History WesternAnimation / TheAntAndTheAardvark

->''"Y'know, it takes 200,000 ants just to make a decent sandwich, and I'm having trouble with just one. And the day's half over"''

* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The eponymous Aardvark is colored blue, which is unusual for a real aardvark.

* IAmNotWeasel: The Aardvark refers to himself as an anteater in most of the cartoons, and he does look more like an anteater than an aardvark. Anteaters and aardvarks are only distantly related in RealLife.

* NoCanOpener: This is the plot of "Odd Ant Out". The blue and green aardvarks fight over a can of chocolate-covered ants, but neither of them has a can opener. In a [[JustForPun delicious]] irony, they didn't even need one as the can has a pull-off ring cap.

[[caption-width-right:271:Quit calling me an Aardvark! I'm an [[InsistentTerminology Anteater!]]]]

''The Ant and the Aardvark'' was a theatrical cartoon series created by Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises, the same company who created ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'', among other cartoons, including most of the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoons from the late 1960s. The series consisted of 17 cartoons that ran from 1969 to 1971. It followed the misadventures of a [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife blue aardvark]] who tried but failed to eat a red ant named Charlie. After its initial theatrical run, ''The Ant and the Aardvark'' later became a part of ''The Pink Panther Show'', with all 17 episodes airing in reruns, with the characters themselves being integrated into later iterations of ''The Pink Panther'' itself, such as ''WesternAnimation/PinkPantherAndPals''.

* JustForPun: The Aardvark spouts a never-ending series of puns just because he can.
--> '''Aardvark''' [''in a hospital'']: And that's enough out of you, dog! If you don't like the cast system around here, take a walk!
--> '''Aardvark:''' That's one reason why they don't send ants to college! Nobody likes a smart ant!

* FunnyXRay: In "From Bed to Worse", after the Aardvark has sucked Charlie into his mouth through a straw and swallowed him whole, the nurse walks in at the start of lunchtime to find Charlie's bed empty, followed by the Aardvark getting a telltale hiccup from the straw incident after wondering where Charlie went. In a panic, she grabs Aardvark and takes him to the X-ray machine. The plaque confirms her worst fear, as it shows the panicked Charlie jumping inside him. One trip to the ER later, and Charlie is back in bed eating the sugar cube she had given him, while Aardvark sports a bandage on his belly.

-->'''Charlie:''' Hey, pal... is there anything I can do for ya?
-->'''Aardvark''' [''weakly'']: Yeah... make a wish for me. Wish I was dead.

--> '''Aardvark''' [''using a long straw'']: Look, ant! I am inventing a new kind of communication system between us! If you want to say something to me, all you do is speak through the tube!
--> '''Charlie:''' There's only one thing I got to say to you! You're a stupid, long-nosed—[''Gets sucked into the straw.'']
--> '''Aardvark''' [''gulps'']: I hated to cut him off in the middle of an insult, but I couldn't resist his aroma!

* SlasherSmile: The dog has a ''really'' disturbing one in "From Bed to Worse." After no fewer then three scenes with the same SlasherSmile, the Aardvark even lampshades it:

* SwallowedWhole: On some rare occasions, Charlie would be swallowed up by the Aardvark, but he would either escape or be rescued like a DistressedDude. "From Bed to Worse" is a case in point.

** That would make the Aardvark predate [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] as a fast moving blue insectivore.

* AmbiguouslyJewish:
** The Aardvark.
** In an episode of ''The New Pink Panther Show'', the Aardvark (as a Franchise/{{Tarzan}} parody) screams "Oy vey!" in a Tarzan-like manner.

* SuperSpeed: The episode "Isle of Caprice" ends with the Aardvark sinking the island he was marooned on. He says "Well, Honolulu is about 2000 miles from here. But with him'' (''the Shark'') on my tail, I should get there in 15 minutes!" before running off to the sunset with shark in hot pursuit. Assuming he's not exaggerating, to travel that distance in a short time, that poor Aardvark would be traveling 8,000 mph (over 10 times the speed of sound)!

* SuperSpeed: The episode "Isle of Caprice" ends with the Aardvark sinking the island he was marooned on. He says '"Well, Honolulu is about 2000 miles from here. But with him'' (''the Shark'') on my tail, I should get there in 15 minutes!" before running off to the sunset with shark in hot pursuit. Assuming he's not exaggerating, to travel that distance in a short time, that poor Aardvark would be traveling 8,000 mph (over 10 times the speed of sound)!