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* MakeMeWannaShout: Not a superpower, but Tess's screaming does produce a gust-like effect in the room.
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* NoCartoonFish: Downplayed. Unlike most cartoon fish, the salmon Tess is seen feeding the grizzly bear in a photo appears to be non-sapient, but still has the same eye style as the other characters.
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* RecurringExtra: The white tiger from "[[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S1E13LightsCameraMongoose Lights, Camera, Mongoose!]]" ad other episodes is on the title card for ''Secrets of the Wild''.
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* RecurringExtra: The white tiger from "[[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S1E13LightsCameraMongoose Lights, Camera, Mongoose!]]" ad and other episodes is on the title card for ''Secrets of the Wild''.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Tess claims she can't be scared of pandas because she gets along great with other kinds of bears. Pandas aren't really bears.
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At the Littlest Pet Shop, the pets have already figured that Blythe would have a plan and convince Mrs. Twombly to take the bunch of them out for a walk, leading Mrs. Twombly to the zoo. Blythe, meanwhile, has already led Tess into the zoo, but they gets sidetracked by a pair of fans who won't leave her alone. Luckily for Blythe, the fans keep Tess occupied for long enough for Blythe to meet Sunshinealone, who says she has misplaced Squeezy and can't find her. Tess finally catches up to Blythe but sees Sunshine, recognizes her, and cowers behind Blythe. Blythe tries to explain that this gorilla meant no harm, but Tess questions Blythe on how she could know such a thing. Blythe fumbles for an excuse, but the Littlest Pet Shop pets come barging in with Mrs. Twombly, relieving her of having to answer. The pets hear of the missing Squeezy, and Russell proposes to split the group up to search. Instead, Penny lingers around, hearing an angry Sunshine and figuring she needs a hug. Blythe tries to talk Tess into going back to the gorilla exhibit but fails, and Mrs. Twombly suggests they leave the zoo before Tess is traumatized further. Blythe, however, looks over and sees Sunshine has calmed down. She and Mrs. Twombly approach the exhibit and see that Sunshine is cuddling something--upon a closer look, Mrs. Twombly realizes it's Penny.
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At the Littlest Pet Shop, the pets have already figured that Blythe would have a plan and convince Mrs. Twombly to take the bunch of them out for a walk, leading Mrs. Twombly to the zoo. Blythe, meanwhile, has already led Tess into the zoo, but they gets sidetracked by a pair of fans who won't leave her alone. Luckily for Blythe, the fans keep Tess occupied for long enough for Blythe to meet Sunshinealone, Sunshine alone, who says she has misplaced Squeezy and can't find her. Tess finally catches up to Blythe but sees Sunshine, recognizes her, and cowers behind Blythe. Blythe tries to explain that this gorilla meant no harm, but Tess questions Blythe on how she could know such a thing. Blythe fumbles for an excuse, but the Littlest Pet Shop pets come barging in with Mrs. Twombly, relieving her of having to answer. The pets hear of the missing Squeezy, and Russell proposes to split the group up to search. Instead, Penny lingers around, hearing an angry Sunshine and figuring she needs a hug. Blythe tries to talk Tess into going back to the gorilla exhibit but fails, and Mrs. Twombly suggests they leave the zoo before Tess is traumatized further. Blythe, however, looks over and sees Sunshine has calmed down. She and Mrs. Twombly approach the exhibit and see that Sunshine is cuddling something--upon a closer look, Mrs. Twombly realizes it's Penny.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Pandas and gorillas are the only two animals that Tess is afraid of.
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* FriendlyTickleTorture: Minka tries this on Penny Ling to try to cheer her up, but to no avail.
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* OlderThanTheyLook[=/=]YoungerThanTheyLook: Tess [=McSavage=] and Mrs. Twombly were in college together, so they must be around the same age.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Tess claims she can't be scared of pandas because she gets along great with other kinds of bears. Pandas aren't really bears.
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[[caption-width-right:300: "A gorilla AND a panda!? That's two times the horror!"]]
