Line #15 WesternAnimation/Foofur


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3	''Foofur'' was an animated series created by Creator/HannaBarbera that debuted on Creator/{{NBC}} in 1986.
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5	The series followed the titular character, a skinny blue dog who lived in the house of his late owner, along with his canine friends: his niece Rocki; Louis, a bulldog; Annabell, a sheepdog and Louis's mate; Fritz-Carlos, a tiny mustachioed dog with a French accent; Hazel, a cocker spaniel and Fritz-Carlos's mate; Dolly, a basset hound; Burt, a wolfhound, and Fencer, the only cat of the group. They all worked together to keep their beloved home from being sold by the real estate agent Mrs. Escrow, and her pet Chihuahua, Pepe, who constantly tries to expose Foofur's pals, without any success.
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9	* ACappella: [[CatConcerto Four felines sing to a female feline]] at a hotel. When Fencer joins in, the four give him a DeathGlare and toss Fencer away. When Fencer cuts in again, the felines are about to attack but Foofur gets them to back off.
10	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Foofur has blue fur, which is unusual for a dog of his breed (assuming it's not HairColorDissonance). His niece Rocki has blue-purple fur.
11	* AnimationBump: In most of Season 2's episodes, the few changes are that Annabell's irises are blue, and Fencer's scalp is all black.
12	* ArchEnemy: Foofur and the others have quite a RoguesGallery.
13	** The Rat Brothers for their malicious pranks, mostly directed at Fencer.
14	** Pepe the Chihuahua for trying to expose Foofur and the others to his owner, Mrs. Escrow.
15	** Mel and Harvey, the dogcatchers who try to make money in dishonest ways.
16	** Vinnie and the Cat Pack, who aren't afraid of dogs.
17	** Burt the Afghan Hound, who tries to one-up Foofur for Dolly's love.
18	* AssInALionSkin: The episode "The Dog's Meow" had Louis get hypnotized into thinking he's a cat, courtesy of a professional hypnotist on TV.
19	* BirthdayEpisode: For Rocki, as her uncle and friends set up a party in "Bon Voyage, Rocki". Of course, when Rocki's dad comes by...
20	* BloodlessCarnage: Happened when Pepe noticed Fencer (with a collar restraining his arms) and tried to get him, but a man tripped on his leash, causing a chain reaction of chaos. No one was seriously injured.
21	* BullyBulldog: Louis would be a subversion.
22	* CasinoEpisode: Foofur and the others come to Las Vegas. Everyone enjoys the place except Hazel, who gets conned by another dog running crooked Rat Races.
23	* CatchPhrase: Pepe's, "You are my prisoner!"
24	** Fencer always belts out a "Chiyap" when leaping into action.
25	* ACatInAGangOfDogs: Fencer is the sole cat in an all-dog gang.
26	* CatsAreMean: Averted with Fencer, but played straight with the Cat Pack, led by Vinnie, who always antagonize Foofur and the gang.
27	* CircusEpisode
28	* CoconutMeetsCranium: Happens to Fritz-Carlos when Foofur and the others are stranded on an island. Rocki and Hazel nearly meet the same fate.
29	* ComicBookAdaptation: Foofur had a six-issue comic book released in 1987.
30	* DownerEnding: To a lesser extent in "You Dirty Rat", the Rat Brothers didn't mind keeping their word of not harming Rocki, absconding with Louis' food, and chewing up Annabell's bed comforter, but they still proceeded to bully Fencer.
31	* DreadfulMusician: Fencer's singing in "Foofur Falls in Love", "My Pharaoh Lady", and "Fencer Gets Soul". in the third one, he sings -- well, meows -- so horribly he makes a TV explode, dishes fall from the kitchen cabinets, and a train shake.
32	* EatTheCamera: This happens when Vinnie and his Cat Pack were scared out of their wits when they heard barking inside an aquarium they infiltrated.
33	* EnemyMine: The episode "Pepe's Pet Peeve" had Foofur and the others team up with Pepe in order to help him get rid of a so-called monstrous dog named Killer that Mrs. Escrow brought home. Killer actually turns out to be a BigFriendlyDog.
34	* EvilDuo: Mel and Harvey, the two dogcatchers who are regular foes of the gang.
35	* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Pepe never manages to expose Foofur and his friends to his owner.
36	* FourFingeredHands: All the dogs, cats, and other animals in the cartoon.
37	* FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: While Foofur and the rest of the gang mostly walk around on all fours like real dogs do, Rocki, Fencer, and Fritz-Carlos usually walk upright.
