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8	''Poochini'' (or alternatively, ''Poochini's Yard'') is a very obscure animated series created by Dave Thomas (Nope, not that guy who founded the American fast food chain, Wendy’s) that aired on [[Creator/TheWB The WB 100+ Station Group]][[note]]the equivalent to today's Creator/TheCWPlus[[/note]], running for [[ShortRunners a single season of 26 episodes]]. It is an American-German-Netherlands co-production, largely the work of Creator/WildbrainEntertainment (better known for helping to produce ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'' and ''WesternANimation/BubbleGuppies''). The series follows the life of a high-class dog named Poochini (voiced by Creator/BillyWest) who is adopted by an average family after his original owner passes away. It originally aired globally in 2000, but did not debut in the United States until 2002, where it ran until 2003.
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10	Definitely not to be confused with ''Series/{{Poochinski}}''.
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13	!!The show has the following tropes:
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15	%%* {{Abusive Parent\|s}}: Walter White. No wonder why Billy is the jerk he is.
16	* AmbiguouslyGay: Bunk and Dirt live in the same house together.
17	* AnimalTalk: No human but the viewer can hear what the animals (Poochini included) are saying.
18	* AxCrazy: Bunk and Dirt, as well as the ringmaster from "Freak Week". Considering that Poochini's their punching bag, yeah.
19	* BerserkButton: Don't you ever, EVER go into Bunk's tub.
20	%%* BigBadDuumvirate: Walter and Billy White.
21	* ButtMonkey: Poochini never gets any respect from anyone.
22	%%* TheChewToy: Poochini.
23	* DependingOnTheWriter: The characters on this show are very inconsistent. One episode Billy will be a mischievous kid who hurts Poochini either by accident or on purpose for his own amusement, in others he acts like a whimpy kid. In some episodes Poochini is the one who goes through all the abuse, in others he's the one who accidentally causes it to the Whites. Dirt and Bunk's dogs are either enemies of Poochini that attack him on sight or his best friends.
24	%%* DisproportionateRetribution: Bunk and Dirt in the episode "Night Crawlers".
25	* TheDitz: There's not a single intelligent character in this show; everyone would come out as a TooDumbToLive ManChild.
26	%%* TheEeyore: Bunk.
27	%%* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Poochini himself.
28	* FourEyesZeroSoul: Walter White wears glasses and is often cruel; even at his best, he's aloof and self-absorbed.
29	%%* GreaterScopeVillain: Bunk and Dirt.
30	* GrossoutShow: Expect plenty of jokes about farts, snot, and Billy putting his mouth where it doesn't belong.
31	* HorribleCampingTrip: In one episode, Walter had the idea of having Billy and Poochini camp in the backyard. Poochini later got abducted by Bunk who had him be his partner in crime.
32	%%* JerkJock: Bunk from the episode "The Skunk".
33	* {{Jerkass}}: Walter and Billy usually make Poochini's life miserable .
34	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The third game buddy from "The Tail" sounds like Creator/BradGarrett.
35	* OverlyLongGag: The show has a lot of these. It's ambiguous whether they're actually meant as jokes, whether they just exist as {{Padding}}, or if the pacing is just unintentionally slow.
36	** For example, the final episode (which runs only 7 minutes) devotes an entire minute of runtime to overly long gags: a scene of Billy spinning in a circle for a full 30 seconds, a scene where Walter just stands still wearing a buzzing helmet, and a shot of Walter blandly using a series of tools off-camera.
37	* PayEvilUntoEvil: In some episodes the Whites don't get punished for how they treat Poochini.
38	* PrecisionFStrike: In the episode Dognapped in one scene where a stray cat confronts Poochini, after he almost eats his garbage when Poochini say's sorry the cat say's damn straight. And it the end of episode Poochini says what the hell?.
39	* RecycledAnimation: The scene in "Leash Law" where Poochini is practically molested by a group of sailors is recycled almost frame for frame in "Remote Control", which the only differences being the time of day and what clothes Poochini is wearing.
40	* SimpletonVoice: The third member of Walter's game buddies from "The Tail" sound... err... what's the word?
41	* SissyVillain: Walter White is as much of a sissy as he is a jerk.
42	* TooDumbToLive: There's no intelligent person in this show, but Wendy stands at the top with her radical vegetarianism and forcing a vegetarian diet on everyone in the house, including the ''carnivorous'' Poochini.
43	%%* TheUnfavorite: Poochini is this to the White family.
44	* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Poochini's accent sounds sort of a mix between European Spanish, Irish and Russian.

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