History ComicBook / CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew

* BigApplesauce: Rodney hails from "Gnu York" (Earth-C's NewYorkCity).

* BrickJoke: The end of ''Final Ark'', which deliberately tossed the brick for GrantMorrison to drop in ''FinalCrisis''.

* [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Bridge On Them]]: The Zoo Crew's fate at the end of ''The Final Ark'' seemed needlessly cruel and left a bad taste in a lot of long-time fans' mouths. Thankfully, this may have been a BrickJoke, resolved in ''FinalCrisis''; fan speculation has it that GrantMorrison used FinalCrisis to undo what he saw as obnoxious ExecutiveMeddling.

* TheBigEasy: Alley-Kat-Abra hails from "Mew Orleans", Earth-C's version of NewOrleans.

* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: In the team's origin story, several future Zoo Crew members visit "Mew Orleans" (Earth-C's NewOrleans) during its Mardi Gras celebration. This is when Alley-Kat-Abra, who lives in Mew Orleans, joins the group.

* SitcomArchNemesis: Yankee Poodle and Alley-Kat-Abra.

* {{Pittsburgh}}: Pig-Iron hails from its Earth-C counterpart, "Piggsburgh."

* '''Rubberduck''', actually movie actor Byrd Rentals, who became elastic.
* '''Fastback''', actually a [[CountryMouse Country Turtle]] named Timmy Joe Terrapin who had gained {{superspeed}}.

* Later, the team was joined by '''Little Cheese''', actually a mouse named Chester Cheese, who had the power to shrink down to the size of... well, a mouse. A ''smaller'' mouse.

After the series was canceled, the characters reappeared in, of all places, "The [[Literature/LandOfOz Oz]]/[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Wonderland]] War" miniseries, which was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Decades later in the 2000s, they reappeared in an issue of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' (as part of a comic book one of the characters was reading) in a story that parodied the "DarkAge" style of modern comics: The team had disbanded after Little Cheese's death, whose murderer turned out to be Alley-Kat-Abra! This was followed by a 2007 miniseries, ''Captain Carrot and the Final Ark'', where the team was reunited and Abra was cleared of the murder. They were joined by a new member, the non-powered crimefighter '''American Eagle''', secretly right-wing talk show host Johnny Jingo. However, Earth-C was flooded as a result of a war between aquatic and non-aquatic animals, and the heroes had to evacuate it on a "Space Ark." They ended up on the main Earth of TheMultiverse, but found themselves changed into normal animals while there. However, they were changed back to their true forms in the last issue of the ''FinalCrisis'' CrisisCrossover.

Not to be confused with [[{{Discworld}} that other Captain Carrot]].

** As well as single-panel visits (during a trip from Earth-C to Earth-C-Minus) to the {{Disney}} universe, a [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Tom and Jerry]]-like universe, the [[JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Justice Society of America's]] Earth-2, and ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}'''s swamp ...

* MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate: Subverted with the heroic Rubberduck.

* RaidersOfTheLostParody: The Crew meet a FunnyAnimal version of Franchise/IndianaJones called Oklahoma bones.

* '''Rubberduck''', actually movie actor Byrd Rentals, who became elastic.
* '''Fastback''', actually a [[CountryMouse Country Turtle]] named Timmy Joe Terrapin who had gained {{superspeed}}.

* AnimalJingoism: Subverted, it doesn't really happen here except for Alley's murder of Little Cheese (which turned out to be the work of a magically created EvilTwin.)

** In an odd subversion, a good portion of the characters wear completely formfitting boots, complete with individual toes.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The revival [[ShowWithinAShow Comic Within A Comic]] from ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' #30 & #31. The team split apart, [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Speciesism]] running rampant, team members dead or missing, the SuperRegistrationAct, Rodney Rabbit in the middle of a HeroicBSOD (and a bottle)... and, of course, Alley-Kat-Abra (seemingly) turning evil.

* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: In the team's origin story, several future Zoo Crew members visit "Mew Orleans" (Earth-C's NewOrleans) during its Mardi Gras celebration. This is when Alley-Kat-Abra, who lives in Mew Orleans, joins the group.

* NowDoItAgainBackwards: Literally flying a spaceship ''backwards'' in one story--to escape a ''{{black hole}}''. "[[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum It'll never notice the difference!]]"

** OneMarioLimit: On a vaguely related note, Roger Rodney Rabbit started using his middle name about halfway through the series for ''[[WhoFramedRogerRabbit some reason]]''...

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: [[IndianaJones "Oklahoma Bones"]], among others.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Alley-Kat-Abra's explanation in ''Final Ark'' that it was an EvilTwin who killed Little Cheese in the earlier ''Teen Titans'' story. WordOfGod says that they decided to do this instead of a full RetCon as an homage to {{Silver Age|OfComics}} plotting.

* BrickJoke: The end of ''FinalArk'', which deliberately tossed the brick for GrantMorrison to drop in ''FinalCrisis''.

* AnimalJingoism: Subverted, it doesn't really happen here except for Alley's murder of Little Cheese (which turned out to be the work of [[spoiler:a magically created EvilTwin]].)

