LazyTown

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2004 · 4 seasons · Comedy
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Comedy Kids Family

A pink-haired girl named Stephanie moves to LazyTown with her uncle (the mayor of LazyTown), where she tries to teach its extremely lazy residents that physical activity is beneficial.

Country of origin
🇺🇸 United States
Year
2004
Created by
Magnús Scheving
Channel
Nick Jr.
Studio
LazyTown Entertainment · Truenorth Productions

Trivia & behind the scenes

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Origins

LazyTown began as a 1995 storybook called Áfram Latibær! written by Magnús Scheving, which was followed by two more books and two stage plays before becoming a TV series.

Origins

The villain Robbie Rotten did not exist in the original 1996 stage adaptation; he was introduced in the third book (1997) and the second stage show (1999), which also introduced actor Stefán Karl Stefánsson to the role.

Origins

By the time the second stage play finished touring, LazyTown had become a household name in Iceland, spawning tie-in products like bottled water, toy figures, and a radio station before the TV series was developed.

Filming

The show was filmed at 380 Studios near Reykjavík, a purpose-built facility with one of the largest green screens in the world and a production floor area of 1,800 square meters.

Effects

LazyTown's virtual sets were generated in real time using an Unreal Engine 3-based framework called XRGen4, created by Raymond P. Le Gué, allowing the CGI backdrop to move in perfect synchronization with the physical camera and actors.

Effects

While seasons 1-2 were produced with in-house effects, the special effects for seasons 3 and 4 were created by Turner Studios in Atlanta, USA, even though filming still took place at LazyTown Studios in Iceland.

Trivia

With a budget of approximately US$1 million per episode, roughly five times the average cost of a children's television program at the time, Magnús Scheving called it 'the most expensive children's show in the world'.

Reception

LazyTown's US debut week on Nickelodeon was the channel's highest-rated premiere week in three years, and the 2005 primetime special 'LazyTown's New Superhero' drew three million viewers, ranking number one in its timeslot and outperforming a prior special of Dora the Explorer.

Memorable quotes

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We are number one!

Robbie Rotten Singing his famous villain song

LazyTown is the laziest town on the planet, and I'm gonna keep it that way!

Robbie Rotten Introducing his mission to keep LazyTown lazy

FREEEEEEEEEEE?!?!?!?

Robbie Rotten Shocked to learn something is free

Mmmmmm creamy!!!

Robbie Rotten Savoring something creamy

All right! I can see that I will have to teach you, how to be VILLAINS!

Robbie Rotten Preparing to teach kids to be villains

It's disguise time!

Robbie Rotten Putting on one of his disguises

It's a perfect day to do nothing at all!

Robbie Rotten Enjoying a lazy day

Sometimes I'm so mean, that I scare myself.

Robbie Rotten Admitting his own meanness

This will be as easy as stealing candy from a baby, and I should know.

Robbie Rotten Boasting about an easy scheme

It's about time, that someone with real class won the person of the year award. [burps loudly] Wow, that was classy!

Robbie Rotten Accepting a mock award, then burping

Who'd you expect, Sportaflop?

Robbie Rotten Mocking Sportacus's name

Hey! Robbie Rotten!!!

Robbie Rotten Introducing himself dramatically

Sportacus' memory is as lost as a sock in a dryer.

Robbie Rotten Mocking Sportacus's forgetfulness

I bring cookies and he brings nothing?!?!

Robbie Rotten Jealous of another character's gift

(everyone cheers after Sportacus decides to stay in LazyTown much to Robbie's horror) (gasps) Stay, No!

Robbie Rotten Reacting in horror to Sportacus staying

Have you ever heard the sound of a rubber ball breaking a window?

Robbie Rotten Plotting mischief

Three minutes. There won't be any concert. Uh. Ah. Come on, ducky. Let's fix our hair.

Robbie Rotten Panicking about a concert

Now kids, stand up, turn your book around, sit down AND.... Fall asleep.

Robbie Rotten Trying to put kids to sleep

Okay. Open your book. Turn it around, lean forward and go to sleep.

Robbie Rotten Repeating his sleep-inducing trick

"Rule Number One! Always say please and thank you." What?! They must be joking!

Robbie Rotten Mocking politeness rules

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