:LazyTown#Characters

The series follows Stephanie, a pink shy but sassy 8-year-old{{Cite web|url=http://www.nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=132&subSectionID=412&itemID=1057|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514005238/http://www.nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=132&subSectionID=412&itemID=1057|title=SHOWS : Lazy Town : Lazy Town Characters : Lazy Town Characters : Nick Jr.|archive-date=14 May 2007}} girl who moves to LazyTown to live with her uncle, Mayor Meanswell, and is surprised to learn that its residents lead inactive lifestyles. With help from the hero Sportacus, she helps teach them how to be more active and lead healthy lifestyles. They are opposed by Robbie Rotten, who prefers to lead a sluggish life and devises schemes to make LazyTown lazy. However, his plans, which, ironically, involve him becoming physically active, are never foolproof and always end in failure.

Each of the children that Stephanie befriends embodies negative traits. Ziggy has an unbalanced diet devoid of fruits and vegetables, Pixel is reclusive and spends too much time on his computer, Stingy is self-centered and possessive, and Trixie is a troublemaker with little respect for rules and other people. As the series progresses, the characters become less lazy in favor of a healthier lifestyle.

The program features a predominantly Eurodance soundtrack.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/tv/for-young-viewers-warming-up-with-a-health-conscious-hero-from-iceland.html?_r=0|title=Warming Up With a Health-Conscious Hero From Iceland|last=Leimbach|first=Dulcie|date=15 August 2004|work=The New York Times}} Each episode features at least one original song and concludes with a performance of "Bing Bang (Time to Dance)", sung by Stephanie. Many tracks are reworked versions of songs from the basis for Icelandic plays.

• Sportacus 10, {{langx|is|Íþróttaálfurinn||the athletic elf}}, (portrayed by Magnús Scheving), is the hero of LazyTown and the main male protagonist, who has a rivalry with Robbie Rotten and is dedicated to exercise and healthy eating. He lives in a futuristic airship above LazyTown and is alerted to people who need help when the crystal on the chest of his costume glows. He is empowered by fruits and vegetables, which he calls "sports candy", but loses his powers after eating junk food, which can only be restored by eating healthy food. In the third season, he gains new equipment, including a backpack that is integrated into his outfit and contains food and sports equipment. His crystal also flashes red when his energy is low.
• Stephanie, {{langx|is|Solla Stirða||Solla inflexible}}, (portrayed by Shelby Young in the unaired pilot,{{cite web|title='Pink haired girl' star from Lazy Town pilot shares beautiful memory of Robbie Rotten actor who tragically died|url=https://www.ladbible.com/news/stefan-karl-stefansson-lazytown-20221009|author=Aisha Nozari|date=9 October 2022}} Julianna Rose Mauriello in series 1–2 and Chloe Lang in series 3–4), is an energetic and kind, but shy and sassy, 8-year-old girl and aspiring dancer and the main female protagonist. Upon moving to LazyTown to live with Mayor Meanswell, she is surprised by Ziggy, Pixel, Stingy and Trixie's laziness and tries to convince them to try healthier activities while dealing with Robbie Rotten's schemes.
• Robbie Rotten, {{langx|is|Glanni Glæpur||reckless crime}} (portrayed by Stefán Karl Stefánsson), is the main antagonist of the series, who devises schemes to keep the citizens of LazyTown lazy and discourage their active lifestyles. He despises Sportacus, and several of his schemes involve trying to get rid of him. Ironically, he puts so much effort into his schemes that he is one of LazyTown's most active citizens.

