History Anime / TheLittlBits

* ParentalAbandonment: Lillibit is an orphan who lives with her uncle. [[spoiler: That's what she's been ''told'', anyway. It's later revealed that her parents are actually still alive, but were members of a shunned race called Wanderbits and gave up their daughter to Dr. Snoozabit - who is ''not'' Lillibit's blood uncle - so she could live a happy life in Foothill Forest.]]

* PluckyGirl: Lillibit. She doesn't take kindly to Willibit's excluding her from the expedition to the sea, insisting that girls can be just as brave and strong as boys can.

* SayYourPrayers: How Teenybit saves the day, and possibly the village, in the episode "The Red Rainbow." When Scarybit and the kids arrive at Starlight Lake without the produce Scarybit had intended to bring as an offering for the gods (having lost it, along with nearly their lives, in a flash flood), they see the red rainbow in the sky, a sign that the gods are still angry. Teenybit immediately drops to her knees and calmly recites a heartfelt prayer asking the gods to have mercy. It works - the red rainbow immediately changes to a regular rainbow, and everyone rejoices.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Willibit and Snagglebit. They get along fairly well most of the time, but when they don't, it's likely to be over Lillibit. This is occasionally PlayedForLaughs, in moments when Lillibit witnesses their arguments and glares at them disapprovingly, leading the boys to immediately make up and act like best friends.

''The Littl' Bits'', known in Japan as ''Mori no Youkina Kobito-tachi'': ''Belfy to Lillibit'' (''Cheerful Dwarves of the Forest'': ''Belfy and Lillibit'') was a children's anime created by Creator/TatsunokoProduction and aired on Creator/TVTokyo (then known as Tokyo 12 Channel)[[note]]Reruns in Japan post-1981 displayed the TV Tokyo logo, rather than the Tokyo 12 Channel logo, in the opening credits[[/note]] in 1980[[note]]As Tokyo 12 was an independent station without its own network at the time, the show was seen on Creator/FujiTV, [[Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem TBS]], Creator/TVAsahi or Creator/NipponTV affiliates in other cities, including Osaka where it aired on Kansai TV, a Fuji affiliate[[/note]], brought to America and shown on Creator/NickJr in the early 1990s after having already aired in most of Europe and Latin America. It focused on a race of tiny people living in a place known as Foothill Forest. While the show usually had lessons to teach, it did so in a subtle, non-{{Anvilicious}} manner.

''The Littl' Bits'', known in Japan as ''Mori no Youkina Kobito-tachi'': ''Belfy to Lillibit'' (''Cheerful Dwarves of the Forest'': ''Belfy and Lillibit'') was a children's anime created by Creator/TatsunokoProduction and aired on Creator/TVTokyo (then known as Tokyo 12 Channel)[[note]]Reruns in Japan post-1981 displayed the TV Tokyo logo, rather than the Tokyo 12 Channel logo, in the opening credits[[/note]] in 1980[[note]]As Tokyo 12 was an independent station without its own network at the time, the show was seen on Creator/FujiTV, [[Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem TBS]], Creator/TVAsahi or Creator/NipponTV affiliates in other cities[[/note]], brought to America and shown on Creator/NickJr in the early 1990s after having already aired in most of Europe and Latin America. It focused on a race of tiny people living in a place known as Foothill Forest. While the show usually had lessons to teach, it did so in a subtle, non-{{Anvilicious}} manner.

''The Littl' Bits'', known in Japan as ''Mori no Youkina Kobito-tachi'': ''Belfy to Lillibit'' (''Cheerful Dwarves of the Forest'': ''Belfy and Lillibit'') was a children's anime created by Creator/TatsunokoProduction and aired on Creator/TVTokyo (then known as Tokyo 12 Channel)[[note]]Reruns in Japan post-1981 displayed the TV Tokyo logo, rather than the Tokyo 12 Channel logo, in the opening credits[[/note]] in 1980[[note]]As Tokyo 12 was an independent station without its own network at the time, the show was seen on [[Creator/FujiTV]], [[Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem TBS]], [[Creator/TVAsahi]] or [[Creator/NipponTV]] affiliates in other cities[[/note]], brought to America and shown on Creator/NickJr in the early 1990s after having already aired in most of Europe and Latin America. It focused on a race of tiny people living in a place known as Foothill Forest. While the show usually had lessons to teach, it did so in a subtle, non-{{Anvilicious}} manner.

