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Sportacus 10 (Icelandic: Íþróttaálfurinn, lit. 'the Athletic Elf') is a fictional character from the Icelandic children's television show LazyTown , created and portrayed by Magnús Scheving .
After LazyTown Entertainment was bought by Turner Broadcasting in the summer of 2011, [16] Magnús continued to play Sportacus. However, in 2014, he announced that he would be departing the role of Sportacus (after the end of the TV series), passing it on to Dýri Kristjánsson, who played Sportacus in all subsequent live shows. [17]
Sportacus' Moves – Set within the LazyTown Sports Hall, Sportacus teaches a group of children wearing Sports Clothes how to do a move together. (Even-numbered episodes) Ziggy's Questions – Ziggy asks questions to the children about the episode's topic. Sportacus Challenge – Pixel sets Sportacus with an athletic challenge. (Odd-numbered ...
LazyTown (Icelandic: Latibær) is an English-language Icelandic preschool children's educational television series created by Magnús Scheving. [1] Designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, the series was based on Scheving's stage play Áfram Latibær!, adapted from a book that Scheving wrote in 1991.
Being extremely lazy, Robbie naturally opposes their attempts to spread a healthy influence to the people of LazyTown and employs various schemes, often involving the use of disguises, to discredit healthy living and run Sportacus (whom he refers to as "Sportaflop") out of LazyTown in every episode, although his plans are always foiled in the end.
The LazyTowners decide to repay Sportacus for all his heroics by giving him a day off, but Sportacus cannot get used to relaxing and wants to go back to exercising and being a superhero. Robbie Rotten takes advantage of Sportacus' day off by creating a vicious robotic dog who chases and attacks everyone who says the word "trouble".
He played Sportacus, the fitness fanatic, and I was Robbie Rotten, the guy who liked to stay indoors and sleep". After initial success with the musical, Nickelodeon eventually made a deal with the creators of LazyTown to air the first 40 episodes of LazyTown along with a special studio built in Iceland.
Stephanie was depicted as being an athletic, sweet, shy, sassy, caring, optimistic, and smart 8-year-old girl. [10] Surprised by the inactivity of the residents of LazyTown, she cheerfully encourages them to participate in more active, energetic hobbies or pastimes such as sports, games, and much more when they are downhearted when the temptations of candy or video games overcome her prodding.