Line #1 WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride


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2	''Father of the Pride'' is a [[ShortRunner short-lived]] computer-animated sitcom. It was the first television production produced by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, as well as the first show to use feature film quality CGI. It aired on NBC from August 31, 2004 to May 27, 2005.
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4	Set in Las Vegas, the series depicts the secret lives of the animals who live there. The main characters are the family of white lions ([[BumblingDad father Larry]], mother Kate, [[GranolaGirl teenage daughter Sierra]], [[TheChewToy young son Hunter]], and [[GrumpyOldMan father-in-law Sarmoti]]) that form part of Siegfried & Roy's act. All the other animals in the Secret Garden (S&R's private zoo) basically act as sitcom neighbors.
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6	The series was heavily hyped during the Olympics before it premiered and featured [[InkSuitActor loads of celebrities in regular and cameo roles]]. [=DreamWorks=] had high hopes for it, but before the premiere, Roy was attacked by one of his tigers, putting a pall on the proceedings. Despite this, the duo insisted that TheShowMustGoOn.
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8	However, the series was a flop anyhow for several reasons. For one, it was very uncomfortable to watch the show with [[RealitySubtext Roy's then-recent mauling]] in mind, even if he and Siegfried enjoyed it. Many airings were repeatedly interrupted by updates on the 2004 presidential election and by that point, there had been such a glut of advertising that [[HypeAversion audiences were sick of it]]; it didn't help that, despite the show [[AnimationAgeGhetto being meant for adults]], it was promoted as being "From the creators of ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}''", which landed it in hot water with MoralGuardians. Plus, the series was too expensive and time-consuming, with each episode costing over 1.5 million dollars to make and over nine months to complete[[note]]To compare, an average episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' costs ''half'' of that and production is three months shorter.[[/note]]. Some episodes never aired in the U.S. (with one that was never finished being animated), though the entire series was released on [=DVD=].
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10	''Father of the Pride'' is mainly remembered now for being one of the most colossal flops in the history of prime-time animation, which prompted DWA [[OldShame to bury this series deep in their animation archives]], eventually having more success in children's shows.
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12	Ever since its cancellation, petitions have spread online demanding the series' revival; it is unknown if these efforts will succeed. Nevertheless, on July 15, 2020, the streaming service Creator/{{Peacock}} launched nationwide, including ''Father of the Pride'' as one of its re-aired shows.
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15	!!Tropes of the Pride:
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17	* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Sierra wears a black collar, Hunter wears an Elizabethan collar (a cone, in other words), Foo-Lin wears a bow on her head, Mr. Right wears a purple bow and collar (in "What's Black and White and Depressed All Over?"), and Kelsey Grammer's cat wears a red handkerchief (in "Stage Fright"). A few other animals in the show count as this trope as well.
18	* AccidentalTickleTorture: In "Larry's Debut and Sweet Darryl Hannah Too," Sarmoti accidentally tickles Larry when he pokes him in the chest to encourage him he is a natural lead lion in his mind and heart.
19	* AdvertisingByAssociation: This was the reason it caught the ire of the [[MoralGuardians Parents Television Council]]; ads for the show cited [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation its studio]] as the creators of ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'', which they felt would mislead kid / family audiences into watching a show that was most decidedly ''[[AnimationAgeGhetto not]]'' made for them.
20	* AffablyEvil: At times, Sarmoti is genuinely kind to Larry and will somewhat help him out. This is sometimes when Larry is down on his luck.
21	* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: In "And the Revolution Continues," before heading back to Tracy, Sarmoti ruffles Hunter's hair when Hunter says he will whisper and play quietly.
22	* AllAnimalsAreDogs: After Sarmoti is fired in the pilot, Larry’s tail starts wagging. Kate even calls it happy tail. Cats usually swish their tails back and forth when annoyed.
23	* AllCGICartoon: Boasted itself as being the first prime time animated show to be computer animated and with the same quality CGI as Dreamworks' feature films at the time.
24	* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese theme song is "Ofuro Paradise" by Biyuchifuruzu. A little bit of it can be heard [[http://byuchi-music.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2012-02-20-7 here]].
25	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Larry and Kate embarrass their daughter Sierra in "Catnip and Trust" due to being high on catnip. Their antics nearly cost Sierra qualification for the honor roll.
