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There was also an AnimatedAdaptation by Creator/CosgroveHall which was narrated by the late Ronnie Corbett.


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There was also an AnimatedAdaptation by Creator/CosgroveHall which was narrated by the late Ronnie Corbett.Corbett and aired on Creator/{{CITV}}.

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* TypicalCartoonAnimalColors: Woof the dog is solid brown, Meow the cat is solid orange, Oink the pig is pink, Trumpet the elephant is gray, Squeak the mouse is tan, Moo the cow is white with brown blotches [[AdaptationDyeJob in the TV series]], Buzz the bee is yellow and black, Roar the lion is yellow with a brown mane, Snap the crocodile, Hiss the snake and Croak the frog are both green, Cluck the chicken is orange with a red comb and yellow beak, Growl the tiger is yellow, Quack the duck is white with a yellow bill, Hoot the owl is brown, Puff the panda is black and white and Baa the sheep is gray with while wool.

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There was also a TV show by Creator/CosgroveHall which was narrated by the late Ronnie Corbett.


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There was also a TV show an AnimatedAdaptation by Creator/CosgroveHall which was narrated by the late Ronnie Corbett.




* AdaptationDyeJob:
** In the original books, Moo is tan. On the TV series, however, she's white with brown blotches.
** Honk is likewise black on the original book, but purple on the TV series.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Neigh the horse is red, Honk the seal is purple [[AdaptationDyeJob in the TV series]] and Grizzle the bear is magenta.



* TheOwlKnowingOne: Subverted with Hoot. He thinks he's intelligent because he's an owl but he pretty much makes up answers to questions on the fly. Squawk eventually exposes the truth. Played straight on the other books/episodes he appears in, though.

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* TheOwlKnowingOne: Subverted with Hoot. He thinks he's intelligent because he's an owl owl, but he pretty much makes up answers to questions on the fly. fly, which Squawk eventually exposes exposes, and doesn't know the truth.spelling of the word "Tuesday". Played straight on the other books/episodes he appears in, though.


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* TypicalCartoonAnimalColors: Woof the dog is solid brown, Meow the cat is solid orange, Oink the pig is pink, Trumpet the elephant is gray, Squeak the mouse is tan, Moo the cow is white with brown blotches [[AdaptationDyeJob in the TV series]], Buzz the bee is yellow and black, Roar the lion is yellow with a brown mane, Snap the crocodile, Hiss the snake and Croak the frog are both green, Cluck the chicken is orange with a red comb and yellow beak, Growl the tiger is yellow, Quack the duck is white with a yellow bill, Hoot the owl is brown, Puff the panda is black and white and Baa the sheep is gray with while wool.

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Timbuctoo is a book series about FunnyAnimals by Roger Hargreaves. (Yes, that [[Literature/MrMen Roger Hargreaves]])

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Timbuctoo is a book series about FunnyAnimals by Roger Hargreaves. (Yes, Hargreaves (yes, that [[Literature/MrMen Roger Hargreaves]])
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There was also a tv show by Creator/CosgroveHall which was narrated by the late Ronnie Corbett.


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There was also a tv TV show by Creator/CosgroveHall which was narrated by the late Ronnie Corbett.




* FunnyAnimal: Half of the population of Timbuctoo consists of animals who can stand up on two legs and talk.
* ForgetfulJones: Woof. His own story involves him forgetting how to bark and instead ends up doing different animal noises to scare birds until he meets another dog who tells him that dogs should woof, which ends up going wrong because the other dog calls him a silly billy and in the end, instead of barking at the bird, he shouts "You silly billy!" at a bird.
* StubbornMule: Bray, in both a literal and figurative sense.

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* FunnyAnimal: Half of the population of Timbuctoo consists of LivingPolyhedron-shaped animals who can stand up on two legs and talk.
* ForgetfulJones: Woof. His own story involves him forgetting how to bark and instead ends up doing making different animal noises to scare birds until he meets another dog who tells him that dogs should woof, which ends up going wrong because the other dog calls him a silly billy and in the end, instead of barking at the bird, he shouts "You silly billy!" at a bird.
* StubbornMule: Bray, in both a literal and figurative sense.
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* TheOwlKnowingOne: Subverted with Hoot. He thinks he's intelligent because he's an owl but he pretty much makes up answers to questions on the fly. Squawk eventually exposes the truth.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] While FunnyAnimals take up a majority of Timbuctoo's population, [[LivingPolyhedron Living Polyhedrons]] like the Literature/MrMen also live there.

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* TheOwlKnowingOne: Subverted with Hoot. He thinks he's intelligent because he's an owl but he pretty much makes up answers to questions on the fly. Squawk eventually exposes the truth. \n Played straight on the other books/episodes he appears in, though.
* StubbornMule: Bray, in both a literal and figurative sense.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] While FunnyAnimals take up a majority of Timbuctoo's population, [[LivingPolyhedron Living Polyhedrons]] like which are similar to the Literature/MrMen also live there.there. The TV series removes the latter, however, playing this straight.
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Timbuctoo is a book series about FunnyAnimals by Roger Hargreaves. (Yes, that [[Literature/MrMen Roger Hargreaves]])

The animals are named after the sound they make.

There was also a tv show by Creator/CosgroveHall which was narrated by the late Ronnie Corbett.


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* DoesNotLikeSpam: Moo is not fond of porridge, which is the only thing she can eat until she tries grass for the first time after trying other varieties of food and not liking them either.
* FunnyAnimal: Half of the population of Timbuctoo consists of animals who can stand up on two legs and talk.
* ForgetfulJones: Woof. His own story involves him forgetting how to bark and instead ends up doing different animal noises to scare birds until he meets another dog who tells him that dogs should woof, which ends up going wrong because the other dog calls him a silly billy and in the end, instead of barking at the bird, he shouts "You silly billy!" at a bird.
* StubbornMule: Bray, in both a literal and figurative sense.
* TheKlutz: Bleat.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] While FunnyAnimals take up a majority of Timbuctoo's population, [[LivingPolyhedron Living Polyhedrons]] like the Literature/MrMen also live there.

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