Eureeka's Castle

Eureeka's Castle was a children's show that was co-created by RL Stine and aired on Nick Jr., produced from 1989 to 1991 and then continuing in reruns until 1999. The show was co-created by RL Stine. Made at Nickelodeon's Nickelodeon Studios complex in Orlando, Florida and designed as a spiritual successor to Pinwheel, it followed a similar format to Sesame Street in that it was a puppet show that also featured animated and live-action segments. In its original run, it was two hours long; reruns were shortened to a half-hour in 1994, and the shortened episodes were later rerun on Noggin from 1999-2002. In Canada, the series aired on Ontario's public TV channel, TVO.

As of 2021, the series is streaming on the Paramount Plus service.

Tropes used in Eureeka's Castle include:

• Ax Crazy: Emma, in the sketch where Magellan gets a cold.
• Big Eater: Emma
• Butt Monkey: Batly
• Cloudcuckoolander: Most of the characters to some extent.

Mr. Knack: Hm... this phone was working until I fixed it.

• Gentle Giant: Magellan, and the giant who turns the castle's key.
• Hammerspace: Mr. Knack's cart.
• Hey, It's That Voice!: Most of the puppeteers worked on Sesame Street and/or The Muppet Show at one time. Most notably, Pam Arciero (Quagmire) might be recognizable as the performer of Grundgetta.
• Hiccup Hijinks: Several times, and always involving Magellan, whose hiccups can shake the whole castle.
• "I Am" Song: Batly gets one, talking about how much of a Klutz he is (not).
• Induced Hypochondria: Played with in one episode where the Moat Twins convince Magellan that his tail is going to fall off when he gets older. Magellan - and his tail - give them some Laser-Guided Karma after Eureeka tells him they were putting him on.
• Inept Mage: Eureeka
• "I Want" Song: "Put it on The List" sung by Bogge and Quagmire in the Christmas episode
• The Kirk: Eureeka, often when the Moat Twins fight.
• The Klutz: Batly, whose Catch Phrase is "I Meant to Do That".
  • Magellan, who Does Not Know His Own Strength also qualifies.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Quagmire, while playing with Eureeka's wand (despite warnings not to), thinks she made Bogge disappear and becomes hysterical. She's not happy when she learns Bogge was playing a joke on her.
• Sibling Rivalry: The moat twins.
• Sick Episode: Magellan gets a cold in one sketch. The following three sketches also relate to health; one is a "Them Bones" music video, one involves a bird getting laryngitis, and one is about one clay guy Playing Sick to get out of building the boat.
• Sidekick: Superdragon's "Super Tail"
• Small Name, Big Ego: Batly
• Stealth Pun: Batly wears glasses and crahes into things alot while flying. A play on the saying "blind as a bat" .
• Stop Copying Me: Bogge ends up copying Quagmire because she told him to copy her dance moves.
• Superhero: Superdragon (dragon-dragon-dragon) and (fanfare) Batboy, the imaginary superheroes who are almost the same as Superman and Batman.
• Team Mom: Eureeka
• Team Pet: Cooey and Webster the Spider
• A Worldwide Punomenon: What causes a lot of Eureeka's Inept Mage-ness