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work?[[note]]Teamwork! (Characters from left to right: Linny, Tuck, and Ming-Ming.)[[/note]]]]

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%%* {{Fanboy}}: Tuck exemplifies this in "Save the Honey Bears"

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* FakeInteractivity: A one-off example. In "Save the What?", the Wonder Pets don't know who they need to rescue, and they need the viewers help to find clues.
%%* {{Fanboy}}: Tuck exemplifies this in "Save the Honey Bears"Bears".
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* MythologyGag: In "How it All Began", when the main characters are deciding on the team name, Ming-Ming suggests the name "The Super Singing Power Pets!". It turns out, that is a reference to the show's original production name, which was changed because it "was too long".
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* AdultsAreUseless: While averted on a few occasions, most of the time the parents aren't attempting to save their children or aren't even worried about their children. Until a few moments after the Wonder Pets save their baby, where they thank the Wonder Pets and mention how worried they were.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Ducks and turtles don't urinate. At least, not the way the show portrays they do.

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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: The pets wear hats and capes, Tuck wears shoes, Ollie is sometimes seen wearing a cape too, and sometimes the pets put on different accessories, such as the bib Linny wore in the past seen in "How it All Began".
* AdultsAreUseless: While averted on a few occasions, most of the time the parents aren't attempting to save their children or aren't even worried about their children. Until a few moments after the Wonder Pets save their baby, where they thank the Wonder Pets and (if they had been worried) mention how worried they were.
%%* AndThatsTerrible: This is Ming - Ming's attitude toward saving the reindeer, until she learns that Christmas is threatened, which naturally leads to...
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: ArgumentOfContradictions: In "How it All Began", Ming-Ming and Tuck argue over whether to build a boat or a vehicle that can fly, which devolves into shouting, "Boat!" "Fly!".
* ArtisticLicenseBiology:
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Ducks and turtles don't urinate. At least, not the way the show portrays they do. Similarly, in "Save the Puppy!" (the same episode that showed Ming-Ming and Tuck urinating), during the song about peeing, Ming-Ming says that "frogs do it", but they don't.
** Ming-Ming can fly even though she doesn't have any flight feathers yet.



* BedsheetGhost: In "Save the Black Kitten," the "ghost" that scares the black kitten (and Tuck and Ming-Ming) is just a puppy that is this.
* BeYourself: Tuck is told this when he wants to play with a pink toy car, but he's the only one. The lesson is later used to help a lion cub.

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* BedsheetGhost: In "Save the Black Kitten," the "ghost" that scares the black kitten (and Tuck and Ming-Ming) is just a puppy that is this.
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BeYourself: Tuck is told this when he wants to play with a pink toy car, but he's the only one. The lesson is later used to help a lion cub.



** In "Save the Unicorn!", the team screams this in unison as the magical butterfly leads the unicorn right towards the dragon chasing them, just before it's revealed he was GoodAllAlong.
** In "Save the Skunk", the team screams this as Ollie is running toward the baby skunk just before she stinks him out of fear.

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** In "Save the Unicorn!", the team screams this screams, "NO!" in unison as the magical butterfly leads the unicorn right towards the dragon chasing them, just before it's revealed he was GoodAllAlong.
** In "Save the Skunk", the team screams this screams, "NO!" as Ollie is running toward the baby skunk just before she stinks him out of fear.



* CaptainErsatz: Ollie and his Thunder Pets.

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* %%* CaptainErsatz: Ollie and his Thunder Pets.



** "This is sewious!"
** "Good eye, Tuck!"
** "To the flyboat?" "To the flyboat!"
** CatchphraseInterruptus: Yes, thank you, Ollie, for trying to help.
* CelebCrush: Ming-Ming on a Ringo Starr {{Expy}}.
* ChekhovsSkill: OnceAnEpisode, The Pets have to solve a minor problem before they can get on their way, and the method they use fits the needs of the larger quest with ''insane'' precision.
* ChristmasEpisode: Save The Nutcracker; Save the Reindeer. (Separate episodes)
** ThatRussianSquatDance: Called "The Bear Dance" here.
** AndThatsTerrible: This is Ming - Ming's attitude toward saving the reindeer, until she learns that Christmas is threatened, which naturally leads to...
** SavingChristmas