38	* GratuitousFrench: Fritz-Carlos.
39	* InformedSpecies: Louis is supposed to be a bulldog, but while his face and ears are like those of a real bulldog, his big bulky body would suggest otherwise.
40	* IResembleThatRemark: Louis says that when he attempts to leave through the cruise ship's ventilation shaft while Foofur and Fencer push him in, Foofur remarks that Louis is too fat to fit through.
41	* IrisOut: This trope happened only two times, once at the end of "Weekend in the Condo" and another on the midpoint of "Annabell Punks Out".
42	* IronicName: Killer, the dog that Mrs. Escrow brings home and whom Pepe fears, is actually a good-natured St. Bernard who just wants to play.
43	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Louis again.
44	* JiveTurkey: Fencer the black cat.
45	* KarmaHoudini: The Rat Brothers mostly.
46	* KindheartedCatLover: In "A Royal Pain", Abigail, who treats her cats like royalty.
47	* MissingMom: In "A Moving Experience", Rocki's mother is mentioned but never seen.
48	* LeeroyJenkins: Fencer always thinks that he is a master at karate, yet he is always at the mercy of the rat trio that constantly bully him.
49	* LoveAtFirstSight: When Foofur sees Dolly at the café in "Foofur Falls in Love", and again for Pepe when he sees a white poodle belonging to his owner's cousin in "Clothes make the Dog." Rocki has a moment when she sees Norris in "PuppyLove".
50	* LoveBeforeFirstSight: In "My Pharaoh Lady", Fencer goes head over heels for a purple cat named Cleo, but he doesn't actually meet her until Cleo's owner, an archaeologist, throws a bar of soap at him.
51	* NapoleonComplex: Pepe, who is always a nuisance to Foofur and the others.
52	* NeatFreak: Hazel was this in "A Clean Sweep".
53	* {{Nephewism}}: Rocki is under her uncle's Foofur care.
54	* OppositesAttract: Louis, an easy-to-anger bulldog, and Annabell, an even-tempered sheepdog.
55	* PunnyName: The real estate agent is named Mrs. Escrow.
56	* RainRainGoAway: In "Look Homeward, Foofur", when a rainstorm interrupts who was going to be Willowby's Top Dog, Foofur explains to Rocki of how he met his new friends.
57	* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Big Boombah, seen in "You Dirty Rat" and "Rocki's Big Fib". Big Boombah is nastier than the Rat Brothers, and he is as big as a puppy.
58	* RunningOnAllFours: Foofur's group does it.
59	* SaveTheVillain: Even though Mrs. Escrow isn't exactly a villain, Foofur and the others helped her by exposing a con artist who intended to frame her for his dog's injuries and sue her.
60	* ShoutOut: When Fencer and Foofur go to a club in New Orleans, they see a lavender cat looking a lot like Scat Cat from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', playing the kazoo.
61	* SickEpisode: In "Nothing to Sneeze at", after the canines (except Foofur) notice Fencer smells like fish, they give him a bath in cold water. Fencer (understandably) gets ill, which promptly spreads to the rest of the gang when circumstances douse them in cold water too.
62	* SmoochofVictory: Rocki does this after being rescued by a dog food mascot.
63	* SneezeOfDoom: When Fencer gets a nasty cold, his sneeze breaks a stepladder support.
64	* SwarmOfRats: In "You Dirty Rat", Mrs. Escrow tries to get rid of the rats in the mansion, but runs for it when she realizes how badly she's outnumbered.
65	* TerribleTrio: The Rat Brothers in most cases.
66	** The Uptown club -- three pedigreed puppies; Pekingese, Poodle, and Yorkshire Terrier -- in "Scary Harry"
67	** Another is the Scat Cats: a jazz-singing group who were looking for a fourth member in "Fencer gets Soul"
68	* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Fritz-Carlos and Hazel, respectively.
69	* TokenEnemyMinority: Fencer the cat.
70	* TookALevelInKindness: Sammy, since Rocki saved him from a circus Tiger, so Sammy helped Foofur's group by recuing Rocki from a circus worker.
71	* TwoShorts: Twenty of the half-hours each have two 11-minute stories, and the remaining six are half-hour stories.
72	* VerbalTic: Louis often ends his sentences with the word ''there''.
73	* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Fritz-Carlos' accent seems to shift between French, Spanish and Italian.
74	* YouDirtyRat: The rat trio that constantly accost Fencer.

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