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==== Tropes that apply to two or all three of them: ====
* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: Yakko and Wakko, especially when [[Hello, Nurse!]] is around. Of course, [[All Women Are Lustful|Dot is not immune]] to this when [[Mr. Fanservice|a particularly attractive guy is around...]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]: They are either Type II ([[Knight in Sour Armor]]) or III ([[Good Is Not Nice]]), depending on the episode.
* [[Barefoot Cartoon Animals]]: Most of the instances where they are wearing full outfits.
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* [[Characterization Marches On]]: He first appeared (without a name) on ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' where he was surprisingly competent at keeping the characters from getting into the studios they were trying to visit.
* [[The Ditz]]
* [[Early
* [[Fat Idiot]]
* [[Running Gag]]: His chasing the Warners into the other characters' segments.
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* [[All Psychology Is Freudian]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[
* [[Companion Cube]]: Mr. Puppethead
* [[Friends All Along]]: When the Warners reveal to the doctor that they're capable of acting normally, he asks them why they put him through so much trouble. All three siblings glomp him and proclaim "Cause we love you!" The doctor's response? A very out-of-character moment by [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|happily gathering up all three Warners in a bear hug]].
* [[Funny Foreigner]]
* [[Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow]]: He used to have fluffy Albert Einstein esq hair before during his first session with the Warners, their antics frustrated him so much he ripped every inch of his hair off his head.
* [[Herr Doktor]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: In the German dub, he's Dr. Freudlos, a double pun: It literally means "Joyless", as well as being a nod to Sigmund Freud.
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=== Hello Nurse ===
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Scratchansniff's ravishing assistant whom Yakko and Wakko have the hots for. As you can guess, she is the [[Trope Namer]] for [[Hello, Nurse!]]. Voiced by [[Tress MacNeille]].
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Dumb Blond]]: In the early episodes she could occasionally come across as one, but as her characterization stabilized it was firmly averted; she's as smart as her bosses, emphasized at the end of ''[[
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In the beginning of the show, and indeed in some of the early spin-off comics, she didn't have much of a personality and was mainly just there to be sexy -- and she had several moments then when she displayed definite traits of a [[Literal Minded]] [[Dumb Blond]]. Eventually, however, she was developed a little more, to become Scratchansniff's extremely intelligent, [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]], and her [[Dumb Blond]] moments completely vanished.
* [[Gainaxing]]: She is sometimes animated this way.
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* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: Often the case.
== [[One
=== Professor Otto von Schnitzelbuskrankengescheitmeier ===
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* [[Big Fun]]
* [[Cameo]]: In ''[[
=== Sodarn Hissane ===
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A conceited news anchorman for the fictitious ''Newstime Live'' programme who refused to pay Yakko, Wakko, and Dot for a sandwich he had ordered. Voiced by [[Phil Hartman]].
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: You might remember him from such programs as ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
=== Duanne Sewer ===
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* [[Cheerful Child]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Not to the extent that Slappy takes it, but he still gets in quite a few sarcasms as the show moves on.
* [[Like Father, Like Son|Like Aunt, Like Nephew]]: In ''Bully For Skippy'', Skippy shows that he's learned a few things from his aunt's old cartoons.
* [[Nephewism]]
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]
* [[Tagalong Kid]]
* [[Vocal Evolution]]: Nathan Ruegger's voice had to be pitched up in later episodes because he was getting too old for the part. It's particularly obvious in ''[[
=== Walter Wolf, Sid the Squid, and Beanie the Brain-Dead Bison ===
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* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: As Slappy always says, "Now this is just sad". Half the time Skippy is the one to recognize them first, and he's used to seeing them undisguised and young in his aunt's old cartoons.
== Minor Supporting, [[Recurring Character]], and [[One
=== Candie Chipmunk ===
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* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
* [[Top
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==== Tropes that apply to two or all three of them: ====
* [[Anthropomorphic Zig
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Though Squit get's the most of it.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: They are parodies of [[Robert De Niro]], [[Joe Pesci]], and [[Ray Liotta]]. Mostly of their role in [[Goodfellas]], but can also take on aspects of other characters played by those actors (such as Bobby in a parody of [[Raging Bull]]).
