History WesternAnimation / FatherOfThePride

* AnAesop: Some episodes end on one or two, despite the apparent nature of the series.

* CatchPhrase: Sarmoti is known for saying, "When I grew up in Africa..." while raising his fist with pride.

** The "Bring out the copper kettle..." song is also intended to poke fun of this.

* PandaingToTheAudience: Kate's friend Foo-Lin and her date, Nelson from the MissingEpisode, [[SubvertedTrope NOT depicted as token Asian neighbors.]]

However, the series was a flop anyhow for several reasons. For one, it was very uncomfortable to watch the show with [[RealitySubtext Roy's then-recent mauling]] in mind, even if he and Siegfried enjoyed it. Many airings were repeatedly interrupted by updates on the 2004 presidential election and by that point, there had been such a glut of advertising that [[HypeAversion audiences were sick of it]]; it didn't help that, despite the show [[AnimationAgeGhetto being meant for adults]], it was promoted as being "From the creators of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''", which landed it in hot water with MoralGuardians. Plus, the series was too expensive and time-consuming, with each episode costing over 1.5 million dollars to make and over nine months to complete[[note]]To compare, an average episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' costs ''half'' of that and production is three months shorter.[[/note]]. Some episodes never aired in the U.S. (with one that was never finished being animated), though the entire series was released on [=DVD=].

* AdvertisingByAssociation: This was the reason it caught the ire of the [[MoralGuardians Parents Television Council]]; ads for the show cited [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation its studio]] as the creators of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', which they felt would mislead kid / family audiences into watching a show that was most decidedly ''[[AnimationAgeGhetto not]]'' made for them.

* AnimatedActors: In this universe, [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Donkey]] is a celebrity and the star of the ''Shrek'' films.

* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Donkey]] actually makes a guest appearance in one of the episodes as some sort of AnimatedActor. We kid you not!

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* FurryConfusion: Donkey from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' and his stunt double, Jermece walk on four legs, but the zebras usually walk on two legs.

* TheBully: Regularly, Sarmoti never fails to spot an opportunity to degrade and mock Larry, praising himself for being raised in his natural habitat in Africa and shaming Larry for being born in a zoo.
** While never a bully, Sierra has a tendency to jeer at Hunter out of annoyance.
** Blake is a snob who likes to make Larry look bad, hailing himself as the "real" star of the show.
** Anthony is the school bully who picks on Hunter. In "Possession," Hunter stands up to him with help from Sarmoti, but ends up attacking pretty much anyone in sight. it is unknown if Anthony will continue to bully Hunter after this.
* TheChewToy: Hunter.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Dick Cheney.
* ThrowItIn: All of the actors for the series would often ad-lib while recording their lines.
* TokenMinority: Several, particularly Chutney.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible[[invoked]]: InUniverse. Kate's feminist group encourages her to paint her feelings in a free-form painting. One of her group members (and, a little later, [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike Hunter]]) recognize it as "anger, with a touch of hope" and the two laugh before sobbing in each other's arms, all while Larry stares at the thing, completely baffled.

* SlapSlapKiss: A literal example happens in "The Lost Tale": Sarmoti takes Lilly's invitation to come into her house for tea as flirting and kisses her on the mouth, for which she slaps him across the face. Then ''[[NotSoAboveItAll she]]'' [[NotSoAboveItAll kisses]] ''[[NotSoAboveItAll him]]'' and he slaps ''her''. Then they [[RuleOfThree slap each other simultaneously]]. [[CoitusEnsues Then they start passionately making out]].

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The Secret Garden really did house a white lion named Sarmoti (albeit a female one).

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Snack the gopher. Also there is a minor recurring lynx character.

* RealSongThemeTune: John Goodman singing Elvis' "Viva Las Vegas".

* TypicalCartoonAnimalColors: Emerson is red like a cooked lobster rather than brown like a live one.

* StealthPun

'''''Father of the Pride''''' is a [[ShortRunner short-lived]] computer-animated sitcom. It was the first television production produced by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, as well as the first show to use feature film quality CGI. It aired on NBC from August 31, 2004 to May 27, 2005.

* CharacterOutlivesActor: Sarmoti would most likely return in a revival of the series, despite the death of his voice actor Creator/CarlReiner on June 29, 2020. The same goes for Bernie and Duke's voice actors Creator/DomDeLuise (who died on May 4, 2009) and Creator/GarryMarshall (who died on July 19, 2016).

However, the series was a flop anyhow for several reasons. For one, it was very uncomfortable to watch the show with [[RealitySubtext Roy's then-recent mauling]] in mind, even if he and Siegfried enjoyed it. Many airings were repeatedly interrupted by updates on the 2004 presidential election and by that point, there had been such a glut of advertising that [[HypeAversion audiences were sick of it]]; it did not help that, despite the show [[AnimationAgeGhetto being meant for adults]], it was promoted as being "From the creators of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''", which landed it in hot water with MoralGuardians. Plus, the series was too expensive and time-consuming, with each episode costing over 1.5 million dollars to make and over 9 months to complete[[note]]To compare, an average episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' costs ''half'' of that and production is 3 months shorter.[[/note]]. Some episodes never aired in the U.S. (with one that was never finished being animated), though the entire series was released on [=DVD=].

* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' tell Kate how to raise her children, even if she is ''your'' child.

** In "Catnip and Trust," Larry interrupts a rave looking for Sierra, saying "Sweetie, it's okay. We love you." He is suddenly assaulted by a flamingo jumping into his arms crying about how she does not "want to live with mom any more."
** Siegfried solemnly saying "I'll get the gun" the minute Larry slips off a pedestal. When Roy says that they are taking him to a vet instead, Siegfried says he wishes Roy was there when his grandmother fell.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Seigfried & Roy are portrayed as this. They are even capable of unrehearsed, but more importantly REAL magic, like turning a bamboo staff into an ''edible'' Liquorice Whip..

* ChekhovsGun: Sarmoti scratching his chin when he lies is set up to be his poker tell in "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Girlfriend." [[spoiler:Averted, however, in that it's ''not'' his tell, he is just that good of a hustler]].

** One RunningGag has Roy frequently bemoaning that his father never loved him. In "Stage Fright," he tries to get Kelsey Grammer (under the assumption that he is a psychiatrist like his character on ''Series/{{Frasier}}'') to help him with this and winds up attacking him during a role play.

* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: "The Lost Tale" has a RunningGag which {{Invert|edTrope}}s this. One of Hunter's friends is a BubbleBoy named Wendell, the orphan bubble monkey, who ever stops bringing up the fact that he is in a bubble despite Kate's efforts to treat him like anyone else.

* FurryBaldness: Sarmoti's mane does not cover the top of his head. He is shown wearing a hair piece in the pilot and it is [[spoiler:his getting it knocked off during the show which results in Siegfried & Roy deciding to retire him]]. This may also be a reference to Alan Brady from ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', another character played by Carl Reiner.

* GrowlingGut: Larry has a hard time shutting up his hungry stomach throughout an episode where he is put on a diet.

* Main/{{Jerkass}}: Sarmoti is this to Larry most of the time while Sierra is sometimes this to Hunter. Blake is a suave, pompous smooth talker and Victoria can be somewhat shallow and vain, much like her husband.

** One tiger in "Possession" is shunned for doing something unspeakable (it's heavily implied that he is [[RealitySubtext the tiger who attacked Roy Horn on stage]]).

** In "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Girlfriend," he only approves of Sierra having her boyfriend over because he thinks the boy does not have a penis. Later, when said boyfriend comes over, Sarmoti threatens to turn him into "a rug at some rapper's house" if he gets too handsy.

* PinocchioNose: Discussed in "One Man's Meat is Another Man's Girlfriend," when Sarmoti teaches Sierra about how to spot a poker player's "tell" (i.e., some involuntary tic they have when they are lying or have a good hand, such as twirling a whisker or sticking their tongue out). He then takes it a step further by [[spoiler:tricking his own granddaughter into thinking that his tell is scratching his chin when he lies just so he can hustle her]].

* StrawFeminist: Averted with Lily from the episode "The Siegfried & Roy Movie Fantasy Experience Movie." While her methods are somewhat odd, her goal is clearly to help women feel more self-sufficient and not to belittle men. She is perfectly nice (if a little condescending) to Larry and also clearly disturbed by Foo-Lin's misandrist statements. The unfinished episode on the DVD even has a b-plot of her helping Sarmoti get InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, all while having the utmost patience with him.

** Inverted with Duke, one of Sarmoti's poker buddies. ''Every single one of his lines'' none-too-subtly implies that he is a flaming homosexual, including passively mentioning that he is attracted to Burt Reynolds or how he secretly wants to be towel-snapped by rowdy high-school boys, expressing a love of cosmopolitans and cashmere and when he says [[BlatantLies he is attracted to Britney Spears]], his mane poofs up (which is established to be his "tell" during poker). The only one who picks up on it is Sierra, who mutters "[[CoughSnarkCough *cough*Supergay]]" when Sarmoti's other friends wonder out loud how someone who [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide understands women as well as Duke]] does not have a girlfriend.
* Main/{{Troll}}: Sarmoti enjoys picking on Larry every chance he gets.

* WellDoneSonGuy: [[RuleOfThree Sarmoti again,]] although he is Larry's father-in-law.

* WomenAreWiser: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Kate is more mature than Larry, they are on par with each other in terms of parenting capability, and she makes plenty of embarrassing mistakes on her own. Most of the other women in the Secret Garden tend to be shallow or gullible. Even character like Sierra and Lilly who play this trope straight only do so because they are technically wiser than ''everybody.'' And even the unfinished episode shows that even Lilly has her moments of ignorance.