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** Ming-Ming will exclaim, "This is sewious!"
sewious!" if she thinks a situation is serious.
** Linny will say, "Good eye, Tuck!"
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Tuck!" if Tuck makes an observation.
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"To the flyboat?" "To the flyboat!"
** * CatchphraseInterruptus: Yes, thank you, Ollie, for Sometimes Ollie will interrupt someone in the middle of their catchphrase. He's usually unsuccessfully trying to help.
* %%* CelebCrush: Ming-Ming on a Ringo Starr {{Expy}}.
* ChekhovsSkill: OnceAnEpisode, The Pets the pets have to solve a minor problem before they can get on their way, and the method they use fits the needs of the larger quest with ''insane'' precision.
* %%* ChristmasEpisode: Save The Nutcracker; Save the Reindeer. (Separate episodes)
** ThatRussianSquatDance: Called "The Bear Dance" here.
** AndThatsTerrible: This is Ming - Ming's attitude toward saving the reindeer, until she learns that Christmas is threatened, which naturally leads to...
** SavingChristmas
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* CutenessProximity: The Wonder Pets surrender to this upon meeting bunny Ollie's little sister [[BunniesForCuteness Omee]], much to the dismay of Ollie, who feels he should [[ItsAllAboutMe always be the center of attention.]]
* DeathGlare: Linny gives Ming-Ming one when, in "Save the Visitor!", Ming-Ming suggests of the Visitor, "Maybe he's a guinea pig. He sure eats like one."

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* %%* CutenessProximity: The Wonder Pets surrender to this upon meeting bunny Ollie's little sister [[BunniesForCuteness Omee]], much to the dismay of Ollie, who feels he should [[ItsAllAboutMe always be the center of attention.]]
* DamselInDistress: While a lot of the animals weren't actually in grave danger, the pets have saved a beached whale (in "How it All Began") who was female.
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DeathGlare: Linny gives Ming-Ming one when, in "Save the Visitor!", Ming-Ming suggests of the Visitor, "Maybe he's a guinea pig. He sure eats like one."



* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Ming-Ming. Well, she's about five. So it's not really her fault. It's also a ThrowItIn that carried over from the audition process.

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* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Ming-Ming.Ming-Ming pronounces her "R"s as "W"s (though she can say "L"s fine). Well, she's about five. So it's not really her fault. It's also a ThrowItIn that carried over from the audition process.



* EndingTheme: An instrumental version of the leitmotif.
* ExcitedShowTitle[=/=]IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All episodes follow the format "Save the (animal)!", referring to the baby animal the team is saving in that episode. There are a few exceptions.
* FacePalm: Ming-Ming does this with a wing "Help the Easter Bunny" after Linny asks what the song and dance routine he just made the group do had to with hiding eggs and he replies with "What eggs?" This episode being late in the show's run and her being the LittleMissSnarker of the group, it's probably not the first time she did it.

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* %%* EndingTheme: An instrumental version of the leitmotif.
* ExcitedShowTitle[=/=]IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All episodes follow the format "Save the (animal)!", referring to the baby animal the team is saving ExcitedShowTitle: Nearly all episode titles end in that episode. There are a few exceptions.
an exclamation point.
* FacePalm: FacePalm:
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Ming-Ming does this slaps her face with a wing in exasperation during "Help the Easter Bunny" after Linny asks what the song and dance routine he just made the group do had to with hiding eggs and he replies with "What eggs?" This episode being late in the show's run and her being the LittleMissSnarker of the group, it's probably not the first time she did it.



* {{Fanboy}}: Tuck exemplifies this in "Save the Honey Bears"

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* %%* {{Fanboy}}: Tuck exemplifies this in "Save the Honey Bears"



* FreudianTrio: Linny (ego), Tuck (superego), and Ming-Ming (id).
* FurryConfusion: In the circus episode.
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* %%* FreudianTrio: Linny (ego), Tuck (superego), and Ming-Ming (id).
* FurryConfusion: In the circus episode.
episode, we see an anthropomorphic penguin even though all other animals seen are either completely normal or only slightly humanised.
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* HalloweenEpisode: Save the Black Kitten.