• Ziggy, {{langx|is|Siggi Sæti||Siggi sweet}}, (puppeteered by Guðmundur Þór Kárason in the US and Lorraine Parsloe in the UK), is a 7-year-old boy who loves candy and sweets. He is naive and idolizes Sportacus.
• Pixel, {{langx|is|Goggi Mega}}, (puppeteered by Ronald Binion/Julie Westwood and voiced by Noel MacNeal/Kobie Powell/Chris Knowings/Ronald Binion in the US and Joanna Ruiz in the UK), is a 9-year-old boy, who is passionate about technology and inventing. He is reclusive and antisocial, repairing gadgets to avoid exercising and often spending time on his computer or playing video games. He has a crush on Stephanie and often struggles to talk to her. His house often serves as a meeting spot for the kids, as it is spacious and has a television.{{cite web|url=http://www.nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=132&subSectionID=412&itemID=1057|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514005238/http://www.nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=132&subSectionID=412&itemID=1057|archive-date=14 May 2007|title=LazyTown Characters|work=Nick Jr. Australia|publisher=Viacom International, Inc.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lazytown.com/about/property/pixel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827203518/http://www.lazytown.com/about/property/pixel|archive-date=27 August 2006|title=About the LazyTown Property: Pixel|work=LazyTown.com|publisher=LazyTown Entertainment}} He represents reclusiveness and technology addiction.
• Stingy, {{langx|is|Nenni Níski||Nenni cheapskate}}, (puppeteered by Jodi Eichelberger in the US and Sarah Burgess/Julie Westwood in the UK), is a 7-year-old boy who is selfish and possessive, but cares for his friends. He has a piggy bank who he calls Piggy and considers his best friend, and his father is supposedly the richest man in town. He represents possessiveness and a self-centered attitude.
• Trixie, {{Langx|is|Halla Hrekkjusvín||Halla trickster}}, (puppeteered by Amanda Maddock/Sarah Burgess/Heather Asch/Aymee Garcia and voiced by Sarah Burgess/Heather Asch/Aymee Garcia in the US and Joanna Ruiz in the UK), is an 8-year-old girl who is fun-loving and often causes trouble. She represents impatience and a lack of respect for rules.
• Mayor Milford Meanswell, {{langx|is|Bæjarstjórinn||the mayor}}, (puppeteered by David Matthew Feldman), is Stephanie's uncle and the mayor of LazyTown, who has a crush on Bessie. He is old-fashioned and often confused by modern technology.
• Miss Bessie Busybody, {{langx|is|Stína Símalína||Stína phoneline}}, (puppeteered by Julie Westwood), is the town PR agent and Mayor Meanswell's secretary. Though pompous and sassy, she is fashionable, aware of trends, and tries to be motherly with the kids. She is often so engrossed with talking on her cellphone that she is oblivious to what is going on around her.

• Jives Junkfood, {{langx|is|Maggi Mjói}}, is a tall and thin teenage boy who lives alone in his house. Though he only appears in the Icelandic plays, his home appears in the series and he is seen on cards and books.
• The rooster, {{langx|is|Haninn}}, is a symbol of LazyTown, appearing on the town seal and on the papers in Meanswell's filing cabinets. In the second play, the rooster was an anthropomorphic character who acted as a narrator.
• Bean appears in Sprout's LazyTown spin-off block "The Super Sproutlet Show", who shows viewers how to plant fruits and vegetables and make healthy meals. She rides on a bike with a greenhouse on the back.

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Fifty-two episodes were produced for the first two seasons of LazyTown between 2004 until 2007, with a further 26 produced between 2013 until 2014.

