History WesternAnimation / ArchibaldTheKoala

** "Stop That Train!" has Archduke and Soufflé betting on the new railway system being a success after the chef complains that the train doesn't stop at his restaurant. Archduke lost the bet as the accidents on the railway were caused by Archduke's own mishap on making the train whistle at the highest pitch, though Archibald tells the mayor that he won't have to scrap the railway as he suggests adding a buffet car for the train so Soufflé can have a job to cook.

* DressesTheSame: The conflict of "The Misunderstanding" has both Giovanni and Sullivan dressing up in the same costume for the ball (they both dressed up as Zorro). This costs a lot of mishaps as the attendees are confused about which person is which.

* FrenchJerk: Rastepappe's chef Soufflé is French and because of how he takes pride in his dishes is very haughty. Though this is only on his worse days.

* HauntedHouse: "The Haunted House" has Archduke wanting to destroy an old mansion for a new museum. But when he alongside Archibald, Marie, and Sullivan went to investigate the mansion before demolishing it, they were spooked by ghostly moans. Archibald finds out that it was Miss Julie who was trying to scare people off as she wanted to persevere the old mansion. Archibald convinces the mayor to just turn the mansion itself into a museum, to which the two parties agree.

** When Edison was trying to upgrade Archibald's bike in "A Hapless Birthday", he was hanging on one of the ropes until he crashes through the wall on his shed, leaving a silhouette hole.

* InstrumentalThemeTune: The theme tune is completely instrumental with the exception of Archibald's catchphrase at the end.

* ObligatorySwearing: The series is made for preschool age, but the only swear used was hell in "The New Restaurant", though the word was used by John Dory to describe what his work was like after he and his wife opened their restaurant.
* OnlySixFaces: All of the koalas and badgers share the same body types. The only differences are the clothing they wear.

* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Characters that wear glasses indicate that they are smart at something. Edison is an inventor, Miss Julie is the island's school teacher and astrologer, and Marie is an architect and painter.
* {{Sleepwalking}}: "The Very Greedy Sleepwalker" has Archduke sleepwalking and eating Soufflé's cake, which causes him to loose his appetite.

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: Only Archibald has his voice actor credited, but the rest of the actors aren't given proper credits for whom they voiced.

* PimpDuds: Giovanni wears a green jacket, a monocle, and a trilby hat that has a feather.

* LaidBackKoala:
** Archibald is very active, but in terms of personality is the most sane character in the cast.

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: Only Archibald has his voice actor credited, but the rest of the actors aren't given proper credits on whom they voiced.

* TheWatson: Giovanni is often paired up a lot with Archibald in some of the investigations. He'll often try to help out on what is going on.
* WorldLimitedToThePlot: The whole setting takes place on the island of Rastepappe and doesn't show any other places aside from the ocean.

The show takes place on a secluded island called "Rastepappe", which is populated by anthropomorphic koalas and badgers. Its city, Koalaville, is filled with colorful characters including a nervous mayor, a hopeless inventor, a lazy fisherman, a short-tempered chef and a bossy painter. Because of the strange things happening on the island, the citizens rely on detective Archibald to solve the cases.

* AdaptationTitleChange: The original book series was called "The Adventures of Archibald the Koala on Rastepappe Island", but the cartoon simplified to just the title character.

** "Stop That Train!" has Archduke and Soufflé betting on the new railway system being a success after the chef complains that the train doesn't stop at his restaurant. Archduke lost the bet as the accidents on the railway were caused by Archduke's own mishap on making the train whistle at the highest pitch, though Archibald tells the mayor that he won't have to scrap the railway as he suggests to add a buffet car for the train so Soufflé can have a job to cook.

* DressesTheSame: The conflict of "The Misunderstanding" has both Giovanni and Sullivan dressing up as the same costume for the ball (they both dressed up as Zorro). This costs a lot of mishap as the attendees are confused on which person is which.

* FrenchJerk: Rastepappe's chef Soufflé is French and because of how he takes pride on his dishes is very haughty. Though this is only on his worse days.
* GreatDetective: Archibald is the best and only detective that can help solve the mysteries on what is happening on the island.
* HappilyMarried: The show has a total of 4 couples that are happily married to each other; Archibald and Agatha, Archduke and Jozette, Sullivan and Gazette, and John and Iris Dory.
* HauntedHouse: "The Haunted House" has Archduke wanting to destroy an old mansion for a new museum. But when he alongside Archibald, Marie and Sullivan went to investigate the mansion before demolishing it, they were spooked by ghostly moans. Archibald finds out that it Miss Julie who was trying to scare people off as she wanted to persevere the old mansion. Archibald convinces the mayor to just turn the mansion itself as a museum, which the two parties agree.

* HeatWave: "The Heatwave" has Archduke being miserable that it's gonna rain again the next day as he wants to pt out his parade, so Edison creates a machine that can suck up the rain clouds for the next day. Edison bets Miss Julie that it won't rain for a whole week and his machine makes the whole island in a heatwave.

* NegativeContinuity: All of the episodes are self contained and can be watched in any order.
* NoFullNameGiven: The only characters that have full names are couple John and Iris Dory. Miss Julie's first name is never given out and the rest of the named characters only have one name.

