History WesternAnimation / Treasure

* BareYourMidriff: The pink shirt Treasure usually wears leaves her stomach exposed.

''Treasure'' is a British-Canadian animated series, co-produced by BBC Bristol and CINAR. Based on a newspaper column written by Michele Hanson - which was later compiled into a novel called ''Treasure: The Trials of a Teenage Terror'' - the show follows the life of a troublesome British teenager named Treasure, who lives with her mother and grandmother. Other characters include her two best friends, Rosie and Delilah, and her mother's boyfriend Brian.

* PantyShot: Happens to Treasure in "Little Black Dress" when she puts on the titular dress, as well as when she puts it on again in "The Big Sleepover".

* DangerouslyShortSkirt: The titular dress in "Little Black Dress".

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Delilah's hair - what little she has, anyway - is dyed pink.

* BlackBestFriend: Rosie, one of Treasure's two best friends.

The series originally aired from 2000 to 2001, on BBC Two in the UK and YTV in Canada. Unfortunately, it never saw a home release, and thus it is mostly considered lost media. However, recordings of a handful of different episodes have been uploaded to Youtube and other parts of the internet.

The series originally aired from 2001 to 2002, on BBC Two in the UK and YTV in Canada. Unfortunately, it never saw a home release, and thus it is mostly considered lost media. However, recordings of a handful of different episodes have been uploaded to Youtube and other parts of the internet.

* BathroomBreakout: In ''Big Day Out'', Treasure and Rosie decide to bail on the class trip by going to the bathroom and sneaking out through the window.
* BigNo: In ''Eco Treasure'', when Treasure's mother is looking for a shirt to wear to the protest, this exchange takes place:

* BilingualBonus: In ''Big Day Out'', Treasure and Rosie have a run-in with some French boys who try to assault them. They're saved by Treasure's mother, who just happens to speak French and screams at the boys: "Cassez-vous, sinon je vous le coup!" This is subtitled as "Please go away!", but actually translates to the far less polite "Get away from her or I'll beat you!"

* {{Bouncer}}: In ''Night Club'', the bouncers at the The Strobe are described by one the parents Treasure's mother talks to as being very strict when it comes to drugs and the like, and by another as being "ex-riot police, used to handling rebellious youths". Mrs. Perez, on the other hand, imagines them as stereotypical drug dealers. In reality, they just appear to be ordinary men in suits and sunglasses, who refuse to let Brian into the club because he's "too old".

** In ''Big Day Out'', Treasure's classmate Leon suggests that they leave the class behind and join the French Foreign Legion. Fast forward to the end of the trip, and Leon's the only student missing. Turns out he tried to get on a ship to Algeria, where the Foreign Legion is stationed.
** In ''A Nightmare on Oxford Street'', Delilah calls Treasure a communist for wanting to help the homeless, with Treasure insisting that she's not. Fast forward to a few minutes later, at the end of the episode, and Treasure asks her mother: "Mum, what exactly ''is'' a communist?"

* ChristmasSpecial: ''A Nightmare on Oxford Street''.
* ClassTrip: ''Big Day Out'' sees Treasure and her class going on a trip to France.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: The titular dress in ''Little Black Dress''.

* DeadPetSketch: In ''The Goldfish Murderer'', Treasure's goldfish are sick and in danger of dying from neglect. She manages to save them, but then comes her friend Dominic, who kills them while trying to feed them. The dead fish are buried in the backyard, only for the dog to dig them up and eat them.
* DeadpanSnarker: Grandma is extremely prone to making sarcastic remarks. For example, in ''The Goldfish Murderer'':

* GreenAesop: The episode ''Eco Treasure'' is about Treasure and her friends, as well as her mother, protesting the cutting down of trees in the park to make way for a new multiplex.

** In the short segment ''Fast Food'', Treasure is looking the for "special lunch" her mother made for her, and ignore her Grandma's suggestions of eggs and potatoes. It turns out that the "special lunch" is exactly that.
** In ''Night Club'', Grandma and her friends talk about how much more "civilized" nightclubs were when they were young. One of them notes that they used to think very poorly of girls who drank or smoked. Grandma responds by offering them champagne, to which they all readily agree.
** In ''A Nightmare on Oxford Street'', Treasure and Rosie have a conversation about how much their friend Delilah hates the poor and homeless, while at the same time talking about buying clothes. It ends with Rosie buying a pair of shoes from Treasure.

* IronicJuxtaposition: In ''The Goldfish Murderer'', while Treasure and her friends are desperately trying to stop Dominic from putting her already sick goldfish into further danger, the mother and her boyfriend are happily enjoying themselves at a Japanese restaurant eating fish. Golden carp, specifically.

* NoodleIncident: In ''Eco Treasure'', Treasure's mother is arrested for carrying a pocketknife. Upon hearing this, Grandma recalls another time she was arrested:

* PantyShot: Happens to Treasure in ''Little Black Dress'' when she puts on the titular dress, as well as when she puts it on again in ''The Big Sleepover''.
* ParentWithNewParamour: In ''When Mum Met Brian'', Mum is looking for a man to date, and she eventually comes across Brian, who she'd met before. Treasure doesn't take too kindly to this at first.

* RidiculouslyLongPhoneHold: Discussed in ''Eco Treasure'':

** In ''Night Club'', Mum and Brian come across a picture of Creator/JackNicholson in the window of a shop. Both of them wonder why so many women find him attractive.
** In ''Eco Treasure'', Treasure's mother proposes that she and the other women in the neighborhood sing a protest song. Treasure responds by rolling her eyes and saying: "Oh no, not Music/BobDylan..."
* StatusQuoIsGod: The episode ''Grandma's Room'' is about Treasure and Grandma's rooms getting redecorated. By the end, the walls of Treasure's room are painted indigo. However, in every episode afterward, they're the same as they were before.

* TheirFirstTime: In ''The Big Sleepover'', Treasure's mother and grandmother become worried about her going through this when she asks if a male friend of hers can spend the night at their house.

** In ''A Nightmare on Oxford Street'', Treasure and Rosie have a conversation about how much their friend Delilah hates the homeless, while at the same time talking about buying clothes. It ends with Rosie buying a pair of shoes from Treasure.

** In ''Night Club'', Grandma and her friends talk about how much more "civilized" nightclubs were when they were young. One of them notes that they used to think very poorly of girls who drank or smoked. Grandma responds by offering them champagne, to which they all agree.

The series originally aired on BBC Two in the UK and YTV in Canada. Unfortunately, it never saw a home release, and thus it is mostly considered lost media. However, recordings of a handful of different episodes have been uploaded to Youtube and other parts of the internet.