-> Written by Merriwether Williams
As Blythe is restocking and organizing a bowl of doggy treats, Mrs. Twombly receives a phone call from old friend Tess [=McSavage=], a famous zoologist and host of ''Secrets of the Wild'', who says she'll visit Mrs. Twombly in the Littlest Pet Shop as part of her break from work. When Blythe hears about this, she heads to the day camp, where Penny Ling and the other pets are watching Tess's show, which seems to be mostly about how much she appreciates animals. Penny in particular is ecstatic to hear the news, as she's a fan of Tess and ''Secrets of the Wild'', and prepares herself to hug Tess upon arrival.
In short time, Tess knocks on the door of the Littlest Pet Shop, and Mrs. Twombly invites her in. Tess and Mrs. Twombly have a discussion about what they've been doing, but Tess seems to nervously giggle frequently. Blythe then brings Tess into the day camp, where she introduces each of the regulars. When Penny comes out of hiding behind Pepper to come up and give Tess a hug, however, Tess screams in terror and rushes out of the building entirely, sending Penny rolling away and getting her head stuck in a box. Once Penny dislodges herself, she becomes overwhelmed with thoughts about her perceived hideousness and starts crying, Vinnie inadvertently exascerbating her misery with badly-worded support.
After taking a quick power nap, Tess meets with Mrs. Twombly and Blythe in a back room. Mrs. Twombly and Blythe try to ask her about what happened in the day camp with Penny Ling, but Tess either has blocked out her memories involving Penny or is refusing to acknowledge such a thing happened. Tess, in addition, makes sure Blythe knows that she is not afraid of bears by showing her a slideshow of photos of her hanging out with dangerous species of bears, then leaves the room giggling.
Back in the day camp, Russell does some thinking and concludes that Tess behaved as she did not because of Penny Ling as an individual, but that she's afraid of pandas as a whole. While no longer crying, Penny takes offense to that statement but follows along with Russell's plan to disguise her as a gorilla anyway, as a test to see if Tess is afraid of Penny or pandas in general. Penny outs on Pepper's gorilla suit, and she and Russell discuss their plans with Blythe at the front room. Blythe introduces Penny in the gorilla suit, but before Blythe can say anything, Tess once again leaps up in fright and scrambles far away. At this point, Penny has convinced herself that there is something unknown but scary about her, and she runs crying into the day camp. This second incident piques Blythe's curiosity, and she pulls out a tablet, searching for anything related to Tess [=McSavage=] and gorillas. The first article she finds reads that Tess visited a gorilla sanctuary and soon uncharacteristically fled screaming and has been in seclusion since. However, the article also says the gorilla that supposedly frightened Tess is currently at the Downtown City Zoo, so Blythe heads over there to find the gorilla and get some answers.
After some searching, Blythe finds the gorilla who traumatized Tess [=McSavage=]. She introduces herself as Sunshine Sweetness, and when Blythe asks if she knows anything about Tess [=McSavage=], Sunshine shows Blythe Squeezy, a panda plush toy of hers that strongly resembles Penny Ling, and explains what happened: After spotting a bunch of bananas, Sunshine put Squeezy down to not get him messy, but when she's eating, Tess finds Squeezy and picks it up. Sunshine hears Tess's chattering and becomes furious, charging up to Tess and roaring, which scared Tess so bad that she fled the sanctuary completely. Sunshine also tells Blythe that she has since calmed down and is more willing to share Squeezy with others now. With knowledge of what happened, Blythe whispers into Sunshine's ear a plan.
At the Littlest Pet Shop, the pets have already figured that Blythe would have a plan and convince Mrs. Twombly to take the bunch of them out for a walk, leading Mrs. Twombly to the zoo. Blythe, meanwhile, has already led Tess into the zoo, but they gets sidetracked by a pair of fans who won't leave her alone. Luckily for Blythe, the fans keep Tess occupied for long enough for Blythe to meet Sunshinealone, who says she has misplaced Squeezy and can't find her. Tess finally catches up to Blythe but sees Sunshine, recognizes her, and cowers behind Blythe. Blythe tries to explain that this gorilla meant no harm, but Tess questions Blythe on how she could know such a thing. Blythe fumbles for an excuse, but the Littlest Pet Shop pets come barging in with Mrs. Twombly, relieving her of having to answer. The pets hear of the missing Squeezy, and Russell proposes to split the group up to search. Instead, Penny lingers around, hearing an angry Sunshine and figuring she needs a hug. Blythe tries to talk Tess into going back to the gorilla exhibit but fails, and Mrs. Twombly suggests they leave the zoo before Tess is traumatized further. Blythe, however, looks over and sees Sunshine has calmed down. She and Mrs. Twombly approach the exhibit and see that Sunshine is cuddling something--upon a closer look, Mrs. Twombly realizes it's Penny.
