History WesternAnimation / SheriffCalliesWildWest

* AnAesop: Each of the show's stories has a moral of some sort that it's trying to teach. However, there seem to be in two in particular that crop up with some frequency:
** Don't be afraid to ask for help if you need it.
** Be kind and friendly to others and good things will happen (the town is called "Nice and Friendly Corners", after all).

* PlayingSick: This trope was used to provide AnAesop of "Playing sick as a means of getting attention is not good, and makes you [[CryingWolf less trustworthy when you actually]]. In the episode "Toby's Untrue Achoo", Toby the cactus fakes having a cold having seen how protagonist Callie, a calico cat, got attention and care due to having a sneeze, and he ''did'' get it, but [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor the consequences weren't that great for him]] - he was constantly told to rest, and (almost) missed out on a dance contest, which, by the end of the episode, exposed his deception. It was PlayedForDrama in that most of the townsfolk FunnyAnimal characters were angry with him for being a ''de-facto'' freeloader. However, unlike some examples of this trope, there was no AesopAmnesia that sometimes happens in this show (or with this trope in general), and Toby seems to have learnt his lesson. But this is a show where StatusQuoIsGod (usually), so this is one example where that trope ''did'' stick.

* StatusQuoIsGod: The main characters seem to learn the [[AnAesop morals of the episode]] and only occasionally suffer AesopAmnesia, but don't expect the villains to learn the moral, and for them to return to normal by the next episode.

* BrokenAesop: The episode "Toby's Untrue Achoo", which was ADayInTheLimelight for the anthropomorphic cactus, gained some notoriety and criticism from parents/parenting groups and social media at the time for presenting the moral of "Playing sick as a means of getting attention is not a good idea, and [[CryingWolf next time you actually are sick, you won't be believed when it is for real]]” and then contradicting it in the end by having Toby admitting he was faking it when he saw a dance contest going on, the one he was ''meant'' to take part in. Although it had the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome of everyone angry at him for TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity, which was one of the morals, it got contradicted at the end when he seemed to be EasilyForgiven. As it were, some people asked "[[LostAesop What moral did the audience actually learn]]?" In this case, none really as the aesop was contradicted ''at the end of the episode''.

* PlayingSick: This trope was used to provide AnAesop of "Playing sick as a means of getting attention is not good, and makes you [[CryingWolf less trustworthy when you actually]]. In the episode "Toby's Untrue Achoo", Toby the cactus fakes having a cold having seen how protagonist Callie, a calico cat, got attention and care due to having a sneeze, and he ''did'' get it, but [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor the consequences weren't that great for him]] - he was constantly told to rest, and (almost) missed out on a dance contest, which, by the end of the episode, exposed his deception. It was PlayedForDrama in that most of the townsfolk FunnyAnimal characters were angry with him for being a ''de facto'' freeloader. However, unlike some examples of this trope, there was no AesopAmnesia that sometimes happens in this show (or with this trope in general), and Toby seems to have learnt his lesson. But this is a show where StatusQuoIsGod (usually), so this is one example where that trope ''did'' stick.

* HarmlessVillain: Although presented as threatening InUniverse, the Buzzard Clan family, due to their constant arguments and BigScrewedUpFamily behavior, aren't that threatening and often easily defeated by Sheriff Callie and Peck. Some of the other VillainOfTheWeek (well, [[InsistentTerminology bandit and outlaws]] characters such as the shirt salesman scammer bear, are just ConMan-types who are sleazy, but not threatening. In general, there's no VileVillainSaccharineShow, even though the setting isn't a 100% SugarBowl.

* BrokenAesop: The episode "Toby's Untrue Achoo", which was ADayInTheLimelight for the anthropomorphic cactus, gained some notoriety and criticism from parents / parenting groups and social media at the time for presenting the moral of "Playing sick as a means of getting attention is not a good idea, and [[CryingWolf next time you actually are sick, you won't be believed when it is for real]] and then contradicting it in the end by having Toby admitting he was faking it when he saw a dance contest going on, the one he was ''meant'' to take part in. Although it had the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome of everyone angry at him for TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity, which was one of the morals, it got contradicted at the end when he seemed to be EasilyForgiven. As it were, some people asked "[[LostAesop What moral did the audience actually learn]]?" In this case, none really as the aesop was contradicted ''at the end of the episode''.

** Be kind and friendly to others and good things will happen. (The town is called "Nice and Friendly Corners", after all.)

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* ALizardNamedLiz: We have Sheriff Callie the calico cat, Deputy Peck the penguin, Farmer Stinky the skunk, Dirty Dan the pig, Ella Cowbelle the cow, Uncle Bun the rabbit...

* HarmlessVillain: Although presented as threatening InUniverse, the Buzzard Clan family, due to their constant arguments and BigScrewedUpFamily behavior, aren't that threatening and often easily defeated by Sheriff Callie and Peck. Some of the other VillainOfTheWeek (well, [[InsistentTerminology bandit and outlaws]] characters such as the shirt salesman scammer bear, are just ConMan-types who are sleazy, but not threatening. In general, there's no VileVillainSaccarineShow, even though the setting isn't a 100% SugarBowl.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: The Milk Bandit is a bobcat, a cat species not so commonly seen in fictional works.

* BrokenAesop: The episode "Toby's Untrue Achoo", which was ADayInTheLimelight for the anthropomorphic cactus, gained some notoriety and criticism from parents / parenting groups and social media at the time for presenting the moral of "Playing sick as a means of getting attention is not a good idea, and [[CryingWolf next time you actually are sick, you won't be believed when it is for real]] and then contradicting it in the end by having Toby admitting he was faking it when he saw a dance contest going on, the one he was ''meant'' to take part in. Although it had the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome of everyone angry at him for TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity, which was one of the morals, it got contradicted at the end when he seemed to be EasilyForgiven. As it were, some people asked "[[LostAesop What moral did the audience actually learn]]? In this case, none really as the aesop was contradicted ''at the end of the episode''.

* PlayingSick: Toby does this in "Toby's Untrue Achoo", in order to get attention.

* CrossdressingVoices: Toby is voiced by Creator/JessicaDiCicco.

* MaleGaze: Callie’s butt often gets in camera.

* CreepyMonotone: Farmer Stinky.
** Note that Farmer Stinky is a nice guy, if a little -- well, see SmellySkunk, below. His [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Down East accent]] is just incredibly understated compared to the rest of the townfolk.

** Callie keeps a basket full of yarn balls in her jailhouse, and even plays with them from time to time.
*** She also occasionally uses her claws to get herself and others out of sticky situations.

* LoudGulp: Happens a number of times throughout the show.