History WesternAnimation / SittingDucks

''Sitting Ducks'' is an AllCGICartoon produced by Creative Capers Entertainment. It was spawned from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting_Ducks iconic 1977 lithograph ]] and the 1998 children's book of the same name, both created by poster artist Michael Bedard (who also developed this show).

* AllJustADream: The events in "The Visitor" turns out to have been this.

* ContinuityNod: In “Iced Duck”, Bill and Aldo send Ice Duck to Feather Island, where there is a wild chicken. This is possibly a nod to “Getting Away from it All” where Bill makes friends with the same chicken.

* CreatorCameo: Bedard's lithographs appear as paintings that Bill is working on in his apartment.

* GreenGators: All of the alligators in the show, including Aldo, are different shades of green. Real life alligators are grey or brown.

* ShoutOut: "Daredevil Duck" contains a scene which references ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' via its camera point-of-view of Bill, complete with dripping nostril.
** Swamptown’s entrance has a sign that says "R.I.P Donald" on there.

* OnlySixFaces: All the ducks look the same apart from what they wear. The alligators have it a bit worse.

* PaletteSwap: Every single background character. The ducks are limited to just the same model (sometimes Bill’s model) with different clothing and apparel.

* JerkassBall: Fred grabs this in "Great White Hype", where he kicks Aldo in the shins due to everyone in Ducktown betting on a duck winning against an alligator in a boxing match.

** In "Getting Away From it All", this happens not one but ''two'' times. When Bill runs away from alligators swimming in the water, he wishes things were back to normal. Then, it fades into Bill sleeping into his bedroom, with the three duck brothers giving him breakfast in bed. Then, they jump on the bed, make paper airplanes out of his books, and eat his breakfast. In an interesting twist of fate, it turns out that it was a '''dream within a dream''', and it fades to Bill back on the island.

** In "Getting Away From it All", this happens not one but ''two'' times. When Bill runs away from alligators swimming in the water, he wishes things were back to normal. Then, it fades into Bill sleeping into his bedroom, with the three duck brothers giving him breakfast in bed. Then, they jump on the bed, make paper airplanes out of his books, and eat his breakfast. In an interesting twist of fate, it turns out ''that'' was a dream too, and it fades to Bill back on the island.

* BigEater: If you have a fridge within ten feet of Ed, Oly, and Waddle, expect it to be polished within a matter of seconds.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Aldo maybe civil, but don't ever disrespect him.

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* HiccupHijinks: In "Hic Hic Hooray", Aldo catches a case of ‘’giccups’’ after he eats fried tadpoles. The giccups, in question, are merely burps, but cause the entire town to shake. Bev, Claire, and Cecil all conjure up solutions via drinking upside down, jumping and crossing his eyes, and popping a balloon respectively, but ultimately fail in the end.

* DigitalDestruction: The first season on Peacock are rendered in PAL format, meaning both the frames and audio aren't in the right format as originally intended.

* AlliterativeName: All the alligators have names starting with "A".

* EarlyBirdCameo: Fred, the melancholy penguin immigrant, made such in Season 1's episode 2B, "Hic Hic, Hooray!", while he made his proper introduction was in episode 3B, "Fred's Meltdown".

* ThatWasNotADream: In "Denture Adventure," right after Bill wakes up in Cecil's office, he tells Aldo and Cecil that he had a bad dream, and that it involved Bill becoming a bully. Aldo notes that this actually happened, but thankfully, everyone forgives Bill... [[spoiler: ...except for the chicken, who holds a grudge against Bill.]]

** Invoked during "Denture Venture" when Bill attempts to garner respect with his new teeth. It later on becomes clear why ducks weren't meant to have teeth.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Fred, who worked pretty hard to become a naturalized citizen of Ducktown, but who has to live in an apartment with the air conditioning completely turned up. Also his cousin, Gelata.

* DigitalDestruction: The episodes on Peacock are rendered in PAL format, meaning both the frames and audio aren't in the right format as originally intended.