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''FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman'' (2006-2010) is a [[PBS]] show that is part game show, part parody of game shows, and part reality TV (the children who take the roles of contestants actually have to go out and do something, ranging from adventures in space camp to working out a "haunted castle", but they also have interactions with the titular dog and each other inside a sort of hub for the show). It is also a [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[Zoom (TV series)|Zoom]]''. The host is Ruff Ruffman, an animated dog who, as it is explained in the catchy opening tune, got bored with normal dog things and decided to host a game show. In his owner's garage. There is the cat, Princess Blossom Pepper-Doodle Von Yum Yum who started season two as Ruff's assistant, and then in season three became his producer. And then starting in season three there is Ruff's assistant Chet, a mouse, who almost never does anything the way Ruff would actually like him to.
[[Hilarity Ensues]], but so does education.
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: Part two of the Season 5 opening episode shows a scene with Ruff holding a tiger shark toy. Jim Conroy, Ruff's voice, was also the voice of Kenny on Discovery Kids' animated series ''[[Kenny the Shark]]''.
* [[The Cuckoolander Was Right|The Archaeologist Was Right]]: In the Season 4 Finale Uncle Macruffmintosh warns Ruff not to go tobogganing because of a curse the Ruffman family had for 1,000 years placed by an ice fairy. Ruff doesn't believe in this...until he meets up with {{spoiler|Racer X/Scruff Ruffman}} who stole all of Ruff's stuff to take tobogganing lessons to break the curse.
* [[As Long
** Le Fleape, the flea in Ruff's ear also has this.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Among the items {{spoiler|Scruff}} stole from Ruff in the Season 3 finale were Ruff's bark-a-lounger, Fetch 3000...and his fancy pants. This was all to pay for toboggan lessons.
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* [[Edutainment Show]]
* [[Evil Twin]]: Scruff Ruffman and Le Purrrr, Blossom's twin. (She's a [[Pun|burglar]]. Think about it.)
* [[Excited Kids' Show Host]]: Ruff. Very much so.
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]
* [[Eye Glasses]]: Ruff, and his family.
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* [[I Thought It Meant]]: Chet has this as his fatal flaw. Whenever Ruff says something to him, he takes it the wrong way. For example, when Ruff was showing images on his projector he asks Chet to blow it up. What Ruff wanted was to enlarge the picture; Chet brought out dynamite to do the job.
** It goes into hilarious proportions in Season 5. After Ruff and Blossom lose a game of charades when Ruff couldn't tell that Blossom was a blue jay, Ruff asks Chet if he can do one. In response Chet gets some blue paint and paints a picture of Jay, {{spoiler|Winner of Season 3}} and paints it blue.
* [[Jerk
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: "Nobody ever ''walks'' to a challenge on this show. Have you noticed that?"
* [[Large Ham]]: Ruff himself.
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* [[90% of Your Brain]]: Explored and subverted in season 2.
* [[Only Sane Employee]]: Blossom
* [[Overly Long Name]]: [[Everything's Better
** Lampshaded by Ruff several times, who usually just calls her Blossom or Blossom von Yum-Yum, since according to him, if he took the time to say her full name every time he talked to her, the show would end too quickly.
** Blossom's evil sister "Le Purr" also has this. Her real name is Duchess Petunia Cupcake von Yum-Yum.
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* [[Repetitive Name]]: Ruff Ruffman. It was later parodied in a Superhero episode when Glen asks him to become "Ruffmanman".
* [[Rule of Three]]: There will be episodes where a team of three have to take a challenge, when all six FETCHers are in a challenge, they're split into three groups of two or vice versa. There's the three main "hosts" of FETCH! (Ruff, Blossom and Chet) and there are three challenges before the quiz at the finale, etc.
* [[Shout-Out]]: In the intro sequence for the fourth season, Chet the mouse is seen flying around, destroying stuff. Ruff comments on this using a rotating series of phrases and one of them is, "You know, I bet [[Arthur (
** There was also a sly reference to a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song at the end of one episode.
** The haunted house episode in season 5 has a fair few ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' shoutouts. This was [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] when Ruff asks if he's allowed to say "Zoinks!".
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