Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown

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Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown is an animated children's series created by Yoram Gross of Blinky Bill fame. It is set around a fictionalised Australian town. It differs from the other Skippy series as it is animated and features anthropomorphic animal characters. Skippy, for example, is a kangaroo who wears a baseball cap.

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, voiced by Keith Scott, is a young park ranger (possibly early 20s) who resides in Bushtown. He always happens to get in the way of Mayor Croco; his greedy wife, Suka; his pack of goons, and his frequent get-rich schemes which often endanger the town.

Tropes include:

• The Ace: Skippy
• Adorkable: Pos the cameraman possum. Skippy also has shades of this trope in his personality.
• A Load of Bull: Sirloin
• Australian Accent: Most of the cast.
• Badass Adorable: Skippy.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Skippy
• Big Bad: Croco, but Suka could count as well.
• Bungling Inventor: Professor Mc Pouch
• Cowardly Lion: Pos.
• Deadpan Snarker: Pos
• Disguised in Drag: Pos in one episode, he REALLY hates it.
• Kangaroos Represent Australia: Skippy and Matilda
• Expy: Sirloin is basically a bull version of Sylvester Stallone.
• Five-Man Band:
  • The Hero: Skippy
  • The Lancer: Pos (sometimes The Smart Guy)
  • The Smart Guy: Professor Mcpouch
  • The Big Guy: Bomba
  • The Chick: Matilda
• Hollywood Tone Deaf: Suka
• Hot Scoop: Matilda
• Nice Guy: Skippy
• No Export for You: Made in Australia, released on DVD only in Australia, region 4 - locked.
• No Shirt Long Jacket: Pos
• Paper-Thin Disguise: Skippy sometimes uses these to great effect, including a fake doctor, to fulfill some goal.
• Pig Man: Bruiser
• Pretty Boy: If the show were anime, Skippy and Pos would most definitely be furry Bishonen
• The Quiet One: Pos
• Reptiles Are Abhorrent: Croco and his wife, Suka.
• Rich Bitch: Suka
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: Pos, full stop
• Southern Gentlemen: Skippy pretends to be one in one episode to trick Croco into handing over an associate's old ferry the crocodile was intent on destroying.
• Ungrateful Bastard: Croco, Skippy saves his life in the first episode and he becomes a Jerkass mayor.
• Villainous Crossdresser: Croco in one episode.