26	* AnimatedActors: In this universe, [[Franchise/{{Shrek}} Donkey]] is a celebrity and the star of the ''Shrek'' films.
27	* AnthropomorphicZigZag: The animals tend to act like normal animals when working with Siegfried & Roy, but act like humans when they are not in the presence of humans. Occasionally, they will act sapiently when in the presence of humans anyway.
28	* AntiHero: Sarmoti, despite his grumpy, antagonistic nature, genuinely cares about his family and friends. He even has a soft spot for Larry (though he usually never shows it) and has helped him more than once.
29	** Hunter also counts as this when in his Gollum state.
30	* AntiVillain: Sarmoti.
31	* ArrangedMarriage: Nelson and Foo-Lin.
32	* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: In "Possession," Sarmoti teaches Hunter the ancient predatory ways of ''Mombasa''. This tradition is actually the name of a large coastal city in Kenya and has ''nothing'' to do with being a warrior. It is implied that Sarmoti made the whole thing up.
33	* AssShove: Sarmoti hides his poker winnings in the rectum of the zebra rug made from his first kill. Unfortunately, nobody told [[spoiler: Kevin, the very much alive zebra who'd be standing in for the rug after Kate destroyed it]].
34	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Sierra and Hunter are usually at each other's throats, with Sierra easily becoming annoyed with her brother. However, in "The Siegfried & Roy Fantasy Experience Movie," they are seen playing a video game together when Larry asks them to move out of the room for his party.
35	* BigBad: Though not actually evil, Sarmoti usually serves as the main antagonist of the series due to his constant antagonism towards Larry, as well as being a drunkard and a womanizer.
36	* BigBadDuumvirate: Sarmoti is Larry's personal ''and'' business antagonist and drives the storyline of the series while Blake is only Larry's business antagonist. Arguably, Blake's behavior can sometimes be more dislikable and sneaky.
37	* BadBadActing: Siegfried & Roy in "Siegfried & Roy: The Fantasy Experience Movie."
38	* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' tell Kate how to raise her children, even if she's ''your'' child.
39	* BewareTheNiceOnes
40	** Usually, Hunter is soft-spoken and quiet and is frequently bullied by Anthony. In "Possession," Sarmoti teaches Hunter self-defense, but ends up turning him into a monster when the power goes to his head. At Intramural Competition Day at Hunter's school, Hunter almost kills Anthony while sparring with him, only to be stopped by Sarmoti. Later, Hunter secretly kidnaps Snack (briefly acting like Gollum) and begins to torture him afterwards. Eventually, Sarmoti is able to talk Hunter out of this behavior by explaining to him that violence is never the answer.
41	** And as mentioned above, Kate goes ''ballistic'' when her father tries to co-parent her own children, resulting in her destroying his prized zebra-skin rug out of blind rage.
42	** Larry might count as well since despite his folksy, easy-going demeanor, he will attack anyone who would dare threaten his friends and family.
43	* BigEater: Larry and Sarmoti. The latter rubs his quick metabolism in the former's face in the episode where Larry is trying to lose weight.
44	* BilingualBonus: In the pilot, a frustrated Siegfried shouts to himself "Nein ein schwedischer akzen!" Translation? "[[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext No, a Swedish accent.]]"
45	* BlackComedy
46	** In "Catnip and Trust," Larry interrupts a rave looking for Sierra, saying "Sweetie, it's okay. We love you." He's suddenly assaulted by a flamingo jumping into his arms crying about how she doesn't "want to live with mom any more."
47	** Siegfried solemnly saying "I'll get the gun" the minute Larry slips off a pedestal. When Roy says that they're taking him to a vet instead, Siegfried says he wishes Roy was there when his grandmother fell.
48	* BrokenMasquerade: With Snack and Roy in "Stage Fright."
49	* BrutalHonesty: Sarmoti, especially towards Foo-Lin.
50	* TheBully:
51	** Regularly, Sarmoti never fails to spot an opportunity to degrade and mock Larry, praising himself for being raised in his natural habitat in Africa and shaming Larry for being born in a zoo.
52	** While never a bully, Sierra has a tendency to jeer at Hunter out of annoyance.
53	** Blake is a snob who likes to make Larry look bad, hailing himself as the "real" star of the show.
