History WesternAnimation / ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop

* WalkLikeAnEgyptian: In "Big Bagdad Danger", the Bully Brothers, disguised as maidservants, do this as they lead Penelope into a trap, telling her, "Walk this way, please." Penelope and even the Hooded Claw follow suit.

* CreepyCrossdresser: In "Cross Country Double Cross", the Hooded Claw dresses as an old woman to trick Penelope into giving him a ride on her motor scooter. In "Hair Raising Harness Race" and "Big Top Trap", he impersonates Penelope herself.

* WorkOffTheDebt: The Anthill Mob has to work at a restaurant to pay for the damage caused when Chuggaboom crashed into it in "Bad Fortune in a Chinese Fortune Cookie".
* YouCanSayThatAgain: The narrator says this when the Hooded Claw says "Sneaky, isn't it?" in regards to one of his schemes. Sure enough, the Hooded Claw repeats his comment.

-->'''Penelope''': My, what a funny way to walk!

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* WalkThePlank: The Hooded Claw attempts to force Penelope to walk the plank in "Arabian Desert Danger". And, yes, the incongruity of forcing someone to walk the plank in the desert was {{lampshaded}} by Penelope. The cannonballs were an interesting addition, though.

* AnachronismStew: Although the timeframe is never mentioned in the show, it is implied to be set between 1911 and 1930 a.k.a the silent film era as mentioned in the main summary, though a few things stand out referencing the current time it was made in. For example, in "Wild West Peril", the Narrator makes a pun on Rock 'n Roll which didn't exist until the late 1940s or early 1950s. Also, in "Tall Timber Treachery", Penelope is heard dancing to typical "groovy" 1960s music you'd hear in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou''.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: In "North Pole Peril". Only this trope excuses that.

* AdaptationExpansion: The Ant Hill Mob is much more fleshed-out than in ''Wacky Races''. In ''Races'', Clyde and Dum-Dum were the only ones who ever spoke, with the other five being blank slates who merely do Clyde's bidding. Here, the other five are given fleshed-out, unique personalities that make them stand out from each other (though Snoozy and Pockets didn't speak as often as the others did).

* AdaptationalNameChange: Dum-Dum was named Ring-A-Ding in ''Wacky Races''.

* InstantCostumeChange: The Hooded Claw often does this when he's going in or out of disguise. In later episodes, he typically does so by going into a [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning tornado-like spin for a few seconds]].

Although she often escaped the Hooded Claw's traps on her own, Penelope had friends in her fellow ''Wacky Races'' alumni, the Ant Hill Mob, a group of seven little men whose car, Chugga-Boom, may have been a prototype for WesternAnimation/SpeedBuggy. The InteractiveNarrator was also on her side, providing advice and encouragement. Frequently, after the Mob rescued Penelope, ''she'' had to rescue ''them'' from an unintended consequence of their heroics.

Although she often escaped the Hooded Claw's traps on her own, Penelope had friends in the Ant Hill Mob, a group of seven little men whose car, Chugga-Boom, may have been a prototype for WesternAnimation/SpeedBuggy. The InteractiveNarrator was also on her side, providing advice and encouragement. Frequently, after the Mob rescued Penelope, ''she'' had to rescue ''them'' from an unintended consequence of their heroics.

* ConveyorBeltODoom: Penelope would sometimes be on a conveyor belt leading her to her doom. One instance had the Hooded Claw try to make fortune cookies out of her in "Bad Fortune in a Chinese Fortune Cookie". Another had the Hooded Claw try to make her into saltwater taffy in "The Boardwalk Booby Trap".

* ChainedToARailway: It's even in the opening/closing credits. "The Diabolical Department Store Danger" even has a variation with a ''toy train set'' heading towards a string that would send Penelope falling once cut as part of the Hooded Claw's trap.

* ConveyorBeltODoom: Penelope would sometimes be on a conveyor belt leading her to her doom. One instance had the Hooded Claw try to make fortune cookies out of her in "Bad Fortune in a Chinese Fortune Cookie".

* AdaptationalIntelligence: The Ant Hill Mob's car, originally called the "Bulletproof Bomb" in ''Wacky Races'', is rechristened as Chugga-Boom for this series and turned to a SentientVehicle, becoming a character in its own right.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Chugga-Boom went from being just a normal, unnamed car in ''Wacky Races'' to a SentientVehicle here, becoming a character in his own right.

* DastardlyWhiplash: The Hooded Claw practically meets every checklist except for the traditional mustache, being clean-shaven instead.

* DastardlyWhiplash: The Hooded Claw.

-->'''Penelope:''' You fiend! At ''least'' you could have made it an even two dozen.

* {{Corpsing}}: It's been said that the show's other voice artists would burst out laughing at Paul Lynde's hammy delivery and Hooded Claw laugh.

* TooDumbToLive: Why do you think they call him Dum-Dum? WhatAnIdiot!

* ObviouslyEvil: The Hooded Claw, in spades! He's got a giant nose, a flabby chin, and a lanky body with a walk to match. As Sylvester Sneekly, he has DevilishHair, which indicates his true colors.