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8	->''Doctor Snuggles, friend of the animal world''
9	->''Doctor Snuggles, dreaming of better tomorrows''
10	->''Doctor Snuggles, you'd better start working today''
11	->''Doctor Snuggles, flying away to the stars''
12	->''Doctor Snuggles, finding a path to the rainbow''
13	->''Doctor Snuggles, build us a clever machine''
14	--> - '''Opening Theme Song Lyrics'''
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16	''Doctor Snuggles'' (1979) is an animated television series created by Jeffrey O'Kelly and animated by Creator/{{Topcraft}}[[labelnote:]]Episodes 1-6 and 8, plus intro and outro animations[[/labelnote]] and Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises[[labelnote:]]Episodes 7 and 9-13[[/labelnote]] about a friendly and optimistic inventor named Doctor Snuggles, who has unusual adventures with his friends in a [[DerangedAnimation psychedelic]] [[{{Wackyland}} world]].
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18	Creator/DouglasAdams and John Lloyd contributed to the writing of two environmentally-themed episodes. The English-language version of the series featured Peter Ustinov in the title role.
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20	!!''Doctor Snuggles'' provides examples of:
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22	* AllNaturalGemPolish: Doctor Snuggles got stones already in this state in "The Magical Multi-Coloured Diamond".
23	* {{Balloonacy}}: In "The Sensational Balloon Race", this is how the Doctor's balloon racer flies. He and his assistant [[AllBalloonsHaveHelium blow up several party balloons by mouth]] which is able to lift their gondola up into the air.
24	* BambooTechnology: Various examples, but the biggest is Dreamy Boom Boom, the Doctor's rocket ship, which is powered by a steam engine and has a body made of wooden planks.
25	* CatsAreSuperior: The Cosmic Cat has mystical powers of sight.
26	* ComicBookAdaptation: Produced but limited to distribution in Germany and Sweden.
27	* CreatorProvincialism: British stereotypes, such as tea drinking, abound in the series, which appears to be set in a largely idyllic, somewhat psychedelic version of the English countryside.
28	* DerangedAnimation: Talking trees are the ''least'' weird things you'll see.
29	* EasilyForgiven: Kindly Doctor Snuggles is very tolerant of Nobby Mouse's shenanigans. In one episode, Nobby takes Dreamy Boom Boom, the Doctor's homemade rocket ship, without permission, and ends up crashing and destroying it. Doctor Snuggles tells him that it's okay and that they can always make another rocket.
30	* EvilSorceror: Professor Emerald. He was a magician and the archenemy of Doctor Snuggles. In as much as a character like Dr. Snuggles can have enemies at all.
31	* {{Expy}}: The Cosmic Cat is oddly reminiscent of the Cheshire Cat.
32	* FriendToAllLivingThings: The Doctor, in so many ways. Lampshaded in the opening line of the theme song: "Dr. Snuggles, friend of the animal world". Also Grannie Toots, who runs a cat hospital.
33	* FunnyAnimal: Quite a few; Nobby Mouse's antics stand out.
34	* GadgeteerGenius: Doctor Snuggles as he builds all kinds of useful inventions such as Dreamy Boom Boom and the robot Matilda Junkbottom
35	* GodGuise: Nobby once used super powers to impersonate an Egyptian god.
36	* GreenAesop: A few times, e.g. in "The Remarkable Fidgety River", which references water pollution.
37	* HongKongDub: Apparent in the English dub.
38	* KindlyHousekeeper: Miss Nettles, an elderly ApronMatron who maintained the titular doctor's abode while he built his inventions.
39	* MarsNeedsWater: In "The Remarkable Fidgety River", a race of aliens are stealing cubes of water from the ocean[[note]]Yes, cubes, which leave cube-shaped holes in the water. No, the surrounding water does not flow into these holes, the holes stay as they are.[[/note]] and taking them to their home planet. It turns out to be subversion, however, as the aliens meant no harm -- they thought the humans didn't want it because it had so much garbage in it. When Snuggles explains that the plants and animals on Earth need the water, the aliens promptly agree to give it back.
40	%%* PlanetLooters: Twice.
41	* RandomEventsPlot: A lot of episodes seem to involve these. For example "The Magical Multi-Coloured Diamond", which is "Dr. Snuggles sees a sad worn-out rainbow with holes in it, so he goes to talk to a telepathic cat from outer space to find out what to do, who directs him to a talking camel who lives in the clouds, who tells the doctor to invent a machine to turn his collection of jewels into a giant diamond. Dr. Snuggles goes inside the diamond and sees flashbacks of how he found all the jewels he used to make it", and so on, and so on.
42	* RighteousRabbit: Benji and Freddy, two rabbits who were friends of Doctor Snuggles and also helped him with his inventions.
43	%%* RoadSignReversal
44	* ScienceFantasy: Leaning more towards the fantasy element. While there are science elements involving the Doctor and his machinery, there is plenty of magic and fantasy in the setting. We have talking animals, sentient trees and characters wielding magic spells such as Winnie Vinegar Bottle and Professor Emerald.
45	* TheSeventies: Easily able to tell from the soundtrack!
46	* SlidingScaleOfAnimalCast: Ranks at 7. While there are only a few major human characters in ''WesternAnimation/DoctorSnuggles'' -- the eponymous Doctor, Miss Nettles, and the wicked Professor Erasmus Emerald -- many of the show's one-off and recurring characters are human as well. The rest of the regular cast consist of {{Funny Animal}}s, [[WiseTree talking trees]], and the [[RobotBuddy Doctor's creations]].
47	* WalkingTheEarth: Uncle Bill, another friend of the Doctor, is a traveler; he is shown traveling around the world and bringing news to Doctor Snuggles, sometimes leading to the episode's plot.
48	* WitchClassic: Winnie Vinegar Bottle, one of the Doctor's friends. She plays the trope straight as she wears a witch hat, has a FlyingBroomstick, uses magic and lives alone in the Salt and Pepper Mountains.

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