History WesternAnimation / TheAntAndTheAardvark

* AmbiguouslyJewish: WesternAnimation/{{The A|ntAndTheAardvark}}ardvark.

* InformedSpecies: Aardvark doesn't look very much like an actual aardvark (though he does have a lot of resemblance to an anteater, and refers to himself as an anteater all the time). He's got the aardvark ears, at least.
** Though he looks a heck of a lot more like an aardvark than "WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}" does.

* 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.

* SarcasmFailure: In "Technology, Phooey", the Aardvark's quicksand trap backfires on him, prompting him to quip, "I'd say something right now, but it would only be censored!"

** At least in the first episode, he acted like an actual aardvark: he actually ''licked'' Charlie, and when said ant took refuge in an anthill, the Aardvark promptly [[TunnelKing burrowed in after him!]]

* BeachEpisode: "Dune Bug"

* ColdSnap: "The Froze Nose Knows"
* DeadpanSnarker: Both Charlie and the Aardvark. Charlie's nemesis with his brainless schemes gives him more than enough stimulation to practice snarking. As for the Aardvark his snarkiness can be divided into two types: the first is the one that comes before a plan and involves lots of puns, and the second comes after the plan ''and'' the fall and naturally ends up [[SelfDeprecation directed to himself.]]

-->'''Aardvark:'''' (''weakly'') Yeah...make a wish for me. Wish I was dead.

* HodgepodgeComputer: Aardvark assembles a computer to advise him how to catch the ant. None of the machine's methods succeed, leading the aardvark to declare, "And for a computer, you stink!" Subverted when the device responds, "Who said I was a computer? I'm an automatic pop-up toaster! And I'll prove it!" The aardvark gets deluged with fresh toast.

--> '''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!

* JerkAss: Aardvark. Very much so. And he's got the [[TooDumbToLive brains to match.]]

--> '''Aardvarl''': That's one reason why they don't send ants to college! Nobody likes a [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar smart ant]]!

* PepperSneeze: In "Ants in the Pantry", the aardvark inhales a large amount of pepper and sneezes hard enough to go flying out of the house through a brick wall. When he sneezes again, he re-enters the house through the same hole.

''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 1950s. 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.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: In "From Bed to Worse", Aardvark says while whacking with his cane on the dog's leg cast: "DON'T! BE! A! WISE! GUY!" All it gets him is (another!) SlasherSmile.

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

* BullyingADragon: Rather like [[LooneyTunes Sylvester]] before him, Aardvark ends up in a hospital with an angry dog in "From Bed to Worse". His response to the dog's noisy barking, when limping by, is to smack the dog's leg cast. Soon enough the dog gets his revenge.

* DeadpanSnarker: Both Charlie and the Aardvark. Charlie's nemesis with his brainless schemes gives him more than enough stimulation to practice snarking. As for the Aardvark his snarkiness can be divided into two types: the first is the one that comes before a plan and involves lots of puns, and the second comes after the fall and naturally ends up into SelfDeprecation.

* DeadpanSnarker: Both Aardvark and Charlie.

* OhCrap: Once the vitamins that granted the ant SuperStrength wore off, Charlie gets chased by the Aardvark once more leading to them to jump into a moving truck. The Aardvark thinks he finally caught his quarry until he realizes that they are in the truck that was carrying the same vitamins and Charlie has just ate some leading to a CurbStompBattle on the Aardvark once more.

* OhCrap: Once the vitamins that granted the ant SuperStrength wore off, Charlie gets chased by the Aardvark once more leading to them to jump into a moving truck. The Aardvark thinks he finally caught his quarry until he realizes that they are in the truck that was carrying the same vitamins and Charlie has just ate some leading to a CurbStompedBattle.

* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Aardvark goes around in pants and a tank top, the same blue color as his fur.

''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 1950s. 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.

* PalatialSandcastle: In "Dune Bug", the ant builds a sandcastle on the beach and moves into it. Of course, this is just a normal-sized sand castle, but an ant is very small, so...

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: John Byner voiced Aardvark in the style of comedian Jackie Mason, while voicing Charlie Ant in the style of singer/western actor DeanMartin. In fact, most of the minor characters that John Byner voiced were imitations of famous celebrities of that time period.

--> Aardvark: You know something? I think he's dead.[[labelnote:*]]Nope, you're just screwed.[[/labelnote]]

--> Aardvark: You know, I think he's dead.[[labelnote:*]]Nope, you're just screwed.[[/labelnote]]

* TalkingToHimself: As stated above, Aardvark and Charlie are both voiced by John Byner.