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The Letter Factory is the first video in the LeapFrog series. It was released on December 9, 2003. A version was also made for Leapster, with some alterations.

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Synopsis[]

One day, the Frog family visits the Letter Factory, where Mr. Frog works at. Mr. Frog is arranging a special presentation, with help from Mrs. Frog, Leap, and Lily, to convince the manager of the factory, Mr. Websley, to make a talking alphabet book.

Leap attempts to carry the letters E, F, G, and H, only for Lily to roll into him in a large letter O, knocking the letters everywhere. After the crash, Tad is bewildered to find out that there are so many letters in the alphabet. Leap politely explains to Tad that he's too little to learn his letters, but Tad feels left out, so he decides to wander through the factory, leaving Leap and Lily to get the presentation ready while Mr. Frog gives Mr. Websley a tour of the factory.

While bemoaning about being too young to learn about the alphabet, he runs into one of the factory's employees, a fun-loving inventor named Professor Quigley, who cordially offers to help Tad learn his letters, by taking him through all 26 of the letter training rooms, one by one.

The A room features the A letters getting scared by a monster. The B room resembles an orchestra classroom or a chorus classroom with the B conductor conducting Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. Suddenly, One of the B letters blows the tuba so hard it blows Tad, Professor Quigley and the B conductor out of the room. Tad and Professor Quigley land in the C room, where it's c-c-cold. Suddenly, a giant snowball comes, the C's jump out the way while Professor Quigley and Tad start running from the snowball and screaming as they get trapped in the snowball which then bursts out of the C room across the hall and finally crashes into the door to the D room causing it to fall apart. In the D room, the D class is playing jazz music, and the D trainer is playing a drum.

Leap directs the first four letters, A, B, C, and D, to make their sound. Then, when he turns on the spotlight, the letters A, B, C, and D are blinded and they end up bumping into each other.

Professor Quigley and Tad go to the E room, where an elderly E trainer says "eh" when he's trying to hear. Professor Quigley claps his hands, but then accidentally breaks the egg. Then he cleans his hands and he and Tad leave the E room. In the F room, the F letters flap their wings and fly to their sound. In the G room, the G letters say their sound as they lift dumbbells. The H room is tropical climate where the H letters say their sound.

Mr. Frog shows Mr. Websley a machine where he double checks all the letters. Berfter appears after the first 7 letters of the alphabet show up on the machine, which shocks him. Mr. Frog explains that the Berfter is why they double check all the letters. He cancels him out and calls a letter H at checkpoint 3.

Before entering the I room, Professor Quigley tries to ink the pen on the lowercase i, but then fails, until he splattered it on. Inside the I room, the I letters say their sound when they get squirted with green slime. The J room has the J letters saying their sound while jumping on trampolines. The K room has the K letters saying their sound while performing karate kicks. The L room features the L letters singing their sound while licking their lollipops to the tune of the Blue Danube Waltz.

Lily then gets the letters, I, J, K, and L to do dance moves.

In the M room, the M letters say their sound when they eat all kinds of food. Tad accidentally burps and says "Excuse me". Then, Professor Quigley and Tad try to go into the N room, but unfortunately, the N letters don't let any visitors in their room, so they boarded the door. Professor Quigley asks the N trainer if he would hear the sound, but the mean N trainer rudely says "No!" and slams the door for the first time. Quigley tries to enter, but the N trainer later tells them to go away even at noon, near nine o'clock, and next November by saying "Nope?!", "Nuh uh!", and "NO, NO, NO! Not noon, not near nine o'clock, nor next November. Not now! Not ever. NEVER!". After the last door slam, Professor Quigley tells Tad that they may have to come back to the N room, until Tad tells Quigley that the N says "nnn". Then, that makes Professor Quigley happy and three N letters arrive and join them singing the N song in the hallway. Later in the O room, the O letters swing on the vine over a pond with an octopus and shout their sound like Tarzan. The P room features the P letters turning into popcorn when saying their sound.

Mrs. Frog plays the piano as the letters M, N, O, and P sing their sounds.

In the Q room, two guest speakers, Dicky Duck and Molly Mallard, have a quacking argument. The R room features a race track where the R letters race to their sound. The S room is a seminar-like class where Tad and the S letters are assembled for an assembly and the guest speaker snake hisses to the sound. In the T room, Professor Quigley and Tad, as fellows from the UK, watch the T letters toe-tap to their sound while drinking tea.

Leap and Lily pop out coughing when the big special effects smoke machine doesn't help the presentation. The letters Q, R, S, and T pop out of the smoke to sing their sounds. When Leap and Lily realize Mr. Frog told them they need to keep an eye on Tad, they start looking for him.

