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6	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/almost_naked_animals.jpg]]
7	[[caption-width-right:350: Don't let the title fool you. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids This show is for children.]]]]
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9	At the beginning of the 2010s, small-time American illustrator Noah Z. Jones happened upon a minor miracle of the animation industry: working on two different cartoons produced in two different countries within the same timeframe ''and'' having his name attached as creator for both. Out of these curious events came the 2010 underwater teen sitcom parody ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'', which was produced by Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation in the United States, and this oddball series, which was produced by Creator/NineStoryMediaGroup in Canada.
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11	''Almost Naked Animals'' centers on a hotel called the Banana Cabana populated by... well, just read the show's title — crudely shaved animals wearing nothing but their underwear. The cabana is managed by a cheerful but dimwitted dog named Howie and his ragtag bunch of misfit friends, including his fearful best buddy Octo (an octopus), as well as Bunny, Duck, Piggy, Narwhal, and Sloth (no prizes for figuring out any of their species). Minor villainy comes up through Howie's mean older sister Poodle, the owner of a much swankier competing hotel named the Chateau Chattoo, who seeks to drive Howie out of business and buy his hotel, with the help of her henchman Batty.
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13	''Almost Naked Animals'' debuted on the Canadian kids' network Creator/{{YTV}} on January 7, 2011, and later came to Creator/CartoonNetwork in the United States on June 13, 2011 alongside fellow YTV series ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}'' as part of a general trend of Canadian imports having prominence on CN at the time. It ran for 3 seasons and 52 episodes, concluding on May 22, 2013.
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15	JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith the trope HalfDressedCartoonAnimal.
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17	!!This show contains examples of:
18	* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Generally, underwear.
19	%%* TheAce: Howie to his sister's eyes.
20	* AchievementsInIgnorance: After misunderstanding Howie's orders to prepare a room to an upcoming VIP's liking as he likes "open space", as in large open fields. Duck [[LiteralMinded takes this literally]] and turns a random room into outer space.
21	* AffablyEvil: Poodle and Batty, who, despite their villainy, are still well-spoken even as they commit several misdeeds. Poodle never insults anyone and really just wants Howie's business.
22	%%* AfraidOfNeedles: Narwhal.
23	* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: Fiddler crabs try to do this to Octo in "S.S. Banana Cabana".
24	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
25	** Octo's worst fears are the dark, heights, and Brussels sprouts.
26	** In another episode, he mentions fears of Earth spinning off its axis, the sun falling out of the sky, and getting stuck in a rocking chair.
27	** In the BizarroUniverse, every member of the "Bizzaro Cabana" has oddities and superpowers such as breathing fire and two heads. Bizaro Octo is just regular Octo with 9 arms.
28	* ArtShift: The ridiculously highly detailed {{Episode Title Card}}s, depicting a random moment from the episode.
29	* BadLiar: Howie always twitches when he lies.
30	* BigBad: Poodle, Howie's sister, is the main antagonist, of whom he is oblivious to the fact that she hates him and his hotel and is constantly trying to sabotage his business.
31	* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Octo never saw Howie check in a guest, or clean anything, or clean a guest who was checking in.
32	* BringMyBrownPants: Octo inks himself when he's scared.
33	%%* ButtMonkey: Octo.
34	* CastingGag:
35	** This is not the [[WesternAnimation/{{Birdz}} first time]] that Creator/JulieLemieux has voiced a male bat.
36	** Creator/DavidBerni (Duck's VA) had appeared in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pearlie}}'', where a duck plays the role of TheDitz (but Berni didn't voice him).
37	%%* ChefOfIron: Master Ferret.
38	* TheChewToy: Batty and Octo both have a fair amount of abuse thrown their way.
39	* ChristmasEpisode: "The Perfect Gift" is about Narwhal trying to find a suitable gift for Bunny, whilst "Home for the Howiedays" is about Poodle having to stay at the Cabana during Christmas when her hotel is destroyed.
40	* CloudCuckoolander: Duck. When Howie says that Duck is his hero, Duck thinks it means he's going to be made into a hero sandwich. ("It tickles when you bite!")
41	* CutawayGag: "Or maybe we just need to stop leaving the remote in such weird places!" Cut to Howie taking the remote from the edge of a volcano.
42	* CuttingTheKnot: As Howie's last trial to escape the BizarroUniverse, Bizaro Octo mixes the ruby plunger Howie needs to escape with 2 fake identical ones. Howie points out that it's actually easier to just take all three of them and brute-force them at the portal toilet.
