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== Tropes exclusive to the short: ==
== Tropes exclusive to the short: ==
* [[The Ahnold]]: The Exterminator after the [[Robotic Reveal]].
* [[The Ahnold]]: The Exterminator after the [[Robotic Reveal]].
* [[Avoid the Dreaded G Rating]]: This short film was originally have a G rating. But, it has one use of jokes such as the Exterminator robot poops or vomits these bombs in order to give the film a PG rating. [[:media:RobotExterminatorPoopsVomits.jpg|See the image here]].
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Leslie is very sad that she believes Itsy dies in the explosion, but she hears Itsy on her leg. She was extremely happy that Leslie is finally reunited with Itsy. Happily, Leslie and Itsy are going back home to the big city.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Leslie is very sad that she believes Itsy dies in the explosion, but she hears Itsy on her leg. She was extremely happy that Leslie is finally reunited with Itsy. Happily, Leslie and Itsy are going back home to the big city.
{{quote| '''Leslie:''' I guess next week's lesson is off, huh? (Leslie and Itsy giggles as they go home to the city.) }}
{{quote| '''Leslie:''' I guess next week's lesson is off, huh? (Leslie and Itsy giggles as they go home to the city.) }}
* [[Meet Cute]]: When Leslie puts her glasses back on, she first saw Itsy Bitsy. Leslie believes that Itsy is the cutest thing.
* [[More Dakka]]: [[Turned Up to Eleven]]
* [[More Dakka]]: [[Turned Up to Eleven]]
* [[Deuteragonist]]: Leslie McGroarty
* [[Deuteragonist]]: Leslie McGroarty
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== Tropes exclusive to the series: ==
== Tropes exclusive to the series: ==
* [[Deuteragonist]]: Itsy
* [[Deuteragonist]]: Itsy
* [[Disney Death]]: Itsy dies in the episode, "''Sugar-Coated Spider''", only to be resurrected by Leslie's magical tear.
* [[Disney Death]]: Itsy was killed in the episode, "''Sugar-Coated Spider''", only to be resurrected by Leslie's magical tear.
* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: In one episode the Exterminator kills [[Expy|Expies]] of [[Bambi]] and his mother.
* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: In one episode the Exterminator kills [[Expy|Expies]] of [[Bambi]] and his mother.
* [[Negative Continuity]]: For one thing, the Exterminator is no longer a robot.
* [[Negative Continuity]]: For one thing, the Exterminator is no longer a robot.

Revision as of 15:36, 28 August 2014


Leslie and her pal, Itsy. Cutest friends!

A 1992 animated fantasy-comedy short named for the nursery rhyme of the same name, originally shown in theaters preceding Bebe's Kids. In 1994, to become a franchise, it was picked up as a TV series, which aired on the USA Network. The franchise focused on an imaginative and tomboyish young city girl named Leslie McGroarty, who is befriended by a little spider named Itsy.


Tropes used in The Itsy Bitsy Spider include:

Tropes covered by the short and the series:


Tropes exclusive to the short:

  • The Ahnold: The Exterminator after the Robotic Reveal.
  • Avoid the Dreaded G Rating: This short film was originally have a G rating. But, it has one use of jokes such as the Exterminator robot poops or vomits these bombs in order to give the film a PG rating. See the image here.
  • Bittersweet Ending: Leslie is very sad that she believes Itsy dies in the explosion, but she hears Itsy on her leg. She was extremely happy that Leslie is finally reunited with Itsy. Happily, Leslie and Itsy are going back home to the big city.

 Leslie: I guess next week's lesson is off, huh? (Leslie and Itsy giggles as they go home to the city.)

 Music Teacher: What is that?
The Exterminator: It's a high-tech microchip thermonuclear light-sensitive radioactive blue-screen laptop computer-generator triple-decker arachnid detector and Etch-a-Sketch. Any more questions?


Tropes exclusive to the series: