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* CanadaEh: However, this plays up to stereotypes. Most of the voice cast is also Canadian across both seasons.
** The second season's animation was produced by Atkinson Film-Arts[[labelnote:*]]Assisted by Creator/ToeiAnimation in Japan and Creator/HanhoHeungUp in South Korea, both uncredited[[/labelnote]], one of the last projects they worked on before going bankrupt. Also, much of the second season cast was Canadian, including Phil Hartman's replacement, Creator/MauriceLaMarche.
* CanonForeigner: Jay, Lars, Mr. Cavallini and Professor Mentalapse.

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* CanadaEh: However, this plays up to stereotypes. Most of the voice cast is also Canadian across both seasons.
** The second season's animation was produced by Atkinson Film-Arts[[labelnote:*]]Assisted by Creator/ToeiAnimation in Japan and Creator/HanhoHeungUp in South Korea, both uncredited[[/labelnote]], one of the last projects they worked on before going bankrupt. Also, much of the second season cast was Canadian, including Phil Hartman's replacement, Creator/MauriceLaMarche.
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* PreferJailToTheProtagonist:
** In "Circus Berserkus", Mr. Wilson is forced to take Dennis and Joey to the circus at Mrs. Wilson's request. At the circus, [[RepulsiveRingmaster a wicked ringmaster]] tries to sabotage it as revenge for getting fired from it. His plans include releasing a live bear and a live tiger from their cages and cutting the ropes to the tent to cause it to collapse, but all of those plans are foiled thanks to Dennis and Joey's antics. At the end of the episode, the ringmaster is arrested, and he begs for the police to take him to jail so that he doesn't have to be near Dennis and Joey, who have been oblivious to his presence throughout the episode.
--->'''Dennis:''' Gee, what's the matter with him?\\
'''Mr. Wilson:''' I don't know, but I can relate to it.
** In "Strike Up the Band", Henry and Mr. Wilson gets jobs as police officers and pursue a purse snatcher. Around the same time, Dennis forms his own band with him on trumpet, Margaret on cymbals, Gina on accordion, and Joey on drums. However, because they all play different songs at the same time, their music is atrocious. The purse snatcher manages to evade Henry and Mr. Wilson, but when he hears Dennis' band playing, he surrenders to them so that he can go to jail and not have to listen to it.
** In "Faulty Alarm", Henry installs a burglar alarm in Mr. Wilson's house, but Dennis accidentally sets the alarm off a few times, which results in the police giving Mr. Wilson a ticket. When a real burglar tries to rob Mr. Wilson's house, Dennis and Ruff capture him. Dennis is made an honorary deputy by the police, who decide to pardon Mr. Wilson of his false alarm ticket if he promises to get rid of his alarm. Dennis tells Mr. Wilson he won't need it anyway, since he'll be coming over to his house every day to protect it. Upon hearing this, Mr. Wilson tells the police chief that he'd like a jail cell with a view.

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* CargoConcealmentCaper: In the episode, "Ice Show Show-Off", Mr. Wilson takes Dennis to an ice show, but makes the mistake of giving his ticket to Dennis. When Mr. Wilson is stopped at the front door of the arena by the manager, he tries to explain the situation to him, but the manager doesn't believe him. To get into the arena, Mr. Wilson hides in a barrel set to go on stage for an ice-skating routine. As the workers take the barrels inside, one of them complains about how heavy one of them is, not knowing Mr. Wilson is inside it. Mr. Wilson later finds out that the ice-skating routine involves a skater jumping over twelve barrels, and when he hears that the skater's blades are razor-sharp, he tries to escape by rolling his barrel, but only ends up messing up the skater's routine and getting caught by the manager.
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* DayHurtsDarkAdjustedEyes: "Journey to the Center of Uncle Charlie's Farm" features Fred, a young boy who lives in a subterranean civilization near the well of Uncle Charlie's farm and only visits the surface world at night. He is able to speak English due to watching late night television, allowing him to communicate with Dennis and Joey. Near the end of the episode, the three are brought to the surface world after dislodging some boulders holding the water back. Fred puts on some sunglasses to protect his eyes, as he's not used to sunlight due to spending most of his time underground. When Joey tells him to come back and visit him and Dennis so they can go to the zoo or the amusement park together, Fred tells them he'd rather do those things at night, and asks him and Dennis how they can stand the sun.

