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Tracey McBean is a series of children's books drawn and written by Mary Small and Arthur Filloy about Tracey McBean, a young female inventor
Inventor

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 who was the protagonist
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 and main character in the series. It is also the name of an animated
Animation

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 children's television series produced by Southern Star Entertainment
Southern Star Entertainment

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, which aired from 2001 to 2005 on ABC Kids
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. It is currently shown on ABC on repeats.

The protagonist, Tracey, is a young girl who goes to school with her best friend Shamus.






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Tracey McBean is a series of children's books drawn and written by Mary Small and Arthur Filloy about Tracey McBean, a young female inventor
Inventor

An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means. The word inventor comes form the latin verb invenire, invent-, to find....
 who was the protagonist
Protagonist

A protagonist is the main Character of a drama or Narrative. The word "protagonist" derives from the Greek language p??ta????st?? , "one who plays the first part, chief actor." In the theatre of Ancient Greece, three actors played all of the main dramatic roles in a tragedy; the leading role was played by the protagonist, while the othe...
 and main character in the series. It is also the name of an animated
Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of Motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways....
 children's television series produced by Southern Star Entertainment
Southern Star Entertainment

Southern Star Entertainment is an Australian-based television production company. It describes itself as "Australia's largest independent creator and producer of television programming"....
, which aired from 2001 to 2005 on ABC Kids
ABC Kids (Australia)

ABC Kids is the name given to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's children's programming. ABC Kids via ABC Television broadcasts the greatest amount of children's programing than any other network in Australia....
 in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It is currently shown on ABC on repeats.

The protagonist, Tracey, is a young girl who goes to school with her best friend Shamus. Together they use Tracey's inventions for all kinds of purposes, like school competitions or simply for fun. Tracey lives in a house and Shamus on the fifteenth floor of a tall apartment building. Ironically Shamus loves gardening organically and Tracey loves inventing devices and contraptions. Tracey uses a caravan in her backyard for inventing. The caravan, white with a horizontal thick red stripe, has an antenna, and a computer and many devices and parts within. Tracey's younger sister, Megan, often annoys Tracey to the extent that she will invent something to stop this annoyance.

The antagonists are the McConnolly brothers, who go to Tracey's school. They often are rivals of McBean though lacking much intelligence and often are either culprits or annoy Tracey and Shamus is some manner. Jim McConnolly is the leader, and is characterized by his blue beanie and high collared sweater, only his nose, ears and long blonde hair showing. His sneakers have an extreme odour, even powerful enough to use as a weapon or tool to gain food or other items from fellow schoolchildren. Jake McConnolly is the obese and usually dimwitted brother who sometimes shows an odd amount of intelligence, but only briefly for an amusing value. He has brown hair. McBeans arch-rival, with equal or greater intelligence, though less morals, is Laszlo, a boy science club member.

In most episodes Tracey invents a device to help her or her friends and family in a situation with good intention but this leads to a minor disaster or failure and she must work out a solution. Although based on her abilities in science and her technical knowledge the show rarely features any scientific basis for her inventions and many take on a fantastic amount of power or extremely exaggerated function.

Characters

  • Tracey McBean: The titular character
  • Shamus Wong: Tracey's best friend
  • The McConnolly Bros.: Antagonists
    • Jim McConnolly: Voice by Akmal Saleh
      Akmal Saleh

      Akmal Saleh is an Australian comedian and actor. He was born in Egypt and immigration in Sydney, Australia with his family in 1975 at the age of 11....
  • Megan McBean: Tracey's little sister
  • Mr. & Mrs. McBean: Tracey's parents
  • Gordon McBean: Tracey's brother.
  • Laszlo Tracey's rival.
  • Maurice and Sandy Tracey's cat and dog.
  • Miss Carmody Tracey's teacher.
  • Mr Longbottom The school principal.
  • Shamus family He has three older brothers and a father. It is unknown if he has a mother.


Episode list

  1. "Stretching Machine" & "Family Power"
  2. "Gordon the King" & "Lost Thing Finder"
  3. "Mom's Birthday" & "Multiplication"
  4. "Pocket Money" & "School Camp"
  5. "Brain Machine" & "Local Weather"
  6. "Stage Fright" & "Pink Monster"
  7. "Invisible Megan" & "The Great Race"
  8. "Fancy Dress" & "Rainbow"
  9. "Robo Tracey" & "Horsing Around"
  10. "Zoom Boots" & "Bugs"
  11. "Finding the Beat" & "Gordon's Bed"
  12. "Gordon's Makeover" & "Ultimate Jungle Gym"
  13. "Fallout" & "Freckle Frenzy"
  14. "Sherlock Tracey" & "Bad Luck Lee"
  15. "Bald Bob" & "Marble Mania"
  16. "Election" & "The Vegetable That Cried Wolf"
  17. "World Record" & "Gentleman Jim"
  18. "Big Things" & "The McConnelly Cousin"
  19. "13" & "Anti-Shamus"
  20. "Teddys" & "Galaxy Blazers"
  21. "Party On" & "Dirt Magnet"
  22. "Time Skip" & "Lights, Camera, Action"
  23. "Surfbuster" & "Zoo Story"
  24. "Fairy Tales" & "Swap"
  25. "A Trifling Master" & "On Ice"
  26. "Go!, Gordon!, Go!" & "Lost Muse"
  27. "Overdue" & "Jim In Charge"
  28. "Stuck On You" & "Jurassic Tracey"
  29. "Jim's Curse" & "Away"
  30. "Clowning Around" & "Big Nick"
  31. "Socks" & "To The Top"
  32. "Boss Tracey" & "Where The Wind Blows Tracey"
  33. "Rubbish" & "Wild Times"
  34. "Come Back Kitty" & "Remote Control"
  35. "Quiz Show" & "Radio Jim"
  36. "Mystery Girl" & "Of Lice And Tracey"
  37. "Escape" & "Game On"
  38. "The Makeover" & "Inner Beauty"


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