The Powerpuff Squirrel/Tropes

This is the list of tropes for The Powerpuff Squirrel.

Tropes

 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal - Mayor McTurkey has a black top hat and a monocle like the Mayor of Townsville has.
 * Adaptation Species Change - The forest mayor in The Powerpuff Girls was a gopher (in Stray Bullet) or beaver (in City of Nutsville), yet in here, he is a turkey.
 * Affably Evil - While Harry the red-tailed hawk poses a threat to Bullet, Buddy and Reynard, he is apparantley a nice and friendly guy toward other animals. He still has to prey on rodents and rabbits, though.
 * Animal Talk - Almost all the animals can talk to one to another, but not to humans. Expect for Bubbles.
 * Animation Bump - The animation in this series is a lot more smoother and fluid than the original series.
 * Animesque - For all the realistic animal characters (sans Bullet the squirrrel).
 * Arch-Enemy - Harry the red-tailed hawk to Bullet.
 * Also, the grey wolves to the American bison.
 * Ascended Extra - Bullet is the star of the show.
 * Beau was originally an one shot character of Dexter's Laboratory episode, Beau Tie, but his character was developed and became Dee Dee's love interest, as well as being Dexter's best friend.
 * The unnamed hawk in Stray Bullet became Harry as one of the main antangonists.
 * Backstory - In the very first episode, Bullet tells the viewers how she got superpowers, during the events of Stray Bullet.
 * Bears are Bad News - Grizz the grizzly bear. On the other paw....
 * Beary Funny - There's Barry the American black bear.
 * Big Bad - Mister Bobtail the bobcat.
 * Big Eater - The two bears, Barry and Grizz. And Stella the short-tailed shrew.
 * Butt-Monkey - Both Harry the red-tailed hawk and Buddy the eastern cottontail.
 * Cats are Mean - Mister Bobtail the bobcat, Catherine the cougar and Sia the Siamese cat.
 * Civilized Animal - All animals fit this trope, even though none of them wear shirts and pants.
 * Creator Cameo - Flint's hums were provided by the show's developer, Lauren Faust.
 * Cross Dressing Voices - Kyle is voiced by Pamela Aldon, despite having the plumage of the male.
 * Crossover - There's Dexter and Dee Dee as recurring guest stars.
 * Cunning Like A Fox - Reynard the red fox.
 * Darker and Edgier - Though, not as dark as the original series. But still, we have plenty of animal violence.
 * Evil Counterpart - Blaze to Bullet. Both are squirrels, both have superpowers.
 * Failure is the Only Option - All the animal villains' attempts to kill Bullet and her friends, as well as Mister Bobtail's evil plans.
 * Fake-Out Opening - The first episode of season 2 begins with giant monsters destroying the World of Funny Animals version of Townsville. Then, Bullet shows up and knocks out every monster in their path. Suddenly, Mister Bobtail and Martin appear out of nowhere with a giant laser gun to kill Bullet. As Mister Bobtail activates the giant laser gun with a remote, Bullet uses her eye lasers to destroy the machine. Just then, Kyle calls out Bullet's name and the superpowered squirrel wakes up. It's revealed that Bullet had an action-packed dream and the rest of the episode is about Octi, Bubbles' plush octopus, is being called as a god by the animals.
 * Fluffy the Terrible - Pinky the alligator snapping turtle. The reason he was named Pinky, due to his pink worm-like appendage on his mouth.
 * From Bad to Worse - In Keane on You, Professor Utonium and Ms. Keane have their second date in the forest, only to be attacked by Catherine the cougar. Bullet, Buddy, Reynard, Kyle and Paige, along with the girls, step in to stop Catherine and save Professor Utonium and Ms. Keane, but then they were spotted by Nova the great horned owl, who has awaken from her slumber.
 * Full Boar Action - Hunk Hog the wild boar.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar - Oh, so many of them!
 * Halloween Episode - Little Forest of Horrors, starring an endangered little brown bat named Bella.
 * Honorable Elephant - Mighty Mastodon the American mastodon.
