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* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Quasi, Rollo and Anita in ''Quasi at the Quackadero'' and Quasi, Snozzy and Anita in ''Make Me Psychic''.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName / UnfortunateNames: Minor character Winky Orlando ''has'' to qualify as having one of these. Which one, though, depends on your personal opinion.

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* DodgyToupee: Snozzy is revealed to wear one.



* ManChild: Quasi dresses in swimming trunks and a cape,spends most of his time laying in bed watching tv and eating sweets, and is half the size of Anita and Snozzy. Despite this, he is actually around the same age as both of them.

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* ManChild: Quasi dresses in swimming trunks and a cape,spends cape, spends most of his time laying in bed watching tv and eating sweets, and is half the size of Anita and Snozzy. Despite this, he is actually around the same age as both of them.


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* ObsessionSong: Snozzy's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUTl-ygRYA "If I Could Get My Hands on You"]] from ''Make Me Psychic'' has pretty obvious undertones.
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* DerangedAnimation: Characters squash and stretch into different shapes and surreal

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* DerangedAnimation: Characters squash and stretch into different shapes and surreal visuals show up constantly.
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* OffstageVillainy: Quasi is described at various points across ''Quasi at the Quackadero'' as being "evil", but there is no evidence to back this up beyond him being lazy and being a bit of a {{Jerkass}}.

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* OffstageVillainy: Quasi is described at various points across ''Quasi at the Quackadero'' as being "evil", but there is no evidence to back this up beyond him being lazy and being a bit of a {{Jerkass}}.
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* RobotBoddy: Rollo the robot. [[VitriolicBestBuds The "buddy" part doesn't really apply to his relationship with Quasi]].

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* RobotBoddy: RobotBuddy: Rollo the robot. [[VitriolicBestBuds The "buddy" part doesn't really apply to his relationship with Quasi]].

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* ClothedFemaleAnimal: In contrast to Quasi, Anita wears rather elaborate outfits. Snozzy, a male character introduced in the second short, follows suit by wearing a full suit.


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* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: Anita is considerably more humanoid than Quasi is. Interestingly, Snozzy, a male character introduced in the second short, is also rather humanoid.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Snozzy grows into this for Anita. While she's initially attracted to him, [[HandsomeLech his wandering hands]] quickly cause her to find him repulsive.
* BigThinShortTrio: From ''Make Me Psychic'' onwards, Snozzy is the big, Anita is the thin and Quasi is the short.
* ButtMonkey: Quasi, Anita and Snozzy all fall victim to slapstick throughout the shorts.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Rollo is nowhere to be seen in ''Make Me Psychic''.
* ClothedFemaleAnimal: In contrast to Quasi, Anita wears rather elaborate outfits. Snozzy, a male character introduced in the second short, follows suit by wearing a full suit.
* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: The world that the shorts take place in is bizarre to say the least, with talking houses that float in the sky likely being the ''least'' strange thing shown. In contrast, the characters themselves are surprisingly coherent.



* DerangedAnimation: This along with follow ups ''Make Me Psychic'', ''Quasi's Cabaret Trailer'' and ''WesternAnimation/FaceLikeAFrog'' are this trope.

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* DerangedAnimation: This along with follow ups ''Make Me Psychic'', ''Quasi's Cabaret Trailer'' Characters squash and ''WesternAnimation/FaceLikeAFrog'' are this trope.stretch into different shapes and surreal



* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Quasi.
* InformedSpecies: You wouldn't know those were ducks if you weren't told so. The cartoon's aversion of FourFingeredHands and use of FeatherFingers doesn't help, either.
* MindScrew: Every single second.
* NippleAndDimed: Averted in the part of the "Shining Moment" scene where the duck [[LessDisturbingInContext walks into the room as a naked female duck]], with her nipples in plain view.
* OffstageVillainy: Quasi is described throughout the short as "evil", but there is no evidence to back this up beyond him being lazy and being a bit of a {{Jerkass}}.

