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* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: The English dub shows some of the cast, but they never show who voiced which character. And even then, there are some voice actors that are missing or don't exist on the credits.
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: The episode “Help for the Little Donkey” has the group encountering a farmer who constantly abuses his donkey by beating him. Later that night, they set out to change him by having Bumpety Boo and Mopsy pretend to be spooky monsters haunting him in the night. The farmer ends up running into the barn where he ends up hugging his donkey, and by the next day, he completely reforms, even letting his donkey climb onto his back while going over a log in the middle of the road.

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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: The episode “Help for the Little Donkey” “The Donkey Master” has the group encountering a farmer who constantly abuses his donkey by beating him. Later that night, they set out to change him by having Bumpety Boo and Mopsy pretend to be spooky monsters haunting him in the night. The farmer ends up running into the barn where he ends up hugging his donkey, and by the next day, he completely reforms, even letting his donkey climb onto his back while going over a log in the middle of the road.
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The series follows a boy named Ken (full name Kenny) and his dog Mopsy as they found an egg at a junkyard and a yellow car hatches from it that takes the name Bumpety Boo. Ken was able to stop the excavator operator that was about to crush newborn car and the two became best friends. After helping a pregnant woman get to the hospital, Bumpety feels a bit sad as he never got a chance to see what his mother is like. Ken tells the car that they can go travel around the world and find out where Bumpety Boo's mother is. Meanwhile, a guy named Professor Honky-Tonk wants to steal Bumpety Boo after hearing about the car while looking at the junkyard.

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The series follows a boy named Ken (full name Kenny) and his dog Mopsy as they found an egg at a junkyard and a yellow car hatches from it that takes the name Bumpety Boo. Ken was able to stop the excavator operator that was about to crush the newborn car and the two became best friends. After helping a pregnant woman get to the hospital, Bumpety feels a bit sad as he never got a chance to see what his mother is like. Ken tells the car that they can go travel around the world and find out where Bumpety Boo's mother is. Meanwhile, a guy named Professor Honky-Tonk wants to steal Bumpety Boo after hearing about the car while looking at the junkyard.

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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: The episode “Help for the Little Donkey” has the group encountering a farmer who constantly abuses his donkey by beating him. Later that night, they set out to change him by having Bumpety Boo and Mopsy pretend to be spooky monsters haunting him in the night. The farmer ends up running into the barn where he ends up hugging his donkey, and by the next day, he completely reforms, even letting his donkey climb onto his back while going over a log in the middle of the road.



* FunnyOctopus: One episode has the group befriend a playful, talking baby octopus while out searching for treasure in the ocean.

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* FunnyOctopus: One The episode “Treasure of the Sea” has the group befriend a playful, talking baby octopus while out searching for treasure in the ocean.


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* TentacledTerror: The group encounters a giant octopus in the episode “Treasure of the Sea” that seemingly wants to attack them, but it’s later revealed by the end of the episode that the giant octopus was really only protecting her children.

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* BabysittingEpisode: The episode "Babysitter Bumpety Boo" has the group help a mother watch over her baby, which turns out to be harder than they thought.



*FunnyOctopus: One episode has the group befriend a playful, talking baby octopus while out searching for treasure in the ocean.



* RhinoRampage: The group briefly encounters a rhino while helping a baby elephant find hus mother. Fortunately during the chase, they steer in the opposite direction just before the rhino crashes into a boa constrictor.

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* RhinoRampage: The group briefly encounters a rhino while helping a baby elephant find hus his mother. Fortunately during the chase, they steer in the opposite direction just before the rhino crashes into a boa constrictor.
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* TheToothHurts: The episode "Bumpety Boo Has a Toothache" deals with Bumpety Boo having a nasty toothache and Ken and Professor Honky-Tonk (posing as a dentist named Professor Bad Tooth) trying various methods to pull the bad tooth out, hoping that Bumpety Boo will be so grateful that he'll follow Professor Honky-Tonk. In the end, a little girl offers Bumpety Boo a bite of her banana, and his tooth finally comes out, much to Professor Honky-Tonk's dismay.

