History WesternAnimation / RockyAndBullwinkle

** When Rocky asks Bullwinkle what "fraught with hortense" meant, he merely quips, "I dunno, I heard it on ''MeetThePress''."

* RoadSignReversal

** Rocky only wore his flight goggles.

* GoKartingWithBowser: In the Rocky and Bullwinkle Fan Club segments, Boris and Natasha are members of said fan club.

* MegaMawManeuver: Maybe Dick, the Wailing Whale, turns out to be [[spoiler: a pirate ship Boris uses to swallow ships so he can plunder them]].

* {{Defictionalization}}: Mooslyvania nearly became the name of a small state next to Minnesota. The "Mooslvania for Statehood" campaign was cut short when the petition reached the White House just as the Cuban Missile Crisis was unfolding.

* ShoutOut: During the promo trailer for the movie, which was to be [[RogerRabbitEffect live action/animation]], the narrator said it was the most spectacular blend of live action and animation to ever hit the silver screen, it cut to a scene where one of Fearless Leader's men asked, "What about that movie with [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]]?" to which Fearless Leader responded, "Shut up! This is completely different!"
** That scene was actually used to introduce the toon-killing computer weapon to be used against the moose and squirrel, in contrast to the [[HollywoodAcid Dip]].

This cult cartoon series, produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, ran on {{ABC}} Saturday evenings as ''Rocky and His Friends'' from 1959 to 1961. It featured the serialized adventures of Rocky (voiced by JuneForay), a flying squirrel who wore flight goggles, and Bullwinkle (Bill Scott), a dimwitted moose. Their primary foes were Boris Badenov (Paul Frees) and Natasha Fatale (JuneForay again), a pair of Slavic spies from the imaginary Soviet satellite of Pottsylvania. In 1961, the series moved to {{NBC}} and became ''The Bullwinkle Show''; it ran under that title until 1964. Both series have since been seen in syndication and on cable TV.

A "making of" special, called ''Of Moose and Men: The Rocky and Bullwinkle Story'' was aired in 1990 or 1991 on {{PBS}}. It's well worth watching.

!!''RockyAndBullwinkle'' provides examples of:

* AffectionateParody: ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "I See a Funny Cartoon in Your Future". It even had the voice of June Foray as the episode's villain.
** {{Rugrats}} did an episode with "Blocky and Oxwinkle", also bringing in June Foray to voice the Rocky and Natasha expies.

* BANGFlagGun: The one time Boris actually ''tries'' to [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim just shoot Moose and Squirrel]].

* FracturedFairyTale: TropeNamer.

* OnceAnEpisode:

--> '''Bullwinkle:''' [[LampshadeHanging In about 364 other episodes. But I don't know who it is, either]].

* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: TropeNamer.
--> '''Rocky:''' [[OhNoNotAgain Again]]?

* RetCon: In ''Missouri Mish Mash'', it was said that the Kirward Derby has been around since the Stone Age. It was even in a hat shop for some time when Bullwinkle bought it. But [[spoiler: towards the end of the story, it was revealed by Gidney and Cloyd that the Kirward Derby was created by a moon wizard to make their moon prince intelligent and that Gidney and Cloyd lost it after they borrowed it for their trip to Earth.]]

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: The Goof Gas story arc had Boris give the Narrator a whiff of the IQ dropping fumes in order to not let him tell where they were going.
--> '''Boris''': You were saying?
--> '''Narrator''': Duh, gee whiz, I don't remember. Dehh, be with us next time for--well just be with us next time anyway...gee...

* [[{{Unobtainium}} Upsidaisium]]

-->'''Rocky:''' ''(under the influence of the gas)'' [[OfMiceAndMen Tell me about the rabbits, George]].

* PuppetShows: In one of the network runs the segments were introduced by a Bullwinkle puppet. The puppet suddenly disappeared shortly after Bullwinkle said "Say kids, you know [[TechnologyMarchesOn that knob that changes the channel]] on your tv comes off? Why dont you pull it off right now! Then you'll be sure to be here next week! And the week after that! And the week after that! And the week....."