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* TheFashionista: Anita wears several bizarre and rather snazzy-looking outfits across the shorts.
* FatAndSkinny: Quasi and Anita.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Quasi.
Quasi doesn't wear a shirt.
* HandsomeLech: Snozzy is shown flirting with several women and is so handsy with Anita that he gets an ''entire musical number'' about wanting to grope her. Anita, who was initially smitten with him, is understandably put off by this.
* InformedSpecies: You wouldn't know those the characters were ducks if you weren't told so. The cartoon's aversion of FourFingeredHands and use of FeatherFingers doesn't help, either.
* {{Jerkass}}: Quasi, Anita and Snozzy are ''all'' shown to be rather selfish, shallow and unpleasant people.
* LazyBum: Quasi, who spends his days in bed eating sweets and laughing at footage of other people working on tv.
* ManChild: Quasi dresses in swimming trunks and a cape,spends most of his time laying in bed watching tv and eating sweets, and is half the size of Anita and Snozzy. Despite this, he is actually around the same age as both of them.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Snozzy appears to be suave and wealthy, but is also shown to be a vain HandsomeLech.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The Quackadero's time traveling amusements all ''seem'' to be real, but the "Past Lives" showcase is explicitly shown to be a scam that uses actors and the "Shining Moment" machine is also suggested to display a fake memory, as the man who it ostensibly belonged to claimed that it never happened, calling the legitimacy of the entire park into question.
* MindScrew: Every single second.
frame of both shorts is filled with surreal imagery.
* NippleAndDimed: Averted in the part of the "Shining Moment" scene scene, where the a male duck [[LessDisturbingInContext walks into the a room as with a naked female duck]], duck in bed]] with her nipples in plain view.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Snozzy and Quasi, respectively. They're both jerks, but Snozzy at least puts on airs of being a gentleman.
* OddFriendship: Quasi's friendships with Anita and Snozzy are pretty much inexplicable. He and Anita in particular are constantly pulling cruel pranks on each other.
* OffstageVillainy: Quasi is described throughout at various points across ''Quasi at the short Quackadero'' as being "evil", but there is no evidence to back this up beyond him being lazy and being a bit of a {{Jerkass}}.{{Jerkass}}.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Quasi and Anita are best friends, but aren't in any way attracted to each other. In fact, they both find the other rather insufferable.
* RandomEventsPlot: ''Quasi at the Quackadero'' is essentially a collection of vignettes showcasing the park's various attractions. Quasi, Anita and Rollo don't even appear during a few of them. In comparison, ''Make Me Psychic'' actually has a fairly straightforward (but no less surreal) plot.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Snozzy is wealthy and charming, but also careless and slow-witted.
* RobotBoddy: Rollo the robot. [[VitriolicBestBuds The "buddy" part doesn't really apply to his relationship with Quasi]].
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: The character of Snozzy isn't introduced until ''Make Me Psychic''.
* SharpDressedMan: In contrast to Quasi, Snozzy is always dressed in a white tuxedo.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Anita is just as susceptible to slapstick gags as anyone else is, as are any minor female characters that appear.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Anita seems to believe herself to be a classy and sophisticated UptownGirl when in reality she's a clumsy and selfish nobody who is best friends with the likes of Quasi.
* ThemeNaming: Snozzy's name is clearly derived from Quasi's.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Quasi loves chocolate cake.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Quasi, Rollo and Anita in ''Quasi at the Quackadero'' and Quasi, Snozzy and Anita in ''Make Me Psychic''.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: None of the three main "ducks" are particularly good people, so it isn't hard to laugh at the slapstick that they're all constantly subjected to.
* TheVoiceless: Rollo never utters a word.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Anita speaks in what seems to be exaggerated baby talk.
* WidgetSeries: The world the characters inhabit follows its own logic, making the shorts very bizarre.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Quasi and Anita are ostensibly best friends, but are constantly at each other's throats, with Anita even admitting that she can't wait until she "sees the last" of Quasi at the beginning of ''Quasi at the Quackadero''. [[spoiler: She goes so far as to trick Quasi into becoming ''permanently trapped in prehistoric times with no means of escape'' at the end of the short for the sake of being rid of him for good.]]
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* DerangedAnimation: This along with follow ups ''Make Me Psychic'', ''Quasi's Cabaret Trailer'' and ''FaceLikeAFrog'' are this trope.

