History WesternAnimation / Fangbone

* ActionizedAdaptation: While the original ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'' books did feature their fair share of scenes involving Fangbone and Bill fighting Drool's monsters, it was for the most part, about Fangbone having to adjust to life on Earth and the shenanigans that resulted from him attending school (such as dodgeball games, science fairs, and birthday parties). In contrast, the cartoon is much more action-oriented, with episodes instead usually involving fights against a MonsterOfTheWeek or some other Skullbanian threat, with Fangbone also having to return to Skullbania every once in a while to carry out important missions on behalf of his tribe.

* AdaptationExpansion: The series expands greatly upon the content of the ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'' books, adding a much larger cast of characters and building upon the setting of Skullbania. Notably, Venomous Drool is actually a much more prominent character in the show than he was in the original books.

* AnimatedAdaptation: Of Michael Rex's graphic novel series ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian''. For the most part, the show is pretty faithful to the books (most of the changes are pretty minor), but rather than directly adapting the stories told in them, it opts to create completely new adventures for the cast.

* FaceHeelTurn: In the final scene of "The End Of The Beginning", [[spoiler:Fred Bone and Other Bill's Mom are among the group of villains now working for Drool's Toe despite being good before. One possible explanation is that because the Toe was used to create them, it has control over them.]]

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: While the original books gave Fangbone and Bill a backstory as to how they became friends, the show opts to throw that out of the window and give them a completely new origin story with the OriginsEpisode "The Forging of Friendship".

* AnArmAndALeg: In "The Future of Mom" Other Mom of Bill has a cybernetic arm. A flashback implies that a bite she received from a rat caused her arm to become infected with no one around to treat it.

''Fangbone!'' is the AnimatedAdaptation of bestselling children's author Creator/MichaelRex's hit graphic novel series ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'', produced by Canadian studio Radical Sheep Productions (the creators of ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch''). The show was developed for television by Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott (who had previously also adapted ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'' and created ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}''), although uniquely for a cartoon of its type, Michael Rex was heavily involved in its production as an executive producer and concept artist.

The series centers around the eponymous Fangbone, a nine-year-old BarbarianHero from AnotherDimension known as Skullbania, a SwordAndSorcery fantasy world home to countless {{Barbarian Tribe}}s that have fought against the forces of the EvilSorcerer Venomous Drool for over a thousand years. Drool seeks to take over all of Skullbania, but fortunately, his incredible power is severely diminished by the fact that he is missing the primary source of his vile magic -- [[MacGuffin his Big Toe of Evil]], which is under the guardianship of Fangbone's own tribe, the Mighty Lizard Clan. To prevent Drool and his minions from acquiring the Toe and thus the power that Drool needs to conquer Skullbania, Fangbone has been entrusted with the title of Toe-Keeper and sent by the tribe's wizard Twinkle-Stick to Earth, where Drool will be unable to follow.