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**Sesame Place** is an American theme park in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. It derives its theme from the *Sesame Street* television program and characters like Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Ernie, and Bert. It includes a variety of rides, shows, and water attractions suited to very young children. It is one of 10 parks operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, a division of The Blackstone Group.

## Overview

Sesame Place first opened in 1980 near the Oxford Valley Mall and initiated the expansion of the commercial complex in the vicinity. It was designed by Eric McMillan, a Canadian designer. The park is open from early May through Halloween, and is also open on Thanksgiving weekend. The original park was Template:Convert and featured play areas and large computer labs where kids could color their favorite Sesame Street characters. Since then, it has expanded to Template:Convert with rides and water attractions. The expansions included the construction of Sesame Island and Twiddlebug Land.

In 2007, it became the first theme park in Pennsylvania to become completely smoke free.

## Related parks

Sesame Place is one of 10 parks operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. Others include SeaWorld Orlando, SeaWorld San Diego, SeaWorld San Antonio, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Discovery Cove, Aquatica (Orlando), Adventure Island (water park), and Water Country USA.

For about 30 years, Busch Entertainment operated Sesame Place in Pennsylvania. In 2009 and 2010, under the new ownership, kiddie areas in Busch Gardens and Sea World parks were converted to Sesame themes. A second Sesame Place park also existed in Irving, Texas from 1982–1984 (a Walmart Supercenter now sits in its place), closing its doors due to poor attendance and a large number of water parks competing for its business. A third one in Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo Sesame Place) was open from 1990 until December 31, 2006.

There are also several international *Sesame Street* themed attractions in Monterrey, Mexico (Plaza Sésamo) and São Paulo, Brazil inside the Hopi Hari theme park.

## Attractions

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**Park Entrance Area**

* **Grover's Vapor Trail** - a roller coaster geared toward small children as young as three years of age. A custom Vekoma family roller coaster with several helixes.
* **Twiddlebug Land** - an area themed to the Twiddlebug characters. Everything seems oversized here.
* **Sky Splash** - a large raft water slide that stands more than 6 stories high, from which one can see the Philadelphia skyline on clear days
* **Teeny Tiny Tidal Wave** - a Template:Convert wave pool formed from Ernie's wild garden hose.
* **Slimey's Chutes** - two spiral tube water slides. Single and double tubes are used.
* **Silly Sand Slides** - three giant slides; A large watch, a spoon on a bag of marbles and a dumped bucket of sand.
* **Mix n' Match Twiddle Tracks** - a kid-powered railroad for the little ones.

**River Area**

* **Big Bird's Rambling River** - a slow-moving, Template:Convert waterway winding through Sesame Island.
* **Ernie's Waterworks** - a small water play area for the little ones.

**Sesame Neighborhood Area**

* **Sunny Day Carousel** - A carousel with Sesame Street designed horses. Its location was formerly the home of the famous Big Bird Steps.

**Splash Castle Area**

* **The Count's Splash Castle** - The park's largest attraction opened in the Spring of 2009. This multi-level, water park attraction features over 90 play elements, including a 1000 gallon tipping bucket.
* **Sesame Streak** - A pair of tube water slides, one for single riders and the other for double riders.
* **Slippery Slopes** - Four short vertical water slides that drop into a three foot pool.

**Elmo's World** - an area themed to the popular *Sesame Street* segment

* **Peek-A-Bug** - riders spin and slide from side to side on the back of a smiling bug.
* **Blast Off** - a frog hopper, tower drop ride in which riders travel to Planet Elmo with the furry red monster himself.
* **Cloud Chaser** - riders fly around in swings.
* **Flyin' Fish** - two people can ride together on the fins of an Elmo fish.

**Near Elmo's World**

* **Snuffy's Slides** - two long dry tube slides for kids 12 and under.
* **Bert & Ernie's Slip & Slide** - two intertwining body flumes that empty into a splash pool.

**Nets Area**

* **Nets & Climbs** - hundreds of yards of cargo netting connected by Template:Convert of suspended net tunnels.
* **Ernie's Bed Bounce** - a huge, springy yellow air mattress.
* **Grover's World Twirl** - a character-themed teacup ride.
* **Big Bird's Balloon Race** - a Template:Convert high balloon tower ride that affords a view of the park.
* **Cookie Mountain** - a tall blue mountain that kids seven and under can attempt to scale on their own.
* **Big Bird's Court** - a small playground and Big Bird's Nest, a large padded area with blocks kids 5 and under can build with and run around on.
* **Monster Maze** - a small, sand bottom pit with large "monster" bags kids can run around in.