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* %%* HalloweenEpisode: Save the Black Kitten.



** Numerous eBay listings refer to Linny incorrectly as "hamster," "hampster," and even "hedgehog."

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** Numerous eBay [=eBay=] listings refer to Linny incorrectly as "hamster," "hampster," and even "hedgehog.""
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Most episodes follow the format "Save the (animal)!", referring to the baby animal the team is saving in that episode. There are a few exceptions.
* IllnessBlanket: In "Save the Mouse!", Linny is sick and wraps herself in a blanket.



* LittleMissSnarker: Ming-Ming.

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* KidHero: They make a habit out of saving animals, and Ming-Ming at least is still a child.
* LittleMissSnarker: Ming-Ming.Ming-Ming is only a little duckling, but is prone to insulting other characters and making quips.
* TheLoad: Ollie the rabbit, who is guaranteed to either screw up the rescue when he comes along and/or require rescuing himself. He's also a {{Jerkass}}. Notably, Ollie tends to attempt things on his own ''before'' he screws things up and/or requires rescuing. One wonders if he was deliberately thrown in to reinforce the show's Aesop.



* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Tuck and both of the girls.

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* %%* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Tuck and both of the girls.



* OnceAnEpisode: Being a kid's show, it happens a lot.

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* OddNameOut: The protagonists are named Linny, Ming-Ming, and Tuck. Tuck is the only one with one syllable and the only one with no "I" in his name.
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* OutSick: Downplayed in "Save the Mouse!", where Linny has an unspecified, cold-like illness and so doesn't accompany the others but still tells them what to do.



* PhraseCatcher: Linny will say, "Good eye!" to Tuck whenever he notices something.
* PottyDance: Downplayed in "Save the Puppy!", where Linny is briefly seen sidestepping when she says, "We've ''all'' gotta go".



* ThePowerOfFriendship: "What's gonna work? Teeeeeeamwork!"

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* ThePowerOfFriendship: "What's gonna work? Teeeeeeamwork!"Teeeeeeamwork!" is the trio's motto and they have a heavy emphasis on working together.



* RegularCaller: "The phone, the phone is ringing!" "The phone, we'll be wight there!"

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* %%* RegularCaller: "The phone, the phone is ringing!" "The phone, we'll be wight there!"



* [[SeriousBusiness Sewious Business]]: Ming-Ming's stock in trade. Eventually parodied during an episode where they need to give a baby blowfish the encouragement to [[StealthPun go to preschool]].

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%%* SavingChristmas
* [[SeriousBusiness Sewious Business]]: SeriousBusiness: Ming-Ming's stock in trade.trade is calling everything serious even when it isn't. Eventually parodied during an episode where they need to give a baby blowfish the encouragement to [[StealthPun go to preschool]].



** To Music/TheBeatles, ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', and the Creator/RatPack, to name but a very few. Also double as a ParentalBonus.

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** %%** To Music/TheBeatles, ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', and the Creator/RatPack, to name but a very few. Also double as a ParentalBonus.



* SickEpisode: Linny in "Save the Mouse".

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* SickEpisode: Linny is struck with some sort of cold-like illness in "Save the Mouse".



* SuperheroesWearCapes: The heroes all wear capes.



* TeamHandStack: After every rescue.

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* %%* TeamHandStack: After every rescue.



* TitleOnlyOpening: The series has no theme song, only showing the show title at the beginning of the episode as the view pans down to the school.
* TheLoad: Ollie the Rabbit, who is guaranteed to either screw up the rescue when he comes along and/or require rescuing himself. He's also a {{Jerkass}}. Notably, Ollie tends to attempt things on his own ''before'' he screws things up and/or requires rescuing. One wonders if he was deliberately thrown in to reinforce the show's Aesop.

