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** In the first season, Connie has purple skin and yellow hair, as opposed to green skin and black hair.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:
** The theme song itself is a SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of "Little Bitty Pretty One" by Thurston Harris
** The show often uses SuspiciouslySimilarSong versions of movie themes.
** The amusement park Funkytown is usually accompanied by an appropriate SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of the famous Lipps Inc. song.
** In one episode Skeeter plays a dangerously close soundalike of "U Can't Touch This."
** In "Doug's New School" during a fantasy with aliens there's a sound alike of TheXFiles theme.
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* KarmaHoudini: In ''Doug and Patti, P.I.'', [[spoiler: Roger]] steals supplies for the father and son wheelbarrell race [[spoiler: because he wanted to participate but couldn't because his father lives far away and his mother's feet were too sore for her to fill in.]] However, he doesn't get punished for his actions [[spoiler: and ends up participating anyway since Mr. Dink wanted to participate but didn't have any kids]].

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* KarmaHoudini: In ''Doug and Patti, P.I.'', [[spoiler: Roger]] steals supplies for the father and son family wheelbarrell race [[spoiler: because he wanted to participate but couldn't because his father lives far away and his mother's feet were too sore for her to fill in.]] However, he doesn't get punished for his actions [[spoiler: and ends up participating anyway since Mr. Dink wanted to participate but didn't have any kids]].
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* KarmaHoudini: In ''Doug and Patti, P.I.'', [[spoiler: Roger]] steals supplies for the father and son wheelbarrell race [[spoiler: because he wanted to participate but couldn't because his father lives far away and his mother's feet were too sore for her to fill in.]] However, he doesn't get punished for his actions [[spoiler: and ends up participating anyway since Mr. Dink wanted to participate but didn't have any kids]].
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A theatrical film, accurately titled ''WesternAnimation/DougsFirstMovie'' was released in 1999. It also got its own stage show in Disney-MGM Studios, ''DougLive!'', which ran from 1999-2001.

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A theatrical film, accurately titled ''WesternAnimation/DougsFirstMovie'' was released in 1999. It also got its own stage show in Disney-MGM Studios, ''DougLive!'', ''Theatre/DougLive!'', which ran from 1999-2001.
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**One of Doug's imagine spots is a near duplicate scene from The movie of The Who's "Tommy", specifically, Elton John's character getting out of the limo at the start of "Pinball Wizard". Similar styled music is even used for the scene.
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** The theme song itself is a SuspicouslySimilarSong version of "Little Bitty Pretty One" by Thurston Harris

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** The theme song itself is a SuspicouslySimilarSong SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of "Little Bitty Pretty One" by Thurston Harris
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** The theme song itself is a SuspicouslySimilarSong version of "Little Bitty Pretty One" by Thurston Harris

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** "Doug's Bad Trip". The episode is actually about Doug and his family going on a road trip, but the title suggests...[[MushroomSamba other things]].
** Surprisingly, in Disney's ''Doug'', the word "sex" is said in the Christmas episode [the one where Doug's baby sister was born, not the WhamEpisode where Doug's dog is accused of attacking Beebe at the lake while ice-skating]-- the ABC episodes had a mini-arc where Doug's dad is trying to give his son the sex talk, only for Doug to tell his dad on the Christmas episode that he already knows about it from school. And in another episode, Guy observes a cartoon with donkeys in it by saying "Hmmm, a bunch of jackasses."
** Some of the last names sound dirty if you really think about it: Bone, Dink, Buttsavage, etc.
** In the episode where Roger's cat has kittens, he tells his mom that he didn't know the cat was a girl. She replies by telling him that there's a talk that they're long overdue for.
** During the Founder's Day Pageant in "Doug's On Stage", look closely; someone in the audience can obviously be seen drinking what appears to be an alcoholic beverage.
** There is an episode where Doug makes a funny drawing of his teacher, but accidentally sends it with his essay. The title of the episode: "Doug's Doodle."
** While dressing Doug up for his date with Patti, Judy says he should wear a handkerchief, "but not on the left." In the hanky code once used by the gay community, a handkerchief in the left pocket signaled that one was a "top."
** In "Doug's Secret Song," while hanging out the second story window of Bebe's house, upon realizing "somebody up there likes me," Skeeter responds with the double-entendre, "yeah, but somebody 'down there' doesn't" (they look down, and Bebe's butler is yelling at them to get down).
** The name of Dale's preschool is "Ding Dong Daycare".
** Mr. Dink jumps out of bushes more than once, including in "Doug Bags a Neematoad," where he's holding a camera. He says it's just because he thought Porkchop was a Neematoad, but we know the possible alternative pedophillic explanation.
** In one episode, there is a scene where Doug is holding a banner that said "I (heart) head."
** A restaurant at the mall is named, "Baloney Hut," and its slogan is, "get your butt to the Baloney Hut."
** Mr. Bone oftens wants students to get into his office "P.D.Q., whatever that stands for." It typically stands for "pretty damn quick[ly]".

