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** Roosters count as chickens.

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** Roosters count as chickens.chickens.

* So what exactly is the nature of Cow and Chicken's parents? They're usually implied to be actual humans but there are some inconsistencies with that (ignoring the fact that they have a chicken and a cow as children). They are almost always shown only from the waist down. Normally you might conclude that they are just normal humans and the camera just doesn't show above their waists, but on the few occasions that it does, they are shown to not have upper bodies. Also, one episode showed Chicken pull two human torsos from a closet, which are apparently the upper halves of the parents, and cow refers to it as her "science project". That's quite disturbing if you think about it.
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*** This better not imply that David Feiss is gay! I already know he did a episode that obviously made fun of lesbians.
*** Considering Feiss is married and has two kids (one of whom came up with the idea for the episode "Black Sheep of the Family"), I don't think you have to worry about that, chief.

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*** This better not imply that David Feiss is gay! I already know he did a episode that obviously made fun of lesbians.
*** Considering Feiss is married and has two kids (one of whom came up with the idea for the episode "Black Sheep of the Family"), I don't think you have to worry about that, chief.



*** Okay. Can't argue with that one.

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*** Okay. Can't argue with that one.
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** Not all tropes are Lampshaded, dude. It's simply something that happens for no reason other than for the sake of a joke, like NegativeContinuity.
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** He also tends to use the same aliases more than once. Don't they remember dealing with a Ben Panced or a Lance Sackless.

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** He also tends to use the same aliases more than once. Don't they remember dealing with a Ben Panced or a Lance Sackless.Sackless?




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** It depends on the episode. In his first appearance in I Am Weasel, he expresses surprise that Supercow found him in a Weasel cartoon.
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** He also tends to use the same aliases more than once. Don't they remember dealing with a Ben Panced or a Lance Sackless.
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* Why is Chicken a male?

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* Why is Chicken a male?male?
** Roosters count as chickens.
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* In the beginning of the "ugliest weenie" episode, Chicken reads aloud from a part of the play. But when we see the play performed, the part he read aloud never appears! And before you point out that they never get to finish the play--they did perform all of it except for the complete song in the end.

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* In the beginning of the "ugliest weenie" episode, Chicken reads aloud from a part of the play. But when we see the play performed, the part he read aloud never appears! And before you point out that they never get to finish the play--they did perform all of it except for the complete song in the end.end.
* Why is Chicken a male?
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**Maybe the two were adopted. It's shown in "The Day I Was Born", Cow was revealed to be a ''surrogate'' daughter.

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** He's the Devil; he has Satantic powers that help him with disguises. Or something.

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** He's the Devil; he has Satantic Satanic powers that help him with disguises. Or something.



* How could Mama have a chicken and then a cow? Daddy doesn't care, but I do.

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* How could Mama have a chicken and then a cow? Daddy doesn't care, but I do.do.

* In the beginning of the "ugliest weenie" episode, Chicken reads aloud from a part of the play. But when we see the play performed, the part he read aloud never appears! And before you point out that they never get to finish the play--they did perform all of it except for the complete song in the end.
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* How can all the euphemisms in ''Chicken in the Bathroom'' be related to peeing anyway? I mean, ''shake hands with the president'' and ''read''? And also in that episode, why does Cow pee out milk?

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* How can all the euphemisms in ''Chicken in the Bathroom'' be related to peeing anyway? I mean, ''shake hands with the president'' and ''read''? And also in that episode, why does Cow pee out milk?milk?

* How could Mama have a chicken and then a cow? Daddy doesn't care, but I do.
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*** Okay. Can't argue with that one.

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*** Okay. Can't argue with that one.one.

* How can all the euphemisms in ''Chicken in the Bathroom'' be related to peeing anyway? I mean, ''shake hands with the president'' and ''read''? And also in that episode, why does Cow pee out milk?
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* "Free Inside" is one of my favorite episodes, but seeing it again as an adult has me confused about something. Now, I'm going to dismiss that the writers apparently didn't quite understand how credit actually works (Chicken's card has 25 cents on it, so apparently that means he can use it to purchase anything that's 25 cents or lower, when in actuality once he spends that 25 cents, the card would have insufficient funds), but Red Guy hassles Cow and Chicken to pay their interest. Okay, that makes sense, but what I don't get is this: he spends the entire episode trying to collect the interest (a measly nickel), but after he steals Crabs the Warthog and holds it ransom, it's the ''gum'' they purchased that he wants. What was that about? He was dead on collecting the interest, why was it all of the sudden the gum he wanted?

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* The writers of "Free Inside" is one of my favorite episodes, but seeing it again as an adult has me confused about something. Now, I'm going to dismiss that the writers apparently didn't quite understand how credit actually works (Chicken's card has 25 cents on it, so apparently that means he can use it to purchase anything that's 25 cents or lower, when in actuality once he spends that 25 cents, the card would have insufficient funds), but in any case, Red Guy hassles Cow and Chicken to pay their interest. Okay, that makes sense, but what I don't get is this: then he spends the entire episode trying to collect the interest (a measly nickel), but after he steals Crabs the Warthog and holds it ransom, it's the ''gum'' they purchased that he wants. What was that about? He was dead on collecting the interest, why was it all of the sudden the gum he wanted?
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** Because he's [[CloudCuckooLander The Red Guy.]]

