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6	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Caribou_Kitchen.JPG]]
7	A fairly obscure British preschool cartoon that ran on Creator/{{CITV}} for four seasons (June 1995-August 1998) consisiting overall of 52 episodes.
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9	It revolved around Claudia the caribou, who owned the titular cafe and dealt with problems from her staff and customers. Other characters inluded Tom the Tortoise and Lisa the Lemur, waiters of different speeds, chef Abe the Anteater, carpenter Kevin the Chameleon and customers like Taffy the Tiger.
10	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_20230715_wa0015.jpg]]
11	[[caption-width-right:200:A few of the show's characters]]
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13	It was produced by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, World Productions (a rare excursion by the company into children's programmes, they are usually better known for [[Series/LineofDuty gritty drama series]]) and Scottish Television.
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15	Notably, [[ActingForTwo all the voices]] were done by Kate Robbins. And that includes the theme song and the narration.
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18	!!''Caribou Kitchen'' contains examples of:
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20	%%* AlliterativeName: All the characters have these.
21	%%* AnimalStereotypes
22	* AsideGlance: The characters would sometimes do these as the narrator said the final words of the episode
23	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Each and every episode of the series finishes with a question asked to the viewers by narrator Kate Robbins, usually related to the theme or moral of the episode, or about an action from a character during the episode.
24	%%* CarnivoreConfusion: Taffy the Tiger
25	* FictionalProvince: The show is set (as is the namesake setting of the series) in a small fictional town called Barkabout, which is where the show's characters all live.
26	%%* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal
27	%%* LocalHangout
28	* LimitedAnimation: At times the animation is comparable to WesternAnimation/{{The Adventures Of Paddy The Pelican}}. Some episodes aren't even "animated" at all, mostly consisting of slideshow-like movement. This was particularly noticeable in the first series, although the animation was slightly upgraded in series two, with a more noticeable improvement in the third series and subsequently the fourth.
29	%%* MotorMouth: Lisa the Lemur
30	%%* SpeciesSurname: Claudia the Caribou, Lisa the Lemur, Tom the Tortoise, Abe the Anteater, and the rest of the show's characters are an example of this trope.
31	%%* TertiarySexualCharacteristics
32	%%* TheNarrator
33	%%* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Claudia
34	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: All the animals have one, the most noticeable probably being Abe and his ants. Mrs. Panda is known for her refusal to eat any food other than bamboo.
35	* VisibleInvisibility: When Kevin Chameleon becomes invisible, the audience still see his outline.
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