Sly (Noddy and Friends Character Books)

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It's Valentine's Day at the shop. Warlow spitefully steals the toys' Valentine's Day cards- but ends up looking silly when one of them is for him! Master Tubby Bear eats all of the chocolate that Noddy delivered for Chocolate Day and has a bad dream when he falls asleep. Gil Filar as Boobull Goblin, the son of Lurk and Snipe. Despite being the youngest, he is intelligent, speaks proper English, and appears to be in charge of his Mom and Dad. Expy: Served as a politically correct replacement for The Golliwogs from the older versions of the Noddy books.

Truman and Itchy want to see the antique horns that have just arrived at the Noddy Shop. Both need money if they want to use the horns on their bikes. Maybe they can help Kate and D.J., who set up a baked good stand outside the shop. Noah isn't feeling at all well, but is too afraid of Aunt Agatha's Agony Cure for Aches to ask for help. Kate, D.J. and their friends are all dressed up for Halloween, so are the toys. Truman and Aunt Agatha have to find scary costumes at the last minute. Big Ears (voiced by Pavel Douglas in the UK and Michael Dobson in the US) is a gnome who serves as a father figure to Noddy and the other toys with astute knowledge and a fine sense-of-humour.And I Must Scream: Some of their spells, while Played for Laughs, reek unnervingly of this trope. In "Noddy and the Noisy Drum" they curse Martha to march and drum non-stop to annoy the rest of the Toy Town, "The Magic Powder" where a powder they distribute forces toys to unwillingly dance when music plays, or "The Goblins' Stopwatch" where the title device straight up freezes everyone on the spot. A more Played for Drama variant occurs in "Noddy and the Singing Bush" where their "runaway spell" forces everyone to be horrid to Noddy and walk away from him (it's solved when Sly accidentally puts it in reverse and makes everyone driven to be nice to Noddy, even them). To a lesser degree in Make Way For Noddy as well, where he's only semi-recurrent compared to the other regular characters, and is one of few that doesn't get A Day in the Limelight. Beary Friendly: The Tubby Bears (except for Master Tubby) along with Tessie are one of Noddy's biggest sources for help when Big Ears isn't present. Whiny and Whimper (voiced by James Rankin) are two babies, one male, one female – one is dressed in pink, the other in blue – in a cradle. They often cry at any tense situation like lost rattles. They are usually found singing with the other characters. In one episode, a miscast spell by Boobull causes them to speak like teenagers. Noddy lies about eating a whole box of Googleberries while looking after Dinah Doll's stall. He convinces the entire town that a monster has eaten them all.

Martha Monkey (voiced by Joanna Ruiz in the UK and Kathleen Barr in the US) is a stuffed monkey with an energetic but bossy tomboy personality. Aunt Agatha's remote-operated vacuum cleaner goes berserk when the Goblins steal the remote control. To make matters worse, Warlow lets a parrot loose. Adaptational Name Change: Played with in Noddy in Toyland. The names are kept, but the small conniving one is now Sly, while the tall dim witted one is Gobbo.Not So Above It All: In Mr Plod and Little Noddy, Big Ears decides to fill in for Mr Plod as Toytown's policeman and gets a little too in-character at times.

Vocal Dissonance: In Noddy In Toyland, he's given a high pitch male voice while he was voiced by a female in the stop-motion series and Make Way For Noddy. Crying Critters: One episode of Toyland Adventures shows Bumpy Dog crying after Noddy tells him to "Go Away!" after he loses his bell. Tessie finds him weeping and discovers Noddy's lost bell in the process. Gertie Gator (voiced by Taborah Johnson) is a plastic alligator who stands on two legs, wears red glasses, a purple dress and carries a matching umbrella. In the song from the episode "Growing Lies", Gertie Gator wears a yellow choir gown, indicating that the song is gospel and pop. Adaptational Skill: He is promoted from mechanic to outright Gadgeteer Genius in Make Way For Noddy. Sly and Gobbo take advantage of Noddy and con him into giving them free rides until he runs out of fuel.Fun-Hating Villain: They were this to some level from the beginning, but it becomes their trademark in Noddy In Toyland. (At the very least for Sly, Gobbo tries not to enjoy himself.) Rox (played by Lauren Collins) is a girl who, along with Grit, challenged Kate and D.J. to a race in Sports Day. Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Being neighbours, he's constantly harassing Noddy with pranks, with the latter frequently voicing his chagrin towards the little brat. This aspect is downplayed in Make Way For Noddy where they're more Vitriolic Best Buds.