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* SameLanguageDub: The show got a US dub which aired on Disney Junior. The dub only replaced Monkey's voice actor and the episodes were pitched lower for unknown reasons.

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* ExpositoryThemeTune: The theme song explains how the land of Tinga Tinga has alot of stories to share.
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* MisplacedWildlife: A skunk appears in several episodes, even though skunks only live in the Americas. However, it's possible that Skunk is actually supposed to be a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_polecat striped polecat]], which is a similar mammal native to Africa.

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* MisplacedWildlife: A skunk appears in several episodes, even though skunks only live in the Americas. However, it's It's possible that Skunk is actually supposed to be a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_polecat striped polecat]], which is a similar mammal native to Africa.Africa, but he looks more like the striped skunk familiar to North Americans than to said animal.
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* OnceAnEpisode: Monkey talking with Lion at the end of the episode apears in every single episode.

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* OnceAnEpisode: Monkey talking with Lion at the end of the episode apears appears in every single episode.episode. (At least the US dub)
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* CarnivoreConfusion: The "Arrdvark" episode has this. Firstly, Mama Cheetah is [[ItMakesSenseInContext teaching Aardvark how to hunt an Impala]], despite impalas being just as sapient as any other animal in Tinga Tinga. Also, in the same episode, Bat says he likes eating mosquitos, despite Mosquito being a character.

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* CarnivoreConfusion: The "Arrdvark" "Aardvark" episode has this. Firstly, Mama Cheetah is [[ItMakesSenseInContext teaching Aardvark how to hunt an Impala]], despite impalas being just as sapient as any other animal in Tinga Tinga. Also, in the same episode, Bat says he likes eating mosquitos, despite Mosquito being a character.



* FurryConfusion: The flies and termites are non-sentient, despite other insects, such as ants, bees, mosquitos and even fleas all being sentient.

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* FurryConfusion: The flies and termites are non-sentient, non-sapient, despite other insects, such as ants, bees, mosquitos and even fleas all being sentient.sapient.
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* BareBottomedMonkey: "Why Baboon Has A Bare Bottom", as the title suggests, is all about explaining why Baboon has this trait in the first place. According to the story, the other animals were so fed up with Baboon playing tricks on them that they devised a plot to give him a taste of his own medicine, and it ended in him sliding all the way down a steep cliff on his behind, [[RumpRoast setting it on fire]]. By the time it was put out, all the hair on Baboon's backside was gone.
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* MedicinalCuisine: The giraffe eats honey to cure her stomachache.
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%% * ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Elephant at the end of the camel episode.
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* MisplacedWildlife: A skunk appears in several episodes, even though skunks only live in the Americas. However, it's possible that Skunk is actually supposed to be a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_polecat striped polecat]], which is a similar mammal native to Africa.
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* furryConfusion: The flies and termites are non-sentient, despite other insects, such as ants, bees, mosquitos and even fleas all being sentient.

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* CarnivoreConfusion: The "Arrdvark" episode has this. Firstly, Mama Cheetah is [[ItMakesSenseInContext teaching Aardvark how to hunt an Impala]], despite impalas being just as sapient as any other animal in Tinga Tinga. Also, in the same episode, Bat says he likes eating mosquitos, despite Mosquito being a character.
** The "Jackal" episode has the Cheetahs eating "chops" of unspecified meat. It's never explained where they came from or how they are so perfectly cut.


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** Lion: "It is Nature's way".

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** Lion: "It is Nature's way".way" and "I want, never gets".

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''Tinga Tinga Tales'' is a 2010 Kenyan/British 52-episode children's series based on African folk tales and aimed at the preschool demographic. It was commissioned by Creator/TheBBC for its [=CBeebies=] channel, and by Creator/DisneyChannel for its Disney Junior block. Named after the Tingatinga art from Tanzania, it was made in Kenya by a studio of about 50 people.

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''Tinga Tinga Tales'' is a 2010 Kenyan/British 52-episode children's series based on African folk tales and aimed at the preschool demographic. demographic.

It was commissioned by Creator/TheBBC for its [=CBeebies=] channel, and by Creator/DisneyChannel for its Disney Junior block. Named after the Tingatinga art from Tanzania, it was made in Kenya by a studio of about 50 people.



* AmbiguouslyGay: Zebra, Peacock and Chameleon.
* AnAesop
* AnimalStereotypes
* BatOutOfHell: Like all the animals, Bat is very cute, but he originally acted as this for the other animals as he would scare them for fun.

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%% * AmbiguouslyGay: Zebra, Peacock and Chameleon.
%% * AnAesop
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* BatOutOfHell: Like all the animals, Bat is very cute, but he originally acted as this hellish bat for the other animals as he would scare them for fun.



* BigGood: Lion.
* BookEnds: Each episode ends with Monkey Red saying "And [event that was pivotal to episode but not the main focus of it]? Well, that's a whole other story!".
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Monkey talks to the audience in the beginning of the end of every episode. Also, Guinea Fowl does this at the end of the meerkat episode.

