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* AnAesop: Several episodes have a moral to them.
** "Ghost Hounders" makes a point on how the people we idolize might not be as perfect as we think them to be, but also makes it clear that they can still be decent people in spite of their flaws.
** "Tuffy Gets Fluffy" shows that being different is not a good reason to not make friends with people.
** "Kid in the Doghouse" is about the importance of doing chores and also gives the message that just because your parents ask you to do chores constantly doesn't mean they don't love you.
** The lesson taught in "Snow Puppies" is that winning isn't everything.
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* StepServant: Holly is an orphan who is constantly abused/exploited by her aunt and cousin. By the end of the first season, it was implied she inherited their house and lived happily ever after. Then came the second season, where her aunt took over the pound and forced the puppies underground.

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* DisneyDeath: Happens at the end of the '85 special when [[spoiler: Cooler gets ''hit by a car''.]]

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* DisneyDeath: Happens at the end of the '85 special when [[spoiler: Cooler [[spoiler:Cooler gets ''hit by a car''.]]



%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* PantyShot: Brattina in "The Captain and The Cats". Her white, lace-trimmed panties are revealed and her skirt flounces as she jumps up and down, repeating twice "We hate the puppies" in singsong.
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* LongLived: Millie, the original owner of the pound, died at the age of 100 years old.
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* RhymeThemeNaming: Rusty and Lucy's three puppies are named Andy, Mandy, and Candy.
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** Bright Eyes appears to be older than she was in the series.
** Nose Marie is instead named "The Nose".

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** Bright Eyes appears to be older than she was in the series.
series, and is mostly teamed up with Howler.
** Nose Marie is instead named "The Nose".Nose", and she speaks in a nasal voice with a heavy New York accent, rather than the soft SouthernBelle voice she has in the series.
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** Whopper, Holly, Katrina and Brattina are all absent.

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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Brattina is always calling things "icky", no matter how little sense it makes.
** Also, the shows like to use "puppy" to describe a dog regardless of age. For example, the millennia-old Big Paw is just a "lonely puppy without a home", and the mother "puppy" gives birth to a litter of actual puppies (who the other characters call "puplings). Don't think about that too hard.

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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Brattina is always calling things "icky", no matter how little sense it makes.
** Also, the shows like to use "puppy" to describe a dog regardless of age. For example, the millennia-old Big Paw is just a "lonely puppy without a home", and the mother "puppy" gives birth to a litter of actual puppies (who the other characters call "puplings). Don't think about that too hard.
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* FantasticRacism: Due to their experience with Catgut, Whopper and Bright Eyes express unreasonable disdain toward cats in "Tuffy Gets Fluffy", though they do learn in the end that not all cats are bad.

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* FantasticRacism: Due to their experience with Catgut, Whopper and Bright Eyes express unreasonable disdain toward cats in "Tuffy Gets Fluffy", though they do learn in the end that not all cats are bad.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Early in the episode "Snowbound Pound", Cooler is told by Nose Marie that she knows how she can keep him warm. Cooler admonishes her for her statement on the grounds that this is a cartoon.
** The episode "Where Do Puppies Come From?" features Cooler singing a song (which sounds suspiciously similar to "Now or Never" by Music/ElvisPresley) to explain, well, where do puppies come from to Whopper and Bright Eyes. The song is accompanied by a "stage play" in which two dogs are clearly seen laying together in a bed inside a Venetian gondola (after which Cooler trips and brings down the stage, knocking the two dogs off the bed and revealing that they are not wearing anything). Is almost a case of RefugeInAudacity, especially for a mid-1980s cartoon.
*** The Brazilian dub of the episode actually got away with Bright Eyes mentioning that puppies come from their mother's vagina, instead of her tummy as in the original.
** Less provocative and more ''{{Squick}}'' is one instance where Katrina's wig gets ripped off unexpectedly - her scalp is shown to be covered in wiggling lines; she's doing ''something'' seriously wrong with that rug, because she has ''lice.''

