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3	''Misi Mókus kalandjai'' is a Hungarian StopMotion animated series, created by Creator/PannoniaFilmStudio in 1980. Based on the 1953 children's novel by Hungarian writer Józsi Jenő Tersánszky, the 13 7-minute episodes were later combined into one single feature-length film.
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5	The plot follows the adventures of a mischievous young squirrel named Misi, who doesn't want to collect nuts for winter, so he goes on a journey to a tropical land where trees always bear fruit. On his adventures he meets many wacky animals and learns that the land he dreamed of is not as pleasant as he believed.
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8	!!This series contains examples of:
9	* AbsentMindedProfessor: Ottmár the paleontologist.
10	* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Misi wears a red scarf.
11	* AdaptationalDumbass: Kaa was one of the wisest animals in ''Literature/TheJungleBook''. Here, he's a comedic character who gets easily outsmarted by Bumba. His LaughablyEvil personality and lack of intelligence is much closer to the [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Disney version]] of the character (the Disney film premiered in Hungary in 1979, while this series was in production).
12	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Bumba the monkey is a treacherous false friend to Misi in the book, but a heroic, loyal friend in the film.
13	* AlliterativeName: Misi Mókus.
14	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Misi gets mocked for his black tail.
15	* AmbiguouslyJewish: Ottmár's camel has the stereotypical Jewish name "Sámuel Goldmann". An Israeli camel is also one of the NationalAnimalStereotypes.
16	* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the 1953 novel.
17	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Misi dreams of a land where he doesn't have to work for food. His dreams come true in the land where trees always bear fruit, but the local squirrels are so painfully passive there that Misi gets frustrated with them and terrified that he'd become one of them.
18	* BoringReturnJourney: Misi's journey to the land where trees always bear fruit is much longer than the journey back - it takes eight episodes to get there and only three to get back. On the way back, the only important event is a CircusEpisode where Misi's friend and companion Bumba's story arc gets resolved by him getting a job as a circus performer.
19	* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Ottmár wants to find a yeti in the Sahara. He eventually finds the skull of a dead yeti.
20	* BrattyHalfPint: The spoiled kid who buys Misi from the pet store. Early on, Misi himself also acts bratty, but he goes through CharacterDevelopment.
21	* BrilliantButLazy: Misi. He doesn't want to gather food for the winter, but is a very smart squirrel whose ingenuity often saves him during his adventures.
22	* CanonForeigner: The animated film has a handful of characters that don't appear in the book, most notably Ottmár the paleontologist and his camel Sámuel.
23	* CatsAreMean: Played straight with the city cat that tries to catch and eat Misi on the attic, but averted with the gentle old sailor cat.
24	* CircusEpisode: On the way back from the journey, Misi and his friends visit a circus where Misi challenges the climbing champion for a reward. The ringmaster wants to employ Misi as the new climbing champion, but he chooses to return home. Bumba joins the circus instead of him.
25	* GiantFlyer: Dániel, the albatross, who gives Misi a lift both ways.
26	* HonorableElephant: Kacifánt has the reputation of being one of the wisest animals in the jungle. He's also a close friend of the elderly (human) sage Apa-pirra-soka-tir.
27	* IntercontinuityCrossover: Misi encounters Kaa from ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' during his travels, who attempts to eat him and Bumba. Misi [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this, saying that he read about Kaa in ''The Jungle Book'' before.
28	* LazyBum: All the squirrels living in the land where trees alway bear fruit are fat, slow, and are too lazy to even walk.
29	* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the book it is based on. The book is full of violence and death, and Bumba the monkey is a treacherous false friend. The series, aimed at younger children, omits all character deaths, and makes Bumba a good, loyal friend of Misi.
30	* ALizardNamedLiz: Krokó the crocodile and Kacifánt the elephant.
31	* MisplacedWildlife:
32	** Misi encounters Kaa the python in the jungles of what seems to be Africa. While pythons do live in Africa, this Kaa is explicitly said to be the same as in ''Literature/TheJungleBook'', which takes place in India.
33	** Also applied to a [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious cryptid]]: Ottmár finds a yeti skull in the Sahara, even though it's a creature associated with the Himalayas.
34	* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Krokó, the hungry crocodile attacks Misi, who outsmarts him by sticking a pole in his mouth.
35	* NoCartoonFish: Implied. Krokó the crocodile swears he will only eat fish if Misi removes the pole from his mouth.
36	* NonMammalianHair: Krokó has a tuft of blonde hair on the top of his head, despite being a crocodile.
37	* PalatePropping: Misi defeats Krokó with this trick - sticking a pole (specifically the warning sign held by Bumba) in the crocodile's mouth.
38	* ParasolParachute: Misi has an umbrella he can use for gliding.
39	* ThePromisedLand: The land where trees always bear fruit is of the cynical flavor. There, the squirrels are so fat and lazy that they not only don't climb trees but barely move around. In the book, they're so slow they can't run away from predators. In both versions, Misi gets so upset and frustrated that he leaves the fat squirrels behind and returns home.
40	* PunnyName: Apa-pirra-soka-tir sounds like "A papírra sokat ír", which means "He writes a lot on the paper" in Hungarian.
41	* RaceLift: The book does not describe Apa-pirra-soka-tir's skin color (only that he has white beard), but considering that he's an African sage, he's likely a person of color. The series portrays him as a pale-skinned WizardClassic.
42	* RoadTripPlot: The story is basically Misi's journey from home to the land where trees always bear fruit and back.
43	* SnakeTalk: Kaa talks like this, of course.
44	* SparedByTheAdaptation: Krokó the crocodile, whom Misi kills in the book. Here Misi forgives Krokó and removes the pole from his mouth after Krokó promises he'll restrict himself to a fish diet. Also, in the books, one of the fat squirrels gets eaten by a jackal (who is AdaptedOut from the animated series).
45	* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: Misi, after learning that the squirrels at the land where trees always bear fruit are incredibly fat and lazy, decides that his place is back at home.
46	* {{Tuckerization}}: Ottmár the paleontologist is named after Ottmár Bayer, the series' director of photography.
47	* WackyWaysideTribe: The Cavern of Singing Dragons, which Misi needs to cross, has little to no bearing on the plot. Misi and his friends enter the cave, encounter a bunch of singing frogs (who all have the family name "Dragon") and listen to their song, then continue their journey without ever mentioning the cave again.
48	* WizardBeard: Apa-pirra-soka-tir, the wise old hermit, has long white beard, and has a WizardClassic look in general.

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