Tess, knowing the dangers involved with Penny in that situation, heads into the gorilla exhibit itself, sneaks past some sleeping gorillas, and attempts to communicate with a defensive Sunshine. Tess finds Squeezy behind a bush in the exhibit and hands it back to Sunshine, putting Penny down. No longer afraid of gorillas or panda bears, Tess sees Penny, finally acknowledges her and picks her up. Penny gives Tess the best hug she's ever had and leaves from the exhibit feeling refreshed. Tess asks Blythe how she figured all of this out, and, unable to give a good answer, calls over the same fans from earlier to distract her.
Everyone returns to the Littlest Pet Shop, where the other pets shower Penny with questions. When Vinnie asks if she was afraid, she says that she thought about what Sunil and Vinnie might do and did the opposite.
!! This episode contains examples of (YMMV entries go [[YMMV/LittlestPetShop2012S3E7WhatsSoScaryAboutTheJungleEverything here]]):
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The Downtown City Zoo has three male lions living together. Unless there is a ''very'' good zookeeper on the premises, they should theoretically not get along as well as they are.
* BearsAreBadNews: Subverted. Tess is able to get up close to most bears but is afraid of specifically giant pandas.
* BetweenMyLegs: One shot as Penny approaches a frightened Tess for the first time.
* BigEater: Vinnie's first thought about Penny Ling and her skills.
* BlatantLies: One of Tess's fans asks for one photograph. She and her husband proceed to take eight.
* BrokenPedestal: At first, this was what the episode was heading towards with Penny becoming disillusioned with Tess after their first encounter. It turns out it's more complicated than that.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: When scared, Tess is able to rip a glass door out of its hinges and toss it across the room.
* ContinuityNod: Mrs. Twombly spontaneously starts cleaning every inch of the Littlest Pet Shop, though it's not nearly as extreme as her [[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S1E10EveOfDestruction previous go at it]].
** Pepper whacks Vinnie with a rubber chicken when he says something tactless, like in "[[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S1E26SummertimeBlues Summertime Blues]]."
** Tess relies on power naps to calm down, like with [[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S3E1Sleeper Otto von Fuzzlebutt]].
* DelayedReaction: After Sunshine roars in Tess's face, Tess requires about a second to process the terror.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: At the expense of Sunil and Vinnie.
* FaceYourFears: The majority of Act 3 is Blythe attempting to get Tess over her fear of gorillas and pandas.
* FootPopping: Tess lifts a leg in Penny's ImagineSpot when Penny hugs her. Happens again when Penny actually gives Tess a hug in Act 3.
* FreudianExcuse: Sunshine's flashback towards the end of Act 2 explains Tess's fear of gorillas and panda bears, which turns out to be related to why she's taken a break.
* GenreSavvy: By now, the pets have all figured Blythe must have a plan if she's been gone for so long.
* GilliganCut: Russell reassures Penny that she won't look ridiculous in a gorilla suit. Cut to Vinnie saying she looks ridiculous.
* IAmAMonster: How Penny feels upon witnessing Tess's reaction.
* IdiosyncraticWipes: Bubbles float up after the whale clip of ''Secrets of the Wild'', and a cheetah tail races by after the cheetah clip.
** Mrs. Twombly wipes a cloth across the screen in Act 1.
* ImagineSpot: Penny anticipates how Tess will receive Penny's hug.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Sunshine is not amused at Blythe's banana pun.
* JabbaTableManners: Tess devours Mrs. Twombly's turnovers, launching crumbs everywhere. However, she is incredibly shaken up at the time, so she might not normally eat this way.
* JumpScare: Mrs. Twombly does one accidentally to Blythe when she screams and leaps over the counter.
* LaughingMad: Tess laughs a bit ''too'' easily when she first walks in the Littlest Pet Shop, a hint that something is wrong.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Not a superpower, but Tess's screaming does produce a gust-like effect in the room.
* MeaningfulName: Tess [=McSavage=] is frequently out in the wild.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Tess is based on Jane Goodall, in appearance and association with gorillas.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Tess's fans in the zoo get really close to her. The wife hypocritically talks about Tess needing her space but remains in her face anyway.