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* TheToothHurts: The episode "Bumpety Boo Has a Toothache" deals with Bumpety Boo having a nasty toothache and Ken and Professor Honky-Tonk (posing as a dentist named Professor Bad Tooth) trying various methods to pull the bad tooth out, hoping that Bumpety Boo will be so grateful that he'll follow Professor Honky-Tonk. out. In the end, a passing little girl offers Bumpety Boo a bite of her banana, and his tooth finally comes out, much to Professor Honky-Tonk's dismay.

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* HonorableElephant: The episode "The Elephant Baby" has Bumpety Boo and Ken rescuing a lost baby elephant and later reuniting him with his mother. At first, the mother thinks Ken and Bumpety Boo stole her baby and starts to chase them, but when Ken gets trapped in quicksand during the chase, the baby elephant convinces his mother that Bumpety Boo and Ken rescued him and she agrees to help them rescue Ken.

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* HonorableElephant: The episode "The Elephant Baby" has Bumpety Boo and Ken the group rescuing a lost baby elephant and later reuniting him with his mother. At first, the mother thinks Ken and Bumpety Boo stole her baby and starts to chase them, but when Ken gets trapped in quicksand during the chase, the baby elephant convinces his mother that Bumpety Boo and Ken rescued him and she agrees to help them rescue Ken.


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* RhinoRampage: The group briefly encounters a rhino while helping a baby elephant find hus mother. Fortunately during the chase, they steer in the opposite direction just before the rhino crashes into a boa constrictor.


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* TheToothHurts: The episode "Bumpety Boo Has a Toothache" deals with Bumpety Boo having a nasty toothache and Ken and Professor Honky-Tonk (posing as a dentist named Professor Bad Tooth) trying various methods to pull the bad tooth out, hoping that Bumpety Boo will be so grateful that he'll follow Professor Honky-Tonk. In the end, a little girl offers Bumpety Boo a bite of her banana, and his tooth finally comes out, much to Professor Honky-Tonk's dismay.
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* BearsAreBadNews: The group encounters a mean polar bear in "Bumpety Boo at the North Pole" who Bumpety Boo defeats after smelling some flowers.


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*HonorableElephant: The episode "The Elephant Baby" has Bumpety Boo and Ken rescuing a lost baby elephant and later reuniting him with his mother. At first, the mother thinks Ken and Bumpety Boo stole her baby and starts to chase them, but when Ken gets trapped in quicksand during the chase, the baby elephant convinces his mother that Bumpety Boo and Ken rescued him and she agrees to help them rescue Ken.
* KillerGorilla: "The Giant Ape" has the group stopping a giant King Kong-like gorilla from destroying a village somewhere in the African jungle.


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* SweetSeal: "Bumpety Boo at the North Pole" has the group befriend a seal pup and its mother.
* ThreateningShark: Averted in the episode "A Friendly Shark" in which Bumpety Boo and Ken encounter a shark who appears threatening but who really needed help in getting a fishing hook stuck in his mouth. It's later revealed the same shark was the one who rescued Bumpety Boo when he was almost drowning underwater.
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* AbsenteeActor: Out of the main characters, only Professor Honky-Tonk is absent in some episodes.
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''Bumpety Boo'' (known as Hey! Bumboo in Japan) is a children's anime animated by Creator/NipponAnimation that ran between 1985 to 1986. It was later dubbed into English in 1989 by Saban. The French dub (titled ''Boumbo'') also aired on public television in Canada.

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''Bumpety Boo'' (known as Hey! Bumboo in Japan) is a children's anime animated by Creator/NipponAnimation that ran between 1985 to 1986. 1986 on Creator/{{NHK}}. It was later dubbed into English in 1989 by Saban.Creator/SabanEntertainment. The French dub (titled ''Boumbo'') also aired on public television in Canada.
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''Bumpety Boo'' (known as Hey! Bumboo in Japan) is a children's anime animated by Creator/NipponAnimation that ran between 1985 to 1986. It was later dubbed into English in 1989 by Saban.

