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''Lift Off'' was an Australian educational television series that was broadcast on ABC Television from 1992 until the series ended in 1995. Each episode featured a live action storyline about a group of young children, and the problems they encountered with growing up, their parents, and various other social issues. Episodes would also feature segments of short animation, puppetry and documentary segments, as well as various songs, stories, and word games. Aimed at 3 to 8 year olds based on the ideas of Harvard University development psychologist Howard Gardner. The series was linked with the school curricula through the Curriculum Corporation of Australia. The different episodes used stories and locations to explore subjects such as jealousy, loneliness and anger. The puppet characters were designed by illustrator Terry Denton and were constructed by the sculptor Ron Mueck. ==Cast== Children * Poss Burke - Erin Pratten: A blonde haired, blue eyed young girl. Poss is Nipper's and Annie's big sister and the Burke's eldest child. * Nipper Burke - Paul Cheyne: A blonde haired, blue eyed little boy. Nipper is Poss' little brother, Annie's big brother and the Burke's middle child. * Annie Burke - Nikita Plummer (Season 3): A blonde haired, blue eyed preschooler-aged girl. Annie is Poss and Nipper's little sister and the Burke's youngest child. Up until Season 3, Annie was known as "Baby Annie". * Max Garcia - Robert Peschel: A brown haired, brown eyed young boy who is deaf and requires a hearing aid. He is Turbo's little brother and the Garcia's youngest child. * Turbo Garcia - Heber Yerien: A brown haired, brown eyed adolescent boy who assists Snap Jordan in her "fix it" business. He is Max's big brother and the Garcia's eldest child. * Aku Jordan - Aku Bielicki: A brown haired, brown eyed, Aboriginal little girl. She is Paul's little sister and the Jordan's youngest child. * Paul Jordan - Luke Carroll: A brown haired, brown eyed, Aboriginal young boy. He is Aku's big brother and the Jordan's eldest child. * Raph Ponti - Jared Daperis (Season 3): A brown haired, brown eyed preschooler-aged boy. He is Marco's little brother, "Baby Ponti's" big brother and the Ponti's middle child. He, along with his family, moved into the Garcia's apartment in Season 3. * Marco Ponti - Mario Filintatzis (Season 3): A brown haired, brown eyed, disabled little boy. He is Raph's and "Baby Ponti's" big brother and the Ponti's eldest child. He, along with his family, moved into the Garcia's apartment in Season 3. * Kim Stinson - Maria Nguyen: A Chinese young girl, who was adopted. She is the Stintson's only child. Baby (Season 1) * 'Baby Annie' Burke - Briana Phillips & Catherine Phillips Adults * Jenny Burke - Madeleine Blackwell: Poss, Nipper and Annie's mother. * Ted Burke - David Sandford: Poss, Nipper and Annie's father. * Ricardo Garcia - Petru Gheorghiu: Turbo and Max's father. * Teresa Garcia - Irini Pappas: Turbo and Max's mother. * Snap Jordan - Aku Kadogo: Paul and Aku's mother, who, along with Turbo, runs a "fix it" business. * Harry Stinson - Alan Fletcher: Kim's adoptive father, who works as an architect. * Stella Stinson - Louise Le Nay: Kim's adoptive mother, who works as a real estate agent. * Mr. (Seymoure) Fish - Mark Mitchell: One of the most memorable characters and major antagonist of ''Lift Off'', Mr. Fish was the caretaker of the small apartment building where the characters lived. He was often seen yelling at the children from behind his desk in the apartment foyer when they came in from the outside. He owned numerous signs, which he used to threaten the children. * "Mumsy" Fish - Mark Mitchell: Mr Fish's mum, who constantly drops in unannounced to check on Mr Fish. Despite the fact that he is an adult now, Mumsy treats him as if he is a child, much to Mr Fish's embarrassment and disgust. * Bonza Men - Puppet Characters * Lotis (voiced by Julie Forsyth): Lotis was the magical lift that existed in the apartment building; although genderless, Lotis is referred to as her. Lotis would often help the younger characters with their personal problems. However due to her AI status, Lotis often found it difficult to offer advice as she sometimes could not understand more complex human behaviour and thinking. * Rocky the Frill-Necked Lizard: Rocky was the leader of a colony of frilled-necked lizards. Rocky spied on the humans (whom he referred to as two-footers) and would report his findings to the rest of the colony. * Beverley: The one-eyed plant that lived in the apartment foyer. Beverley would often show short documentary clips regarding what was being discussed in the episode. * EC, the animated rag doll. EC stands for Every Child.〔(Australian Children's Television Foundation - Lift Off Website )〕 EC was gender less, so that all of the children could relate and befriend EC. EC also stands for "Elizabeth and Charlie", which are the names that Poss and Kim gave to EC in the first episode "A Load Of Rubbish". * The Backsacks: the children's backpacks that came to life and spoke though their zipper mouths. There are 7 of them owned by each of the 7 Children. When Max and Turbo moved to the country in Season 3, their backsacks were passed along to Raph and Marco. Another backsack (owned by Annie) joined the group in Season 3 as well. Wakadoo Puppet characters * The Three Pigs: Their names are Morris, Boris and Doris. They are Lonely's Judges and sometimes Wolf's nemesis. * Wolf: The Doctor of the group. He is also the pigs' nemesis. * Boss: The Boss of Nearly, Cook and Zelda. * Nearly: A kind-hearted and clumsy member of the group. He also loses so he needs to get fit to win. * Zelda: Nearly's sister. She helps her brother. * Lonely: A quiet and shy character who doesn't appear to have any friends. * Cook: He cooks and works with Nearly and Zelda. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lift Off (Australian TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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