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%% * BigGood: Lion.
* BookEnds: Each episode ends with Monkey Red saying "And [event that was pivotal to episode but not the main focus of it]? Well, that's a whole other story!".
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Monkey talks to the audience in the beginning of the end of every episode. Also,
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Guinea Fowl does this at the end of the meerkat episode.






* CloudCuckoolander: Jackal, after the whole moon honey incident.
* CuteMute: Woodpecker and Parrot, until they learned how to speak.
* DoubleTake: The monkeys in the Tortoise episode.
* TheDitz: The wildebeest and, to a lesser extent, Elephant.
* DiurnalNocturnalAnimal: Bushbaby.
* DumbMuscle: Elephant. [[spoiler:Majitu the giant]] doesn't sound all that intelligent either.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Smelly fruit.
* GentleGiant:
** Elephant.
** Hippo could certainly qualify too.
** [[spoiler:Majitu the giant]] is implied to be this.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Hippo & Tickbird, Crocodile & Lizard and Tortoise & Elephant.
* TheHyena: Hyena, obviously.

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%% * CloudCuckoolander: Jackal, after the whole moon honey incident.
%% * CuteMute: Woodpecker and Parrot, until they learned how to speak.
%% * DoubleTake: The monkeys in the Tortoise episode.
%% * TheDitz: The wildebeest and, to a lesser extent, and Elephant.
%% * DiurnalNocturnalAnimal: Bushbaby.
%% * DumbMuscle: Elephant. [[spoiler:Majitu the giant]] doesn't sound all that intelligent either.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Smelly fruit.
EveryEpisodeEnding: Each episode ends with Monkey Red saying "And [event that was pivotal to episode but not the main focus of it]? Well, that's a whole other story!".
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* GentleGiant:
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%% ** Hippo could certainly qualify too.
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** [[spoiler:Majitu the giant]] is implied to be this.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Hippo & Tickbird, Crocodile & Lizard and Tortoise & Elephant.
%% * TheHyena: Hyena, obviously.Hyena.



* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Elephant at the end of the camel episode.
* JerkAss: Many animals fit the bill: Hyena, Jackal, Crocodile, Vulture, Lizard, and even Lion can be a real JerkAss like in the Hippo episode, but Warthog is by far the worst offender. He threw mud at the monkeys, Owl and Lion, insulted Hippo, Hyena and Tortoise and questioned Lion's authority as "king of Tinga Tinga". Lion was NOT pleased at all.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Crocodile in "Why Cheetah Has Tears".]]
* JustSoStory: The show quite literally thrives on these.
* {{Keet}}: Chameleon, The Monkeys and Hare.
* KingOfBeasts: Lion, of course.
* TheKlutz: Ostrich was this before she lost her feathers.

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%% * ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Elephant at the end of the camel episode.
%% * JerkAss: Many animals fit the bill: Hyena, Jackal, Crocodile, Vulture, Lizard, and even Lion can be a real JerkAss like in the Hippo episode, but Warthog is by far the worst offender.worst. He threw mud at the monkeys, Owl and Lion, insulted Hippo, Hyena and Tortoise and questioned Lion's authority as "king of Tinga Tinga". Lion was NOT pleased at all.
%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Crocodile in "Why Cheetah Has Tears".]]
%% * JustSoStory: The show quite literally thrives on these.
%% * {{Keet}}: Chameleon, The Monkeys and Hare.
%% * KingOfBeasts: Lion, of course.
%% * TheKlutz: Ostrich was this before she lost her feathers.



* MischiefMakingMonkey: Baboon is quite a prankster. The other Monkeys not so much, although they also have their moments.

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%% * MischiefMakingMonkey: Baboon is quite a prankster. The other Monkeys not so much, although they also have their moments.



* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Crocodile, obviously. But since this is a show for little children, he is portrayed as TheBully rather than an actual killer.
* OnceAnEpisode: Monkey talking with Lion at the end of the episode.
* OstrichHeadHiding: The "Ostrich" episode is all about this.
* PungeonMaster: The monkeys at the end of that episode.
* RealAfterAll: [[spoiler: Majitu the giant]] in the bushbaby episode.
* RunningGag:
** Elephant's brain.
** Tortoise getting stepped on.
* SassyBlackWoman: Hippo and Eagle.
* SeaMonster: Whale
* ShipTease: Lion and Leopard. And it has been proven that [[FanficFuel Lions and leopards can have cubs]].
* SnakesAreSinister: Averted with Snake and Puff Adder.

