History WesternAnimation / SittingDucks

* GreenGators: As in the book, Aldo is green. Real alligators are gray.

The series was originally shown in 2001 in Europe and was later brought to Creator/CartoonNetwork in the United States and Japan, as well as Creator/{{CBC}} in Canada and Creator/ABC3 in both Australia. It proved to be a surprisingly successful series in Europe, and was somewhat well-received in the US as well, running for 26 episodes over 2 seasons. Reruns have since popped up on Creator/{{Qubo}} and Creator/NBCUniversal's Creator/{{Peacock}} streaming service.

* BerserkButton: If you're a gator, ''don't'' try to eat Aldo's best friend, Bill. That warning goes for ducks making fun of Bill too.

* PalatePropping: Bill does this to an alligator in the episode "The Fly Who Loved Me".

* RegularCharacter: Bill. Aldo can be considered one as well, but he only appeared in half the episodes of Season 1.

* OneShotCharacter: Mr. Quackenbush, Uncle Artie, Colonel Snappy, the Daredevil Ducks crew, Gelata, and Quack the Ripper.

* KarmaHoudini: Ed, Oly and Waddle in most episodes: generally, at worst, they eventually lose their ill-gotten gains (Aldo took their money away when they '''sold''' a fellow duck). For the most part, though, their cheating, lying, mooching, thievery and kidnapping goes unpunished (they once got another duck '''killed and eaten''' and faced no repercussions). Raoul benefits from the trope as well, to a lesser extent.

* AllJustADream: The episode with the space duck turns out to have been this.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: It happens twice in "Fowl Weather Feathers". The gators want more feather down vests and comforters from Ducktown for the winter or else they will eat the ducks if there's not enough supply to meet demand. Oly has special feathers that are larger and softer than regular feathers, which make his down vests more popular. Oly drinks a potion from Cecil that allows him to regrow his special feathers every time they're plucked, allowing him to donate all the feathers Swampwood needs. However, Bill and Aldo realize that if he becomes the sole supplier for the gators' down vests, then all the other ducks with normal feathers won't be needed except for being food. Hearing this, the ducks chase Oly into Swampwood, but the gators praise him like a celebrity instead of eating. Unfortunately for Oly, winter soon comes to an end, and he immediately realizes that since the gators don't need his down vests anymore, the only thing he's good for now is food. It's a good thing Bill, Aldo, Ed and Waddle were there to save him.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: It happens twice in "Fowl Weather Feathers". The gators want more feather down vests and comforters from Ducktown for the winter or else they will eat the ducks if there's not enough supply to meet demand. Oly has special feathers that are larger and softer than regular feathers, which make his down vests more popular. Oly drinks a potion from Cecil that allows him to regrow his special feathers every time they're plucked, allowing him to donate all the feathers Swampwood needs. However, Bill and Aldo reveal that if he becomes the sole supplier for the gators' down vests, then all the other ducks with normal feathers won't be needed except for being food. Hearing this, the ducks chase Oly into Swampwood, but the gators praise him like a celebrity instead of eating. Unfortunately for Oly, winter soon comes to an end, and he realizes that since the gators don't need his down vests anymore, the only thing he's good for now is food. It's a good thing Bill, Aldo, Ed and Waddle were there to save him.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: It happens twice in "Fowl Weather Feathers". The gators demand more feather down vests from Ducktown for the winter or else they will eat the ducks if there's not enough. Oly has special feathers that are larger and softer than regular feathers, which make his down vests more popular. Oly drinks a potion from Cecil that allows him to regrow his special feathers every time they're plucked, allowing him to donate all the feathers Swampwood needs. However, Bill and Aldo reveal that if he becomes the sole supplier for the gators' down vests, then all the ducks with normal feathers won't be needed except for being food. Hearing this, the ducks chase Oly into Swampwood, but the gators praise him like a celebrity instead of eating. Unfortunately for Oly, winter soon comes to an end, and he realizes that since the gators don't need his feather vests anymore, the only thing he's good for now is food. It's a good thing Bill, Aldo, Ed and Waddle were there to save him.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: It happens twice in "Fowl Weather Feathers". The gators demand more feather down vests from Ducktown for the winter or else they will eat the ducks if there's not enough. Oly has special feathers that are larger and softer than regular feathers, which make his down vests more popular. Oly drinks a potion that allows him to regrow his special feathers every time they're plucked, allowing him to donate all the feathers Swampwood needs. However, Bill and Aldo reveal that if he becomes the sole supplier for the gators' down vests, then all the ducks with normal feathers won't be needed except for being food. Hearing this, the ducks chase Oly into Swampwood, but the gators praise him like a celebrity instead of eating. Unfortunately for Oly, winter soon comes to an end, and he realizes that since the gators don't need his feather vests anymore, the only thing he's good for now is food. It's a good thing Bill, Aldo, Ed and Waddle were there to save him.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefullness: It happens twice in "Fowl Weather Feathers". The gators demand more feather down vests from Ducktown for the winter or else they will eat the ducks if there's not enough. Oly has special feathers that are larger and softer than regular feathers, which make his down vests more popular. Oly drinks a potion that allows him to regrow his special feathers every time they're plucked, allowing him to donate all the feathers Swampwood needs. However, Bill and Aldo reveal that if he becomes the sole supplier for the gators' down vests, then all the ducks with normal feathers won't be needed except for being food. Hearing this, the ducks chase Oly into Swampwood, but the gators praise him like a celebrity instead of eating. Unfortunately for Oly, winter soon comes to an end, and he realizes that since the gators don't need his feather vests anymore, the only thing he's good for now is food. It's a good thing Bill, Aldo, Ed and Waddle were there to save him.

* RealityEnsues: In one episode, a boxing duck is meant to fight an alligator. Aldo insists that no matter how tough the duck is, it is still just a duck and stands no real chance. It's later revealed the event was staged and the duck and alligator were both being paid for the fight. When the alligator wants to end the match quickly so he can go to the bathroom, he ingests the duck in one bite before spitting him out after he walks out of the area.

The series was originally shown in 2001 in Europe and was later brought to Creator/CartoonNetwork in the United States and Japan, as well as Creator/{{CBC}} in Canada and Creator/ABC3 in both Australia. It proved to be a surprisingly successful series in Europe, and was somewhat well-received in the US as well, running for 26 episodes over 2 seasons. Reruns have since popped up on Creator/{{Qubo}} and Creator/NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service.

''Sitting Ducks'' is a CGI television series that spawned from the iconic lithograph of the same name. It mainly centers around a [[NiceGuy good-natured]] duck named Bill, who establishes an unusual friendship with an alligator named Aldo. Said friendship is challenged by both the separate divisions between ducks and alligators (Ducktown and Swampwood, respectively) and the obvious idea of [[FantasticRacism ducks and alligators being unable to establish any kind of friendship]]. The two of them end up in the usual SliceOfLife affair, dealing with the three slackers next door to Bill, enduring complications that [[PowerOfFriendship test their friendship]], among other hijinks. Originally shown in 2001 in Europe and was later brought to Creator/CartoonNetwork, as well as ABC in both Australia and Japan. It proved to be a surprisingly successful series in Europe, and was somewhat well-received in the US as well.