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** [[ScaryDogmaticAliens The Roundies]] against [[InnocentAliens the Squaries]] in ''Dot in Space'', under the influence of Papa Drop. Dot herself is arrested for not being round enough.

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** [[ScaryDogmaticAliens The Roundies]] against [[InnocentAliens the Squaries]] in ''Dot in Space'', under the influence of Papa Drop. Dot herself is arrested and imprisoned for not being round enough.

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* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: ''Dot and the Koala'' has animals acting and dressing more like humans and even having houses, jobs and their own city. Curiously, it was only for this instalment-- with them reverted to being more like real ones and living in the outback again [[StatusQuoIsGod for the rest of the series]].

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* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: ''Dot and the Koala'' has animals acting and dressing more like humans and even having houses, jobs and their own city. Curiously, it was only for this instalment-- installment-- with them reverted to being more like real ones and living in the outback again [[StatusQuoIsGod for the rest of the series]].



* NameToRunAwayFrom: Averted with Bruiser and Basher fighting kangaroos in ''Dot and the Smugglers''.

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* NameToRunAwayFrom: Averted NamesToRunAwayFrom:
** Nasty the Wasp in ''Dot and Keeto''.
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with Bruiser and Basher fighting kangaroos in ''Dot and the Smugglers''.


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* NightmareFace:
** The angry mum sports one after her son accidentally makes her spill coffee on her face in ''Around the World with Dot''.
** Two of the Roundy soldiers briefly have one as they're tying up Dot after they ambush her on the planet Pie-Arr-Squared in ''Dot in Space''.
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** Listen carefully to the cockroaches during their VillainSong, they may be a reference to [[Franchise/Whoniverse the Daleks from ''Doctor Who''.]]

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** Listen carefully to the cockroaches during their VillainSong, they may be a reference to [[Franchise/Whoniverse [[Franchise/{{Whoniverse}} the Daleks from ''Doctor Who''.]]
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** Listen carefully to the cockroaches during their VillainSong, they may be a reference to the Daleks from ''Doctor Who''.

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** Listen carefully to the cockroaches during their VillainSong, they may be a reference to [[Franchise/Whoniverse the Daleks from ''Doctor Who''.]]
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** Though, to be fair, it may be likely due to Papa Drop's rise to power resulting in destroying Pie-Arr-Squared's economy.

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** Though, to be fair, it may be likely due to Papa Drop's rise to power resulting in destroying Pie-Arr-Squared's economy. This would also explain why the Roundies' homes are so structurally unsound and easily destroyed by Gorgo. They have leaves for roofs after all! Not to mention they don't have a more efficient method of rebuilding the destroyed homes other than forcing the Squaries (and Dot) to rebuild them and even that inevitably fails when Papa Drop decides to prioritise digging Dot's rocket out above everything else.
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** Also in ''Dot and Keeto'', the insect-sized Dot refers to [[Literature/GulliversTravels Lilliput]] during the ''Little Things'' song sequence.
** Listen carefully to the cockroaches during their VillainSong, they may be a reference to the Daleks from ''Doctor Who''.
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** The insect-sized Dot singing about ''Little Things'' in ''Dot and Keeto'', only to then get attacked by a cat and a crow.

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** The insect-sized Dot singing about ''Little Things'' in ''Dot and Keeto'', only to then get attacked by a cat crow and a crow.cat.
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* AbusiveParents:
** Implied with the mother and child travelling by plane in ''Around the World with Dot''.
** Papa Drop in ''Dot in Space'' threatens to put his son Roley in prison for opposing his FantasticRacism against Squaries, [[spoiler: [[OffingTheOffspring and even comes close to shooting him when he is disguised as ''The Party'' in the climax and shows no remorse for it when he finds out.]]]]

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* ChasingAButterfly: How Dot gets lost in the book and film.

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* ChasingAButterfly: How In this case, a marsupial mouse, this is how Dot gets lost in the book and film.


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** Dot and Gumley singing ''Happy Indisputably'' at the beginning of ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'', only to dejectedly walk home after failing to make any money.
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*** The ''Roaming Free'' song in ''Dot and the Bunny'', followed soon after by Funny-Bunny slipping off a log into a stream and Dot having to come and rescue him.
*** The insect-sized Dot singing about ''Little Things'' in ''Dot and Keeto'', only to then almost get crushed by her brother Simon (who doesn't know of her predicament and believes her to have run away) then get attacked by a cat and a crow.

