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3 | ->''Oscar, Oscar, Oscar and Friends,\ |
4 | you'll be on the edge of your seat 'till it ends!\ |
5 | Oscar, Oscar, Oscar and friends,\ |
6 | always having fun!\ |
7 | When things are dull, watch out!\ |
8 | YIKES!\ |
9 | Adventure's just begun!\ |
10 | With Doris and Bugsy, his fantasy friends,\ |
11 | They're always having fun!\ |
12 | Oscar, Oscar, Oscar and friends,\ |
13 | You'll be on the edge of your seat 'till ends!\ |
14 | Oscar, Oscar, Oscar and friends,\ |
15 | Aaalways haaving fun!'' |
16 | -->-- '''Intro Theme''' |
17 | |
18 | ''Oscar and Friends'' is a New Zealand stop-motion animated series by Cameron Chittock. |
19 | |
20 | Oscar is a young boy who lives with his parents. He lives an average life with them, except for the occasional adventure he has with his other friends. There's Doris, a pink anthropomorphic female hippo, and Bugsy, a little green man with his eyes on stalks. |
21 | |
22 | Sometimes he's joined in his adventures with Doris and Buggsy by Rosie, a female friend who can also see and interact with Doris and Bugsy. |
23 | |
24 | The series was produced in Wellington, and ran from December 30th, 1995, to January 20th, 1996. |
25 | |
26 | ---- |
27 | !!''Oscar and Tropes'': |
28 | * AnthropomorphicFood: The chocolate factory in "Chocolate Meltdown" is staffed by living chocolate figures. |
29 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In "A Dog's Life", while mowing the lawn, Bugsy starts muttering about the phrase "It's a Dog's life.", and then wishes that he was a dog. A gnome (Oscar's family's garden gnome come to life) overhears him and then grants his wish by turning Bugsy into a dog. Bugsy enjoys it at first, but changes his tune when he's made to eat actual dog food. |
30 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
31 | ** Bugsy has "Holy Macaroni!" whenever there is trouble. |
32 | ** Doris has "Choice!" when she's excited. |
33 | * {{Cyclops}}: The aliens Oscar, Doris, and Bugsy interact with all have one eye. |
34 | * EyeBeams: The gnome in "A Dog's Life" uses these to turn Bugsy into a dog. |
35 | * EyeOnAStalk: Bugsy's eyes are on stalks on top of his head. |
36 | * GenieInABottle: Doris is one in "The Magic Carpet". |
37 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Rosie serves as this anytime she joins the team. |
38 | * MagicCarpet: In the titular episode "The Magic Carpet", Oscar's first wish to Doris is that the carpet he's sitting on be a magic flying carpet. That's what it becomes. |
39 | * ManEatingPlant: In one episode, Oscar, Doris, and Bugsy are in a greenhouse full of giant man-eating plants. |
40 | * PinkIsFeminine: Doris is pink. That's the only feminine thing about her. |
41 | * ProtagonistAndFriends: The title of the show, naturally. |
42 | * RockMonster: One episode had Oscar, Doris, and Bugsy save a race of one-eyed mole people from enslavement by a giant one-eyed rock monster by feeding him rubies, which turn him into solid stone. |
43 | * StopMotion: Of the Claymation variety. |
44 | * TimeMachine: In the titular episode, Doris and Bugsy give Oscar a magic clock that can let him travel through time by moving the hands on its face. Doris, using a drill, spins the hands so much they end up ten million years in the past. |
45 | * TimeTravelEpisode: "The Time Machine" where Doris, Bugsy, and Oscar end up ten million years in the past. |
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