54	** Anthony is the school bully who picks on Hunter. In "Possession," Hunter stands up to him with help from Sarmoti, but ends up attacking pretty much anyone in sight. it is unknown if Anthony will continue to bully Hunter after this.
55	* BumblingDad: {{Downplayed\|Trope}} with Larry. He can still be iffy on the intelligent side, is somewhat immature, makes plenty of stupid decision on impulse and is ''very'' uncool in the eyes of his kids, but is nowhere near as idiotic as other bumbling dads and is shown to be just a capable (and sometimes equally as ''in''capable) and loving a parent as Kate. Some episodes have him be downright authoritarian.
56	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Seigfried & Roy are portrayed as this. They're even capable of unrehearsed, but more importantly REAL magic, like turning a bamboo staff into an ''edible'' Liquorice Whip.
57	* CallingTheOldManOut: Both Larry and Sarmoti are subjected to this by their respective daughters in a few episodes.
58	* CampGay: Jermece.
59	** Duke in "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Girlfriend."
60	* CannotTellAJoke: Despite his dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian, Hi Larious has a habit of telling corny, unfunny jokes and one-liners.
61	* CatsAreMean: Sierra is quite rebellious and can be mean sometimes while Sarmoti is almost always mean and sarcastic to Larry.
62	* CatsHateWater: Averted with Hunter when we see him in the bath. However, Larry threatens him with a water-sprayer when trying to get him to reveal Sierra's whereabouts in "Catnip and Trust."
63	* CatsAreSnarkers: As usual, Sarmoti makes snide remarks about Larry. Sierra also counts, known for making annoyed, mocking remarks about Hunter.
64	* CharacterCatchphrase: Sarmoti is known for saying, "When I grew up in Africa..." while raising his fist with pride.
65	* ChekhovsGun: Sarmoti scratching his chin when he lies is set up to be his poker tell in "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Girlfriend." [[spoiler:Averted, however, in that it's ''not'' his tell, he's just that good of a hustler]].
66	* CloudCuckooLander: Siegfried & Roy are depicted as very eccentric and with odd perceptions of how the world works, at one point even believing that Las Vegas is in danger because an Applebee's got replaced by a bed and breakfast.
67	* CompanionCube: Sarmoti's zebra rug, made out of his first kill. It was his last connection to Africa.
68	* CrocodileTears: [[spoiler:Sierra hustles Sarmoti out of the money he won from her boyfriend in poker by pretending to bawl and milk sympathy from him in "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Girlfriend".]]
69	* CrossoverCameo: [[Franchise/{{Shrek}} Donkey]] actually makes a guest appearance in one of the episodes as some sort of AnimatedActor. We kid you not!
70	* DaddyIssues
71	** Hinted at with Kate and her relationship to Sarmoti. The pilot has her frequently apologizing for his ego and denies any of the obvious signs that he hates Larry. Every episode after has her slowly getting fed up with his bad behavior and revealing that some of the worse things he did during her childhood rubbed off on her.
72	** One RunningGag has Roy frequently bemoaning that his father never loved him. In "Stage Fright," he tries to get Kelsey Grammer (under the assumption that he's a psychiatrist like his character on ''Series/{{Frasier}}'') to help him with this and winds up attacking him during a role play.
73	* DeadpanSnarker: Sierra and Sarmoti, though Larry has his moments as well.
74	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "Siegfried & Roy: The Fantasy Experience Movie."
75	* DirtyOldMan: Sarmoti is frequently hitting on younger feline women.
76	** ReallyGetsAround: The unfinished, storyboard-only episode on the DVD reveals that he either has slept with, is sleeping with, or plans to sleep with ''every single female in the compound,'' [[InterspeciesRomance regardless of species]].
77	* TheDragon: While not evil, Sarmoti is sometimes seen paired with Bernie, who serves as his assistant.
78	* DynamicEntry: Siegfried & Roy's usual schtick. You know the two are about to walk right in your front door when their {{Leitmotif}} starts to play and smoke billows in from out of nowhere. Larry manages to pull off a Dynamic Exit in episode 11 when he is creeped out by the feminist group Kate joined – by dive-bombing out of the first-floor window.
79	* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Both Sarmoti and Snack have tunnel networks at their disposal, since the Secret Garden is... [[TheAlcatraz rather hard to leave at times.]]
