History Trivia / ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop

* ReferencedBy: "The Power of Love by Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood opens with the lines "I will protect you from The Hooded Claw/Keep the vampires from your door."

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An early sketch for the series featured Penelope's younger brother, Johnny Pitstop, who had Dick Dastardly and Muttley as his bodyguards. The latter two [[Main/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines already had their own show]], precluding them appearing (though the Hooded Claw did mention Dastardly in one episode). Another early idea for the series had Dastardly himself as the main villain in place of the Hooded Claw. Again, Dastardly and Muttley having their own series prevented this from happening, which is why the Hooded Claw is a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An early sketch for the series featured Penelope's younger brother, Johnny Pitstop, who had Dastardly and Muttley as his bodyguards.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** The {{Narrator}} is WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost and [[WesternAnimation/SWATKats Commander Feral]] (from [[LaughIn beautiful downtown Burbank)]].
** The villain is [[WesternAnimation/TheCattanoogaCats Mildew Wolf]], [[Series/{{Bewitched}} Uncle Arthur]] and [[Series/TheHollywoodSquares the center square]].
** Penelope is [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Judy Jetson]] and Josie from ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats''.
** The head of the Ant Hill Mob is [[WackyRaces Dick Dastardly]], [[WesternAnimation/TheBananaSplits Fleagle]], [[Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Tigger]], [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears Zummi Gummi]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs Gargamel]].
** Dum Dum, Pockets, Snoozy and Zippy were Franchise/ScoobyDoo
** Yak Yak and the Bully Brothers were ManOfAThousandVoices Creator/MelBlanc

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An early sketch for the series featured Penelope's younger brother, Johnny Pitstop, and had Dastardly and Muttley as his bodyguards.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Animation historian Jerry Beck claimed in his book ''The Hanna-Barbera Treasury'' that this series "featured the Ant Hill Mob as [Penelope's] chief rival". Probably never seen an episode before in his life (or watched WackyRaces instead).

** Penelope is [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Judy Jetson]] and Josie from ''JosieAndThePussycats''.
** The head of the Ant Hill Mob is [[WackyRaces Dick Dastardly]], [[WesternAnimation/TheBananaSplits Fleagle]], [[Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Tigger]], [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears Zummi Gummi]] and [[TheSmurfs Gargamel]].
** Dm Dum, Pockets, Snoozy and Zippy were ScoobyDoo
** Yak Yak and the Bully Brothers were ManOfAThousandVoices MelBlanc

** The villain is [[WesternAnimation/TheCattanoogaCats Mildew Wolf]] and [[Series/{{Bewitched}} Uncle Arthur]].

** The {{Narrator}} is SpaceGhost and [[WesternAnimation/SWATKats Commander Feral]] (from [[LaughIn beautiful downtown Burbank)]].

** Penelope is [[TheJetsons Judy Jetson]] and Josie from ''JosieAndThePussycats''.

** Yak Yak was ManOfAThousandVoices MelBlanc

** Yak Yak was ManOfAThousandVoices MelBlanc

** The head of the Ant Hill Mob is [[WackyRaces Dick Dastardly]], [[WesternAnimation/TheBananaSplits Fleagle]], [[WinnieThePooh Tigger]], [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears Zummi Gummi]] and [[TheSmurfs Gargamel]].

** The {{Narrator}} is SpaceGhost and [[WesternAnimation/SWATKats Commander Feral]] [from [[LaughIn beautiful downtown Burbank]]].

** The {{Narrator}} is Gary Owens (SpaceGhost and [[WesternAnimation/SWATKats Commander Feral]] [from [[LaughIn beautiful downtown Burbank]]]).
** The villain is Paul Lynde ([[WesternAnimation/TheCattanoogaCats Mildew Wolf]] and [[Series/{{Bewitched}} Uncle Arthur]].
** Penelope is Janet Waldo ([[TheJetsons Judy Jetson]] and Josie from ''JosieAndThePussycats'').
** The head of the Ant Hill Mob is PaulWinchell ([[WackyRaces Dick Dastardly]], [[WesternAnimation/TheBananaSplits Fleagle]], [[WinnieThePooh Tigger]], [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears Zummi Gummi]] and [[TheSmurfs Gargamel]])).

** The villain is Paul Lynde ([[WesternAnimation/TheCattanoogaCats Mildew Wolf]] and [[{{Bewitched}} Uncle Arthur]].