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* ComedicUnderwearExposure: In "Wilson The Mayor" Mr. Wilson's belt is attached to a lifting crane, which rips his pants off in the process, leaving him in pink underwear with polka dots.



* GoofyPrintUnderwear: In "A Couple of Coo-Coos" Mr. Wilson splits his pants while climbing a fence, exposing polka-dot underwear.



* TerribleTrio: Winston and his two lackeys form one in "Wheeling and Double-Dealing".

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* TerribleTrio: Winston and his two lackeys form one in "Wheeling and Double-Dealing".Double-Dealing"


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* TheNudifier: In "Gorilla Warfare" a giant gorilla strips Mr. Wilson from his bathrobe, leaving him only in his colorful boxer shorts.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Dennis was often this for almost anything Mr. Wilson tried to do. He also became this for antagonists ranging from human criminals to evil space aliens villains. Other kids like Margaret and Joey sometimes joined in on it.

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Dennis was often this for almost anything Mr. Wilson tried to do. He also became this for antagonists wrecked the schemes of villains ranging from human criminals to evil space aliens villains.aliens. Other kids like Margaret and Joey sometimes joined in on it.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Dennis was often this for almost anything Mr. Wilson tried to do. He also became this for antagonists ranging from human criminals to evil space aliens villains. Other kids like Margaret and Joey sometimes joined in on it.
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* LearntEnglishFromWatchingTelevision: In "Journey to the Center of Uncle Charlie's Farm", Dennis and Joey search for their missing basketball in the bottom of the well of Uncle Charlie's farm, where they discover an underground subterranean civilization who speak in a native language. They befriend a young boy named Fred, who is able to understand their English language, having learned to speak it from sneaking into Uncle Charlie's house in the middle of the night and watching television (particularly the cartoons).
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%%* OffModel: This is a [=DiC=] cartoon after all.
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** In the 1993 episode, "Caution! Boy at Work", the "Screech", "Jump", and "Ring" sound effects from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' can be heard when Dennis plays an arcade game at Hasty Mart. At the time, [=DiC=] had produced [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog two different animated]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM series based on the]] ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]'' games.
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* GroceryStoreEpisode: In "The Supermarket", Dennis, Joey, and Ruff go to the supermarket to buy some ginger for Alice. Mr. Haskel, the supermarket's manager, is worried that Dennis is going to cause trouble. Ruff makes a mess of the supermarket, and when he chases Mr. Haskel, Mr. Haskel kicks Dennis, Joey, and Ruff out before they even have a chance to buy ginger. Dennis and Joey later use a picnic blanket to disguise themselves as a an old lady to get back into the supermarket. When Dennis finally buys the ginger, he becomes the one millionth customer and is rewarded with the opportunity to shop at the supermarket all month without charge, much to Mr. Haskel's horror.

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* GroceryStoreEpisode: In "The Supermarket", Dennis, Joey, and Ruff go to the supermarket to buy some ginger for Alice. Mr. Haskel, the supermarket's manager, is worried that Dennis is going to cause trouble. Ruff makes a mess of the supermarket, and when he chases Mr. Haskel, Mr. Haskel kicks Dennis, Joey, and Ruff out before they even have a chance to buy ginger. Dennis and Joey later use a picnic blanket to disguise themselves as a an old lady to get back into the supermarket. When Dennis finally buys the ginger, he becomes the one millionth customer and is rewarded with the opportunity to shop at the supermarket all month without charge, much to Mr. Haskel's horror.

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