Small Wonder Trivia

1. In what year did the show first air?

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Answer: 1985

It was in the same year that the mini series "Palace of Dreams" aired.

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Answer: VICI

As a child, her name was Victoria "Vicki" Ann Smith-Lawson. The name came from her robot name VICI which stood for "Voice Input Child Identicant." Tiffany Brissette played Vicki.

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Answer: Vanessa

Vanessa (Tiffany Brissette in a dual role) is a more human, and advanced version of Vicki, with 2 major flaws: 1. Ted created her to be independent, so unlike Vicki, Vanessa doesn't take orders, especially from humans, whom she sees as inferior. 2. Vanessa has no problem with harming or killing others. When she found out that Ted was going to dismantle her, she switches places with Vicki, causing Ted to unwittingly deactivate, and dismantle Vicki. Vanessa tied Ted, Joan, and Jamie together, boarded up the windows, and locked all of the doors so she could burn down the house (after seeing it in a TV movie). Ted tricked Vanessa into deactivating herself. He dismantled her, and reassembles, and reactivates Vicki. Ted reactivated Vanessa in another episode, thinking that he has corrected her personality, but he's proven wrong when Vanessa traded places with Vicki, and tried to blackmail the family into allowing her to star in a Hollywood movie.

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Answer: Peter Baldwin

Peter Baldwin directed at least 80 television shows between 1960 and 2001.

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Answer: Jamie

Jamie was Vicki's brother, even though Vicki was a robot. She became part of the family. Jerry Suprian played Jamie. Jamie was ten years old at the start of the series.

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Answer: Tiffany Brissette

Candace Cameron Bure and Heather O'Rourke both auditioned for the role but were never made it as cast members.

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Answer: Harriet

Emily Schulman played Harriet. Harriet is very nosy and has a crush on Jamie. Jamie is always mean to her. Harriet learned to be nosy from her mother, Bonnie (played by Edie McClurg).

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Answer: The Screaming Skulls

Beast, the leader of the Screaming Skulls catches Jamie with his jacket. He was about to beat Jamie up, until Vicki intervened. Vicki, and Jamie become members of the Screaming Skulls, until Jamie refuses to act as a lookout for the Screaming Skulls, who were looking to steal sporting goods from the school gym. Beast beats Jamie up, but because of Jamie's bravery due to standing up to Beast, everyone else in school stands up to him as well, including the principal who expels the entire gang after the fight. The role of Beast is played by former child actor Adam Rich, who may be best known as the voice of Presto the Magician on the '80s Saturday morning cartoon "Dungeons and Dragons", and for his role as Nicholas Bradford on the classic ABC TV series "Eight Is Enough".

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Answer: Harriet

She not only had a crush on him, she also had plans to marry him.

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Answer: William Bogert

William Bogert was born in 1938 in New York City, NY, USA. He died in 2020, but no cause was given. His character on "Small Wonder" was Brandon Brindle. Brandon was Ted (Jamie's father) Lawson's boss. He worked with Ted and got promoted to his boss after stealing some ideas from Ted. The Brindles also live next door to the Lawsons. The Lawsons do not like the Brindles but try to be nice.

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Answer: RAMCLAS

Ted invents RAMCLAS (short for Random-Access-Multiple-Concurrent-Linguistic-Analytical-Sequencer) as a way for Vicki to help children with learning disabilities, regardless of what language they speak. RAMCLAS works so well, that Vicki is also able to understand animals, making her a "nuts-and-bolts Dr. Doolittle". Jamie uses Vicki's new linguistic abilities as a way to make money by translating for the pets of neighborhood kids, and with the help of Foo Foo (the pooch owned by Ted's boss Harold Jennings), Vicki puts Cynthia (Harold's snobby wife) in her place, after she excludes Ted, and Joan from a charity ball that Joan worked on, and after Cynthia insists that Harold fires Ted from his job.

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Answer: Joan

She was played by Marla Pennington, who also appeared on shows like "Diff'rent Strokes" and "Happy Days".

