Teletubbies

The Teletubbies are the title characters of the TV show of the same name. They are four characters who live in the grassy lovely place known as Teletubbyland. The Teletubbies love to play in Teletubbyland. They live in a dome well known as the Tubbytronic Superdome. Their trademarks include their speech, their magical antennas and tummies that can glow, and show videos on their screens, honking noises that they make when they sit or fall, known as parping noises, their playful attitudes, and their constant giggling that is heard everywhere they go. The Teletubbies include the following:

Tinky Winky, the biggest Teletubby, is purple, clumsy and gentle
Dipsy, the second-biggest Teletubby, is green, stubborn, and stylish
Laa-Laa, the second-smallest Teletubby, is yellow, sweet, and bubbly
Po, the smallest Teletubby, is red, timid, shy, and soft-spoken
The Tiddlytubbies are cute babies.
Noo-Noo, is the blue (new series: pink, gold and orange) vacuum cleaner.

They are encouraged by the Narrator and Voice Trumpets to do new things each day. The Talking Flowers comment on their activities. The Baby Sun watches and laughs when funny things happen. The Rabbits can be seen running around Teletubbyland, and they love the Teletubbies. The Magic Windmill tells the Teletubbies when it's time for TV Tummy or a Magical Event, or even Tubby Bye-Bye. They drink Tubby Custard and eat Tubby Toast if they want to.

Speech[]

As the show is only for young babies/toddlers, the Teletubbies speak in baby talk.

Catchphrases[]

"Eh-oh!" (which means "Hello!")
"Bye-bye!" (which means "Goodbye!")
"Ooooooh!" (when they see something interesting)
"What's that?" (when they wonder about a strange object)
"Again, again!" (when they want to see/do something again)
"Uh-oh!" (when the Magic Windmill spins, or when something bad happens)
"Naughty Noo-Noo!" (when they scold Noo-Noo)
"Ook!" (which is how they pronounce "Look!")
"Tubby Toast! Tubby Toast!" (when it's time for Tubby Toast)
"Tubby Tustard! (which is how they pronounce "Tubby Custard!" when it's time for Tubby Custard)
"Big hug!" (when they want a hug)
"Boo!" (when they're surprising the viewer or each other [usually followed by their giggling])

Trivia[]

The Teletubbies' designs were inspired by Andrew Davenport's interest in astronauts. A few similarities between the Teletubbies and an astronaut can be seen.
- The BBC documentary Big Hug: The Story of the Teletubbies shows that the Teletubbies, indeed, evolved from a pair of bumbling spacemen in an earlier draft of the show that would become Teletubbies.
The Teletubbies were originally named the Teleteddies.
In some early concept art of the Teleteddies, Tinky Winky was red, Dipsy and Po's antennas were swapped, and Po was blue.
As specified from a now-deleted post from the official X (formerly Twitter) account, the Teletubbies were born on February 20th.
- However, the fact of them being born in 2003 baffled older fans as they pointed out the series started in 1997 and joked about them being time travelers. Yet, February 20th, 2003 applies to the 2015-present generation of the Teletubbies. If one were to confirm the 1997-2014 generation, they would count back 12 years from 1997 to 1985, confirming the original generations' official birthdays to be February 20th, 1985.^[1]