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trope page to "Now or Never" by Music/ElvisPresley) to explain, well, where do puppies come from to Whopper and Bright Eyes. The song is accompanied by a "stage play" in which two dogs are clearly seen laying together in a bed inside a Venetian gondola (after which Cooler trips and brings down make sure your example fits the stage, knocking the two dogs off the bed and revealing that they are not wearing anything). Is almost a case of RefugeInAudacity, especially for a mid-1980s cartoon.
*** The Brazilian dub of the episode actually got away with Bright Eyes mentioning that puppies come from their mother's vagina, instead of her tummy as in the original.
** Less provocative and more ''{{Squick}}'' is one instance where Katrina's wig gets ripped off unexpectedly - her scalp is shown to be covered in wiggling lines; she's doing ''something'' seriously wrong with that rug, because she has ''lice.''
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** In the episode "In Pups We Trust," Whopper has a [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scrappy Doo}} squeaky toy.

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** In the episode "In Pups We Trust," Whopper has a [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scrappy Doo}} Doo]] squeaky toy.

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* ShoutOut: In theb episode "In Pups We Trust," Whopper's squeaky toy looks an ''awful'' lot like [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scrappy Doo}}.

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In theb the episode "In Pups We Trust," Whopper's squeaky toy looks an ''awful'' lot like Whopper has a [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scrappy Doo}}.Doo}} squeaky toy.
** In the episode "Secret Agent Pup," we get to see Mount Muttmore, a dog-themed version of Mount Rushmore, where the four dogs depicted are [[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Muttley,]] [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Huckleberry Hound]], Franchise/ScoobyDoo and [[WesternAnimation/AugieDoggieAndDoggieDaddy Augie Doggie]].

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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Itchy and Snichey in the TV special have an angular, abstract and monstrous design that sets them apart from all the other characters. They look nothing like any of the other dogs in the special, let alone the franchise -- they don't even look like they belong in that ''universe.''

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Itchy and Snichey in the TV special have an angular, abstract and monstrous design that sets them apart from all the other characters. They look nothing like any of the other dogs in the special, let alone the franchise -- they don't even look like they belong in that ''universe.'' ''
** Catgut, in the same special, may not be ''as'' jarring design-wise as Itchy and Snichey, but he definitely has a unique design, looking more like a cartoonish blob than a cat. He'd get a major redesign for the series, where he looks far less out of place.

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Creator/HannaBarbera created an animated TV special based on Tonka's popular line of stuffed dogs in 1985. A series appeared the next year which followed it closely, despite changing most of the voice cast. Both revolved around "the Pound Puppies", a group of dogs consisting of:

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Creator/HannaBarbera created an animated TV special based on Tonka's popular line of stuffed dogs in 1985. A series appeared the next year which followed it closely, despite changing several characters and most of the voice cast. Both revolved around "the Pound Puppies", a group of dogs consisting of:


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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Itchy and Snichey in the TV special have an angular, abstract and monstrous design that sets them apart from all the other characters. They look nothing like any of the other dogs in the special, let alone the franchise -- they don't even look like they belong in that ''universe.''
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* MotorMouth: Whopper talks a mile a minute, even when he ''isn't'' telling tall tales.


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* ShoutOut: In theb episode "In Pups We Trust," Whopper's squeaky toy looks an ''awful'' lot like [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scrappy Doo}}.

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** Katrina Stoneheart and her daughter Brattina are both as mean and hateful as their names suggest.

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** Katrina Stoneheart and her daughter Brattina are both as mean and hateful as their names suggest. The former more of a cat person, and the latter being a SpoiledBrat. Their last name refers to being uncaring, especially to the dogs.


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* SpoiledBrat: With a name like Bratina, how could she not take this trope?
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** The episode "Where Do Puppies Come From?" features Cooler singing a song to explain, well, where do puppies come from to Whopper and Bright Eyes. The song is accompanied by a "stage play" in which two dogs are clearly seen laying together in a bed inside a Venetian gondola (after which Cooler trips and brings down the stage, knocking the two dogs off the bed and revealing that they are not wearing anything). Is almost a case of RefugeInAudacity, especially for a mid-1980s cartoon.

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** The episode "Where Do Puppies Come From?" features Cooler singing a song (which sounds suspiciously similar to "Now or Never" by Music/ElvisPresley) to explain, well, where do puppies come from to Whopper and Bright Eyes. The song is accompanied by a "stage play" in which two dogs are clearly seen laying together in a bed inside a Venetian gondola (after which Cooler trips and brings down the stage, knocking the two dogs off the bed and revealing that they are not wearing anything). Is almost a case of RefugeInAudacity, especially for a mid-1980s cartoon.

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