LazyTown Origins

[satnam]

is there actually a real sportacus 9?

[mizz_pink]

daddycus: Why did Number 9 leave Lazy Town?

Magnus: There's a big story behind Sportacus 9, but at this point I can't go into details.

[Alan314159]

I think Magnús also confirmed that it wasn't Robbie! (might even have been from that same interview)

[Zafa]

I thought Magnus said they were going to have an episodes with sportacus 9 in the new season, I wonder what happened with that

[Vespasian]

I thought Magnus said they were going to have an episodes with sportacus 9 in the new season, I wonder what happened with that

We can only wait and see...

[satnam]

magnus did say he is coming in the third season?

[Tyler]

So this means Robbie whacked 9 of them before Sportacus #10 came along?

[Alan314159]

So this means Robbie whacked 9 of them before Sportacus #10 came along?

I don't think so ; In the pilot episode, Robbie seemed under the impression that it would be #9 turning up, which makes me wonder why he left.

Robbie keeps tabs on pretty much everything in the town - heck, he can hear when comeone bounces a basketball.
Presumably if Sportacus 10 had to answer Stephanie's letter then that means that #9 is either dead (in which case, why was Robbie expecting him to turn up, especially if he killed him?), he's permanently left LazyTown (again, both Robbie and Meanswell would likely have known he wasn't coming back; I can't see #9 just upping and leaving without a word if Sportacus is anything like his predecessor), or he's on a really long holiday (again, if Sportacus 10 is anything like #9, then holidays longer than 5 minutes are probably off the cards).

[crosis52]

I still stand by my Popeye theory...

[Ultra Magnus]

I always assumed that #9 was around when Robbie and Milford (and Bessie, maybe) were kids, that's why they remember him (except Bessie, maybe) and why Milford owned one of the message capsules.
#9 moved on when they got old enough to take care of themselves, and retired (or died, maybe) whilst they weren't paying attention.

Note that there's a huge generation gap between the adults and the kids, no teenagers or 20-somethings, so there would've been no kids (and therefore no need for a Sportacus) for a while at least.

Either that, or the Popeye thing.

[Alan314159]

so there would've been no kids (and therefore no need for a Sportacus) for a while at least.

Not so sure about that - Milford still seems to require saving nearly as often as the kids. And Bessie, on occasion. And even adult Robbie still gets stuck on top of billboards.

[Ultra Magnus]

so there would've been no kids (and therefore no need for a Sportacus) for a while at least.

Not so sure about that - Milford still seems to require saving nearly as often as the kids. And Bessie, on occasion. And even adult Robbie still gets stuck on top of billboards.

As long as Smithers is around, Burns will be dependant on him.
When he took a vacation, Burns was shown to be perfectly capable of independence.

[Incommodo]

[quote=Ultra Magnus]

so there would've been no kids (and therefore no need for a Sportacus) for a while at least.

Not so sure about that - Milford still seems to require saving nearly as often as the kids. And Bessie, on occasion. And even adult Robbie still gets stuck on top of billboards.

As long as Smithers is around, Burns will be dependant on him.
When he took a vacation, Burns was shown to be perfectly capable of independence.[/quote:a7935]

QFT

[Alapaap]

I don't know the answer but you can answer jokes or truth or imaginary history of the name.....

[nindanjoe]

One late night, a boy was writing a boring report about Spartacus for school. As the night went on, he became more tired. He tried his best to stay awake, but he drifted off to dream land. There, he dreamed of a brightly colored city with colorful characters. Suddenly, a blue blur had appeared before him. It turned out to be a man with his back facing the boy. The man said, "Hi! I'm S-". The boy woke up, it was morning. He looked at the end of his report, and noticed something odd. He read aloud, "That was the tale of Sportacus..."

[Zokita]

^Right. It's a sports-oriented play on the name of the famous Roman gladiator, Spartacus. It's supposed to say that he's a great hero who loves to play sports.

Okay, semi-related trivia time. The character's name in the original Icelandic version is Iprotalfurin (or something similar, probably with accents that I can't spell) which means something like 'sports elf', because the character was in fact an elf with strange magic in his early evolution. Thus, the joke in 'Sportacus Who' when Robbie calls him 'the blue elf' and Sportacus gets all offended.

[Ultra Magnus]

I don't know the answer but you can answer jokes...

There was a thing in the paper the other day about an ice cream van that was found parked at the side of a road.
The police were called to investigate, and when they opened the back they found the driver dead on the floor covered in flakes and sprinkles and three flavours of syrup.
They say he topped himself.

(You may need this link to understand that one.)

And that's the origin of Sportacus' name.

[Mr_Gazpacho]

I'm Sportacus.

[Ultra Magnus]

I'm Sportacus.

I'm Brian.

And so is my wife.

[Alan314159]

The character's name in the original Icelandic version is Iprotalfurin (or something similar, probably with accents that I can't spell) which means something like 'sports elf'

It's Íþróttaálfurinn. I think the prefix íþrótta- means athletic; álfurinn being "the elf".

[crosis52]

actually alf means elf, and urinn means the, so "the sports elf"

[Alan314159]

actually alf means elf, and urinn means the, so "the sports elf"

I was under the impression that the definite article was just -inn rather than -urinn. Nouns ending in -ur are usually masculine, so that decides which form of the definite article to use.

[Incommodo]

[quote=Ultra Magnus]

I'm Sportacus.

I'm Brian.

And so is my wife.[/quote:69caa]

Lol, python

Btw I'm Sportacus

[Ultra Magnus]

[quote=Incommodo]

I'm Sportacus.

I'm Brian.

And so is my wife.

Lol, python

Btw I'm Sportacus[/quote:ce5a6]
If that's his pizza, then I'm Icy Whatever.

[sportafake]

The Name Of Sportacus In The LazyTown Serie Is "Sportacus Busybody" He Is Son Of Bessy IT'S STEPHER TIME