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| 2 | ''Motown Magic'' is a 2018 PreschoolShow from Creator/{{Netflix}}. It came out November 20, 2018. |
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| 4 | The series focuses on Ben, an eight year old African American boy with a big heart and amazing imagination. Using a magic paintbrush, he transforms his city by bringing various street art to life, as well as classical sounds of Creator/{{Motown}}. |
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| 6 | It has not been renewed past its second season, which released June 28, 2019. |
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| 8 | !!''Motown Magic'' provides examples of: |
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| 10 | * ChristmasEpisode: "I Wish", which is set on Christmas Eve and deals with Ben trying to find a special ornament that Grandma Ruby lost as a kid. |
| 11 | * DebutQueue: While Ben and his friends are introduced in the first episode, the robot Dancing Machine is introduced in the second, while the car Jimmy Mack is introduced in the third. |
| 12 | * MrImagination: Ben is described as this, which allows him to use his magic paintbrush to bring the sounds of Motown to life in his hometown. |
| 13 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All episodes are titled after or are puns on songs by famous black singers which are simultaneously incorporated into the episode. |
| 14 | * PowersInTheFirstEpisode: The first episode has Ben discover the magic paintbrush for the first time and discover its Motown powers. |
| 15 | * QuarterHourShort: Like most animated Netflix shows at the time, every episode is a fifteen minute short segment, not paired into a full half-hour. The sole exception would be the first episode which is a full half hour. |
| 16 | * SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Dancing Machine, Ben's RobotBuddy, is introduced in the second episode, "Dancing Machine". |
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