80	* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: "The Lost Tale" has a RunningGag which {{Invert\|edTrope}}s this. One of Hunter's friends is a BubbleBoy named Wendell, the orphan bubble monkey, who ever stops bringing up the fact that he's in a bubble despite Kate's efforts to treat him like anyone else.
81	-->'''Kate''': Hey Wendell, how's it going?\
82	'''Wendell''': (''bitterly'') Still don't have an immune system.\
83	'''Kate''': So how's school? You gonna try out for the football team?\
84	'''Wendell''': Nah, they usually only let the kids with ''two'' kidneys do that.
85	* FacePalm: Some characters tend to do this whenever annoyed or frustrated, including Larry, Kate, Sierra, Sarmoti, Siegfried & Roy.
86	* FantasticRacism: Sarmoti is shown to be prejudiced towards turkeys in "The Thanksgiving Episode."
87	* FauxAffablyEvil: Sarmoti pretends to offer advice to Larry in "The Siegfried & Roy Fantasy Experience Movie" by suggesting Larry forbid Kate from going to her group. When Larry tells Sarmoti he took his advice, Sarmoti reveals that he tricked him, intentionally giving him bad advice because he hates him.
88	** Blake is civil with Larry in "Larry's Debut and Sweet Darryl Hannah Too," assuring him no hard feelings. [[spoiler: However, he secretly rigged the lever in the box in a way that only he can drop into the secret compartment and not Larry. This bites him hard in the end.]]
89	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: In "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Girlfriend," after a guilt ridden Sarmoti gives Sierra her boyfriend's money back when he sees how much losing it makes her cry, she walks away from him glumly, then clenches her fist and shuts her eyes tightly as if trying not to cry any more. [[spoiler:She was doing a victorious fist-pump after successfully hustling him]].
90	* ForTheEvulz: In "The Siegfried & Roy Fantasy Experience Movie," Sarmoti intentionally advises Larry to forbid Kate from doing what she wants to do since he states the men laid down the law back in his day. Later, when Larry happily tells Sarmoti he listened to him, Sarmoti reveals that since he hates him, he will not give him good advice.
91	* FunWithAcronyms: The name "Sarmoti" is derived from '''S'''iegfried '''A'''nd '''R'''oy '''M'''asters '''O'''f '''T'''he '''I'''mpossible.
92	* FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss: Sarmoti gives this to a female co-star named Ginger in the pilot. "The Lost Tale" includes a CallBack to this when Lilly gives one to him as a sign that she has humbled him.
93	* FurIsClothing: Snack uses his belly button as a pocket in the pilot episode.
94	* FurryBaldness: Sarmoti's mane doesn't cover the top of his head. He is shown wearing a hair piece in the pilot and it is [[spoiler:his getting it knocked off during the show which results in Siegfried & Roy deciding to retire him]]. This may also be a reference to Alan Brady from ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', another character played by Carl Reiner.
95	* FurryConfusion: Donkey from ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' and his stunt double, Jermece walk on four legs, but the zebras usually walk on two legs.
96	** Likewise, Mr. Right, Foo-Lin's pet cat, usually walks on all fours, but the lions, tigers, cheetahs, and other cats usually walk on two legs.
97	** Chutney the elephant walks on all four legs, unlike most of the other animals.
98	* FurryFemaleMane: Inverted with the lions of course.
99	* GRatedDrug: Catnip is treated like a drug in "Catnip and Trust". Larry and Kate even start to behave as if they are high after consuming sausages laced with the stuff.
100	* GilliganCut: Combined with FlashbackTwist on one occasion.
101	--> Larry: (one year ago) "I promise I'll never [[ForgottenAnniversary forget our wedding anniversary again]]!"
102	* GoshDarnItToHeck: A brief running joke with Kate in the Thanksgiving episode.
103	-->"Son of a b!"
104	-->"You, sir, can go to ''h''!"
105	** Subverted at the very end with a CurseCutShort:
106	--> "Dad, what the f-" (Cut to black)
107	* GranolaGirl: Sierra.
108	* GratuitousGerman: Siegfried & Roy.
109	* GreatWhiteFeline: The main family in the show is a family of rare white lions.
110	* GrowingUpSucks: Larry: "We're a new generation of parents! We had a lot of fun, so you don't have to!"
111	* GrowlingGut: Larry has a hard time shutting up his hungry stomach throughout an episode where he's put on a diet.
