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''Mongrels'' is a [[The BBC|BBC Three]] production that started airing in 2010, which is, as it says in the ads, 'a puppet show for adults'. Indeed, the show does revolve around five [[Muppet|puppet animals]] who hang out in the back of an inner city pub.
It was created by Adam Miller, who claims he wants 'to do for puppetry what American shows like ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' have done for animation'. He was not terribly successful: The show's first season ran for eight episodes from June through August 2010, and the second season of nine episodes began with a double bill on the 7th of November 2011. It was not renewed for a third season.
There were some controversial claims that it was plagiarizing the Channel4 programme ''[[Pets]]'', but those have pretty much been found to be without basis as the two shows don't really share much beyond a broadly similar concept and a few shared backroom staff.
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* [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]: Parodied in episode 9 - after Destiny is brushed off by a dog she fancies, she starts hitting him and generally treating him like crap... and it works. It even ends up being the topic of [[Once an Episode|that episode's]] [[Busby Berkeley Number|song]].▼
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Vince has eaten at least five of his kits and caused another one to become roadkill.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Destiny.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: Used twice in the final episode of series one {{spoiler|and subverted just as quickly when the dreams are shown to be about things that actually happened}}.
* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: Apparently foxhunting beagles, even if they were just following orders, according to them.▼
* [[Animal Talk]]: Why Nelson couldn't talk to the humans on ''[[Springwatch]]''.
** Though strangely a number of celebrities in the cutaway scenes seem to understand the animals.
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'''Marion''': Well, we could literally be being forced into having sex with people.
'''Nelson''': Oh, that's right, you just blow the whole subtext! }}
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* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|Dropped A]] [[Stealth Pun|Pigeon]] [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|On Her]]: At the end of episode 6, Sandra (Nelson's [[Brother-Sister Incest|sister/wife]]) runs away. As she does so, [[It Makes Sense in Context|an incredibly overweight Kali is dropped out of the window]], and ends up killing her.
* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma|Dude He's Like In A Coma]]: Destiny becomes... attached to Vince when he's knocked unconscious in episode seven.
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** Also when Kali kills a delivery boy with a bomb and experiences genuine remorse when she finds out he had a family.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: It's probably not a coincidence that Kali is named for the Hindu goddess of destruction.
▲* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: Apparently foxhunting beagles, even if they were just following orders, according to them.
* [[Negative Continuity]]: In the final episode of season 1, Destiny dies, yet in season 2 she's alive and well once again.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Completely and utterly averted with a few C-list celebrities appearing as themselves.
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