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* CrassCanuck: The Canada short story in ''Busy, Busy World'' has [[BearsAreBadNews Klondike Kid]] and [[SavageWolf Tundra Pete]], who are described as "two meanest men in Canada" and their mere presence causes the entire town to flee. Indeed, Klondike Kid is shown stealing candy from girl and Tundra Pete is shown kicking mud on an old lady.
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* ClownCar: In "The Best Counting Video Ever" A family of 11 pigs come out of a small car.
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* DisguisedInDrag[=/=]HidingInAHijab: Couscous, the (male) Algerian detective, often crossdresses as part of trying to capture Pepe the Gangster and his dirty rats. In his first adventure (adapted from the book ''Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy World''), he disguises himself as a female BellyDancer, covering his face with a Niqab, to infiltrate Pepe's hideout.

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* DisguisedInDrag[=/=]HidingInAHijab: Couscous, the (male) Algerian detective, often crossdresses as part of trying to capture Pepe the Gangster and his dirty rats. In his first adventure (adapted from the book ''Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy World''), he disguises himself as a female BellyDancer, belly dancer, covering his face with a Niqab, to infiltrate Pepe's hideout.

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* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: The brothers Pig Will and Pig Won't, who somehow manage to embody this [[AnAesop Aesop]] using only two people. As their names suggest, one agrees to ''every'' request or offer, and the other refuses every offer. No matter what their giggly hippo babysitter asks them to do, Pig Won't's refusal ends up making him miserable... somehow. Even when it's a simple preference not to play a certain game. One wonders how, exactly, Pig Will would cope with being so "agreeable"/mentally pliable in the outside world, without the protection of a benign authority figure.
** In the original book Pig Won't would always say "I won't", without even thinking about it. So one day when their father asks who wants to go with him to visit the fire station, Pig Won't declares "I won't". At the fire station, Pig Will gets to play with the dalmatian, wear a fire suit, play with the fire hose (with adult supervision), and it all ends with an all-you-can-eat hot fudge sundae party! When Pig Won't sees all the fun Pig Will had, he immediately becomes Pig Me Too. The moral's supposed to be: "Don't just blindly disobey your folks, because you might miss out on some pretty cool stuff!", but reeks more of the BrokenAesop "Obey all orders without question, and you'll get a treat! You know, a ''treat'', like a dog gets for not shitting on the carpet!". When Pig Me Too enters the real world and stops getting treats for obeying, he's going to feel a little silly.

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* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: The brothers Pig Will and Pig Won't, who somehow manage to embody this [[AnAesop Aesop]] moral using only two people. As their names suggest, one agrees to ''every'' request or offer, and the other refuses every offer. No matter what their giggly hippo babysitter asks them to do, Pig Won't's refusal ends up making him miserable... somehow. Even when it's a simple preference not to play a certain game. One wonders how, exactly, Pig Will would cope with being so "agreeable"/mentally pliable in the outside world, without the protection of a benign authority figure.
** In the original book Pig Won't would always say "I won't", without even thinking about it. So one day when their father asks who wants to go with him to visit the fire station, Pig Won't declares "I won't". At the fire station, Pig Will gets to play with the dalmatian, wear a fire suit, play with the fire hose (with adult supervision), and it all ends with an all-you-can-eat hot fudge sundae party! When Pig Won't sees all the fun Pig Will had, he immediately becomes Pig Me Too. The moral's supposed to be: "Don't just blindly disobey your folks, because you might miss out on some pretty cool stuff!", but reeks more of the BrokenAesop "Obey all orders without question, and you'll get a treat! You know, a ''treat'', like a dog gets for not shitting on the carpet!". When Pig Me Too enters the real world and stops getting treats for obeying, he's going to feel a little silly.
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The Busytown characters were also adapted into [[EdutainmentGame educational video games]], most notably ''Richard Scarry's Busytown'' in 1993 for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer DOS]] and UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh, which was ported to the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis in 1994 and given [[UpdatedRerelease an enhanced remake]] for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows[[note]]Windows 95, 98, and later[[/note]] and "Classic" Mac OS[[note]]System 7.5.1 and later[[/note]] that update the graphics, animation, and voice acting to resemble ''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'' series.

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The Busytown characters were also adapted into [[EdutainmentGame educational video games]], most notably ''Richard Scarry's Busytown'' in 1993 for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer DOS]] and UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh, Platform/AppleMacintosh, which was ported to the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis in 1994 and given [[UpdatedRerelease an enhanced remake]] for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows[[note]]Windows Platform/MicrosoftWindows[[note]]Windows 95, 98, and later[[/note]] and "Classic" Mac OS[[note]]System 7.5.1 and later[[/note]] that update the graphics, animation, and voice acting to resemble ''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'' series.
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* AccidentalGoodOutcome: In ''The Best Mistake Ever'', Huckle is told to buy groceries, but he forgets to bring his shopping list, so he buys junk food instead. His mother is initially exasperated, but Auntie Rose is pleased at how delicious it is. Huckle's mother tells her son that this really was [[TitleDrop the best mistake ever]].
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* VideoGameRemake: The 1993 MS-DOS CD-ROM kids' game ''Richard Scarry's Busytown'' had a remake made and released in 1999 for Windows and Macintosh computers, featuring improved graphics and animation better resembling ''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'' animated series and better voice-acting resembling the voices in the same series (as the original game had [[TalkingToHimself one man providing all the character voices]]). While the gameplay is mostly the same and the original vocal songs are included, the "Bananas Gorilla" activity was removed from the remake, along with the "Junior Seesaw" activity (as it was already made redundant by the regular "Seesaw" activity.)

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* VideoGameRemake: The 1993 MS-DOS CD-ROM kids' game ''Richard Scarry's Busytown'' had a remake made and released in 1999 for Windows and Macintosh computers, featuring improved graphics and animation better resembling ''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'' animated series and better voice-acting resembling the voices in the same series (as the original game had [[TalkingToHimself [[ActingForTwo one man providing all the character voices]]). While the gameplay is mostly the same and the original vocal songs are included, the "Bananas Gorilla" activity was removed from the remake, along with the "Junior Seesaw" activity (as it was already made redundant by the regular "Seesaw" activity.)

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