#lee!∆lice

[vannys-pizzaplex-askblog]

"Zip's discovery"

Lers: Zip

Lees: ∆lice

(Platonic)

Zip sat in ∆lice's room, at least attempting to hang out with the other girl. ∆lice didn't allow people in her room often, but Zip, along with Oliver were both more than welcome to enter whenever they wanted. (She's still trying to get used to Edward-)

Zip sat there in awkward silence for a few seconds before eventually speaking.

"...Hey, Alice?"

∆lice looked over at the shorter girl.

"Yeah...? What is it?"

Zip scooted a bit closer to her before asking her question.

"..Do you enjoy affection from anyone that isn't Oliver?"

∆lice went silent, genuinely thinking of an answer. She didn't really let anyone else physically touch her, since she mainly only allowed Oliver to give her affection.

"..No, not really..Why do you ask?"

Zip frowned slightly at ∆lice's answer. She found it a bit sad that ∆lice didn't really let anyone else give her affection. That's when she got an idea.

"Just wondering....Could I perhaps hug you?"

∆lice's eyes lit up slightly. She wasn't used to other people hugging her, but it was worth a try.

"...Sure."

Zip smiled widely, wrapping her arms around ∆lice and pulling her into a hug.

"Yay!"

Little did Zip know, her claws were slightly digging into ∆lice's side, which caused the girl to let out a small squeak.

"Eep-!"

Zip finally realized what she was doing, scared that she was accidentally hurting the girl.

"S-Sorry...Does that hurt? Wait- Are you giggling??"

∆lice immediately covered her mouth, her face flushing in embarrassment.

"N-No, I- *snrk-* I'm nohot-!"

Zip looked up at ∆lice in slight confusion before realizing...That ∆lice was ticklish. She smirked, continuing to gently dig into ∆lice's side.

"Awww, is big scary Alice ticklish~?"

She teased playfully. ∆lice only grew more embarrassed, trying to keep her giggles in.

"N-Nohoho! *Snrk-* I'm n-not ticklish!!"

Zip giggled, now switching to scratching both of ∆lice's sides.

"Sure you're not...I totally believe you~"

∆lice didn't even try to hide her giggles at this point, now giggling loudly.

"Z-Zip nohohohoho!"

Zip's eyes lit up. She wasn't expecting ∆lice's laugh to be so cute...But she wasn't complaining.

"Zip yes! I wish I discovered you were ticklish sooner~!"

She switched up to ∆lice's ribs, now scratching and squeezing there. ∆lice's giggles only grew even louder, and she tried to push Zip's hands away.

"S-Stop thahahat! E-Ehehehehehe!"

Zip giggled in response, now switching to ∆lice's tummy.

"But where's the fun in that? I've just got started~!"

∆lice's giggles turned to full-on laughter, her face now redder than a cherry.

"NAHAHAHAHAHAHA N-NOT THERE- *SNRK* STAHAHAHAHAHAHAP!"

Zip squealed with excitement, only continuing to scratch ∆lice's stomach.

"Oh wow, you're as ticklish as my older brother! That's absolutely adorable~"

∆lice growled through laughter, now kicking her feet out as she tried to squirm away.

"N-NOT CUHUHUTE- *SNRK* I-I'M NOHOHOHOT ADOHOHORABLE-!!"

Zip giggled again, her tail wagging behind her as she added squeezes to the mix of her ticklish attack on ∆lice's stomach.

"Aww, who's a ticklish princess~? You are! Yes you are~!"

∆lice banged her fist against the floor, her cackling echoing through the room as she squirmed under Zip's touch.

"KNOCK IT OHOHOHOFF! Y-YOHOHOU LIHIHIHITTLE GREMLIHIHHIHIN!"

Zip finally stopped, feeling rather pleased with herself.

"Ehehe! That was fun~! I didn't know monstrous princesses were so ticklish~"

∆lice huffed, sitting up and rubbing the ghost tickles away before glaring over at Zip.

"You have ten seconds..."

She wiggled her fingers at Zip. Zip's eyes widened, and she immediately bolted out of the room.

