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Cut Those Two Bad Guys entry was never properly replaced with either Bumbling Henchmen Duo or Evil Duo. Also adding an entry related to a complaint people have made about a certain episode.

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* BrokenAesop: One episode tries to teach what people who can't swim can do to save a drowning person. The last suggestion is to go in the water and save them yourself... which is of course broken by the fact that the person cannot swim.
* BumblingHenchmenDuo: Awful B. Bad's two henchmen, Geek and Whiner.

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* TheEighties: The show aired from 1987-1988.



* SugarBowl: This is pretty much Happytown in a nutshell.



* TheRunaway: In "Won't You Please Come Home...Blooper, Geek", Blooper and Geek both run away from home.
* SugarBowl: This is pretty much Happytown in a nutshell.



* TheEighties: The show aired from 1987-1988.
* TheRunaway: In "Won't You Please Come Home...Blooper, Geek", Blooper and Geek both run away from home.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Geek, Awful Bebad's minion of all people acts like an older brother to Blooper

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Geek, Awful Bebad's minion of all people acts like an older brother to Blooper.
* BreakTheCutie: In "Goodbye Grandma" Hiccup and
Blooper have to deal with their grandma dying of heart failure.
-->'' Why did you leave me? I hate you grandma, I hate you! I don't really hate you grandma...''
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Whiner isn't much better at his job than Geek, but he is the more selfish of the two, but he cares about Geek and covers for him when he goes to comfort Blooper.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In "Won't You Please Come Home Blooper, Geek" Awful Bebad only cares that Geek ran away because he had his gloom machine.
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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Geek is so kind-hearted it's a mystery why he even works for Awful Bebad. He loves animals and is best friends with Blooper. Even when he goes along with Awful Bebad's plans, he says he wants to make him "happy" (a word Awful Bebad hates.)
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Geek, Awful Bebad's minion of all people acts like an older brother to Blooper
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Awful B. Bad's two henchmen, Geek and Whiner.
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''Little Clowns of Happytown'' is an American animated children's show that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} Saturday morning from September 1987 to July 1988. It centers around a group of clowns from Happytown--Big Top, Badum-Bump, Hiccups, Tickles, Pranky, and Blooper, their pet elephant Rover and their mentor, Mr. Pickleherring--who go around spreading happiness and helping others with their problems while dealing with the ObviouslyEvil Awful B. Bad and his minions, Geek and Whiner, who constantly get in their way with their shenanigans.

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''Little Clowns of Happytown'' is an American animated children's show that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} Saturday morning from September 1987 to July 1988. It centers around a group of clowns from Happytown--Big Top, Badum-Bump, Hiccups, Hiccup, Tickles, Pranky, and Blooper, their pet elephant Rover and their mentor, Mr. Pickleherring--who go around spreading happiness and helping others with their problems while dealing with the ObviouslyEvil Awful B. Bad and his minions, Geek and Whiner, who constantly get in their way with their shenanigans.



* GirlishPigtails: Hiccups.

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* GirlishPigtails: Hiccups.Hiccup.



* HiccupHijinks: Hiccups' namesake is also her main schtick.

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* HiccupHijinks: Hiccups' Hiccup's namesake is also her main schtick.



* ThemeTuneRollCall: “Big Top leads the Little Clowns, Badum-Bump makes real funny sounds. Hiccups' got a silly song, and Tickles giggles all day long. Pranky has a joke to play, he'll throw a cream pie someone's way. And Blooper doesn't think it through, but he's a funny little clown too.”

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* ThemeTuneRollCall: “Big Top leads the Little Clowns, Badum-Bump makes real funny sounds. Hiccups' Hiccup's got a silly song, and Tickles giggles all day long. Pranky has a joke to play, he'll throw a cream pie someone's way. And Blooper doesn't think it through, but he's a funny little clown too.”
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The show ran for 18 episodes, and only six episodes were ever released on home media. The show was a co-production of [[Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises Marvel Productions]] and [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Murakami-Wolf-Swenson]], though only the former's logo showed at the end.