112	* HartmanHips: All of the female lions have wide hips and large bottoms.
113	* HighOnCatnip: An entire episode centers around Larry and Kate's assumptions that their daughter is taking catnip. They end up accidentally ingesting it themselves, and rather... pot-like effects take hold.
114	* {{Homage}}: To the classic family sitcom format, from ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
115	* HumbleHero: Whenever complimented on a job well done, Larry usually waves it off and states that being the star of the show is just a job to him.
116	* ICouldaBeenAContender: A source of angst for Sarmoti is him messing up a stunt in one of the Siegfried & Roy's earliest television appearances, which lead to a baby Blake steal the show and forever make Siegfried & Roy synonymous with white tigers instead of white lions.
117	* InherentlyFunnyWord: "Monkey Chicken Cheese Balls." According to the DVDCommentary, the writers tried to work the words "monkey," "chicken," "cheese," and "balls" into the show as much as possible as they felt they were the four funniest words in comedy.
118	* InnocentInaccurate: In the episode "Donkey", one of Hunter's classmates mentions that Tony the tiger "took a nap" with his mother.
119	* {{Jerkass}}: Sarmoti is this to Larry most of the time while Sierra is sometimes this to Hunter. Blake is a suave, pompous smooth talker and Victoria can be somewhat shallow and vain, much like her husband.
120	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sarmoti may give Larry a hard time, but underneath it all, he has an unconditional love for his family.
121	* KarmaHoudini: Sarmoti.
122	* LargeHam: Siegfried & Roy, of course. The final scene of the pilot establishes how they treat ''everything'' like a performance.
123	--> '''Siegfried''': Und so we close zee book on another day of magic unt mystery.\
124	'''Roy''': No! Not yet!\
125	''(The two strike a "jazz hands" pose and smile)''\
126	'''Roy''': Now!
127	* {{Leitmotif}}: The chorus of Music/MichaelJackson's "Mind Is The Magic," the theme for the real Siegfried & Roy show in Vegas, plays whenever they enter the scene.
128	* ManChild: Larry and Sarmoti can be considered this when they fight. Dick Cheney also counts as this.
129	* {{Masquerade}}: Think about it. Larry and the rest of the {{Talking Animal}}s usually walk upright but [[AnthropomorphicZigZag tend to drop on all fours in the presence of humans...]]
130	* MeaningfulName
131	** Sarmoti stands for Siegfried & Roy: Masters of The Impossible.
132	** Sierra is a region in Nevada.
133	** Larry's friend is a gopher named Snack, as he could easily be one at any minute.
134	* MistakenForGay: In "The Siegfried & Roy Movie Fantasy Experience Movie," Kate is taken to a women's self-help club, and [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday upon entering nervously exclaims "I like men!"]] Becomes a BrickJoke when Larry comes to the group to "save" her and enters yelling "GIVE ME BACK MY WIFE, YOU CRAZY LESBIANS!"
135	* {{Multiboobage}}: The female pig in the "Donkey" episode has eight nipples.
136	** And there's a couple of references to Kate or the other female cats having eight nipples, despite appearing to have humanoid breasts (and real lions only having four nipples).
137	* MythologyGag: After getting kicked by Chutney, Snack bounces off of three sunbathing women's breasts to the tune of the "NBC" station jingle.
138	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Averted. While Siegfried & Roy are voiced by impersonators, the real Siegfried & Roy are credited as exec producers, making the whole project legitimately sanctioned.
139	** But otherwise played straight - one episode has Dick Cheney and Barbra Streisand.
140	* NobodyPoops: Averted.
141	-->'''Sarmoti:''' ...now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna hit the litter box...hard!
142	* NonhumansLackAttributes: Averted with the female pig in the "Donkey" episode; she has eight nipples showing.
143	* NoodleIncident
144	** From the unfinished episode:
145	-->'''Bernie''': "So long story short, I don't have to pee sitting down. But I'll admit, at night, it's dark, I do it anyway."
146	** One tiger in "Possession" is shunned for doing something unspeakable (it's heavily implied that he's [[RealitySubtext the tiger who attacked Roy Horn on stage]]).
147	* OffhandBackhand: From Siegfried to Roy.
148	* PantheraAwesome
149	* PapaWolf: Both Larry and Sarmoti are shown to be very protective of Sierra.