"WAIT NO-"

PART 2 COMING SOON

[just-cutie-avocado]

Ler! Oliver (my opinion) I feel like he would secretly sneak in Alice's room and tickle her >:3

I BELIEVE THIS IS 100% CANON

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Book names + authors under the cut

Sundew/Willow- Wings of Fire/The Poison Jungle Tui T Sutherland

Pip Quintana/Rooney Bach- Loveless by Alice Oseman

Jessica Tran/Abby Jones- Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

Vivienne (Vivi) Duarte/Heather- The Cruel Prince/Folk of the Air by Holly Black

[alittleemo]

kicking off my annual summer Extreme Rash Extravaganza with a newcomer this year !! welcome to the stage Poison Ivy sooooo thrilled to have you here

[k-star-holic]

Ha Ji-won "I can't act with Lee Seo-jin" ...why the bombshell?

[lovely-lee]

Ok I understand what you guys were talking about now

i went to desktop and i have crabs now :)

[bitter69uk]

Recently watched: The Weak and the Wicked (1954) (retitled Young and Willing for the North American market). Tagline: “Frank, raw-truth exposé of women’s prisons! The terrors … abuses … scandals!” Who doesn’t love a gritty women-in-prison exploitation movie? Give me a Caged (1950), Women’s Prison (1955), Betrayed Women (1955), Girls in Prison (1956), Women Without Men (1956) or Caged Heat (1974) and I am entranced! (The whole genre was brilliantly parodied by SCTV in 1977 in the essential sketch “Broads Behind Bars”). Compared to these lurid, hardboiled American exemplars, the British variation The Weak and the Wicked feels buttoned-up, drab, downbeat and yes, tame, by comparison but it’s not without its merits. Glynis Johns stars as Jean Raymond, a posh upper-class woman (she wears prim little white gloves!) with a gambling addiction sentenced to prison on a trumped-up fraud charge. We watch as Jean and the other new arrivals file-in to be “processed” by the stern prison matrons: weighed, bathed (“strip!”), checked for lice and issued their frumpy uniforms. Once installed, Jean promptly befriends brassy peroxide blonde Betty Brown (the perennially sensational Diana Dors. Betty’s first words to Jean: “gizza fag!”). With each new female inmate Jean encounters, we get a flashback outlining her backstory (some are funny, some are tragic). British cinema aficionados should watch for Rachel Roberts, Sybil Thorndike, Irene Handl and Sid James in small roles. (I think it was contractually obligated for either James or Herbert Lom to appear in every single British film of the period). Director J Lee Thompson would reunite with Dors for yet another, better-known women-in-prison movie, Yield to the Night (inspired by the Ruth Ellis case) in 1956.

[youroriginalsublimecupcakestuff]

Damian and his friends like to watch movie, TV show, cartoon or anime together.

They all make turn on who is the host and at first the batfam was really shocked that damian invited peoples over ( dick was really proud and happy too much for damian liking) .

One of the show that they watched was avatar the last airbender, damian's favorite characters were iroh because he remind him of Alfred and ravi, Appa and momo of course, Ty lee because she remind him of dick, mai, zuko and azula ( he also adore the turtleduck and love bosco ).

Then they will watch harry Potter and his friends will quotes my father will hear about it and tease him , they will also made the house test he'll be so sure to end up in slytherin and will be shocked when he get hufflepuff.

Maps will pick detective movie or serie, damian will pick things about animals, slice of lice or romance like the anime adaptation of the shoujo manga that he read in his shoujo serie, Jon would pick shonen anime like naruto or action movie they all have differents taste.

Damian like to draw what he watch, one of his friend will invent story too.

They all have fun and this end with them in a cuddle pile with their family taking photos and sending them to the group chat.

[sorebelflower]

Don't you just love the feeling when you deeply scratch your scalp and you feel the lice bugs crawling around in your fingernails before taking an opened hair clip and digging it underneath your fingernails, watching all the little bugs rush around, scooping all of the slimy gunk out of your nails before you notice your infected toenails and decide to hire a professional footographer to take pics of your feet and sell them to Abby lee miller for 50k, than use the 50k to make an animation with the song "Hide Away" in the background?

[vannys-pizzaplex-askblog]

Lee!∆lice for the soul

Looks like Oliver found her weak spot >:33

To those who are probably confused, he's poking her with his pencil hand- :3

[just-cutie-avocado]

Random lee!Alice thought that came to my mind lately...

Now I headcanon that Alice's bunny is sometimes tickles her when its sitting on her lap...

Like, it begins to sniffing Alice's tummy and neck and thus tickling her slightly with its nose/whiskers, while Alice herself trying her best to suppress an urge to giggle... But she still fails after some time for sure

WHY IS IT SO CUTE TO IMAGINE FOR ME HELP-

once again im a weirdo duuhh sry

[horangkwon]

⭐Profiles 3: Lice eaters.