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* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]
== Minor Supporting, [[Recurring Character]], and [[One
=== Steven Seagull ===
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* [[Interspecies Romance]]: With Squit the pigeon
* [[Pale Females, Dark Males]]: [[Inverted]] since she has darker colored feathers than the male sparrows.
* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]
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==== Tropes that apply to Rita: ====
* [[Anthropomorphic Zig
* [[Cats Are Superior]]
* [[Cat Up a Tree]]: In "Up A Tree".
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==== Tropes that apply to both: ====
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: The both of them disappeared as series regulars after Season 2, to the point that a parody of the ''[[Rugrats]]'' intro showed a picture of them on a milk carton. They eventually did come [[Back for The Finale]] and ''[[
* [[Female Feline, Male Mutt]]
* [[Furry Female Mane]]: Inverted.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]
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* [[Platonic Life Partners]]
== Supporting, [[Recurring Character]], and [[One
=== Dr. Phrankenstein ===
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* [[Feathered Fiend]]
* [[Speech-Impaired Animal]]
* [[Pokémon
=== Mr. Tristesse ===
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* [[Blue Eyes]]: Kitty Litter the Siamese cat.
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Kitty Ducockis (the blonde), Kitty Litter (the brunette), and Cat Ballue (the redhead)
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Sort of.
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Kitty Ducockis
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* [[Constantly Curious]]: Mindy constantly asks questions to people much to their annoyance.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Her hair is a rather pale shade of blonde.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Mindy is [[The Simpsons|Bart Simpson]], Maggie (when she coos or cries), Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and Kearney (the bully who's [[Older Than He Looks]])!
* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: Mindy is smack-dab in the middle of growing up under some extremely neglectful conditions, though being a toddler, she's blissfully unaware of it so far.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Mindy always addresses her mom as "Lady."
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=== Mindy's Mom ===
A woman who Mindy always calls "Lady", except in ''[[
=== Mindy's Dad ===
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* [[Furry Female Mane]]
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Sadly, the radar caught up with this series and, outside of some quick appearances, the Minerva Mink cartoons only lasted two episodes.
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Often paired up with the [[Trope Namer]] for double the fun!
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Julie Brown (a former MTV VJ and star of the short-lived [[Comedy Central]] show "Strip Mall") as Minerva, Peter Scolari (from "Bosom Buddies") as the nerdy wolf who turns into a hunk when the moon is full as seen in "Moon Over Minerva", and Arte Johnson (from ''Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In'') as the bloodhound who tries (and fails) to be won over by Minerva in "Meet Minerva".
* [[Humanoid Female Animal]]
* [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!]]: Often uses her sex appeal to her advantage.
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=== Newt ===
* [[Anthropomorphic Zig
* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]: And to his credit, he still keeps trying to catch Minerva. Does that make him a Determinator as well?
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Newt is voiced by Arte Johnson (one of the cast members from the late 1960s sketch show ''[[Rowan and Martins Laugh In]]'')
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: YMMV, but Newt has his work cut out for him. And yes, [[Captain Obvious|he IS the villain]] of "Meet Minerva".
=== Wilford B. Wolf ===
* [[Anthropomorphic Zig
* [[Funny Animal]]: In normal form.
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
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* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Idle Rich]]
* [[Pale Females, Dark Males]]: Inverted since he's light blue and she's purple.
* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]
* [[Rich in Dollars, Poor In Sense]]
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* [[Burning With Anger]]
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Every problem a teen could have (panicking over her date being late, trying to learn how to drive, getting a pimple, etc.) causes her to turn into a monster.
* [[No Periods, Period]]: And that's why the writers created [[Cute and Psycho|Katie Kaboom]] to explain to innocent little children [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|why their big sister chucks a psycho for NO JUSTIFIABLE REASON WHATSOEVER once a month]]. Basically, their explanation was [[Teens Are Monsters]].
** '''''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWcNcJuTHVo "I'm Not Overreacting!! I'm a Teenager!!"]'''''.
* [[Standard Fifties Father]]: Katie's dad (who sounds like [[Jimmy Stewart]])
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* [[Animals Not to Scale]]: He's a chicken, I tell ya! A giant chicken!
* [[Anthropomorphic Zig
* [[Everything's Better With Chickens]]
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Exaggerated
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* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Early
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[The Speechless]]
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