An American animated television series, created by Fairly OddParents/Danny Phantom creator Butch Hartman.A "dim-witted dog" named Dudley Puppy is recruited by T.U.F.F. (Turbo Undercover Fighting Force) to protect his hometown of Petropolis with the aid of his partner, Kitty Katswell, against D.O.O.M. (Diabolical Order Of Mayhem).
Adult Child: Dudley and Kitty act more like pre-teen siblings rather than adult agents, one who lives in their own apartment.
Even more so with Dudley, he still lives with mom, and joins in with the kids when Snaptrap uses the "no hitting or killing near kids" rule to his advantage, doing kid related stuff along with crimes.
All the main characters seem to qualify when it comes to Quacky the Duck.
All Your Powers Combined: Dudley is a combination of every breed of dog in existence, giving him the skills of each one (i.e. the nose of a bloodhound, speed of a greyhound, strength of a boxer, etc.) He must have quite a family tree.
He's also got a dash of billy goat, though Keswick isn't quite sure how to explain that.
Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: Kitty tries to warn that Snaptrap's having reformed is probably a scam, and the citizens of Petropolis should not trust his kindness.
Kitty: They could be poisoned, or bombs, or...or poisonous bombs!
Butterfly of Doom: Parodied. Dudley travels back in time two minutes in order to grab the last donut before Kitty gets it. This somehow causes Snaptrap to always have been the ruler of Petropolis and prevents the formation of T.U.F.F.
Calvin Ball: In "The Rat Pack", some of Dudley's clones play "Monkey In The Middle". Unfortunately, they don't know the rules.
Captain Obvious: In "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'", after Snaptrap has accidentally eaten some blue cheese and blown up to the size of a blimp:
Ollie: Come to think of it, aren't you allergic to cheese?
Snaptrap: "It is I, Verminious Snaptrap!" and "I shall now plot my revenge!"
Just like Snaptrap, Chameleon also has "it is I, The Chameleon!"
Cats Are Superior: With Kitty Katswell, it should probably come as no surprise, as she is naturally the brains of the duo.
To be totally fair, the bar isn't exactly set too high...
Parodied in "The Curse of King Mutt"
Kitty [TO DUDLEY]: "Honestly, why can't you be more like a cat? Determined, and focused, and... (SPOTS A TOY MOUSE) MOUSE!" *KITTY PROCEEDS TO CHASE IT*.
Cartoon Creature: Word Of God says, "[T.U.F.F.] always knows [Keswick] will have the answer, but they just don't know what kind of animal he is."
Case in point, the webbed feet may lead one to believe him a platypus, but then there's the lack of duck bill or beaver tail...and the fact that he has gills. And that he laidan egg.
Lampshaded earlier in the same episode:
Dudley: ...find a female dog or kangaroo or whatever it is you are.
Clap Your Hands If You Believe: Averted. Zippy in "Mom-a-geddon" tells Bird Brain that he can fly if he only believes. Brain Brain tries it and promptly falls to the ground.
Dangerously Genre Savvy: When Larry went solo and started his own evil organization (as well as change his name to Murray), the first thing he did to shock T.U.F.F was not tell them his plan.
Disney Death: In "Toast of T.U.F.F.," Keswick was presumed zapped to oblivion when he tried to help defeat Rita in the climatic showdown. It was actually a holographic image of him, as he reappears at the end.
Ditzy Genius: Dudley, who seems to be little more than a hyperactiveIdiot Hero, has flashes of genuine cleverness and defeats villains through outsmarting them almost as often as he out-muscles them.
Dodge the Bullet: Kitty's ex-partner Jack Rabbit is capable of this.
A Dog And His Killer Robot: Dudley once made friends with a robot that Snaptrap attempted to use to destroy T.U.F.F.
Dystopia: The Snaptrap-ruled alternate timeline created by Dudley's use of Time Travel in "Watch Dog".
Eek, a Mouse!!: Word for word in "Share-a-Lair", from an elephant.
Episode Title Card: As with Hartman's other works, this one has this, in the form of a case file portfolio.
Even Evil Has Standards: Verminious Snaptrap would never kill anybody on their birthday without letting them celebrate it first. "No one's THAT evil!"
When Snaptrap asks for suggestions on how to get revenge on the "Meanies" at the monotrail for not letting them ride, Fransisco suggests that they eat them. To which Snaptrap claims is just "Dark and Disturbing".
Four-Fingered Hands: This becomes especially obvious in this scene from "Purr-fect Partners":
Snaptrap: Ready to lose one of your nine lives?
Kitty: I'd rather use my ten claws! (brandishing her claws, of which there are clearly only eight)
Actually, that is an accurate fact about cats. They only have four 'fingers' on each paw, but also have a fifth claw further up their legs. So she would have ten claws and four fingers.
Freudian Excuse: In some, Verminious Snaptrap, considering he got what it could be Abusive Mother, based in all the hints on te show about her, and the hateness that Snaptrap has against her.
Also, the Chameleon, caused by being a social outcast.
Fun T-Shirt: In "Mall Rat", Dudley wears a blue variation of his shirt with "I ♡" and the graphic of a muffin.
Fun with Acronyms: T.U.F.F. (Turbo Undercover Fighting Force) and D.O.O.M. (Diabolical Order Of Mayhem).
Funny Animal: Dudley is a walking, talking secret agent, but still harbors affection for chewing his own butt and chew toys. Also, Kitty has little to no balance when her whiskers are cut, as the popular (but incorrect) myth states about real cats.
Fur Bikini: In "Hot Dog" Kitty makes herself one by shaving off all her fur except for one big patch in the shape of a one-piece.
Furry Confusion: In the very first episode we see Verminious Snaptrap, a large anthropomorphic rat, use a mystical Artifact of Doom known as the Kruger Rat to control the minds of all rats in the city. Feral rats.
In Snapdad, it reveals Snaptrap used to have a pet hamster.
We've also seen an anthro-cow as a TUFF agent, and normal cows drawn to Snaptrap's lair with a giant magnet.
Kitty used to leave dead mice at the Chief's door.
Got Volunteered: Dudley was chosen to go undercover in Snaptrap's School of Evil when Kitty and Keswick stepped backwards.
Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress: In "Puppy Love", The Chameleon realizes that he can't stick to walls in the form of a French poodle. Only then does he fall off the side of the building that he has been stuck to for a while now.
Averted in one episode where it's shown that Dudley wears underpants underneath pants that look like naked animal legs.
Hammerspace: Kitty pulls a cannon that's about ten times her size out from behind her back in "Mall Rat". Later in the same episode, she pulls out two pom-poms to perform a gloating dance after it turns out that she was right about Snaptrap being evil the entire time that he was pretending to have changed after his stay in prison.
Hero with an F in Good: Snaptrap's temporary Heel Face Turn in "Snap Dad" was foiled by the fact that he was a kleptomaniac Jerkass, as well as generally incompetent as a good guy.
LEGO Genetics: Dudly is a combination of every breed of dog ever, and somehow a bit of goat. But the all-time winner is Ceswick, who has gills, webbed feet, lays eggs, has a pouch, and who knows what else.
Partially justified with Dudley as a long enough blood line could mix every dog breed, the goat is something else.
Kitty: We've just been a little disorganized since we lost our secretary.
Chief: The secretary quit?!
Keswick: No, we literally lost her. She took a ten-minute break, stuff piled up, and we never saw her again.
And later:
Dudley: Whoa! Your dress is smoking!
The Chameleon, disguised as Fifi: Thank you.
Dudley: No, I mean it's really smoking!
In "Snap Dad", Dudley's mother Peggy isn't too broken up over Snap Trap turning back to his evil ways, saying she saw the writing on the wall...because Snap Trap literally wrote it on the wall.
In "The Rat Pack", when the Chief said that the reviews for a musical were terrible, Snaptrap replied that the critics didn't know anything....because he had their minds erased.
Love Redeems: Invoked and subverted in "Snap Dad" when Snaptrap agrees to go straight because he's fallen in love with Dudley's mom, and was actually sincere about it, trying his best to perform a Heel Face Turn. He eventually breaks it off with her because of his inability to actually act good and the fact he still cares too much for his former D.O.O.M. teammates (except Larry) to turn on them.
Mad Scientist: Bird Brain. Keswick is a heroic version of this, as he often invents things for the sake of inventing them, including dangerous things like an acid spraying waffle maker, which even he questions why he created.
Magic Feather: Kitty gives Dudley a collar that is supposed to reduce fear. The collar is ordinary, however.
My Name Is Not Durwood: Keswick corrects Snaptrap the first could of times he says his name incorrectly, but quickly gives up. Keswick does it with his own name at the end of the episode, as well as says Snaptrap's, with Snaptrap correcting him.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Keswick is a straight up parody of Jerry Lewis, while The Chameleon is clearly based on Peter Lorre.
Nobody Can Die: Usually played straight (it's a cartoon by Butch Hartman on Nickelodeon, for crying out loud), but rather surprisingly averted in the second episode. The Chameleon, seeking revenge on Kitty Katswell for capturing him, traps her in a small chamber with a bomb that can be detonated several times. He proceeds to blow her up 8 times, supposedly killing her repeatedly until she's only got one life left (since as a cat she has 9 to start with).
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: The Chameleon, despite having the ability to transform into anyone, he (usually) still uses his normal voice, occasionally using phrases related to his disguise. For example, when he infiltrated T.U.F.F. by disguising himself as "Fifi Oui-Oui", a gorgeous French Poodle, he said "French" phrases like "Notre Dame", "Eiffel Tower" and "Jacques Cousteau".
Panty Shot: Kitty's pink underwear in Snappy Campers: Here, Keswick said he had sewed Kitty and Dudley's name in their underwears. So, Dudley and Kitty pulled out their own underwear to confirm it.