* OcularGushers: From Penny, after witnessing how scared Tess is of her. The pressure goes way up after Vinnie tries and fails to calm her down.
* RecurringExtra: The white tiger from "[[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S1E13LightsCameraMongoose Lights, Camera, Mongoose!]]" ad other episodes is on the title card for ''Secrets of the Wild''.
* SarcasmMode
--> '''Penny''': So it's not me. It's what I am! Oh, I feel so much better now…
* ShoutOut: The white tiger's head in the logo for ''Secrets of the Wild'' is done in a similar way as with the [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM logo]].
** Squeezy emits the same squeaking sound effect frequently used for comical effect in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
* SmellySkunk: Inverted. Pepper is in a good mood when Blythe introduces the pets, so Pepper emits a pleasant (or at least pleasant-looking) smell.
* {{Squee}}: Penny shouts one upon hearing she will get to meet Tess [=McSavage=].
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In the back room, Tess wants to make absolutely sure to Blythe that she is not afraid of bears.
* TemptingFate: The excerpt from Tess's show the pets watch is about her loving every animal. Penny, a fan of the show, hopes to be loved by Tess too. This is a bad combination in fiction.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Tess seems to have blocked out everything about Penny Ling at the day camp after her power nap. Either that, or she's adamantly denying the events ever happened.
* TheUnintelligible: While not completely incomprehensible, Penny's voice is severely muffled in the gorilla suit.
* WheelOFeet: Done several times in this episode: With the cheetah in ''Secrets of the Wild'', four times by Penny[[note]]After finding out Tess will visit, when she starts demonstrating hugs, in her Imagine Spot, and right before she hugs Tess for real[[/note]], and twice by Tess[[note]]Upon seeing Penny for the first time and seeing Sunshine again at the zoo[[/note]].
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: Sunshine upon seeing Tess with Squeezy.
[[caption-width-right:300: "A gorilla AND a panda!? That's two times the horror!"]]
-> Written by Merriwether Williams
As Blythe is restocking and organizing a bowl of doggy treats, Mrs. Twombly receives a phone call from old friend Tess [=McSavage=], a famous zoologist and host of ''Secrets of the Wild'', who says she'll visit Mrs. Twombly in the Littlest Pet Shop as part of her break from work. When Blythe hears about this, she heads to the day camp, where Penny Ling and the other pets are watching Tess's show, which seems to be mostly about how much she appreciates animals. Penny in particular is ecstatic to hear the news, as she's a fan of Tess and ''Secrets of the Wild'', and prepares herself to hug Tess upon arrival.
In short time, Tess knocks on the door of the Littlest Pet Shop, and Mrs. Twombly invites her in. Tess and Mrs. Twombly have a discussion about what they've been doing, but Tess seems to nervously giggle frequently. Blythe then brings Tess into the day camp, where she introduces each of the regulars. When Penny comes out of hiding behind Pepper to come up and give Tess a hug, however, Tess screams in terror and rushes out of the building entirely, sending Penny rolling away and getting her head stuck in a box. Once Penny dislodges herself, she becomes overwhelmed with thoughts about her perceived hideousness and starts crying, Vinnie inadvertently exascerbating her misery with badly-worded support.
After taking a quick power nap, Tess meets with Mrs. Twombly and Blythe in a back room. Mrs. Twombly and Blythe try to ask her about what happened in the day camp with Penny Ling, but Tess either has blocked out her memories involving Penny or is refusing to acknowledge such a thing happened. Tess, in addition, makes sure Blythe knows that she is not afraid of bears by showing her a slideshow of photos of her hanging out with dangerous species of bears, then leaves the room giggling.
Back in the day camp, Russell does some thinking and concludes that Tess behaved as she did not because of Penny Ling as an individual, but that she's afraid of pandas as a whole. While no longer crying, Penny takes offense to that statement but follows along with Russell's plan to disguise her as a gorilla anyway, as a test to see if Tess is afraid of Penny or pandas in general. Penny outs on Pepper's gorilla suit, and she and Russell discuss their plans with Blythe at the front room. Blythe introduces Penny in the gorilla suit, but before Blythe can say anything, Tess once again leaps up in fright and scrambles far away. At this point, Penny has convinced herself that there is something unknown but scary about her, and she runs crying into the day camp. This second incident piques Blythe's curiosity, and she pulls out a tablet, searching for anything related to Tess [=McSavage=] and gorillas. The first article she finds reads that Tess visited a gorilla sanctuary and soon uncharacteristically fled screaming and has been in seclusion since. However, the article also says the gorilla that supposedly frightened Tess is currently at the Downtown City Zoo, so Blythe heads over there to find the gorilla and get some answers.
