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Smart, sensible yet preachy Lucien (Creator/KathSoucie) and rowdy thug Wayne (Creator/TomKenny) are not-so identical twins who live with their hygiene-obsessed mother (Creator/NicoleOliver) and their Western-obsessed father (Creator/IanJamesCorlett) in the fictional town of Soap City, where cleanliness is a way of life and any concern about nature will make you a pariah. Sadly, but obviously, neither get along. Wayne's friend is Dirty Joe (Creator/LeeTockar) and the girl that has a crush on him is Wendy Winkle (Jayne Paterson), though he hates her. His enemies are Miss Hillary Hissy (Creator/CathyWeseluck, who also plays Tony's mom, Lily, and Mrs. Winkle) and Lucien's friends are the wise yet vertically-challenged Tony Parsons (Terry Klassen who also plays Tony's dad, Seth) and Mari and Luke Harrison (Adam Little).

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Smart, sensible yet preachy Lucien (Creator/KathSoucie) and rowdy thug Wayne Cramp (Creator/TomKenny) are not-so identical twins who live with their hygiene-obsessed mother Dorothy (Creator/NicoleOliver) and their Western-obsessed father Horace (Creator/IanJamesCorlett) in the fictional town of Soap City, where cleanliness is a way of life and any concern about nature will make you a pariah. Sadly, but obviously, neither get along. Wayne's friend is Dirty Joe (Creator/LeeTockar) and the girl that has a crush on him is Wendy Winkle (Jayne Paterson), though he hates her. His enemies are Miss Hillary Hissy (Creator/CathyWeseluck, who also plays Tony's mom, Lily, and Mrs. Winkle) and Lucien's friends are the wise yet vertically-challenged Tony Parsons (Terry Klassen who also plays Tony's dad, Seth) and Mari and Luke Harrison (Adam Little).
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* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Wayne will do anything to prevent Wendy's advances toward him.

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* ShortTeensTallAdults: OK, the main characters aren't actually teens: they're ten-year-olds. Still, the kids are WAY shorter than they should be when compared to the adults. For example, Lucien and Wayne are literally half their parents' height.



* TeensAreShort: OK, the main characters aren't actually teens: they're ten-year-olds. Still, the kids are WAY shorter than they should be when compared to the adults. For example, Lucien and Wayne are literally half their parents' height.
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The series premiered in the UK on September 3, 2001 on Creator/CartoonNetwork (UK) and later on CBBC on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]] respectively and reached high popularity with children, where it was renewed for two more seasons. The series also aired in the United States on the [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment Fox Box]] to a far less positive reaction.

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The series premiered in the UK on September 3, 2001 on Creator/CartoonNetwork (UK) and later on CBBC Creator/{{CBBC}} on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]] respectively and reached high popularity with children, where it was renewed for two more seasons. The series also aired in the United States on the [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment Fox Box]] to a far less positive reaction.

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''The Cramp Twins'' is an animated series created by cartoonist Brian Wood based on a graphic novel of the same name. The show was produced by Creator/SunbowEntertainment and TV-Loonland AG, in association with Creator/CartoonNetwork Europe. However, for the show's second season TV-Loonland switched production studios from Sunbow to another studio they owned - the UK-based Telemagination.

It is about Lucien Cramp (Creator/KathSoucie) and Wayne Cramp (Creator/TomKenny), not-so identical twins who live with their hygiene-obsessed mother (Creator/NicoleOliver) and their Western-obsessed father (Creator/IanJamesCorlett) in the fictional town of Soap City, where cleanliness is a way of life and any concern about nature will make you a pariah. Sadly, but obviously, neither get along. Wayne's friend is Dirty Joe (Creator/LeeTockar) and the girl that has a crush on him is Wendy Winkle (Jayne Paterson), though he hates her. His enemies are Miss Hillary Hissy (Creator/CathyWeseluck, who also plays Tony's mom, Lily, and Mrs. Winkle) and Lucien's friends are Tony Parsons (Terry Klassen who also plays Tony's dad, Seth) and Mari and Luke Harrison (Adam Little).

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''The Cramp Twins'' is an animated series created by cartoonist Brian Wood based on a his graphic novel of the same name. The show was produced by Creator/SunbowEntertainment and TV-Loonland AG, in association with Creator/CartoonNetwork Europe. However, for the show's second season TV-Loonland switched production studios from Sunbow to another studio they owned - the UK-based Telemagination.

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Telemagination. Cynical, biting and more than often a little cruel, it served to highlight the more dysfunctional aspects of society through the eyes of two very different siblings.