It continued on with ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'' comics through the 80s. In 2000, {{Universal}} released TheFilmOfTheSeries produced in live action, apart from a CGI moose and squirrel voiced by Keith Scott and June Foray, and [[BookEnds hand-drawn opening and ending sequences]] mimicking the style of the 1950's cartoon. Jason Alexander and Rene Russo played Boris and Natasha. {{Robert DeNiro}}, a fan of the show from his youth, not only played Fearless Leader, but was also one of the film's producers.

** As is the Peabody episode where the mountie can't take in his target because she's a woman.

* ArtEvolution: Several of the characters looked a bit different in the beginning, but the one who has gone through the most recognizable changes is Fearless Leader. In his first appearance, he was thin with a trenchcoat, sunglasses, and a hat like Boris'. His next few appearances depicted him fat, in a uniform, no hat and no sunglasses. When Rocky and Bullwinkle arrived in Pottsylvania, Fearless Leader was slimmed down a little. And finally, when Boris meets up with him in person, Fearless Leader looks as he does today: skinny, given a hat, a differently shaped head, a scar on his face and a monocle.

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: Boris and Natasha in "The Last Angry Moose" story get away with stealing Bullwinkle's savings without getting caught. It's not a total loss for Bullwinkle, though, since he gains a lot of money from the success of his movie.]]

* CompetitionCouponMadness: Boris and Natasha produce counterfeit box tops to get all the prizes and undermine the world's economy. General Mills (which not only sponsored the show, but owned it outright) was not amused and forced the producers to end the story earlier than planned.

* DinnerOrderFlub: Bullwinkle goes into a coffee shop and looks over the menu. Seeing that refills are free, he tells the waiter "think I'll have some of that there refill."

* ExplosiveCigar: In the story ''Mucho Loma'', Bullwinkle is put in jail after being mistaken for the villain Zero. Rocky gives Bullwinkle a explosive cigar to help him break out. Bullwinkle mistakes it for a real cigar and throws it out the window causing a RubeGoldbergDevice that breaks the prison wall.

* FateWorseThanDeath: According to Natasha, being frozen in front of the America flag in a position that makes it look like he's perpetually saluting it is this for Boris.

** [[spoiler: Until it was later revealed that it was made by a moon wizard to make the moon prince intelligent and that Gidney and Cloyd lost it after they borrowed it for their trip to Earth]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Almost every time Boris, Natasha, and Fearless Leader were defeated were by their own weapons. Most notably was in the Rocky and Bullwinkle movie where they attempted to use a digital DisintegratorRay to eliminate Rocky and Bullwinkle but ended up getting digitized themselves when Bullwinkle unknowingly messed with the controls.
** Said word-for-word by the narrator when Boris falls into one of his own traps in ''The Treasure of Monte Zoom'' storyline.

-->'''Fearless Leader''': Badenov, you are an incompetent, stupid, disgusting little nincompoop!

-->'''Fearless Leader''': There has never been a way to actually kill a cartoon character until now.
-->'''Pottsylvanian scientist''': What about that movie ''[[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]]''?

* SaveOurTeam: Bullwinkle's throwing arm (and the fact that nobody argues with a moose who wants to make a running play) takes the Wossamotta U football team from dead last to undefeated.

* ShoutOut: During the promo trailer for the movie, which was to be [[RogerRabbitEffect live action/animation]], the narrator said it was the most spectacular blend of live action and animation to ever hit the silver screen, it cut to a scene where one of Fearless Leader's men asked, "What about that movie with [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]]?" to which Fearless Leader responded, "Shut up! This is completely different!"

** In one movie scene Rocky and Bullwinkle are directed to a hospital's J Ward.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Fearless Leader taps into some of the imagery, particularly his monocle, prominent facial scar and uniform decorations. That, and he's also fond of the phrase "''Schweinhund''".
* TookALevelInBadass: Surprisingly, Bullwinkle fulfilled this trope in TheMovie when he fought off a whole gang of Pottsylvania spies and even sent Fearless Leader flying.

* WhosOnFirst: In a ''Bullwinkle's Corner'' segment where Bullwinkle and Boris perform ''Simple Simon'', they transition into this over the word "ware".