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The show ran for 18 episodes, and only six episodes were ever released on home media. The show was a co-production of [[Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises Marvel Productions]] and [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Murakami-Wolf-Swenson]], though only the former's logo showed at the end.
end; ABC themselves also served as a co-producer, and the show was copyrighted to them (meaning Disney got their hands on it long before their acquisition of the Marvel Productions backlog in 2001 via Creator/SabanEntertainment).
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Little Clowns of Happytown is an American animated children's show that aired on Saturday morning from September 1987 to July 1988. It centers around a group of clowns from Happytown--Big Top, Badum-Bump, Hiccups, Tickles, Pranky, and Blooper, their pet elephant Rover and their mentor, Mr. Pickleherring--who go around spreading happiness and helping others with their problems while dealing with the ObviouslyEvil Awful B. Bad and his minions, Geek and Whiner, who constantly get in their way with their shenanigans.

The show ran for 18 episodes, and only six episodes were ever released.

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Little ''Little Clowns of Happytown Happytown'' is an American animated children's show that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} Saturday morning from September 1987 to July 1988. It centers around a group of clowns from Happytown--Big Top, Badum-Bump, Hiccups, Tickles, Pranky, and Blooper, their pet elephant Rover and their mentor, Mr. Pickleherring--who go around spreading happiness and helping others with their problems while dealing with the ObviouslyEvil Awful B. Bad and his minions, Geek and Whiner, who constantly get in their way with their shenanigans.

The show ran for 18 episodes, and only six episodes were ever released.
released on home media. The show was a co-production of [[Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises Marvel Productions]] and [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Murakami-Wolf-Swenson]], though only the former's logo showed at the end.
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* LargeHam: Awful B. Bad, especially when Creator/CharlieAdler does his voice.
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* TheKlutz: Blooper.


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* PieInTheFace: Pranky's favourite act.
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* HappyCircusMusic: The ExpositoryThemeTune, which introduces the Little Clowns and tells about how they spread happiness, is done in a circus march style.
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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: All the Clownimals are adorable, but Rover the elephant takes the cake.
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* GirlishPigtails: Hiccups.
* HiccupHijinks: Hiccups' namesake is also her main schtick.


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* PinkMeansFeminine: Tickles' costume of choice is completely pink.


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* ThemeTuneRollCall: “Big Top leads the Little Clowns, Badum-Bump makes real funny sounds. Hiccups' got a silly song, and Tickles giggles all day long. Pranky has a joke to play, he'll throw a cream pie someone's way. And Blooper doesn't think it through, but he's a funny little clown too.”


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* TheUnintelligible: Badum-Bump speaks in random noises.
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--> The first lines of the show's ExpositoryThemeTune

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--> - The first lines of the show's ExpositoryThemeTune



* DastardlyWhiplash: The evil Awful [=BeBad=] is a sinister-looking guy in a purple suit and bowler hat, with a small mustache.

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* DastardlyWhiplash: The evil Awful [=BeBad=] B. Bad is a sinister-looking guy in a purple suit and bowler hat, with a small mustache.



* TheNapoleon: Awful [=BeBad=] is an adult about the height of a child, and he has a fiery and authoritative personality.

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* TheNapoleon: Awful [=BeBad=] B. Bad is an adult about the height of a child, and he has a fiery and authoritative personality.



* VillainSong: [[DastardlyWhiplash Awful BeBad]] got his own brief [[https://youtu.be/QVhy7w69Kks song]] in one episode, in which he and his bumbling henchmen sing about how Bebad takes delight in being "awfully bad."

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* VillainSong: [[DastardlyWhiplash Awful BeBad]] B. Bad]] got his own brief [[https://youtu.be/QVhy7w69Kks song]] in one episode, in which he and his bumbling henchmen sing about how Bebad B. Bad takes delight in being "awfully bad."
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* FriendlyEnemy: After Blooper and Geek both run away from their homes, they befriend each other. In “Goodbye Grandma” Geek still shows kindness towards Blooper.

