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3	''Polka Dot Door'' was a Canadian weekday children's television series, featuring songs, stories, and an educational segment in which the hosts took the viewer through the titular "door." The show was produced by [=TVOntario=] from 1971–93.
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6	!!This series contained examples of:
7	* AscendedExtra: Initially, Polkaroo only appeared once per week as part of Imagination Day. The character was so popular with fans, that later in the show's run, he started to make appearances outside of Imagination Day.
8	** When Polka Dot Shorts premiered, Polkaroo became a BreakoutCharacter
9	* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Polkaroo
10	* BirthdayEpisode: Polkaroo's Birthday, which was made to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary
11	* CampingEpisode: Polkaroo Goes to Camp, the GrandFinale
12	* ChristmasEpisode: There were five of these that aired in 1975.
13	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
14	** The human hosts were phased out in Polka Dot Shorts in favour of an [[PeopleInRubberSuits all-costume]] series
15	** Storytime Mouse was absent in Polkaroo Goes to Camp. When Polka Dot Shorts premiered, Storytime Mouse disappeared and was replaced with Bibble
16	* CompanionCube: The hosts spoke to their stuffed friends, including dolls named Marigold, [[ShapedLikeItself Humpty and Dumpty]], and a teddy bear named [[ADogNamedDog Bear]].
17	* ImagineSpot: The Polkaroo segments.
18	* MissedHimByThatMuch: The Polkaroo combined this with a little ClarkKenting --only one host at a time could see the Polkaroo, since he was portrayed by the other host.
19	* PokemonSpeak: The Polkaroo's vocabulary was basically limited to "Polkaroo".
20	** In Polka Dot Shorts, Polkaroo's pet Bibble only said his name, but Polkaroo himself averts this trope, as he had full dialogue
21	* RearrangeTheSong: The show had a different theme for each day of the week, with Monday being "Treasure Day", Tuesday "Dress-Up Day", Wednesday "Animal Day", Thursday "Imagination Day", and Friday "Finding-Out Day". The opening song was slightly altered to mention each day's theme.
22	* TheStinger: There is a closing animation accompanied by a song after the credits at the end of every episode:
23	-->''"The Polka Dot Door, the Polka Dot Door\
24	See you soon at the Polka Dot Door\
25	for songs and stories and so much more\
26	Through the Polka Dot Door!"''
27	* TheSeventies / TheEighties: You can definitely tell this is when the show was made. Look at the hairstyles and pastels!
28	** The show continued to be produced into TheNineties but the opening titles were never updated, and everything about them (the animation, the instrumentation, even the vocal stylings of the singer) are about as early '70s as you can possibly get.
29	* StealthPun: Happens in Polka Dot Shorts. While the title was a reflection of how it was shorter than the regular Polka Dot Door series, there would be a OnceAnEpisode gag where a character would find a pair of polka dot shorts for no reason.
30	-->''"Character: A great big pair of polka dot shorts! How did they get there?''"
31	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In Polka Dot Shorts, Polkaroo's pet Bibble is considered this to Storytime Mouse.
32	* TitleThemeTune:
33	-->''"The Polka Dot Door, the Polka Dot Door\
34	Let's peep through the Polka Dot Door\
35	Songs and stories and so much more\
36	Through the Polka Dot Door..."''
37	** This even extends to the song used on TheStinger: "The Polka Dot Door, the Polka Dot Door, see you soon at the Polka Dot Door..." and this show's successor Polka Dot Shorts: "Polka dot, polka dot, Polka Dot Shorts"
38	* WrapUpSong: An unusual case in that such song would be sung at the end of the week. At the end of every Finding-Out Day, the hosts would sing goodbye to the toys as they put them away, then to the viewer, saying that they will see them again soon to "laugh and sing and play".
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41	-->''"The Polka Dot Door, the Polka Dot Door\
42	See you soon at the Polka Dot Door\
43	for songs and stories and so much more\
44	Through the Polka Dot Door!"''

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