LazyTown began as a storybook published in 1995 titled Áfram Latibær! ("Go Go LazyTown!"). A second book, Latibær á Ólympíuleikunum (LazyTown at the Olympics), was published in 1996. Later in 1996, a stage adaptation of the first book was shown in Iceland.{{efn|name=stage_adaptation|Premiered in April 1996 with the Theater Company of Vestmannaeyjar.{{cite news|url=https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/259694/|title=Áfram Latibær|date=13 April 1996|work=Morgunblaðið}} Another stage production by Baltasar Kormákur premiered in November 1996 in Reykjavík.{{cite news|url=https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/300267/|title=Líf og fjör í Latabæ|date=23 November 1996|work=Morgunblaðið}}}} It featured Stephanie as an out-of-shape dancer and Sportacus as an energetic elf. The puppet characters seen in the television series also appeared in human form, but Robbie Rotten did not yet exist. A third book, Latibær í Vandræðum (LazyTown in Trouble), was published in 1997. This book introduced Robbie Rotten to the franchise. A second stage show based on the third book titled Glanni Glæpur í Latabæ (Robbie Rotten in LazyTown) debuted in 1999. It introduced Stefán Karl Stefánsson as Robbie Rotten and featured more finalized versions of the other characters. Nickelodeon Australia reported that by the time the second play finished touring, LazyTown had become a household name in Iceland.{{cite web|url=http://www.nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=132&subSectionID=411&itemID=1056|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514005034/http://www.nickjr.com.au/site/item.asp?pageID=100§ionID=132&subSectionID=411&itemID=1056|title=About LazyTown|archive-date=14 May 2007|work=Nickelodeon Australia|publisher=Viacom International, Inc.}} A variety of tie-in products and media were created in the country before Scheving decided to develop LazyTown into a television program; these included bottled water, toy figures, and a radio station.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/24/lifeandhealth.broadcasting|title=Simon Mills talks to LazyTown's Magnús Scheving aka 'Sportacus'|work=The Guardian|date=24 November 2006|last=Mills|first=Simon}} Development on the TV series began in 2000, following the success of the second play. Production on the TV series began in 2002, and in 2003, the pilot was pitched to Nickelodeon. A deal was subsequently made with the network.

In most episodes, the only characters played by live actors are Stephanie, Sportacus, and Robbie Rotten. The rest of the characters are depicted as puppets, made by the Neal Scanlan Studio and Wit Puppets. The show was filmed and produced at 380 Studios, a purpose-built studio near Reykjavík equipped with high-end HDTV production facilities and one of the largest green screens in the world. The production floor area is 1,800 square meters.{{cite web|url=http://www.380studios.com/About.aspx|title=380 Studios – About Us|work=380studios.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113134338/http://380studios.com/About.aspx|archive-date=13 November 2009}}[http://www.lazytown.com/News.aspx?ID=76 "Icelandic Eurovision song's video 'Is it true' filmed in the LazyTown studios"]. Lazytown.com. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2010. The budget for each episode was approximately ISK 70,000,000 (US$1 million), about five times the average cost for a children's television program at the time, making it "the most expensive children's show in the world" according to Scheving.{{cite news|last=Moran|first=Caitlin|author-link=Caitlin Moran|publisher=Times Online|title=Mr Motivator|url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article623382.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517112111/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article623382.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 May 2011|access-date=19 April 2009|location=London|date=4 November 2006}}

Its virtual sets were generated with an Unreal Engine 3-based framework, created by Raymond P. Le Gué and known as XRGen4. According to Le Gué, "We start with the live actors and puppets on a physical set with a green screen behind them as a backdrop. The green screen is replaced in real time with the sets created in XRGen4 using UE3. As we move the camera and actors around the physical set, the backdrop scene also moves in real time in complete synchronization with the movements of the real camera. All of this is recorded, and the director can watch the resulting composition in real time."[https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/lazytown "Unreal Engine 3 Powers Critical and Commercial Success LazyTown"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729200807/https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/lazytown|date=29 July 2023}}. Unrealengine.com. Retrieved 4 April 2024. Seasons 3 and 4 of LazyTown were filmed as usual in the LazyTown Studios in Iceland, but the special effects for these seasons were created by Turner Studios in Atlanta.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120901225849/http://www.lazytownworld.com/specials/season-3-press-release Season 3 Press Release]. Lazytownworld.com.

