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the challenge, Daisy starts to cry or throw a tantrum; but if they all fail, Daisy laughs and celebrates her victory. From Series 8 onwards, Daisy has to do the challenge herself if the children succeed. She gets covered in mouldy food or falls into a swimming pool. If she falls in, the kids laugh and say hurrah.
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In the last episode of Series 2-10, Daisy sets children a task where they get themselves in trouble (usually by throwing food or gunge balloons at a policeman, some old ladies, or angry members of the public) but the plan usually backfires and gets Daisy into trouble. Daisy also whistles to give the
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His comic sound effect bubbles always appeared pink or lilac coloured from Series 2 onwards, whereas in Series 1, they appeared in a variety of different colours. Cuthbert's scenes follow the general trend of a slapstick comedy, where
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Smart Arty's first sketch on the program is in Series 1, Episode 1, when he makes a black sellotape picture of Laurel and Hardy. His last sketch is in Series 7, Episode 16. The sketch shows him planting some seeds in his garden. He is at the bottom row on the right side.
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in the event of a muddy task. His trademark is a very high and slightly creepy giggle. His eyes only appear at the beginning of his sketches. The character was dropped following Series 1, as he was considered too scary for younger viewers.
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