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Yo Gabba Gabba! is an American puppet childrens television show starring five costumed toys-come-to-life and their friend DJ Lance Rock. The Gabba gang explores a single topic in each episode like Adventure, Friend, and Dance through songs and short storylines in the 27-minute program.The show teaches children life skills like sharing and trying new foods,. It also encourages viewers to move along with and dance with the characters in the program. The show is noted for indie-culture guest stars and bands and drawing visual inspiration from 8-bit video games and H. R. Pufnstuf among other classic television shows. Created by Christian Jacobs (lead singer of the Aquabats) and Scott Schultz, the show is written to appeal to children and their parents. The television program has spawned a touring live stage show, various toys and branded clothing. Trademarks relating to Yo Gabba Gabba and its characters are held by GabbaCaDabra, LLC.\r
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Hosted by a character named DJ Lance Rock, the series features a mix of live-action segments featuring cartoonish costumed characters—Muno (the red cyclops), Foofa (the pink flower bubble), Brobee (a little hairy green monster), Toodee (the blue cat-dragon) and Plex (the magic yellow robot)--and many short animated sketches and musical numbers.\r
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History \r
Yo Gabba Gabba was developed by two Southern California fathers, Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz, who first started working together as teenagers, producing and directing skateboarding videos. Their goal was to design a kids show that was entertaining while featuring real artists and real performers. Both had no previous experience writing for television, let alone childrens broadcasting or education. In developing the show they took inspiration from a number of sources including Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Pee-wees Playhouse, as well as Sid and Marty Krofft puppet shows Banana Splits and H. R. Pufnstuf.\r
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In 1999, after becoming parents, Jacobs and Schultz started playing around with ideas for childrens television and produced a pilot independently financed by small loans from friends and family. Yo Gabba Gabba! did not get much attention until it started circulating on the Internet. Jared Hess, the director of Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre, saw the pilot online and recommended it to Brown Johnson, the executive vice president and executive creative director of Nickelodeon Preschool. Yo Gabba Gabba! premiered on Nickelodeon on August 20, 2007.\r
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Characters\r
DJ Lance Rock – A DJ who is the narrator and friend of the other characters. He is portrayed by Lance Robertson.\r
Muno – A friendly male red cyclops. Hes the tallest, is somewhat clumsy and has a close bond with Foofa (though she also bonds with Brobee in the same way). He is also the bands guitarist. In the episodes Family, Circus, and Baby, his family makes an appearance. During Super Bowl XLIV, he appeared in a commercial for the Kia Sorento. His realm resembles the moon, another planet, or a desert and he has a pet horse. He has three stomachs as seen in the X-ray in the Season 1 episode Halloween (#13). However another X-ray in the Season 1 episode Imagine (#20) shows him with one stomach, a normal heart and lungs. He is voiced by Adam Deibert.\r
Foofa – A female flower bubble character whos pink and happy. She loves flowers, rainbows and unicorns and can play the tambourine. Her realm is a spring or summer meadow. She is voiced by Emma Jacobs.\r
Brobee – He is the smallest and the youngest of the gabbas, a small, male green monster and the baby of the gabbas. He is the drummer for the Gabba band. He is the only primary character whose facial expression changes depending on the situation; his usual smile turning into a frown, and vice versa. He is often subjected to trying new foods. His realm is a vast autumn forest. It is mentioned that he is four years old. He is voiced by Amos Watene.\r
Toodee – A blue female arctic cat-dragon who likes to have fun. She has a close bond with Plex and is the bassist for the Gabba band. She lives in a winter arctic realm, with icicles. She is voiced by Erin Pearce.\r
Plex – A male magic yellow robot and the oldest of the gabbas. He is portrayed as being smart and as the leader of Gabba Land. Plex usually teaches lessons to his friends and is a father figure to the gang. He can also use his special ray to bring things into existence. He plays the keytar. He has no realm in particular, though he seems to have a docking station between Foofa and Brobees realms. In Gabbaland Begins, Plex is the last in DJ Lances original creations after he goes through Muno, Foofa, Brobee, and Toodee, although, Brobee is supposedly a four-year-old in the show. He is voiced