On 16 May 2024, in an interview given to Stöð 2, Magnús Scheving received the rights for LazyTown back from Warner Bros. Discovery. Also expressing interest in reviving the show in some way, Scheving remarks, "LazyTown must be moving. We sometimes say "Let's move the world". Let's move the world. That's what LazyTown should do. I think that LazyTown has a lot to do again, as can be seen from YouTube views and such. It's a hugely popular topic, incredibly."{{cite news|last1=Sudario|first1=Erielle|title=Lazytown's Creator Wants to Bring the Show Back|url=https://collider.com/lazytown-creator-buys-show-back/|access-date=16 May 2024|work=Collider|publisher=Valnet Publishing Group|date=15 May 2024}}

In the United States, the show debuted on Nickelodeon on 16 August 2004, and ended on 15 October 2007.{{cite web|title=LazyTown wows the US as it debuts on Nick Jr. to very healthy ratings|url=http://www.lazytown.com/News.aspx?ID=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227134511/http://lazytown.com/News.aspx?ID=4|date=20 September 2004|archive-date=27 December 2010}} The second season debuted in the United States on Nickelodeon in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://lazytown.com/News.aspx?ID=46|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114002339/http://lazytown.com/News.aspx?ID=46|title=Join Sportacus and Stephanie for a week of new, high-energy adventures on Nick Jr's hit series LazyTown, beginning Monday, September 25 at 12:00 p.m.|date=14 September 2006|archive-date=14 January 2010|work=lazytown.com}}{{cite web|last=Bryson|first=Carey|publisher=About.com|title=LazyTown Premieres New Second Season on Monday, May 15|url=http://kidstvmovies.about.com/b/2006/05/14/lazytownpremieres-new-second-season-on-monday-may-15.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413040427/http://kidstvmovies.about.com/b/2006/05/14/lazytownpremieres-new-second-season-on-monday-may-15.htm|date=14 May 2006|archive-date=13 April 2014}} It also aired in the United States on CBS, as part of the Nick Jr. on CBS Saturday morning block, from 18 September 2004, to 9 September 2006. The series aired daily on the Nick Jr. Channel from 28 September 2009, to 19 July 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.nickjr.com/lazytown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329095512/http://www.nickjr.com/lazytown|title=Watch LazyTown every day on Nick Jr.|archive-date=29 March 2010|work=NickJr.com|publisher=Viacom International, Inc.}} On 18 April 2011, Sprout acquired the US TV rights to LazyTown.{{cite news|title=SPROUT® SIGNS UP LAZYTOWN|url=http://50.57.13.175/sprout/pressroom/release.aspx?id=a2e1c4b8-0cec-4e8e-924d-9ecc00a9ea0f|publisher=Sprout|access-date=14 September 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226013956/http://50.57.13.175/sprout/pressroom/release.aspx?id=a2e1c4b8-0cec-4e8e-924d-9ecc00a9ea0f|archive-date=26 February 2012}} The series aired daily on Sprout from 5 September 2011, to 26 September 2016. LazyTown aired on NBC Kids from 7 July 2012, to 27 March 2016.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

The series has been broadcast on a variety of networks internationally, many of which belong to Viacom Media Networks. Nickelodeon Southeast Asia has carried the program in eleven territories.{{cite web|url=http://www.lazytown.com/media/partners/worldmap_all_large.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824080405/http://www.lazytown.com/media/partners/worldmap_all_large.pdf|title=LazyTown On Air: World Map|archive-date=24 August 2006|work=LazyTown.com}} In Australia and New Zealand, it is shown on Nickelodeon Australia. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it aired on Nick Jr. UK, Noggin, Boomerang and CBeebies.{{cite web|url=http://nickjr.co.uk/shows/lazy/index.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515010548/http://nickjr.co.uk/shows/lazy/index.aspx|title=LazyTown Superhero Challenge|archive-date=15 May 2007|work=Nick Jr. UK|publisher=Viacom International, Inc.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/6734585/Sportacus-goes-into-battle-to-save-LazyTown-from-massive-debts.html|title=Sportacus goes into battle to save LazyTown from massive debts|work=The Telegraph|date=5 December 2009|last=Donnelly|first=Laura}} The series arrived in the UK on 3 October 2005, making a simultaneous debut on both Nickelodeon and CBeebies. CBeebies aired the first two series and stopped repeats in March 2012. Nick Jr UK stopped airing repeats in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://lazytown.com/News.aspx?ID=61|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227140945/http://lazytown.com/News.aspx?ID=61|title=LazyTown set to spur kids across Britain into action on BBC and Nick UK|date=28 September 2006|archive-date=27 December 2010|work=lazytown.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/24/lifeandhealth.broadcasting|title=I Am Sportacus|date=24 November 2006|last=Mills|first=Simon|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 September 2015}} After the series was revived for seasons three and four, Turner's Cartoonito premiered episodes from 2013 to 2014. Viacom's Channel 5 also aired the newer episodes as part of its Milkshake! programming block until 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel5.com/show/lazytown-the-adventures-of-bottle-top#/episodes|title=LazyTown on Channel 5|work=Channel5.com|publisher=Viacom International, Inc.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.milkshake.tv/lazytown|title=LazyTown on Milkshake!|work=Milkshake.tv|publisher=Viacom International, Inc.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109021018/http://www.milkshake.tv/lazytown|archive-date=9 January 2017|df=dmy-all}} Channel 5's Demand 5 service carried episodes of the Icelandic version in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel5.com/shows/lazytown|title=LazyTown – Watch Now on Demand5|work=Channel5.com|publisher=Viacom International, Inc.|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906044112/http://www.channel5.com/shows/lazytown|archive-date=6 September 2015}}