 * Incredible Shrinking Man - In Dexter, I Shrunk the Professor, Dee Dee accidently shrinks Professor Utonium into small size. Now, the small-sized Professor starts to speak squirrel and later songbird. But, turns out the songbird he encounters is Silvia the loggerhead shrike, so she kidnaps the Professor with her beak.
 * Interspecies Romance - Kyle the American kestrel and Paige the peregrine falcon.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold - Mighty Bill the bull bison.
 * Lower Deck Episode - The entire series for the once voiceless animals.
 * Malicious Monitor Lizard - Drago the escaped Nile monitor.
 * Marvelous Deer - A white-tailed buck named Duke.
 * Mook - Martin the American marten.
 * Moose are Idiots - Mason the bull moose.
 * Never Say "Die" - Completely averted.
 * Never Smile at the Crocodile - Old Al the American alligator.
 * Noble Bird of Prey - Kyle the American kestrel, Paige the peregrine falcon and Edgar the bald eagle.
 * Noble Wolf -  Armaruq and his pack of wolves.
 * Non-Standard Character Design - Bullet the squirrel is a lot cartoony, when compared to other animal characters in which their designs are realistic.
 * Only Sane Man - Kyle the American kestrel.
 * Ominous Owl - Nova the great horned owl.
 * Out of Focus - All the girls became supporting characters.
 * Playful Otter - Oretta the river otter.
 * Predator-Prey Friendship - Buddy (a rabbit) and Reynard (a fox).
 * Rascally Rabbit - Buddy the eastern cottontail.
 * Remember The New Guy? - Bullet introduces the viewers to her friend, Kyle the American kestrel. Bullet tells the viewers that she rescued him after he fell into the thorn bush during one of his flying practices.
 * Reptiles are Abhorrent - The antagonistic reptiles consist of Old Al the American alligator, Drago the Nile monitor, Diablo the Burmese python, Monsturo the Gila monster, Pinky the alligator snapping turtle, Vera the timber rattlesnake and Raffee the western diamondback. Only good reptiles include Shellbert the box turtle, Austin the green anole and Cassie the copperhead snake.
 * Seldom-Seen Species - Kyle the American kestrel, Martin the American marten, Kimmy the belted kingfisher, Silvia the loggerhead shrike, Blackfoot the black-footed ferret, Williemae the whooping crane pop-star, and the list goes on and on.....
 * Shared Universe - Dexter and Dee Dee are shown living in the same universe as Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup.
 * Shown Their Work
 * Doris the wood duck hen is correcty protrayed with brown feathers.
 * Edgar the bald eagle correctly chirps, rather than screech like Harry the red-tailed hawk.
 * Hare Hopdini, a snowshoe hare, is brown with white feet, which is a summer coat (hence his species' name, snowshoe hare), rather than fully white, which is a winter coat.
 * Bella the little brown bat is correctly decipted as a quadrupedal instead of being bipedal.
 * Smelly Skunk - Serenity the striped skunk.
 * Snakes are Sinister - The show features two types of rattlesnake; Vera the timber rattlesnake and Raffee the western diamondback. And there's also Diablo the Burmese python. Subverted with Cassie the copperhead snake, though.
 * Speaks Fluent Animal - Bubbles has that ability.
 * Species Lost and Found - Mighty Mastodon is an American mastodon, whose kind went extinct 11,000 BC. And many animals in the forest believe that Mighty Mastodon is one of the last mastodons alive.
 * Suddenley Voiced - Bullet the squirrel.
 * Those Wily Coyotes - Cain the coyote.
 * Turtle Power - Shellbert the box turtle and Pinky the alligator snapping turtle.
 * The Unintelligible - Flint the ruby-throated hummingbird talks in hums.
 * Villian Episode - All Cats are In has Mister Bobtail, Martin, Catherine, and Sia invade the Utonium Residence, only Bullet and her friends appear at the climax.
 * Wicked Weasel - Willie the least weasel, as well as his cousins, Martin the American marten, Blackfoot the black-footed ferret and Gulo the wolverine.

YMMV

 * X Meets Y -The Powerpuff Girls meets Open Season.