History WesternAnimation / BozoTheWorldsMostFamousClown

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In"Beast With the Least," Bozo is running a giant mechanical dragon that the police (and Butch) think is real. An APB is issued:

* BumblingHenchmenDuo: Some cartoons featured two thugs, Short Biggie and Big Shorty. Short Biggie was the pint-sized leader (Paul Frees voice) and Big Shorty was his lumbering stooge (Larry Harmon). Needless to say, they never came out on top against Bozo as on a SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat, they're about a 2. In season three, the two crooks took on different designs but same voices.

* BumblingHenchmenDuo: Some cartoons featured two thugs, Short Biggie and Big Shorty. Short Biggie was the pint-sized leader (Paul Frees voice) and Big Shorty was his lumbering stooge (Larry Harmon). Needless to say, they never came out on top against Bozo. In season three, the two crooks took on different designs.

* InsultBackfire: In "Red Riding Hood Hoodwinks," Bozo is dressed as grandma in an effort to apprehend the wolf (the cartoon plays out like a Dragnet episode). When the world comments on his nose, Bozo cracks "Flattery will get you nowhere!"

* TrivialTitle: The titular character of the episode "Broken Bones Jones" appears for about a minute and doesn't do anything except drive a demolition derby car up and down a pair of ramps.

* TrivialTitle: The titular character of the episode "Broken Bones Jones" appears for about a minute and doesn't do anything except drive a demolition derby car up and down a pair of ramps.

* NonSequiturThud: In "The Missing Sphinx of King Jinx," Butch is being chased by a mummy, who is actually Bozo (having been ambushed by their tour guide). Butch conks him with a mallet. followed by a dazed Bozo saying "I thought the light was green, officer!"

%% * NonIronicClown: You think?

In 1958, Harmon and Theodore Ticktin launched an animation studio where he had cartoons, billed as ''Bozo, The World's Most Famous Clown'', made. 157 cartoons were made through three seasons--1958, 1959 and 1962. Bozo was given a circus boss to play off as well as a kid sidekick Butchy Boy. The cartoons were general comedy adventures with Bozo usually squaring off against harmless monsters and evil-doers but generally mischief at the circus.

* SignatureLaugh: Bozo ended many cartoons with this, even when he came out on the losing end (like in "Big Man In Tin Can" and "Tally Ho Bozo")).

* SignatureLaugh: Bozo ended many cartoons with this, even when he came out on the losing end (like in "Big Man In Tin Can").

* LimitedAnimation: Pretty much a given, being a TV cartoon. Quality of movement varies significantly depending on the director (Jerry Hathcock was usually pretty good at staying on model).

%% * LimitedAnimation: And how. Especially the cartoons helmed by Ted Ticktin.

-->'''Oodles:''' If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!

%% * SignatureLaugh: Bozo ended many cartoons with this.

* NotSoAboveItAll: In the aforementioned episode with Oodles Duck, the hunter has Oodles at gunpoint. Oodles takes out a gun of his own and starts firing at the hunter.

* NotAboveItAll: In the aforementioned episode with Oodles Duck, the hunter has Oodles at gunpoint. Oodles takes out a gun of his own and starts firing at the hunter.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: In "Oodles Duck's Dilemma," Oodles (a duck that appeared in at least two cartoons) is being chased by a duck hunter. As the hunter chaes Oodles off a cliff and hovers in mid-air:

* RhymesOnADime: Many episode titles fall into this, such as "Please Please Hercules," "Big Deal On a Small Wheel," "Paleface Chase" and "Beast With The Least."

* {{Blooper}}: Being a TV budget cartoon there are plenty of them, but a glaring once occurs in "Please Please Hercules." Two bank robbers who stole the circus payroll have Bozo and Butch tied up in a basement when the circus starts a procession through town. As Hercules the elephant (with whom Bozo established a bond) passes by, Bozo calls for help out to him. In one scene Bozo's hands are tied, the next--an exterior shot-- Bozo's arms are untied as he cups his hands around his mouth to call out. The scene following has him tied up again.

* ChekhovsGun: In "Paleface Chase," Bozo and Butch are in a runaway train engine which levels an Indian settlement. During the ride, they retrieve a sack of mail dated 1859. Bozo and Butch are held by the Indian chief for what they did, saying war is imminent against the white man. Bozo tells them the President signed a peace treaty but the chief says he never received it. When Bozo presents the mail bag, the chief finds the treaty in it, signed as official by the President. The Indians make peace and make Bozo an honorary chief.