History WesternAnimation / PostmanPat

* DidntThinkThisThrough: In the movie, Carbunkle didn't consider that having multiple Patbots operating in the same town might result in someone spotting multiple Pats driving around at the same time.

** Later Enfield would make another one with Paul Whitehouse, titled ''Parking Pattaweyo'', starring a mild-mannered (or not) African traffic warden named, well, Pattaweyo. ...And his [[IncrediblyLamePun black and white cattaweyo]].

** [[Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums Harry Enfield]] made a version titled ''Il Postino Pat'' (Which is also the title of the actual Italian dub of the show), which changes the style to that of an Italian opera... [[SubvertedKidsShow and has Pat shot by fascists]]. Bonus points for having the same awkward walk and jerky movements of the stop motion animation transferred to the live actors.

* ArtEvolution: From stop-motion models in the early 80s to fully-rendered CGI in 2014. It's kind of running parallel to the likes of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', ''[[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam''. This only applied to TheMovie, however, and later-produced episodes of the series returned to the traditional stop-motion format.

* CatchPhrase:

* CatsAreMean: Averted, Jess is sometimes mischievous but never mean.

* ChekhovsGun: Will's allergy to cats and Josh's video game skills [[spoiler: are what lead to the defeat of the BigBad]] in the movie.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: A few key supporting characters; Miss Hubbard, Peter Fogg, Granny Dryden, Major Forbes, George Lancaster and Sam Waldron vanished when the series was revived. In the case of Granny Dryden, it can be inferred that she [[KilledOffscreen passed away]].

* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Postman Pat often hums the theme song.

* LimitedWardrobe: Pretty much applies to all the characters in the show, espeially Pat as he's rarely seen out of his uniform.
** The movie reveals he even wore his uniform at his wedding!

* RearrangeTheSong: The iconic theme song was remade for the 2004 series.

* UnstoppableMailman: Occasionally, he goes to great lengths to deliver a letter, such as being a passenger on a tractor driven by Miss Hubbard, to deliver a registered letter to some hikers.

* StrictlyFormula: Special Delivery Service episodes begin with Pat being given his delivery by Ben. Then on the way to deliver it, something goes wrong. Pat usually fixes it up and accomplishes his task by the end of the episode.

* DeusExMachina: In the movie, [[spoiler: the Patbots are easily shut down when Josh somehow takes control of them with his handheld]].

* EasyImpersonation: In the movie, people keep mistaking Patbot for the real Pat despite it being obviously robotic and the real Pat obviously being too busy with his newfound celebrity to do postal work.

* NoAntagonist: Most episodes are like this, with inclement weather, lost kites, special events (such as fetes and birthdays) and too-small suits of armour amongst others typically being the things that drive the plot, rather than a conflict between characters. The most you ever see is one of the children learning not to be too competitive, bossy, etc. It's a different matter in TheMovie, however ...

First aired on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC1]] and still considered an essential CBBC show to this day. Episodes can be watched on the [[https://www.youtube.com/user/PostmanPatSDS/videos official YouTube channel]].

* FunnyBackground Event: Jess in the 2004 series and Special Delivery Service often gets up into different things while Pat is doing something else.

* ArtEvolution: From stop-motion models in the early 80s to fully-rendered CGI in 2014. It's kind of running parallel to the likes of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', ''[[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam''. This only applied to TheMovie, however, and later produced episodes of the series returned to the traditional stop-motion format.

* FailuresOnIce: Pat tries roller skates in "Pat takes a message", and ice skates in "Letters on Ice". He does well on the ice skates, but ends up diving over a fence on the roller skates.

* SceneryPorn: The animation contains lots of beautiful shots of English countryside and villages.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: School teacher Jeff Pringle is one to the children as their kindly teacher; and PC Arthur Selby is one to Greendale as the village policeman, though in later episodes he often falls into PoliceAreUseless territory.

* BritishCoppers: PC Arthur Selby is Greendale's village policeman and in general a ReasonableAuthorityFigure for the community, though he often falls into PoliceAreUseless territory.