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''Came from the people living up on the Hill''
''There's a family by the landfill with hazardous foam''
''In their happy, glowing home."''|[[Opening Theme]]}}
So the gist of ''[[The Oblongs]]'' is this: There's the eponymous family living in the extremely poor half of the town - in this case, the [[Environmental Symbolism|Valley portion]] of Hill Valley - where the air is toxic and the land befouled. There's Bob, the father, who has no arms or legs yet somehow hops his limbless torso around from place to place,
The series covers the family's day to day lives, e.g. Bob working at [[Evil, Inc.|Globocide]], Milo, Biff and Chip getting mocked by the popular people, and Pickles stumbling in and out of intoxication and the occasional lusting over of her husband. The show pops up from time to time on [[Adult Swim]], and is also available on DVD.
Apparently, series creator Angus Oblong [[Creator Backlash|hated the final version]] and claims show runner Jace Richdale and the rest of the writers froze him out of his own show. Despite this, he agreed to appear on the DVD release, albeit with his face obscured and his voice digitally altered for reasons known only to Oblong himself. On said DVD, Oblong claimed that while he actually thought the finished show was [[So OK Its Average|Ok]], he had such little involvement that he would prefer people say that it was "based on his work" than "his show." Whether this is true or he was just being nice was anyone's guess.
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Helga on "Milo, Interrupted" <ref> The episode where Milo secretly takes care of Helga after Helga reveals that she's been abandoned by her parents and Hill Valley hires a Bible-thumping old lady named Mrs. Hubbard to act as the town's [[Moral Guardian]] following a minor act of vandalism</ref>
* [[Actor Allusion]]: In one episode, Milo states that he's "not quite right." Milo was voiced by Pamela Segall Adlon, who also voiced [[King of the Hill|Bobby Hill]] (whom Hank Hill always labeled as being "not right" whenever Bobby had a hobby that was considered unmanly or totally stupid).
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* [[Brain Bleach]]: Seems to be what people need when they witness Bob's method of playing the piano or organ, [[Gag Penis|considering that he has no arms or legs]].
** Also when the Hill kids saw Helga naked ("Please, God! Someone poke my eyes out!").
** In “Milo, Interrupted”, Biff and Chip saw their parents having sex and try to wash their eyes.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Mikey Cheeks for one, but really all the Valley people.
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: "Father of The Bribe" had the city unleash a shipment of cats in heat when Biff and Chip refused to give back the bribe money.
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{{quote|'''Pickles:''' Beth, honey, nobody likes a tattletale.
'''Bob:''' I do. They're an essential part of any family. You keep right on tattling, sweetie pie.
'''Beth:''' [[Porn Stash|Daddy has a magazine with]] [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|naked ladies hugging]].
'''Bob:''' Ehh, criminy. }}
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Helga's parents were forced to eat the other passengers of their plane after it crashed and the food ran out. Her mom even made Helga a necklace from their teeth. Helga gets noticeably freaked out when her dad mentions she "looks good enough to eat".
* [[Informed Attractiveness]]:
{{quote|'''Helga''': "I'm here to have tea with my friends, the Debbies." [beat] "[[Blatant Lies|I'm beautiful and popular]]."
'''Mrs. Klimer''': "Come in, come in!" }}
* [[Jerkass]]: Pretty much everyone from the Hills, except for Pickles.
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** Also, Helga Phugly = Hella' fugly.
** Arguably, Creepy Susie.
* [[Mobile Suit Human]]: Bob for the [[Beach Episode]] "My Name Is Robbie", then a [[Everything
* [[The Napoleon]]: Sometimes Beth.
* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: Creepy Susie.
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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Helga's parents went on vacation and were stranded on an ice floe for a year (until {{spoiler|Milo rescued them to save Helga from being adopted by Mrs. Hubbard}}).
* [[Punny Name]]: Anita Bidet
* [[Quirky
* [[Revival]]: [http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=261672 It may actually happen.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Running Gag]]: At least [[Once an Episode]] Milo's friend Mikey ends up getting into a horrible accident.
* [[Sadist Teacher]]: Principal Davis
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