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In every episode, Fat Albert and his inner-city gang became involved in some comic misadventure, either learning [[An Aesop|a moral lesson]] or demonstrating a lesson for someone else. As on ''[[The Archie Show]]'', every ''Fat Albert'' episode included at least one song. In later seasons, Fat Albert and his friends followed the exploits of their favorite TV superhero, the Brown Hornet.
At Christmas 2004, [[Twentieth Century Fox]] released a live action ''[[Fat Albert
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* [[Acrofatic]]: Fat Albert is surprisingly agile for a person of his size, being able to run extremely quickly and jump very high.
* [[An Aesop]]
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Rudy
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Hey hey hey!"
* [[Christmas Special]]: Which somehow managed to combine the [[Yet Another Christmas Carol]] ''and'' [[Away in
** There was also a [[Halloween Special]], and an Easter Special to boot.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: All characters to an extent, but Weird Harold in particular.
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* [[Live Action Adaptation]]
* [[Living Crashpad]]: Fat Albert himself serves as one
* [[Long Runners]]: A 12 season run on Saturday morning network TV and syndication, albeit not always with new episodes each season, a great run for an ''educational'' series.
* [[New Powers
* [[Present Day Past]]: Kind of. Since the characters are supposed to represent figures from Bill Cosby's childhood (including his own youthful self), the show ought to be set in the late 1940s or early '50s. It sure looks, sounds and feels like [[The Seventies]], though.
* [[Scare
* [[Share Phrase]]: Members of the group will frequently say "No Class" in response to other members doing dumb things.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: ''The Brown Hornet'' (a parody of ''[[The Green Hornet]]'') and ''Legal Eagle''.
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* [[Trash Can Band]]
* [[The Unintelligible]]: Mushmouth ''is'' understandable, but just barely. Specifically, he speaks Ubbi Dubbi.
** [[Shout
* [[Wham! Episode]]: In one episode, Fat Albert befriends a Latino kid whose older brother is involved in a gang. {{spoiler|The kid is later killed when he sees someone pull on gun on his brother and he [[Heroic Sacrifice|pushes him out of the way, taking the bullet himself.]]}} The [[Scare
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