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Answer: Reggie Williams

Paul C. Scott played Reggie Wilson. While Reggie was Jamie's best friend, he was often his rival. In one episode, Jamie asked Harriet to bring him an out-of-season pineapple, and when she returned with one, Reggie reminded Jamie that he promised to marry Harriet if she found a pineapple.

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Answer: Ida Mae

Ida Mae Brindle is Brandon Brindle's sister, who constantly claims to know various celebrities including Dolly Parton, Clint Eastwood, and Michael Jackson. Much to the chagrin of Joan, Ida Mae goes out with Joan's father, even though Joan suspects that Ida Mae is nothing more than a gold digger! Ida Mae Brindle is played by Alice Ghostley, who may be best known for her role as Esmerelda on the classic TV series "Bewitched". Sadly, Alice Ghostley passed away in September of 2007.

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Answer: Brandon Brindle

The only reason he bacame Ted's boss was because he lied and said that all of Ted's ideas were his.

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Answer: The Princesses

The Princesses want Vicki as a member of their club. However, after Benny Gross (an old frat brother of Ted's) writes a tabloid story exposing Vicki as a robot, she is shunned by the Princesses, and the entire school. Ted, along with Joan, Jamie, Vicki, Harriet, and Reggie use Benny's rival paper to prove that Vicki is not a robot. The Princess member named Binky is played by Lark Voorhies, who might be best known for her role as Lisa Turtle on the NBC teen sitcom "Saved By The Bell".

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Answer: 96

The show ran for four years, from 1985 to 1989.

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Answer: United Robotronics

Ted is a robotics engineer. He was the one who created VICI, and when he's not working, he is the father of her as Vickie. Ted's favorite pastime is playing golf.

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Answer: adopted daughter

They had to keep it a secret somehow or the company he worked for would have taken her away to use her as a robotics experiment. They claimed she was an orphaned member of their family, and they later "adopted" her as their own.

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Answer: Cabinet in Jamie's room

In the very first episode, Jamie had to get dressed, so he asked Vicki to turn her head. Vicki is very literal and turned her head all the way around backward. Harriet saw this and was a little freaked out. Harriet came over the next morning and asked who the girl was, and Jamie told her Vicki was her cousin. Then he shut the door in Harriet's face.

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Answer: WWII

After watching a live radio show (where Ted completely bombs in an interview about his work in robotics), Jamie, and Vicki came up with the idea to put on a radio play about World War II for the school competition, with Jamie, Reggie, and Valley girl Debbie providing vocal, on-air performances, and Vicki providing the sound effects. Things go slightly awry when Vicki drops her script, but in spite of that, their play wins the school competition.

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Answer: in her back

Vicki's name was derived from V.I.C.I. - Voice Input Child Indenticant.

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Answer: Vanessa

Tiffany Brissette also played Vanessa. When speaking, she was not as monotone as Vicki and appeared in the last two seasons. Vanessa was not as well behaved as Vicki since she was built to be more like other girls. She could be quite evil, but thankfully like Vicki, she had an emergency shut-off button on the top of her head.

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Answer: Vandalism

On their way home from the store, Jamie, and Vicki pass by a building that has graffiti painted on it, including a game of "Tic-Tac-Toe". The owner of the building had the kids arrested after he caught Vicki, and Jamie spray painting "Tic-Tac-Toe" (and his shirt). After they were arrested, the police informed Ted and Joan (Marla Pennington). Ted ended up paying the owner of the building $250 for the building and the shirt. To teach the kids a lesson about the law and respect for the property of others, Sgt. Pepper suggested to Ted that they be locked up in jail (albeit, for a short period of time) in order to scare them straight. The role of Sgt. Pepper is played by guest star Jo Marie Payton, who is known for her role as Harriet Winslow on the long running ABC/CBS TV series "Family Matters".

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Answer: father

The fact that his boss lived so close, Ted had to be extra careful with Vicki so that Brandon wouldn't try to steal her as his own idea.

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