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* GangOfBullies: The Skulls are an exclusive fraternity that terrorizes the students of St. Saverio. They're led by Meeks, who uses [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections his father's influence and connections to the Crown]] to keep his colleagues in line, including [[BadBoss those of his own clique]].

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* GangOfBullies: The Skulls are an exclusive fraternity that terrorizes the students of St. Saverio. They're led by Meeks, [[AlphaBitch Meeks]], who uses [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections his father's influence and connections to the Crown]] to keep his colleagues in line, including [[BadBoss those of his own clique]].
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* ObviouslyEvil: Captain Bennett is a {{smug|snake}}, [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who makes no bones about his hatred for Kim and tries to get rid of him at every chance he's got. It's no surprise that he's the BigBad who has been working with the rebels. [[spoiler: The real surprise is WHY was he working with them.]]

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* ObviouslyEvil: Captain Bennett is a {{smug|snake}}, {{smug|Snake}}, [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who makes no bones about his hatred for Kim and tries to get rid of him at every chance he's got. It's no surprise that he's the BigBad who has been working with the rebels. [[spoiler: The real surprise is WHY was he working with them.]]
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* GangOfBullies: The Skulls are an exclusive fraternity that terrorizes the students of St. Saverio. They're led by Meeks, who uses [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections his father's influence and connections to the Crown]] to keep his colleagues in line, including [[BadBoss those of his own clique]].


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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: At a party for a Maharaja, Captain Bennett, [[EvilIsPetty out of petty dislike]], has Kim expelled by making him trip on purpose. Outside, Kim uncovers a plot to assassinate the Maharaja, and he and Redbeard [[BigDamnHeroes burst in time]] to foil it. [[ForWantOfANail Had Bennett not expelled him]], the assassination could've been carried out successfully.
* ObviouslyEvil: Captain Bennett is a {{smug|snake}}, [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who makes no bones about his hatred for Kim and tries to get rid of him at every chance he's got. It's no surprise that he's the BigBad who has been working with the rebels. [[spoiler: The real surprise is WHY was he working with them.]]
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''Kim'' is a 2008 [[ItalianSeries Italian animated series]] created by Creator/MondoTV in association with [[Creator/{{Rai}} Rai Fiction]], loosely based on the [[Literature/{{Kim}} picaresque novel of the same name]] by Creator/RudyardKipling (taking cues from the 1950 film). It is the novel's first AnimatedAdaptation.

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''Kim'' is a 2008 [[ItalianSeries Italian animated series]] created by Creator/MondoTV in association with [[Creator/{{Rai}} Rai Fiction]], loosely based on the [[Literature/{{Kim}} picaresque novel of the same name]] by Creator/RudyardKipling (taking cues from the 1950 film).[[TheFilmOfTheBook movie adaptation]]). It is the novel's first AnimatedAdaptation.
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''Kim'' is a 2008 [[ItalianSeries Italian animated series]] created by Creator/MondoTV in association with [[Creator/{{Rai}} Rai Fiction]], loosely based on the [[Literature/{{Kim}} picaresque novel of the same name]] by Creator/RudyardKipling. It is the novel's first AnimatedAdaptation.

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''Kim'' is a 2008 [[ItalianSeries Italian animated series]] created by Creator/MondoTV in association with [[Creator/{{Rai}} Rai Fiction]], loosely based on the [[Literature/{{Kim}} picaresque novel of the same name]] by Creator/RudyardKipling.Creator/RudyardKipling (taking cues from the 1950 film). It is the novel's first AnimatedAdaptation.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: [[DownplayedTrope "Jerkass" is a strong word]], but Teshoo is very short-tempered and has a low tolerance for Kim's occasional bullshit, more in line with a SternTeacher than the calm and charismatic MagicalAsian from the original novel.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: [[DownplayedTrope "Jerkass" is a strong word]], but Teshoo is very short-tempered and grumpy, and has a low tolerance for Kim's occasional bullshit, more in line with a SternTeacher than the calm and charismatic MagicalAsian from the original novel.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: [[DownplayedTrope "Jerkass" is a strong word]], but Teshoo is very short-tempered and has a low tolerance for Kim's occasional bullshit, more in line with a SternTeacher than the calm and charismatic MagicalAsian from the original novel.


