The Doodlebops

The Doodlebops

• Deedee Doodle (Keyboards, vocals) – Deedee is dressed in purple and pink with a pink "bob" haircut and a purple headband. She plays the keytar and the keyboards and is a lead vocalist for songs called "Different Things", "Tick Tock", "Jump Up" and "My Friend" including some of her solo performances like "Tap, Tap, Tap" and "When The Lights Go Out". She is portrayed by Lisa Lennox. Deedee is the only female Doodlebop throughout the series.
• Rooney Doodle (Guitar, piano, vocals) – Rooney is dressed in all blue. He also plays the guitar and piano. Like his outfit, both his hair and ukulele are blue. He has a red beret on his head with his matching shoes. He is an inventor and likes to watch demolition derbies.^[1] In one of the episodes, he struggles to play his invention called the Honkophone which is a mix of. He is portrayed by Chad McNamara.
• Moe Doodle (Drums, vocals) – Moe is dressed in yellow and orange and has orange, shaggy hair. He plays the drums, and is known for his loud and messy antics. Moe likes to watch silent films. In the segment called "Don't Pull the Rope", in each episode, he always pulls the rope and the water falls on him. He is portrayed by Jonathan Wexler.

Supporting

The Doodlebops and Bus Driver Bob at a Doodlebops Live! concert in Anaheim, California on February 29, 2008.

• Bus Driver Bob – Bob drives the Doodlebop bus. He is portrayed by [[John Catucci He knows how to play the guitar, but is shy about it and only plays for himself and Jillian ^[2] He is also a big fan of trains.^[3] Bob has a sister named Jillian she has a disability ^[4]
• Jazzmin – The manager of the Doodlebops at the start of season two. She is portrayed by Jackie Richardson. Jazzmin aspires to be a stage actress, and is able to play the harp.^[2] She can disappear by snapping her fingers.
• Jumping Judy – Mazz's cousin who bounces when she moves. She was portrayed by dancer Stacey Bafi-Yeboa (billed as Stacey Martin).^[5]
• Mazz – The Doodlebops manager during season one. She was portrayed by Kim Roberts.
• Audio Murphy – Audio Murphy is a blue dog who acts as the Doodlebops' video producer. He is voiced by Jason Hopley and is a puppet. Murphy claims that his middle name is "A Surprise" although this may just be a common expression.^[2] Murphy also loves to knit.^[2]
• Mudge – Mudge is a purple cat who is often the victim of Deedee's knock-knock jokes. He lives in a cupboard and he is voiced by Rob Stefaniuk.
• Mr. Moosehead – Mr. Moosehead is the head of a moose which hangs on the wall of the Doodlebops' clubhouse and he is voiced also by Rob Stefaniuk.

Changes from Season one to Season two

There were several production and design changes that occurred on the TV show between season one and season two. Among them:

• Most episodes in season 1 were processed, by using Film look, but, in season 2, the episodes were filmized.
• The opening montage ends with a computer generated version of the Doodlebops play room. In season one a jib arm was used for a real shot of the room.
• Doodlebops wore a Spandex hood that matched their makeup with fake ears attached to make them appear more cartoon like. In season two, the stick out style ears were removed as was the head/neck wrap. Slight makeup alterations were also made to Rooney and Deedee in season two.
• Deedee's bouffant hair style became slightly bigger, and more stylish between season one and two. Her dress also appears to be less hoop style and slightly more form fitting.
• Deedee's keytar is different and so is Rooney's guitar. Moe sometimes uses a portable version of his drums during the video.
• Two talking mannequin heads, who looked and sounded like a mocked up version of British royalty, were gone after season one.
• Occasional appearances from a chicken, a small alien and other smaller creatures during the search for Moe, have disappeared from the show.
• Moe frequently shrinks himself in order to hide from his fellow Doodlebops (as is the custom "Where's Moe?" sequence). In season one, Moe did not display his shrinking ability, opting to hide behind props, inside of boxes, etc.
• "The Pledge" on season two has a longer introduction, including a playful acrobatic sequence at the end.
• In season two, the Doodlebops manager, Jazzmin, is able to snap her fingers then disappear when she leaves, only to have the Doodlebops to ask, "How does she do that?" at every occurrence. In season one, the manager was Mazz, an entirely different character, who left the scene the way she came in which was through a secret passage on the wall, while singing a jazzy scat style lyric.
• "Don't Pull the Rope" Although not a very big change, the splash that hits Moe's head after he pulls the ropes is a much bigger splash in season two than in season one. Moe also grunts while shaking the water off, and no longer says “Refreshing” after getting splashed.
• After Moe pulls the rope, the Doodlebops head straight to their recording studio where they record and shoot the video for their upcoming concert with Audio Murphy. In season one, no recording studio was used and the Doodlebops would normally head outdoors to play and go about having fun.
• The "Get on the Bus" sequence underwent several changes from season one to season two. The bus itself was increased in size (from the outside), slight artistic alterations in the interior, the dance music was re-recorded adding in more instruments, such as horns or percussion; the Doodlebops no longer performed a "musical break" in the middle of the song.
• In season two, while on stage the Doodlebops each have an article of clothing that is more sparkly than their usual everyday attire. However, when they are backstage and about to run onto the stage and start singing, they still have their casual costumes on. It is only when the curtains go up that their concert outfits have seemed to magically appear on them when they ran onstage.
• In season one, there was at least two songs performed in the concert segment, sometimes three or even four. In season two, the concert is two songs maximum, and in five episodes, only one song was performed.
• "Knock, knock" - Deedee performs the joke in every episode with Mudge, and it takes place at a hot dog stand where Mudge is the hot dog attendant. In season one, this skit was performed in front of Deedee's mirror.
• The ending song is cut down in most episodes for timing reasons.

Changes made in Season three

• Deedee's keyboard on the concert stage is now more like a benchtop.
• The "Knock Knock" joke goes back to taking place in front of the mirror, and has shifted the emphasis off the "knock-knock" variety. Also, the curtain doesn't come down during this segment anymore. Two or three episodes, all in the second half of the season, don't even have the joke due to time constraints.
• A lower proportion of the season's episodes than those in season two have a second song on stage, with only two of the first seven episodes having two songs at the end before the joke. If one episode has two songs, one of them is always "Floating Like a Feather".
• The Doodlebops do the dance they did in Audio Murphy's studio again on stage. The dance is known as the Dance of the Day and is shown to the kids before the concert.
• To change into their tour jackets and their concert gear, the Doodlebops spin around. On the later costume change, they say "We're the Doodlebops!" while changing.
• The bookcase spins around instead of sliding outwards when Jazzmin comes in.
• The "Get on the Bus" song is sometimes cut down to save time.
• The background during the credits is changed to one of the Doodlebops meeting and greeting their fans before the show. In a few episodes, this is instead one of the ending song.