History Series / RoundTheTwist

Four series of 13 episodes each were made altogether, produced in 1989, 1992, 1999 and 2000, originally for the Creator/SevenNetwork but later picked up by Creator/TheABC. The first two series were based on the short stories of children's author Creator/PaulJennings, who also wrote the scripts. Due to "creative differences" Jennings left the show after that, taking the rights to his stories with him. When the show was revived seven years later by the Creator/{{ACTF}} (presumably to up the number of episodes to 52, i.e. one for every week of the year), it consisted of original stories written by a new team of writers. During the 7 years the show was off-air, ''Series/TheGenieFromDownUnder'' (a similar but far less popular show also made by the ACTF, but with ''an explanation'' for the unusual events that occurred) took its place. Around the same time, the even-lesser-known series ''Driven Crazy'', also based on Jennings' stories, aired on Creator/NetworkTen.

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* IncrediblyLamePun - Many, particularly from Pete.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Pete gets bit by a Transylvania Flea from a flea-circus, he transforms into a hairy wolf. He then has [[spoiler: 'puppy love' with Fiona's ''dog'']]

* CloningBlues - [[SdrawkcabName Adnil]], the mirror-image duplicate of Linda in the episode "The Copy".

The show was also run in Britain on Creator/{{CBBC}} and in America on Creator/FoxKids (around the time that FK was airing horror comedies, like ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}'', ''Series/EerieIndiana'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Toonsylvania}}''. Fox Kids in America even advertised ''Round The Twist'' as an Australian version of ''Goosebumps''[[note]]though it's more like ''Eerie, Indiana'' in that there's a running storyline rather than being strictly episodic[[/note]]), and hence the series has some recognition in both places.

* FreeRangeChildren

* MundaneFantastic.

* TitleThemeTune

* MundaneFantastic

* {{Padding}} - The plot can move surprisingly slowly. "Yuckles", for instance, features about eight minutes of the Twists and Gribbles wandering around the forest. Other than Pete [[AmusingInjuries slipping while]] [[GroinAttack crossing a log bridge]], all that really happens is a demonstration of the Yuckles' ability to mimic other objects and then explode, which barely needs one minute to show.
** The credits also take up quite a long time - about fifty seconds opening and ninety-six seconds closing. Given that the whole video - excluding any commercial breaks - is only about 22-26 minutes long, that's usually more than ten per cent of the run time.

* AccidentalInnuendo: Due to differences in Australian slang, Gribbs in "Smelly Feat" comments that Bronson "probably couldn't even do up his own thong".

* HilariousInHindsight - In "Seeing the Light", the results for the senate election have just come in. Early reports have Nell Sands (Independent) getting [[LandslideElection 95% of the vote]], but Harold Gribble (Progressive Conservative) still demands a recount "for the sake of democracy", foreshadowing Donald Trump's weeks of attempting to overturn the 2020 US Presidential election after it became clear that Joe Biden had won.

* KissingCousins

* PlantPeople: The ''Cabbage Patch Fib''

* SeriesFauxnale - "Seeing the Light" ends the second season and has many elements of a Grand Finale (such as the implication of Pete and Fiona [[RelationshipUpgrade hooking up]]), after which there is an eight year break. Series 3 is basically a {{reboot}} which stories no longer adapted from Jennings' stories and most of the earlier story arcs ditched.

-->Have you ever
-->Ever felt like this?
-->Have strange things happened?
-->Are you going round the twist?

* SeriesFauxnale - "Seeing the Light" ends the second season and has many elements of a Grand Finale (such as the implication of Pete and Fiona [[TheyDo hooking up]]), after which there is an eight year break. Series 3 is basically a {{reboot}} which stories no longer adapted from Jennings' stories and most of the earlier story arcs ditched.

* AntiEnvironmentalistAntagonist - In "Sloppy Jalopy", the kids discover that Gribble is secretly disposing of toxic waste by pumping it onto the beach.