''The Littl' Bits'', known in Japan as ''Mori no Youkina Kobito-tachi'': ''Belfy to Lillibit'' (''Cheerful Dwarves of the Forest'': ''Belfy and Lillibit'') was a children's anime created by Creator/TatsunokoProduction and aired on Creator/TVTokyo (then known as Tokyo 12 Channel)[[note]]Reruns in Japan post-1981 displayed the TV Tokyo logo, rather than the Tokyo 12 Channel logo, in the opening credits[[/note]] in 1980, brought to America and shown on Creator/NickJr in the early 1990s after having already aired in most of Europe and Latin America. It focused on a race of tiny people living in a place known as Foothill Forest. While the show usually had lessons to teach, it did so in a subtle, non-{{Anvilicious}} manner.

* LullDestruction: Quite a bit in the English dub as was the norm for anime dubs in that era. This becomes obvious watching the uncut (and more faithfully dubbed) Spanish version.

* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted; the children go on a lot of wild adventures but their parents and other guardians are always there to worry about them and help them out.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Uncle Snoozabit was originally a habitual drinker; in English they edited that to his being simply lazy. And what was obviously wine that he was drinking was explained away as "dandelion juice."

''The Littl' Bits'', known in Japan as ''Mori no Youkina Kobito-tachi'': ''Belfy to Lillibit'' (''Cheerful Dwarves of the Forest'': ''Belfy and Lillibit'') was a children's anime created by Creator/TatsunokoProduction and aired on Creator/TVTokyo (then known as Tokyo 12 Channel) in 1980, brought to America and shown on Creator/NickJr in the early 1990s after having already aired in most of Europe and Latin America. It focused on a race of tiny people living in a place known as Foothill Forest. While the show usually had lessons to teach, it did so in a subtle, non-{{Anvilicious}} manner.

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Episode director Mizuho Nishikubo went on to acclaim as the director of other series including ''Manga/{{Miyuki}}'', ''Anime/{{Zillion}}'', and ''Manga/VideoGirlAi''. Also, series director Masayuki Hayashi is the brother of none other than Creator/{{Rintaro}} (nee Shigeyuki Hayashi).

* PluckyGirl: Lillibit.

* SpiritedYoungLady: Lillibit doesn't take kindly to Willibit's excluding her from the expedition to the sea, insisting that girls can be just as brave and strong as boys can.

* NeverSayDie: The English dub is inconsistent on this. In "Earthquake!", Doctor Snoozeabit relates the story of how he found Snuffly (the flying squirrel) as a baby next to his dead mother, but regarding the mother's fate, only says that she "hadn't been so lucky" as her son. However, in "Help the Squirrel," it's made perfectly clear, even in the English script, that the ailing mother squirrel may die and her children may be left motherless.

* CulturalTranslation: Although the original Japanese version predated "The Smurfs", the show did not make its way Stateside until the early 1990s, thus the reason why a "Smurf"-like naming scheme is used in the English version. Most other versions of the show kept the original Japanese names for the characters or some variation thereof, but in English, Belfy became "Lillibit", Lillibit became "Willibit" (yes, Lillibit was the name of the male, and not the female, lead in the original), Chuchuna became "Teenybit" and so on. The English name changes even carried over into some later European dubs (e.g. Dutch).

* EyelidPullTaunt: Teenybit (Chuchuna) gives Willibit (Lillibit) one in "The Strange Egg," after getting him in trouble for losing his temper with her.

** For the English dub, the musical score was completely replaced, including the theme tune cameos. However, in the episode "The Red Rainbow," there's a scene in which the kids sing a song on their way to Starlight Lake. In the Japanese and Spanish versions, we hear the Japanese OP theme sung a cappella by the Japanese voice actors; for the English version, instead of cutting the scene (which they could have done), they inserted a completely new song about the joys of friendship.

** Even the normally sweet-tempered Lillibit (Belfy) had such a moment in one episode... the flying squirrel (Snuffly/Monga) kept trying to join in her games with Willibit but always messed them up, and Lillibit yelled at him. Not until Snuffly ran away as a result did she realize what she had done.

