History Anime / PopeeThePerformer

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

* Frog, an unnamed [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin frog.]]

''Popee the Performer'' is a 2001 children's {{anime}} and directorial debut of Ryuji Masuda, who would later go on to create ''Anime/MrStainOnJunkAlley'' and ''Anime/FunnyPets''. Set in a circus in the middle of the desert, the show's 39 episodes chronicle the antics of a small cast of characters consisting of:

* AllCGICartoon: an early 2001 example with all the imperfections of the new technology being done on a shoestring budget.

* [[CloudCuckoolander Popee]], a clown... person... [[AmbiguouslyHuman thingamabob]] dressed in striped pajamas with bunny ears and a cat's tail. Popee is unhinged, self-absorbed, and desperately wants to be the star of the circus. He's always eager to show Kedamono up, or abuse him for showing them up.

[[caption-width-right:350: This is ''just'' scratching the surface of [[WidgetSeries the insanity to come]].]]

''Popee the Performer'' is a 2001 [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids "children's"]] {{anime}} and directorial debut of Ryuji Masuda, who would later go on to create ''Anime/MrStainOnJunkAlley'' and ''Anime/FunnyPets''. Set in a circus in the middle of the desert, the show's 39 episodes chronicle the antics of a small cast of characters consisting of:

[[caption-width-right:350: This is ''just'' scratching the surface of [[[WidgetSeries to come]].]]

''Popee the Performer'' is a 2001 children's {{anime}} and directorial debut of Ryuji Masuda, who would later go on to create ''Anime/MrStainOnJunkAlley'' and ''Anime/FunnyPets''. Set in a circus in the middle of the desert, the show's 39 episodes chronicle the antics of a small cast of characters consisting of:

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iaiapopee_4033.jpg]]

[[caption-width-right:350: Popee, the face of your nightmares.]]

''Popee The Performer'' is a 2001 childrens' {{Anime}} and directorial debut of Ryuji Masuda, who would later go on to create ''Anime/MrStainOnJunkAlley'' and ''Anime/FunnyPets''. Set in a circus in the middle of the desert, the show's 39 episodes chronicle the antics of a small cast of characters including:

* [[CloudCuckoolander Popee]], a clown... person... [[AmbiguouslyHuman thingamabob]] dressed in striped pajamas with bunny ears and a cat's tail, Popee is self-absorbed, mean-spirited, and desperately wants to be the star of the circus. Always eager to show Kedamono up, or abuse him for showing them up.
* [[ChewToy Kedamono]], Popee's coworker, a purple wolf who wears orange boxer shorts and an ever-changing Noh mask to look like a person
* [[CampStraight Papi]], a veteran "clown" who is intent on improving Popee's performances, regardless of the consequences
* Paola, a living elephant head attached to a car, and Papi's preferred mode of transport
* Frog, an unnamed frog

[[caption-width-right:350: Popee, the performer, and face of your nightmares.]]

* [[CloudCuckoolander Popee]], a clown... person... dressed in striped pajamas with bunny ears and a cat's tail, Popee is self-absorbed, mean-spirited, and desperately wants to be the star of the circus. Always eager to show Kedamono up, or abuse him for showing them up.

* [[CampGay Papi]], a veteran "clown" who is intent on improving Popee's performances, regardless of the consequences

* SwallowedWhole: In one episode, Popee tears of his eyelids for a trick. Many hours later he can't sleep, so after many failed attempts and shenanigans, Papi resorts to swallowing him whole and it surprisingly works and Popee is able to sleep. Yes, you just read that right.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Are]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou you]] ready, kids?]]

''Popee The Performer'' is a 2001 childrens' {{Anime}} WidgetSeries and directorial debut of Ryuji Masuda, who would later go on to create ''Anime/MrStainOnJunkAlley'' and ''Anime/FunnyPets''. Set in a circus in the middle of the desert, the show's 39 episodes chronicle the antics of a small cast of characters including:

[[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Are]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou you]] [[NightmareFuel ready]], [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids kids]]?]]

''Popee The Performer'' is a 2001 [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids childrens']] {{Anime}} WidgetSeries and directorial debut of Ryuji Masuda, who would later go on to create ''Anime/MrStainOnJunkAlley'' and ''Anime/FunnyPets''. Set in a circus in the middle of the desert, the show's 39 episodes chronicle the antics of a small cast of characters including:

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Everything about Papi's "milk dance" is wrong on many levels.

* CloudCuckoolander: Popee's sheer batshit-insanity is matched only by Papi.

* CoolMask: Kedamono's masks.

* ABirthdayNotABreak: On Kedamono's birthday, his cake is eaten by Frog, who then takes over Popee's body and tries to kill him. [[spoiler:And when he does manage to get his cake back, it's ruined by a cockroach.]]

* RiddleForTheAges: Kedamono’s real face. [[spoiler: The final episodes [[TheUnreveal fake reveal]] actually adds more mystery: why does looking like his mother upset Kedamono so much?]].

* SuddenlySpeaking: [[spoiler:Frog suddenly finds his voice in the final episode, just to tell everyone when he saw Kedamono's usually hidden face.]]

* TheVoiceless: Everyone [[spoiler:except for the frog in the last episode]], although a Japanese fan dub does exist.
* YankTheDogsChain: Happens to Kedamono frequently. In episode 7 for example, he manages to save Popee from being possessed by Frog ''and'' get his birthday cake back, [[spoiler:only for a cockroach to fall on the cake and ruin it]].
* YourMom: The frog says that kedamono's face looks just like his mother.

* ShoutOut: The episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yDm-U9vS2k "Stop the Gun"]] seems to be partially based on ''Film/TheTerminator''.

* NegativeContinuity: ''Multiple'' episodes end with part or all of the cast dead, only to be perfectly fine next time.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Dog]]: Kedamono is surprisingly kind and is often times the only one horrified by the situations Popee and Papi get them all into.

* SadistShow

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Everything about [[http://youtu.be/xbPvJGwcFr0?t=1m55s Papi's "milk dance"]] is wrong on many levels.

* BecomingTheMask: Kedamono's mask has this effect on anyone other than him wearing them.

* Frog, [[ADogNamedDog a frog]]

* AllCGICartoon