After some searching, Blythe finds the gorilla who traumatized Tess [=McSavage=]. She introduces herself as Sunshine Sweetness, and when Blythe asks if she knows anything about Tess [=McSavage=], Sunshine shows Blythe Squeezy, a panda plush toy of hers that strongly resembles Penny Ling, and explains what happened: After spotting a bunch of bananas, Sunshine put Squeezy down to not get him messy, but when she's eating, Tess finds Squeezy and picks it up. Sunshine hears Tess's chattering and becomes furious, charging up to Tess and roaring, which scared Tess so bad that she fled the sanctuary completely. Sunshine also tells Blythe that she has since calmed down and is more willing to share Squeezy with others now. With knowledge of what happened, Blythe whispers into Sunshine's ear a plan.
At the Littlest Pet Shop, the pets have already figured that Blythe would have a plan and convince Mrs. Twombly to take the bunch of them out for a walk, leading Mrs. Twombly to the zoo. Blythe, meanwhile, has already led Tess into the zoo, but they gets sidetracked by a pair of fans who won't leave her alone. Luckily for Blythe, the fans keep Tess occupied for long enough for Blythe to meet Sunshinealone, who says she has misplaced Squeezy and can't find her. Tess finally catches up to Blythe but sees Sunshine, recognizes her, and cowers behind Blythe. Blythe tries to explain that this gorilla meant no harm, but Tess questions Blythe on how she could know such a thing. Blythe fumbles for an excuse, but the Littlest Pet Shop pets come barging in with Mrs. Twombly, relieving her of having to answer. The pets hear of the missing Squeezy, and Russell proposes to split the group up to search. Instead, Penny lingers around, hearing an angry Sunshine and figuring she needs a hug. Blythe tries to talk Tess into going back to the gorilla exhibit but fails, and Mrs. Twombly suggests they leave the zoo before Tess is traumatized further. Blythe, however, looks over and sees Sunshine has calmed down. She and Mrs. Twombly approach the exhibit and see that Sunshine is cuddling something--upon a closer look, Mrs. Twombly realizes it's Penny.
Tess, knowing the dangers involved with Penny in that situation, heads into the gorilla exhibit itself, sneaks past some sleeping gorillas, and attempts to communicate with a defensive Sunshine. Tess finds Squeezy behind a bush in the exhibit and hands it back to Sunshine, putting Penny down. No longer afraid of gorillas or panda bears, Tess sees Penny, finally acknowledges her and picks her up. Penny gives Tess the best hug she's ever had and leaves from the exhibit feeling refreshed. Tess asks Blythe how she figured all of this out, and, unable to give a good answer, calls over the same fans from earlier to distract her.
Everyone returns to the Littlest Pet Shop, where the other pets shower Penny with questions. When Vinnie asks if she was afraid, she says that she thought about what Sunil and Vinnie might do and did the opposite.
!! This episode contains examples of (YMMV entries go [[YMMV/LittlestPetShop2012S3E7WhatsSoScaryAboutTheJungleEverything here]]):
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The Downtown City Zoo has three male lions living together. Unless there is a ''very'' good zookeeper on the premises, they should theoretically not get along as well as they are.
* BearsAreBadNews: Subverted. Tess is able to get up close to most bears but is afraid of specifically giant pandas.
* BetweenMyLegs: One shot as Penny approaches a frightened Tess for the first time.
* BigEater: Vinnie's first thought about Penny Ling and her skills.
* BlatantLies: One of Tess's fans asks for one photograph. She and her husband proceed to take eight.
* BrokenPedestal: At first, this was what the episode was heading towards with Penny becoming disillusioned with Tess after their first encounter. It turns out it's more complicated than that.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: When scared, Tess is able to rip a glass door out of its hinges and toss it across the room.