## Shows

* **Neighborhood Street Party**  - A parade with Elmo, the Count, Bert, Ernie, Abby Cadabby, Zoe, Cookie Monster, Rosita, Big Bird, Murray, and Telly.
* **Elmo's World Live!** - An interactive show that encourages audience participation and imagination. It is about 15 minutes long.
* '*Abby Cadabby's Treasure Hunt* '- Elmo, Cookie Monster, Rosita, Grover, Oscar, and Abby embark on a treasure hunt. Generally running about 20 minutes long
* **Elmo Rocks!** - An all new Rock n' Roll show starring Elmo, other *Sesame Street* characters, and two out of costume characters.

## Costume characters

Families can have breakfast with the characters an hour before the rest of the park opens. This is not included in regular admission price. The entire Sesame Place crew struts down Sesame Street twice a day in the "Neighborhood Street Party" parade. This features all of the Sesame Place characters, large floats, dancers, and music. The characters include:
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* Elmo
* Big Bird
* Ernie
* Bert
* Grover
* Abby Cadabby
* Rosita
* Zoe
* Cookie Monster
* The Count
* Telly Monster
* Prairie Dawn
* Oscar
* Murray

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* Sesame Place web page

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***Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion*** is a Template:Vgy crossover fighting video game developed by Papaya Studio and published by Crave Entertainment, for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was released on June 2, 2011, in North America and in Europe on April 20, 2012. A port of the game for major game consoles (Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) under the name ***Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL*** was released in North America on November 15, 2011, and May 18, 2012, in Europe. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 ports of the game had since been re-issued in North America by Little Orbit in 2014.

## Plot

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In the beginning, the announcer of the game, Space Ghost, decides to take the day off and watches *Dexter's Laboratory*. However, to his horror, he finds Dexter's world facing a very strange, utter destruction, which soon crosses over into the network's other shows such as *Kids Next Door* and *The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy*. Much to his surprise, he then sees Ben Tennyson's nemesis, Vilgax invading Marzipan City of *Chowder*. Ben is transported into Marzipan City, where he confronts Chowder, who has been corrupted and as a result, turned evil. Chowder comes back to his senses and teams up with Ben, and the two of them set off to find Vilgax, who escapes whilst the heroes beat some enemies that are trying to beat up Mung Daal, Chowder's employer.

The Ultimatrix detects that there's a dimensional disturbance, as Marzipan City is disintergrated. Ben and Chowder are then brought to Bellwood, Ben 10's universe, and are transported to the Null Void whilst fighting and freeing a corrupted Buttercup (who somehow got into the Ben 10 world). The three find Vilgax, but are suddenly brought to Primus to fight Ultimate Kevin Levin/Kevin Levin 11,000 while Vilgax escapes yet again. After the battle, Ben's world is also erased, but the three heroes are saved by Dexter, who's built a machine that allows them to travel to the different dimensions. They then go to Stormalong Harbor, Flapjack's universe to have him help out too, but the harbor is attacked by Stickybeard and his crew.

While the others retreat, telling Flapjack they'll return, Flapjack fends off the candy pirates (along the way finding Captain K'nuckles), then the two of them fight Vilgax and a corrupted Numbuh One. After Vilgax escapes, Numbuh One joins with Flapjack and K'nuckles to defeat Stickybeard. When Bubbie the Whale finds out Flapjack is under attack by Stickybeard and his pirates, Bubbie swallows up Flapjack, Captain K'nuckles, Numbuh One and Stickybeard, making it harder for Stickybeard to do battle, (Because Flapjack and Captain K'nuckles have been inside Bubbie a thousand times.) After Stickybeard's defeat, the heroes are picked up by the others and brought to the KND Sector V Treehouse in Numbuh One's dimension.

Numbuh One, Flapjack, and K'nuckles then defend the Kids Next Door's treehouse from the candy pirates, but Numbuh Two says he does not know how to get them back. Meanwhile, back in Dexter's dimension, Dexter is busy formulating a plan to fix the dimensional meltdown. Unfortunately, Father sneaks in and, using his fire power on a nearby temperature gauge to heat it up, sabotages the lab, sending Ben, Chowder, and Buttercup right into the City of Townsville (the Powerpuff Girls' dimension), where Mojo Jojo is on a rampage in a giant robot. There, they find Blossom and Bubbles (who were, for some strange reason, corrupted, but returned to normal once they accidentally hit the travel machine's door, which the announcer said was too painful to even watch). The group fights their way through the bustling metropolis, but then fight amongst themselves to decide who should go to face Mojo. The winner of the fight then destroys the robot's power core. Mojo then escapes, and the heroes leave as the dimension is destroyed.

