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Those imaginary characters were [[Homage|Homages]]s to other heroes in pop culture. Smash Adams was [[James Bond]], Race Canyon was [[Indiana Jones]], Quailman had some resemblence to [[Superman]]. Skeeter once revealed his personal superhero as Silver Skeeter, obviously based on [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|the Silver Surfer]].

After its initial run, the show was bought and [[Retool|Retooled]]ed by Disney into ''[[The New Adventures|Brand Spanking New Doug]]'' (Or ''Disney's Doug'' as it was later branded). It wound up changing a few things from the Nickelodeon version (the first episode even address this with the new changes of Doug's life) with many characters getting new looks and various supporting characters changing jobs and roles. Despite the changes, it was still a continuation of the original series, and ended up with a longer run than the original. Like the Nickelodeon version, it also concluded with a [[Grand Finale]] (something ''very'' few Disney cartoons have managed).

* [[Channel Hop]]: Started out on Nickelodeon. Then moved to ABC. Then finally to the Disney Channel before disappearing off the radar completely. <ref> It's all very complicated company politics. Jumbo Pictures first managed to sell some of their ideas to Viacom and become a partner, subsequently getting on Viacom's payroll. Shortly after the wrapping up of Season 4, Viacom backstabbed them. They cut off all ties with Viacom and then managed to partner up with Disney instead, getting on Disney's payroll. Which after 4 seasons and a movie, backstabs them too by using Doug and [[PB and J Otter]] characters in a multi-network music video project that Jim Jenkins does not want the characters to be participating in due to his own beliefs. They then broke up their ties with Disney, changed the company name to Cartoon Pizza, and learned the hard way that partnering up with a network is never a good idea.</ref>

* [[Engineered Public Confession]]: Played with in "Doug Didn't Do It", in which Roger tells Doug he stole Mr. Bone's trophy while sitting with his legs across Mr. Bone's desk-- withdesk—with his foot on the PA system button, and the "on-air" light flashing. It's played with, in that Doug was more than happy to accept the punishment for something he didn't do, had no intention of tattling on Roger, and had even tried to ''warn'' Roger about what he was doing. He's just that nice a guy. Of course, the entire school heard it, including Mr. Bone, and Roger will be polishing trophies 'til they put him in the grave.

** [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Guys]]s: Al and Moo.

* [[Her Codename Was Mary Sue]]: Many of Doug's [[Imagine Spot|Imagine Spots]]s fill this role. There's also the episode where Doug and Skeeter collaborate on a comic, with both of them as superheroes.

* [[Most Writers Are Writers]]: Doug enjoys writing in his journal as well as writing and drawing his own comics. According to other characters he's actually pretty good at the latter, and this is evident from his [[Imagine Spot|Imagine Spots]]s as part of the show's structure.

* [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]]: The premise of the first episode of ''[[Lampshade Hanging|Disney's Doug]]'', where Doug finds the world he knows has changed -- thechanged—the [[Jerk Jock]] bully got rich on a real estate deal, [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|his favorite movie character has been]] [[Retool|Retooled]]ed, his favorite band has broken up, his favorite restaurant has gone up-scale, and his usual barber shop is under new management. Doug decides to change a bit himself (specifically, his haircut).

** The Nic-Nacs episode could count too, aside from the whole [[G-Rated Drug]] business. Though it's very different from typical anti-drug/anti-smoking episodes, and just as much about being skeptical of marketing messages as it is about avoiding dangerous substances -- notsubstances—not to mention openly hostile toward the company behind the product in ways that a program that relies on sponsorship from [[Mega Corp|Philip Morris subsidiaries]] (they owned Kraft at the time) could never get away with had they not substituted a made-up product for cigarettes.