* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** The music that plays while the kids are trapped in and escaping from a burning barn in "[[Recap/WishboneS1E28SaltyDog Salty Dog]]" is epic.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoV1T8kBRFc The theme song]].
* CultClassic: Despite not lasting as long as other popular shows on the PBS Kids block, ''Wishbone'' is fondly remembered by the audience who grew up with it and is considered to be one of the block's best shows.
* NarmCharm: The concept of a well-read Jack Russell terrier dreaming and imagining himself as the hero of various stories and novels is bizarre, but at the same time impossible to be indifferent to.
* OlderThanTheyThink: The concept of an animal with human trains of thoughts and a big imagination had already been explored in ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Lives_of_Waldo_Kitty The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty]]'', through ''Waldo Kitty'' was half-animated/half-acted and it had {{shout out}}s to more modern pop culture (of these days) than classics.
* PeripheryDemographic: A lot of teenagers and adults enjoyed the show and still do.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Creator/AmyAcker appears in a few episodes, playing a different role each time.
** Creator/JensenAckles appears in the last five minutes of "[[Recap/WishboneS1E35VivaWishbone Viva Wishbone]]".
** Larry Brantley, the voice of Wishbone, would go on to be a regular voice actor for Creator/{{Funimation}}, starring in series such as ''Manga/OnePiece'' (Hody Jones) and ''Manga/FairyTail'' (Chapati Lola).
* {{Squick}}: Many episodes, such as ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities'' and ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' featured the titular canine playing a heroic lead together with a human, female love interest. This lead to many, many scenes of attractive young actresses behaving in a romantic and cuddly manner to [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy a freakin' dog]]!
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Amanda when the trio tends to characterize her as the jerk and their SitcomArchnemesis. Sure, she's a bit arrogant, but she can back up her AwesomeEgo with a talent for acting, memorization, and spelling. What's more, Amanda will apologize if she's gone too far, like when she berates Sam for forgetting her lines during a staging of ''The Tempest'' and enviously says that she wanted to be Miranda. It at least dies down in the books, where Sam notes Amanda's talents in ''Stage Invader'' and says she's not the saboteur because Amanda doesn't hurt people, and it wouldn't benefit her to ruin the play when she's the understudy.
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