History WesternAnimation / TheFamilyNess

* BritishBrevity: The show ran for a single season of 25 episodes. Since the episodes are only 5 minutes in length each this gives the entire series a total run time of just over 2 Hours.

* ArtisticLicenceGeography: The mayor of the Loch appears in one episode. Scotland does not have any mayors in real life.

Not to be confused with a wholly separated ''other'' British (albeit French co-production) series which also featured the same "-Ness suffix denotes personalities of a group of Loch Ness monsters" concept a decade later ''WesternAnimation/HappyNessTheSecretOfTheLoch''.

Not to be confused with a wholly separated ''other'' British (albeit French co-production) series which also featured the same "-Ness suffix denotes personalities of a group of Loch Ness monsters" concept a decade later ''WesternAnimation/HappyNessSecretOfTheLoch''.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: Invoked in-universe. Ferocious-ness enters a parade pretending to be a float [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself modelled after the Loch Ness Monster]], but is annoyed when he only wins third place. It turns out that the judges were looking for a more stereotypical plesiosaur-type design of Loch Ness monster rather than Ferocious-ness’ [[Notzilla Godzilla-like]] appearance.

''The Family-Ness'' (1984-1985) is a Scottish children's cartoon revolving around the adventures of a brother and sister, Angus and Elspeth [=MacTout=], and their friends, a family of Loch Ness monsters collectively known as the Nessies.

Elspeth and Angus's dad, Mr. [=MacTout=], is the keeper of the Nessies' loch, but he dismisses anyone's claims of seeing a Loch Ness monster as nonsense. Similarily, the local policeman does not believe anyone who says they saw a Loch Ness monster. Professor Dumkopf, on the other hand, knows for sure that the Nessies are real and tries to prove their existence by making various inventions to use in and around the loch; his plans are usually foiled by the [=MacTout=] children or the Nessies themselves, however.

* BilingualBonus: Mr. Dumkopf. The word "dumkopf" is German for "stupid head".

* GrandFinale: "You'll Never Find a Nessie in a Zoo", the 25th and final episode, ends with Ferocious-Ness saying good-bye to the [=MacTout=] children.

* MadScientist: Mr. Dumkopf is a mad scientist.

* MissingMom: The father of the [=MacTout=] children is a commonly-seen character, but their mother is never even mentioned anywhere.

* NonstandardCharacterDesign: The Nessies tend to have pretty similar designs, but Ferocious-Ness and Her High-Ness look markedly different from the others. Ferocious-Ness has a more monstrous design, and Her High-Ness Nessies actually resembles a stereotypical Loch Ness monster to a greater degree.

* TheDitz: Forgetful-Ness. Again, all in his name.

* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Her High-Ness looks different from the other Nessies in that she actually resembles a stereotypical Loch Ness monster.

* GrandFinale: "You'll Never Find a Nessie in a Zoo".

* SickEpisode: "Baby-Ness Gets the Measles" for Baby-Ness.

* BigEater: Hungry-Ness.

* ChameleonCamouflage: It's revealed that Ferocious-Ness can do this in "Ferocious-Ness Changes his Colour".
* TheDitz: Forgetful-Ness.

* MadScientist: Mr. Dumkopf.
* MeaningfulName: The Nessies all have names reflecting what their personality is, for example Eager-Ness is a very eager Nessie while Sporty-Ness likes to play sports.

* SickEpisode: "Baby-Ness Gets the Measles".
* TheSmartGuy: Clever-Ness.
* StockNessMonster: The whole focus of the series, obviously.

Elspeth and Angus's dad, Mr. [=MacTout=], is the keeper of the Nessies' loch, but he dismisses anyone's claims of seeing a Loch Ness monster as nonsense. Similarily, the local policeman does not believe anyone who says they saw a Loch Ness monster. Mr. Dumkopf, on the other hand, knows for sure that the Nessies are real and tries to prove their existence by making various inventions to use in and around the loch; his plans are usually foiled by the [=MacTout=] children or the Nessies themselves, however.

* PunnyName: Most of the Nessies have names made to resemble words ending with the suffix "-ness" (i.e. Ferocious-Ness, Clever-Ness, Eyewit-Ness, etc.).

* StockNessMonster: The whole focus of the series.

Elspeth and Angus's dad, Mr. [=MacTout=], is the keeper of the Nessies' loch, but he dismisses anyone's claims of seeing a Loch Ness monster as nonsense. Similarily, the local policeman does not believe anyone who says they saw a Loch Ness monster. Mr. Dumkopf, on the other hand, knows the Nessies are real and wants to prove their existence by making various inventions to use in and around the loch; his plans are usually foiled by the [=MacTout=] children or the Nessies themselves, however.

Elspeth and Angus' s dad, Mr. [=MacTout=], is the keeper of the Nessies' loch, but he dismisses anyone's claims of seeing a Loch Ness monster as nonsense. Similarily, the local policeman does not believe anyone who says they saw a Loch Ness monster. Mr. Dumkopf, on the other hand, knows the Nessies are real and wants to prove their existence by making various inventions to use in and around the loch; his plans are usually foiled by the [=MacTout=] children or the Nessies themselves, however.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Nessies all have names reflecting what their personality is, for example Eager-Ness is a very eager Nessie.

* SickEpisode: "Baby-Ness Gets the Measles".

The children become friends with the Nessies after they save the clumsy Silly-Ness from a hole. The mother of the Nessies, Her High-ness, made it a strict rule beforehand that Loch Ness monsters have nothing to do with humans, but she makes Elspeth and Angus the exceptions after they save Silly-Ness. To show her gratitude for the children's actions, Her High-ness gives them "thistle whistles" that they can use to call on the Nessies at any time.

Elspeth and Angus' s dad, Mr. [=MacTout=], is the keeper of the Nessies' loch, but he dismisses anyone's claims of seeing a Loch Ness monster as nonsense. Mr. Dumkopf, on the other hand, knows they're real and wants to prove their existence by making various inventions to use in and around the loch; his plans are usually foiled by the [=MacTout=] children or the Nessies themselves, however.

* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Her High-ness looks different from the other Nessies in that she actually resembles a stereotypical Loch Ness monster.
* PunnyName: Most of the Nessies have names made to resemble words ending with the suffix "-ness" (i.e. Ferocious-Ness, Clever-Ness, Eyewit-Ness, etc.).