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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Crocodile, obviously.Crocodile. But since this is a show for little children, he is portrayed as TheBully rather than an actual killer.
* OnceAnEpisode: Monkey talking with Lion at the end of the episode apears in every single episode.
%% * OstrichHeadHiding: The "Ostrich" episode is all about this.
%% * PungeonMaster: The monkeys at the end of that episode.
%% * RealAfterAll: [[spoiler: Majitu the giant]] in the bushbaby episode.
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%% ** Elephant's brain.
%% ** Tortoise getting stepped on.
%% * SassyBlackWoman: Hippo and Eagle.
%% * SeaMonster: Whale
%% * ShipTease: Lion and Leopard. And it has been proven that [[FanficFuel Lions and leopards can have cubs]].
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* SnakesAreSinister: Averted with Snake and Puff Adder.



* SomewhereAMammalogistIsCrying: A little forgivable given that the series is based on old fairy tales, but can still crop up. It's odd that an elephant was given the role as DumbMuscle (claiming to have a "tiny brain") given they're among the most intelligent animals.
** Likewise, some of the animals living in Tinga Tinga do not actually live in Africa, like moles (it's possible she's meant to be a golden mole, but it's unlikely given that she's purple.)
* SpaceWhaleAesop
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Lizard & Crocodile.
* ToiletHumor: A few times. In the "Giraffe" episode, Giraffe has "tummy trouble" and has to eat some honey to stop her runny stomach. In the "Skunk" episode, Baboon gives some "smelly fruit" to Skunk as a prank, which gives him a stinky fart.
* TooDumbToLive: Vulture tries to fly as high as the sun, gets burnt and then angers a bunch of bees to make her feathers pretty.

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* SomewhereAMammalogistIsCrying: A little forgivable given that the series is based on old fairy tales, but can still crop up. It's odd that an elephant was given the role as DumbMuscle (claiming to have a "tiny brain") given they're among the most intelligent animals.
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animals. Likewise, some of the animals living in Tinga Tinga do not actually live in Africa, like moles (it's possible she's meant to be a golden mole, but it's unlikely given that she's purple.)
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%% * ThoseTwoBadGuys: Lizard & Crocodile.
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In the "Giraffe" episode, Giraffe has "tummy trouble" and has to eat some honey to stop her runny stomach. stomach.
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In the "Skunk" episode, Baboon gives some "smelly fruit" to Skunk as a prank, which gives him a stinky fart.
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** Peacock: ''But,But,But!''

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* NegativeContinuity: Every episode portrays the animal of whom the episode is ADayInTheLimelight to be the last to have their problems fixed. For example, tick bird is not friends with hippo in her own episode, despite already being friends with her back when hippo had fur.

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* NegativeContinuity: Every episode portrays the animal of whom the episode is ADayInTheLimelight to be the last to have their problems fixed. For example, tick bird is not friends with hippo in her own episode, despite already being friends with her back when hippo had fur. Likewise, Buffalo bullies Rhino for not having horns, with Rhino having a horn in the episode when Buffalo first gets his horns.



* SomewhereAMammalogistIsCrying: It's odd that an elephant was given the role as DumbMuscle (claiming to have a "tiny brain") given they're among the most intelligent animals.

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* SomewhereAMammalogistIsCrying: A little forgivable given that the series is based on old fairy tales, but can still crop up. It's odd that an elephant was given the role as DumbMuscle (claiming to have a "tiny brain") given they're among the most intelligent animals.animals.
** Likewise, some of the animals living in Tinga Tinga do not actually live in Africa, like moles (it's possible she's meant to be a golden mole, but it's unlikely given that she's purple.)
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* TooDumbToLive: Vulture. Seriously, trying to fly as high as the sun, getting burnt and then angering a bunch of bees to make her feathers pretty.

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* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: Elephant at the end of the camel episode.

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* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Elephant at the end of the camel episode.
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* SnakesAreSinister: Averted with Snake and Puff Adder.
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* KingOfBeasts: Lion, of course.
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* OstrichHeadHiding: The "Ostrich" episode is all about this.

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* GentleGiant: Elephant. Hippo could certainly qualify too.

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* GentleGiant: Elephant. GentleGiant:
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** [[spoiler:JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Crocodile in "Why Cheetah Has Tears".]]

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* TheCoconutEffect: The ostrich and camel episodes.
* ContinuitySnarl: Many of the episodes contradict each other by showing animals to have abilities or characteristics they shouldn't already have. For example, in 'Why Elephant Has a Trunk', Chameleon is shown changing colour before Elephant gets his trunk, but in 'Why Chameleon Changes Colour', Elephant has a trunk before Chameleon learns to change colour.
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* BatOutOfHell: Like all the animals, Bat is very cute, but he originally acted as this for the other animals as he would scare them for fun.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Many of the episodes contradict each other by showing animals to have abilities or characteristics they shouldn't already have. For example, in 'Why Elephant Has a Trunk', Chameleon is shown changing colour before Elephant gets his trunk, but in 'Why Chameleon Changes Colour', Elephant has a trunk before Chameleon learns to change colour.

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