History WesternAnimation / BumpInTheNight

* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: Mr. Bumpy attempts to do this to cheer up a sick Squishington in "Hocus Dopus". When he fails, he nearly [[DrivenToSuicide lets himself get eaten by the Cloest Monster]] until Squishington deliberately puts a bunny slipper into the hat and asks Bumpy to try the trick one more time.

* WentToTheGreatXInTheSky: After defeating the Great Mama of All Microbes using Squishington's cleaning spray in "Adventures in Microbia", Germ Girl asks for one last look upon Squishington's face before she journeys to the great mold in the sky. It's not clear whether she's actually dying or just pretending for the sake of expressing her anguish.

* ThreeAmigos: The three main characters Mr. Bumpy, Squishington, and Molly Coddle are very close friends.

''Bump in the Night'' was a StopMotion animated series by Danger Productions and Creator/{{ABC}}'s in-house studio Greengrass Productions, lasting from September, 1994 to December, 1995. It covers the adventures of Mr. Bumpy (Creator/JimCummings), a small green monster living under the bed of a 10 year old boy, and his friends Squishington (Creator/RobPaulsen), a blue monster that lives in the bathroom's toilet tank, and Miss Molly Coddle (Gail Matthius [[note]]a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' alumnus from its infamous sixth season[[/note]]), the comfort doll who belongs to the boy's sister. They spend their time getting into all sorts of hijinks while dealing with Destructo (Cummings), a toy robot who militantly enforces rules, and trying to avoid the Closet Monster.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: In "Made in Japan", Squishington is unable to understand Turbo Totrenoid, who only speaks Japanese... until he realizes there are [[FunWithSubtitles subtitles]].

* LastOfHisKind: As of the episode "Made in Japan II", Little Robot and her sisters are the last remaining members of their kind in existence due to the factory that made them recalling and destroying the rest of them.

* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: In "Twas the Bump Before Christmas", Molly Coddle's slipping into becoming a PrimaDonnaDirector when placed in charge of the Christmas pageant begins when she threatens to tape a hairy wombat to everyone.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

** Li'l Robot, a googly-eyed, red and white toy robot from Japan, appears to be based on the title character of the 1970s {{Toku}} series ''Robocon''. Funnily enough, Robocon later got a SpiritualSuccessor, ''BRoboKabutack'', which came out in 1997, that featured an extremely similar transformation system. She also vaguely resembles the title character of the obscure '80s SuperRobot anime ''Superpower Robo Galatt'', another red and white robot with goofy, SuperDeformed proportions that can transform into a taller SuperMode.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: The episode "Journey to the Center of the Lungfish" has Bumpy, Molly, and Squishy end up inside a lungfish, which admittedly doesn't appear often in cartoons.

''Bump in the Night'' was a StopMotion animated series by Danger Productions and Creator/{{ABC}}'s in-house studio Greengrass Productions, lasting from September, 1994 to December, 1995. It covers the adventures of Mr. Bumpy (Creator/JimCummings), a small green monster living under the bed of a 10 year old boy, and his friends Squishington (Creator/RobPaulsen), a blue monster that lives in the bathroom's toilet tank, and Miss Molly Coddle (Gail Matthius [[note]]a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' alumnus from its infamous sixth season[[/note]]), the comfort doll who belongs to the boy's sister.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Aside from the main cast of Mr. Bumpy, Squishington, and Molly Coddle, there's also Destructo, the Closet Monster, the Cute Dolls, Germ Girl, aliens Sleemoth and Gloog, Little Robot, Phil Silverfish, Odiferous J. Stench, etc.

* ThemeTuneCameo: Squishington whistles the show's theme song at the beginning of the episode "Auntie Matta".

** The episode "Night of the Living Bread", whose title is a ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead|1968}}''. At the end of the episode, they list a number of sequels, all of which are bread-based puns on other horror film titles. There were also many other nods in the series, such as Bumpy referencing ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' in one episode.

''Bump in the Night'' was a StopMotion animated series by Danger Productions and Creator/{{ABC}}'s in-house studio Greengrass Productions, lasting from September, 1994 to December, 1995. It covers the adventures of Mr. Bumpy (Creator/JimCummings), a small green monster living under the bed of a 10 year old boy, and his friends Squishington (Creator/RobPaulsen), a blue monster that lives in the bathroom's toilet tank, and Miss Molly Coddle (Gail Matthius [[note]]a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' alumnus from its sixth season[[/note]]), the comfort doll who belongs to the boy's sister.

The development of the series began as a series of AdBumpers for ABC's Saturday morning lineup in 1993, possibly, the reason he's called Mr. Bumpy is because he was originally used as a character for bumpers. The series lasted for two seasons, and concluded with a 90 minute long Christmas Special. The format of a usual episode included two cartoons and a "Karaoke Cafe" segment where the characters sung a song.

* UnusualEuphemism: As said earlier in GettingCrapPastTheRadar, Mr. Bumpy occasionally uses the word "bump" for profanity, most commonly in the phrase "Bump this!"

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** In "I Got Needs", after encountering a trio of rhyming Vikings, Squishington asks them if they "knew the one about the man from Nantucket".
** There were also some occasions where Mr. Bumpy would use the word "bump" as an expletive.
** On "Dr. Coddle, MD," The first thing Squishington says when he wakes up from being given mouth-to-mouth by Molly Coddle: "Doctor Molly, Not here...there are people ''watching''."
** In "Party Poopers", Squishington appears to grab his crotch in the middle of some wild dancing, then becomes shy and says "I hope nobody saw me..." Also, {{Sexophone}} plays while Molly removes the dress the Cute Dolls gave her. Granted, she was wearing her normal attire underneath, but the scene could not have been any less risque.
** In "Cold Turkey", Mr.Bumpy at one point exclaims "Bump that noise! It'll be a cold day in Helsinki before I let a little hard water come between me and a toenail sundae!!"
** In "In the Bowl of the Squishy Prince", Mr. Bumpy resorts to disguising himself as a princess [[ItMakesSenseInContext so he can kiss Squishington to convince him that he is a prince]]. As if the crossdressing isn't enough, when Squishington rescues "Princess Bumpelina" from the Closet Monster, he slaps Bumpy on the butt right before finding out who he really is.
** "Comfort Schmumfort" has Squishington scream "I have Elvis' love child" when he panics at seeing the return of Sleemoth and Gloog.
** When Bumpy is doing a mock interigation on a plush rabbit in "Comforting The Uncomfortable", he says, "Where were you on November 23, 1962?", in a rather dark reference to the assassination of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.