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ㅤ❥ YL/N Y/N¡! (98')

She and her friends study cinematography together, they are inseparable and always work on group projects together. She has a (un)healthy obsession with phone games, specially otomes; wishes she would be a protagonist, but her love life is pretty much dead so far. Wants to work as a music video producer with her friends after graduation.

ㅤ❥ Boo Seungkwan¡!

The social butterfly of the group and the bane of everyone's existence. He can get pretty intense at times, but his friends love him, nonetheless. Has a dog named Bukkeu, and used it as the face of many of their projects. Has a one-sided beef with his childhood friend Jiwon.

ㅤ❥ Vernon Chwe¡!

The main reason why the friend group full of dramatic and petty losers hasn't crumbled yet, he takes the role of the pacifier, being pretty much the only calm and sane person in there. Would never hurt a fly, very wholesome. His creativity is on another level, making their projects stand out from the rest.

ㅤ❥ Lee Chan¡!

The only one born in 1999. Gets special treatment for being the youngest, but not in the way many would think (my condolences). On the receiving end of everyone's teasing, except for Vernon, who genuinely thinks that he will snap one day and get his revenge. Used to eat lice as a child; made the mistake of telling his friends.

ㅤ❥ Park Jiwon¡!

The voice of reason in the group, makes sure that no one is slacking when they get together to work on projects, is pretty much the leader of the group. The mom friend, pretty self-explanatory. Used to have a boyfriend but they broke up a few weeks ago; no one knows his identity because she is a reserved person when it comes to her personal life.

ㅤ❥ Roh Jisun¡!

She is the main editor for the group projects. A total nerd. Wants to live the social media celebrity life to promote the team's work but keeps flopping. Y/N, Vernon, and her are childhood friends, the girls met first because they used to be neighbors, and then met Vernon after he moved to the neighborhood all the way from the USA.

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[theuniverseawakens347]

You know not everyone is an idiot : 8:05 am .. HAY EARLY RISERS .. I rise early on something n go back to sleep til 12 - that’s weird lazy bitch , OH ITS LEE BEING CREEP. - SLAVERY.

Trash man grooming found tiara of patron homeless last night go crazy in psychosis ( actually real start screaming to invisible person of a past situation in her life “ get away from me I’ll punch you don’t fuck w me” .. - how ya want me BUT SHE NEED TRAUMA HELP N PSYCHWARD BUT ya wana rape her autonomy of protection - that’s weird why are you in the “helping healing system” … nails suns. 🙂🐕💋 ..

Anyways asked if it was mine I said no

“It’s pretty���

Yeah it’s a woman who was here last night ( cashay what time do you leave the library - that’s weird ur watching me why ask that ) …

“Oh you want it”

Polite me : no thank you w smile

Germ me: NIGGA WHAT IF AHE HAS LICE .. ( nothing about homeless but like idk what she did n where she got tiara) … - that’s cautious and respectful …

But also second wave sound board .. WHY WOULD YOU ASK ME THAT!? - bc I’m a skin suit lady .. he’s Spanish tribe .. HOW YA SEE N TREAT YA WOMEN .. he don’t see homeless … - neither do Yal niggas .. - but it’s a test w no proper housing. 🫤 - that’s weird .. COWS BRAIN. # MAE TRICCS … ( YA RUINED MY 30th birthday so JESUS GON SPIT SLAP YA BLIND ASSES - CUNTS WHO GET TO BE HOVERING OVER ME TO BITCH YOU OUT THRU ME - that’s fair )… ( 👏 hands on hips what’s the next game- MAZE ALL HURT)

🙂🧠

🕳️

🙃🐕

[olokosomolo]

Many asked me, look tovi you said 100 million dollars to give up your freedom. Why do you say it when you have no 100 million why promise such an amount? Why, why Lee, why why, now look how many people are next to your house demanding the 100 million. What are you going to do after all you must give them and you're not Elon Musk?

Ok leave me this.

Ladies and ladies. Let me... hi Edd the po-lice yes add yourself to the chair on the rite Edd. So, let me explain. First, you aloud to vote, and the crowd cheers. But you will be kicked out of Your house, kicked out from public places, won't be able to work or establish any kind of business, no friends or associates allowed, 24/7 spy in your phone monitoring you what you write how you jerk, and most importantly no relationship. Now, who said 100 million?

