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'''Ming-Ming Duckling:''' "This is ''[[Serious Business|serious!!!]]''"
'''Linny Guinea Pig:''' "We have to help her!" }}
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* [[Artistic License: Biology]]: Ducks don't urinate. At least, not the way the show portrays they do.
* [[Aside Glance]]: Linny always gives a wink to the audience at the end of each story.
* [[Be Yourself]]: Tuck is told this when he wants to play with a pink toy car, but he's the only one. The lesson is later used to help a lion cub.
* [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]]: The costume box sequence in Save the Nutcracker:
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''' Tuck:''' I'm a king!
''' Ming - Ming:''' I'm a mouse king! }}
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Ollie and his Thunder Pets.
* [[Cartoon Physics]]: The Wonder Pets' flyboat can go anywhere in the world in the time it takes for them to sing their "we're on our way" jingle. It can also magically enter picture books, dioramas, posters and other art projects in their schoolhouse.
** [[Justified Trope|How else can the plot proceed in eleven minutes]]?
* [[Catch Phrase]]:
** "This is sewious!"
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** [[Saving Christmas]]
* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: Tuck is voiced by Teala Dunn.
* [[Elmuh Fudd Syndwome]]: Ming-Ming. Well, she's about five. So it's not really her fault. It's also a [[Throw It In]] that carried over from the audition process.
* [[Ending Theme]]: An instrumental version of the leitmotif.
* [[Furry Confusion]]: In the circus episode.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: "Celewy is great after a good pee!" "You can say that again!"
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* [[I Am Not Weasel]]:
** Linny, whenever anyone refers to her as simply "pig," or some other type of rodent, such as "hamster."
** Numerous eBay listings refer to Linny incorrectly as "hamster," "hampster," and even "hedgehog."
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Ollie is impolite and more than a little bit irritating during his appearances. This has the added affect of making his philosophies as unappealing as he himself is.
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: Tuck and both of the girls.
* [[Mundane Made Awesome]]: For example, the song about celery is delivered with all the gravitas worthy of a Wagnerian epic.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: In one episode they saved a band of insect musicians called The Beetles. (Three of which were voiced by Lenie Colacino, one of the stars of the musical "Beatlemania.") In another episode they meet three rats named Sammy, Dino and Blue Eyes. And in one episode they rescue a hound dog whose father is a canine version of Elvis Presley. These also count as [[Parental Bonus]].
* [[Once an Episode]]: Being a kid's show, it happens a lot.
* [[Potty Emergency]]: "There's a puppy, and he has to pee-pee, but he can't... because he's stuck in the house!"
▲* [[Power Trio]]: Linny (ego), Tuck (superego), and Ming-Ming (id).
* [[Regular Caller]]: "The phone, the phone is ringing!" "The phone, we'll be wight there!"
* [[Serious Business|Sewious Business]]: Ming-Ming's stock in trade. Eventually parodied during an episode where they need to give a baby blowfish the encouragement to [[Stealth Pun|go to preschool]].
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"But-we-still-have-to help him!"
* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[The Beatles]], [[Fiddler
* [[Straw Character]]: Ollie, whether it was deliberate or not. In one memorable episode, Ollie gloats about how he can solve the problem of the week by himself, only to wind up making the situation worse as a result of attempting the mission solo. Cue the trio gloating at his expense.
* [[Strictly Formula]]: "Save the Duckling!", "Save the Nutcracker!" and "Save the Rat Pack!" all subvert this.
* [[Sugar Bowl]]: The Wonder Pets' world is teeming with cute overload, and the animals are mostly of the cute and fuzzy kind.
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