In 2008, a Spanish-dubbed version of LazyTown debuted on V-me, a television network created for the Hispanic market in the US.{{cite web|url=http://lazytown.com/News.aspx?ID=19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227140133/http://lazytown.com/News.aspx?ID=19|title=LazyTown Arrives on V-me|date=3 October 2008|archive-date=27 December 2010|work=lazytown.com}} The Spanish-dubbed version also airs on Telemundo (a sister station to NBC) as part of the weekend pre-school morning block MiTelemundo.

In Brazil, the two first seasons of the show was broadcast with Brazilian Portuguese dubbing on SBT (on the children's television block Bom Dia & Cia), and subsequently on Discovery Kids and Cartoon Network. The last two seasons were broadcast on Boomerang until 2018.

In Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia, the show was broadcast on Ultra TV. A Croatian-dubbed version called Lijeni Grad was broadcast in Croatia on HRT 2.

In Portugal, the first two seasons of the European Portuguese version aired on RTP 2, and Canal Panda, with the latter two seasons airing solely on RTP 2 several years later.

The series has been dubbed into thirty-two languages. In the Icelandic dub, actors Magnús Scheving (Sportacus), Guðmundur Þór Kárason (Ziggy) and Stefán Karl Stefánsson (Robbie Rotten) dubbed themselves on the soundtrack.

The week of LazyTown{{'}}s debut on Nickelodeon in the United States was the channel's highest-rated premiere week in three years. A broadcast of the hour-long primetime episode "LazyTown's New Superhero" in August 2005 drew three million total viewers, ranking number-one in its time period among all broadcast and cable television with the 2–5, 2–11, and 6–11 demographics.{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nick-jrs-lazytown-one-hour-special-lazytowns-new-superhero-energizes-kids-ranks-number-one-in-its-time-period-among-all-broadcast-and-cable-television-with-all-kid-demos-54925837.html|title=Nick Jr.'s LazyTown One-Hour Special, 'LazyTown's New Superhero,' Energizes Kids|work=PR Newswire|publisher=Cision Inc.|date=17 August 2005}} The episode garnered double-digit increases over the last Nick Jr. primetime special to air before it, which was an episode of the network's then-highest-rated series Dora the Explorer.