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*** ** The ''Roaming Free'' song in ''Dot and the Bunny'', followed soon after by Funny-Bunny slipping off a log into a stream and Dot having to come and rescue him.
*** ** The insect-sized Dot singing about ''Little Things'' in ''Dot and Keeto'', only to then almost get crushed by her brother Simon (who doesn't know of her predicament and believes her to have run away) then get attacked by a cat and a crow.
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* KangaroosRepresentAustralia: Though ironically enough, the Kangaroo's original voice actress, Joan Bruce, was British.

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** Sort of in ''Dot and the Smugglers'', Dot manages to sabotage a submarine before it's even been launched.

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** Sort of Played with in ''Dot and the Smugglers'', Dot manages to sabotage rewire a submarine before it's even been launched.



* NerdGlasses: One of the two boys who are shown to be friends with Dot in ''Dot and the Smugglers''. Specifically the one who wears shoes.

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* NerdGlasses: NerdGlasses:
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One of the two boys who are shown to be friends with Dot in ''Dot and the Smugglers''. Specifically the one who wears shoes.shoes.
** In ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'', Gumley has to wear these when he is inflicted with the koala eye disease.
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* FieryRedhead: Dot, if you dare to get on the wrong side of her

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* FieryRedhead: Dot, if you dare to get on the wrong side of herher, Alex and Owen in ''Dot and the Whale'' find this out the hard way when she throws sand at them because they were doing the same to Tonga.



** This also applies to other human characters on the rare occasion where they are depicted barefoot, most notably Alex and Owen in ''Dot and the Whale''.

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** This also applies to other human characters on the rare occasion where they are depicted barefoot, most notably Alex and Owen in ''Dot and the Whale''.Whale'' and the short fat boy who is shown to be friends with Dot in ''Dot and the Smugglers''.

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** A DVD cover of ''Dot and the Bunny'' depicts Dot wearing a pink dress.
*** A storybook adaptation of the same movie depicts Dot's dress as a single piece of clothing instead of her usual pinafore and sweater.



** Averted with the snake Dot encounters in ''Dot and the Bunny'' but she still approaches them with caution, suggesting she learned from her encounter in the original film.

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** Averted with the snake snakes Dot encounters in ''Dot and the Bunny'' but she still approaches them with caution, suggesting she learned from her encounter in the original film.



** Averted with the British Lion Statue in ''Around the World with Dot'' though he does confess one of his kind ate a Tea Lady.

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** Averted with the British Lion Statue in ''Around the World with Dot'' though he does confess one of his kind (unintentionally) ate a Tea Lady.



* CoversAlwaysLie:
** A DVD cover of ''Dot and the Bunny'' depicts Dot wearing a pink dress.
*** A storybook adaptation of the same movie depicts Dot's dress as a single piece of clothing instead of her usual pinafore and sweater.


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* FieryRedhead: Dot, if you dare to get on the wrong side of her
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* CoversAlwaysLie:
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** The Bunyip, when it makes its physical appearance in ''Dot and the Smugglers''.

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** The Bunyip, when it makes its physical appearance in ''Dot and the Smugglers''. It initially appears to be angry, roaring to the heavens as it pokes its head up out of the water but it all it does is walk over to Dot and her friends, animal and human alike, and thanks them for getting rid of the smugglers as it is both scared and tired of people hunting it.
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* KidsDrivingCars:
** Sort of in ''Dot and the Smugglers'', Dot manages to sabotage a submarine before it's even been launched.
** Dot is able to competently operate a rocket in ''Dot in Space'', until she crash-lands on the planet Pie-Arr-Squared.


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*** The titular smugglers and the two boys who are shown to be friends with Dot build [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine a submarine and paint it yellow]].
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* NameToRunAwayFrom: Averted with Bruiser the kangaroo in ''Dot and the Smugglers''.

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* NameToRunAwayFrom: Averted with Bruiser the kangaroo and Basher fighting kangaroos in ''Dot and the Smugglers''.
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*** Also in ''Dot and the Smugglers'', there's the two boys who are shown to be friends with Dot. The tall, [[NerdGlasses bespectacled]] one who wears shoes (skinny) and the short one who [[PrefersGoingBarefoot]] (fat).

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*** Also in ''Dot and the Smugglers'', there's the two boys who are shown to be friends with Dot. The tall, [[NerdGlasses bespectacled]] one who wears shoes (skinny) and the short one who [[PrefersGoingBarefoot]] PrefersGoingBarefoot (fat).



** Dot gets her head stuck while trying to infiltrate the circus tent in ''Dot and the Smugglers''. A kookaburra manages to pull her out but this results in some crates being knocked over, almost blowing her cover.

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** Dot gets her head stuck while trying to infiltrate the circus tent in ''Dot and the Smugglers''. A Burra the kookaburra manages to pull her out but this results in some crates being knocked over, almost blowing her cover.