** "Madam Bella the Weaver": Rosiebit, who is competing against Lillibit (Belfy) for the job of being the village's next head weaver (a position Rosiebit believes is rightfully hers, since she's Madam Bella's granddaughter), steals Lillibit's yellow dye to jeopardize Lillibit's chances of winning. Lillibit heads to the mountains to gather flowers to make more dye, and not until she and Willibit (who has gone out to look for her) are trapped by an avalanche does Rosiebit realize how wrong what she did was.

* LethalChef: Inverted in the episode "Poor Old Helpabit." Mayor Bossabit is entering Helpabit's signature honey recipe into the village tasting contest, and is enthusiastic about his chances of winning since Helpabit allegedly has a secret ingredient: the nectar of a special flower. However, after the nectar is added, the honey tastes awful, and Helpabit gets such a severe dressing-down from the mayor that he decides to leave the village, convinced his recipe is a failure. Later on, however, on a second tasting, the honey is delicious, and Helpabit decides to stay just in time for his honey to win first prize. See also the AdventuresOfTheLittleKoala episode "Papa Makes a Pie."

* VitriolicBestBuds: Willibit and Snagglebit. They get along fairly well most of the time, but when they don't, it's likely to be over Lillibit.

''The Littl' Bits'', known in Japan as ''Mori no Youkina Kobito-tachi'': ''Belfy to Lillibit'' (''Cheerful Dwarves of the Forest'': ''Belfy and Lillibit'') was a children's anime created by Creator/TatsunokoProduction and aired on TV Tokyo (then known as Tokyo 12 Channel) in 1980, brought to America and shown on Creator/NickJr in the early 1990s after having already aired in most of Europe and Latin America. It focused on a race of tiny people living in a place known as Foothill Forest. While the show usually had lessons to teach, it did so in a subtle, non-{{Anvilicious}} manner.

* {{Lilliputians}}: They are even specifically referred to as such in the Spanish version, and "Lillibit" (the name of the male lead in all versions except English and of the female lead in the English version) is likely a reference to Lilliput as well.

* ParentalAbandonment: Lillibit is an orphan who lives with her uncle. [[spoiler: That's what she's been ''told'', anyway. It's later revealed that her parents are actually still alive, but were members of a shunned race called Wanderbits and gave up their daughter so she could live a happy life in Foothill Forest.]]

* StayInTheKitchen: In part one of the two-parter "Let's Go to the Sea," Willibit deliberately excludes Lillibit just because she's a girl and Willibit is afraid she'll get hurt. Lillibit is angered and very hurt by this, but with help from the flying squirrel Snuffly, forces her way onto the boys' raft, and Willibit grudgingly allows her to stay. A good thing, too, because Lillabit's ability to talk to animals is something that comes in handy more than once.

* ParentalAbandonment: Lillibit is an orphan who lives with her uncle. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that her parents are actually still alive, but were members of a shunned race called Wanderbits and gave up their daughter so she could live a happy life in Foothill Forest.]]

* NamesToKnowInAnime: One big name listed in the credits is episode director MizuhoNishikubo, whose later work would include ''Miyuki'', ''AkaiKodanZillion'', and ''VideoGirlAi''. Also, series director Masayuki Hayashi is the brother of RinTaro (nee Shigeyuki Hayashi).

* StayInTheKitchen: In part one of the two-parter "Let's Go to the Sea," Willibit deliberately excludes Lillibit just because she's a girl and Willibit is afraid she'll get hurt. Lillibit is angered and hurt by this, but with help from the flying squirrel Snuffly, forces her way onto the boys' raft, and Willibit grudgingly allows her to stay. A good thing, too, because Lillabit's ability to talk to animals is something that comes in handy more than once.

''The Littl' Bits'', known in Japan as ''Mori no Youkina Kobito-tachi'': ''Belfy to Lillibit'' (''Cheerful Dwarves of the Forest'': ''Belfy and Lillibit'') was a children's anime created by Creator/TatsunokoProduction in 1980, brought to America and shown on Creator/NickJr in the early 1990s after having already aired in most of Europe and Latin America. It focused on a race of tiny people living in a place known as Foothill Forest. While the show usually had lessons to teach, it did so in a subtle, non-{{Anvilicious}} manner.