History WesternAnimation / TheBeatles

** For some reason Paul Frees plays George with a...completely indescribable accent. The closest one can come is that it's a bad PeterLorre impression by way of Asia and Ireland.

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 ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' reruns, as Creator/{{ABC}}'s Saturday Morning lineup was being dominated by action/adventure shows at the time, while the cartoon was getting more surreal.

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 ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' (including Lance Percival as Old Fred), one of the many reasons why the Beatles initially wanted nothing to do with the film.

* InstitutionalApparel: In "Paperback Writer", three of them are briefly shown wearing British prison uniforms.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Several less-than appealing ladies fall for one (or more) of the Beatles in the course of the show. Most notable are the fat belly dancer who pursues George in "The Word" and the witch in "Devil in Her Heart". The latter is reversed after she falls into her love potion and becomes beautiful; then Ringo chases after her!

* StockAudioClip: An unusual variation; dialogue recorded for the show is reused in the manner of a StockAudioClip whenever possible, resulting in scripts that are filled with repetition so the exact same voice clips can be played over and over. This is done for no reason other than [[TheyJustDidntCare to save money and time]]. It can get pretty awkward hearing Paul say [[Myth/RobinHood "Rob'n]] ''[[MemeticMutation Hood?]]'' [[MemeticMutation Heneverhappened."]] [[RunningGag about once a minute]] in "Taxman."

** MTV never showed the first season intro due to a scene where Ringo impersonates a Chinaman. They also left out the outro at the end of every episode due to a scene where Paul yanks on a Native American woman's nose because he thinks she's Ringo in disguise.

Produced by Al Brodax (who would later go on to produce ''WesternAnimation/CoolMcCool'' and ''WesternAnimation/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.

* CleopatraNose: Ringo's love interest in the sing-a-long for "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party".

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

* FrogsAndToads: Ringo's pet frog Bartholomew in "I Call Your Name."

* TheDitz: Ringo, who is completely clueless.

* TooDumbToLive:
** Ringo, [[IdiotBall usually]]. Why Ringo never sued King Features is completely unknown. In comparison to his [[OnlySaneMan actual]] [[TheQuietOne persona]], the show's [[TheDitz portrayal]] of him borders on libel.
** George, sometimes. The boy can't even read!

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Paul would like you to know that Hollywood is fake and phony. And Literature/RobinHood? He never happened.

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

* MisBlamed: Ringo Starr wasn't happy with [[TooDumbToLive his portrayal]] in the show and complained to Lance Percival. Lance kindly explained that he just did the voices and pointed Ringo in the direction of the writers.

A cartoon series that ran from 1965 to 1969 following the [[HilarityEnsues wacky hijinks of]] Music/TheBeatles. Notable for [[TropeMaker being the first]] [[CelebrityToons cartoon about actual people]] made for television.

--> '''Ringo:''' [[TheDitz Me mother dropped me once]].

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Paul would like you to know that Hollywood is fake and phony. And RobinHood? He never happened.

* DistressedDamsel:
** Subverted. A woman in "Any Time at All" claims to be one of these but it turns out that she's an expert jewel thief.
** Played with in "I Feel Fine" when Paul has to repeatedly rescue an actress from a DeathCourse of a movie set. Then again, since everything's phony, they're both never really in danger.

* [[HurricaneOfPuns Hurricane of]] {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s: One of the things that carried over to ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''.

* IncredibleShrinkingMan: John in "It Won't Be Long". The others think he's "some kind of new Beatles doll" [[HoYay and proceed to fight over him.]]

--> '''[[GentlemanAdventurer Guide]]:''' Should suit you boys fine. You chaps do have a reputation of being ''tigers'', y'know. Ahahahahaha! Oh, I say, that is a good one, isn't it? [[DontExplainTheJoke "Jungle tigers", get it?]]

* {{Misblamed}}: Ringo Starr wasn't happy with [[TooDumbToLive his portrayal]] in the show and complained to Lance Percival. Lance kindly explained that he just did the voices and pointed Ringo in the direction of the writers.

* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Normal Skinned Space Babe]]: One of these tries to "save the universe from The Beatles" by stranding them on a random planet in "Day Tripper".

** Lance Percival has said in interviews he gave Ringo a hint of a [[BritishAccent Birmingham]] accent.

** "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. Also in that episode, they face a Generic Archvillain and a very obvious Mook. He's the spitting image of Oddjob from ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.

--->"Athos!" "Porthos!" "Aramis!" "[[AndZoidberg And Ringo]]!"

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

* TitleDrop: In "Don't Bother Me", John repeatedly says "Don't bother me!" to Ringo, cumulating in himself, George and Paul busting out their guitars and actually singing the song. ([[NotNowKiddo Note that Ringo's actually bothering them for a good reason]]).

* TropeMaker[=/=]UrExample: As mentioned in the intro.

** Certain episodes of the show never aired when the show was re-run on the Disney Channel, likely thanks to ValuesDissonance, though a few of the more...um, [[UnfortunateImplications dated]] ones did make it through.

* NationalStereotypes: Apart from all the racial stereotyping the Beatles themselves are a pretty awful impression of how British people supposedly talk, with lots BritishStockPhrases.

* ShoutOut:

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: John, quite often. And George is a bizarre mix of Asian-Irish-[[GeneralMills Boo Berry]].

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 ''WesternAnimation/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.

Produced by Al Brodax (who would later go on to produce ''CoolMcCool'' and ''WesternAnimation/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.

* ExecutiveMeddling:
** The Bat-Woman from "Baby's In Black" originally had a lot more...[[MostCommonSuperpower curves]], but the higher-ups saw the pencil test and thought that that was a bit much for a kids' show, so the animators had to redraw her.
** 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.

* FakeBrit: Paul Frees as John and George.

* TalkingToHimself: Paul and Ringo are voiced by Lance Percival; John and George are voiced by [[FakeBrit Paul Frees]].

* ClusterFBomb: John Lennon's opinion of the show before TheSeventies.

-->'''John:''' But...[[ComicallyMissingThePoint but one of us is liable to get hurt!]] Mainly me...