacesMusicParty'', this time voiced by Chris Phillips.Creator/CedricLWilliams in English.

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* ''Inside Out Boy'': Stop-motion. A series of shorts about a boy who [[ThreeSixtyDegreeSwingSetSwing swung all the way around the swing-set]] one day and gained the ability to turn himself inside out as a result. Four shorts were spread across the first two ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' VHS releases (''Tales From The Crib'' and ''A Baby's Gotta Do What A Baby's Gotta Do'') in 1993 in-between episodes on the tapes.

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* ''Inside Out Boy'': Stop-motion. A series of shorts about a boy who [[ThreeSixtyDegreeSwingSetSwing swung all the way around the swing-set]] swing-set one day and gained the ability to turn himself inside out as a result. Four shorts were spread across the first two ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' VHS releases (''Tales From The Crib'' and ''A Baby's Gotta Do What A Baby's Gotta Do'') in 1993 in-between episodes on the tapes.


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* ThreeSixtyDegreeSwingSetSwing: Inside Out boy got turned inside out as a result of doing a full 360 swing on a swingset.
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* ''Inside Out Boy'': Stop-motion. A series of shorts about a boy who swung all the way around the swing-set one day and gained the ability to turn himself inside out as a result. Four shorts were spread across the first two ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' VHS releases (''Tales From The Crib'' and ''A Baby's Gotta Do What A Baby's Gotta Do'') in 1993 in-between episodes on the tapes.

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* ''Inside Out Boy'': Stop-motion. A series of shorts about a boy who [[ThreeSixtyDegreeSwingSetSwing swung all the way around the swing-set swing-set]] one day and gained the ability to turn himself inside out as a result. Four shorts were spread across the first two ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' VHS releases (''Tales From The Crib'' and ''A Baby's Gotta Do What A Baby's Gotta Do'') in 1993 in-between episodes on the tapes.
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* ''The Non-Adventures Of Safety Queen'': Traditional animation. A kid who is having a problem accomplishing a difficult or possibly hardest task gets visited by a strange girl known only as the Safety Queen. The Safety Queen explains to the kid why they shouldn't finish the task at hand, citing a number of absurd or outlandish outcomes of going through with it. Invariably, the kid goes through with it anyway and finds that what they were trying to do wasn't so difficult after all. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHJEC0V3gE One example]]. Three shorts were included on the 1996 ''Rugrats'' VHS ''Phil And Lil: Double Trouble'', playing in-between episodes.

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* ''The Non-Adventures Of Safety Queen'': Traditional animation. A kid who is having a problem accomplishing a difficult or possibly hardest task gets visited by a strange girl known only as the Safety Queen. The Safety Queen explains helps motivate the kid by using reverse psychology, explaining to the kid why they shouldn't finish the task at hand, citing a number of absurd or outlandish outcomes of going through with it. Invariably, the kid goes through with it anyway and finds that what they were trying to do wasn't so difficult after all. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHJEC0V3gE One example]]. Three shorts were included on the 1996 ''Rugrats'' VHS ''Phil And Lil: Double Trouble'', playing in-between episodes.

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