* ContinuityNod: Mrs. Twombly spontaneously starts cleaning every inch of the Littlest Pet Shop, though it's not nearly as extreme as her [[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S1E10EveOfDestruction previous go at it]].
** Pepper whacks Vinnie with a rubber chicken when he says something tactless, like in "[[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S1E26SummertimeBlues Summertime Blues]]."
** Tess relies on power naps to calm down, like with [[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S3E1Sleeper Otto von Fuzzlebutt]].
* DelayedReaction: After Sunshine roars in Tess's face, Tess requires about a second to process the terror.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: At the expense of Sunil and Vinnie.
* FaceYourFears: The majority of Act 3 is Blythe attempting to get Tess over her fear of gorillas and pandas.
* FootPopping: Tess lifts a leg in Penny's ImagineSpot when Penny hugs her. Happens again when Penny actually gives Tess a hug in Act 3.
* FreudianExcuse: Sunshine's flashback towards the end of Act 2 explains Tess's fear of gorillas and panda bears, which turns out to be related to why she's taken a break.
* GenreSavvy: By now, the pets have all figured Blythe must have a plan if she's been gone for so long.
* GilliganCut: Russell reassures Penny that she won't look ridiculous in a gorilla suit. Cut to Vinnie saying she looks ridiculous.
* IAmAMonster: How Penny feels upon witnessing Tess's reaction.
* IdiosyncraticWipes: Bubbles float up after the whale clip of ''Secrets of the Wild'', and a cheetah tail races by after the cheetah clip.
** Mrs. Twombly wipes a cloth across the screen in Act 1.
* ImagineSpot: Penny anticipates how Tess will receive Penny's hug.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Sunshine is not amused at Blythe's banana pun.
* JabbaTableManners: Tess devours Mrs. Twombly's turnovers, launching crumbs everywhere. However, she is incredibly shaken up at the time, so she might not normally eat this way.
* JumpScare: Mrs. Twombly does one accidentally to Blythe when she screams and leaps over the counter.
* LaughingMad: Tess laughs a bit ''too'' easily when she first walks in the Littlest Pet Shop, a hint that something is wrong.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Not a superpower, but Tess's screaming does produce a gust-like effect in the room.
* MeaningfulName: Tess [=McSavage=] is frequently out in the wild.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Tess is based on Jane Goodall, in appearance and association with gorillas.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Tess's fans in the zoo get really close to her. The wife hypocritically talks about Tess needing her space but remains in her face anyway.
* OcularGushers: From Penny, after witnessing how scared Tess is of her. The pressure goes way up after Vinnie tries and fails to calm her down.
* RecurringExtra: The white tiger from "[[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S1E13LightsCameraMongoose Lights, Camera, Mongoose!]]" ad other episodes is on the title card for ''Secrets of the Wild''.
* SarcasmMode
--> '''Penny''': So it's not me. It's what I am! Oh, I feel so much better now…
* ShoutOut: The white tiger's head in the logo for ''Secrets of the Wild'' is done in a similar way as with the [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM logo]].
** Squeezy emits the same squeaking sound effect frequently used for comical effect in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
* SmellySkunk: Inverted. Pepper is in a good mood when Blythe introduces the pets, so Pepper emits a pleasant (or at least pleasant-looking) smell.
* {{Squee}}: Penny shouts one upon hearing she will get to meet Tess [=McSavage=].
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In the back room, Tess wants to make absolutely sure to Blythe that she is not afraid of bears.
* TemptingFate: The excerpt from Tess's show the pets watch is about her loving every animal. Penny, a fan of the show, hopes to be loved by Tess too. This is a bad combination in fiction.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Tess seems to have blocked out everything about Penny Ling at the day camp after her power nap. Either that, or she's adamantly denying the events ever happened.
* TheUnintelligible: While not completely incomprehensible, Penny's voice is severely muffled in the gorilla suit.
* WheelOFeet: Done several times in this episode: With the cheetah in ''Secrets of the Wild'', four times by Penny[[note]]After finding out Tess will visit, when she starts demonstrating hugs, in her Imagine Spot, and right before she hugs Tess for real[[/note]], and twice by Tess[[note]]Upon seeing Penny for the first time and seeing Sunshine again at the zoo[[/note]].
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: Sunshine upon seeing Tess with Squeezy.