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** One of the two boys who are shown to be friends with Dot in ''Dot and the Smugglers''.

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** One of the two boys who are shown to be friends with Dot in ''Dot and the Smugglers''. Specifically the one who doesn't wear glasses.



** ''Dot and the Smugglers'' has the circus owners Mr. Spragg and Scarface and the two boys who are shown to be friends with Dot.

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** ''Dot and the Smugglers'' has the circus owners Mr. Spragg (fat) and Scarface (skinny).
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and the Smugglers'', there's the two boys who are shown to be friends with Dot.Dot. The tall, [[NerdGlasses bespectacled]] one who wears shoes (skinny) and the short one who [[PrefersGoingBarefoot]] (fat).


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* HelpImStuck:
** Mayor Percy gets stuck in an underground tunnel in the climax of ''Dot and the Koala''. It takes the sudden rush of water from the destruction of the dam to save him, despite the best efforts of Sherlock, Dot and Bruce.
** Dot gets her head stuck while trying to infiltrate the circus tent in ''Dot and the Smugglers''. A kookaburra manages to pull her out but this results in some crates being knocked over, almost blowing her cover.


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* NameToRunAwayFrom: Averted with Bruiser the kangaroo in ''Dot and the Smugglers''.


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* NerdGlasses: One of the two boys who are shown to be friends with Dot in ''Dot and the Smugglers''. Specifically the one who wears shoes.

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* SnakesAreSinister: A snake coils around Dot's legs and is prepared to bite her just before the kookaburra swoops down and saves her.

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* SnakesAreSinister: SnakesAreSinister:
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A snake coils around Dot's legs and is prepared to bite her just before the kookaburra swoops down and saves her.her.
** Averted with the snake Dot encounters in ''Dot and the Bunny'' but she still approaches them with caution, suggesting she learned from her encounter in the original film.
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* AlliterativeName: The name of the circus in ''Dot and the Smugglers'' is "Amazing Aussie Animals".



** To a lesser extent in ''Dot in Space'', the RockMonster that helps Dot and Whyka traverse through a cave, while searching for ''The Party" [[spoiler: (Roley)]].

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** *** To a lesser extent in ''Dot in Space'', the RockMonster that helps Dot and Whyka traverse through a cave, while searching for ''The Party" [[spoiler: (Roley)]].
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** Gorgo the alien dinosaur in ''Dot in Space''.
*** To a lesser extent, the RockMonster that helps Dot and Whyka traverse through a cave, while searching for ''The Party" [[spoiler: (Roley)]].

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** Gorgo the alien dinosaur in ''Dot in Space''.
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Space''. He destroys the Roundies' homes and villages and scares off the Roundy Army but chooses to spare Dot and Whyka when they are at his mercy.
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To a lesser extent, extent in ''Dot in Space'', the RockMonster that helps Dot and Whyka traverse through a cave, while searching for ''The Party" [[spoiler: (Roley)]].



* ScaryDogmaticAliens: Papa Drop and the Roundies in ''Dot in Space''

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* ScaryDogmaticAliens: Papa Drop and the Roundies in ''Dot in Space''Space''. At least they would be to a little girl like Dot, especially [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace when they get right in her face.]]
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* NonMaliciousMonster:
** The Bunyip, when it makes its physical appearance in ''Dot and the Smugglers''.
** Gorgo the alien dinosaur in ''Dot in Space''.
*** To a lesser extent, the RockMonster that helps Dot and Whyka traverse through a cave, while searching for ''The Party" [[spoiler: (Roley)]].
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** Averted with the British Lion Statue in ''Around the World with Dot'' though he does confess one of his kind ate a Tea Lady.


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** Averted with Leo the former MGM lion in ''Dot Goes to Hollywood''.
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** The brown cat who teased Whyka during her astronaut training in ''Dot in Space'' disappears after Whyka chases it onto a tightrope.
* WhenTreesAttack: One of the dangers Dot and Whyka encounter while on the run in ''Dot in Space''.

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** The brown cat who that teased Whyka during her astronaut training in ''Dot in Space'' disappears after Whyka chases it onto a tightrope.
* WhenTreesAttack: One of the dangers Dot and Whyka encounter hostile (and seemingly possessed) trees while on the run in ''Dot in Space''.

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* HostileTrees: One of the dangers Dot and Whyka encounter while on the run in ''Dot in Space''.


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* RockMonster: Dot and Whyka encounter a whole cave full of these in ''Dot in Space''. Thankfully, the creatures in question were resting, [[NonMaliciousMonster and one of them helped Dot and Whyka traverse the cave.]]


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* WhenTreesAttack: One of the dangers Dot and Whyka encounter while on the run in ''Dot in Space''.

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