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** Because he's [[CloudCuckooLander The Red Guy.]]]]
*** Okay. Can't argue with that one.
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** Because he's [[CloudCukooLander The Red Guy.]]

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** Because he's [[CloudCukooLander [[CloudCuckooLander The Red Guy.]]
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** Because he's [[CloudCookooLander The Red Guy.]]

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** Because he's [[CloudCookooLander [[CloudCukooLander The Red Guy.]]
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* "Free Inside" is one of my favorite episodes, but seeing it again as an adult has me confused about something. Now, I'm going to dismiss that the writers apparently didn't quite understand how credit actually works (Chicken's card has 25 cents on it, so apparently that means he can use it to purchase anything that's 25 cents or lower, when in actuality once he spends that 25 cents, the card would have insufficient funds), but Red Guy hassles Cow and Chicken to pay their interest. Okay, that makes sense, but what I don't get is this: he spends the entire episode trying to collect the interest (a measly nickel), but after he steals Crabs the Warthog and holds it ransom, it's the ''gum'' they purchased that he wants. What was that about? He was dead on collecting the interest, why was it all of the sudden the gum he wanted?

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* "Free Inside" is one of my favorite episodes, but seeing it again as an adult has me confused about something. Now, I'm going to dismiss that the writers apparently didn't quite understand how credit actually works (Chicken's card has 25 cents on it, so apparently that means he can use it to purchase anything that's 25 cents or lower, when in actuality once he spends that 25 cents, the card would have insufficient funds), but Red Guy hassles Cow and Chicken to pay their interest. Okay, that makes sense, but what I don't get is this: he spends the entire episode trying to collect the interest (a measly nickel), but after he steals Crabs the Warthog and holds it ransom, it's the ''gum'' they purchased that he wants. What was that about? He was dead on collecting the interest, why was it all of the sudden the gum he wanted?wanted?
** Because he's [[CloudCookooLander The Red Guy.]]
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** Also, we've seen in multiple episodes that there are many people in-Universe who look just like him. Why would anyone assume it's the same guy?
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** The answer is simple. "Weenie" is a funny word. Weenies are funny things. Do I have to go on?

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** The answer is simple. "Weenie" is a funny word. Weenies are funny things. Do I have to go on?on?

* "Free Inside" is one of my favorite episodes, but seeing it again as an adult has me confused about something. Now, I'm going to dismiss that the writers apparently didn't quite understand how credit actually works (Chicken's card has 25 cents on it, so apparently that means he can use it to purchase anything that's 25 cents or lower, when in actuality once he spends that 25 cents, the card would have insufficient funds), but Red Guy hassles Cow and Chicken to pay their interest. Okay, that makes sense, but what I don't get is this: he spends the entire episode trying to collect the interest (a measly nickel), but after he steals Crabs the Warthog and holds it ransom, it's the ''gum'' they purchased that he wants. What was that about? He was dead on collecting the interest, why was it all of the sudden the gum he wanted?
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** He's the Devil; he has Satantic powers that help him with disguises. Or something.
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*** Considering Feiss is married and has two kids (one of whom came up with the idea for the episode "Black Sheep of the Family"), I don't think you have to worry about that, chief.

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*** Considering Feiss is married and has two kids (one of whom came up with the idea for the episode "Black Sheep of the Family"), I don't think you have to worry about that, chief.chief.
** The answer is simple. "Weenie" is a funny word. Weenies are funny things. Do I have to go on?
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*** This better not imply that David Feiss is gay! I already know he did a episode that obviously made fun of lesbians.

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*** This better not imply that David Feiss is gay! I already know he did a episode that obviously made fun of lesbians.lesbians.
*** Considering Feiss is married and has two kids (one of whom came up with the idea for the episode "Black Sheep of the Family"), I don't think you have to worry about that, chief.
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** Those references are probably meant to be phallic symbolism, if the sense of humor the series exhibits is indicative of anything.

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** Those references are probably meant to be phallic symbolism, if the sense of humor the series exhibits is indicative of anything.anything.
*** This better not imply that David Feiss is gay! I already know he did a episode that obviously made fun of lesbians.
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* What is up with the weenie references in almost every episode? One example is the action figure "Sgt. Weenie Arms" another example is Cow's play "The Ugliest Weenie", and in the credit card episode the first thing Chicken buys with his credit card is weenies. What's up with that?

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* What is up with the weenie references in almost every episode? One example is the action figure "Sgt. Weenie Arms" another example is Cow's play "The Ugliest Weenie", and in the credit card episode the first thing Chicken buys with his credit card is weenies. What's up with that?that?
** Those references are probably meant to be phallic symbolism, if the sense of humor the series exhibits is indicative of anything.
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* This has never been touched upon but no matter how many times the Red Guy antagonizes Cow, Chicken, Weasel, and Baboon, how come no one can see though his paper thin disguises nor remember him from the last time they meet? Unless the Red Guy has a power that allows him to not get recognized somehow. Weasel did recognize him once as a Lawyer and a Warden in the same episode.

* What is up with the weenie references in almost every episode? One example is the action figure "Sgt. Weenie Arms" another example is Cow's play "The Ugliest Weenie", and in the credit card episode the first thing Chicken buys with his credit card is weenies. What's up with that?

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