The Hollywood Reporter{{'}}s Marilyn Moss praised the show's intentions to encourage exercise, calling it "great fun for the very young set, not to mention educational, maybe even life-changing."{{cite web|title=Hollywood Reporter Reviews: LazyTown|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Guggenheim Partners|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000612470|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041010080938/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000612470|archive-date=10 October 2004|date=16 August 2004|last=Moss|first=Marilyn}} Justin New of The Washington Times called LazyTown "a great show" and stated that he admired the Sportacus character.{{cite web|title=Robbie Rotten Plans to Spoil 'LazyTown'|work=The Washington Times|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-136980008.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906033215/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-136980008.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2017|date=1 October 2005|last=New|first=Justin|url-access=subscription|via=HighBeam}} Common Sense Media's Joly Herman gave the show a more mixed review, stating that the characters' healthy choices are "sometimes lost in the show's chaotic nature".{{cite web|title=LazyTown TV Review|work=Common Sense Media|url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/LazyTown.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301101357/http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/LazyTown.html|archive-date=1 March 2009|access-date=19 January 2010}} Pete Vonder Haar of the Houston Press called LazyTown "pretty much the creepiest show on TV since Twin Peaks", citing the "off-putting" mix of live-action and puppetry.{{cite web|title=Pop Rocks: The Worst Part of Parenting? The TV Shows.|work=Houston Press|publisher=Voice Media Group|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/news/pop-rocks-the-worst-part-of-parenting-the-tv-shows-6730516|date=23 June 2011|last=Vonder Haar|first=Pete}}

The program has been noted for its appeal towards multiple age groups. In 2005, The Boston Globe stated that the program "has sparked a cult of healthy living among a certain preschool set [and] has a grown-up following, too".{{cite web|title='LazyTown' Inspires Kids to Get Up and Go|work=The Boston Globe|publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2005/08/14/lazytown_inspires_kids_to_get_up_and_go|date=14 August 2005|last=Weiss|first=Joanna}} Lynne Heffley of the Los Angeles Times stated that LazyTown "has zany appeal, even to viewers who are no longer 'junior'."{{cite web|title=Sporting its own special energy|work=The Los Angeles Times|publisher=Tronc|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-14-ca-lazytown14-story.html|date=14 August 2005|last=Heffley|first=Lynne}}

In 2008, the song "Cooking By The Book" from the sixth episode "Swiped Sweets" went viral when it was remixed with Lil Jon's part from his 2004 Snoop Dogg collaboration "Step Yo Game Up". The original upload has over 10 million views{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title="Cooking by the Book" A Lil' Bigger Mix by Mastgrr|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQp5l4-sfFA|website=youtube.com|publisher=HatPerson|language=en|format=video|date=1 October 2008}} while a re-upload has amassed over 40 million views.{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=cooking by the book remix ft lil jon|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5tVbVu9Mkg|website=youtube.com|publisher=emt1287|language=en|format=video|date=4 October 2010}} It went further viral on the now defunct video sharing service Vine.

The song "We Are Number One" was named "Dank Meme of the Year" in 2016 on the Reddit subreddit /r/dankmemes, a popular subreddit for memes.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/we-are-number-one-meme/|title=A meme you've never heard of was named Reddit's Meme of the Year|website=The Daily Dot|date=4 January 2017}} The Robbie Rotten memes began in October that year when Stefán Karl Stefánsson, the actor who played Robbie Rotten, announced that he was diagnosed with bile duct cancer.

A GoFundMe page was established by LazyTown head writer Mark Valenti to help the actor as he endured his illness. "We Are Number One" and many other LazyTown videos were used to promote the fundraising effort, which eventually surpassed its $100,000 goal. The campaign was popularized by the YouTube channel SiIvaGunner uploading a "We Are Number One" video.{{Cite news|url=http://www.idigitaltimes.com/we-are-number-one-meme-why-do-people-keep-remixing-childrens-show-song-574576|title='We Are Number One' Meme: Why Do People Keep Remixing A Children's Show Song?|date=17 December 2016|newspaper=iDigitalTimes.com|access-date=11 February 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220193729/http://www.idigitaltimes.com/we-are-number-one-meme-why-do-people-keep-remixing-childrens-show-song-574576|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}{{Citation|last=SiIvaGunner|title=We Are Number One – LazyTown: The Video Game|date=13 September 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tvs8a_hOQo|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/-tvs8a_hOQo|archive-date=2021-11-07|url-status=live|access-date=11 February 2017}}{{cbignore}} To thank his supporters, Stefánsson celebrated by uploading a video of that song performed with his former cast members and LazyTown{{'}}s composer.{{cite web|url=https://www.gofundme.com/2tm9tqk/|title=Stefan Karl's Year of Healing|access-date=12 December 2016}} On 13 August 2017, Stefánsson was declared cancer-free after a successful surgery;{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/robbie-rotten-stefan-karl-stefansson|title=Robbie Rotten actor Stefan Karl Stefánsson is cancer-free for now|date=14 August 2017|work=The Daily Dot|access-date=15 August 2017|language=en-US}} however, he died on 21 August 2018, after his cancer recurred.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45264994|title=LazyTown's 'Robbie Rotten' actor Stefan Karl Stefansson dies|date=22 August 2018|work=BBC|access-date=24 August 2018|language=en-UK}}