[quransurahverses]

43:46

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَقَالَ إِنِّى رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٤٦

Indeed, We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, and he said: “I am a messenger of the Lord of all worlds.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

Walaqad arsalna moosa bi-ayatinaila firAAawna wamala-ihi faqala innee rasoolu rabbialAAalameen

— Transliteration

Dan demi sesungguhnya! Kami telah mengutus Nabi Musa dengan membawa mukjizat-mukjizat Kami, kepada Firaun dan kaumnya, lalu ia berkata: "Sesungguhnya aku ini ialah Rasul dari Tuhan sekalian alam".

— Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih

43:47

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَضْحَكُونَ ٤٧

But as soon as he came to them with Our signs, they laughed at them,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

Falamma jaahum bi-ayatinaitha hum minha yadhakoon

— Transliteration

Maka apabila ia datang kepada mereka dengan membawa tanda-tanda kekuasaan Kami, mereka dengan serta-merta mencemuh dan menggelakkan (apa yang dibawanya) itu.

— Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih

43:48

وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِىَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا ۖ وَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ٤٨

although every sign We showed them was greater than the one before.[1] Ultimately, We seized them with torments so that they might return ˹to the Right Path˺.[2]

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

[1] i.e., the hand and the staff (see 20:17-22).

[2] The torments were: famine, shortage of crops, floods, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood (see 7:130-133).

Wama nureehim min ayatin illahiya akbaru min okhtiha waakhathnahum bilAAathabilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon

— Transliteration

Dan tidaklah Kami memperlihatkan kepada mereka sesuatu tanda kebenaran Nabi Musa melainkan tanda itu adalah lebih terang dari yang terdahulu daripadanya; Dan Kami timpakan mereka dengan berbagai azab (bala bencana), supaya mereka kembali (bertaubat).

— Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih

43:49

وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ ٤٩

˹Then˺ they pleaded, “O ˹mighty˺ magician! Pray to your Lord on our behalf, by virtue of the covenant He made with you.[1] We will certainly accept guidance.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

[1] See 7:134.

Waqaloo ya ayyuha asahiruodAAu lana rabbaka bima AAahida AAindaka innanalamuhtadoon

— Transliteration

Dan (apabila bala bencana itu menimpa mereka), mereka merayu kepada Nabi Musa dengan berkata: "Wahai orang yang bijak pandai, pohonkanlah kepada Tuhanmu keselamatan untuk kami dengan (kemuliaan) pangkat Nabi yang diberikan kepadamu; sesungguhnya kami (sesudah itu) akan patuh beriman".

— Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih

43:50

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ ��٠

But as soon as We removed the torments from them, they broke their promise.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

Falamma kashafna AAanhumualAAathaba itha hum yankuthoon

— Transliteration

Setelah Kami hapuskan azab itu daripada mereka, mereka terus mencabuli janjinya.

— Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih

43:51

وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى قَوْمِهِۦ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِى مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَـٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِىٓ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ٥١

And Pharaoh called out to his people, boasting, “O my people! Am I not sovereign over Egypt as well as ˹all˺ these streams[1] flowing at my feet? Can you not see?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

[1] Branches of the Nile.

Wanada firAAawnu fee qawmihi qalaya qawmi alaysa lee mulku misra wahathihial-anharu tajree min tahtee afala tubsiroon

— Transliteration

Dan Firaun pula menyeru (dengan mengisytiharkan) kepada kaumnya, katanya: "Wahai kaumku! Bukankah kerajaan negeri Mesir ini - akulah yang menguasainya, dan sungai-sungai ini mengalir di bawah (istana) ku? Tidakkah kamu melihatnya?

— Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih

43:52

أَمْ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ مَهِينٌۭ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ ٥٢

Am I not better than this nobody who can hardly express himself?[1]

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

[1] Moses used to have a speech impediment. But when he became a prophet he prayed to Allah to help him speak clearly, and his prayer was answered (see 20:25-36).

Am ana khayrun min hatha allatheehuwa maheenun wala yakadu yubeen

— Transliteration

"Bahkan bukankah aku lebih baik daripada orang yang hina keadaannya ini, dan yang hampir-hampir tidak dapat menjelaskan perkataannya?

— Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih

43:53

فَلَوْلَآ أُلْقِىَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْوِرَةٌۭ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ ٥٣

Why then have no golden bracelets ˹of kingship˺ been granted to him or angels come with him as escorts!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

Falawla olqiya AAalayhi aswiratun minthahabin aw jaa maAAahu almala-ikatumuqtarineen

— Transliteration

"(Kalau betul ia seorang Rasul) maka sepatutnya ia dipakaikan (oleh Tuhannya) gelang-gelang emas (yang menandakan ia seorang pemimpin), atau datang malaikat bersama-sama dengannya (sebagai saksi tentang kebenarannya)?"

— Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih

43:54

فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۭا فَـٰسِقِينَ ٥٤

And so he fooled his people, and they obeyed him. They were truly a rebellious people.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

Fastakhaffa qawmahu faataAAoohuinnahum kanoo qawman fasiqeen

— Transliteration

(Dengan yang demikian), maka Firaun memperbodohkan kaumnya, lalu mereka mematuhinya; sesungguhnya mereka itu adalah kaum yang fasik - derhaka.

— Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih

43:55

فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ٥٥

So when they enraged Us, We inflicted punishment upon them, drowning them all.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

Falamma asafoonaintaqamna minhum faaghraqnahum ajmaAAeen

— Transliteration

Setelah mereka menyebabkan kemurkaan Kami (dengan perbuatan derhaka itu), Kami menyeksa mereka, iaitu menenggelamkan mereka semuanya di laut (sehingga binasa).

— Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih

43:56

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ سَلَفًۭا وَمَثَلًۭا لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ٥٦

And We made them an example and a lesson for those after them.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

FajaAAalnahum salafan wamathalan lil-akhireen

— Transliteration

Maka kami jadikan mereka contoh dan pengajaran bagi orang-orang yang datang kemudian.

— Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih

[tumblydovereviews]

The Rise of Teletubbies

You wake up in a hole, located inside of a hill in a vast valley. For breakfast, you have some Tubby custard and toast, prepared by your friend Noo-Noo the vacuum. And then, you frolic outside for a while until an intercom shouts, "Time for Teletubbies!" and you follow the voice's call, eager for the day to begin. You are a Teletubby.

It's the grand return of @tumblydovereviews, and what better way to bring this series back by researching one of the most infamous, yet long-running, children's shows of all time- Teletubbies.

Before this post, I just wanted to apologize to my non-existent followers on the giant, unexpected hiatus. My profile tells you that there will be new posts every week or two. Obviously, that's not the case. With schoolwork, sports, life in general, and a lack of general media consumption, I've been running out of ideas on what to post here. But one day, out of the blue, I just became victim to a giant burst of productivity stemming mainly from the upcoming release of the new Bluey special, and, blessed with my new skills of time management, this review blog is back! (Hopefully!)

Expect a long four-part analysis on Bluey and its three latest episodes coming soon, but for now, let's ease back into the groove of things by talking Teletubbies.

Around the early 90s, it was becoming increasingly apparent that technology's impact in society was much more noticeable, and children in particular were interacting with it in a way we hadn't seen before. Inspired by these changes, two showrunners, Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport, who had recently started the process of wrapping up another preschool show of theirs, Tots TV, created a pitch for the show that would later go on to be Teletubbies. While not much is known about the actual pitch as of writing this post, we do know that the BBC greenlit it on first try, loving Davenport and Wood's ideas.

Production was far from easy, even after the show had been commissioned. Filming for Teletubbies was an issue; the crew struggled to find a place that could appropriately depict the type of world they were aiming to film, and when they did find a plot of land, it was ravaged by wild animals and angry locals.

Another problem was in auditioning actors for the four main roles- Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa, and Po. Not many actors were able to prevent themselves from becoming overly babyish and conveying the tone of the Teletubbies in a weird way, which made finding a proper actor even harder. A particular actor the creators were drawn to was Pui Fan Lee, who, despite lacing the ability to speak the Tubby language in an English dialect, still enamored the crew with her native Cantonese. In order to compromise, it was decided that Lee would be brought on as Po and the Teletubby would be bilingual.

The size of the Teletubbies was an issue as well. Because the Teletubbies were so tall (Tinky Winky stood at an whopping eight feet!) everything else around them needed to reflect their large size. A special breed of rabbits were bred to be used on the show, but the excessive reproduction led to heart issues, which led to numerous rabbit deaths on set, much to the sadness of Wood and the on-set animal trainers.

As part of their greenlight, the BBC requested that lice-action scenes featuring real-life kids were put into the series in some shape or form, However, the creators knew for sure that the size of the Teletubbles would easily scare the young kids they needed to film. So, it was decided that the Teletubbies would have the now-iconic television screens on their stomachs, so the children could film outside of set and simply give their footage to be projected to the audience via a Teletubby's tummy.