In the U room, the U letters say their sound as they go up and open up their umbrellas. The V room features the V letters vibrating to their sound. The W room has the W letters rap to their sound. In the X room, the X letters turn into X-rays and Professor Quigley and Tad can see their inside. The Y room has the Y letters practice cheerleading to their sound.

As Leap and Lily have run through the factory looking for Tad, but they can't find him, they are fearing about their dad getting worried.

Leap and Lily finally found Tad in the Z room sleeping with the Z's. They wake Tad up because of a big problem for the presentation.

During the presentation, Tad sings a song about the letters from A to Z. Finally, Mr. Frog and Mr. Websley thank Leap, Lily and Tad for the help. Then, Professor Quigley rewards Leap, Lily, and Tad with Alpha-Z shirts. Tad thanks Leap for the special presentation.

The scene irises out and the credits roll.

Credits[]

See Letter Factory (video)/Credits

Trivia[]

  • When Professor Quigley and Tad go into the giant snowball, as it chases him and Tad all the way to the D room, Quigley's winter gear is gone and he goes back to his normal outfit, shaking off a little bit of snow when the snowball crashes into the door. After that part, Tad also pops out because he's okay.
  • In each letter room, they contain pictures that correspond to their letters.
  • In each letter room, there is a hidden detail that references Leap from the early-2000’s LeapFrog logo.
  • Jungle sounds said "Ahhhh!"
  • Professor Quigley has made a few outfit changes depending on the rooms he entered with Tad:
    • In the A Room, Quigley wears a monster costume to scare the A trainer, the tiptoeing A students, and Tad to make their sound after he winks.
    • In the C Room, he wears a yellow winter jacket, pink mittens and scarf, and an aviator hat.
    • In the D Room, Professor Quigley arrives wearing a purple beret, sunglasses, and a red and yellow striped shirt with a goatee on his chin.
    • In the G Room, Quigley suddenly gets a bodybuilders physique, wearing a tank top, jeans, a belt, wrist bands, and a headband.
    • In the H Room, he wears a floral shirt, a grass hat, white shorts, and brown sandals.
    • In the I room, he wears an umbrella on his head.
    • In the K Room, he wears a karate uniform, with black pants, a white headband, and is barefoot.
    • In the O Room, he wears a Pith Helmet.
    • In the W Room, Quigley dresses in a funky attire wearing bell bottoms, a red shirt, a W-chain and a backwards cap.
    • And in the Y Room, Quigley wears a sweater vest with a Y symbol on it, and white pants.
  • When the Letter O song ends, the sound is said by the O trainer, but not Tad.
  • The N Room is the only room where Quigley and Tad don't go in due to the N Trainer being rude to the former. The only place where Tad and Professor Quigley sing the N song is the hallway.
  • The Q, S, X, and Z Rooms are the only rooms where they don't have a Letter Trainer.
    • The Q Room has Dicky Duck and Molly Mallard to help the Q letters learn their sound.
    • The S Room has the Guest Speaker Snake to help the S letters learn their sound on the podium.
    • In the T song, the English Quigley does speaking, not singing.
    • The X Room has an x-ray machine to help the X letters learn their sound.
    • In the Z room, the Z letters sleep.
  • In the D room, Professor Quigley speaks and sings in an accent like a beatnik.
  • In the T room, Professor Quigley only speaks in an English accent.

Differences from the Leapster Version[]