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* TheNapoleon: Awful [=BeBad=] is an adult about the height of a child, and he has a fiery and authoritative personality.



* ThoseTwoGuys: Awful B. Bad's two henchmen, Geek and Whiner.

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* ThoseTwoGuys: ThoseTwoBadGuys: Awful B. Bad's two henchmen, Geek and Whiner.

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* BigBad: Awful [=BeBad=], the Little Clowns' archenemy who spreads gloom and despair.
* ClownSpecies:
** The titular Little Clowns [[AmbiguouslyHuman may or may not be a species separate from humans]]. Despite looking like little kids in clown suits, they seem to be only ever referred to as "clowns", and they come from a SugarBowl land to spread happiness to other parts of the world.
** A more straight example would be Clownimals, which at first look like just normal circus animals (an elephant, a seal, etc.) wearing clown facepaint and other accessories. However, the show's theme song informs us of their true nature:
-->''And Clownimals don't have clownface on like Little Clowns, [[NotAMask THAT'S HOW THEY'RE BORN]]!''
* DastardlyWhiplash: The evil Awful [=BeBad=] is a sinister-looking guy in a purple suit and bowler hat, with a small mustache.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The villain's name is ''Awful [=BeBad=]''. It doesn't get any more evil than that.



* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Since they're all clowns, the little clowns all have hair in different colors, namely red, yellow, and blue.

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* VillainSong: [[DastardlyWhiplash Awful BeBad]] got his own brief [[https://youtu.be/QVhy7w69Kks song]] in one episode, in which he and his bumbling henchmen sing about how Bebad takes delight in being "awfully bad."
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Since they're all clowns, the little clowns all have hair in different colors, namely red, yellow, and blue.blue.

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* VerySpecialEpisode: Normally, the episodes are 11 minutes long, but one of them is 22 minutes long, and that particular one focuses on kids with disabilities.
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* TheRunaway: In "Won't You Please Come Home...Blooper, Geek", Blooper and Geek both run away from home.
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The show ran for 18 episodes and only a few episodes were ever released on VHS and DVD.

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The show ran for 18 episodes episodes, and only a few six episodes were ever released on VHS and DVD.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Awful BeBad's two henchmen, Geek and Whiner.

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* ThoseTwoGuys: Awful BeBad's B. Bad's two henchmen, Geek and Whiner.
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* NonIronicClown: The clowns are deliberately made to be as cute, kind, and friendly as possible.
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* SugarBowl: This is pretty much Happytown in a nutshell.

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* SugarBowl: This is pretty much Happytown in a nutshell.nutshell.
* TheEighties: The show aired from 1987-1988.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Awful BeBad's two henchmen, Geek and Whiner.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Since they're all clowns, the little clowns all have hair in different colors, namely red, yellow, and blue.
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-->-- The first lines of the show's ExpositoryThemeTune

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A little laughter, joy, and fun,
Is good for everyone!"''

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A little laughter, joy, and fun,
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Is good for everyone!"''everyone!"''\\
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->''"Little clowns of Happytown\\
Spreading happiness around\\
A little laughter, joy, and fun,
Is good for everyone!"''
-->-- The first lines of the show's ExpositoryThemeTune

Little Clowns of Happytown is an American animated children's show that aired on Saturday morning from September 1987 to July 1988. It centers around a group of clowns from Happytown--Big Top, Badum-Bump, Hiccups, Tickles, Pranky, and Blooper, their pet elephant Rover and their mentor, Mr. Pickleherring--who go around spreading happiness and helping others with their problems while dealing with the ObviouslyEvil Awful B. Bad and his minions, Geek and Whiner, who constantly get in their way with their shenanigans.

The show ran for 18 episodes and only a few episodes were ever released on VHS and DVD.

!!This show contains examples of:
* SugarBowl: This is pretty much Happytown in a nutshell.

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