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On 15 September 2008, a spin-off television series called LazyTown Extra debuted in the United Kingdom on CBeebies.{{cite news|last=Zaccagnini|first=Guillermo|publisher=Clarín|title=El defensor de la vida saludable|url=http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2009/11/04/espectaculos/c-02033125.htm|access-date=11 December 2016|location=Argentina|date=3 November 2009}} A "magazine format style show" for 3 to 6-year-olds, it features characters from LazyTown in an assortment of short sketches.{{cite news|title=CBeebies out and about with LazyTown Extra|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/05_may/21/extra.shtml|publisher=BBC Press Office|date=21 May 2008|access-date=19 April 2009}} 26 episodes of LazyTown Extra were produced, each between 11 and 15 minutes in duration.{{cite web|title=LazyTown Entertainment Gives You Extra|url=http://www.lazytown.com/News.aspx?ID=29|publisher=Lazytown.com|date=9 June 2008|access-date=19 April 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00drqn5|title=BBC – CBeebies Programmes – LazyTown Extra|access-date=25 November 2009}}

In February 2005, Nickelodeon unveiled a collection of LazyTown products at the American International Toy Fair. Fisher-Price partnered with Viacom's consumer product division to produce the merchandise, all of which was designed to encourage physical activity.{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nickelodeon-comes-to-toy-fair-with-a-brand-new-line-of-playthings-for-nick-jrs-newest-hit-show-lazytown-54099317.html|title=Nickelodeon Comes to Toy Fair with a Brand-New Line of Playthings for Nick Jr.'s Newest Hit Show, LazyTown|work=PR Newswire|publisher=Cision Inc.|date=17 February 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719163858/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nickelodeon-comes-to-toy-fair-with-a-brand-new-line-of-playthings-for-nick-jrs-newest-hit-show-lazytown-54099317.html|archive-date=19 July 2016|access-date=8 January 2017|url-status=live}}

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From June to August 2005, LazyTown{{'}}s Stephanie hosted the "Nick Jr. Power Play Summer" event, which involved a series of television spots that replaced the channel's standard on-air continuity. Similarly to the live performances and the program itself, this campaign was an experiment designed by the network to increase awareness of exercise and nutrition in its preschool audience.{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nick-jr-energizes-preschoolers-all-summer-long-with-lazytown-54350972.html|title=Nick Jr. Energizes Preschoolers All Summer Long with LazyTown|work=PR Newswire|publisher=Cision Inc.|date=10 May 2005|location=New York, NY|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108191544/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nick-jr-energizes-preschoolers-all-summer-long-with-lazytown-54350972.html|archive-date=8 January 2017|access-date=8 January 2017|url-status=live}}

