History WesternAnimation / GreenEggsAndHam2019

* FountainOfYouth: In "You Only Mom Once", Sam, Pam and Philip land on an island where the deeper you go into the jungle, the younger you get, causing them to relive various phases of their life. Its only inhabitant is [[Really700YearsOld 267 years old]] but looks like a young adult because he's been living there for so long and doesn't want to leave the island because [[NoImmortalInertia he would most likely die right away]].

* AnAesop: Do not take things at face value; there's more to them than you first believe. Season 2 adds this: do not let petty differences blind us to the value of others; we are more alike than you think.

* GutturalGrowler: [=McWinkle=].

* MoodWhiplash: The happy tune, "Backflip" by Rivers Cuomo immediately plays in the credits following a cliffhanger. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Every. SINGLE. TIME.]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic For Celestia's sake...]]

* MoodWhiplash: The happy tune, "Backflip" by Rivers Cuomo immediately plays in the credits following a cliffhanger. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Every. SINGLE. TIME.]]

* BaitAndSwitchCompassion: In prison, Sam asks Squeaky, the mouse prisoner, what he's in for. Squeaky explains he was only trying to feed his family, and Sam looks concerned and says "Uh huh", but it is revealed that Sam can't understand him and only hears squeaking.

* AbortedArc: In "On Her Dookess' Secret Service", [[spoiler:Pam gets an order to [[OffingTheOffspring terminate Sam]]. However, not only does she obviously not go through with it, it also never comes up again and it's never revealed who exactly sent her the order or why.]]

* HiddenDepths: As part of the "don't take things at face value" theme, this is especially prominent with the characters in the first season. With the possible exception of Ibi, pretty much nobody is exactly who or what they seem to be at first glance.

** The [[spoiler:BAD GUYS]] calling card. [[spoiler: It's to signify that BAD GUYS is actually an acronym for "'''B'''ureau of '''A'''nimal '''D'''efense - '''G'''lurfsburg '''U'''pper '''Y'''ipville '''S'''ection.]]

* UncannyValley: Any time The Goat's eyes change from round human ones to anatomically correct oval-shaped ones, which give him a zombie-like gaze. Granted, that's the point, as it usually happens when he's especially angry: it's a sign that he's turning into from a calculating villain into a literal violent beast.

* MixAndMatchCritters: A large chunk of this world's fauna seem to be combinations of real-life animals. Most prominently featured are the Chickeraffes, which, as their name suggests, are part chicken and part giraffe, and look very similar to the closely-related Giroosters. The various episodes also feature the Moostrich, the Walvark, the Llama-gnu, the Pandog and the Flemur, and there's also a reference to Orangutoads. In "The Second Serving", camel-antelopes, barracuda-dolphins, hippo-alligators and kangaroo-orangutans join the mix.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Guy-Am-I has orange fur and a brown hat, as opposed to his nameless book counterpart who has beige fur and a purple hat.

** The second season instead goes with [[PunBasedTitle Pun-Based Titles]], with the episode titles all being plays on various different pieces of spy fiction, mostly but not exclusively Franchise/JamesBond films.

'''Guy-Am-I:''' Well, I've never eaten walvark droppings, but I'm pretty certain I wouldn't enjoy those either.

'''Sam-I-Am:''' Understood. Question asked and answered. No further queries necessary. ''[clicks tongue thoughtfully]'' Have you ever ''tried'' them before?\\

* UnEntendre: E.B. telling Michellee to "spill the beans" which Michelle takes as in [[spoiler:be honest with Guy about how she feels about him]] when E.B. meant to ''spill the beans'', as in the jar of beans she was counting throughout the season.

* GrumpyBear: Guy. Though between his crushed dreams and the constant string of bad luck he endures at every turn, you can't blame him.

* FurryDenial: The sapient characters are all Cartoon Creatures who refer to themselves as humans.

** Although, Michellee and E.B. could have been based on the mother and her daughter who were seen riding the train in the book.

* CoolHat: Sam wears a red hat and Guy wears a brown tall bent stovepipe hat. Their hats are their most recognizable features, and even comes into play in the episode "Box," in which Sam and Guy [[PaperThinDisguise switch their hats to prevent identification]]. Only Michellee and EB are not fooled.