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* WhamEpisode: In one episode, Fat Albert befriends a Latino kid whose older brother is involved in a gang. [[spoiler:The kid is later killed when he sees someone pull a gun on his brother and he [[HeroicSacrifice pushes the brother out of the way, taking the bullet himself]]. And the whole thing is dealt with the severity it deserves. There is some {{Narm}} involved near the end of the episode when a memorial plaque is revealed which doesn't have the kid's name or picture, just a picture of his hat.]] The ScareEmStraight episode also qualifies, especially its use of ''uncensored swear words''. The 1984 series had the gang confront a White supremacist group and Lane Scheimer's (son of Lou Scheimer) convincing voice performance as the ringleader, George, is quite chilling given the other Filmation voice roles for which he is known (''WesternAnimation/SportBilly'').
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* WhamEpisode: In one episode, Fat Albert befriends a Latino kid whose older brother is involved in a gang. [[spoiler:The kid is later killed when he sees someone pull a gun on his brother and he [[HeroicSacrifice pushes the brother out of the way, taking the bullet himself]]. And the whole thing is dealt with the severity it deserves. The brother swears revenge on the other gang, until Fat Albert delivers one of the most ''scathing'' TheReasonYouSuck speeches in television history, asking where the cycle of killing will end. There is some {{Narm}} involved near the end of the episode when a memorial plaque is revealed which doesn't have the kid's name or picture, just a picture of his hat.]] The ScareEmStraight episode also qualifies, especially its use of ''uncensored swear words''. The 1984 series had the gang confront a White supremacist group and Lane Scheimer's (son of Lou Scheimer) convincing voice performance as the ringleader, George, is quite chilling given the other Filmation voice roles for which he is known (''WesternAnimation/SportBilly'').
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Tyrone was a JerkassWoobie ever since the death of his wife, Martha, including yelling at poor children and ruining fun for Albert and his friends. Mudfoot shoots him a question that actually gets through to Tyrone, [[HeelFaceTurn eventually making him change his attitude toward the end of the episode]]
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Tyrone was a JerkassWoobie ever since the death of his wife, Martha, including yelling at poor children and ruining fun for Albert and his friends. Mudfoot shoots him a question that actually gets through to Tyrone, [[HeelFaceTurn eventually making him change his attitude toward the end of the episode]] episode]].
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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: In Portugal, the theme song in their dub of the series (which was made in ''[[LateExportForYou 2012]]'') uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oMbTJbBYIU different instruments]].
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* AWeightyAesop: A variation occurs in one episode where Fat Albert and another friend of his, Slim Noodleton, eat nothing but junk food for a while. After a trip to the dentist reveals cavities, Albert decides to try a more balanced diet, while Slim remains hooked on sweets. Interestingly, the episode doesn't make a "losing weight" argument--after all, the main character is still ''Fat'' Albert--instead showing Albert gaining more energy and overall improved health thanks to his food choices, while Slim remains easily winded and prone to stomach problems because of his habits. So the moral becomes "Eat better to feel better" instead of "eat better to lose weight."
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* JerkassHasAPoint: The prison episode has a pair of unnamed inmates speaking to Fat Albert and company during their "scared straight" visit. They are very direct and ''not at all friendly;'' Some are downright ''creepy.'' They tell the kids how horrifying prison is and how torturous their experience has been. One even explains that he's serving a twenty year sentence and he'll never be same again once he gets out since all he has ever known is prison life.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: The prison episode has a pair of unnamed inmates speaking to Fat Albert and company during their "scared straight" visit. They are very direct and ''not at all friendly;'' Some are downright ''creepy.'' They tell the kids how horrifying prison is and how torturous their experience has been. One even explains that he's serving a twenty year sentence and he'll never be the same again once he gets out out, since all he has ever known is prison life.
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* CoolBigBro: Framey gives the gang gifts like pizza and a motorbike funded by his rich big brother Muggles in "Mister Big Time". Unfortunately, it later turns out that his big bro is a peddler.
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* BlowingSmokeRings: Wombley breathes smoke rings in "Smoke Gets in Your Hair" into Albert's face.
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* SmokeRings: Wombley breathes smoke rings in "Smoke Gets in Your Hair" into Albert's face.
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* SmokeRings: Wombley breathes smoke rings in "Smoke Gets in Your Hair" into Albert's face.
* SmokingIsCool: Wombley smoking brings the attention of the gang and girls in "Smoke Gets in Your Hair". Of course, it turns into SmokingIsNotCool, as consequences for health and the general public appear.