Next, the group finds themselves in Foster's Mansion (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends' dimension). There, they rescue a corrupted Mac and Bloo and defend Cheese from villainous forces. After that, Mac and Bloo join up with the heroes and head out just as their dimension is destroyed. After a quick stop to pick up Numbuh One, Flapjack, and K'nuckles at the KND treehouse in the KND universe, the now-one team returns to Dexter's lab, which is, by now, heavily damaged. After the group fights their way through (rescuing Monkey in the process), they find Father, who then fights the player and Numbuh One. After Father escapes, the heroes are attacked by Aku (the Shogun of Sorrows, the Master of Masters, etc.).

After Aku is defeated, the heroes travel to Endsville and encounter Grim. After fighting their way through the wrecked up town, escaping a wild tornado, defeating General Skarr in his helicopter, rescuing Grim's corrupted masters, Billy and Mandy, and battling an army of zombies, the group goes to the Underworld. There, they find and defeat Mojo Jojo and Father. They then escape the dimension as it, like all the others before it, is destroyed (Chowder just barely making it, thanks to a lollipop K'nuckles holds out). They then take the capsule (the Announcer noticing how it's surprisingly roomier than it looks from the outside) to one more place to visit; Samurai Dojo (Samurai Jack's dimension). After defeating the corrupted samurai warrior, Jack joins up with the heroes, but are attacked by Vilgax. After Vilgax's defeat, the now rather large group travels through Jack's world and defeats an army of Ultra-Robots.

As the dimension capsule prepares to make one more warp to save the universes, it suddenly explodes for some reason, leaving the heroes floating in a very odd and unrecognized dimension. There, the heroes find the main villain responsible for the whole dimensional meltdown - the Announcer's TV remote! The Announcer then watches, shocked, as his own remote control transforms into a giant robot, revealing it had been responsible for the destruction of the individual worlds. It then entraps the heroes in an energy ring and is about to send them through a portal to oblivion, presumably to permanently erase them and their shows forever.

The Announcer says that he should have not bought a discount remote (the type of remote the evil TV remote was) and that the heroes had the **fire**, had the **heart**, fought on **earth**, fought on **water**, and with their powers combined, something should have happened. Chowder then farts, causing the Announcer to say, "Hey, who just broke **wind**?" The elements the Announcer mentioned [fire, heart, earth, water, and wind] then combine to summon Captain Planet, who uses his powers to free the heroes. The final battle between the heroes (Ben, Dexter, Chowder, Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Numbuh One, Flapjack, K'nuckles, Mac, Bloo, Monkey, Grim, Billy, Mandy, Samurai Jack, and Captain Planet) and the evil TV remote ensues.

Once the evil TV remote is defeated and turned into a normal remote control, Ben and Dexter reinserts the batteries to restore the universes and, after one last goodbye, everyone is returned to their home dimensions. Chowder is returned to Marzipan City, Mac and Bloo to Foster's Mansion, Dexter and Monkey to Dexter's Lab, Numbuh One to the Kids Next Door Sector V Tree House, Samurai Jack to Samurai Dojo, Grim, Billy, and Mandy to Endsville, Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup to Townsville, Flapjack and K'nuckels to Stormalong Harbor, and Ben to Bellwood. Everything then goes back to normal, except, as the Announcer points out, that he now does not have a remote and must get up and change the channel himself. Then, he wonders if he could get a lava-man to change the channel for him with a giant lever, the idea of which he likes the sound of.

## Gameplay

*Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion* is a mascot brawler fighting game bringing together several playable and assist characters from the Cartoon Network Multiverse in one epic battle that plays very similar to the *Super Smash Bros.* series. Up to four players (human or CPU controlled) can control a character and fight on a multi-tiered 2D stage. Players may use various items that appear randomly to get the fighting edge over their opponent. Additionally, the stage may use set elements in order to take out other players. For example, in the Dexter's Lab Stage players can pull 2 different levers, one setting off a conveyor belt, and the other firing a deadly laser.

When players strike one another, glowing cubes will fall out of them. If players collect enough of these cubes, they will fill up their special meter that, when full, unleashes a powerful "Punch Time Explosion" (the equivalent of a Final Smash in *Super Smash Bros. Brawl*) attack against their opponents. For example, Ben Tennyson turns into Ultimate Humungosaur and launches missiles all over the stage.

