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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Bobo. He is rather friendly towards the heroes, and often ruins Cy's schemes due to his naivety.
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''Ovide and the Gang'' (1987-1988) was a 1980s Canadian cartoon. Set in an FantasyCounterpartCulture of Australia, the show features a platypus named Ovide and his cousin Saphron. Other characters included a kangaroo, three koalas, a lizard, two toucans, a sloth, and a python. The plots regularly centralized on Ovide getting an idea from television.
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''Ovide and the Gang'' (1987-1988) was a 1980s Canadian cartoon. Set on a fictional island in an FantasyCounterpartCulture of Australia, the South Pacific, the show features a platypus named Ovide and his cousin Saphron. Other characters included a kangaroo, three koalas, a lizard, two toucans, a sloth, and a python. The plots regularly centralized on Ovide getting an idea from television.
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* FurryConfusion: One episode has a hunter (who is a fox) coming to the island to catch Ovide and sell him to the zoo. This is despite Ovide being sapient like all the other animals.
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''Ovide and the Gang'' (1987-1988) was a 1980s Canadian cartoon. Set in an FantasyCounterpartCulture of Australia, the show features a platypus named Ovide and his cousin Saphron. Other characters included a kangaroo, three koalas, a lizard, two toucans, a sloth, and a python. The plots regularly centralized on Ovide getting an idea from television.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Platypuses and sloths were a rare occurrence in fiction from the 80s, not being made popular until the 2000s. The episode "Just for Laughs" featured a proboscis monkey, a primate speciesw still obscure to this day.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Platypuses and sloths were a rare occurrence in fiction from the 80s, not being made popular until the 2000s. The episode "Just for Laughs" featured a proboscis monkey, a primate speciesw species still obscure to this day.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Platypuses and sloths were obscure during the 80s, not being made popular until the 2000s. Also the proboscis monkey from "Just for Laughs".
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Platypuses and sloths were obscure during a rare occurrence in fiction from the 80s, not being made popular until the 2000s. Also the proboscis monkey from The episode "Just for Laughs".Laughs" featured a proboscis monkey, a primate speciesw still obscure to this day.
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* MisplacedWildlife: Toucans and anacondas are found in South America, not Australia. However, this can be {{Hand Wave}}d by taking place on a fictional island.
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* MisplacedWildlife: Toucans Toucans, sloths, and anacondas are found in South America, not Australia. However, this can be {{Hand Wave}}d by taking place on a fictional island.
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** Saphron is a yellow platypus and Groaner is a toucan prone to making horrible jokes.
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** Saphron is a yellow platypus and who is the TeamChef
** Groaner is a toucan prone to making horrible jokes.
** Groaner is a toucan prone to making horrible jokes.
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* SmallAnnoyingCritter: Woody, the woodworm who keeps causing trouble for Polo and others by eating and making holes in the wood.
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* SmallAnnoyingCritter: SmallAnnoyingCreature: Woody, the woodworm who keeps causing trouble for Polo and others by eating and making holes in the wood.
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* SmallAnnoyingCritter: Woody, the woodworm who keeps causing trouble for Polo and others by eating and making holes in the wood.
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* MisplacedWildlife: Toucans are found in South America, not Australia. However, this can be {{Hand Wave}}d by taking place on a fictional island.
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* MisplacedWildlife: Toucans and anacondas are found in South America, not Australia. However, this can be {{Hand Wave}}d by taking place on a fictional island.
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** Cy, the main villain, is a snake.
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* TyrannosaurusRex: In one episode, Cy teams up with a t-rex to take over the island.
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* TyrannosaurusRex: In one episode, Cy teams up with a t-rex ''T. rex'' to take over the island.island.
* UnpleasantAnimalCounterpart: Inverted with Cy's cobra cousin, who is not a villain unlike him. Usually, the cobra is the unpleasant counterpart to the python.
* UnpleasantAnimalCounterpart: Inverted with Cy's cobra cousin, who is not a villain unlike him. Usually, the cobra is the unpleasant counterpart to the python.
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** And of course averted with Polo the giant red lizard, who is one of the show's heroes.
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** Averted with Cy's cousin, an Egyptian cobra who isn't evil at all.
