History WesternAnimation / TheRaccoons

''The Raccoons'' (1985–1991) was a [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] animated series about a trio of, well, raccoons, living in a "Raccoondominium" in the Evergreen Forest: young married couple Ralph and Melissa, and their flighty, enthusiastic, but lovable housemate Bert. In the earlier seasons, the Raccoons were always getting entangled in the schemes of conniving industrialist aardvark Cyril Sneer, which usually involved trying to take over or destroy the Evergreen Forest for one reason or another. Their escapades were aided by two friendly sheepdogs, Schaeffer and Broo, as well as Cyril's nebbishy son Cedric, and Cedric's girlfriend Sophia Tutu. A handful of very early episodes featured a side story involving human forest ranger Dan and his kids Julie and Tommy, but they were phased out by the end of the first season. They were replaced by Ralph and Melissa's nephew, Bentley and his teenage sister, Lisa.

* WhoWritesThisCrap: In the episode "End of the Line!", after reading out loud a speech prepared to welcome Mr. Mammoth, Cyril Sneer says "Who wrote this scribble?", and by the way one of the Pigs reacts, it may have been their doing, once again.

* AccidentalAstronaut: Subverted in the episode "[[Recap/TheRaccoonsS5E9TheWrongStuff The Wrong Stuff!]]". When Bentley takes Broo to the site where Cyril Sneer plans to launch his own TV satellite into space, Broo accidentally gets himself trapped inside the satellite after Bentley leaves him alone. When Bert, Bentley, and Cedric find out about this, they try to get him out of there before launch, which they fortunately succeed at.

* SeriesContinuityError: In "Stop the Clock!", Bentley is introduced as a cousin of Ralph or Melissa's. In "Trouble Shooter!", Bentley is stated to be their nephew, which would stick for the remainder of the series' run.

* RewrittenPopVersion: A variation; the original version of "Run With Us" used in the first season apparently only featured the first two verses, but Lisa Lougheed's version added a third verse and even had its own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usFFKNRB2z8 music video]]. The single release of Lougheed's version reached the Top 10 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary charts in early 1988.

* RewrittenPopVersion: A variation; the original version of "Run With Us" used in the first season apparently only featured the first two verses, but Lisa Lougheed's version added a third verse and even had its own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usFFKNRB2z8 music video]].

* {{Keet}}: Bert Raccoon.

** In one episode, Cyril has a heart to heart conversation with Bently Raccoon, who was considering running away from home. He all but admits that he, too, ran away from home. And while he became very successful and very rich, he points out to Bently that there were a lot of hard, lonely years in between that he wouldn't want to repeat, or wish on anyone else.

** Also, all those times with Cyril Sneer calling The Pigs names related to ham, sausages and bacon, only suggest that he knows that yes, they're pork, they can be eaten and who knows, maybe he has eaten pork already...

** In "Strees Test!", when the Pigs are raiding the ice box, there are pizzas that appear to have pepperoni on them.

** In "Endless Summer!" Bentley buys a pair of running shoes. He's never seen wearing them, however.

* Keet: Bert Raccoon.

* InterspeciesRomance: Mr. Knox (an alligator) is married to Lady Baden-Baden (a chicken).

* UrineTrouble: In "Surprise Attack", Snag prepares to urinate on a tree costume that one of the bears is wearing. Downplayed in that Cyril [[KickTheDog kicks Sang away]] before he can take a leak.

** The announcer in "The Evergreen Grand Prix" is a sheep named Haggis Lamborgini.