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= Are You My Family? (Seven Little Monsters) = Are You My Family? is the 5th episode of the 1st season of Seven Little Monsters. It premiered on October 28, 2000 on PBS Kids as part of the Bookworm Bunch in the United States and on YTV in Canada.

Plot
Six feels left out after One tells her that Mother's Day surprises are ruined because she feels like she is too special to cut out the hearts. Thus, she ran away from home, finding a new family. First, she tried out a new family who loved picnics. The family at first accepted to her. However, Six was thrown out by a display shop man at a window display shop. The display shop man imagined that the family figures in the display was hers. He could not take Six being part of it. So he asked Six to get out of the window display. He told Six that Six was not allowed to be with them anymore but was welcomed to play with them the next day. She can't find any family and begins to cry. Then, she came across a group of street performers, who were mime artists. She joins the act, to thunderous applause from the audience. Finally, she became the star of a travelling circus. Her siblings went to the circus to rescue her. When they get there, One apologizes to Six for wishing that she finds another caring family. Then, they all became part of Six's circus act. The audience quickly loves their act. When they got home, the monsters yelled "SURPRISE" to their mother. Their mother was touched and all the monsters celebrate Mother's Day, which went off without a hitch.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The Display Shop Man was very unlikable to Six by throwing her out of the display shop, which proves that the reason he imagined about the family figures in the display was invalid, but it did happen in this episode. One other episode like this is Mystery of The Missing Five.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Having Six to come back home to 1234567 Chestnut St. at the end was great.

Comments
= Nick Jr. Kids Closing (2000-2004) =

The Nick Jr. Kids Closing was an ID that was used on VHS tapes of Dora The Explorer, Little Bear (excluding it's movie and its VHS tapes that were released from when it first premiered until September 2000), Little Bill (same reason as Little Bear), Blue's Clues (same reason as Little Bill and Little Bear), Oswald and ''Nick Jr's Imagine That! (2001).'' There were 2 versions. One showed a clip from an episode of Dora The Explorer where Dora and Boots were laughing together and the other version showed a clip from Little Bear where Little Bear was saying "Goodbye!" It lasted from September 2000 - April 2004.

This ID was also used on a DVD copy of Dora The Explorer made somewhere in 2003.

Why We Won't See This Later On Nick Jr.

 * 1) The main reason why it sucked it was because it scared most children to the point where it would make them cry, as well as giving them nightmares.
 * 2) * In the beginning of the bumper, Face, with the background color in pink, jumps out of the screen with a sad face and says "See you later!", then the background color changes to blue and then Face says "On Nick Jr!"
 * 3) The one scene where Little Bill was waving goodbye to a bird was creepy for a Nick Jr. Bumper, whereas in the actual episode of the series, it wasn't.
 * 4) * Not only was that scene creepy, but also the scene where Dora and Boots were laughing together. But in the actual episode of the series, it was decent.
 * 5) What makes it even more scarier is that it showed up after when the Klaspy Csupo logo showed up on Nick Jr's Imagine That! (2001). Not only that, but it was a bit creepy, despite having Imagine That showing an episode of Rugrats before the end of the VHS tape.
 * 6) * It once showed up after the Blue's Clues segment where Steve and Marlee Martin teach sign language, which is also creepy.
 * 7) The lighting, although considered decent, is not very-well done. It feels just like as if a person walked into an abandoned house.
 * 8) *Speaking of the real house where the bumper took place, it must've been abandoned by now.
 * 9) The camera graphics look pretty bad, especially when the film crew were using the Face scenes from the actual Face promo. It even makes the Piper O' Possum promos look good in comparison.
 * 10) The trumpet noises sound just like as if it was devoured by a human. This is depressing since Chris Phillips did so well when he voiced characters from previous and present shows. Most notably, DoorMouse from Team Umizoomi and Crab from Bubble Guppies.
 * 11) Very cringe inducing music that sounds bland, genetic, obnoxious, scary, weird and annoying.
 * 12) The fact that this Bumper ID is shorter than the opening ID is good, but executed poorly.
 * 13) The YouTube videos that have the title "The Nick Jr. Kids Closing woke me up" pretty much proves everything that is bad about this Bumper ID.
 * 14) The fanmade videos are no better. They often include shows from other media, including the Angry Birds animated series, which didn't air on Nick Jr at all.
 * 15) *Not to mention, uploading these types of videos can give you a copyright strike, a takedown notice, or even a termination (depending on your view) from YouTube.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The shows played on each of the bumpers, as well as Face, were still good, despite the bumper being scary.
 * 2) Unlike the fanmade content, the YTPs are very funny to watch (depending on your view).

Reception
The Nick Jr. Kids Closing (2000-2004) received generally negative reception from fans of Nick Jr and from those who owned VHS tapes of Dora The Explorer, Little Bear, Little Bill, Oswald and most likely, Blue's Clues.

Trivia

 * This Bumper ID, along with the opening, stopped appearing on future Nick Jr related VHS Tapes the same year that the block switched hosts (from Face to Piper O' Possum).
 * The last VHS tape to include both the opening and closing Bumper IDs was Oswald: On The Go Oswald (2004).
 * The ident was recorded in 1999, the year before it, along with the opening ID, were released in 2000.