* DistaffCounterpart: Carrie Carrot, for Captain Carrot. She was introduced as a PosthumousCharacter in the 2000's ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' story -- [[StuffedInAFridge her death mainly served to justify Rodney's Heroic BSOD, as well as someone to help American Eagle get Captain Carrot back in the game]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: The revival [[ShowWithinAShow Comic Within A Comic]] from ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' #30 & #31. The team split apart, [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Speciesism]] running rampant, team members dead or missing, the SuperRegistrationAct, Rodney Rabbit in the middle of a HeroicBSOD (and a bottle)... and, of course, [[spoiler:Alley-Kat-Abra turning evil]].

After the series was canceled, the characters reappeared in, of all places, "The [[Literature/LandOfOz Oz]]/[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Wonderland]] War" miniseries, which was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Decades later in the 2000s, they reappeared in an issue of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' (as part of a comic book one of the characters was reading) in a story that parodied the "DarkAge" style of modern comics: The team had disbanded after Little Cheeses' death, whose murderer turned out to be Alley-Kat-Abra! This was followed by a 2007 miniseries, ''Captain Carrot and the Final Ark'', where the team was reunited and Abra was cleared of the murder. They were joined by a new member, the non-powered crimefighter '''American Eagle''', secretly right-wing talk show host Johnny Jingo. However, Earth-C was flooded as a result of a war between aquatic and non-aquatic animals, and the heroes had to evacuate it on a "Space Ark." They ended up on the main Earth of {{The Multiverse}}, but found themselves changed into normal animals while there. However, they were changed back to their true forms in the last issue of the ''FinalCrisis'' CrisisCrossover.

After the series was canceled, the characters reappeared in, of all places, "The [[Literature/LandOfOz Oz]]/[[AliceInWonderland Wonderland]] War" miniseries, which was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Decades later in the 2000s, they reappeared in an issue of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' (as part of a comic book one of the characters was reading) in a story that parodied the "DarkAge" style of modern comics: The team had disbanded after Little Cheeses' death, whose murderer turned out to be Alley-Kat-Abra! This was followed by a 2007 miniseries, ''Captain Carrot and the Final Ark'', where the team was reunited and Abra was cleared of the murder. They were joined by a new member, the non-powered crimefighter '''American Eagle''', secretly right-wing talk show host Johnny Jingo. However, Earth-C was flooded as a result of a war between aquatic and non-aquatic animals, and the heroes had to evacuate it on a "Space Ark." They ended up on the main Earth of {{The Multiverse}}, but found themselves changed into normal animals while there. However, they were changed back to their true forms in the last issue of the ''FinalCrisis'' CrisisCrossover.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: ''The [[Literature/LandOfOz Oz]][=/=][[AliceInWonderland Wonderland]] War''.

* EverythingsBetterWithBunnies

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: One story had a "wuz-wolf"--a wolf who turned into a human at night.

** As well as single-panel visits (during a trip from Earth-C to Earth-C-Minus) to the {{Disney}} universe, a [[TomAndJerry Tom and Jerry]]-like universe, the [[JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Justice Society of America's]] Earth-2, and ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}'''s swamp ...

** As well as single-panel visits (during a trip from Earth-C to Earth-C-Minus) to the {{Disney}} universe, a [[TomAndJerry Tom and Jerry]]-like universe, the [[JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Justice Society of America's]] Earth-2, and {{Pogo}}'s swamp ...

* BarefootFunnyAnimals: A few of the characters.

After the series was canceled, the characters reappeared in, of all places, "The [[Literature/LandOfOz Oz]]/[[AliceInWonderland Wonderland]] War" miniseries, which was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Decades later in the 2000s, they reappeared in an issue of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' (as part of a comic book one of the characters was reading) in a story that parodied the "DarkAge" style of modern comics: The team had disbanded after Little Cheeses' death, whose murderer turned out to be Alley-Kat-Abra! This was followed by a recent miniseries, "Captain Carrot and the Final Ark" where the team was reunited and Abra was cleared of the murder. They were joined by a new member, the non-powered crimefighter '''American Eagle''', secretly right-wing talk show host Johnny Jingo. However, Earth-C was flooded as a result of a war between aquatic and non-aquatic animals, and the heroes had to evacuate it on a "Space Ark." They ended up on the main Earth of {{The Multiverse}}, but found themselves changed into normal animals while there. They were however changed back to their true forms in the last issue of the ''FinalCrisis'' CrisisCrossover.

* BrickJoke: The end of ''FinalArk'', which deliberately tossed the brick for Morrison to drop in ''FinalCrisis''.

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''Captain Carrot And His Amazing Zoo Crew'' (not to be confused with the Captain Carrot character from {{Discworld}}) is a team of [[AnimalSuperheroes Superhero Funny Animal]] characters owned by DCComics. They were first published in their own comic book series in the early 1980s, though it didn't last very long. Created by writer RoyThomas and artist ScottShaw!, this was the first team of FunnyAnimal characters to be specifically recognized as being part of the DCUniverse.