History Literature / MaxAndRuby

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: In the book version of "Bunny Money". The book would have an InUniverse version of money. [[http://rosemarywells.com/images/cash-back.jpg Which include bunny versions of famous figures]] such as UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi and Creator/JuliaChild.

** For unknown reasons, Rogers sounds younger in the newer episodes when he sounded older in his earlier appearances.

* AsideGlance: Max would do this mostly when he does his [[http://maxandruby.treehousetv.com/content/assets/en-ca/characters/max/max2.png devious smile.]] He also does this in the original covers of some of the original Max and Ruby stories.

* BritishRoyalGuard: There's episode in which Max and Ruby visit "Bunningham Palace" and Max attempts to get a smile out of one of these, or their bunny counterpart anyway.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the second retool of the series in 2016, where Max can finally speak sentences, Ruby abandons her {{Jerkass}} ways and becomes a kinder big sister to Max, especially in "Max's Preschool" when she encourages him to be himself.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the second retool of the series in 2016, where Max can finally speak sentences, Ruby abandons her JerkAss ways and becomes a kinder big sister to Max, especially in "Max's Preschool" when she encourages him to be himself.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Max makes this his bread and butter. Of course, he considers Ruby to be an annoying ''older'' sibling in kind.
* AppealToAuthority: Ruby to Max in the "Max, Where Are You?" song from the ''Bunny Party'' stage show. "I'm the big sister, you're the little brother. You know I'm gonna find you, one way or the other."

** "Max's Birthday" for Max"

* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: In one episode, Ruby wants to buy Grandma Bunny a birthday present, and tries to talk Max out of buying her something ''he'' would want--like candy vampire fangs. However, it's subverted when we find out that Grandma has a sense of humor and likes candy vampire fangs as well as thoughtfully chosen presents.

** In "Max's Dragon Shirt" Ruby sees [[ExplosiveBreeder a group of young bunnies]] [[ChildrenInTow following their mother]].

* EndOfSeriesAwareness: "Max and Ruby's Big Finish"

* JerkAss: Ruby can be this in a few episodes towards Max, much to his annoyance. In the second half of the first series, Ruby becomes an even bigger jerk to Max. [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct Rebecca Peters gives a fantastic performance when Ruby gets really angry]], making Ruby sound like the AlphaBitch at school, enough for Max to give a angry glare right back.

* MultiPartEpisode: Played straight in a few episodes for example, "Surprise Ruby"/"Ruby's Birthday Party"/"Ruby's Birthday Present". It would have been funnier if they had the words [[ToBeContinued "To Be Continued..."]] at the end of the first two.

* NotNowKiddo: Max gets this from Ruby quite often.

* RogerRabbitEffect: While no live-action shots are ever seen in the animated series or the actual books. This was only present in the spin-off books called "Baby Max And Ruby" which combines real life objects with the characters.

* SilentSnarker: Max usually toward Ruby depending on the moment.
* SlidingScaleOfAnimalCommunication: Level 1 - only rabbits can talk.

* TakingTheBullet: By Ruby at a party in "Max Play Catch", when she leaps in front of a cake or flan- whatever it is to save it from a baseball. Extra points for silent BigNo.
* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Max and Ruby's Grandmother and there Bunnyscout Leader are one of the most notable characters to be seen wearing shoes.
* TheQuietOne: Max, Roger, Martha, Morris, and Baby Huffington.

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Episodes can be found on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjF2lVpoUweXPGf0oRJcP0A the show's official Youtube channel]], courtesy of Nelvana.

''Max and Ruby'' is a series of children's books, written by Creator/RosemaryWells. It has been adapted by Creator/{{Nelvana}} into a Canadian children's cartoon/KidCom (helmed by Wells), which aired on Creator/TreehouseTV from its 2002 debut to 2019. Production of new episodes stopped for a while around 2007, but the continued popularity of the series led to revived production of new episodes, with seven official seasons of the program to date and a [[TheMerch revived merchandise line.]]

* DancePartyEnding: "Grandma's Dance" ends with Grandma tap-dancing for her guests during her birthday party with MAx and Ruby joining in.

* HalloweenEpisode: At least three Halloween of them.

* JerkAss: Ruby can be this in a few episodes towards Max, much to his annoyance. Taken UpToEleven in the second half of the first series, when Ruby becomes an even bigger jerk to Max. [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct Rebecca Peters gives a fantastic performance when Ruby gets really angry]], making Ruby sound like the AlphaBitch at school, enough for Max to give a angry glare right back.

* EveryEpisodeEnding: Ruby gets her happy ending because Max ignores her and gets involved. He literally has the last word.

Max and Ruby are a pair of young sibling rabbits who live in a fairly normal suburb. Their parents are [[InvisibleParents seemingly nonexistent,]] so it usually falls to older Ruby to look after the younger Max. Young Max, however, is a rambunctious troublemaker with a hugely one-track mind -- such to the point that in every episode, his dialogue typically consists of [[PokemonSpeak only one word, repeated with a variety of different inflections.]] In over her head, the somewhat controlling Ruby often tries to bend him to her will. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption And typically fails.]] Sometimes, she even goes so far as to drag Max into her ZanyScheme of the day. It typically works out all right in the end, however, and Max's meddling desire to get what he wants is often strangely beneficial to Ruby's scheming.

* CryingWolf: In "The Bunny Who Cried Lobster," Ruby tells Max the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf, with Max cast a boy minding toy chicks against wolf attack, after he claims that his toy lobster somehow got out of the cupboard, swiped a piece of her upside-down cake, and went back into the cupboard. (Not that actually says as much directly, he just [[PokemonSpeak says "lobster"]] when she points out what happened to her cake.) As it turns out, it's a BrokenAesop from the beginning, as Max is telling the truth, as Ruby finds out when she concludes the story, summarizes the moral, and then watches the lobster do the exact same thing after she hears Max shout "Lobster!" again. Additionally, in Ruby's version of the story, the villagers actually tell the boy point-blank after the second time that they ''won't'' believe him if he calls out a third time, which means they're being actively ''stupid'', as they've now directly surrendered responsibility to someone they've admitted they won't come for when he calls.

* PokemonSpeak: He doesn't simply say his ''name,'' but the way Max talks (often saying nothing but a ''single word'' throughout an episode, with multiple inflections to reflect his emotions) is very reminiscent of this. This becomes averted in the newest episodes that have Max speaking in full sentences.