''Fifi and the Flowertots'' is a British

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children's television series created by

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for

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(acquired rights only) and Nick Jr. (under the "Original Series" brand). It aired from 2 May 2005 to 16 July 2010. The series featured a group of flower-based characters and their adventures and activities through the garden. The title character and hostess, Fifi Forget-Me-Not, is voiced by

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, while the other characters are voiced by Maria Darling,

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, and John Thomson.

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produced the show, which was animated by

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. Creator

also created the ''

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'' series.

Characters

* Fifi

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(voiced by

in the UK and

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in the US) is the cheerful hostess of the series. She says hello at the beginning of each episode and at the end she says goodbye and promises to come back soon, sometimes, anytime, another time, another day or maybe next time. When she forgets what to do, she says: "Fiddly Flowerpetals!" before describing the problem for the audience to guess, and when she remembers, another character says: "Fifi Forget-Me-Not forgot!", while her catchphrase, sometimes, when she forgets what to do is "Buttercups and Daisies!" and when something is wrong she says: "Diggly

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!". She likes to cook and look after plants and lives in a watering can house. * Aunt Tulip (voiced by

in the UK and Karen Prell in the US) is Fifi's aunt. She likes to have tea parties and chats with the Flowertots. She lives in a pineapple house and has a pet grub named Grubby, which is very little and often gets lost. Her catchphrase is "Sweet Potatoes!" *

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(voiced by

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in the UK and US) is a buttercup. She lives in a "Milk Bucket House" with her twin sister Daisy and has a mouse called Cornflower because of his lovely blue colour. *

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(voiced by Janet James in the UK and US) is a daisy. She is shy and dreamy, as similar to her twin sister Buttercup. She is a little bit clumsy, though. She likes her comfort duckling toy called "Diddyduck". *

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(Poppady in the US) (voiced by Maria Darling in the UK and

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in the US) is a poppy who is Fifi's friend. She has a market stall where she sells everything that the Flowertots need for each episode. Lives in a pumpkin house. * Primrose (voiced by

in the UK and

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in the US) is Fifi's friend. She is prim and doesn't like getting messy, always wanting to look magnificent and getting upset when something goes wrong for her. She likes to create apparel for herself and tries to dress Fifi up. Her catchphrase is "I am NOT having a good day!" * Violet (voiced by Maria Darling in the UK and

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in the US) is Fifi's friend. She is very creative and loves painting. Violet lives with Primrose in a marrow house. * Pip

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(voiced by Maria Darling in the UK and BJ Ward in the US) is the youngest of the Flowertots. He likes to help Fifi and Fuzzbuzz in the garden while he is, sometimes, too noisy and gets too excited. Fifi looks after him when Stingo and Slugsy play tricks on him. He lives in the gooseberry bushes on his playground. *

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(Fuzzbuzz in the US) (voiced by

in the UK and Greg Cipes in the US) is a good-natured

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and Fifi's best friend. He often visits her and is always ready to come to her rescue but isn't good at landing and usually crashes. His catchphrase is "Wiggly Worms!". * Stingo (voiced by

in the UK and

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in the US) is a short-tempered

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who causes trouble for the Flowertots. He tries to steal food such as cake, blueberries, and chocolate, though. He lives in a red apple house. His catchphrase is "Rotten Raspberries!". *

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sy (voiced by

in the UK and

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in the US) is a simple-minded

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and Stingo's sidekick. He is always ready to help Stingo but is very slow and often accidentally ruins Stingo's plans. He has a crush on Primrose but doesn't want to admit it. He lives at the top of Stingo's house. He speaks with a lisp. * Flutterby (voiced by

in the UK and

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in the US) is a

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. He takes Buttercup and Daisy around the garden and has a landing pad near the girls' house. * Webby (voiced by Maria Darling in the UK and Susanne Blakeslee in the US) is a

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. She is the eldest and the wisest in Flowertot Garden. The Flowertots ask her for advice and help; however, Stingo and Slugsy avoid her so as not to hit the web she was spinning. Meanwhile, others consider her "so-called" as she lives in a web house. * Mo is Fifi's

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, which takes the harvest and the Flowertots around the garden. * Diggly (voiced by Nick Wilson in the UK and US) is a grumpy but funny

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. He lives on the compost heap and eats

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s but prefers pumpkin pies.

Episodes

Series 1 (2005)

Series 2 (2006–2009)

Series 3 (2010)

References

External links

Fifi and The Flowertots official site

''Fifi and The Flowertots'' on Nick Jr. UK
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