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{{quote|'''Bruno:''' ''How'd a loser like you create a great character like Bugsy?''

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* [[The Cameo]]: Rowlf the Dog plays piano at the bar.

* [[Dogs Are Dumb]] (mostly averted. the only exception is Bugsy's hired muscle, Mad Dog, whose two- I mean, fourteen years of obedience school have done nothing for his thinking ability)

* [[Punny Name]] (Rowlf even Lampshades the names of Ace Yu and Bugsy Them as 'Cheap joke names')

* [[Running Gag]] (Amounts of time being translated into dog years)

* [[Who's on First?]] (With names like Ace ''Yu'' and Bugsy ''Them'', this is a given.)

* [[You Killed My Father]]

 

* [[And You Were There]] (almost; the animated characters are counterparts to the Muppet characters, but have different voice actors)

* [[Animated Actors]] (the ''Duck Amuck'' version)

* [[Rubber Band History]]: Baron goes back to the time the pilgrims purchased the new world from the natives and made a better offer: squeak toys. This created a Bad Future where he rules. Somehow, Ace and Eddie had [[Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory]] and, after visiting a timeline where Eddie ruled, went back to the past and made an even better offer: a technologically advanced (even for present time standards) fire hydrant the heroes took from the Eddie-ruled timeline.

* [[Scooby-Dooby Doors]]: "Comedy of Horrors", featuring blink-and-you'll-miss-them cameos of other characters, up until Ace and [[Card-Carrying Villain|Baron]] [[Gratuitous German|von Rottweiler]] crash.

Baron Von Rottweiler: "Ja, it's not something I'd want mamma to see." }}

** And then before the above exchange.

{{quote|Ace: "[[Animated Actor|Eliot, please,]] [[Genre Savvy|not the ol' multi-door routine...]]"}}

* [[Sexophone]]: Given that the animated segments are parodies of classic detective stories and [[Film Noir]], one would occasionally play for Rosie O'Gravy (specifically whenever Ace would think of her in his narrations).

* [[Show Within a Show]]

* [[Shout-Out]]: Way too many to name, but here's one example.

{{quote|Bowser (just smashed a hole in the wall as the door is blocked by a panicking Eliot, Bruno and Artie): "[[The Shining|Here's Bowser!]] [[Brick Joke|And I brought the tools.]]"}}

* [[Species Surname]] (most characters apart from Ace and Bugsy had vaguely dog [or cat] related names)

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] (Terri Springer replaced Colleen as Eliot's love interest. Suprisingly, she was voiced by the same actress, the writers just thought she'd be a more interesting character)

* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: Baron von Rottweiller gives off this vibe in "Old Dogs, New Tricks" as he plots to [[Nuke'Em|detonate a hydrogen bomb]] over Dog City and emerge the leader of a "superior doggy race".

* [[Write Who You Know]]

 

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