History Anime / OxTales

* EverythingsBetterWithKangaroos: Several of them show up throughout the series with humorous things in their pouches.

%% * BlackComedy: The primary humor of the series.

%% * EverythingsBetterWithKangaroos: Several of them show up throughout the series.
%%* {{Fartillery}}: Cecil the Skunk
%% * FunnyOctopus: Igor, an octopus who is able to inflate himself like a balloon.

%% * HorsingAround: Horace the horse.
%% * IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing: This is basically Ollie's attitude in the situation that he's in.
%% * KingOfBeasts: Lenny, a lion who appears periodically throughout the series.
%% * MessyPig: Several pigs also appear in the series.
%% * MoleMiner: Moe, and other moles that appear.
%% * NiceMice: Subverted with Morris, who is a mouse but isn't always that nice.

%% * TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Ollie again.
%% * OnlySaneMan: Jack
%% * OstrichHeadHiding: Audrey the Ostrich does this often.
%% * {{Pun}}: Lots of puns are used throughout the series.
%% * RemovableShell: Jack's shell is this.
%% * RhinoRampage: Rodney, a rhino whose horn always falls off, thanks to Ollie's efforts.

%% * SimpletonVoice: Ollie
%% * SmellySkunk: Cecil

%% * DeadpanSnarker: Towilla the toucan.

%% * BalloonBelly: Happens to Calvin the cat after drinking the water out of the goldfish bowl in an attempt to get Morris the mouse out, in the episode "A Cheesy Situation".

%% * CatsAreMean: Calvin, though he's not so much as mean as he's just doing his job in trying to catch Morris the mouse.

* {{Fartillery}}: Cecil the Skunk

%% * TurtlePower: Jack again

%% * PricklyPorcupine: Patrick

%% * CluckingFunny: Chickens are among the animals that Ollie has on the farm.

* CharacterNarrator}}: Towilla the toucan narrates throughout the series.

The series followed the adventures and misadventures of Ollie, a good-natured yet simple-minded anthropomorphic ox who runs a place called the Funny Farm, which consists of just about every kind of animal that you can find in the world. Ollie is also joined in his adventures by his best friend, Jack the turtle, who often acted as the voice of reason when Ollie's hairbrained schemes always went haywire. Other characters of the series included Towilla, a sarcastic toucan who served as the CharacterNarrator of the series, Moe, a mole who often pops up from time to time to laugh at a comedic situation, Audrey, an ostrich who always has her head buried in the ground, Sammy, Ollie's faithful dog, and Edward, an elephant who Ollie will often use as a fire hose when the situation calls for it.

%% * ALoadOfBull: Ollie himself, though he's actually an ox instead of a bull, but it's still the same thing.

* Fartillery: Cecil the Skunk

%% Zero-Context Examples are not allowed, and have been commented out.

The series followed the adventures and misadventures of Ollie, a good-natured yet simple-minded anthropomorphic ox who runs a place called the Funny Farm, which consists of just about every kind of animal that you can find in the world. Ollie is also joined in his adventures by his best friend, Jack the turtle, who often acted as the voice of reason when Ollie's hairbrained schemes always went haywire. Other characters of the series included Towilla, a sarcastic toucan who served as the {{Narrator}} of the series, Moe, a mole who often pops up from time to time to laugh at a comedic situation, Audrey, an ostrich who always has her head buried in the ground, Sammy, Ollie's faithful dog, and Edward, an elephant who Ollie will often use as a fire hose when the situation calls for it.

%% * {{Narrator}}: Towilla serves as this throughout the series.

** Ollie wears only a pair of red overalls, though he is the only animal character to actually wear clothes, making him an UpliftedAnimal as well.

* ShesAManInJapan: The turtle in the original Dutch version was called Dollie. She remains female in the Italian dub with the name called "[=FantaZoo=]", but was changed to a male in the Japanese and English versions which are the ones most other dubs were based on.

* AnnoyingLaugh: Moe has one in between scenes of an episode, his laugh sounding almost similar to that of WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker.
* BalloonBelly: Happens to Calvin the cat after drinking the water out of the goldfish bowl in an attempt to get Morris the mouse out, in the episode "A Cheesy Situation".

* BlackComedy: The primary humor of the series.

* CatsAreMean: Calvin, though he's not so much as mean as he's just doing his job in trying to catch Morris the mouse.
* CluckingFunny: Chickens are among the animals that Ollie has on the farm.
* DeadpanSnarker: Towilla the toucan.

* TheDitz [=/=] GeniusDitz: Ollie appears to show shades of this.
* DogsAreDumb: Sammy varies between this at times.

* EverythingsBetterWithKangaroos: Several of them show up throughout the series.
* FunnyOctopus: Igor, an octopus who is able to inflate himself like a balloon.

* HorsingAround: Horace the horse.
* IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing: This is basically Ollie's attitude in the situation that he's in.
* ALoadOfBull: Ollie himself, though he's actually an ox instead of a bull, but it's still the same thing.
* KingOfBeasts: Lenny, a lion who appears periodically throughout the series.
* MessyPig: Several pigs also appear in the series.
* MoleMiner: Moe, and other moles that appear.
* {{Narrator}}: Towilla serves as this throughout the series.
* NiceMice: Subverted with Morris, who is a mouse but isn't always that nice.

* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Ollie again.
* OnlySaneMan: Jack
* OstrichHeadHiding: Audrey the Ostrich does this often.
* PricklyPorcupine: Patrick
* {{Pun}}: Lots of puns are used throughout the series.
* RemovableShell: Jack's shell is this.
* RhinoRampage: Rodney, a rhino whose horn always falls off, thanks to Ollie's efforts.

* SimpletonVoice: Ollie
* SmellySkunk: Cecil
* TurtlePower: Jack again

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Igor, an octopus who is able to inflate himself like a balloon.

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Ollie wears only a pair of red overalls, though he is the only animal character to actually wear clothes, making him an UpliftedAnimal as well.
** There was also a gorilla wearing briefs IIRC.

'''Ox Tales''' was an anime series based on the Dutch comic strip "Boes" that aired from 1987 to 1988. Like a few other anime series, such as Anime/TheLittlBits, {{Noozles}}, and Anime/{{Wowser}}, the series was distributed by Creator/SabanEntertainment in the US.

!''Ox Tales'' provides the following examples of:

* ShesAManInJapan: Jack was a female turtle named Camilla in the Italian dub, called "[=FantaZoo=]".

* EverythingsWorseWithWolves: Wolves sometimes show up in the series.

* IKnowWhatImDoing: This is basically Ollie's attitude in the situation that he's in.