History WesternAnimation / TheGetAlongGang

* ChekovsGun: Early in "The Big Bully", Dotty relates an old story about how the bridge to the gang's clubhouse and nearby swimming hole supposedly once had trolls under it; later, a chocolate-covered Rocco uses said chocolate and leaves to disguise himself as a troll to scare off Catchum and Leland.

** In the pilot, only the original six have actual dialogue. The rest of the members are all ''there,'' and get the occasional small moment (especially during the opening and closing credits) but apart from some nondistinct background chatter (and a single "hmmph!" from Flora in the final scene), none of them speaks a single word.

* TheFashionista: Woolma seems to be this, often worrying about her appearance, and not liking disgusting themes. She even talks one.

* FurryConfusion: One story involves a non-anthropomorphic elephant named Elmer who got separated from a circus. He's the size of an actual elephant, walks on all fours, and doesn't speak, trumpeting like an elephant usually does. The gang eventually finds him and returns him

[[caption-width-right:300: ♫ Each one is special in their own way! ♫ [[note]]From left-to-right: Dotty Dog, Zipper Cat, Montgomery Moose, Woolma Lamb, Bingo Beaver, Portia Porcupine. Not pictured: Braker Turtle, Rocco Rabbit, Rudyard Lion, Flora Fox, Bernice Bear, Lolly Squirrel, Hocus Hare, Pocus Possum.[[/note]]]]

Each of the characters had obvious faults, which they learned to overcome with the aid of their friends. Montgomery Moose, the group's leader, was quite clumsy, Woolma Lamb was extremely vain and self-centered, Dotty Dog could be careless, Portia Porcupine had temper tantrums, Zipper Cat could be overbearing, and Bingo Beaver could be greedy and tended to get himself and/or others into trouble, although he was not mean-spirited like the Gang's enemy, Catchum Crocodile.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Again, Catchum and Leland.

* CousinOliver: {{Subverted}} with one-time characters Cousin Wilton, Dotty Dog's cousin, and Cousin Tabby, Zipper Cat's cousin, both of whom are elderly adults ([[ScrewPolitenessImASenior a grumpy old man]] for Cousin Wilton and an implied CoolOldLady for Cousin Tabby. How exactly they wound up being cousins to people way younger than them is not explained, but it's implied [[NoodleIncident it's a long story as to why]].

* CousinOliver: {{Subverted}} with one-time character Cousin Wilton, Dotty Dog's cousin, who is an old man. How exactly he wound up being Dotty's cousin is not explained, but it's implied [[NoodleIncident it's a long story as to why]].

* KarmaHoudini: The townspeople in "Zipper's Millions", who kidnap several members of the gang and lock them in Zipper's cousin's house because they thought she deserved the fortune more than Zipper did. The gang simply forgives them and they receive no comeuppance for the trouble they caused.

* KarmaHoudini: The townspeople in "Zipper's Millions", who kidnap several members of the gang and lock them in Zipper's cousin's house so they could claim a fortune one of Zipper's relatives had. The gang simply forgives them and they receive no comeuppance for the trouble they caused.

* NoHuggingNoKissing: The closest is Rudyard's crush on Woolma but he didn't appear in the show.

* NotSoForgottenBirthday: This happens to Woolma in the eponymously named "Woolma's Birthday", although in this case, they were trying to avoid her. This leads to her writing a note saying she was going to visit her aunt onnthe waterfront, which is implied to not be a safe place. Eventually, not only does the gang celebrate her birthday, they also celebrate [[spoiler:Sammy Skunk saving Montgomery from being run over by a car]].

* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: The show has acquired the reputation among some people as being solely built around this trope, but in fact the trope isn't all that prominent for an 80s cartoon. The idea that this is "TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong, the Cartoon" probably stems less from the show itself and more from an oft-quoted interview with Creator/MarkEvanier, where he lambasted the show:
--> This was the message of way too many eighties' cartoon shows. If all your friends want to go get pizza and you want a burger, you should bow to the will of the majority and go get pizza with them. There was even a show for one season on CBS called The Get-Along Gang, which was dedicated unabashedly to this principle. Each week, whichever member of the gang didn't get along with the gang learned the error of his or her ways.

[[caption-width-right:300: ♫ Each one is special in their own way! ♫ (From left-to-right, top-to-bottom) Dotty Dog, Zipper Cat, Montgomery Moose, Bingo Beaver, Portia Porcupine, Woolma Lamb. Not pictured: Braker Turtle, Rocco Rabbit, Rudyard Lion, Flora Fox, Bernice Bear, Lolly Squirrel, Hocus Hare, Pocus Possum.]]

[[caption-width-right:300: ♫ Each one is special in their own way! ♫ (From left-to-right, top-to-bottom) Dotty Dog, Zipper Cat, Montgomery Moose, Bingo Beaver, Portia Porcupine, Woolma Lamb]]

[[caption-width-right:300:This can't be baseball! Nobody's arguing about whether the runner was safe!]]

* HairDecorations: Dotty, Woolma, and Portia all wear them.

* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: How some people view the entire message of the show.

* DemotedToExtra: Any gang members who weren't the original six: Braker became an unaffiliated friend, Rocco, Flora and Bernice had non-speaking cameos and Rudyard and Lolly didn't appear at all.

* AnimationBump: The Nelvana-produced pilot features not only some [[ArtShift notably different, more cartoony character designs]], but also much smoother, livelier and more fluent animation than the series proper, which was produced by DiC.

* CrossDressingVoices: Zipper Cat is voiced by the female Robbie Lee.