43	* DidYouGetANewHaircut: After Howie and Duck have caused everyone to age to old age in "The Rotation Situation", Bunny angrily asks if they notice anything different about her. Howie's first guess is new lipstick.
44	* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Howie whistles the opening theme in "Imaginary Friend".
45	* ADogNamedDog: Everyone but, oddly enough, [[OddNameOut Howie the dog]] (though to be fair, Howie is a pretty common name for dogs).
46	%%* DoggedNiceGuy: Octo and Sloth.
47	* DubNameChange: In Brazil, this series is known by a title that means "Almost ''Dressed'' Animals". In Spanish-language countries, it's "Animals in Underwear".
48	%%* ExposedAnimalBellybutton
49	* {{Fanboy}}: Howie is a major Dirk Danger fanboy.
50	* FeatherFingers: Duck's wings and Narwhal's fins.
51	** TailfinWalking: Narwhal.
52	* FurIsClothing: Almost taken to its literal extreme; even animals who lack fur wear some form of underwear. Howie even has a white patch of fur in the shape of a vest.
53	* {{Gasshole}}: Bert and Bert, the Baked Bean Bandits in "Cowboy Cabana". At the end of the episode, they use their farts to ''power a speedboat.''
54	* GirlyGirl: Bunny, of whom is incredibly stereotypically feminine and despises Howie's stereotypically masculine desire to be "cool" all the time. She generally tries to appear nice, but in reality, has a HairTriggerTemper and a selfish streak.
55	%%* {{Gonk}}: Duck.
56	%%* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Pretty much everyone wears it.
57	* GrossOutShow: With that name and character designs, what do you expect?
58	* HalloweenEpisode: Has a couple:
59	** "Hotel of Horrors" is about Howie winding up in a BizarroUniverse version of the Cabana where he finds that the residents there are freaks.
60	** "Howieween" is about Howie deciding to help Octo pick a costume for Halloween, which works too well and makes everyone think he is a monster.
61	* HasTwoThumbsAnd: In "Cool Paw Howie", Howie (who has turned the hotel into a minimum-security prison) asks his staff "Who has two thumbs and likes running a prison?". However, as none of the staff like running a prison, he gets no response.
62	* HereWeGoAgain:
63	** In "S.S. Banana Cabana", Howie installs new superpowered toilets that set the hotel afloat and crash it on an island. By the time they get the hotel back in place, he installs new showerheads that do the same thing.
64	** In "Jellyhead", after a {{Jerkass}} jellyfish gets stuck to Octo, it tries to control him. By the time he gets the jellyfish off, a starfish has latched itself to him.
65	* HideAndNoSeek: In "The Night Shift", Bunny does this to ditch Howie; telling him to count up to a ridiculously high number while she goes off to bed.
66	* HulkSpeak: Piggy is somewhere between this and [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent some weird mashup of a Russian/French accent]], most often in the form of "Piggy [infinitive verb] [noun]." More easily defined as a fragmented foreign accent.
67	* IdiotHero: Howie is excitable, impulsive, and not that bright, but he's still the leader.
68	* ImaginaryFriend: Howie gets hit on the head and reunites with a childhood imaginary friend named Platymoose.
69	* InterrogationByVandalism: In "The Rotation Situation", Bunny forces Howie to tell Duck to turn off the machine that is speeding up the earth's rotation (ItMakesSenseInContext) by threatening his Dirk Danger doll.
70	* ItsAllAboutMe: Narwhal, particularly in the episode when he laments having lost his number-one fan.
71	* {{Jerkass}}: The jellyfish in "Jellyhead", who takes control of Octo's life.
72	* JerkassBall and JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bunny, Piggy, Narwhal, and sometimes even Batty too.
73	* KarmaHoudini: Howie is generally able to evade consequences for being a reckless {{manchild}}, even when his sister Poodle is after him.
74	%%* {{Keet}}: Howie.
75	%%* LovableCoward: Octo has a lot of fears.
76	* ManChild: Howie, what with his short attention span, hyperactive movements, obliviousness to Sloth's love, and love of things usually associated with younger people (one source even describes him as being like an 11-year-old in an arcade).
77	* MarketBasedTitle: The show is known as ''Banana Cabana'' in many parts of Europe.
78	* MindOverMatter: Happens in the episode of that same name. Howie gets a remote stuck to his head, and gains telekinetic powers after it gets wet in an attempt to remove it.
79	* MixAndMatchCritters: Howie's imaginary friend is a platymoose.
80	* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Self invoked by Piggy during "Imaginary Friend".
