Added DiffLines:
* {{Bambification}}: One of the animals Gerald plans to put in his zoo is a tiny, cute deer with incredibly large and complex horns. He goes so far as to say the horns are the only reason the deer couldn't sleep next to you.
Added DiffLines:
* FoodAsBribe: Gerald mentions a creature called a Natch who won't emerge from his cave long enough to be caught. He plans to lure out the Natch using fancy cooking.
Changed line(s) 15,16 (click to see context) from:
** The Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill, which eats pine trees.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: The bustard is a real bird.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: The bustard is a real bird.
to:
** The Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill, which eats pine trees.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: The bustard is a real bird.trees.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: The bustard is a real bird.
Changed line(s) 9 (click to see context) from:
* ImagineSpot: The entire book is Gerald imagining the improvements he'd make to the zoo.
to:
* ImagineSpot: The entire book is Gerald imagining the improvements he'd he would make to the zoo.
Changed line(s) 15 (click to see context) from:
** The Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill, which eats pine trees.
to:
** The Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill, which eats pine trees.trees.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: The bustard is a real bird.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: The bustard is a real bird.
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/if_i_ran_the_zoo.jpg]]
Added DiffLines:
* ElSpanishO: When Gerald claims to have brought an animal into his zoo from Russia, some of the words in his description end in "ski".
Added DiffLines:
''If I Ran the Zoo'' is a 1950 picture book by Creator/DrSeuss. A young boy called Gerald [=McGrew=], looking at his local zoo, muses about the wondrous creatures with which he could improve it if he were the zookeeper.
!!This book contains examples of the following tropes:
* GiantFlyer: The Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill is a bird gigantic enough to eat whole pine trees, which Gerald says he'll capture as the ultimate addition to his zoo.
* HeliCritter: One of the creatures Gerald says he'll catch is a bug with a propeller that allows him to travel cross-country.
* ImagineSpot: The entire book is Gerald imagining the improvements he'd make to the zoo.
* LongNeck: The Tufted Mazurka has a throat so long it takes about a month and a half for food to make it to its stomach.
* PickyEater: Many of the creatures Gerald talks about catching only eat very specific things:
** The Obsk, which eats corn and rhubarb
** The Bustard, which eats custard with mustard sauce
** The Flustard, which eats mustard with custard sauce
** The Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill, which eats pine trees.
!!This book contains examples of the following tropes:
* GiantFlyer: The Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill is a bird gigantic enough to eat whole pine trees, which Gerald says he'll capture as the ultimate addition to his zoo.
* HeliCritter: One of the creatures Gerald says he'll catch is a bug with a propeller that allows him to travel cross-country.
* ImagineSpot: The entire book is Gerald imagining the improvements he'd make to the zoo.
* LongNeck: The Tufted Mazurka has a throat so long it takes about a month and a half for food to make it to its stomach.
* PickyEater: Many of the creatures Gerald talks about catching only eat very specific things:
** The Obsk, which eats corn and rhubarb
** The Bustard, which eats custard with mustard sauce
** The Flustard, which eats mustard with custard sauce
** The Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill, which eats pine trees.
Showing 7 edit(s) of 7