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* DerangedAnimation: This along with follow ups ''Make Me Psychic'', ''Quasi's Cabaret Trailer'' and ''FaceLikeAFrog'' ''WesternAnimation/FaceLikeAFrog'' are this trope.
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* DerangedAnimation: This along with follow ups ''Make Me Psychic'', ''Quasi's Cabaret Trailer'' and ''Face Like A Frog'' are this trope.

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* DerangedAnimation: This along with follow ups ''Make Me Psychic'', ''Quasi's Cabaret Trailer'' and ''Face Like A Frog'' ''FaceLikeAFrog'' are this trope.
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* TheDarkAgeOfAnimation: One of the bright spots of that era.
* DerangedAnimation: This along with follow ups Make Me Psychic, Quasi's Cabaret Trailer and Face Like A Frog are this trope.

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* TheDarkAgeOfAnimation: UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation: One of the bright spots of that era.
* DerangedAnimation: This along with follow ups Make ''Make Me Psychic, Quasi's Psychic'', ''Quasi's Cabaret Trailer Trailer'' and Face ''Face Like A Frog Frog'' are this trope.
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* CultClassic:Popular at midnight screenings during TheSventies.

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* CultClassic:Popular at midnight screenings during TheSventies.
* TheDarkAgeOfAnimation: One of the bright spots of that era.
* DerangedAnimation: This along with follow ups Make Me Psychic, Quasi's Cabaret Trailer and Face Like A Frog are this trope.
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* OffstageVillainy: Quasi is described throughout the short as "bad", but there is no evidence to back this up beyond him being lazy and being a bit of a {{Jerkass}}.

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* OffstageVillainy: Quasi is described throughout the short as "bad", "evil", but there is no evidence to back this up beyond him being lazy and being a bit of a {{Jerkass}}.

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* CallASmeerpARabbit: You wouldn't know those were ducks if you weren't told so. The cartoon's aversion of FourFingeredHands and use of FeatherFingers doesn't help, either.


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* InformedSpecies: You wouldn't know those were ducks if you weren't told so. The cartoon's aversion of FourFingeredHands and use of FeatherFingers doesn't help, either.
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Voted No. 46 on Jerry Beck's The50GreatestCartoons, ''Quasi at the Quackadero'' is a 1975 animated cartoon by Sally Cruikshank.

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Voted No. 46 on Jerry Beck's The50GreatestCartoons, ''Quasi at the Quackadero'' is a 1975 animated cartoon by Sally Cruikshank.

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* MindScrew: Every single second.



* MindScrew: Every single second.
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* CallASmeerpARabbit: You wouldn't know those were ducks if you weren't told so.
** FourFingeredHands[=/=]FeatherFingers: The cartoon's aversion of the former and use of the latter doesn't help, either.

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* CallASmeerpARabbit: You wouldn't know those were ducks if you weren't told so.
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so. The cartoon's aversion of the former FourFingeredHands and use of the latter FeatherFingers doesn't help, either.
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There is also a sequel called ''Make Me Psychic'', where Anita buys a device that can make matter obey her will. It's just as deranged.
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Sally Cruikshank has uploaded the whole thing to YouTube, so you can catch the madness [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH7LcVNusQE here]].

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Sally Cruikshank has uploaded the whole thing to YouTube, Website/YouTube, so you can catch the madness [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH7LcVNusQE here]].
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* OffstageVillainy: Quasi is described throughout the short as "bad", but there is no evidence to back this up beyond him being lazy and a bit of a {{Jerkass}}.

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* CallASmeerpARabbit:
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* ElmerFuddSyndrome: Anita seems to have a mild case of this.



* OffstageVillainy: Quasi is described throughout the short as "bad", but there is no evidence to back this up beyond him being lazy.

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Voted No. 46 on Jerry Beck's The50GreatestCartoons, ''Quasi At The Quackadero'' is a 1975 animated cartoon by Sally Cruikshank.