Despite these issues, production for Teletubbies went on, for the most part, as planned. And, on March 31st, 1997, Teletubbies would officially premiere on CBeebies with the episode, Ned's Bicycle.

Initial reception on Teletubbies was mixed; some critics dismissed the show as harmless for kids, if not a bit nonsensical for parents and older children. Others were less concerned about the Teletubbies' antics and anxious about their unique way of talking. The Teletubbies communicate through a fictional language, sounding like baby babble or gibberish, and some parents feared that instead of stimulating a child's development like the program claimed it would, the series would stunt it.

The odd world of the Teletubbies just so happened to be what drew viewers into the show in the first place, especially students in college and university. In fact, some students have come out and called the show "psychedelic" in a weird, twisted way, comparing the effects the show has on you to drugs.

The mainly gibberish talk also eliminated the need for a large amount of money going into dubs, leading Teletubbies into being a success globally and across different demographics as well, especially in the United States, where the series started its run on PBS in 1998.

Controversy for the series would not end there. In 1997, the season 1 episode titled See-Saw would be banned in several countries for featuring a sketch called The Lion and the Bear, using paper puppets, dark lighting, and cinematography to create a scene some found unsettling for themselves and their children. In 2000, a more child-friendly revised version of the segment would be used as a replacement for the original.

In 1999, eagle-eyed viewers noticed that one of the characters, Tinky-Winky, who was male, had a habit of carrying a bright red bag, similar to a womens' handbag. Tinky-Winky was also purple and had a triangle on top of his antenna, both which at the time were symbols for the gay community. Fear mongering and homophobia would lead to the situation becoming so out of hand that the BBC themselves would need to step into the limelight and confirm that Tinky-Winky was, in fact, straight, silencing the fears of grown men all across the world.

Despite all these controversies, Teletubbies was still a massive success for the BBC, airing a total of 365 episodes across four years before coming to an end on February 16th, 2001. The series would continue to air on BBC for over a decade after its initial run, and would go on to attract a sizeable cult following, mainly of college students and other young adults.

But, the Teletubby fun didn't stop there. In 2014, it was announced that an all-new Teletubbies reboot has been greenlit for release the following year with an initial order of 60 episodes. The Teletubbies were back, and the group of toddler-like aliens made their grand return to small screens all across the UK on November 9th, 2015. 120 new episodes were produced and aired across the world, notably Nick Jr. in the USA instead of PBS Kids, until October 12th, 2018. In November of 2023, a US dub of this reboot would release on Netflix, most notably with Broadway actor Titus Burgess narrating and the sun baby being depicted by a variety of different children instead of one sole actor.

Outside pf the main series, there have been four separate Teletubbies spin-off series, the first being Teletubbies Everywhere, a en-minute series that taught basic letters, numbers, and shapes to a slightly older demographic then the main show. Another spin=off, this time focusing on the Teletubbies' baby counterparts introduced in the 2015 series, the Tiddlytubbies, debuted as a YouTube exclusive, as well as two CG-animated spinoff shorts, Teletubbies: Let's Go, and Teletubbies: Ready, Steady, Go! The characters have appeared both parodied and played straight in shows such as Britain's Got Talent, Regular Show, and Saturday Night Live Korea. Despite the main series having ended decades ago, the Teletubbies have shown no signs of dying anytime soon.

But why?

Well, for one thing, the way the series was produced leads it to be fairly timeless. There are little-to-no pop culture references, the characters barely speak and instead use a universal gibberish, and the themes of friendship and discovery still resonate with kids today, now more than ever.

In a world where chill, slow-paced children's shows are slowly becoming less of the m=norm and more of a rare delicacy, Teletubbies still exists widely. The show's lack of a set theme and more slice-of-life presentation, unlike its short-lived predecessor Boohbah, manages to keep it from aging significantly.

Teletubbies was also a surprisingly progressive show for its time, not being afraid to depict characters of different races, ethnicity, and, most notably, defying gender norms, whether through Tinky Winky's handbag or Po's occasional Cantonese. It's unfortunate that a group of sentient alien toddler-like creatures are more accepting of our differences then some grown adults in our world today, but, alas, that is life.

The truth of the matter is that, while mildly annoying for most people over the age of six and immensely appreciated by others, Teletubbies deserves much more merit than it is given nowadays. For a show that was fairly hated in the past, Teletubbies has aged particularly well.