* ArtEvolution: Several of the characters looked a bit different in the beginning, but the one who has gone through the most recognizable changes is Fearless Leader. In his first appearance, he was thin with a trenchcoat, sunglasses, and a hat like Boris's. His next few appearances depicted him fat, in a uniform, no hat and no sunglasses. When Rocky and Bullwinkle arrived in Pottsylvania, Fearless Leader was slimmed down a little. And finally, when Boris meets up with him in person, Fearless Leader looks as he does today: skinny, given a hat, a differently shaped head, a scar on his face and a monocle.

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: Boris and Natasha in "The Last Angry Moose" story get away with stealing Bullwinkle's savings without getting caught. It's not a total loss for Bullwinkle, though, since he gains alot of money from the success of his movie.]]

''Sherman:''' It's as thick as pea soup.\\

* BigShadowLittleCreature: [[spoiler:Mr. Big was revealed to be this towards the end of ''Upsidaisium''.]]

** ''Hail, Pottsylvania! Hail to the Black and the Blue! Hail, Pottsylvania, sneaky and crooked through and through...DOWN with the Good Guys, UP with the Boss: Under the sign of the Triple Cross (HAI!)...Hail, Pottsylvania...Hail, Hail, HAIL!!!''

-->'''Rocky:''' (under the influence of the gas) [[OfMiceAndMen Tell me about the rabbits, George]].

* FundayPawpetShow: The 2000 Bullwinkle figures [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irYLh32_ee0 made an appearence]] on an early episode.

* GrailInTheGarbage the kerwood derby, a hat that makes you absurdly smart is found in a store.

-->'''Fearless Leader''': Baddenov, you are an incompetent, stupid, disgusting little nincompoop!

-->'''Bullwinkle:''' "Uh-oh! What are those things Rock? (points to a pair of [[TankGoodness tanks]])
-->'''Rocky:''' Tanks, Bullwinkle. I said ''tanks'' Bullwinkle.

* InteractingWithShadow: One of the Aesop and Son segments features interactive shadows.

* LargeHam: RobertDeniro in TheMovie.

** Or, in many cases, ever (e.g., the Kerwood Derby).
*** It was a long drawn out gag involving [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456145/ this guy]] and a bunch of really bad jokes that seemed to offend him greatly, so much so that he tried to sue the makers of the show to get them to stop... it failed.

** This applies to both the live action films as well

-->'''Pottsylvanian scientist''': What about that movie [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]]?

** And the one time Rocky actually knew where he heard that voice, the effects of the goof gas gets to him right before he could say Boris's name.

--> '''Bullwinkle:''' Remember when we used to do this at the title, Rock?

* RedScare: Boris is specifically called a "spy and no-goodnik"

* {{Ruritania}}: Pottsylvania
* SaveOurTeam: Bullwinkle's throwing arm (And the fact that nobody argues with a moose who wants to make a running play) takes the Wassamatta U football team from dead last to undefeated.

* SyndicationTitle: ''Bullwinkle's Moose-a-rama'' on Nickelodeon

* TookALevelInBadass: Surprisingly, Bullwinkle fulfilled this trope in TheMovie when he fought off a whole gang of Pottslyvania spies and even sent Fearless Leader flying.

** Also in ''The Weather Lady'', Rocky immediately recognizes Boris when he and Bullwinkle sneak onboard Boris's steamboat.

* GeniusDitz: Turns out Bullwinkle is ''really'' good at fencing (although he uses it to shish kebab). Good enough to not only be mistaken for one of TheThreeMusketeers (by one of the ''actual'' Musketeers), but even to take on a small mob of swordsmen by himself.

** In a Mr. Know-It-All segment about magic, Bullwinkle is about to demonstrate pulling a rabbit out of his hat. Rocky remarks that this looks familiar. Bullwinkle proceeds to do his act and pulls ''[[BeyondTheImpossible himself]]'' out this time.

** Also "Shaddup your mouth!", "Allow me to introduce myself", "Hoo-boy!", "Raskolnikov!", and "Kill moose and squirrel" and variants thereof from Boris.