Smart, sensible yet preachy
Lucien Cramp (Creator/KathSoucie) and rowdy thug Wayne Cramp (Creator/TomKenny), (Creator/TomKenny) are not-so identical twins who live with their hygiene-obsessed mother (Creator/NicoleOliver) and their Western-obsessed father (Creator/IanJamesCorlett) in the fictional town of Soap City, where cleanliness is a way of life and any concern about nature will make you a pariah. Sadly, but obviously, neither get along. Wayne's friend is Dirty Joe (Creator/LeeTockar) and the girl that has a crush on him is Wendy Winkle (Jayne Paterson), though he hates her. His enemies are Miss Hillary Hissy (Creator/CathyWeseluck, who also plays Tony's mom, Lily, and Mrs. Winkle) and Lucien's friends are the wise yet vertically-challenged Tony Parsons (Terry Klassen who also plays Tony's dad, Seth) and Mari and Luke Harrison (Adam Little).
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The series premiered in the UK on September 3, 2001 on Creator/CartoonNetwork (UK) and later on CBBC on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]] respectively and reached high popularity with children, where it was renewed for two more seasons. The series also aired in the United States on the [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment Fox Box]] to a far less positive reaction.



The series premiered in the UK on September 3, 2001 on Creator/CartoonNetwork (UK) and later on CBBC on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]] respectively and reached high popularity with children. The series also aired in the United States on the [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment Fox Box]].

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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.



* TooDumbToLive: Mr/Mrs Cramp, Wendy and Miss Hissy all manage this in one episode. [[spoiler: Wayne manages to convince them that Lucien sent him to another dimension in a botched magic act.]]

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* TooDumbToLive: Mr/Mrs Cramp, Wendy and Miss Hissy all manage this in one episode. [[spoiler: Wayne [[spoiler:Wayne manages to convince them that Lucien sent him to another dimension in a botched magic act.]]

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* TheDogBitesBack: When Wendy receives a pony, she starts to mistreat it, and then Tony uses it Ventriloquism to convince them that it can talk. He then starts to use it to boss Wendy around.



* PetTheDog: Surprisingly, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr Winkle]] does love his daughter, though then again, Wendy [[SpoiledBrat is]] [[RichBitch just as]] [[ItRunsInTheFamily bad as he is]].



* PromotionToParent: Lucian is left in charge of Wayne.....and his father, by his mom when she starts working, because without someone to look after them Mr Cramp doesn't even know where his clothes are and Wayne goes to school in his nightwear.
* RelationshipSabotage: In "Cramp vs Cramp", Wayne tries to get his parents to divorce because due to Marcus travelling the world with his parents after they split up, he expects the same to happen to them. After his previous attempts fail, he tries to frame his parents for cheating on each other, Mrs Cramp with Agent X and Mr Cramp with Miss Hissy. Wayne succeeds in splitting them up and seems happy at first, until his mother declares they aren't going on a vacation, but to their grandma's house. However, Mr Cramp decides to come back home and his parents make up.



* PetTheDog: Surprisingly, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr Winkle]] does love his daughter, though then again, Wendy [[SpoiledBrat is]] [[RichBitch just as]] [[ItRunsInTheFamily bad as he is]].
* PromotionToParent: Lucian is left in charge of Wayne.....and his father, by his mom when she starts working, because without someone to look after them Mr Cramp doesn't even know where his clothes are and Wayne goes to school in his nightwear.
* RelationshipSabotage: In "Cramp vs Cramp", Wayne tries to get his parents to divorce because due to Marcus travelling the world with his parents after they split up, he expects the same to happen to them. After his previous attempts fail, he tries to frame his parents for cheating on each other, Mrs Cramp with Agent X and Mr Cramp with Miss Hissy. Wayne succeeds in splitting them up and seems happy at first, until his mother declares they aren't going on a vacation, but to their grandma's house. However, Mr Cramp decides to come back home and his parents make up.



* TheDogBitesBack: When Wendy receives a pony, she starts to mistreat it, and then Tony uses it Ventriloquism to convince them that it can talk. He then starts to use it to boss Wendy around.
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* HauntingTheGuilty: In "Cricket Slayers", Lucien indirectly leads to the death of a rare species of cricket and he feels very guilty about it. [[EvilTwin Wayne]] only adds salt to the wound by disguising himself as a cricket and pretending to be its ghost to haunt Lucien at night. Since Lucien can't see well without his glasses, he is fooled at first, but he finds out it was Wayne all along when the latter says something factually incorrect about crickets. [[spoiler:In the end, it turns out the cricket was just knocked out cold, but still alive]].

