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* [[Doting Parent]]: Richard is this at times.
* [[Doting Parent]]: Richard is this at times.
* [[Emo Teen]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with Lucky sometimes.
* [[Emo Teen]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with Lucky sometimes.
{{quote| '''Smooth Cool''': "You lost?" <br />
{{quote|'''Smooth Cool''': "You lost?"
'''Lucky''': "Yeah... Lost in this city, in this lonely universe. Lost ''deep down in my soul... !''" <br />
'''Lucky''': "Yeah... Lost in this city, in this lonely universe. Lost ''deep down in my soul... !''"
'''Smooth Cool''': ([[Aside Glance]]) "I had to ask..." }}
'''Smooth Cool''': ([[Aside Glance]]) "I had to ask..." }}
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: "Dr. Wolfowitz, must you always make such a dramatic entrance?"
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: "Dr. Wolfowitz, must you always make such a dramatic entrance?"
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Wolfowitz.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Wolfowitz.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: When the pigs first find the cub on their doorstep:
* [[Meaningful Name]]: When the pigs first find the cub on their doorstep:
{{quote| '''Richard''': (to the baby) "Oh, you're so lucky you found this house!" <br />
{{quote|'''Richard''': (to the baby) "Oh, you're so lucky you found this house!"
'''Sandy''': "Hey, that's it, bro! We'll call him ''Lucky.''" }}
'''Sandy''': "Hey, that's it, bro! We'll call him ''Lucky.''" }}
** [[Theme Naming]]: All the wolves (excluding [[Odd Name Out|Wolfowitz]]) have descriptive labels such as Big Boss Wolf, Smooth Cool Wolf, [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|Wide-Eyed]] [[Pacifist]] Wolf...
** [[Theme Naming]]: All the wolves (excluding [[Odd Name Out|Wolfowitz]]) have descriptive labels such as Big Boss Wolf, Smooth Cool Wolf, [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|Wide-Eyed]] [[Pacifist]] Wolf...
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** Then there's a more subtle example concerning the brick-house pig being named Mason, which literally means "bricklayer".
** Then there's a more subtle example concerning the brick-house pig being named Mason, which literally means "bricklayer".
* [[Oblivious Adoption]]: Again, Lucky, almost to the point of parody.
* [[Oblivious Adoption]]: Again, Lucky, almost to the point of parody.
{{quote| '''Lucky''': "I wish... I wish you'd never [[You Fail Biology Forever|given birth to me!]]" }}
{{quote|'''Lucky''': "I wish... I wish you'd never [[You Fail Biology Forever|given birth to me!]]" }}
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Richard takes on this role.
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Richard takes on this role.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Teen Girl Wolf to the Wolf Pack.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Teen Girl Wolf to the Wolf Pack.
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* [[Team Mom]]: Richard. Jon Cryer, [[Word of God|who voices him]], even says that "[[Lampshade Hanging|He sort of makes himself 'the Mommy Pig']], just because he worries the most."
* [[Team Mom]]: Richard. Jon Cryer, [[Word of God|who voices him]], even says that "[[Lampshade Hanging|He sort of makes himself 'the Mommy Pig']], just because he worries the most."
* [[Teens Are Monsters]]:
* [[Teens Are Monsters]]:
{{quote| '''Mason:''' "It's like there's a huge, hairy beast living in our house, with forage fangs and claws like garden shears!" <br />
{{quote|'''Mason:''' "It's like there's a huge, hairy beast living in our house, with forage fangs and claws like garden shears!"
'''Richard:''' "Hel-''looo?'' Teenagers!" }}
'''Richard:''' "Hel-''looo?'' Teenagers!" }}
* [[Tough Love]]: As mentioned, Mason is far sterner and stricter with Lucky than either of his brothers; at one point, he even proposes sending him to "''[[Boarding School of Horrors|Sergeant Slaughter's School]]'' ''[[Military School|for Wayward Pigs]].''"
* [[Tough Love]]: As mentioned, Mason is far sterner and stricter with Lucky than either of his brothers; at one point, he even proposes sending him to "''[[Boarding School of Horrors|Sergeant Slaughter's School]]'' ''[[Military School|for Wayward Pigs]].''"