* PimpDuds: Giovanni wears a green jacket, a monocle and a trilby hat that has a feather.
* RambunctiousItalian: Giovanni is Italian who is very over the top and dramatic.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Characters that wear glasses indicate that they are smart on something. Edison is an inventor, Miss Julie is the island's school teacher and astrologer, and Marie is an architect and painter.
* {{Sleepwalking}}: "The Very Greedy Sleepwalker" has Archduke sleep walking and eating Soufflé's cake, which causes him to loose his appetite.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Most of the female characters would have swirly antenna type of hairs to show they are females. The only exceptions are Agatha and Jozette.

* ValentinesDayEpisode: "The Fake Necklace" is about Jozette giving her husband a Valentine gift of a portrait of herself with the Marahajaduke. But because she accidentally slipped it in the fish bowl, Jozette panics as she wasn't meant to take it. Agatha puts a fake necklace in the safe until they can find the real one.

''Archibald the Koala'' is a 1 minute 52-episode British cartoon that aired from September 1998 to July 2000, produced by Millimages and Creator/HITEntertainment. It was originally a series of children's books written and illustrated by French artist Paul Cox in the early 1990s and was known as "The Adventures of Archibald the Koala on Rastepappe Island". Actor Richard Griffiths voices the title character.

* CampingEpisode: "A Detective Goes Camping" has the title character going out camping in the woods to find new footprints for his book.

* HatOfAuthority: Both Archduke and his wife Jozette wear crowns to show they run the island.

''Archibald the Koala'' is a 52-episode British cartoon that aired from September 1998 to July 2000, produced by Millimages and Creator/HITEntertainment. It was originally a series of children's books written and illustrated by French artist Paul Cox in the early 1990s and was known as "The Adventures of Archibald the Koala on Rastepappe Island". Actor Richard Griffiths voices the title character.

''Archibald the Koala'' is a 52-episode British cartoon that aired from September 1998 to July 2000 produced by Millimages and Creator/HITEntertainment. It was originally a series of children's books written and illustrated by French artist Paul Cox in the early 1990s and was known as "The Adventures of Archibald the Koala on Rastepappe Island". Actor Richard Griffiths voices the title character.

The show takes place on a secluded island called "Rastepappe", which is populated by anthropomorphic koalas and badgers. Its city Koalaville is filled with colorful characters including a nervous mayor, a hopeless inventor, a lazy fisherman, a short-tempered chef and a bossy painter. Because of the strange things happening on the island, the citizens rely on detective Archibald to solve the cases.

The show originally aired in the UK on ITV's children block Creator/{{CITV}}. In the the United States, it aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork's preschool block Small World, then reran again on Creator/{{Sprout}} a year after the channel was form until Comcast took over and removed all shows from HiT Entertainment, PBS, and Sesame Workshop. Co.

* TheBet: The main conflict in "The Heatwave" has Edison and Miss Julie betting on what the weather forecast for the week is on the island.

''Archibald the Koala'' is a 52-episode British cartoon that aired from September 1998 to July 2000 produced by produced by Millimages and Creator/HITEntertainment. It was originally a series of children's books written and illustrated by Paul Cox in the early 1990s and was known as "The Adventures of Archibald the Koala on Rastepappe Island". Actor Richard Griffiths voices the title character.

The show originally aired in the UK on ITV's children block Creator/{{CITV}}. In the the United States, it aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork's preschool block Small World, then reran again on Creator/Sprout a year after the channel was form until Comcast took over and removed all shows from HiT Entertainment, PBS, and Sesame Workshop. Co.

* TheWatson: Giovanni is often paired up a lot with Archibald in some of the investigations. He'll often try to help out on what is going on.

''Archibald the Koala'' is a 52-episode British cartoon that aired from September 1998 to July 2000 produced by produced by Millimages and HiT Entertainment. It was originally a series of children's books written and illustrated by Paul Cox in the early 1990s and was known as "The Adventures of Archibald the Koala on Rastepappe Island". Actor Richard Griffiths voices the title character.

The show originally aired in the UK on ITV's children block CITV. In the the United States, it aired on Cartoon Network's preschool block Small World, then reran again on Creator/Sprout a year after the channel was form until Comcast took over and removed all shows from HiT Entertainment, PBS, and Sesame Workshop. Co.

* FrenchJerk: Rastepappe's chef Soufflé is French and because of how he takes pride on his dishes is very haughty.
* ImpactSilhouette: When Edison was trying to upgrade Archibald's bike in "A Hapless Birthday", he was hanging on one of the ropes until he crashes through the wall on his shed, leaving a silhouette hole.

* PimpDuds: Giovanni wears a green jacket with a trilby hat that has a feather.

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Most of the female characters would have swirly antenna type of hairs to show they are females. The only exceptions are Agatha and Jozette.

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Most of the female characters would have swirly antenna type of hairs to show they are females. The only exception is Jozette.

* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Characters that wear glasses indicate that they are smart on something. Edison is an inventor, Miss Julie is the island's school teacher and astrologer, and Marie is an architect and painter.

''Archibald the Koala'' is a 52-episode British cartoon that aired from September 1998 to July 2000 produced by produced by Millimages and HiT Entertainment. It was originally a series of children's books written and illustrated by Paul Cox in the early 1990s and was known as "The Adventures of Archibald the Koala on Rastepappe Island".

* InformedSpecies: The badgers in the show don't look like the creatures they represent, as they lack noses and the stripes on their faces are cut off from the eyes. If anything, they look more like zebras.