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* TyrannosaurusRex: In one episode, Cy teams up with a t-rex to take over the island.
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Cy, the main villain, is a snake.
** Zigzagged with an anaconda. He started as a villain, but made a HeelFaceTurn after Ovide reveal Cy's deception. He return later as a villain again [[ItMakesSenseInContext while inside a video game]].
** Zigzagged with an anaconda. He started as a villain, but made a HeelFaceTurn after Ovide reveal Cy's deception. He return later as a villain again [[ItMakesSenseInContext while inside a video game]].
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: ReptilesAreAbhorrent:
** Cy, the main villain, is a snake.
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** Cy, the main villain, is a snake.
** Zigzagged with an anaconda. He
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* BattleBoomerang: Matilda's WeaponOfChoice.
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** Zigzagged with an anaconda. He started as a villain, but made a HeelFaceTurn after Ovide reveal Cy's deception. He then return later as a villain [[ItMakesSenseInContext while inside a video game]].
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** Zigzagged with an anaconda. He started as a villain, but made a HeelFaceTurn after Ovide reveal Cy's deception. He then return later as a villain again [[ItMakesSenseInContext while inside a video game]].
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** Zigzagged with an anaconda. He started as a villain, but made a HeelFaceTurn after Ovide reveal Cy's deception. He then return later as a villain [[ItMakesSenseInContext while inside a video game]].
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* TheBadGuyWins: Cy has finally succeeded and sent Ovide and the gang to exile... except by the end of the episode he realized it was AllJustADream.
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** Saphron is probably a reference to Saffron, a type of seasoning. Since he's the TeamChef, it fits.
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* FinishingEachOthersSentences: The koalas Do, Re, and Mi respectively speak the beginning, middle, and end of most of their lines. For example, when seeking ways to keep warm in "The Big Chill", they huddle together atop Alvin the sloth, and have this to say:
-->'''Do:''' We find that togetherness...\\
'''Re:''' ... is a very warming...\\
'''Mi:''' ... expe-herience. ''(hiccups)''
-->'''Do:''' We find that togetherness...\\
'''Re:''' ... is a very warming...\\
'''Mi:''' ... expe-herience. ''(hiccups)''
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* EgomaniacHunter: One two-time antagonist is a fox hunter who hunts partly for profit and partly for the sake of bagging any exotic animals in his way
* KangaroosRepresentAustralia: Her name is Matilda (yes, as in "waltzing").
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* EgomaniacHunter: One two-time antagonist is a fox hunter who hunts partly for profit and partly for the sake of bagging any exotic animals in his way
* KangaroosRepresentAustralia: Her name is Matilda (yes, as in "waltzing").way.
* KangaroosRepresentAustralia: Her name is Matilda (yes, as in "waltzing").
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* MeaningfulName: Ovide's name is an anagram for "video," referencing the frequent use of television within the show. Also doubles as a SignificantAnagram.
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** Ovide's name is an anagram for "video," referencing the frequent use of television within the show. Also doubles as a SignificantAnagram.
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* MonkeyMoralityPose: Do, Re and Mi the koalas mimic this.
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* MonkeyMoralityPose: The koalas Do, Re Re, and Mi the koalas mimic this.this. Do is always wearing headphones and is usually pressing them against his ears, Re is always wearing sunglasses, and Mi, who seems to have a permanent case of hiccups, is usually covering his mouth.
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** Ovide probably is a pun on the word "video," as the opening clip of every episode shows.
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The series was ''wildly'' popular [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff in the Netherlands]], largely because of its thoroughly [[{{Woolseyism}} Woosleyed]] Dutch theme song.
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The series was ''wildly'' popular [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff in the Netherlands]], largely because of its thoroughly [[{{Woolseyism}} Woosleyed]] woolseyed]] Dutch theme song.
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'''''Ovide and the Gang''''' (1987-1988) was a 1980s Canadian cartoon. Set in an FantasyCounterpartCulture of Australia, the show features a platypus named Ovide and his cousin Saphron. Other characters included a kangaroo, three koalas, a lizard, and a python. The plots regularly centralized on Ovide getting an idea from television.
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* EverythingsBetterWithKangaroos: Her name is Matilda (yes, as in "waltzing").