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* AgeLift: Mahbub Ali was described in the novel as a very old man, around his seventies, whose red beard was the product of dyeing his grey hairs. In the 1950 film he was portrayed by then-40-year-old Creator/ErrolFlynn, although that could be attributed to a case of HollywoodOld. In the cartoon, on the other hand, Redbeard is as young as he appears to be, easily around his thirties.


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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Teshoo's previous chela, although [[TheGhost still remains an unseen character]]. In the novel he caught a fever and died. In this series, he abandoned him.
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* RaceLift: In the original novel both of Kim's parents were Irish. He passed as Indian from years of living in the streets, under the sun, and being [[RaisedByNatives raised in the local culture]], to the point the English themselves couldn't tell him apart. Here, he's mixed race: his mother was Indian.

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* RaceLift: In the original novel both of Kim's parents were Irish. He passed as Indian from years of living in the streets, [[ButNotTooWhite under the sun, sun]], and being [[RaisedByNatives raised in the local culture]], to the point the English themselves couldn't tell him apart. Here, he's mixed race: his mother was Indian.
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** Lurgan Sahib, the man who introduces Kim into the Great Game, is named "Lurdon" here.

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** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Lurgan Sahib, the man who introduces Kim into the Great Game, who is named "Lurdon" "Lur'''do'''n" here.
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''Kim'' is a 2008 [[ItalianSeries Italian animated series]] created by Creator/MondoTV in association with [[Creator/{{Rai}} Rai Fiction]], loosely based on the [[Literature/{{Kim}} picaresque novel of the same name]] by Creator/RudyardKipling. It is the novel's first AnimatedAdaptation.
The series can be seen in Website/YouTube in [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYXievo3ibiXt0wbexfwxRp33kX0VarOn CARTOON CHANNEL]].

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!! This series provides examples of:

* AdaptationalHeroism: Flower of Delight was a devious streetwalker who was in cahoots with other spies to extract information from Mahbub Ali. In this adaptation [[NamedInTheAdaptation her name is Jasmina]], and not only does she actually love Redbeard, she also spies on her boss, the rebel Nawab, on behalf of him.
* AdaptationNameChange: Kim's father's name, and presumably [[DeadGuyJunior Kim's own]], was changed from "Kimball" to "[[GenderBlenderName Kimberly]]".
** Lurgan Sahib, the man who introduces Kim into the Great Game, is named "Lurdon" here.
* CanonForeigner: Kim receives an AnimalCompanion in the form of Dree the cricket.
** Colonel Creighton has a daughter of Kim's age named Elsa.
* ExternallyValidatedProphecy: Teshoo gives one in relation to the nascent Indian Independence Movement, while explaining to Kim why he should go to school [[CulturedBadass in order to strengthen both his mind and body]].
--> '''Teshoo:''' The day that India will be full of educated men, the English will be at the exit door [[ToWinWithoutFighting without a single gun shot]]. And for generations to come after that they will be asking themselves how it happened.
* MisplacedWildlife: In one episode, while going into the woods, Kim and Elsa encounter a skunk, an animal endemic only to the Americas and, if counting [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stink_badger stink badgers]], the Sunda islands of Indonesia, but not India.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Although Mahbub Ali appears in the show, he's never called by that name, going instead by the moniker Redbeard (Barbarossa in earlier episodes), [[MythologyGag his same nickname from the 1950 film]].
* RaceLift: In the original novel both of Kim's parents were Irish. He passed as Indian from years of living in the streets, under the sun, and being [[RaisedByNatives raised in the local culture]], to the point the English themselves couldn't tell him apart. Here, he's mixed race: his mother was Indian.
* SuperPersistentPredator: While climbing a tree to get some fruit, Kim is attacked by a cobra, who continues to chase after him even after he got down of the tree.
* ThickLineAnimation

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