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** "Doug's Bad Trip". The episode is actually about Doug and his family going on a road trip, but the title suggests...[[MushroomSamba other things]].
** Surprisingly, in Disney's ''Doug'', the word "sex" is said in the Christmas episode [the one where Doug's baby sister was born, not the WhamEpisode where Doug's dog is accused of attacking Beebe at the lake while ice-skating]-- the ABC episodes had a mini-arc where Doug's dad is trying to give his son the sex talk, only for Doug to tell his dad on the Christmas episode that he already knows about it from school. And in another episode, Guy observes a cartoon with donkeys in it by saying "Hmmm, a bunch of jackasses."
** Some of the last names sound dirty if you really think about it: Bone, Dink, Buttsavage, etc.
** In the episode where Roger's cat has kittens, he tells his mom that he didn't know the cat was a girl. She replies by telling him that there's a talk that they're long overdue for.
** During the Founder's Day Pageant in "Doug's On Stage", look closely; someone in the audience can obviously be seen drinking what appears to be an alcoholic beverage.
** There is an episode where Doug makes a funny drawing of his teacher, but accidentally sends it with his essay. The title of the episode: "Doug's Doodle."
** While dressing Doug up for his date with Patti, Judy says he should wear a handkerchief, "but not on the left." In the hanky code once used by the gay community, a handkerchief in the left pocket signaled that one was a "top."
** In "Doug's Secret Song," while hanging out the second story window of Bebe's house, upon realizing "somebody up there likes me," Skeeter responds with the double-entendre, "yeah, but somebody 'down there' doesn't" (they look down, and Bebe's butler is yelling at them to get down).
** The name of Dale's preschool is "Ding Dong Daycare".
** Mr. Dink jumps out of bushes more than once, including in "Doug Bags a Neematoad," where he's holding a camera. He says
GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Has [[Radar/{{Doug}} it's just because he thought Porkchop was a Neematoad, but we know the possible alternative pedophillic explanation.
** In one episode, there is a scene where Doug is holding a banner that said "I (heart) head."
** A restaurant at the mall is named, "Baloney Hut," and its slogan is, "get your butt to the Baloney Hut."
** Mr. Bone oftens wants students to get into his office "P.D.Q., whatever that stands for." It typically stands for "pretty damn quick[ly]".
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* SeriousBusiness: Willie White's campaign for Student Council Treasurer takes this UpToEleven. Mocked here: http://dougfunniesjournal.blogspot.com/2012/02/episode-46-part-1-doug-runs.html

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* SeriousBusiness: Just about any school sponsored event is this. Willie White's campaign for Student Council Treasurer takes this UpToEleven. Mocked here: http://dougfunniesjournal.blogspot.com/2012/02/episode-46-part-1-doug-runs.html
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* SeriousBusiness: Willie White's campaign for Student Council Treasurer takes this UpToEleven. Mocked here: http://dougfunniesjournal.blogspot.com/2012/02/episode-46-part-1-doug-runs.html
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** Doug, too, on occasion. Such as in "Doug's Brainy Buddy."

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* GeniusDitz: Skeeter's revealed to be this in one episode, though it was hidden because he's BookDumb. It took Doug the entire episode to accept it, reluctantly.

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* GeniusDitz: Skeeter's revealed to be this in one episode, though it was hidden because he's BookDumb. The only reason they found out was because Skeeter didn't realize the IQ test was a test, he mentions how he panics with tests. It took Doug the entire episode to accept it, reluctantly.
** It came up again in the Disney version, where Skeeter eventually made it onto a trivia bowl team but he choked when asked a question.
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* BrandX and BlandNameProduct: Several. One notable example would be that Bluffington has a Worst Eastern hotel. Also, the [[{{Nintendo}} Pretendo]] (also used in ''MuppetBabies''), and Beebe's laptop is a Beet... with an interface that looks suspiciously like it's copied from classic Mac OS.

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* BrandX and BlandNameProduct: Several. One notable example would be that Bluffington has a Worst Eastern hotel. Also, the [[{{Nintendo}} [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Pretendo]] (also used in ''MuppetBabies''), and Beebe's laptop is a Beet... with an interface that looks suspiciously like it's copied from classic Mac OS.
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A theatrical film, accurately titled ''DougsFirstMovie'' was released in 1999. It also got its own stage show in Disney-MGM Studios, ''DougLive!'', which ran from 1999-2001.

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A theatrical film, accurately titled ''DougsFirstMovie'' ''WesternAnimation/DougsFirstMovie'' was released in 1999. It also got its own stage show in Disney-MGM Studios, ''DougLive!'', which ran from 1999-2001.
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* TheCameo: Doug shows up in the role of the Bloody Head Fairy in the ''[[TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren and Stimpy]]'' episode "Haunted House". This is particularly funny if you consider that BillyWest was at various times the voice of Doug, Stimpy and Ren.

