LazyTown

LazyTown (Icelandic: Latibær) is an English-language Icelandic television series made by an international crew and performed by a cast from Iceland, the United States and the United Kingdom. It was created by Magnús Scheving, an aerobics champion who also plays the character Sportacus, and it is based upon his stage plays Áfram Latibær! (itself based on a children's book from 1995) and Glanni Glæpur í Latabæ.

The series was commissioned by Nickelodeon in 2003, following the production of two stage plays and a test pilot. Originally performed in English, the show has been dubbed into more than thirty languages (including Icelandic) and aired in over 180 countries. The show combines live action, puppetry, and CGI animation, making it one of the most expensive children's shows ever made.

The first two seasons (fifty-two episodes) were produced from 2004 to 2007. LazyTown originally aired on Viacom's Nickelodeon channel in the United States and CBeebies in the United Kingdom. Turner Broadcasting System Europe acquired LazyTown Entertainment in 2011 and commissioned the third and fourth seasons for a total of 26 new episodes, which premiered in 2013 on Turner's Cartoonito and later on Viacom's Channel 5.

Multiple spin-offs were created, including stage productions and a short-format television program for younger children titled LazyTown Extra.

The series focuses on 8-year-old pink-haired girl Stephanie, the newest resident of the LazyTown community. She has moved to LazyTown to live with her uncle, Mayor Milford Meanswell, and is surprised to learn that all of her neighbors lead inactive lifestyles. With the help of an above-average hero named Sportacus, she helps teach the other residents how to partake in more athletic pastimes. Her attempts are often nearly thwarted by Robbie Rotten, who prefers to lead a sluggish life and is agitated by the sudden boom of physical activity. On a regular basis, Robbie devises ill-judged schemes to make LazyTown lazy once again. However, his plans are never foolproof and always end with him losing.

Each of the children that Stephanie befriends embodies negative characteristics. Ziggy, who is kindhearted and wants to be a superhero when he grows up, has an unbalanced diet devoid of fruits and vegetables. Trixie is a troublemaker with little respect for rules and other people. Pixel is an inventor who displays anti-social behaviour and spends too much time on his computer. Stingy has a self-centered attitude and is possessive of nearly everything in town. As the series progresses, the characters become less lazy in favor of a healthier way of living.

The program features a predominantly Europop soundtrack. Each episode features at least one original song and concludes with a different performance of "Bing Bang (Time to Dance)", which is sung by Stephanie. Many tracks are reworked versions of songs from the Icelandic plays.

Cast

Image	Character	Ice-USA	Chi	Ven	Ven(2)	USA(Spanish)	USA(Spanish2)	Ger	Fra	Ita	Pol	Neth	Hun	Swe	Fin	Fin(2)	Nor	Russ	Eng	Spa	Por	Bel(Dutch)	Cro(Max)	Ser(Max)	Kor	Isr
	Ziggy	Guðmundur Þór Kárason	Rodrigo Saavedra	Ledner Belisario		Isabel Sesma	Andrea Fröhlich		Hervé Rey				Tamás Bolba		Mika Nuojua		Erik Skøld	Irina Grishina		Sara Vivas						Lauren Savir
	Stingy	Jodi Eichelberger	Carlos Díaz	Héctor Indriago	Lilo Schmid	JackelineJunguito	Isabel Sesma	Norman Matt							Jon-Jon Geitel				Sarah Burgess	Adolfo Moreno
						Andrea Fröhlich													JulieWestwood
	Trixie	Sarah Burgess	Jessica Toledo	Melanie Henríquez	Lilo Schmid	Patricia Azan	Lilly Paez			Ilaria Latini	Beata Wyrąbkiewicz				Jenni Sivonen		GuriSchanke	Olga Golovanova	Joanna Ruiz		Ana Vieira					Sharon Shachal
																	Siri Nilsen
	Pixel	Kobie Powell	Sebastián Arancibia	Rolman Bastidas		José Elósegui	Rómulo Bernal				Anna Apostolakis				Peter Pihlström	Samuel Harjanne		Olga Golovanova	Joanna Ruiz		Ana Vieira
		ChrisKnowings													PetrusKähkönen
	Mayor MilfordMeanswell	David MatthewFeldman				Orlando Noguera		Engelbert VonNordhausen	JeanLoup Horwitz					Anders Öjebo	Antti Pääkkönen			Andrey Simanov								Eli Lulai
	Bessie Busybody	Julie Westwood	Viviana Navarro	MaríaJoséEstévez	Yulika Krausz	Patricia Azan			Brigitte Virtudes						Ulla Renko	Katja Sirkiä		Olga Golovanova
				ElenaDíazToledo
	Airship	Brynhildur Guðjónsdóttir	Yaninna Quiroz			Jackeline Junguito	Patricia Azan
	Robbie Rotten (Wolf)	Stefán Karl Stefánsson	Alexis Quiroz	Salvador Pérez		Jorge Luis García		Michael Pan			Jakub Szydlowski	Paul Disbergen			Heikki Sankari			Il'Ya Khvostikov			Mário Redondo				Kim Hwanjin	Yoram Yosefsberg
	Stephanie (Pig)	Julianna Rose Mauriello	Andrea Pérez	Lilo Schmid		Carolina Ayala									Annituuli Kasurinen			Zhanna Nikonova
	Title	JuliannaRoseMauriello	RenéPinochet	Lilo Schmid		Carolina Ayala									Annituuli Kasurinen
		Chloe Lang	AndreaPérez