Line #48 WesternAnimation/IggyArbuckle


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2	[[caption-width-right:330:Iggy Arbuckle and his sidekick Jiggers.]]
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4	->''"And of course [[BreakingTheFourthWall our show]] also has baaad guyyys."''
5	-->-- Opening [[ExpositoryThemeTune theme song]], featuring with a bit of LampshadeHanging
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7	''Iggy Arbuckle'' is a Canadian AnimatedSeries that aired on Creator/{{Teletoon}} and was based on a comic from the June 2004 issue of ''Magazine/NationalGeographic Kids'' called ''Iggy Arbuckle: Nature Freak!''. The show was created by American artist, author, and animator Guy Vasilovich (who had previously had another show made in Canada, ''WesternAnimation/MovilleMysteries'') and produced by Blueprint Entertainment. It ran from June 29 until October 10 of 2007 for 26 episodes over a single season.
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9	''Iggy Arbuckle'''s eponymous character (voiced by Creator/JonathanWilson) is an anthropomorphic pig who leads a group of forest rangers called the Pig Rangers in protecting Kookamunga National Park (known as "The Kook" for short) from the evil Catfish Stu (voiced by Creator/JamesRankin; and no prizes for guessing what kind of animal he is), the owner of a failing trailer park who is trying to take over The Kook and exploit its resources for the sake of increasing his revenue. Assisting Iggy in his efforts to save Kookamunga National Park and its ecosystem from Cafish Stu is Iggy's best friend and fellow Pig Ranger, a beaver named Jiggers (Creator/DavidBerni). Rounding out the cast are a hippie chipmunk named Zoop (Creator/StephanieAnneMills), a skunk named Spiff (Creator/DerekMcGrath) who cleans up the park's litter, a rat named Kira (Creator/NovieEdwards) who runs the local tourist kiosk, and Catfish Stu's ferret henchmen Robear and Robert (Creator/PatrickMcKenna and Creator/NeilCrone, respectively).
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14	* AmbiguouslyGay: Iggy Arbuckle himself. He often displays very feminine and flamboyant mannerisms but yet he's very fit and energetic and doesn't mind getting his hands dirty. He is also shown to have a very LimitedWardrobe and lack of interest in art and/or culture. With all that said, he hasn't been shown to have interest in either gender.
15	* BadLiar: Iggy played straight. His [[PinocchioNose nose twitches]] when he [[BlatantLies fibs]]. It's so noticeable that even other members of the cast will comment on it. [[spoiler: Or take advantage of it.]]
16	* BambooTechnology: Jiggers is a master of this trope... except... with wood, not bamboo.
17	* BerserkButton:
18	** Do not - I repeat - Do NOT mess with any part of the Kookamunga with Iggy around. Seriously. Just don't.
19	** Do not litter when Spiff is on duty... or even when he's off duty. You will end up on his bad side... and you really, really do not want to be on the bad side of a trash collecting skunk.
20	** Do not insult money with Catfish Stu in earshot.
21	** Jiggers was super ticked off when he never got his bottle cap collection back from Spelvin.
22	* BornWinner: Iggy in spades. He is descended from a long line of successful explorers after all. It's in his blood.
23	-->'''Iggy''': ''(After being advised to lose a competition.)'' I don't know ''how'' to lose.
24	* TheCatfish: Catfish Stu who is definitely vicious
25	* CompanionCube: Spiff's garbage. He once named an apple core 'Carl' and spoke to it like it was his best friend. It's not uncommon for him to name his garbage at any point really. He talks to all the discarded wrappers he finds as though they were his long lost children.
26	* {{Crossdresser}}: Jiggers has cross-dressed for various reasons.
27	* DeadpanSnarker: Jiggers occasionally becomes this.
28	-->'''Iggy''': ''(Referring to perfume.)'' I hope this smells ok. Maybe we should ask Spiff for help.
29	--> '''Jiggers''': Oh. Good idea. Let's ask a garbage-collecting skunk to test perfume.
30	** Jiggers is this pretty much all the time. Spiff has some shades of snarkiness as well.
31	* DoingItForTheArt: InUniverse example. Spiff is a [[InsistentTerminology sanitation worker]]. He collects garbage like no other garbage collector has before... and he does it for the art. He even keeps a collection of cans with which he can make little figurines.
32	* DraggedByTheCollar: Variant: Iggy likes to drag Jiggers places by his overalls.
33	* EdutainmentShow: It's all about protecting the environment, but that doesn't stop this show from being aired on the wacky Creator/{{Teletoon}} or the action-packed Creator/{{Jetix}}.
