History WesternAnimation / TheLittleRascals

** In "Darla's Dream Dance", Miss Crabtree has black hair, whereas she was a blonde in the original ''Our Gang'' shorts.

-->'''Alfalfa:''' Uh, well … ''[blushing]'' My regular clothes are in the wash.

* WasJustLeaving: In [[Recap/TheLittleRascalsS1E9 "Case of the Puzzled Pals"]], Spanky tells the other Rascals that they weren't supposed to be in the treehouse. Alfalfa then falls from the ceiling and discovers that Darla and the girls are there. To avoid any questioning, Darla says that they were just about to go.
-->'''Alfalfa:''' W-What do you mean, Spanky? We--yipes! ''[falls from ceiling]''\\
'''Darla:''' We were just leaving.

* OffModel: In "Cap'n Spanky's Showboat", when Captain Smokey is at the helm of the refurbished ''Mississippi Queen'', Darla is wearing white socks and pink shoes, rather than her usual pink socks and white shoes.
** The same color switch can be seen in "The Zero Hero", when Darla says, "My treat at the soda fountain to celebrate!"
** In "All the Loot That's Fit to Print", Officer Ed's hair is darker than in his other appearances.

%%* ForgottenFamily: None of the Rascals' parents are seen in the series, but Darla's uncle appears in "Big City Rascals". In "Case of the Puzzled Pals", Spanky mentions his mother, from whom Alfalfa reveals a note.

** In "Case of the Puzzled Pals", at Alfalfa's surprise birthday party in the treehouse, there was a cake with lit candles, which implies they were lit by one of the Rascals and not an adult.

* RecycledPremise: "Case of the Puzzled Pals" has Alfalfa, Buckwheat and Porky as amateur detectives, similar to the final Roach theatrical short, "Hide and Shriek".

* StolenGoodReturnedBetter: This happened to Darla's doll in "Case of the Puzzled Pals".

* ToonPhysics: In "Case of the Puzzled Pals", Butch leaves Alfalfa suspended in midair for about a second, after which Alfalfa lands gently on his feet.

* WasJustLeaving: In "Case of the Puzzled Pals", Spanky tells the other Rascals that they weren't supposed to be in the treehouse. Alfalfa then falls from the ceiling and discovers that Darla and the girls are there. To avoid any questioning, Darla says that they were just about to go.

* WritingIndentationClue: In "Case of the Puzzled Pals", Alfalfa and Darla find one via pencil rubbing on the notepad Spanky used in taking a call from his mother.

%%* ForgottenFamily: None of the Rascals' parents are seen in the series, but Darla's uncle appears in "Big City Rascals". In "The Case of the Puzzled Pals", Spanky mentions his mother, from whom Alfalfa reveals a note.
* FreeRangeChildren: In "Grin and Bear It", the Rascals are hiking and camping in the wilderness without adult supervision.

** In "The Case of the Puzzled Pals", at Alfalfa's surprise birthday party in the treehouse, there was a cake with lit candles, which implies they were lit by one of the Rascals and not an adult.

* RecycledPremise: "The Case of the Puzzled Pals" has Alfalfa, Buckwheat and Porky as amateur detectives, similar to the final Roach theatrical short, "Hide and Shriek".

* StolenGoodReturnedBetter: This happened to Darla's doll in "The Case of the Puzzled Pals".

* ToonPhysics: In "The Case of the Puzzled Pals", Butch leaves Alfalfa suspended in midair for about a second, after which Alfalfa lands gently on his feet.

* WasJustLeaving: In "The Case of the Puzzled Pals", Spanky tells the other Rascals that they weren't supposed to be in the treehouse. Alfalfa then falls from the ceiling and discovers that Darla and the girls are there. To avoid any questioning, Darla says that they were just about to go.

* WritingIndentationClue: In "The Case of the Puzzled Pals", Alfalfa and Darla find one via pencil rubbing on the notepad Spanky used in taking a call from his mother.

&& He also receives one in "Darla's Dream Dance" when Alfalfa got into the picture of Darla and Waldo sitting on a crescent moon prop at the school dance.

%%* BrandPlacement: In "Porky-O and Julie-Et", Porky hands Julie Jamm a jar of H&B Jam. This may be a reference to Hanna-Barbera.

* BeachEpisode: "The Irate Pirates". As viewers might expect, Darla wears a bikini here.

* BarelyChangedDubName: In the German dub, ''Die kleinen Strolche'', Darla appears to have been renamed Carla. Her English name is still displayed in "Yachtsa' Luck"[[note]]as a desk nameplate[[/note]], "Cap'n Spanky's Showboat"[[note]]on a poster behind Spanky[[/note]] and "Rock & Roll Rascals"[[note]]again as a desk nameplate, near her typewriter[[/note]].

Creator/HannaBarbera and King World co-produced this SaturdayMorningCartoon for Creator/{{ABC}}, based on the ''Our Gang'' theatrical shorts, as part of a 90-minute omnibus with ''WesternAnimation/PacMan'' and ''WesternAnimation/RichieRich1980''. Its voice cast included Creator/PeterCullen, Creator/PattyMaloney, [[Creator/JulieMcWhirter Julie McWhirter Dees]], Creator/ScottMenville, Creator/ShavarRoss and Creator/BJWard.

* PomPomGirl: At the start of "Rascals' Revenge", Darla provides the image for that page, as the cheerleader in Alfalfa and Spanky's informal football game.

** In "Rock & Roll Rascals", Alfalfa forges Darla's signature using a reversed ''D'' in her name.

Creator/HannaBarbera and King World co-produced this SaturdayMorningCartoon for Creator/{{ABC}}, based on the ''Our Gang'' theatrical shorts, as part of a 90-minute omnibus with ''WesternAnimation/PacMan'' and ''WesternAnimation/RichieRich1980''. Its voice cast included Creator/PeterCullen, Creator/PattyMaloney, [[Creator/JulieMcWhirter Julie McWhirter Dees]], Creator/ScottMenville, [[Series/DiffrentStrokes Shavar Ross]] and Creator/BJWard.

%%** PositiveDiscrimination: Considering the original "Our Gang" shorts, I guess it evens out.

Hanna-Barbera artists Iwao Takamoto and Bob Singer created the character designs by tracing photographs of the actual ''Our Gang'' child actors. This technique was previously used for the studio's animated spin-offs of ''WesternAnimation/TheHarlemGlobetrotters'' and ''Series/HappyDays''.

* BarelyChangedDubName: In the German dub, ''Die kleinen Strolche'', Darla appears to have been renamed Carla.

* BlackAndNerdy: Buckwheat

* DubNameChange: In the German dub, ''Die kleinen Strolche'', Darla appears to have been renamed Carla.

* CircusEpisode: In "Big Top Rascals", the kids are denied entry to a traveling circus because they don't have any money to buy tickets. So they put on their own circus, charging the neighborhood kids 10 cents each, but Butch and Woim take unfair advantage of their free admission.

%%* CorporateBranding: In "Porky-O and Julie-Et", Porky hands Julie Jamm a jar of H&B Jam. This may be a reference to Hanna-Barbera.

* FiveManBand