* SmokingIsCool: Wombley smoking brings the attention of the gang and girls in "Smoke Gets in Your Hair". Of course, it turns into SmokingIsNotCool, as consequences for health and the general public appear.
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* StockFootage: A tradition for Filmation. Worth of note is the stock talking head close-ups that often had characters drawn ''really'' close to the "camera!"
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* StockFootage: A tradition for Filmation. The songs at the end of certain episodes either reuse footage from the episode or other songs, with characters sometimes blatantly changing instruments between shots. Worth of note is the stock talking head close-ups that often had characters drawn ''really'' close to the "camera!"
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* FunTShirt: Bill Cosby sometimes wwears a shirt with Fat Albert's "HEY HEY HEY" on it.
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* FunTShirt: Bill Cosby sometimes wwears wears a shirt with Fat Albert's "HEY HEY HEY" on it.
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* PrisonRape: Some of the prisoners give implied rape threats to the ganf in "Busted".
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* PrisonRape: Some of the prisoners give implied rape threats to the ganf gang in "Busted".
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Creator/BillCosby created this Creator/{{Filmation}} series, based on his boyhood in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} (and, more directly, on his StandUpComedy routines of the 1960s, like ''AudioPlay/IStartedOutAsAChild''). Cosby also appeared on camera as a {{Narrator}} and performed some of the character voices, including Fat Albert himself. The show ran [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday mornings]] on Creator/{{CBS}} from 1972 to 1984, followed by one additional season in first-run UsefulNotes/{{syndication}}. In addition to a good income and setting up a ready audience for ''Series/TheCosbyShow'' to rule the airwaves in the 1980s, Cosby also used this series to earn a Doctorate in Education, and become Dr. Cosby.
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Creator/BillCosby created this Creator/{{Filmation}} series, based on his boyhood in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} (and, more directly, on his StandUpComedy routines of the 1960s, like ''AudioPlay/IStartedOutAsAChild''). Cosby also appeared on camera as a live-action {{Narrator}} and performed some of the character voices, including Fat Albert himself. The show ran [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday mornings]] on Creator/{{CBS}} from 1972 to 1984, followed by one additional season in first-run UsefulNotes/{{syndication}}. There were also prime-time specials for {{Halloween|Special}}, {{Christmas|Special}} (both 1977), and {{Easter|Special}} (1982). In addition to a good income and setting up a ready audience for ''Series/TheCosbyShow'' to rule the airwaves in the 1980s, Cosby also used this series to earn a Doctorate in Education, and become Dr. Cosby.
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* FunTShirt: Bill Cosby sometimes wwears a shirt with Fat Albert's "HEY HEY HEY" on it.
* GoodFeelsGood: The gang obviously is for doing the right thing, with it usually bonding them even if they lose something material like the gifts in "Mister Big Time".
* GoodNewsBadNews: In "The Mainstream":
-->'''Miss Wucher''': The bad news is I have laryngitis. The good news is I'm going to teach anyway.
* GoodNewsBadNews: In "The Mainstream":
-->'''Miss Wucher''': The bad news is I have laryngitis. The good news is I'm going to teach anyway.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Subverted with Dennis. He is retarded (that's the word they use in the show), but it's more used for equality purposes. The episode "The Mainstream" showcases that he does need help sometimes, but he can do almost anything otherwise and in fact, some he can do better. He has to stay for a while in school to finish a painting for a class contest, but it wins unanimously.
* LaughTrack: There is a laugh track after some jokes, but it's used sparingly.
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* PrisonRape: Some of the prisoners give implied rape threats to the ganf in "Busted".
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* SecurityCling: In "Busted", Fat Albery jumps on Dumb Donald when a prisoner threatens him. It obviously doesn't work due to his weight.
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* WorldShapes: In the ''Brown Hornet'' segment of "The Mainstream", the planet Boota is shaped like a boot.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The Gang's pet duck, Cluck. He's seen in the intro and appears in the early episodes, but he didn't have much screen time and was eventually dropped from the cast altogether.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Devery, from the Halloween episode. His plans for a fun Halloween involves harassing adults for the hell of it (Mrs. Bakewell, Searchlight Jones, and Mudfoot). Not only does his dad punish him in the end, it's heavily implied that the Junkyard gang wants nothing more to do with him.
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* BigBallOfViolence: Happens whenever the gang starts fighting amongst themselves: a big cloud of dust with the occasional head, arm and leg projecting from it.
