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Seven Little Monsters was a book by Maurice Sendak (of Little Bear and Where the Wild Things Are fame) that got a Animated Adaptation about a family of seven monsters and their mother. It was a part of the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch from 2000-2002, aired from 2003-2007 on YTV, and is currently being aired on Qubo since 2007.

Tropes used in Seven Little Monsters include:

An Aesop: Every episode has one.
Barefoot Funny Monsters: One, Five, and sometimes Three.
Cast of Snowflakes: The monsters look completely different to one another, despite being septuplets.
Disappeared Dad
Dom Com
Edutainment Show
Friends To All Children: The monsters can often be found playing with human kids and offering them fun experiences due to their great sizes.
Furry Female Mane: Both One and Six have human-like hair despite being furry (although Six's face isn't). Three also has a mop of human-like hair, however, as do Two and Seven (though they don't look furry).
Gentle Giants: Quite literally.
Half-Dressed Monsters: Three and Four. Three wears an oversized long sleeve while Four sports a yellow t-shirt and purple top hat.
Improbable Species Compatibility: The monsters' mother is a human, so presumably their father is a monster - especially since their mother often points out that Two reminds her of him...
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Presumably the monsters' parents.
Hey, It's That Voice!: Two is Colin Mochrie and Four (and Five and Seven) are Lucius Heinous VII
It's a Wonderful Plot: Inverted in "It's A Wonder-Four Life". Four wishes he didn't have siblings, and is shown a world where he is an only child and everything is about him. After what should have been a perfect day for him, he winds up feeling lonely, which makes him appreciate his siblings more.
Keep Circulating the Tapes: There's never been a full release of the series, and the episodes are incredibly hard to find online.
Lions and Tigers and Humans, Oh My!: Except they're monsters instead of anthropomorphic animals.
Literal Minded: Several characters have moments of this.
Our Monsters Are Different
Slice of Life
Title Theme Tune: Performed by Barenaked Ladies at that!
Tomboy and Girly Girl: One and Six.
Talking to Himself: Four, Five and Seven
Unexplained Accent: Their mother is a Funny Foreigner, but the monsters speak clear English... Well, except Five.
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Nobody bats an eyelid at a bunch of giagantic monsters running around.
Who's on First?: Because their names are numbers, this happens rather frequently.
You Are Number Six: The monsters are named from One to Seven.

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 * [[Friend to All Children|Friends To All Children]]: The monsters can often be found playing with human kids and offering them fun experiences due to their great sizes.
 * [[Furry Female Mane]]: Both One and Six have human-like hair despite being furry (although Six's face isn't). Three also has a mop of human-like hair, however, as do Two and Seven (though they don't look furry).
 * [[Gentle Giant|Gentle Giants]]: Quite literally.
 * [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal|Half-Dressed Monsters]]: Three and Four. Three wears an oversized long sleeve while Four sports a yellow t-shirt and [[Nice Hat|purple top hat]].
-* [[Hot Skitty-On-Wailord Action]]: The monsters' mother is a human, so presumably their father is a monster - especially since their mother often points out that Two reminds her of him...
+* [[Improbable Species Compatibility]]: The monsters' mother is a human, so presumably their father is a monster - especially since their mother often points out that Two reminds her of him...
 * [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Presumably the monsters' parents.
 * [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Two is [[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Colin Mochrie]] and Four [[Talking to Himself|(and Five and Seven)]] are [[Jimmy Two-Shoes|Lucius Heinous VII]]