Line #11 WesternAnimation/BB3B


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3	''[=BB3B=]'' was a British TV series first released in 2005. It was produced by Tell-Tale Productions and ran for a single series of 13 episodes.
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5	The plot of the show centers on twin children, Lucy and Louie, who have gotten a new baby brother. However, they believe that their new baby brother, Billy Bob Third Baby, is a mind-controlling alien who wants to enslave the world. Each episode involves an event where they suspect Billy Bob of being an alien, which leads to them going on a wild adventure.
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9	!!Tropes in this series:
10	* AlliterativeName: '''B'''illy '''B'''ob.
11	* AmbiguousSituation: Whilst the EveryEpisodeEnding hints at the Sprogs being RealAfterAll, this is never outright confirmed, and it's never confirmed if Billy Bob is indeed one of them like the twins think either.
12	* AmusementPark: "Space City", a space-themed amusement park which the twins wander through thinking that they were in an actual alien city.
13	* ArtShift: The art style shifts into a more sketchy style when the twins have their OnceAnEpisode ImagineSpot.
14	* ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: We have the girl Lucy, the boy Louie, and the baby Billy Bob.
15	* BabysitterFriendship: Lucy and Louie are on good terms with Chubba, their babysitter. When he is fired in "Robanny", the twins attempt to get him back.
16	* BandEpisode: "Chart Attack" has the twins, Chubba and several of the local kids form a band (Aliens On Toast) in response to what they think are the babies turning their parents' brains to mush. Although they get a cold reception from the parents, they're able to record a demo disc, send it to the local radio station and become smash hits.
17	* CouchGag: Each episode begins with the postman delivering mail to the family, only for something odd to attack or disfigure him. The exact thing which does this is different in each episode.
18	* DeliveryStork: In “From Here to Maternity”, the twins ask their dad where babies come from (as they plan to stop more Sprogs from emerging) and he tells them babies are delivered by storks. The two proceed to capture a group of storks, before learning that the idea isn’t true.
19	* DramaticIrony: The twins' parents saying that they're no trouble in the first episode as, unbeknownst to them, they're up to no good.
20	* EskimosArentReal: Louie thinks love is "from a place in California".
21	* EveryEpisodeEnding: Each episode would end with the plot tied up before zooming out to reveal a fleet of Sprogs heading to Earth.
22	* TheFaceless: We never do see the face of Mr. Wienburger, with only a silhouette or the back of his head being seen.
23	* GirlishPigtails: Lucy has them to distinguish her from Louie.
24	* HalfIdenticalTwins: The only physical difference between Lucy and Louie (aside from their clothes) is that Lucy has pigtails whilst Louie doesn't.
25	* HumanAliens: The Sprogs, if they do exist, are depicted as being indistinguishable from a normal human baby.
26	* ImagineSpot: The twins have these OnceAnEpisode, usually involving an ArtShift and showing how they feel that Billy Bob has made things worse for them.
27	* IndyEscape: The twin’s grandmother at one point is seen escaping from a giant rolling rock whilst underground in “What Lies Beneath”.
28	* LineBoil: The outlines of the characters constantly wobble.
29	* MistakenForAliens: The entire plot of the series is basically Lucy and Loue thinking that their baby brother Billy Bob is an alien, even though he's actually a regular baby.
30	* OnceAnEpisode: Bar the first episode, the band members of Bis would appear at some point (unbeknownst to the characters and usually in an odd location) playing a song relevant to the plot.
31	** The twins would also have an ImagineSpot, usually about how Billy Bob has made their lives worse.
32	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Chubba's actual name is George, but no one really calls him that.
33	* PanFromTheSkyBeginning: The opening begins with a shot of the planet Earth before cutting in further on a plane going from the UK to America with Lucy and Louie's grandmother on it.
34	* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle:
35	** "Starship Poopers" is a reference to Literature/StarshipTroopers.
36	** "Reservoir Sprogs" is a reference to Film/ReservoirDogs.
37	** "From Here to Maternity" refers to Film/FromHereToEternity.
38	* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Used when the kids take their grandmother whilst she is still on a hospital bed and runs away from the robots. However, the order of who is chasing who doesn't change.
39	* SharedFamilyQuirks: One episode features the twins’ Uncle Rich visiting. Their father proceeds to tell them that when he was a kid, he believed Rich was a mind-controlling alien.
40	* ShoutOut: When we first see Lucy and Louie in "Chart Attack" they are pretending that their cardboard tubes are [[Franchise/StarWars Light Sabers]]. Later, they are seen attacking the Death Star in their ImagineSpot that episode.
41	* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Bis are somehow able to perform a song whilst in an aquarium tank in "Robanny".
42	* TalkShowAppearance: At one point, the twins are invited on to "The Way Past Bedtime Show" to discuss their hit single. The twins use this opportunity to try to explain that they think an alien invasion is due to occur and are kicked out as a result.
43	* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: When Chubba is fired, the parents go through a series of these, including a circus performer, a lion tamer, a clown, and a woman dancing on a horse before they settle on the antagonist of the series (who's disguised as a woman).
44	* ThemeTwinNaming: Lucy and Louie.
45	* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Pizza for Chubba.
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Context WesternAnimation / BB3B