History WesternAnimation / AlmostNakedAnimals

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At the beginning of the 2010s, small-time American illustrator Noah Z. Jones happened upon a minor miracle of the animation industry: working on two cartoons produced in different countries within the same timeframe ''and'' having his name attached as creator for both. Out of these curious events came the 2010 teen sitcom parody ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'', which was produced by Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation in the United States, and this series, which was produced by Creator/NineStoryMediaGroup in Canada.

''Almost Naked Animals'' centers on a hotel called the Banana Cabana populated by... well, just read the title — shaved animals wearing only underwear. The cabana is managed by a cheerful but dimwitted dog named Howie and his ragtag bunch of misfit friends, including his fearful best buddy Octo, as well as Bunny, Duck, Piggy, Narwhal, and Sloth (no prizes for figuring out any of their species). Minor villainy comes up through Howie's mean older sister Poodle, the owner of a much swankier competing hotel named the Chateau Chattoo, who seeks to drive Howie out of business and buy his hotel, with the help of her henchman Batty.

** This is not the [[WesternAnimation/{{Birdz}} first time]] that Julie Lemieux has voiced a male bat.
** David Berni (Duck's VA) had appeared in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pearlie}}'', where a duck plays the role of TheDitz (but Berni didn't voice him).

* HasTwoThumbsAnd: In "Cool Paw Howie", Howie (who has turned the hotel into a minimum security prison) asks his staff "Who has two thumbs and likes running a prison?". However, as none of the staff like running a prison, he gets no response.

* HideAndNoSeek: In "The Night Shift", Bunny does this to ditch Howie; telling him to count up to ridiculously high number while she goes off to bed.

* IdiotHero: Howie is excitable, impulsive and not that bright, but he's still the leader.

* {{Jerkass}}: The jellyfish in "Jellyhead" who takes control of Octo's life.

* ThemeTuneCameo: Howie whistles it in "Imaginary Fiend".

At the beginning of the 2010s, small-time American illustrator Noah Z. Jones happened upon a minor miracle of the animation industry: working on two cartoons produced in different countries within the same timeframe ''and'' having his name attached as creator for both. Out of these curious events came the 2010 teen sitcom parody ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'', which was produced by Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation in the United States, and this series, which was produced by the Canadian animation studio Creator/NineStoryMediaGroup.

Small-time illustrator Noah Z. Jones happened upon a minor miracle of having two animated series made within a small timeframe of five years with his name attached as creator for both. Out of these curious events came ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'', which was picked up by Disney, and this series, loosely based upon a concept of his called [[http://www.almostnakedanimals.com Almost Naked Animals]].

The show centers on a hotel called the Banana Cabana populated by... you know already — furless animals wearing only underwear. The cabana is managed by a dog named Howie and his ragtag bunch of misfit friends as the expository theme song explains. Minor villainy comes up through Howie's sister Poodle who owns another competing (and much swankier) hotel named the Chateau Chattoo.

''Almost Naked Animals'' debuted on Creator/{{YTV}} on January 7, 2011, and premiered later on Creator/CartoonNetwork in the United States on June 13, 2011.

Not to be confused with the trope HalfDressedCartoonAnimal.

%%* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Octo.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Octo's worst fears are the dark, heights, and Brussels sprouts.

* FurIsClothing: Almost taken to its literal extreme; even animals who lack fur wear some form of underwear.

* HereWeGoAgain: In "S.S. Banana Cabana", Howie installs new superpowered toilets that set the hotel afloat and crash it on an island. By the time they get the hotel back in place, he installs new showerheads that do the same thing.
** Same with "Jellyhead". After a JerkAss jellyfish gets stuck to Octo, it tries to control him. By the time he gets the jellyfish off, a starfish has latched itself to him.

* HulkSpeak: Piggy is somewhere between this and [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent some weird mashup of a Russian/French accent]], most often in the form of "Piggy [infinitive verb] [noun]."
** More easily defined as a fragmented foreign accent.

* JerkAss: The jellyfish in "Jellyhead" who takes control of Octo's life.

-->'''Piggy:''' Dog Thing choose. Friends and Piggy, or prentedy trouble causer.

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: The top secret password to gain access to Dirk Danger's hermit lair was "top secret password".

* SuperZeroes: Howie meets one with a toaster on his head, and another with toothbrushes on his hands. They use toast and toothbrushes/toothpaste, respectively, to solve problems.

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* Gasshole: Bert and Bert, the Baked Bean Bandits in "Cowboy Cabana". At the end of the episode, they use their farts to ''power a speedboat.''

%%* CloudCuckoolander: Duck and Howie.

* TheDitz: Duck. When Howie says that Duck is his hero, Duck thinks it means he's going to be made into a hero sandwich.
** "It tickles when you bite!"

* TooDumbToLive: Howie who is a hyperactive idiot and Duck, a brain-dead idiot who is definitely dumber than Howie.
** Duck is more insane than he is stupid. Many times he's shown outright psychotic.

The show centers on a hotel called the Banana Cabana populated by almost naked animals — furless animals wearing only underwear. The cabana is managed by a dog named Howie and his ragtag bunch of misfit friends as the expository theme song explains. Minor villainy comes up through Howie's sister Poodle who owns another competing (and much swankier) hotel named the Chateau Chattoo.

* CastingGag:
** This is not the [[WesternAnimation/{{Birdz}} first time]] that Julie Lemieux has voiced a male bat.
** David Berni (Duck's VA) had appeared in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pearlie}}'', where a duck plays the role of TheDitz (but Berni didn't voice him).
* CharacterBlog: Narwhal and Duck both have {{Twitter}} accounts. Howie, Narwhal, Bunny and Duck all have Website/{{Facebook}} pages as well.

%%* TheChewToy: Batty.
** Octo also has a fair amount of abuse thrown his way.

* CharacterBlog: Narwhal and Duck both have {{Twitter}} accounts. Howie, Narwhal, Bunny and Duck all have {{Facebook}} pages as well.

* TheAce: Howie to his sister's eyes.
* AfraidOfNeedles: Narwhal.

* ButtMonkey: Octo.

* ChefOfIron: Master Ferret.
* TheChewToy: Batty.

* CloudCuckoolander: Duck and Howie.

* DoggedNiceGuy: Octo and Sloth.

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Octo.
* ExposedAnimalBellybutton

* {{Gonk}}: Duck.
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Pretty much everyone wears it.

* {{Keet}}: Howie.
* LovableCoward: Octo has a lot of fears.

* PasteEater: Duck in "Gone Banana".

* ToothyBird: Duck.

* DidYouGetANewHaircut: After Howie and Duck have caused everyone to age to old age, Bunny angrily asks if they notice anything different about her. Howie's first guess is new lipstick.

* InterrogationByVandalism: Bunny forces Howie to tell Duck to turn off the machine that is speeding up the earth's rotation (ItMakesSenseInContext) by threatening his Dirk Danger doll.