History WesternAnimation / TheBeatles

* ShoutOut - "Don't Bother Me" uses the "Ringo sleeping on the wrong end of the bed" gag from ''{{Help}}!'', and the second opening is a big shout out to Film/JamesBond films.

--> ''Tried to please her / She only played one-night stands..."

* MirrorCrackingUgly - [[ButtMonkey Ringo]]

--->"Athos!" "Porthos!" "Aramis!" "And Ringo!"

* DidNotDoTheResearch - Actually, going by the model sheets and the way ''YellowSubmarine'' turned out, they actually did do the research, something just got lost during production.

The series followed a [[ThreeShorts Two Shorts Format]], with each short separated by two singalong segments. The singalongs would always start with either John Lennon, Paul [=McCartney=] or George Harrison trying to introduce the song and encourage the viewers to sing along, and Ringo Starr interrupting to try and "set up the proper mood" with props.

Although the series was a colossal success when it debuted, it faded quickly as the Beatles themselves evolved their music and personalities. Eventually, the show was quietly scooted out of the way to make room for ''JonnyQuest'', as Creator/{{ABC}}'s Saturday Morning lineup was being dominated by action/adventure shows at the time, while the cartoon was getting more surreal.

Although the series was a colossal success when it debuted, it faded quickly as the Beatles themselves evolved their music and personalities. Eventually, the show was quietly scooted out of the way to make room for ''{{Jonny Quest}}'', as {{ABC}}'s Saturday Morning lineup was being dominated by action/adventure shows at the time, while the cartoon was getting more surreal.

* CelebrityToons - Also the {{Trope Maker}}.

* DidNotDoTheResearch - Actually, going by the model sheets and the way ''{{Yellow Submarine}}'' turned out, they actually did do the research, something just got lost during production.

** The knife-thrower in "She Loves You" used more conventional kitchen knives originally; the animators were asked to make the knives more fantastical so kids wouldn't be encouraged to try knife throwing at home.

* [[HurricaneOfPuns Hurricane of]] {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s - One of the things that carried over to ''{{Yellow Submarine}}''.

* TheRuntAtTheEnd - Ringo. Partial {{Truth In Television}}.
* ShoutOut - "Don't Bother Me" uses the "Ringo sleeping on the wrong end of the bed" gag from ''[[{{Help}} Help!]]'', and the second opening is a big shout out to Film/JamesBond films.

* Getting Crap Past The Radar- The mere fact that "Run For Your Life" is in a kids' show. The lyrics to that song are basically saying, "If you ever cheat on me I will hunt you down and kill you."

* TheThreeMusketeers - The Beatles imagine themselves as them in "Any Time at All".
-->"Athos!" "Porthos!" "Aramis!" "And Ringo!"

* ShoutOut - "Don't Bother Me" uses the "Ringo sleeping on the wrong end of the bed" gag from ''[[{{Help}} Help!]]'', and the second opening is a big shout out to JamesBond films.

*** On a related note, in the "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" episode, the evil competitors in the race are a Generic Archvillain and a very obvious Mook. He's the spitting image of Oddjob from ''{{Goldfinger}}''.

Produced by Al Brodax (who would later go on to produce ''CoolMcCool'' and ''Film/YellowSubmarine'') for King Features, who produced a number of other cartoon series based on its own popular comic strips. Notable in that making the show was literally a world-wide effort, and an early example of farming out animation overseas to save money. A majority of the production was done in England, but episodes were also farmed out to studios in Australia, Canada, and Holland. This lends the show a bit of discontinuity when it comes to animation style; the Australian episodes are particularly prone to poor quality because Australia had a limited animation industry before the show arrived there and therefore fewer experienced professionals to draw from.

Many of the same people from the English studio who worked on the cartoon, as well as the American producers, went on to work on ''YellowSubmarine'' (including Lance Percival as Old Fred), one of the many reasons why the Beatles initially wanted nothing to do with the film.

** Why Ringo never sued King Features is completely unknown to us. In comparison to his [[OnlySaneMan actual]] [[TheQuietOne persona]], the show's [[RalphWiggum portrayal]] of him borders on libel.

* DownerEnding - Some of the episodes end with injuries. And then there are a couple that seem to imply that the Beatles DIE at the ending.

* DownerEnding - Some of the episodes end with injuries. And then there are a couple that seem to imply that the Beatles DIE at the ending, including ''the very first episode''.
** Actually, they didn't die in that episode, they merely fainted.

* HoYay - 'What are you doing down there?' 'Writing a song, of course!'
** John and Paul, as the 'leaders' of the group, get to gay it up a lot: swinging on a vine together, wearing animal costumes together, often standing closer together than two heterosexual cartoon guys probably should, some damn ''intense'' staring at each other (though that may be more due to the [[OffModel terribad animation quality]], it's hard to tell), "Hold me Paul, I'm tired!", and so on...damn.
** George and Ringo also get a lot of this - it's most pronounced in "What You're Doing". "He's engaged to me~!"

*** On a related note, in the "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" episode, the evil competitors in the race are a Generic Archvillain and a very obvious Mook. He's the spitting image of Oddjob from ''[[{{Goldfinger}}]]''.

* StockAudioClip: Always, and for no reason other than [[TheyJustDidntCare to save money and time]]. It can get pretty awkward hearing Paul say [[MemeticMutation "Rob'n]] ''[[MemeticMutation Hood?]]'' [[MemeticMutation Heneverhappened."]] [[RunningGag about once a minute]] in "Taxman."

Produced by Al Brodax (who would later go on to produce ''CoolMcCool'' and ''YellowSubmarine'') for King Features, who produced a number of other cartoon series based on its own popular comic strips. Notable in that making the show was literally a world-wide effort, and an early example of farming out animation overseas to save money. A majority of the production was done in England, but episodes were also farmed out to studios in Australia, Canada, and Holland. This lends the show a bit of discontinuity when it comes to animation style; the Australian episodes are particularly prone to poor quality because Australia had a limited animation industry before the show arrived there and therefore fewer experienced professionals to draw from.