34	* FishOutOfWater: Kira sometimes comes across as this.
35	* FurryConfusion:
36	** ''Iggy Arbuckle'' appears to remedy [[CarnivoreConfusion this problem]] by making all of the characters vegetarian.
37	-->'''Jiggers''': ''(Objecting to Iggy wanting to take him flying.)'' I'm more of a land and water-based mammal.
38	** And in another example...
39	-->'''Jiggers''': Iggy, trust me. As a pig, you'll never know the heartbreak of unruly fur!
40	** Also, in ''Way of the Skunk'', Jiggers tries to get out of helping Spiff by using the excuse that he's a beaver and not a skunk. Zoop is then forced to explain that this sort of help is for everyone and not just for skunks.
41	** Played straight in the episode ''Fish and Chip off the Old Block'' when [[spoiler: Iggy temporarily loses his memory.]] During this time, he appears completely blind to the difference between Jiggers and a regular beaver. On the aversion, nor does he know the difference between a pig and a catfish.
42	** Iggy's caterpillar Furry ''seems'' to be this.
43	* GiggleSnort: Being a pig, Iggy is known for doing this quite often.
44	%%* GranolaGirl: Zoop
45	* HollywoodTourettes: The parrot in ''Bird in the Hoof'' wanders the 'Kook' and the others assume that he's just a traumatized parrot trying to imprint on others. (Quite possibly arriving through an owner who abandoned him there.)
46	** [[spoiler: It is later discovered that he actually knows what he's saying and was simply spewing profanity to start fights.]]
47	** [[spoiler: Later, Spiff arrives on scene to see everyone [[BerserkButton making a mess]] of Mooseknuckle because of their fights. The bird ends up vocalizing his thoughts (quite accurately) for him. Zoop then comments that birds of a feather flock together and that it actually makes sense that the two most socially misguided characters in town would end up being friends.]]
48	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Spiff occasionally comes across as this.
49	* {{Keet}}: Iggy. With small, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cute]], colourful and [[NoIndoorVoice perpetually loud]]... but he is definitely hyperactive... so much so that in the episode ''One Fine Day'', everyone became ticked off and tried to avoid him.
50	** And in ''If Pigs Could Fly'', he found it very difficult to just sit around for extended periods of time without becoming anxious/tense.
51	* NervousWreck: Jiggers twitches his tail whenever he's nervous.
52	* NewAgeRetroHippie: [[GranolaGirl Zoop]].
53	* NoSocialSkills: Spiff prefers the company of trash to pretty much anyone.
54	* PatchworkMap: Kookamunga National Park contains a swamp, a forest, a desert, a tropical beach, a volcano, a frozen tundra, glaciers, geysers, and a lake; all jammed up against one another. PlayedForLaughs, obviously.
55	* PapaWolf: Iggy and Jiggers in the episode ''If Pigs Could Fly''. Iggy moreso than Jiggers.
56	** Iggy also displays traits of this in other episodes like ''Honey, I Ate The Bug''.
57	* {{Perfectionist}}: Jiggers.
58	** Iggy although, arguably to a lesser extent.
59	* PigMan: Iggy and much more appropiately, his hero Manly Boarman.
60	* RhymesOnADime: The Great Bamzeani
61	* RiddleMeThis: While not used in the traditional sense, The Great Bamzeani always talks in rhyming riddles. Only Iggy can decipher their meanings and normally, these riddles serve a plot point.
62	* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Ironically, Iggy and Jiggers seem to alternate between the two.
63	* ThemeNaming: Particularly within Iggy's family. Great Uncle Squiggy, Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Ziggy, Great-Great-Grandfather Figgy, Great-Grandfather Twiggy. I'm noticing a pattern here...
64	** Also (albeit to a far lesser extent), Iggy and Jiggers who are in the habit of calling each other 'Igg' and 'Jigg' respectively.
65	* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
66	** Jiggers loves himself some yak cheese.
67	** Iggy will take just about anything as long as its smothered in hot sauce.
68	* TunnelKing: Zoop. She is a chipmunk after all.
69	* WeaselMascot: Robert and Robear tend to be cute and playful with each other. (Even though they do cause physical harm to each other whenever one of them cheats.) They also don't turn down free food.
70	* WickedWeasel: Robert and Robear work for the main antagonist and tend to give the main protagonists a hard time by making a mess of things. They're even [[KleptomaniacHero kleptomaniacs]].

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