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* NoExportForYou: Mixed in with the BannedInChina trope -- the show was never aired on Cartoon Network India, because of the unflattering portrayal of the titular Cow (and cows are banned from being depicted on animated shows).

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* WriteWhatYouKnow:
** The episode "The Cow with Four Eyes" is [[https://web.archive.org/web/20010306184009/https://kidscreen.com/articles/200101/ks30571.asp/ based]] on an incident that David Feiss experienced. When he was a kid, he thought that having glasses made people smarter, so he faked his eye exam like Chicken to get big, thick glasses, even though he couldn't see from them.
** The episode "Major Wedgie" came from Feiss' son during a car trip where his son proclaimed "I got a major wedgie". Feiss thought that sounded like a military type and made an episode with the Red Guy being a DrillSergeantNasty named Major Wedgie.
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* BannedInChina: The show is banned in India due to its depiction of cows, which are seen as sacred creatures in Hindu religion.

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* ActingForTwo: Creator/CharlieAdler voices a large number of characters (Cow, Chicken, The Red Guy, I.R. Baboon, and some one-shot characters) who all interact with each other in any given episode. In "Factory Follies," Red Guy is ''actually'' talking to himself and is the only character in the episode with dialogue.



* TalkingToHimself: Creator/CharlieAdler voices [[LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles a large number of characters]] (Cow, Chicken, The Red Guy, I.R. Baboon, and some one-shot characters) who all interact with each other in any given episode. The most literal example of this is "Factory Follies," in which the Red Guy is ''actually'' talking to himself and is the only character in the episode with dialogue.
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* KidsMealToy:
** Taco Bell released a set of four toys in 1999. There was the TV Animator, the Sparking Cow, the Cereal Launcher, and the Pop-A-Wheelie Triycle.
** Carl's Jr. and Hardee's released a set of four toys in February and March 2000. There was the "Evil Cownevil" spring-loaded launcher, the "Watch Out For That Chicken!" wind-up car, the "Just the Tube of Us" rev-up spinner, and the "Take-Along TV" paper punch with motion screen.

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* CreatorBacklash: Feiss admits in an [[http://platypuscomix.com/people/davefeiss.html interview]] that he felt he went too far with the episode "Buffalo Gals", saying "That kind of thing is not for children, I think."



* OldShame: Feiss admits in an [[http://platypuscomix.com/people/davefeiss.html interview]] that he felt he went too far with the episode "Buffalo Gals", saying "That kind of thing is not for children, I think."
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* TheOtherDarrin: From the Brazilian dub of the pilot to the show, only Chicken kept his voice actor (Clécio Souto), everyone else was recast:
** Cow: Carmen Sheila in the pilot, Miriam Ficher in the show
** The Red Guy: Paulo Flores in the pilot, Jorge Vasconcellos in the show
** Mom: Carmen Sheila in the pilot, Myriam Thereza in the show
** Dad: Hércules Franco in the pilot, Darcy Pedrosa in the show. Domício Costa later replaced him as the voice of Dad due to Darcy passing away in 1999.
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* NoExportForYou: Mixed in with the BannedInChina trope -- the show was never aired on Cartoon Network India, because of the unflattering portrayal of the titular Cow (and cows are banned from being depicted on animated shows).
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** The HalloweenEpisode "Halloween with Dead Ghost, Coast to Coast" [[https://img.4plebs.org/boards/tv/image/1658/15/1658150939042186.png originally]] [[https://img.4plebs.org/boards/tv/image/1658/15/1658150875588370.png had]] the title "Trick or Cow and Chicken".
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* BasedOnADream: [[https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/25-years-of-cow-chicken-a-conversation-with-creator-david-feiss-218785.html The Red Guy came to David Feiss in a dream]], complete with his "Hello, it's me" catchphrase.
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* OldShame: Feiss admits in an [[http://platypuscomix.com/people/davefeiss.html interview]] that he felt he went too far with the episode "Buffalo Gals", saying "That kind of thing is not for children, I think."
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* PosthumousCredit: Creator/RobertRidgely passed away in February 1997, before Cow and Chicken premiered, but recorded his lines for the character Dr. Chunks in the episode "Part-time Job" which aired 5 monhts after his death.