The short revolves around "[[CallASmeerpARabbit ducks]]" named Quasi and Anita (the latter played by Cruikshank herself), and their pet robot Rollo as they visit the Quackadero, a strange place where the amusements revolve around time travel. Among the mad things that happen are an apparently fabricated "shining moment", five actors faking being past lives of Quasi, and the trio having their thoughts painted, among other strange things.

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Voted No. 46 on Jerry Beck's The50GreatestCartoons, ''Quasi At The at the Quackadero'' is a 1975 animated cartoon by Sally Cruikshank.

The short revolves around "[[CallASmeerpARabbit ducks]]" named Quasi and Anita (the latter played by Cruikshank herself), and their pet robot Rollo as they visit the Quackadero, a strange place where the amusements revolve around time travel. Among the mad things that happen are an apparently fabricated "shining moment", five actors faking being past lives of Quasi, and the trio having their thoughts painted, among other strange things.
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Sally Cruikshank has uploaded the whole thing on YouTube, so you can catch the madness [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH7LcVNusQE here]].

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Sally Cruikshank has uploaded the whole thing on to YouTube, so you can catch the madness [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH7LcVNusQE here]].



** FourFingeredHands[=/=]FeatherFingers: Its aversion of the former and use of the latter doesn't help, either.

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** FourFingeredHands[=/=]FeatherFingers: Its The cartoon's aversion of the former and use of the latter doesn't help, either.



* NippleAndDimed: Averted in the part of the "Shining Moment" scene where the duck [[LessDisturbingInContext walks into the room a naked female duck]], with her nipples in plain view.
* OffstageVillainy: Quasi is described throughout the short as "bad", but there is no evidence to back this up outside of him being lazy.

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* NippleAndDimed: Averted in the part of the "Shining Moment" scene where the duck [[LessDisturbingInContext walks into the room as a naked female duck]], with her nipples in plain view.
* OffstageVillainy: Quasi is described throughout the short as "bad", but there is no evidence to back this up outside of beyond him being lazy.
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The short revolves around "[[CallARabbitASmeerp ducks]]" named Quasi and Anita (the latter played by Cruikshank herself), and their pet robot Rollo as they visit the Quackadero, a strange place where the amusements revolve around time travel. Among the mad things that happen are an apparently fabricated "shining moment", five actors faking being past lives of Quasi, and the trio having their thoughts painted, among other strange things.

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The short revolves around "[[CallARabbitASmeerp "[[CallASmeerpARabbit ducks]]" named Quasi and Anita (the latter played by Cruikshank herself), and their pet robot Rollo as they visit the Quackadero, a strange place where the amusements revolve around time travel. Among the mad things that happen are an apparently fabricated "shining moment", five actors faking being past lives of Quasi, and the trio having their thoughts painted, among other strange things.
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Voted No. 46 on Jerry Beck's The50GreatestCartoons, ''Quasi At The Quackadero'' is a 1975 animated cartoon by Sally Cruikshank.

The short revolves around "[[CallARabbitASmeerp ducks]]" named Quasi and Anita (the latter played by Cruikshank herself), and their pet robot Rollo as they visit the Quackadero, a strange place where the amusements revolve around time travel. Among the mad things that happen are an apparently fabricated "shining moment", five actors faking being past lives of Quasi, and the trio having their thoughts painted, among other strange things.

Yeah, it's ''[[DerangedAnimation that]]'' kind of cartoon.

Sally Cruikshank has uploaded the whole thing on YouTube, so you can catch the madness [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH7LcVNusQE here]].
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* CallARabbitASmeerp:
** You wouldn't know those were ducks if you weren't told so.
** FourFingeredHands[=/=]FeatherFingers: Its aversion of the former and use of the latter doesn't help, either.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Quasi.
* NippleAndDimed: Averted in the part of the "Shining Moment" scene where the duck [[LessDisturbingInContext walks into the room a naked female duck]], with her nipples in plain view.
* OffstageVillainy: Quasi is described throughout the short as "bad", but there is no evidence to back this up outside of him being lazy.
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