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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: During chapter "The Wrong Stuff!", Schaeffer and Ralph are excited for the new Sneer's TV Satellite, which promises to have 300 channels, 40 of them broadcasting sports. So they're shown making plans and schedules to watch sports channels (Schaeffe even bought a giant TV for his cafe), hoping for the hours and hours they'll be able to watch football, baseball, hockey, golf and... synchronized swimming. They even declined an invitation from Melissa and Nicole for it.
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->''"This is the Evergreen Forest. Quiet, peaceful, serene... that is, until Bert Raccoon wakes up! Luckily, he has some good friends to help him out. Life would be simple in the forest, except for... Cyril Sneer! And his life would be simple except for... The Raccoons!''

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->''"This is the Evergreen Forest. Quiet, peaceful, serene... that is, until Bert Raccoon wakes up! Luckily, he has some good friends to help him out. Life would be simple in the forest, except for... Cyril Sneer! And his life would be simple except for... The Raccoons!''''The Raccoons!''''
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** [[RuleOfThree And]] they managed to avoid being placed in TheScrappy Heap by having their own character development and depth, cementing the two as fan-favourites.

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** [[RuleOfThree And]] [[RuleOfThree ...and]] they managed to avoid being placed in TheScrappy Heap by having their own character development and depth, cementing the two as fan-favourites.
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** They were intended as a replacement for Ranger Dan and his kids (who [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappeared after season 1]]). Bentley was even voiced by Noam Zylberman, who voiced Tommy!

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** They were intended as a replacement for Ranger Dan and his kids (who [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappeared after season 1]]). Bentley was even voiced by Noam Zylberman, Creator/NoamZylberman, who voiced Tommy!



** 17-year-old Noam Zylberman's tenure as Bentley ended after "Promises Promises" when his voice had hit puberty.

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** 17-year-old Noam Zylberman's Creator/NoamZylberman's tenure as Bentley ended after "Promises Promises" when his voice had hit puberty.
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Unlike many other cartoons of its time, it handled action, humor, and romance in a fairly sophisticated manner, while remaining sufficiently uncomplicated for younger viewers, making it a favorite of many Canadian children (and some adults) during its time on air, and one that is seen as still holding up today as a classic piece of truly Canadian animated programming. Before the series proper there were four [[TVMovie specials]] which were released from 1980 to 1984: ''The Christmas Raccoons'' (which introduced the Raccoons, Ranger Dan and his family, and the Sneers), ''The Raccoons On Ice'' (which added Sophia, Snag and the Bears), ''The Raccoons And The Lost Star'' (an interesting RecycledInSpace concept set either in [[AllJustADream a dream]] or a AlternateUniverse, which introduced Broo and the Pigs), and ''The Raccoons: Let's Dance'' (a {{clip show}} featuring songs from the first three specials). The first three aired on TV, and the fourth was DirectToVideo. The TV series itself aired on Creator/{{CBC}} in Canada and Creator/DisneyChannel in the US.

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Unlike many other cartoons of its time, it handled action, humor, and romance in a fairly sophisticated manner, while remaining sufficiently uncomplicated for younger viewers, making it a favorite of many Canadian children (and some adults) during its time on air, and one that is seen as still holding up today as a classic piece of truly Canadian animated programming. Before the series proper there were four [[TVMovie specials]] which were released from 1980 to 1984: ''The Christmas Raccoons'' (which introduced the Raccoons, Ranger Dan and his family, and the Sneers), ''The Raccoons On Ice'' (which added Sophia, Snag and the Bears), ''The Raccoons And The Lost Star'' (an interesting RecycledInSpace concept set either in [[AllJustADream a dream]] or a AlternateUniverse, which introduced Broo and the Pigs), and ''The Raccoons: Let's Dance'' (a {{clip show}} featuring songs from the first three specials). The first three aired on TV, and the fourth was DirectToVideo. The TV series itself aired on Creator/{{CBC}} in Canada and Creator/DisneyChannel in the US.
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky:
** In "Opportunity Knocks!", we learn that Cyril's birthday is on the thirteenth day of the current month, which happens to be a Friday that year. It's presumably in September or October, as Cyril notes that April Fool's Day is six months away.
** In "Gold Rush!", the deadline that Mr. Knox sets for his deal is on Friday the thirteenth.
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[[caption-width-right:350: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouPYQlhempw Run With Us!]] [[labelnote: From left to right:]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Cyril]] [[CharacterDevelopment Sneer]], [[ChildProdigy Bentley]], [[TheSmartGuy Cedric]], [[PreciousPuppy Broo]], [[PassionateSportsGirl Lisa]], [[TheHero Bert]], [[StraightMan Ralph]], [[GentleGiant Schaeffer]] and [[NiceGirl Melissa]]. Not pictured: [[TheDitz Sophia]] and [[ButtMonkey the Pigs]]. For a full list of characters, go [[Characters/TheRaccoons here]].[[/labelnote]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouPYQlhempw Run With Us!]] [[labelnote: From left to right:]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Cyril]] [[CharacterDevelopment Sneer]], [[ChildProdigy Bentley]], [[TheSmartGuy Cedric]], [[PreciousPuppy Broo]], [[PassionateSportsGirl Lisa]], [[TheHero Bert]], [[StraightMan Ralph]], [[GentleGiant Schaeffer]] Cyril Sneer, Bentley, Cedric, Broo, Lisa, Bert, Ralph, Schaeffer and [[NiceGirl Melissa]]. Melissa. Not pictured: [[TheDitz Sophia]] Sophia and [[ButtMonkey the Pigs]].Pigs. For a full list of characters, go [[Characters/TheRaccoons here]].[[/labelnote]]]]
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* {{Keet}}: Bert Raccoon, so very much.