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In "Dirty Monkey", when the viewer sees through the monkeys' eyes, they are seen to have poor colour vision, seeing everything in shades of brown. While the colour vision of new-world monkeys isn't as good as that of humans and other old-world monkeys, they can distinguish shades of blue and green.

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In "Dirty Monkey", when the viewer sees through the monkeys' eyes, they are seen to have poor colour vision, seeing everything in shades of brown. While the colour vision of new-world monkeys isn't as good as that of humans and other old-world monkeys, they can distinguish shades of blue and green.green.
** In "Chameleon Chaos", aside from HollywoodChameleon being in play with the titular reptile, it pees on Wayne's hand at one point. Lizards don't urinate like this.

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* NeverTrustATitle: Lucien and Wayne are ''not'' twins at all.
* NobodyPoops: Completely averted. In fact, one episode is centered around Lucien desperately needing the bathroom, but being unable to go because Wayne is fishing in the toilet. However, they never actually mention the word 'poop':

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* NeverTrustATitle: Lucien and Wayne are ''not'' twins at all.
* NobodyPoops: Completely averted. In fact, one episode is centered around Lucien desperately needing the bathroom, but being unable to go because [[ItMakesSenseInContext Wayne is fishing in the toilet.toilet]]. However, they never actually mention the word 'poop':



** Tony proved quite slow in that scene.

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* JerkassBall: Tony, who is usually one of the nicest characters in the show, becomes a jerk in the episode "Swamp Curse". In this one he threatens the Winkles with putting a curse on them for making fun of him, then he intimidates people in Soap City with his new reputation to get what he wants.



* TookALevelInJerkass: Tony in the episode "Swamp Curse".
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The series premiered in the UK on September 3, 2001 on Creator/CartoonNetwork (UK) and later on CBBC on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]] respectively and reached high popularity with children. The series also aired in the United States on the [[Creator/4KidsEntertainment FoxBox]].

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The series premiered in the UK on September 3, 2001 on Creator/CartoonNetwork (UK) and later on CBBC on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]] respectively and reached high popularity with children. The series also aired in the United States on the [[Creator/4KidsEntertainment FoxBox]].[[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment Fox Box]].
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* NeverTrustATitle: Lucien and Wayne are ''not'' twins at all.
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The series premiered in the UK on September 3, 2001 on Creator/CartoonNetwork (UK) and later on CBBC on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]] respectively and reached high popularity with children.

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The series premiered in the UK on September 3, 2001 on Creator/CartoonNetwork (UK) and later on CBBC on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]] respectively and reached high popularity with children. The series also aired in the United States on the [[Creator/4KidsEntertainment FoxBox]].

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* AspectRatioSwitch: The second season saw the switch from 4:3 to 16:9.
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* FanDisservice: Miss Hissy's overly large butt, which gets the occasional panty shot.

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* FanDisservice: Miss Hissy's overly large butt, which gets the occasional panty shot.PantyShot.
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* FanDisservice: Miss Hissy's overly large butt, which gets the occasional PantyShot.

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* FanDisservice: Miss Hissy's overly large butt, which gets the occasional PantyShot.panty shot.
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* TrianglesAreTheWorstInstrument: Wendy deliberately gives Lucien a triangle instead of the harp he would have gotten in the first come, first serve method she was using until that point to spite him.
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* LaughingGas: In "Happy Gas", Wayne, Mrs Cramp and Mr Cramp are all affected by some gas in the air that makes them unrealistically happy and unaware of their surroundings. It causes them to do silly things they would never enjoy otherwise, like Wayne willingly dressing as a girl. Lucien is the only one of his family who remains unaffected. The effects wear off near the end of the episode.
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* JumpRopeBlunders: In "Girl Gang", there is a scene where Lucien notices that boys and girls are playing different games on the playground, which he considers sexist. He tries to join a girls' game of skipping rope, but he ruins it because the rope gets tangled in his feet.
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* GettingSickDeliberately: In "Sick Daze", Wayne deliberately makes himself catch a cold to skip school the next day.
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''The Cramp Twins'' is an animated series created by cartoonist Brian Wood based on a graphic novel of the same name. The show was produced by Creator/SunbowEntertainment and TV-Loonland AG, in association with Creator/CartoonNetwork Europe. However, for the show's second season TV-Loonland switched production studios from Sunbow to another studio they owned - the UK-based Creator/{{Telemagination}}.

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''The Cramp Twins'' is an animated series created by cartoonist Brian Wood based on a graphic novel of the same name. The show was produced by Creator/SunbowEntertainment and TV-Loonland AG, in association with Creator/CartoonNetwork Europe. However, for the show's second season TV-Loonland switched production studios from Sunbow to another studio they owned - the UK-based Creator/{{Telemagination}}.
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