The puppets of the pets were made by puppeteer, Trish Leeper who also portrayed Mo. The show won a Parent's Choice Gold Award in 2006 for best children's show. The show aired on PBS Kids and Smile TV and was cancelled on March 29, 2007 after three seasons due to running out of funding.
Mustard Pancakes provides examples of:
- An Aesop: Every episode teaches a moral about friendship such as teamwork, not teasing, not being bossy, etc.
- And Knowing Is Half the Battle: The end of every episode has Oogleberry writing a recap of the events of the episode and what they learned.
- Ballet Episode: The episode Tiny Tina Had a Great Fall. Tiny Tina is preparing to do a ballet called The Dance of the Pines , but breaks her leg by falling off a fence. However, she learns how to use crutches and she's still able to perform the ballet.
- Big Brother Bully: Courtney's older brother Johnny pulled a prank on Courtney by tricking her into pouring mustard on her pancakes.
- Cats Are Mean: Zig-Zagged. Mr. D is the only cat of the pets and is prone to bragging, laziness, and unhelpfulness but still cares for the other pets and helps soothes Oogleberry after he has a nightmare in Oogleberry's Bad Dream.
- Character Catchphrase: Courtney greets the viewer in each episode by saying "Hi. I'm glad you're here. Come on in and spend some time with us."
- Country Music: All songs sung in the show are in the Country music genre.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Oogleberry was abandoned by his previous owners and was living as a stray until Courtney found him and made him apart of the family.
- Does Not Like Spam: Subverted. In Red Raincoat, Mr. D claims to dislike pineapple until he eats some towards the end and ends up liking it.
- Everything's Better with Sparkles: Sparkles come from The Story Spinner whenever the story being told begins and ends in each episode.
- Expy: Courtney Campbell is a fictional version of her portrayer, talks directly to the viewers, sings songs, and teaches lessons from her house identically like Mr. Rogers from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
- The show itself features puppetry, singing, and life lessons identically to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood as well.
- Fictional Holiday: In the episode Fantastic Friday, the gang makes up the episodes' titular holiday.
- Funny Animal: The pets can all talk and they act very humanlike such as being able to eat chocolate without getting sick the way real dogs and cats would in real life, being able to play games, and even cook.
- Lotus Position: Mr. D and Tiny Tina practices yoga in this position in the episode Mice are Nice.
- Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: The Story Spinner is a top that emits sparkles whenever the story begins and ends. However, it is never confirmed if the top is magical or not.
- Musical Episode: Averted. Every episode of the series features a song sung by Courtney and the pets.
- Nightmare Sequence: In Oogleberry's Bad Dream, Courtney goes on a trip which makes Oogleberry sad. He later has a nightmare where Courtney never comes home.
- No Fourth Wall: Courtney and Oogleberry both address the viewer in each episode.
- Our Ghosts Are Different: Two ghosts named Hobbly and Gobbly appear in a story told by Courtney in the episode Tongue Twister and are both a Bed Sheet Ghost.
- Separate Scene Storytelling: Whenever Courtney tells a story, the pets imagine the story with them as each character.
- Signature Instrument: Courtney plays every song using a guitar.
- Signing Off Catchphrase: Courtney ends each episode by saying "If any of you are interested in [Country] there's lots of books about it in your public library. the library is a wonderful place to find out about things and if any of you have a story to tell please write and share it with us. Remember, the whole world is full of stories and one of them is yours."
- Supreme Chef: Mo is a Chocolate Labrador who enjoys cooking and whose meals is enjoyed by the rest of the characters.
- Mo's former owner is also mentioned to be a famous cook who made popular Italian dishes.
- Where the Hell Is Springfield?: The location of Courtney's house is never revealed and is unknown.