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* %%* ThatRussianSquatDance: Called "The Bear Dance" here.
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* TheLoad: Ollie the Rabbit, who is guaranteed to either screw up the rescue when he comes along and/or require rescuing himself. He's also a {{Jerkass}}. Notably, Ollie tends to attempt things on his own ''before'' he screws things up and/or requires rescuing. One wonders if he was deliberately thrown in to reinforce the show's Aesop.
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* ToiletHumor: "Save The Puppy!"

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* ToiletHumor: "Save The Puppy!"Puppy!" focuses on a dog who needs to be let out so he can pee.
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* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: Parodied in the episode "Save the Skunk". Ollie the Bunny is a little overzealous about saving an animal, and picks up a toad that obviously doesn't need saving. After Linny informs him that the toad is not who they are there to help, Ming-Ming tells Ollie, 'Put down the toad and step slowly away from the rock.'

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* BigNo: In "Save the Unicorn!", the team screams this in unison as the magical butterfly leads the unicorn right towards the dragon chasing them, just before it's revealed he was GoodAllAlong.

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* BigNo: BigNo:
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In "Save the Unicorn!", the team screams this in unison as the magical butterfly leads the unicorn right towards the dragon chasing them, just before it's revealed he was GoodAllAlong.GoodAllAlong.
** In "Save the Skunk", the team screams this as Ollie is running toward the baby skunk just before she stinks him out of fear.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The show is in ''love'' with making references to butts[[note]]usually referred to as "bums", or "heinies"[[/note]].

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The show is in ''love'' with making references to butts.[[note]]usually referred to as "bums", or "heinies"[[/note]]

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The show is in ''love'' with making references to butts.[[note]]usually butts[[note]]usually referred to as "bums", or "heinies"[[/note]]"heinies"[[/note]].
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The show is in ''love'' with cracking jokes about butts.[[note]]usually referred to as "bums", or "heinies"[[/note]]

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The show is in ''love'' with cracking jokes about making references to butts.[[note]]usually referred to as "bums", or "heinies"[[/note]]
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The show is in ''love'' with cracking jokes about butts.[[note]]usually referred to as "bums", or "heinies"[[/note]]
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* NatureTinkling: "Save The Puppy" ends with the Wonder Pets peeing outside after helping a puppy get outside so he can relieve himself.

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** To Music/TheBeatles, Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof, and the Creator/RatPack, to name but a very few. Also double as a ParentalBonus.

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** To Music/TheBeatles, Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof, ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', and the Creator/RatPack, to name but a very few. Also double as a ParentalBonus.ParentalBonus.
** In "Save the Puppy!", the Wonder Pets' song parodies "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love".
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** In fact, in "Save the Honey Bears" if you pay attention, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent she's constantly facepalming]].
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Created by Josh Selig, who had previously created Creator/NickJr's ''Series/{{Oobi}}'', "Wonder Pets!" is a series about three cute little baby animals who go on adventures to save other cute little baby animals. The animation is created with cut-out photographs and all the important dialogue is delivered operatically.

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Created by Josh Selig, who had previously created Creator/NickJr's Creator/{{Noggin}}'s ''Series/{{Oobi}}'', "Wonder Pets!" is a series about three cute little baby animals who go on adventures to save other cute little baby animals. The animation is created with cut-out photographs and all the important dialogue is delivered operatically.
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The show is currently available for streaming on Amazon and the Creator/{{Noggin}} mobile app. It has three official seasons, but a highly unusual broadcast history. It began in 2006 and aired most of its third season in 2009-2010. After that, there were two episodes in 2011, three in 2013, one in 2015 and then three as recently as September 2016.

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The show is currently available for streaming on Amazon and the Creator/{{Noggin}} mobile app. It has three official seasons, seasons and wrapped production in 2010, but a highly unusual its broadcast history. history is highly unusual. It began in 2006 and aired most of its third season on Nickelodeon in 2009-2010. After that, the show was moved to the Nick Jr. channel, where there were two episodes in 2011, three in 2013, one in 2015 and then three as recently as September 2016.

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"Wonder Pets!" is a Creator/NickJr series about three cute little baby animals who go on adventures to save other cute little baby animals. The animation is created with cut-out photographs and all the important dialogue is delivered operatically. The series has three official seasons, but a highly unusual broadcast history. It began in 2006 and aired most of its third season in 2009-2010. After that, there were two episodes in 2011, three in 2013, one in 2015 and then three as recently as September 2016.

