History Series / TheFurchesterHotel

* {{Catchphrase}}:
** Funella: "We welcome you with furry arms!"
** Pheobe: "Fuzza-wubba! That gives me a monster idea!"
** The Tea Time Monsters: "Ugga-wugga tea time, ugga-wugga clink! Ugga-wugga tea time, ugga-wugga drink!"

* ShoutOut: Episode 109 "Mystery Weekend" has various parodies of famous fictional detectives, including [[Literature/MissMarple Miss Marbles]], [[Series/PerryMason Penguin Mason]], and a raccoon named Inspector Raccoonseau who is named after [[Film/ThePinkPanther Inspector Jacque Clouseau]], and has the voice and mannerisms of Series/{{Columbo}} (funnily enough, the main ''Sesame Street'' once had their own Columbo parody named "Colambo"). Sherlock Hemlock also appears, but is reduced to a silent background cameo, as Jerry Nelson had died two years prior to the episode's production.

** Elwood the Woodpecker has SuperOCD about needing to peck, which is a problem when he reduces most of the furniture in his room to sawdust. He makes it clear that he has to, and cannot be physically stopped, and thus they find a compromise when it's revealed he can peck the glockenspiel quite well.

* AdultsAreUseless: Averted. Auntie Funella and Uncle Fergus are quite capable of solving problems... some of the time. Phoebe seems to have all the family intelligence.

* CryCute: Pierce when he admits that he has no friends because everyone's scared of his spines.

* AscendedExtra: Originally performed by Mak Wilson, Gonger was used during series 1 as sort of a one-note character: he'd randomly appear to ring a gong, leading to the Tea Time Monsters stampeding through the hotel to get to their tea, and never show up again until the next episode. During series 2, however, the character was recast to Warrick Brownlow-Pike, and given a more prominent role as the hotel cook (complete with permanent chef's toque and apron). When ''Furchester'' ended its run on [=CBeebies=], Gonger was imported to the American ''Sesame Street'' for "Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck", and Brownlow-Pike came along with him, becoming the only currently-active U.K. puppeteer working on the show. Since then, Gonger has gained official ''Sesame'' merchandise, book appearances, and even a walk-around character at ''Sesame Street Live!'' stage shows and at the Sesame Place theme park in Langhorne, PA.

* AscendedExtra: Originally performed by Mak Wilson, Gonger was used during series 1 as sort of a one-note character: he'd randomly appear to ring a gong, leading to the Tea Time Monsters stampeding through the hotel to get to their tea, and never show up again until the next episode. During series 2, however, the character was recast to Warrick Brownlow-Pike, and given a more prominent role as the hotel cook (complete with permanent chef's toque and apron). When ''Furchester'' ended its run on CBeebies, Gonger was imported to the American ''Sesame Street'' for "Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck", and Brownlow-Pike came along with him, becoming the only currently-active U.K. puppeteer working on the show. Since then, Gonger has gained official ''Sesame'' merchandise, book appearances, and even a walk-around character at ''Sesame Street Live!'' stage shows and at the Sesame Place theme park in Langhorne, PA.

* AscendedExtra: Originally performed by Mak Wilson, Gonger was used during series 1 as sort of a one-note character: he'd randomly appear to ring a gong, leading to the Tea Time Monsters stampeding through the hotel to get to their tea, and never show up again until the next episode. During series 2, however, the character was recast to Warrick Brownlow-Pike, and given a more prominent role as the hotel cook (complete with permanent chef's toque and apron). When ''Furchester'' ended its run on cBeebies, Gonger was imported to the American ''Sesame Street'' for "Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck", and Brownlow-Pike came along with him, becoming the only currently-active U.K. puppeteer working on the show. Since then, Gonger has gained official ''Sesame'' merchandise, book appearances, and even a walk-around character at ''Sesame Street Live!'' stage shows and at the Sesame Place theme park in Langhorne, PA.

* ASpotOfTea: Mr. Dull and the Tea Time monsters. Justified as this is Britain and tea time is SeriousBusiness.

* AscendedExtra: Originally performed by Mak Wilson, Gonger was used during series 1 as sort of a one-note character: he'd randomly appear to ring a gong, leading to the Tea Time Monsters stampeding through the hotel to get to their tea, and never show up again until the next episode. During series 2, however, the character was recast to Warrick Brownlow-Pike, and given a more prominent role as the hotel cook (complete with permanent chef's toque and apron). When ''Furchester'' ended its run on cBeebies, Gonger was imported to the American ''Sesame Street'' for "Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck", and Brownlow-Pike came along with him, becoming the only currently-active U.K. puppeteer working on the show. Since then, Gonger has gained official ''Sesame'' merchandise, book appearances, and even a walk-around character at ''Sesame Street Live!'' stage shows and at Sesame Place in Pennsylvania.

* AscendedExtra: Originally performed by Mak Wilson, Gonger was used during series 1 as sort of a one-note character: he'd randomly appear to ring a gong, leading to the Tea Time Monsters stampeding through the hotel to get to their tea. During series 2, however, the character was recast to Warrick Brownlow-Pike, and given a more prominent role as the hotel cook (complete with permanent chef's toque and apron). When ''Furchester'' ended its run on cBeebies, Gonger was imported to the American ''Sesame Street'' for "Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck", and Brownlow-Pike came along with him, becoming the only currently-active U.K. puppeteer working on the show. Since then, Gonger has gained official ''Sesame'' merchandise, book appearances, and even a walk-around character at ''Sesame Street Live!'' stage shows and at Sesame Place in Pennsylvania.

* AscendedExtra: Originally performed by Mak Wilson, Gonger was used during series 1 as sort of a one-note character: he'd randomly appear to ring a gong, leading to the Tea Time Monsters stampeding through the hotel to get to their tea. During series 2, however, the character was recast to Warrick Brownlow-Pike, and given a more prominent role as the hotel cook (complete with permanent chef's toque and apron). When ''Furchester'' ended its run on cBeebies, Gonger was imported to the American ''Sesame Street'' for "Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck", and Brownlow-Pike came along with him, becoming the only currently-active U.K. puppeteer working on the show.