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* {{Keet}}: Bert Raccoon, so very much.BERT RACCOON, ACE KEET!

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* MeaninglessVillainVictory:
** In "The Evergreen Grand Prix", The Sneermobile ends up winning against the Solar Coaster in a race to impress Mr. Mammoth. However, Mr. Mammoth is more interested in developing the environmentally-conscious Solar Coaster and offers a contract for it instead. Cyril still ends up profiting from it, since Cedric is the one who designed the Solar Coaster and he owns the rights to it.
** In "The Evergreen Election!", After Bert gets disqualified due to receiving too many fraudulent votes, Cyril is declared the winner of the election. However, when the Pigs admit to Cyril that they stuffed the ballot box to try and ensure that Bert would win, Cyril demands that another election be held, which Lady Baden-Baden ends up winning.



* TeamRocketWins: Double subverted in "The Evergreen Grand Prix". The Sneermobile ends up winning against the Solar Coaster in a race to impress Mr. Mammoth. However, Mr. Mammoth is more interested in developing the environmentally-conscious Solar Coaster and offers a contract for it instead. Cyril still ends up profiting from it, since Cedric is the one who designed the Solar Coaster and he owns the rights to it.
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* BlackSheep: Cyril is trying to keep one of these covered up in Season 1's "Going It Alone!".
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* EvilDesiresInnocence: Cyril Sneer starts the series as a CorruptCorporateExecutive who is all about profit over people, though he does have a sense of honor, as IGaveMyWord is a very important matter to him. However, his son, Cedric, is innocent, and doesn't share his father's avarice or ambition. Cyril makes it very clear early on that he loves his son dearly, and even undergoes a great deal of CharacterDevelopment over the course of the show to put his son in charge of his enterprises as an HonestCorporateExecutive, with himself as vice-president. He also has been known to abandon his schemes if they would, in any way, hurt his son, be it physically or emotionally.
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* EcocidalAntagonist: In the show's earlier years, plenty of Cyril Sneer's plots involved harming the Evergreen Forest in some capacity, such as chopping down trees for lumber profit in "The Christmas Raccoons". However, as he went through CharacterDevelopment, his plots usually strayed away from environmental damage. In fact, in "The One That Got Away!", he's [[spoiler:[[EvenEvilHasStandards outraged to see a favorite childhood lake of his polluted with toxic waste]] and has minor antagonist Milton Midas arrested for encouraging its pollution]].
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*** If the exact number of fraudulent ballots submitted by the Pigs was not known, resulting in the election being too close to call when allowing for discounting the fake ballots, the election would have been re-run, as happens in the show.
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* ThreeAmigos: Ralph, Melissa, and Bert.
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* OnlyShopInTown: [[ZigzaggingTrope Zigzagged]]. Although Willow's General Store is where the characters primarily do their regular shopping, "The Chips are Down!" shows that there are a few smaller stores in the Evergreen Forest that the Pigs visit. However, those stores aren't acknowledged in other episodes and Willow's General Store gets all the focus when it comes to shopping.
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* PolicemanDog: The police officers are depicted as bulldogs.
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* AardvarkTrunks: Cryil, Cedric, and Sophia are pink aardvarks whose trunks act like noses, with their mouths at the base of their trunks.

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* AardvarkTrunks: Cryil, Cyril, Cedric, and Sophia are pink aardvarks whose trunks act like noses, with their mouths at the base of their trunks.
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* AnthropomorphicVice: In "Join the Club!", when Lisa is pressured by Donna to smoke cigarettes, she has a daydream about a skunk in a tracksuit who represents the consequences of smoking tobacco. He goads Lisa into smoking cigarettes, transforms into a hooded Death figure, makes Lisa's cigarette teleport back into her hand when she tries to get rid of it, and laughs maniacally as Lisa chokes from secondhand smoke.

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* AnthropomorphicVice: In "Join the Club!", when Lisa is pressured by Donna to smoke cigarettes, she has a daydream about a skunk in a tracksuit who represents the consequences of smoking tobacco. He goads Lisa into smoking cigarettes, then he transforms into a hooded Death figure, blocks Lisa's path with giant cigarettes when she tries to run away, makes Lisa's cigarette teleport back into her hand when she tries to get rid of it, and laughs maniacally as Lisa chokes from secondhand smoke.
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