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* [[CloudCuckoolander Popee]], a psychotic, high-strung clown... boy... [[AmbiguouslyHuman thingamabob]] who desperately wants to be the star of the circus, and is always eager to show Kedamono up, or abuse him for showing ''him'' up.

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* [[CloudCuckoolander Popee]], a psychotic, violent, high-strung clown... boy... [[AmbiguouslyHuman thingamabob]] who desperately wants to be the star of the circus, and is always eager to show Kedamono up, or abuse him for showing ''him'' up.
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%% * CartoonBomb: With faces.

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%% * CartoonBomb: With Popee loves to throw the classic round bombs at others (especially Kedamono), complete with faces.



* DramaticUnmask: Popee dreams of Kedamono doing this in episode 39, Face.

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* DramaticUnmask: Popee dreams of Kedamono doing this in episode 39, Face. He wakes up before Kedamono's face can be revealed.



* FiveFingerFillet: Played for laughs. And using a frog.

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* FiveFingerFillet: Played for laughs. And using a frog.laughs in episode 27, "Knife Game", where the cast stab knives around their hands so rapidly that the surface of the table falls apart in the shape of the hand. The Frog is even used for this.



* GentleGiant: God is one, [[BerserkButton at least as long as you don't anger or disrespect him]].
* TheGreys: The Alien is a small, grey humanoid with big black eyes and a reflective suit.
* HappyCircusMusic: The theme song and most of the background music.

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* GentleGiant: God is one, normally docile and doesn't actively try to harm the characters, [[BerserkButton at least as long as you don't anger or disrespect him]].
* TheGreys: The Alien is a small, grey humanoid with big black eyes and a reflective suit.
suit.
* HappyCircusMusic: The theme song and most of the background music.music is often cheerful music in this form, leading to SoundtrackDissonance whenever the jolly circus theme tune plays in chaotic or frightening scenes.



* HypnoticEyes: Popee and Papi practice this in episode 20, Hypnotism.

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* HypnoticEyes: Popee and Papi practice this in episode 20, Hypnotism.Hypnotism, using the images in their eyes to hypnotize each other into thinking they're a certain animal.



** Any time the explosion effect is used with Kedamono and Popee
* ResurrectionDeathLoop: Basically episode 4, Knife Thrower.
* RiddleForTheAges: Kedamono’s real face. The final episodes [[TheUnreveal fake reveal]] actually adds more mystery: [[spoiler:why does looking like his mother upset Kedamono so much?]].
* RunningGag: An enormous, sky-high explosion, usually caused by Papi or Popee.

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** Any time the explosion effect is used with Kedamono and Popee
Popee, it's nearly aways the same towering orange one.
* ResurrectionDeathLoop: Basically episode 4, Knife Thrower.
Thrower. Kedamono is killed with a knife; his soul departs to the heavens, only for him to be killed. Then his soul's soul suffers death by knife, and this repeats over and over again until there is a row of Kedamono's dead souls, with Popee himself undergoing the same fate only to attempt to stop it before it goes out of control.
* RiddleForTheAges: Kedamono’s real face.face is never revealed. The final episodes [[TheUnreveal fake reveal]] actually adds more mystery: [[spoiler:why does looking like his mother upset Kedamono so much?]].
* RunningGag: An enormous, sky-high explosion, usually caused by Papi or Popee. Popee, is often reused in the episodes.



* SawAWomanInHalf: Starts with Kedamono and switches to Popee, both with horrible results [[ChainsawGood With a chainsaw, of course]].

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* SawAWomanInHalf: Starts This trick is depicted in the first episode, starting with Kedamono and switches switching to Popee, both with horrible results [[ChainsawGood With with a chainsaw, of course]].course]]: Kedamono ends up being split in half, and Popee is split into clones.



* SurrealHumor: The entire show runs on this.

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* SurrealHumor: The entire show runs on this. Explosions occuring every other episode, characters hurling planetary bodies at each other, encountering a MirrorUniverse where the roles of the characters are swapped - it's, for the most part, played for humor.



* TimeTravel: Using a [[IncrediblyLamePun time bomb]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Kedamono and his chicken legs.

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* TimeTravel: Using In episode 16, Stop the Gun, Kedamono repeatedly travels back in time to prevent himself from accidentally killing Popee. He doesn't use a [[IncrediblyLamePun time machine, but rather, a [[{{Pun}} time bomb]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Kedamono and his chicken legs. He is often seen eating them, and they are occasionally used as bait for another character's plans, since he'll be tempted to eat them.



* VillainousHarlequin: Both Popee and Papi have their moments. ''Lots and lots'' of moments.
* TheVoiceless: Everyone except for the frog in the last episode, although a Japanese fan dub does exist.

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* VillainousHarlequin: Both Popee and Papi have their moments. ''Lots and lots'' of moments.
moments. Both are clowns, and Popee's psychotic nature is his default personality, usually involving throwing weapons or chasing someone, usually Kedamono, around. Papi isn't quite as "villainous" as Popee, but he has a tendency to do violent things sometimes, especially when he gets angry.
* TheVoiceless: Everyone doesn't speak except for the frog in the last episode, although a Japanese fan dub does exist.
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* [[CloudCuckoolander Popee]], a psychotic clown... boy... [[AmbiguouslyHuman thingamabob]] who desperately wants to be the star of the circus, and is always eager to show Kedamono up, or abuse him for showing ''him'' up.

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* [[CloudCuckoolander Popee]], a psychotic psychotic, high-strung clown... boy... [[AmbiguouslyHuman thingamabob]] who desperately wants to be the star of the circus, and is always eager to show Kedamono up, or abuse him for showing ''him'' up.

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