History WesternAnimation / TheCaribouKitchen

It was produced by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, World Productions (a rare excursion by the company into children's programmes, usually better known for [[Series/LineofDuty gritty drama series]]) and Scottish Television.

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A fairly obscure British preschool cartoon that ran on Creator/{{CITV}} for four seasons (June 1995-August 1998) consisiting overall of 52 episodes. It revolved around Claudia the caribou, who owned the titular cafe and dealt with problems from her staff and customers. Other characters inluded Tom the Tortoise and Lisa the Lemur, waiters of different speeds, chef Abe the Anteater, carpenter Kevin the Chameleon and customers like Taffy the Tiger. It was produced by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, World Productions (a rare excursion by the company into children's programmes, usually better known for gritty drama series) and Scottish Television. Notably, [[ActingForTwo all the voices]] were done by Kate Robbins.

A fairly obscure British preschool cartoon that ran on Creator/{{CITV}} for four seasons (June 1995-August 1998) consisiting overall of 52 episodes. It revolved around Claudia the caribou, who owned the titular cafe and dealt with problems from her staff and customers. Other characters inluded Tom the Tortoise and Lisa the Lemur, waiters of different speeds, chef Abe the Anteater, carpenter Kevin the Chameleon and customers like Taffy the Tiger. It was produced by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, World Productions (a rare excursion by the company into children's programmes, usually better known for drama series such as Series/{{Line of Duty}}) and Scottish Television. Notably, [[ActingForTwo all the voices]] were done by Kate Robbins.

A fairly obscure British kids' cartoon that ran on Creator/{{CITV}} for about three seasons (1995-1998). It revolved around Claudia the caribou, who owned the titular cafe and dealt with problems from her staff and customers. Other characters inluded Tom the Tortoise and Lisa the Lemur, waiters of different speeds, chef Abe the Anteater, carpenter Kevin the Chameleon and customers like Taffy the Tiger. It was produced by Maddox Animation and [[ActingForTwo all the voices]] were done by Kate Robbins.

* LimitedAnimation: At times the animation is comparable to WesternAnimation/{{The Adventures Of Paddy The Pelican}}. Some episodes aren't even "animated" at all, mostly consisting of slideshow-like movement.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: All the animals have one, the most noticeable probably being Abe and his ants.

A fairly obscure British kids' cartoon that ran on CITV for about three seasons (1995-1998). It revolved around Claudia the caribou, who owned the titular cafe and dealt with problems from her staff and customers. Other characters inluded Tom the Tortoise and Lisa the Lemur, waiters of different speeds, chef Abe the Anteater, carpenter Kevin the Chameleon and customers like Taffy the Tiger. It was produced by Maddox Animation and [[ActingForTwo all the voices]] were done by Kate Robbins.

* LimitedAnimation: At times the animation is comparable to WesternAnimation/{{TheAdventuresOfPaddyThePelican}}. Some episodes aren't even "animated" at all, mostly consisting of slideshow-like movement.

%%* LimitedAnimation: And how.

A fairly obscure British kids' cartoon that ran on CITV for about three seasons (1995-1998). It revolved around Claudia the caribou, who owned the titular cafe and dealt with problems from her staff and customers. Other characters inluded Tom the Tortoise and Lisa the Lemur, waiters of different speeds, chef Abe the Anteater, carpenter Kevin the Chameleon and customers like Taffy the Tiger. It was produced by Maddox Animation and [[TalkingToHimself all the voices]] were done by Kate Robbins.

%%* TurtlePower: Tom the Tortoise

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* CrossDressingVoices: Kate Robbins voicing the male characters.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes

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%%* CarnivoreConfusion: Taffy the Tiger

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%%* LimitedAnimation: And how.
%%* MotorMouth: Lisa the Lemur
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%%* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Claudia

%%* TurtlePower: Tom the Tortoise

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%%* CarnivoreConfusion: Taffy the Tiger

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%%* LocalHangout
%%* LimitedAnimation: And how.
%%* MotorMouth: Lisa the Lemur
%%* SpeciesSurname
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%%* TheNarrator
%%* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Claudia

%%* TurtlePower: Tom the Tortoise

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%%* AlliterativeName: All the characters have these.
%%* AnimalStereotypes

%%* CarnivoreConfusion: Taffy the Tiger

%%* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal

%%* LocalHangout
%%* LimitedAnimation: And how.
%%* MotorMouth: Lisa the Lemur
%%* SpeciesSurname
%%* TertiarySexualCharacteristics
%%* TheNarrator
%%* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Claudia

%%* TurtlePower: Tom the Tortoise

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%%* AlliterativeName: All the characters have these.
%%* AnimalStereotypes

%%* CarnivoreConfusion: Taffy the Tiger

%%* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal

%%* LocalHangout
%%* LimitedAnimation: And how.
%%* MotorMouth: Lisa the Lemur
%%* SpeciesSurname
%%* TertiarySexualCharacteristics
%%* TheNarrator
%%* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Claudia

%%* TurtlePower: Tom the Tortoise

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%%* AlliterativeName: All the characters have these.
%%* AnimalStereotypes

%%* CarnivoreConfusion: Taffy the Tiger

%%* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal

%%* LocalHangout
%%* LimitedAnimation: And how.
%%* MotorMouth: Lisa the Lemur
%%* SpeciesSurname
%%* TertiarySexualCharacteristics
%%* TheNarrator
%%* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Claudia

%%* TurtlePower: Tom the Tortoise

* AlliterativeName: All the characters have these.
* AnimalStereotypes

* CarnivoreConfusion: Taffy the Tiger

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal

* LocalHangout
* LimitedAnimation: And how.
* MotorMouth: Lisa the Lemur
* SpeciesSurname
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics
* TheNarrator
* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Claudia

* TurtlePower: Tom the Tortoise

* BritishAccent: A different one for almost every character.

* EverythingsNuttierWithSquirrels: Cyril Squirrel

* AlliterativeName - All the characters had these.

* AsideGlance - The characters would sometimes do these as the narrator said the final words of the episode
* BritishAccent - A different one for almost every character
* CarnivoreConfusion - Taffy the Tiger
* CrossDressingVoices - Kate Robbins voicing the male characters.
* EverythingsNuttierWithSquirrels - Cyril Squirrel

* LimitedAnimation - And how.
* MotorMouth - Lisa the Lemur
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent - Averted, as all the reptiles are actually quite nice people.

* TheOneWhoWearsShoes - Claudia
* TrademarkFavoriteFood - All the animals have one, the most noticeable probably being Abe and his ants
* TurtlePower - Tom the Tortoise
* VisibleInvisibility - When Kevin Chameleon becomes invisible, the audience still see his outline.

A fairly obscure British kids' cartoon that ran on CITV for about three seasons. It revolved around Claudia the caribou, who owned the titular cafe and dealt with problems from her staff and customers. Other characters inluded Tom the Tortoise and Lisa the Lemur, waiters of different speeds, chef Abe the Anteater, carpenter Kevin the Chameleon and customers like Taffy the Tiger. It was produced by Maddox Animation and [[TalkingToHimself all the voices]] were done by Kate Robbins.