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* OfficeGames: In "The Stranger", Fat Albert, Weird Harold and Rudy are playing a game in the classroom that involves Fat Albert and Weird Harold throwing blackboard erasers at Rudy's face while Rudy attempts to block them with a textbook.
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* OfficeGames: OfficeSports: In "The Stranger", Fat Albert, Weird Harold and Rudy are playing a game in the classroom that involves Fat Albert and Weird Harold throwing blackboard erasers at Rudy's face while Rudy attempts to block them with a textbook.
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* ProducePelting: In "The Stranger", Rudy throws a tomato at Fat Albert, only for Albert to dodge and the tomato hit the principal instead.
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* TheExitIsThatWay: In "The Stranger", Fat Albert and the gang are backing away from Donald's cousin Betty but back themselves into the janitor's closet instead of their classroom: not even noticing till they shut the door and all of the brooms and mops fall on them.
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* GirlsHaveCooties: The gang all act like this when forced to hang out with Donald's cousin Betty (who has the double whammy of being a girl ''and'' a southerner) in "The Stranger". She gradually wins them all over, except for HeManWomanHater Rudy.
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* HeManWomanHater: Rudy. In "The Stranger", the gang resents having to hang out with Donald's cousin Betty, buy she gradually earns the friendship of everybody except Rudy, who still distrusts her at the end of the episode. Bill even comments that he might never change his mind.
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* ThematicThemeTune: ''"Naa naa naa, gonna have a good tiiiime!"'' (EarWorm worthy!)
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* ThematicThemeTune: ''"Naa naa naa, gonna have a good tiiiime!"'' (EarWorm worthy!)tiiiime!"''
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* SelfOffence: In "Lying", the gang leap into a muddy river to practice alligator wrestling only to wind up wrestling each other because no one can see anything in the muddy water.
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* NowballLie: Pretty much the entire plot of "Lying" where a pal of the gang's recently returned from Florida starts telling tales about his exploits down there that rapidly spin out of control.
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* SelfOffence: In "Lying", the gang leap into a muddy river to practice alligator wrestling only to wind up wrestling each other because no one can see anything in the muddy water.
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* NowballLie: Pretty much the entire plot of "Lying" where a pal of the gang's recently returned from Florida starts telling tales about his exploits down there that rapidly spin out of control.
-->'''Bill Cosby:''' Watch out, kids. This snow job's about to become an avalanche.
-->'''Bill Cosby:''' Watch out, kids. This snow job's about to become an avalanche.
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* VoiceOfReason: Fat Albert himself, in most cases.
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* GilliganCut: In the episode "Pain, Pain Go Away", Albert becomes worried about the health of his friend Darrell, who insists there's nothing to worry about. He consults the school nurse and she suggests that Darrell come in to see her, leading to this exchange:
-->'''Fat Albert''': (to the nurse's suggestion) OK, I'm pretty sure he'll do it. In fact, I'm ''real'' sure he'll do it!
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-->'''Darrell''': I won't do it!
-->'''Fat Albert''': (to the nurse's suggestion) OK, I'm pretty sure he'll do it. In fact, I'm ''real'' sure he'll do it!
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-->'''Darrell''': I won't do it!
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* Advertised Extra: Cluck the Duck was suppose to be a main character in the series but was dropped after the 1st season and only appeared in 3 episodes. Yet he was in the theme song for season 1.
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* Advertised Extra: Cluck the Duck was suppose to be a main character in the series but was dropped after the 1st season and only appeared in 3 episodes. Yet he was in the theme song for season 1.
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* TeamPet: The gang originally had a pet duck as seen in the opening, but [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome the duck was dropped for some reason.]]
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* BigThinShortTrio: Fat Albert, Weird Harold, and any of Bucky, Bill, or Russell.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: The prison episode has a pair of unnamed inmates speaking to Fat Albert and company during their "scared straight" visit. They are very direct and not at all friendly; Some are downright creepy. they tell the kids how horrifying prison is and how torturous their experience has been. One even explains that he's serving a twenty year sentence and he'll never be same again once he gets out since all he has ever known is prison life.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: The prison episode has a pair of unnamed inmates speaking to Fat Albert and company during their "scared straight" visit. They are very direct and not ''not at all friendly; friendly;'' Some are downright creepy. they ''creepy.'' They tell the kids how horrifying prison is and how torturous their experience has been. One even explains that he's serving a twenty year sentence and he'll never be same again once he gets out since all he has ever known is prison life.
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!!H"I'm gonna sing a song for you / and Bill's gonna show you a trope or two...":
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!!Hey hey hey! This show features the following tropes:
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