Line #14 Animation/Akis


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3	''Akis'' is a Malaysian animated series revolving around a hyperactive girl named Akis. It was produced by Creator/{{Inspidea}} (who would later go on to animate Creator/CartoonNetwork India's ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'') and aired on the Asian feed of Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}; it is the first Nickelodeon cartoon to be produced exclusively in Asia.
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5	The show premiered in 2012 and aired 12 episodes, each about two minutes long. In 2019, all the episodes were uploaded to Nickelodeon Asia's official Website/{{Facebook}} page.
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8	!!''Akis'' contains the following tropes:
9	* AirVentPassageway: In "Freedom in Museum", Akis shows the students what freedom in a museum feels like by having them escape through an air vent within in the building.
10	* AlliterativeTitle: The first episode, "Cooking Class".
11	%% * ArtsyBeret: Akis wears one in "The Artist" when she tries to give her mother a makeover.
12	* BigWhy: In "Why Oh Why", Akis and her family watch a television program showing a woman screaming "WHY?!" [[SkywardScream towards the sky]] after her loved one has died. Akis' father bets she can't act as well as the woman in the program, triggering the plot of the episode when Akis actually takes him up on the challenge.
13	* CouchGag: The notebook pages in the end credits have different crayon drawings in them depending on and pertaining to the specific plot of the episode.
14	* ExtremelyShortIntroSequence: The intro is 15 seconds long.
15	%% * FlyingSaucer: One appears in the title card of the episode "The Unscheduled Drill".
16	* GenkiGirl: Akis can barely stay still even for a second and is constantly pestering her family and friends.
17	* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: In "The Guhr-Guhr Monster", Akis meets a boy who won't eat his vegetables because he thinks they're disgusting and invents the "guhr-guhr monster", which is weak against vegetables, to convince him otherwise. It works.
18	* InstrumentalThemeTune: The song in the intro has no vocals.
19	* OcularGushers: Whenever characters cry, their tears gush out like raindrops or waterfalls.
20	* OneWordTitle: ''Akis'' is the "first name of the [[ProtagonistTitle protagonist]]" type.
21	* OnionTears: In "Why Oh Why", Akis' attempt to mimic a woman's acting from a TV program involves her smashing an onion on her face to make her tear up. The onion stings her eyes so much that she can't stop crying.
22	* ProtagonistTitle: OneWordTitle first name type.
23	* PunBasedTitle: The episode "Off the Cough" is about Akis pretending to be a doctor. The episode's title is a pun on the phrase "off the cuff".
24	%% * PuppyDogEyes: Akis does this in "Family Drama" to persuade her mother to play with her and succeeds.
25	* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: At the end of "The Artist", Akis' family is shocked to see they have a bill of $1,000 for all the carnage Akis caused trying to give a decent makeover to her mother.
26	* ShortRunners: Ran for one season of 12 episodes.
27	* SkywardScream: In "Why Oh Why", the woman in a TV show Akis' family is watching screams a BigWhy up to the sky.
28	* SliceOfLife: The show is about the daily life of Akis.
29	* SuddenlyShouting: In "Spider Boo-Boo", a boy in the bus asks his friend where his toy spider is. The friend can't hear him, and the boy shouts "SPIDER!" and creates a mass panic when everyone thinks there's an actual spider in the bus.
30	* VerbThis: In the episode "The Artist", Akis' mother shouts "Paint this!" at her daughter when she nearly lunges at her as she is about to give her mom a coat of paint.
31	* WingdingEyes: In "Talent Show", the girl performing in the talent show has X's for eyes when she faints from Akis shocking her.
32	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: The episode "The Worm Hunter" revolves around Akis' mom's fear of worms. The end of the episode also reveals Akis' dad is afraid of millipedes.

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