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Headlined by one of the most fetching females in animation, ''The Perils of Penelope Pitstop'' was one of two animated series spun off from ''[[Wacky Races]]''. Implied to be set between 1911 and 1930, the series was strongly influenced by ''The Perils of Pauline'', a silent movie serial.

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Penelope and the Ant Hill Mob may have been gentle caricatures of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

** It was actually lampshaded back in the first episode of ''[[Wacky Races]]'', "See-Saw to Arkansas", where the mob dressed up as the seven dwarves to give people false directions. Penelope was the first one they misdirected.

* [[Animated Series]]

* [[Anti-Sneeze Finger]]: Penelope does it to herself in episode "Tall Timber Treachery".

* [[Death Trap]]: At least one per episode.

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: The Hooded Claw in "Wild West Peril" after Penelope makes off with his hot air balloon.

* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Both parodied ''and'' played straight with Penelope.

* [[Dudley Do-Right Stops to Help]]: In one episode, Penelope returned a fallen baby eagle to its nest.

* [[Missing Mom]]/[[Disappeared Dad]]: We never find out what happened to Penelope's parents, or why they were crazy enough to entrust her guardianship to Sneekly.

** We can presume they're deceased, as Penelope lampshaded in the episode "The Hair-Raising Harness Race," in which she is attempting to win the Pitstop Cup in said race:

* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|The Mobsters Who Don't Do Anything]]: The Ant Hill Mob doesn't do very much mob-type stuff.

** Granted being the heroes of the show, there isn't a lot mob-like they can get away with anymore, they did a bit more in ''[[Wacky Races]]'' where they were more antagonistic.

* [[Rube Goldberg Hates Your Guts]]: The Hooded Claw could be the poster boy for this trope.

* [[Shout-Out]]: From the debut episode, "Jungle Jeopardy":

'''Claw:''' Who did you expect? [[Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines|Dick Dastardly?]] }}

* [[Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass]]: In "Hair-Raising Harness Race", while Penelope is trapped in a shed filled with explosives, the Hooded Claw has the Ant Hill Mob bound with a rope and hanging from a tree limb. A magnifying glass is set so that the sun's rays will burn the rope and send the mob plummeting into a deep chasm.

* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: Penelope is tall, blond ''and'' gorgeous.

* [[Stealth Insult]]: The narrator throws in a doozy after the Claw has a fit over a plan gone wrong:

'''Narrator:''' Why not? Everyone else is. }}

* [[Stern Chase]]