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{{quote|''"Dave, Fang and Candy''

''Brave and Bold, they're not''

''[[Closest Thing We Got|But they're the only ones we've got"]]''|From the [[Theme Song]]}}

 

 

The series takes place in [[The Middle Ages]] and centers on a powerful yet cowardly barbarian named Dave who lives in the [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?|fictitious land of Udrogoth]] along with his older sister Candy and younger sister Fang. His parents, Throktar and Glimia, are the King and Queen, but are away "fighting evil" across the world (though they sometimes communicate via a magic crystal ball), and have left Candy in charge of the kingdom. Together the three siblings, along with their wizard uncle Oswidge, their pet Faffy and Dave's talking sword Lula, are left to run and protect the kingdom.

 

Critically acclaimed, but unfortunately [[Too Good to Last]] and cancelled after one season. [[Needs More Love]].

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Candy; sometimes parodied, sometimes played straight. Fang ''wants'' to be one, but can't quite manage.

* [[All Cavemen Were Neanderthals]]

* [[Our Werebeasts Are Different]]: Irmaplotz uses a werecow "to make Dave look like a dork." Afterwards, anytime Dave gets bitten by something else, he turns into that. This leads to Dave turning into a cat, Oswidge, a hamster, an egg beater, Lula and a gym teacher.

** Resolved when he is made to bite his own tongue, turning Dave into a Weredave, and everyone he bites into a weredave.

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Music Producer.

{{quote|'''Candy:''' He does look vaguely familiar.}}

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: King Throktar and Queen Glimia, as noted in the summary

* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: Played straight with Candy, but averted with Dave in ''Civilization'' when Dave asks if Fang realises he's not a girl--while wearing blue.

* [[Poke the Poodle]]: Dave's attempts to be just a ''little'' evil in one episode (an attempt to make his relationship with Princess Irmoplotz work) really, ''really'' emphasize ''little''. We're talking taking two free nut log samples instead of just one...then feeling so guilty he bought ten crates.

* [["Previously On..."]]: Parodied in one episode that opens with a montage of Dave screaming and enduring misfortune.

'''Fang:''' Yeah, but not the part we ''live'' on. }}

* [[What the Heck Is An Aglet?]]: Dave and his friends and family are being held against the wall by magic. "Dave, do something!" "I am... I'm trying to remember what the thing on the end of a shoelace is called, an argle?" When they are let go, but still against the wall, he suddenly remembers something. "That the the on the end of a shoelace is called an aglet?" "[[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress|No, that gravity makes things fall."]]

* [[You Didn't Ask]]: Used to an extent. After a battle with invisible warriors ([[It Makes Sense in Context|which to fight the heroes had to become invisible]]), Uncle Oswidge makes everyone visible, including the enemy, causing Dave to say:

{{quote|'''Dave''': If you can make them visible, why didn't you do that before?!

 

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