History Animation / TheLittleMole

** In the Christmas special, the crow eats Krtek's Christmas tree and when it tries to eat another one... [[DisprioportinateRetribution Krtek has the crow ride his sled, crash, and fall head-first into a deep snow with only its legs sticking out]].

** In the Christmas special, the crow eats Krtek's Christmas tree and when it tries to eat another one... Krtek has the crow ride his sled, crash, and fall head-first into a deep snow with only its legs sticking out.

* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy!: Very slightly downplayed but pretty much played straight. Animals as written here, still live in the woods, and they don't wear clothes, plus they aren't shown in human working offices... but there still are humans around and when they interact with title character and any of his friends... they interact with them like they would with regular humans. In one episode where a mole raises an eagle, an eagle gets injured and ends up in human hospital (other patients in the background are very clearly human). In the very same episode, once the eagle leaves the hospital, he takes the mole on a trip and they go to a restaurant and are treated as regular guests by a waiter. In another episode, the mole becomes a movie star and signs his autographs to humans. The cartoon is basically a mix of human world and animal world; though animals still retain some real life animal traits you would expect them to.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: The Little Mole is always a kid. While it can be argued that episodes take place close to each other, there is an episode where he raises a baby eagle who quickly grows into a full grown adult, and even becomes a father of three baby eagles towards the end of the episode. The Mole remains the same as he was in the beggining.

* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy!:

* FiveManBand: Of friends, rather than adventurers.
** TheHero: Krtek ("The Little Mole")
** TheLancer: shared between Ježek ("Little Hedgehog") and Zajíček ("Little Hare")
** TheBigGuy: Zajíček ("Little Hare")
** TheSmartGuy: Sova ("The Owl")
** TheChick: Myška ("Little Mouse")

* FunnyAnimal: The main cast are WoodlandCritters who are bipedal and can use all sorts of object, but live in the forest and generally don't wear clothes.

* WoodlandCritters: Little Mole's friends are a broad range of small woodland animals. A mouse, a hare and a hedgehog are the most prominently featured ones, but frogs, birds, squirrels, ants and beetles also make appearances.

* ArtEvolution: While Krtek himself has changed very little (except for the difference between the original fabric-making film and the following ones), some of the details in his cartoons have evolved over time, thanks to [[AnimationBump improvements in animation technology]] and the creators gradually standardising the appearance of supporting characters and the art style used to showcase Krtek's home forest. Notably, some EarlyInstallmentWeirdness in the early, 1950s and 1960s cartoons includes different-looking designs for supporting characters, like Little Hare, who has a decidedly different design.

* FunnyAnimal: The main cast.

* NoNameGiven / OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The main character is simply "Krtek" (a diminutive of ''krt'' ("mole"), i.e. "The Little Mole"). His friends also carry [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin flatly-descriptive names]], although they too are often rendered as diminutives.

* TrueCompanions: Krtek the Little Mole and his animal pals from the forest, particularly the Little Hare, the Little Hedgehog, the Little Mouse and the old Owl.

* CoolOldGuy: Heavily implied with the Owl, the only main character whose name lacks the diminutive treatment given to the other, more youthful-looking members of the main cast. The Owl serves as the BadassBookworm mentor and MrExposition to the others.

* {{Catchphrase}}: Krtek has a mostly non-verbal one whenever he's outright astonished by something. It consists of him doing a surprised EyeTake and near-whispering a humbled "Jééé..." (i.e. "Yaaaay..." or "Ooooh..."). Another catchphrase he uses frequently is his cute "Ahoj !" ("Hi !").

The Little Mole (Czech: "Krtek" or "Krteček") is a cartoon mole created by Zdeněk Miler. Originally meant as a one-time cartoon to show how cloth is made, Miler began making more episodes with Krtek because of his popularity. The Little Mole is mostly silent, speaking in simple words (such as his trademark "Ahoj!") and giggles, which were originally provided by Miler's daughters. The lack of dialogue and his universally appealing cuteness made him popular throughout the Eastern Bloc and beyond, especially Germany and Japan.

* DarkerAndEdgier: "Krtek and the Little Frog", the final episode, which involves Krtek and Little Mouse in a car crash when Little Frog carelessly runs into the street. Even the happy parts of the cartoon are disliked by some for their introduction of brash modern elements (e.g. a disco) to Krtek's forest.

* DarkerAndEdgier: "Krtek and the Little Frog", the final episode, which involves Krtek and Little Mouse in a car crash when Little Frog carelessly runs into the street. Even the happy parts of the cartoon are disliked by some for their introduction of brash modern elements (e.g. a disco) to Krtek's forest.

* NearDeathExperience: Krtek has one in "Krtek and the Little Frog". Shortly after being thrown out of the car, his soul rises above his body; Little Mouse and Little Frog grab the soul and physically return it to his body.