History Series / DieSendungMitDerMaus

* Creator/WalterMoers: His character ''Series/CaptainBluebear'' became famous by regularly staring in the last story segment.

* {{Balloonacy}}: Turns up frequently in the MausSpots, courtesy the elephant. In one he blows a bubblegum bubble to float across a chasm, in another he ties a balloon to the duck to help her fly, and in a third he (very sweetly) ties one to the mouse's leg cast to help her along. He's also very nearly floated himself and others away while blowing soap bubbles.

* {{Balloonacy}}: Turns up frequently in the Mausspots, courtesy the elephant. In one he blows a bubblegum bubble to float across a chasm, in another he ties a balloon to the duck to help her fly, and in a third he (very sweetly) ties one to the mouse's leg cast to help her along. He's also very nearly floated himself and others away while blowing soap bubbles.

** For a 2016 April Fool's gag, the show's Facebook page posted a note suggesting that thanks to numerous complaints they were finally going to fix the issue once and for all, complete with [[https://www.digitalkompakt.de/content/uploads/2016/04/Sendung-mit-der-Maus-Aprilscherz.jpg convincing drawing]] of a teeny-tiny mouse at the feet of a massive elephant. Maus-Fans who missed the joke were not happy.

* LimitedWardrobe: Show host Christoph always wears a green pullover. In one post-episode scene, he eventually reveals that he effectively has a [[WesternAnimation/Doug Doug Funnie closet]] – with a green sweater pullover for each day of the week.

* LimitedWardrobe: Show host Christoph always wears a green pullover.

** For a 2016 April Fool's gag, the show's Facebook page posted a note suggesting that thanks to numerous complaints they were finally going to fix the issue once and for all, complete with [[https://www.digitalkompakt.de/content/uploads/2016/04/Sendung-mit-der-Maus-Aprilscherz.jpg convincing drawing]] of a teeny-tiny mouse at the feet of a massive elephant. Maus-Fans who missed the joke were _not_ happy.

** For a 2016 April Fool's gag, the show's Facebook page posted a note suggesting that thanks to numerous complaints they were finally going to fix the issue once and for all, complete with [[https://www.digitalkompakt.de/content/uploads/2016/04/Sendung-mit-der-Maus-Aprilscherz.jpg convincing drawing]] of a teeny-tiny mouse at the feet of a massive elephant. Maus-Fans who missed the joke were *not* happy.

* ShutUpHannibal: A kid-friendly version in "Gute Nacht Carola". A MonsterUnderTheBed boasts of how evil he is, but [[MinionWithAnFInEvil the worst he does]] is holding Carola's [[EverythingIsBetterWithPenguins plush penguin]] hostage. Carola fears nothing and calls him out on his "I am soooo scary" routine. "You're not evil - you're just ''petulant!''" The [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] monster sees the error of his (non-)ways, meekly allows Carola to rename him "Johnny", and while they might not be bestest friends ever after, he may sleep under her bed.

* FemmeFatalons and RapunzelHair: Non-villainous example in the 10th anniversary special of the Elephant Show. In typical ''Die Maus'' style, they show what could happen during ten years (in this case, if you don't cut your nails and hair).

* TheOneWith: The title of the show, which is basically an IconicCharacterForgottenTitle that was made official.

In the late 1980s or early 1990s a selection of episodes aired on Australian television, as ''Mouse TV'' or ''The Show with the Mouse''[[note]]dubbed by a German exporting company called [=TransTel=][[/note]]. The voice-over explanations were dubbed into English; the story segments were selected from the ones, such as the Little Mole stories, that were not primarily verbal. The Australian dub has since been exported worldwide.

* AscendedExtra: The mouse was initially designed only for a single animated short... which proved so popular that the producers asked for a series of her further adventures... and the rest is history.

** The elephant, introduced some time after the mouse, is noticeably more detailed and realistic (aside from being tiny and blue, of course). The duck, introduced some time past that, is more so again--it's even roughly the right colour.

* TheTrickster: The elephant clearly fancies himself as one (with enthusiastic help from the duck) but as he's still very little it doesn't always work out too well.