  • Mr. Frog is shown while he is saying "Okay, let's get in the car. Who's ready to go?"
  • The Frog kids don't groan, and Leap also doesn't point out the time is 6:00.
  • The title doesn't appear on the garage door.
  • The drive to the Factory is shorter.
  • The singing letters in the word "LETTER" are in their usual letter colors instead of all red.
  • Mrs. Frog doesn't sing "Mr. Websley is coming around to see our letters and hear their sounds."
  • Leap doesn't introduce Mr. Frog with the microphone.
  • When Tad trips over, he only knocks down one can of paint.
  • Lily doesn't do a dance with the big letter O.
  • Lily's big Letter O doesn't knock down the letters Leap is holding. Instead, he purposely knocks them down.
  • Leap drops the letters E, F, G, and H.
  • In the A segment, Professor Quigley takes the head of the monster suit off his head off-screen. He also doesn't clean it at all.
  • Professor Quigley and Tad are shown walking to the B room.
  • When each review song ends, a curtain closes.
  • Leap doesn't test the remote-control spotlight in the A, B, C, and D review.
  • In the E segment, the ending where Professor Quigley cleans his hands before leaving is cut.
  • Professor Quigley doesn't wear a sunhat in the H segment.
  • Professor Quigley writes the letter H on his usual slate instead of on the steel tray.
  • In the scene where Mr. Frog double checks the letters, only E, F, and G are seen on a conveyor belt.
  • Mr. Websley looks annoyed after seeing the Berfter.
  • Berfter has eyes and no wires.
  • The dot on the lowercase i from the I room door isn't missing.
  • In the I room, only Tad gets slimed.
  • In the J segment, Tad is seen flung to the ceiling on-screen.
  • In the K segment, Professor Quigley doesn't kick the wall and break into pieces.
  • The L letters don't sing the Blue Danube Waltz.
  • Lily doesn't get the letters, I, J, K, and L to do dance moves.
  • The letter M swaps to the N segment.
  • The N trainer's face stays angry for the whole time, implying that he's very rude.
  • When the letter O trainer says, "The O says "o-o", as in Ox and Octopus", he is smiling instead of frowning.
  • After the O trainer shouts his sound like Tarzan, the empty vines appear without the O letters following him.
  • The letter O swaps to the P segment.
  • The popcorn bag swaps to the M, N, O, and P review segment.
  • In the R segment, Professor Quigley and Tad aren't dirty by the racing R letters. Instead, they just simply pop out in smoke, all nice and clean.
  • In the S segment, Tad and the S letters are not murmuring.
  • In the T segment, during Quigley's "Jolly good show!" phrase, an applause sound is heard, and Professor Quigley doesn't ask Tad if he knows that his name is like an English afternoon.
  • The smoke in the Q, R, S, and T review is absent.
  • In the V segment, the vase breaks.
  • In the X segment, two X letters appear before Professor Quigley turns on the X-ray lights.
  • In the Y segment, Professor Quigley doesn't wear a letter Y sweater.
  • When Leap and Lily look for Tad, Mr. Frog is shown when he is saying "And it is this strict training which makes our letters remarkably dependable". Also, the Z letters appear on the conveyor belt.
  • The Letter Z Lullaby isn't sung.
  • Mr. Frog doesn't ask Mrs. Frog where Leap and Lily are.
  • Tad doesn't shout "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls!" before the closing song.
  • The letter B takes the B Trainer's place in the presentation.
  • Professor Quigley doesn't reward the Frog kids Alpha-Z shirts.
  • After the ending scene irises out, the Leapster automatically powers down.

Goofs[]

  • If you take a close look, when the B with a Tuba blows, his gloves are left uncolored.
  • In the Q, R, S, and T review, before the T says its name for a split second, the T's eyes are white instead of pink.
  • In Quigley's M song, when we see Tad rubbing his tummy during the song, the pocket of his orange overalls is missing.
  • Despite Tad being a frog and saying "Needs Salt", in real life, salt can actually be dangerous to frogs.
  • When Professor Quigley says, "Our speaker...", the S letters are not sitting in the right row.
  • When Professor Quigley says, "...all the way from the jungles of Africa...", the word "Shoe" is in small letters instead of large.
  • When the snake hisses to the sound before the crowd cheers, the background is yellow.
  • When Leap tells Tad that he "found" his voice near the end of the final song, he - ironically - has Lily's voice.
  • When the frog kids cheer, the letters have the same color as the M one.
  • When Leap carries the letters E, F, G, and H, letter F is yellow and letter G is indigo, later after Leap drops them, letter F becomes marigold and letter G becomes yellow, like a chameleon.
  • During the E, F, G, and H review:
    • D and E pass the dashboard, then when the letters E-G make their sounds, they move back.
    • Letters A-F are facing sideways, then E and F are facing forward.
    • The conveyor belt moves a bit faster when the letter F makes its sound then the speed goes back to normal.
    • The Berfter passes the dashboard when he makes his sound, then when Mr. Frog prepared to dispose him, the Berfter is behind the dashboard.
  • During the M, N, O, and P review, the P is leaning on the piano, moments later, the P is leaning on nothing.
  • In the Letter Factory Flash Cards, all the letters have different color pallets to match in their respective groups.
    • Letters A, B, C, and D have been colored yellow.
    • Letters E, F, G, H, I, and J have been colored orange.
  • On the Letter Factory Flash Cards, the letter I is colored orange instead of yellow.
    • Letters K, L, M, N, O, and P have been colored red.
    • Letters Q, R, S, T, U, and V have been colored blue.
    • And Letters W, X, Y, and Z have been colored purple.
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