81	-->'''Piggy:''' Dog Thing choose. Friends and Piggy, or pretendy trouble causer.
82	* TheNicknamer: Piggy has nicknames for everyone, including "dog thing" for Howie.
83	* NonMammalianHair: Also taken to its extreme. Species that wouldn't normally have hair, or at least not a full coat of it, still have the "shaved" appearance.
84	* NonMammalMammaries: Most non-mammal characters have these
85	* NoseNuggets: Howie's head-sized booger at the end of "Ear Wax Elf".
86	* ObliviousToHatred: Howie, who is unaware that Poodle is constantly antagonizing him and that Bunny despises his daredevil personality.
87	* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: The top-secret password to gain access to Dirk Danger's hermit lair was "top secret password".
88	%%* PasteEater: Duck in "Gone Banana".
89	* APirate400YearsTooLate: The lobster pirates who attempt to take over the cabana in "Narwhal's Birthday".
90	* PuttingThePeeInPool: This exchange from "The Rotation Situation":
91	-->'''Howie:''' Oh Bunny! You and your rules. 'No bathing in the pool'. Next you'll be saying you're not allowed to relieve yourself in the pool.\
92	'''Bunny:''' ''[angrily]'' You're not!\
93	'''Howie and Duck:''' ''[in unison]'' Oh.
94	* SafetyWorst: "Better Safe and Sorry" has Octo trying way too hard to install safety measures for the rest of the Cabana crew.
95	* SelfServingMemory: Of a sort. A vengeful moose Howie meets while disguised as one expresses his hatred for Howie after an incident he remembers "perfectly" where Howie while riding on a penny-farthing and holding a pie in old-timey getup, declares to the moose that he looks like someone for "some good shaming", and then throws the pie at him and breathes fire in his face, with the cast in similar attire laughing at his misfortune. Howie, however, properly remembers it as an accident involving a rocket-powered tricycle he was riding which caused Piggy to throw a pie in the air which landed on the moose and a rocket from the tricycle to discharge on his face, much to the horror and worry of the cast for the moose's safety.
96	* ShownTheirWork: Background characters include a furless tiger with faint stripes imprinted into his skin and a furless bear with black skin and whitish hair strands all over his body.
97	* SiblingRivalry: Howie/Poodle. She manages a rival hotel and constantly tries to get Howie to make a fool of himself or go out of business so their father will give ownership to her. Howie, however, is completely oblivious to her antics.
98	* SluggishSloths: Sloth does everything slowly and is reliant on a luggage cart to get around.
99	* SpaceWhaleAesop: Eat your vegetables or they'll eat you!
100	* SpitTake: Happens with Dirk Danger when drinking "creative juices" made by Howie from [[spoiler:Dirk's original costume]].
101	* StealthPun: In the puking episode, we learn that Howie has puked on everyone in town a dozen of dozen times. What's a dozen of dozens called? A gross.
102	* SuperZeroes: Howie meets one with a toaster on his head, and another with toothbrushes on his hands. They use toast and toothbrushes/toothpaste, respectively, to solve problems. They're actually quite effective.
103	* TanLines: Howie. And only Howie.
104	* TerrestrialSeaLife: Octo and Narwhal are seen living on land with no problem whatsoever.
105	* ThematicThemeTune: A few lines about the Cabana.
106	* TooDumbToLive:
107	** Howie who is a hyperactive idiot.
108	** Duck as well, though he is more insane than he is stupid. Many times he's shown outright psychotic.
109	%%* ToothyBird: Duck.
110	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Howie's favorite restaurant is the Fruity Noodle Hut, and his favorite drink is Captain Fizzy's Fuzzy Orange Soda (yum!)
111	* {{Tsundere}}: Bunny's biography says that she is this, but she seems to be on the tsuntsun side. This becomes a plot element in one episode, where Howie bets that, if Bunny can go a day without being angry, she won't have to dress as the cabana's mascot.
112	* UnrequitedLove: Sloth loves Howie, but he seems oblivious.
113	* UsedToBeASweetKid: In "Home for the Howiedays" we get a flashback to Howie and Poodle's childhood, when they were both best friends.
114	* WhoIsDriving: Happens to a speedboat in the imaginary friend episode.
115	* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: And even outside the Cabana, they're almost naked.
116	* YouNeedABreathMint: Howie, after he and Octo are roped together in "Cowboy Cabana".
117	--> '''Howie''': One of us could really use a breath mint.
118	--> ''(Howie sniffs twice)''
119	--> '''Howie''': Yeeeeah, that's me.

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