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* TheCameo: Doug shows up in the role of the Bloody Head Fairy in the ''[[TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren and Stimpy]]'' episode "Haunted House". This is particularly funny if you consider that BillyWest Creator/BillyWest was at various times the voice of Doug, Stimpy and Ren.
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* TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim: The breakup of Music/TheBeatles homage band The Beets plays out like this, with all four members of the group facing away from the microphone and saying things like this ("I'm not telling them, YOU tell them!") before one finally has enough and very curtly says that they're splitting up.
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* AgelessBirthdayEpisode: Played straight in the Nickelodeon episode "Doug's Birthday Present," to the extent that the Disney series opened with an episode about him turning 12. Since he was 11½ when he moved to Bluffington and lived there during the Nickelodeon birthday episode, the only logical conclusion one could draw is that he had two 12th birthdays!
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* CreditsJukebox: A unique aspect to the cartoon is that there was never a consistent credits theme; it was always different, and usually a piece of BGM recycled from the episodes that just played.
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** Perhaps it was more of a commentary on the texture - an unbreakable hunk that performed well as a ''doorstop''.

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* DamselInDistress: Patti's role in the Quailman series before she becomes Supersport.



* DistressedDamsel: Patti's role in the Quailman series before she becomes Supersport.



* [[HerCodeNameWasMarySue His Code Name Was Gary Stu]]:

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* SecretDiary: Roger gets his hands on Doug's journal in "Doug's Runaway Journal". Turns out [[spoiler:he couldn't read any of it because Doug's handwriting is so bad.]]

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* SecretDiary: Roger gets his hands on Doug's journal in "Doug's Runaway Journal". Turns out [[spoiler:he couldn't read any of it because Doug's handwriting is so bad.]]bad]].



** When Doug, Skeeter and Roger visit Bloodstone Manor, notices can be seen that says [[DivineComedy "Abandon all beverages ye who enter"]]

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** When Doug, Skeeter and Roger visit Bloodstone Manor, notices can be seen that says [[DivineComedy [[Literature/TheDivineComedy "Abandon all beverages beverages, ye who enter"]]enter."]]
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** Patti has her moments.
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** When Doug, Skeeter and Roger visit Bloodstone Manor, notices can be seen that says [[DivineComedy "Abandon all beverages ye who enter"]]
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** Mr. Bone oftens wants students to get into his office "P.D.Q., whatever that stands for." It typically stands for "pretty damn quick[ly]".
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* ForcedToWatch: Doug {{invoke|dTrope}}s this on ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext himself]]'' in "Doug's Nightmare on Jumbo St."
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* GodModeSue: In-universe, Silver Skeeter, much to Doug's annoyance. Not to mention Skeeter doesn't get the criticism.
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* LimitedWardrobe: {{Lampshaded}} and turned into an episode. Doug always wears brown khaki shorts with a green vest over a white shirt. When their favorite TV star wears the same outfit, everyone copies the style, and they think Doug has, too. He spends the entire episode trying to prove that he isn't a lemming, even showing everyone his entire wardrobe of identical clothes, but to his frustration everything he's trying to be like the TV star. So he tries to dress differently, then eventually gives up, figuring that it's not worth the trouble... only to find everyone is now copying a different outfit the TV star wears, which looks the same as Skeeter's.

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* LimitedWardrobe: {{Lampshaded}} and turned into an episode. Doug always wears brown khaki shorts with a green vest over a white shirt. When their favorite TV star wears the same outfit, everyone copies the style, and they think Doug has, too. He spends the entire episode trying to prove that he isn't a lemming, even showing everyone his entire wardrobe of identical clothes, but to his frustration everything everyone still thinks he's trying to be like the TV star. So he tries to dress differently, then eventually gives up, figuring that it's not worth the trouble... only to find everyone is now copying a different outfit the TV star wears, which looks the same as Skeeter's.
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** The name of Dale's preschool is, "Ding Dong Daycare"

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** The name of Dale's preschool is, is "Ding Dong Daycare"Daycare".
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** The Beets' name and Liverpool accents are obviously based on Music/TheBeatles (although singer Monroe Yoder looks more like [[Music/TheWho Roger Daltrey]].

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** The Beets' name and Liverpool accents are obviously based on Music/TheBeatles (although singer Monroe Yoder looks more like [[Music/TheWho Roger Daltrey]].Daltrey]]).
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A theatrical film, accurately titled ''DougsFirstMovie'' was released in 1999. It also got its own stage show in Disney-MGM Studios, ''DougLive!'', which ran from 1999-2001

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A theatrical film, accurately titled ''DougsFirstMovie'' was released in 1999. It also got its own stage show in Disney-MGM Studios, ''DougLive!'', which ran from 1999-2001
1999-2001.

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