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* PosthumousCredit: Creator/RobertRidgely passed away in February 1997, before Cow and Chicken premiered, but recorded his lines for the character Dr. Chunks in the episode "Part-time Job" which aired 5 monhts months after his death.
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* PosthumousCredit: Creator/RobertRidgely passed away in February 1997, before Cow and Chicken premiered, but recorded his lines for the character Dr. Chunks in the episode "Part-time Job" which aired 5 monhts after his death.
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* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: [[https://i.4pcdn.org/tv/1645129787478.png Some]] of Creator/DavidFeiss favorite episodes include "Ortohodontic Police", "Lost at Sea", "The King and Queen of Cheese", "The Laughing Puddle", "School Bully", "Confused", "Part Time Job", "Headhunting in Oregon", "Sergeant Weenie Arms", "The Bad News Plastic Surgeons", "Tongue Sandwich" and "The Legend of Sailcat".
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* {{Bowdlerization}}: The episode "Comet" was edited in reruns to change Dad's line from, "Oh, divot!" ([[MondeGreen sounding almost like "Damn it!"]])[[note]]though, if you listen closely, there's no "v" sound when Dad yells, "Divot!"[[/note]] after hitting his golf ball and sending it flying to "Oh...two!" Since it started airing on Boomerang in America, the original line has been reinstated. The line was also uncut on the Netflix streaming version.

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* {{Bowdlerization}}: The episode "Comet" was edited in reruns to change Dad's line from, "Oh, divot!" ([[MondeGreen sounding (sounding almost like "Damn it!"]])[[note]]though, it!")[[note]]though, if you listen closely, there's no "v" sound when Dad yells, "Divot!"[[/note]] after hitting his golf ball and sending it flying to "Oh...two!" Since it started airing on Boomerang in America, the original line has been reinstated. The line was also uncut on the Netflix streaming version.
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* EditedForSyndication: In the summer of 1999, Creator/CartoonNetwork split ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' and ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' into separate shows, and thereafter, reruns of both shows were essentially a shuffle of three random segments in a half-hour, with "Buffalo Gals" replaced with "Orthodontic Police" and "Comet!" edited to redub "Oh, divot!" to "Oh...two!" Other episodes, like "Grizzly Beaver Safari" and "Chicken in the Bathroom" were pulled for reasons unknown (some say content; others say the episodes weren't good enough for the syndication package).

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* EditedForSyndication: In the summer of 1999, Creator/CartoonNetwork split ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' and ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' into separate shows, and thereafter, reruns of both shows were essentially a shuffle of three random segments in a half-hour, with "Buffalo Gals" replaced with "Orthodontic Police" and "Comet!" edited to redub "Oh, divot!" to "Oh...two!" Other episodes, like "Grizzly Beaver Safari" and "Chicken in the Bathroom" were pulled for reasons unknown (some say content; content[[note]] It is implied that Cow and Chicken died at the end of both episodes[[/note]] ; others say the episodes weren't good enough for the syndication package).
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** Red Guy's HypercompetentSidekick from the pilot [[https://twitter.com/nmyheadpod/status/1420703499411759108?s=20 was originally planned to be an alligator]]. At some point, it was changed to be a more unique and cartoony take on the three-headed hellhound, Cerberus.
*** On a similar note, Chicken's feathers were [[https://twitter.com/nmyheadpod/status/1419745831721254915 originally planned to be colored yellow]], much like newborn chickens, and similar to his [[https://twitter.com/nmyheadpod/status/1421069978506235906 original design from Feiss' picture book]]. When the pilot entered full production, it was decided that his feathers be colored white, instead, which carried over into the series proper.
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* WrittenForMyKids: The series came about from a bedtime story Creator/DaveFeiss told his daughter.

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** Similarly, "Pirate Lessons" was originally "Captain Butz Pirate" and "The Exchange Stüdent" was "The Holy Cheese War."

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** Similarly, "Pirate Lessons" was originally "Captain "Capt. Butz Pirate" and "The Exchange Stüdent" was "The Holy Cheese War."
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* TheOtherDarrin: Flem was primarily voiced by Howard Morris, but was instead voiced by Creator/MauriceLaMarche in the episode "Lost at Sea".

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