Nickelodeon produced a stage show titled LazyTown Live! in 2005. It debuted at Nickelodeon Suites Resort on 6 August.{{cite web|title=LazyTown Live: Summer 2005|url=http://www.lazytown.com/newsroom/news/nr/128|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125220710/http://www.lazytown.com/newsroom/news/nr/128|archive-date=25 November 2005|work=LazyTown.com|date=8 January 2005}} A modified version toured the United Kingdom and Ireland between October 2007 and August 2008. It introduced a new cast to the United Kingdom, including Julian Essex-Spurrier as Sportacus.{{cite news|work=The Independent|title=Action man: The world of Sportacus|url=http://arts.independent.co.uk/theatre/features/article2730667.ece|access-date=19 April 2009|location=London|date=3 July 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119174736/http://arts.independent.co.uk/theatre/features/article2730667.ece|archive-date=19 January 2008}}{{cite web|last=Fletcher|first=Damien|publisher=Mirror.co.uk|title=Suffering with Sportacus|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2007/09/10/suffering-with-Sportacus-89520-19761895/|access-date=19 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204160804/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2007/09/10/suffering-with-sportacus-89520-19761895/|archive-date=4 December 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|last=Dyball|first=Richard|publisher=Times Online|title=Yes, I'm the real Sportacus|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article2055496.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708225222/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article2055496.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2008|access-date=19 April 2009|location=London|date=14 July 2007}}

A Spanish-speaking version of the live show premiered in Mexico in 2008, followed by Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama. {{As of|2009}}, it was scheduled to tour the United States in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.licensemag.com/licensemag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=605441|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128030513/http://www.licensemag.com/licensemag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=605441|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 January 2013|title=LazyTown Live! En Español Coming to U.S.}}Roberts, Katie. [http://www.licensing.biz/news/3420/US-Lazytown-Live-to-hit-the-stage "US: Lazytown Live to hit the stage"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706145814/http://www.licensing.biz/news/3420/US-Lazytown-Live-to-hit-the-stage|date=6 July 2011}} Licensing.biz. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009. A Brazilian version of the live show premiered in São Paulo in October 2008.{{cite web|title=LazyTown|url=http://www.viafunchal.com.br/shows.asp?ID=358|website=Via Funchal|access-date=27 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920131219/http://www.viafunchal.com.br/shows.asp?ID=358|archive-date=20 September 2008|language=pt-BR|url-status=dead}} New productions of LazyTown Live had their premieres in November 2009 in Portugal and in March 2010 in Spain by producers Warner Bros. Entertainment. A stage play premiering in 2011 introduced the character and concept for Roboticus, which became the first episode of Season 3 of the show in an abridged form.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/11/25/madrid/1322244005.html|title=Lazy Town se hace real | Madrid | elmundo.es|website=www.elmundo.es}}

From 28 January, to 29 November 2009, a live stage production entitled LazyTown Live! The Pirate Adventure toured the United Kingdom and Ireland. It featured characters and songs from LazyTown, performed by a new cast.{{cite web|title=LazyTown Live|publisher=LazyTown Entertainment|url=http://www.lazytownlive.co.uk/|access-date=9 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420165704/http://www.lazytownlive.co.uk/|archive-date=20 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title=Facebook – LazyTown Live! The Pirate Adventure|website=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/LazyTown-Live-The-Pirate-Adventure/54362190069|access-date=19 April 2009}} In 2016, a UK production entitled LazyTown Live On Stage ran from 7 July 2016, to 4 September 2016. This production was posted on YouTube and featured the song "We Are Number One".{{cite web|url=https://forums.lazytown.eu/forum/lazytown-international/lazytown-live-and-other-events/3607-lazytown-live-uk-dates-for-2016|title=LazyTown Live UK Dates For 2016|work=GetLazy Forums|date=3 July 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk/shows/lazytown-live-on-stage.aspx|title=Chesterfield Theatres - LazyTown Live on Stage|access-date=10 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810085828/https://www.chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk/shows/lazytown-live-on-stage.aspx|archive-date=10 August 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUmRjoSlj6Y|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/mUmRjoSlj6Y|archive-date=2021-11-07|url-status=live|title=LazyTown Live Marina Theater, Lowestoft, 2016|website=YouTube|date=7 July 2016}}{{cbignore}}

A live show LazyTown in Schools premiered in Australia in 2012, touring schools to promote healthy eating and fitness for children.{{cite web|url=http://www.lazytowninschools.com|title=LazyTown Live in Schools 2015|work=lazytowninschools.com}}

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