The Limmies

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The Limmies is an Australian-American CGI animated television series with real photograph backgrounds that was produced from 2003 to 2011. Its titular subjects were The Limmies, a four-species band who live in a radio tower previously owned by PaulEx Intercom on Knockback Hill, adjacent to the town of Limmalong. It has been aired in five countries; Australia, the United States, New Zealand, Germany and Brazil.

Main characters

 * Glippy - A studious green alien from the planet Wokka Dokka who is the youngest of the band. She plays drums.
 * Sparjy - A wild, spunky teenage monster with purple fur, green horns and orange spots who loves skateboarding. He plays guitar.
 * Mazella - An excitable, blonde-haired girl in her twenties who is always on roller-skates and loves strawberry milkshakes. She plays keytar.
 * Frapfel - A laid-back, light brown dog who's the oldest of the Limmies and is always happy to provide the younger three any guidance. He plays saxophone.
 * Honsby - The band's trusty, four-seated truck with a hook and a flatbed.
 * Snabble - A black-and-white type of bird called a Sneakybeak who always tries to spoil the Limmies' fun.

Development and purpose
Both the Limmies' band name and the name of their hometown of Limmalong are derived from the word 'liminal', which means relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process. Creator Don C. Weber had experienced visiting places that brought back vague but warm childhood memories for him, so he decided to use this as inspiration for a show.

He created a show with characters that employed elements that were popular at the time without being too overt and combine them with real images of those types of places. This was for viewers to be able to experience that feeling if they were ever to stumble upon the show again years later, perhaps even if they'd never actually watched it.

Weber also had intentions to defy age and gender stereotypes. For gender, there was the stereotypically masculine Sparjy, then the relatively androgynous Glippy and Frapfel, then the modern but still stereotypically feminine Mazella. And for age, each of the band were far apart but still close friends - Glippy was the youngest, Frapfel was the oldest, and between them lied Sparjy in his teens and Mazella in her twenties. Glippy also broke the stereotype of being the youngest through her vast knowledge of science, mathematics, history and the universe.

Popularity
The Limmies enjoyed substantial popularity in all five countries it was broadcast in, spawning such merchandise as music albums, character toys and toy instruments.