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{{quote|"''Ooh, they got o-ri-gi-nality!/Living with a split....personality!''"|'''opening theme song'''}}
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The Wuzzles was the first [[Disney]] original animated series. It debuted in 1985, and aired on broadcast television as a [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]]. It is also their shortest running series of [[The Eighties]], at 13 episodes, though it went into reruns for quite a while.
''[[The Wuzzles]]'' was the first [[Disney]] original animated series. It debuted in 1985, and aired on broadcast television as a [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]]. It is also their shortest running series of [[The Eighties]], at 13 episodes, though it went into reruns for quite a while.


Like many other shows of the 1980s, it had a plush line (which it <s> may have been</s> was designed to sell) and each stuffed animal character came with a picture book that helped set up the world of the series.
Like many other shows of the 1980s, it had a plush line (which it <s>may have been</s> was designed to sell) and each stuffed animal character came with a picture book that helped set up the world of the series.


It was a fun little cartoon and toy line that followed the great tradition of [[The Eighties|80’s]] cartoons and toys: It was colorful, had kind of a sci-fi/fantasy theme, and [[Deranged Animation|made you wonder what kinds of medication the people who came up with it were taking at the time]].
It was a fun little cartoon and toy line that followed the great tradition of [[The Eighties|80s]] cartoons and toys: It was colorful, had kind of a sci-fi/fantasy theme, and [[Deranged Animation|made you wonder what kinds of medication the people who came up with it were taking at the time]].


All of the main characters were [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]:
All of the main characters were [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]:
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'''Tropes:'''
* [[Animal Gender Bender]] with a sometimes [[Viewer Gender Confusion]] chaser: Eleroo, who is a male, and has a pouch.
* [[Animal Gender Bender]] with a sometimes [[Viewer Gender Confusion]] chaser: Eleroo, who is a male, and has a pouch.
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: One episode revolves entirely around the rest of the gang mocking Moosel for being afraid of monsters. This is after it's been established that things like [[Giant Swimmer|Sharkasaurus]] (half Great White Shark, half [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]) apparently exist.
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: One episode revolves entirely around the rest of the gang mocking Moosel for being afraid of monsters. This is after it's been established that things like [[Giant Swimmer|Sharkasaurus]] (half Great White Shark, half [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]) apparently exist.
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* [[The Chick]] - Butterbear
* [[The Chick]] - Butterbear
* [[The Sixth Ranger]] - Tycoon
* [[The Sixth Ranger]] - Tycoon
* [[Jerkass]]: All the characters had their jerkass moments, but none moreso than Rhinokey.
* [[Jerkass]]: All the characters had their jerkass moments, but none more so than Rhinokey.
* [[Merchandise-Driven]]
* [[Merchandise-Driven]]
* [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]: The entire cast and the core concept.
* [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]: The entire cast and the core concept.
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* [[No Fourth Wall]] / [[Medium Awareness]]: In the course of thirteen episodes, Freberg manage to address the audience or the presence of the show every single time.
* [[No Fourth Wall]] / [[Medium Awareness]]: In the course of thirteen episodes, Freberg manage to address the audience or the presence of the show every single time.
* [[Off-Model]]: Ye Gods. Some examples can be seen [http://babbletrish.blogspot.com/2009/07/re-wuzzle-wings.html here].
* [[Off-Model]]: Ye Gods. Some examples can be seen [http://babbletrish.blogspot.com/2009/07/re-wuzzle-wings.html here].
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Pretty hard to miss this one. All three of the recurring villains are at least part reptillian (including Brat, despite his name suggesting a wholly mammalian combination), in stark contrast with the main cast, who are all predominantly mammals with the odd cute bug mixed in.
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Pretty hard to miss this one. All three of the recurring villains are at least part reptilian (including Brat, despite his name suggesting a wholly mammalian combination), in stark contrast with the main cast, who are all predominantly mammals with the odd cute bug mixed in.
* [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]]
* [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]]
* [[Talking Animal]]
* [[Talking Animal]]
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[[Category:Nobuo Tomizawa]]
[[Category:Nobuo Tomizawa]]
[[Category:The Wuzzles]]
[[Category:The Wuzzles]]
[[Category:The Renaissance Age Of Animation]]
[[Category:The Renaissance Age of Animation]]
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Latest revision as of 14:21, 26 May 2017
"Ooh, they got o-ri-gi-nality!/Living with a split....personality!"
—opening theme song

The Wuzzles was the first Disney original animated series. It debuted in 1985, and aired on broadcast television as a Saturday Morning Cartoon. It is also their shortest running series of The Eighties, at 13 episodes, though it went into reruns for quite a while.

Like many other shows of the 1980s, it had a plush line (which it may have been was designed to sell) and each stuffed animal character came with a picture book that helped set up the world of the series.

It was a fun little cartoon and toy line that followed the great tradition of 80s cartoons and toys: It was colorful, had kind of a sci-fi/fantasy theme, and made you wonder what kinds of medication the people who came up with it were taking at the time.

All of the main characters were Mix-and-Match Critters:

  • Bumbelion (bumblebee/lion)
  • Hoppopotamus (hippo/rabbit)
  • Eleroo (elephant/kangaroo)
  • Butterbear (butterfly/bear)
  • Moosel (moose/seal)
  • Rhinokey (rhino/monkey)
  • Tycoon (tiger/raccoon)
  • Croc (crocodile/dinosaur…maybe)
  • Brat (boar/dragon…despite his misleading name)
  • Flizard (frog/lizard)

The plush line actually outlived the cartoon, and involved several more characters who never got a chance to appear in the cartoon. Additionally, a few episodes of the television show were given theatrical runs in Europe, acting as animated shorts before Disney films.

Tropes used in The Wuzzles include:
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