History WesternAnimation / Chuggington

** Calley:
*** "''[[MadLibsCatchphrase [insert current task here]]]'' chugger coming through-oo!"

* AccidentalMisnaming: Being old and forgetful, Puffer Pete does this regularly with everyone's names.
* AllCGICartoon

* AmbiguouslyGay: Chatsworth and Harrison, ''in spades''.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Wilson.

** Calley: "''[[MadLibsCatchphrase [insert current task here]]]'' chugger coming through-oo!"

* {{Leitmotif}}: Action Chugger has one that can be heard whenever he shows up on the scene.

* MeritBadgesForEverything: Badge Quest!
* SentientVehicle

* SpotlightStealingSquad: Hoot and Toot in the second season.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version had an exclusive ending theme that included a dance number, called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJxVe7DYsbA "Janken Train"]] (Rock-Paper-Scissors Train).

* ChaosArchitecture: mainly between seasons 3 and 4. Notably the Repair Shed being moved to make space for the Chug Patrol HQ and many human-catering features being removed.

Two of the founders of the company that produces this show were previously executives for the company that produces ''ThomasTheTankEngine''. [[SarcasmMode Not that there's any similarity between this show and that one.]]

* CatchPhrase: There are several. Like with ''ThomasTheTankEngine'', many of them are [[FlintstoneTheming railway-themed puns]]:

''Chuggington'' started airing in Great Britain in 2008, and debuted on the DisneyChannel in the United States in 2010. It features three young, talking trains referred to as "trainees", and several supporting characters in the form of either people who work at the station or other anthropomorphic trains. Most episodes revolve around these three learning a new kind of job, including pulling passenger cars or delivering cargo... also, serving ice cream and learning to be superheroes.

''{{Chuggington}}'' started airing in Great Britain in 2008, and debuted on the DisneyChannel in the United States in 2010. It features three young, talking trains referred to as "trainees", and several supporting characters in the form of either people who work at the station or other anthropomorphic trains. Most episodes revolve around these three learning a new kind of job, including pulling passenger cars or delivering cargo... also, serving ice cream and learning to be superheroes.

!!''{{Chuggington}}'' provides examples of:

->''"[[TitleThemeTune Chuggington... Chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga, Chuggington! Chuggington... chugga, chugga, chugga... chugga, chugga, chugga...]]"''

* SeasonalRot: Season 4 has been notably poor compared to other seasons. Due to Season 3 not being that well received (to the point where they stopped production at 14 episodes and had the budget lowered), the whole show went through a revamp to try and get more appeal for the crowd again. While the updates to the animation, the cast and the trainees moving to advanced training were well recieved, the season was mostly StrictlyFormula and didn't have the same charm as the other seasons.

* Seasonal Rot: Season 4 has been notably poor compared to other seasons. Due to Season 3 not being that well recieved (to the point where they stopped production at 14 episodes and had the budget lowered), the whole show went through a revamp to try and get more appeal for the crowd again. While the updates to the animation, the cast and the trainees moving to advanced training were well recieved, the season was mostly StrictlyFormula and didn't have the same charm as the other seasons.

* DuelingShows / SpiritualSuccessor: With ''ThomasTheTankEngine''. Though the two really aren't as similar as one might immediately think. ''Chuggington'' has no narrator and while it does feature anthropomorphic trains, the general format and style of the show is rather different.

* '''Koko''', a femenine green train who is the fastest of the group, and is quite competitive as well. She tends to work faster than the others, then teases them about being slow. This often results in things not going well, or taking longer than normal. The resulting {{Aesop}} is similar to what is taught via Wilson.

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Being old and forgetful, Puffer Pete does this regularly with everyone's names.

''{{Chuggington}}'' started airing in Great Britain in 2008, and debuted on the DisneyChannel in the United States in 2010. It features three young, talking trains referred to as "[[IncrediblyLamePun trainees]]", and several supporting characters in the form of either people who work at the station or other anthropomorphic trains. Most episodes revolve around these three learning a new kind of job, including pulling passenger cars or delivering cargo... also, serving ice cream and learning to be superheroes.

* DuelingShows / SpiritualSuccessor: As mentioned in the main article, with ''ThomasTheTankEngine''

** Action Chugger: "I'm helpful, I'm strong, I get the job done!"

* TheVoice: [[MeaningfulName Vee]], the depot announcer and dispatcher. She is only ever "seen" via her omnipresent public address system, which is capable of showing body language (well, as much as a [[TheFaceless faceless]] speaker post fastened to the ground can anyway). This coupled with contradictory clues from various episodes make it unclear if she is a [[AmbiguousRobots human or an intelligent machine]] like the chuggers.

* {{All CGI Cartoon}}
* {{Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny}}: Wilson.
* {{Crying Wolf}}: Zephie, a small anthropomorphic trolley, is outfitted with a siren to be used in case of emergency in one episode. She almost immediately starts coming up with excuses to use it.

* EarWorm: The [[TitleThemeTune bloody intro.]]

* {{Loads and Loads of Characters}}: Despite the fact that this show is relatively new, there's already a substantial cast of supporting characters. There are at least a dozen other trains besides the three trainees, about half a dozen recurring human characters, and a few other humans who were only featured in one episode.

* DuelingShows/SpiritualSuccessor: As mentioned in the main article, with ''ThomasTheTankEngine''

''{{Chuggington}}'' started airing in Great Britain in 2008, and debuted on the DisneyChannel in the United States in 2010. It features three young, talking trains referred to as "[[AWorldwidePunomenon trainees]]", and several supporting characters in the form of either people who work at the station or other anthropomorphic trains. Most episodes revolve around these three learning a new kind of job, including pulling passenger cars or delivering cargo... also, serving ice cream and learning to be superheroes.