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Western Animation: The Wombles

This British kids' show, based on a series of books by Elisabeth Beresford, followed a group of furry rodent/Smurf-like critters from Wimbledon Common, who spend their days cleaning up litter that they find. The group included Great Uncle Bulgaria, Tobermory, Orinoco, Bungo, Tomsk, Wellington, and Madame Cholet, each one had their own quirks and dressed a certain way.

A new series was made in the 1990s, introducing new characters such as Alderney and Stepney.

This show features examples of:

Big Eater: Orinoco. Overlaps with The Slacker.
Canon Immigrant: Sort of. The illustrations to the first book shows the Wombles as resembling teddy bears; in the later books they look like the puppets.
Canon Foreigner: The 90s TV series introduced some new characters like Stepeny, for example.
Fake Band
Gang of Critters
Green Aesop: Interestingly this was before recycling became popular.
I Am Big Boned: "I'm not the fattest, I'm just cuddly!"
The Masquerade: One entire episode deals with efforts to prevent a human discovering Wellington. The solution involves a daring rescue undertaken by Bungo disguised as a cardboard box.
- Wombles try their best to not get spotted by humans. The Movie changes that to 'they don't appear unless you believe in them.'
Mouse World
The Movie: "Wombling Free"
The Smurfette Principle
- And Affirmative Action Girl in the 1990s version, which added Alderney from the books.
Talking to Himself: In the original series all the voices are done by Bernard Cribbins.
Theme Naming: The Wombles are named after places found on an old map!
Widget Series.