150	** In "Catnip and Trust," Larry threatens to disembowel anyone who lays a hand on Sierra when she goes missing.
151	** In "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Girlfriend," he only approves of Sierra having her boyfriend over because he thinks the boy doesn't have a penis. Later, when said boyfriend comes over, Sarmoti threatens to turn him into "a rug at some rapper's house" if he gets too handsy.
152	* PaperThinDisguise: Siegfried & Roy attempt to spy on a rival magic show by attending incognito (see: wearing eyeglasses).
153	* ParentsAsPeople: Larry and Kate are both flawed-yet-capable parents. As mentioned above, while Larry is clearly the more immature of the two, Kate makes just as many irrational mistakes. Even Sarmoti, for as much of a {{jerkass}} as he is, is responsible when he feels like it.
154	* PinocchioNose: Discussed in "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Girlfriend," when Sarmoti teaches Sierra about how to spot a poker player's "tell" (i.e., some involuntary tic they have when they're lying or have a good hand, such as twirling a whisker or sticking their tongue out). He then takes it a step further by [[spoiler:tricking his own granddaughter into thinking that his tell is scratching his chin when he lies just so he can hustle her]].
155	* ProductPlacement: 7-Eleven, Applebee's, and [=TiVO=].
156	* ProfessionalButtKisser: Bernie serves as Sarmoti's assistant and thus occasionally refers to him as "Boss" and acts as a yes man to him.
157	* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: When Larry, Sarmoti, and Snack try to kidnap Donkey [[spoiler: (who is actually Jermece)]].
158	--> (The three of them walk past Jermece, Larry carrying balloons and Sarmoti pushing a carriage with Snack inside, dressed as a baby)
159	--> '''Larry''': Nice day!
160	--> '''Sarmoti''': Top of the mornin'!
161	--> '''Snack''': What a baby might say!
162	* RealSongThemeTune:
163	** John Goodman singing Elvis' "Viva Las Vegas".
164	** Siegfried & Roy's theme song, which was their real theme song for their Vegas show.
165	* RedLiveLobster: Emerson is red like a cooked lobster rather than brown like a live one.
166	* TheRival: Sarmoti is this to Larry while Blake is this to the entire family.
167	* RunningGag: "Possession" has one where Larry does an impression of a "swarthy foreign handyman" to woo Kate, who keeps telling him to shut up.
168	* RunningOnAllFours: As part of the animals' masquerade.
169	* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Sarmoti is often very selfish and inconsiderate.
170	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In "And the Revolution Continues," as Tracy tells off Kate for seemingly abandoning Hunter (based on Sarmoti's lie), Sarmoti discreetly runs off as when Tracy turns to acknowledge him, he is nowhere to be seen.
171	* ShownTheirWork: The designs of the houses in the Secret Garden are what residential houses in Las Vegas typically look like.
172	* SlapSlapKiss: A literal example happens in "The Lost Tale": Sarmoti takes Lilly's invitation to come into her house for tea as flirting and kisses her on the mouth, for which she slaps him across the face. Then ''[[NotSoAboveItAll she]]'' [[NotSoAboveItAll kisses]] ''[[NotSoAboveItAll him]]'' and he slaps ''her''. Then they [[RuleOfThree slap each other simultaneously]]. Then they start passionately making out.
173	* StealthPun: Chaz is a black panther with the voice of an African-American man.
174	* StrawFeminist: Averted with Lily from the episode "The Siegfried & Roy Movie Fantasy Experience Movie." While her methods are somewhat odd, her goal is clearly to help women feel more self-sufficient and not to belittle men. She's perfectly nice (if a little condescending) to Larry and also clearly disturbed by Foo-Lin's misandrist statements. The unfinished episode on the DVD even has a b-plot of her helping Sarmoti get InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, all while having the utmost patience with him.
175	* StrictlyFormula: Creator/AdultSwim bumpers quipped that despite the funny animals and heavy usage of sex and toilet humor, none of the plots would be out of place in a 1960s or 70s era sitcom.
176	* TheSwearJar: Siegfried makes Roy put money in a swear jar in "Larry's Debut and Sweet Darryl Hannah, Too" for mentioning Queen Nefertiti, most likely due to part of her name sounding like "titty".