In the XL version, fighting characters can team up with certain assist characters (the equivalents of Assist Trophies) and do Synergy attacks. For example, Madame Foster brings a plate of cookies to the arena, Chowder eats them, turning fat, and Madame Foster rolls him around the stage.

Each playable character has their own special move set that uses different elements from their respective TV shows. Each has an up, down, side, and neutral attack. Most characters have a projectile attack. Captain K'nuckles is the only character who has a disabling attack.

## Characters

### Cast

#### 3DS Version

* George Lowe - Narrator (Space Ghost)
* Tara Strong - Bubbles, Buttercup, Chowder, Dexter, Gwen Tennyson, Cheese
* Yuri Lowenthal - Ben Tennyson, Numbuh One, Flapjack, Kevin Levin, Captain Planet
* Grey Delisle - Mandy, Mac, Blossom
* Neil Kaplan - Grim, Johnny Bravo
* Fred Tatasciore - Vilgax, Monkey (vocal effects), Aku
* Quinton Flynn - Billy
* Keith Ferguson - Bloo, Samurai Jack, Mandark
* Nolan North - Captain K'nuckles, Mojo Jojo, Father

#### XL Version

* George Lowe - Narrator (Space Ghost)
* Yuri Lowenthal - Ben Tennyson, Kevin Levin, Captain Planet
* Tara Strong - Bubbles, Buttercup, Chowder, Dexter, Gwen Tennyson, Cheese, Ben Tennyson (Young)
* Cathy Cavadini - Blossom
* Benjamin Diskin - Numbuh One, Numbuh Two
* Thurop Van Orman - Flapjack
* Grey Delisle - Mandy, Mac
* Keith Ferguson - Bloo, Samurai Jack, Mandark
* Nolan North - Captain K'nuckles, Mojo Jojo, Father, Hoss Delgado
* Fred Tatasciore - Vilgax, Monkey (vocal effects), Aku
* Neil Kaplan - Grim, Johnny Bravo
* Richard Steven Horvitz - Billy
* Dwight Schultz - Mung Daal
* Mark Hamill - Stickybeard
* Quinton Flynn - Toiletnator
* Jeff Bennett - Peppermint Larry
* Tom Kenny - Eduardo
* Candi Milo - Coco
* John DiMaggio - Scotsman, Shnitzel, Octagon Vreedle
* Dana Snyder - Gazpacho
* C. H. Greenblatt - Fred Fredburger
* Phil LaMarr - Dracula
* Tom Kane - Him
* Jim Cummings - Fuzzy Lumpkins

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## Port

On October 3, 2011, representatives of Papaya Games unveiled a new Developer's Diary featuring the console version of the game, announcing new characters, stages, and new gameplay modes. In addition, some characters who were voiced by stand-ins (IE Grey DeLisle as Blossom, Yuri Lowenthal as Numbuh One and Flapjack, and Tara Strong as Cheese) are now voiced by their original actors (IE Thurop van Orman as Flapjack).

In the XL version, there are new Story Mode changes. For example, in the 3DS version of the Ultimate Kevin Levin boss battle, Ben Tennyson was only supposed to attack Kevin and avoid *his* attacks. In the XL version, Gwen Tennyson shows up to help Ben in the battle with Ultimate Kevin Levin by trapping Kevin's arms and head with her powers. Also in the XL version is a shop where players can buy playable characters, including several characters who were bosses in the original version, arenas, alternate costumes, and TV show clips featuring all the shows except for *Captain Planet and the Planeteers*.

In Europe, this game was released on different dates. In the UK was released on May 18, 2012, in France, the game was released on June 14, 2012. In Italy and Spain, the game was released on August 22, 2012, through the PlayStation Store.

## Reception

The 3DS version of *Punch Time Explosion* was received with mixed to negative reviews. Jack DeVries of IGN gave the game a rating of 4.5 (bad) and said, "...the fun comes in very small doses.", and felt that "the levels, though aesthetically varied, are basic and boring", criticizing its gameplay and plagiarism of the *Super Smash Bros.* games.
The game was also criticized for not using any recent Cartoon Network characters and using characters from series that have ended prior to the game's release with *Ben 10 Ultimate Alien* being the only ongoing series during the game's release as well as not using other popular former Cartoon Network characters like *Courage the Cowardly Dog* and *Ed, Edd, n Eddy*.

## External links

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* Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion at IGN
* Interview about Punch Time Explosion

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