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* Expy: A vocal example, Polo sounds a lot like classic actor Jimmy Durante. He even says the "Ha-cha-cha" line once or twice.
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* EgomaniacalHunter: One two-time antagonist is a fox hunter who hunts partly for profit and partly for the sake of it
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* Expy: A vocal example, Polo sounds a lot like classic actor Jimmy Durante. He even says the "Ha-cha-cha" line once or twice.
* MeaningfulName: Ovide's name is an anagram for "video," referencing the frequent use of television within the show. Also doubles as a SignificantAnagram.
** Saphron is a yellow platypus and Groaner is a toucan prone to making horrible jokes.
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* TheMedic: Matilda serves this role with her expansive knowledge of medicine, herbs, and cures. She also has proven to be an effective one-person rescue team and can use boomerangs to great effect if necessary.
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'''''Ovide and the Gang''''' was a 1980s Canadian cartoon. Set in an FantasyCounterpartCulture of Australia, the show features a platypus named Ovide and his cousin Saphron. Other characters included a kangaroo, three koalas, a lizard, and a python. The plots regularly centralized on Ovide getting an idea from television.
The series was ''wildly'' popular [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff in the Netherlands]], largely because of its thoroughly [[{{Woolseyism}} Woosleyed]] Dutch theme song.
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* AerithAndBob: Most of the names are either somewhat traditional (Matilda, Cy) or reasonable for cartoons (Polo, Groaner, Bobo, Woody). Ovide and Saphron, on the other hand... God knows where those names came from.
* TheDitz: Bobo
* EverythingsBetterWithKangaroos: Her name is Matilda (yes, as in "waltzing").
* EverythingsBetterWithPlatypus: Ovide and Saphron, his cousin.
* FantasticDrug: There was a certain flower that, when sniffed, would make anybody extremely happy and relaxed. As in, very mellow, laid-back, and agreeable. The villain of the show hated the flowers, as he didn't like getting along with others, but many episodes ended with him being forced to take a sniff. So in a nutshell, all the good guys on the show would sniff a flower to get high, and the villain didn't want to but was usually coerced into doing it. On a kid's show.
* GangOfCritters: Right there in the title.
* MisplacedWildlife: Toucans are found in South America, not Australia. However, this can be {{Hand Wave}}d by taking place on a fictional island.
* MonkeyMoralityPose: Do, Re and Mi the koalas mimic this.
* MeaningfulName / SignificantAnagram: Ovide's name is an anagram for "video," referencing the frequent use of television within the show.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Cy, the main villain, is a snake.
* SssssnakeTalk: Cy Sly.
* TVGenius: Ovide, quite literally.
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The series was ''wildly'' popular [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff in the Netherlands]], largely because of its thoroughly [[{{Woolseyism}} Woosleyed]] Dutch theme song.
!!Tropes:
* AerithAndBob: Most of the names are either somewhat traditional (Matilda, Cy) or reasonable for cartoons (Polo, Groaner, Bobo, Woody). Ovide and Saphron, on the other hand... God knows where those names came from.
* TheDitz: Bobo
* EverythingsBetterWithKangaroos: Her name is Matilda (yes, as in "waltzing").
* EverythingsBetterWithPlatypus: Ovide and Saphron, his cousin.
* FantasticDrug: There was a certain flower that, when sniffed, would make anybody extremely happy and relaxed. As in, very mellow, laid-back, and agreeable. The villain of the show hated the flowers, as he didn't like getting along with others, but many episodes ended with him being forced to take a sniff. So in a nutshell, all the good guys on the show would sniff a flower to get high, and the villain didn't want to but was usually coerced into doing it. On a kid's show.
* GangOfCritters: Right there in the title.
* MisplacedWildlife: Toucans are found in South America, not Australia. However, this can be {{Hand Wave}}d by taking place on a fictional island.
* MonkeyMoralityPose: Do, Re and Mi the koalas mimic this.
* MeaningfulName / SignificantAnagram: Ovide's name is an anagram for "video," referencing the frequent use of television within the show.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Cy, the main villain, is a snake.
* SssssnakeTalk: Cy Sly.
* TVGenius: Ovide, quite literally.
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