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Created by Josh Selig, who had previously created Creator/NickJr's ''Series/{{Oobi}}'', "Wonder Pets!" is a Creator/NickJr series about three cute little baby animals who go on adventures to save other cute little baby animals. The animation is created with cut-out photographs and all the important dialogue is delivered operatically.

The series started as a set of two short films called "Linny the Guinea Pig." Selig made these in between production cycles of ''Oobi'' and pitched them to Nickelodeon. Selig called Nickelodeon "a great partner," saying "They're really the company that first believed in us when we pitched ''Oobi'', and then they believed in us again on ''Wonder Pets!''."

The show is currently available for streaming on Amazon and the Creator/{{Noggin}} mobile app. It
has three official seasons, but a highly unusual broadcast history. It began in 2006 and aired most of its third season in 2009-2010. After that, there were two episodes in 2011, three in 2013, one in 2015 and then three as recently as September 2016.
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* IncomingHam: Linny in "Save The Puppy". "There's a puppy, who has to pee-pee, but he '''''CAAAAAAN'T''''', because he's stuck in the house!"

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* IncomingHam: Linny in "Save The Puppy". "There's "It's a puppy, who he has to pee-pee, but he '''''CAAAAAAN'T''''', because 'cause he's stuck in the house!"
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* FreezeFrameBonus: In "Save the Puppy", the doggy door can be easily seen in a few shots of the door (evidenced by the hatch on one of the lower panels) long before the team realizes they can use it.

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* NatureTinkling: "Save The Puppy" ends with the Wonder Pets peeing outside after helping a puppy get outside so he can relieve himself.



* PottyEmergency: "Save The Puppy" had a puppy locked in the house alone, while he has to go outside, so the Wonder Pets have to find a way out before the dog bursts his kidneys. Soon even the Wonder Pets find themselves in the same situation as the pup. In the end, they find a way outside and take a piss in great relief.

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* PottyEmergency: "Save The Puppy" had a puppy locked in the house alone, while he has to go outside, so the Wonder Pets have to find a way out before the dog bursts his kidneys. Soon even the Wonder Pets find themselves in the same situation as the pup. In the end, they find a way outside and [[NatureTinkling take a piss in great relief.relief]].

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* TheStoic: Linny, who almost manages to remain unflappable no matter how badly her teammates might behave, particularly Ming-Ming.
** Also, you gotta give her some credit for being the only one of the team that didn't freak out when they first met The Visitor.

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* TheStoic: Linny, who almost manages to remain unflappable no matter how badly her teammates might behave, particularly Ming-Ming.
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Ming-Ming. Also, you gotta give her some credit for being the only one of the team that didn't freak out when they first met The Visitor.
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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: An aversion, which is where the ViewerGenderConfusion comes from. Baseball caps are the usual "male" signifier, but Linny is female and has one.

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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: An aversion, which is where the ViewerGenderConfusion comes from. Baseball caps are the usual "male" signifier, but [[TomboyishBaseballCap Linny is female and has one.one]].
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Celewy is great after a good pee!" "You can say that again!"
** From "Save The Poodle!":
-->'''Linny:''' A french poodle is a type of dog whose hair has lots of poofies, and the Eiffel Tower is a tower that stands above the [[SlippingAMickey roofies]]!
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* PainfulRhyme: Played with in "Happy Mother's Day!" - the Wonder Pets sing a song about Moms and that they have one thing in common, which Ming-Ming rhymes "They're all good at mommin'." Linny winces, but Ming-Ming insists that it's a good rhyme.
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* CrossdressingVoices: Tuck was voiced by Teala Dunn.
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* LonersAreFreaks: Ollie, considering the diresion he gets from the Wonder Pets for trying to do things by himself and making the problems worse for not using teamwork.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Linny and Ming-Ming. Linny being the tomboy who normally dresses in masculine clothing and Ming-Ming being TheChick of the group (Literally and metaphorically)

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