Paper-Thin Disguise: The Chameleon - not visually, because he can copy appearance perfectly, but in acting. He's an incredibly bad actor (except when he's not), and his idea of sounding convincingly anything is to litter his talking with random phrases related to the person he's impersonating (when he acts French he inserts French foods into his sentences for no reason, same with impersonating a general with military talk). Surprisingly, this never fails to fool anyone.
Retired Bad Ass: The Chief was once T.U.F.F.'s top agent and an amazing fighter. In one episode, he comes out of retirement to help Dudley deal with the Chameleon. While things don't work out well at first, Dudley manages to give him a pep talk and he shows he's still got it by beating up the Chameleon.
Revenge: Chameleon's motivation almost always comes down to this in most of his appearances.
Quacky the Duck also wants this after his show is cancelled.
Running Gag: Snaptrap throwing Larry into the shark tank.
Chameleon trying to wear glasses.
Scrabble Babble: Snaptrap plays "Schmoodled". When challenged, he zaps the appointment. "There, I schmoodled Larry."
It became a Running Gag for the episode that whenever stuff blew up, they used "schmoodled"
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Chameleon started dating Dudley's mother Peggy in "Snap Dad", but instantly broke it off and ran for it when he found out she had kids (though it may have been who her son was).
In "Share a Lair", Keswick is working on a not-so-giant version of The Iron Giant
In "Dog Daze," Chief is wearing an apron that says "Top Chief." This apron's font is in the same style as the television show Top Chef, complete with a knife between the two words.
Not to mention Larry hating the new name Snaptrap gave him: "Professor Pink".
Sickeningly Sweethearts: "Vermie" and "Peggy-poo" in "Snap Dad." Dudley vomited at least once.
Smelly Skunk: One of D.O.O.M's members is a skunk, but so far no comment has been made of his smell.
The ep "Law and Odor"
Left the Background Music On: In "Dog Daze", when Snaptrap was hypnotizing Dudley, eerie hypnotic music was playing in the background. In the end, it turned out to be being played by Larry, who Snaptrap told to knock it off as it was creeping him out.
Spoiler Opening: The Episode Title Card will always have a picture of the episode's main bad guy. Usually it's the last picture. This can be a bad thing with several episodes, such as "The Wrong Stuff" and "Toast for T.U.F.F".
Spy Catsuit: Kitty's usual outfit. Bonus points since she's, y'know, a cat.
Honestly, its one of the most used jokes in the show. The only real difference between the thought processes of T.U.F.F and D.O.O.M is that one thinks for good and the other thinks for evil.
Kitty: Just between us, my partner, Dudley, has a crush on you.
The Chameleon, disguised as Fifi: (grimaces) Well, that doesn't creep me out at all.
Sweet Polly Oliver: The episode "Chilly Dog," when Dudley dresses up as a girl to go with Kitty's boy. Boys fall in love with Dudley as a girl. Subverted in that they never actually figure out that Dudley is a male dog.
Tricking The Shape Shifter: Dudley does this to the Chameleon by pretending to believe the Chameleon can't pose as a realistic mouse. Chameleon proves him wrong, but unfortunately, the elephant agent was in front of him.
True Companions: The ending of "Toast of T.U.F.F." showed this between the main protagonists. And it was ADORABLE.
Keswick pretty much confirms this in "Snapnapped", calling T.U.F.F his family.
"Snap Dad" hints that D.O.O.M. might be a very dysfunctional version of this (or, alternatively, only one from Snaptrap's point-of-view). Snaptrap even said that Francisco and Ollie were like family to him (though he had no problem blasting Larry).
Verbal Backpedaling: In "Puppy Love", right in front of The Chief and T.U.F.F.'s two best agents, no less:
The Chameleon, disguised as Fifi: I look forward to destroying you, I mean working with you!
Villains Out Shopping: When they were being interviewed by a cameraman, they tried to take down the Chameleon, thinking he's doing evil, when he is really shopping.
Villain Team Up: In "The Curse of King Mutt", Snaptrap, Chameleon, and Bird Brain work together to steal King Mutt's jewel-encrusted bone. Naturally, given their personalities, Hilarity Ensues.
Welcome Episode: Unlike many of Hartman's works where the show's pilot takes place after the events of the Expository Theme Tune, the first episode of T.U.F.F Puppy explains how Dudley became a secret agent.
Who's on First?: Bird Brain's two henchmen, an owl that only says "Hoo" & a blind bat that only says "Where", tend to cause this much to the booby's annoyance.
World of Ham: Name pretty much any evil character on this show (Snaptrap, Chameleon, Bird Brain) and they'll fall under Large Ham. Dudley himself also qualifies.
Kitty even shows large ham tendencies in episodes like "Super Duper Crime Busters".
Would Hit a Girl: Dudley doesn't have any problem hitting Kitty, even kicking her in the very same episodea, aslo being seen giving her slaps, bites and, what could be, punches.
The Chameleon, hurting Kitty too.
Doom Agents
The Sharing Moose, being seen hitting Kitty on the head with a metal pipe, and even smiling while doing that
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