177	* TakeThat: Multiple:
178	** In the pilot episode, Sierra and Hunter were watching a movie, whose cover had a picture of a lion with a crown.
179	-->'''Hunter:''' What's happening now?\
180	'''Sierra:''' Oh, [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Simba]] was sad, and then [[Franchise/StarWars Darth]] [[Creator/JamesEarlJones Vader]] said some made up African crap.
181	** Anthony compares Hunter to ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion''.
182	** Sarmoti describes one of his dates as "easier to get into than Florida State."[[note]]The college, not the actual state.[[/note]]
183	* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: {{Invoked\|Trope}} with Hi Larious's corny, painfully unfunny BorschtBelt-style jokes (he even provides his own RimShot!), which all of the other characters hate.
184	* StarringSpecialEffects
185	* StealthPun:
186	** Chaz is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party black panther]].
187	** One of Sarmoti's dates is an implied middle-aged cougar. A literal ''and'' [[StacysMom figurative cougar]], if you will.
188	* SuddenlyShouting: Roger has moments of this, given his short temper.
189	* TalkingAnimal: All the animals can speak.
190	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Some of the female animals, like Foo-Lin and the female gazelle, wear bows on their heads.
191	* TooSexyForThisTimeSlot: What some parents thought about the first episode's "Mounting Time" joke.
192	* TorchesAndPitchforks: Subverted, in that the animals carrying them were going to a tiki party / harvest festival. DoubleSubverted when they get mad and need something to express their anger... so they drop their weapons and pick up some large rocks.
193	* TotallyRadical:
194	--> '''Kate''': "I wanna raise the roof! Get jiggy with it! Do the wild thing!"
195	--> '''Foo-Lin''': "Why are you [[JiveTurkey talking like a black man from 1991]]?"
196	* TransparentCloset:
197	** Chutney. [[RunningGag The turkey is]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial just his roommate]].
198	** Hunter. Though that may just be Sarmoti [[DeadpanSnarker being Sarmoti]].
199	--> (Hearing Hunter singing [[Music/ToriAmos "Silent All These Years"]] in the bathroom) "Are we still pretending [[GetBackInTheCloset he's not gay]]?"
200	** Inverted with Duke, one of Sarmoti's poker buddies. ''Every single one of his lines'' none-too-subtly implies that he's a flaming homosexual, including passively mentioning that he's attracted to Burt Reynolds or how he secretly wants to be towel-snapped by rowdy high-school boys, expressing a love of cosmopolitans and cashmere and when he says [[BlatantLies he's attracted to Britney Spears]], his mane poofs up (which is established to be his "tell" during poker). The only one who picks up on it is Sierra, who mutters "[[CoughSnarkCough coughSupergay]]" when Sarmoti's other friends wonder out loud how someone who [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide understands women as well as Duke]] doesn't have a girlfriend.
201	* {{Troll}}: Sarmoti enjoys picking on Larry every chance he gets.
202	** Sierra is sometimes amused by her teasing Hunter.
203	* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Kate's feminist group encourages her to paint her feelings in a free-form painting. One of her group members (and, a little later, [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike Hunter]]) recognize it as "anger, with a touch of hope" and the two laugh before sobbing in each other's arms, all while Larry stares at the thing, completely baffled.
204	* TheUnintelligible: The turkeys. Though it turns out at the end of an episode that they ''can'' speak English, they just sound silly if they do.
205	* WellDoneSonGuy: [[RuleOfThree Sarmoti again,]] although he's Larry's father-in-law.
206	-->"Larry, I want you to know if you were my own son, I'd be pretty disappointed. But I'd make do."
207	* WomenAreWiser: {{Downplayed\|Trope}}. While Kate is more mature than Larry, they're on par with each other in terms of parenting capability, and she makes plenty of embarrassing mistakes on her own. Most of the other women in the Secret Garden tend to be shallow or gullible. Even character like Sierra and Lilly who play this trope straight only do so because they're technically wiser than ''everybody.'' And even the unfinished episode shows that even Lilly has her moments of ignorance.
208	* YesMan: Bernie, Sarmoti's personal assistant.
209	* YouALLLookFamiliar: Weekly viewers would notice the same 'extras' filling out crowd scenes episode to episode (notably, a guy in a red-and-white baseball cap).

Context WesternAnimation / FatherOfThePride