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''Bumpety Boo'' (known as Hey! Bumboo in Japan) is a children's anime animated by Creator/NipponAnimation that ran between 1985 to 1986. It was later dubbed into English in 1989 by Saban.
Saban. The French dub (titled ''Boumbo'') also aired on public television in Canada.
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* EleventhHourSuperpower: Whenever it seems hope is lost, Bumpety Boo will somehow be given flowers to sniff, which gives him a boost of strength and speed.
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* UnknownRival: Professor Honky-Tonk is chasing after Bumpety Boo, but neither him or Kenny know about him chasing them unless the professor is under a disguise. It's also unknown if Ken of Bumpety ever know about the existence of Honky-Tonk.

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* UnknownRival: Professor Honky-Tonk is chasing after Bumpety Boo, but neither him or Kenny know about him chasing them unless the professor is under a disguise. It's also unknown if It was later revealed that Ken of Bumpety ever know knows about the existence of Honky-Tonk.Honky-Tonk chasing them down.

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* AbsenteeActor: Out of the main characters, only Professor Honky-Tonk is absent in some episodes.



* NoAntagonist: Some episodes that don't feature Professor Honky-Tonk will be the focus of this.

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* NoAntagonist: Some episodes that don't feature either Professor Honky-Tonk will Honky-Tonk, a jerk that redeems themselves or another villain be the focus of this.this. This is done to give Ken and Bumpety Boo some free time while traveling around.


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* PiranhaProblem: The episode "A Hungry Small Fish " has the group going across a river with a raft, only to see that the river is full of piranhas. The hungry fishes then try to eat the raft so they can feast on the group. Bumpety Boo was able to escape after a tree drop a flower on his nose, which gives him the power to swim across the water.


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* ThreeShorts: The Saban version takes three of the 7 minute episodes into a half hour episode.
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* DastardlyWhiplash: Professor Honky-Tonk fits this trope as he's the main villain with a twirly mustache as he's trying to catch the talking car.



* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: The English dub shows some of the cast, but they never show who voiced which character. And even then, there are some voice actors that are missing or don't exist on the credits.



* SpoilerOpening: The Saban opening shows Bumpety Boo with his mother.

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* SpoilerOpening: The Saban opening shows Bumpety Boo with his mother.mother.
* UnknownRival: Professor Honky-Tonk is chasing after Bumpety Boo, but neither him or Kenny know about him chasing them unless the professor is under a disguise. It's also unknown if Ken of Bumpety ever know about the existence of Honky-Tonk.
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''Bumpety Boo'' (known as Hey! Bumboo in Japan) is a children's anime animated by Creator/NipponAnimation that ran between 1985 to 1986. It was later dubbed into English in 1989 by Saban.

The series follows a boy named Ken (full name Kenny) and his dog Mopsy as they found an egg at a junkyard and a yellow car hatches from it that takes the name Bumpety Boo. Ken was able to stop the excavator operator that was about to crush newborn car and the two became best friends. After helping a pregnant woman get to the hospital, Bumpety feels a bit sad as he never got a chance to see what his mother is like. Ken tells the car that they can go travel around the world and find out where Bumpety Boo's mother is. Meanwhile, a guy named Professor Honky-Tonk wants to steal Bumpety Boo after hearing about the car while looking at the junkyard.

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!!This show provides examples of:
* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: It's never stated if Ken is an orphan or not as the first couple of episodes show him working at a church.
* GrandFinale: "Well That Ends Well" has the group finally meeting Bumpety Boo's mother.
* NoAntagonist: Some episodes that don't feature Professor Honky-Tonk will be the focus of this.
* PinkMeansFeminine: The car Honey-Boo is pink with a huge bow.
* SpoilerOpening: The Saban opening shows Bumpety Boo with his mother.

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