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2 | [[caption-width-right:681:"It's our job to save the day, siren's say help on the way!" ]] |
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4 | ''Firehouse Tales'' is an American animated children's television series created by Sidney J. Bailey and produced by Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation as the only original series for Creator/CartoonNetwork's now-defunct Tickle-U preschool block. It ran from August 22, 2005, to January 6, 2006. It was originally pitched in 2000 but wasn't picked up until 2004 by Warner Bros. |
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6 | The series is about a group of anthropomorphic fire engines who attend Green Meadows Fire School so they can learn to be firefighters. |
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9 | !!''Firehouse Tales'' provides examples of the following tropes: |
10 | * ColorCodedCharacters: Each of the characters are colored differently, which is most notable with the fire trucks; Red is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, Petrol is orange with a green checker pattern, Crabby is yellow, DaChief is blue, and Wiser is dark red. |
11 | * FirehouseDalmatian: The Fire School has a Dalmatian who is named Squirt. |
12 | * MagneticPlotDevice: The team has sirens that go off when they receive a distress signal. |
13 | * MeaningfulName: |
14 | ** Red is well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin red.]] |
15 | ** Crabby is very grumpy - or crabby, if you will - and complains a lot about going outside. |
16 | ** Petrol is named after a type of gasoline that fire trucks take. |
17 | ** Chief is the chief, or head teacher of the junior firetrucks, |
18 | * MediumBlending and TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The humans are animated in regular 2D animation, while the firetrucks and other vehicles are animated using CGI. |
19 | * NiceMeanAndInBetween: Petrol is sweet but shy, Crabby is moody and sullen, and Red stays in-between because he's well-behaved but more assertive than Petrol. |
20 | * PowerTrio: Red, Petrol, and Crabby respectively. |
21 | * SentientVehicle: A majority of the cast are talking vehicles. |
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