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* GhostTrain: Season 2 of the animated series introduces Engine 13, a supernatural flying steam engine piloted by a zombie. However, like most monsters in this show, the zombie is friendly, and the protagonists frequently use the train to travel to locations away from their hometown.


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* PlayingATree: In the episode "Romeo and Zombiet", when Martin tries to organize his own performance of Shakespeare's classic Romeo & Juliet for a school play, he casts Rebecca as a tree. She doesn't mind since the tree plays an essential part in one scene. Then the tehearsal are interrupted by a zombie girl who dreams of acting in a play once. The kids give her a chance, but need to hide the fact that she's a zombie from the audience. So eventually, Rebecca gives her role as tree to the zombie.
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: Between the animated series (see page image), [[https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_724191-MLA49622236455_042022-O.webp the books]], and [[https://img.rgstatic.com/content/show/33e844a9-ba6f-4da8-aa93-7d63dcf61369/poster-500.webp other images]], the 3 Silver siblings have notably different looks.

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* AllLovingHero: Rebecca always sees the best in the various monsters and other supernatural creatures, and is usually the first of the protagonists to realize they are NotEvilJustMisunderstood.



* DoomItYourself: Martin may be a genius, but he's terrible at building things.

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* ADogNamedDog: in the episode "Kitty Cat Caper", Leo adopts a hamster he found as his pet, and simply names him Hamster. Rebecca calls him out on using such an unoriginal name.
* DoomItYourself: Martin may be a genius, but he's terrible at building things. It's so bad that Bat Pat freaks out at the thought of Martin trying to build something.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Martin has this towards Rebecca, but far less towards Leo.
* ButtMonkey: Out of the protagonists, Martin mosts frequently ends up in humiliating situations, the most frequent example being that he has to disguise himself as a member of the MonsterOfTheWeek 's species.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Martin has this towards Rebecca, but being determined to keep her from getting harmed. It's the main reason he ends up in most adventures to begin with, as is it usually Rebecca who sets out first to investigate a supernatural event and Martin only follows to keep an eye on her. He has this far less towards Leo.
* BrilliantButLazy: Leo is a skilled inventor for a kid his age, but most of the time he would rather stay home and relax.
* ButtMonkey: Out of the protagonists, Martin mosts most frequently ends up in humiliating situations, the most frequent example being that he has to disguise himself as a member of the MonsterOfTheWeek 's species.
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* ButtMonkey: Out of the protagonists, Martin mosts frequently ends up in humiliating situations, the most frequent example being that he has to disguise himself as a member of the MonsterOfTheWeek 's species.
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* AdultsAreUseless: played straight for most adults, who are either oblivious to the supernatural or too scared of it to take action. Averted for Capistrano Fog, who frequently provides Bat Pat and the kids with valuable information.


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* MagicLibrarian: Capistrano Fog, a ghost who owns a library full of books on the supernatural.

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''Bat Pat'' is an Italian series of children’s horror books written by Roberto Pavanello, as well as an animated series based on these books.

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''Bat Pat'' is an Italian series of children’s horror books written by Roberto Pavanello, as well as an [[AnimatedAdaptation animated series series]] based on these books.books that ran for 2 seasons with 104 QuarterHourShort episodes.


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* ParentalObliviousness: Mr. and Mrs. Silver are aware of Bat Pat, including the fact he can talk, but they are oblivious to the various adventures and encounters with supernatural creatures their kids get into.
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'''Bat Pat''' is an Italian series of children’s horror books written by Roberto Pavanello, as well as an animated series based on these books.

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'''Bat Pat''' ''Bat Pat'' is an Italian series of children’s horror books written by Roberto Pavanello, as well as an animated series based on these books.



The series is available on Netflix. Needs some Wiki Love!

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The series is available on Netflix.Creator/{{Netflix}}. Needs some Wiki Love!






* ValentinesDayEpisodes: The tv-series has one.

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* ValentinesDayEpisodes: The tv-series has one.one.
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* SmellyFeet: Leo suffers from these in an episode of the tv-series.
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The series is available on Netflix. Needs some Wiki Love!

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* HalloweenEpisode: “Headless House Guest”.
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* DoomItYourself: Martin may be a genius, but he's terrible at building things.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Martin has this towards Rebecca, but far less towards Leo.


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* FreeRangeChildren: The kids’ parents don’t seem too concerned about their kids going out in the night or traveling all over town.


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* GiantFlyer: The legendary Roc shows up in one episode.


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* OldMaster: The episode “The chosen Martin” centers around the ghost of an old karate master picking Martin as his successor.


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* TwoBeingsOneBody: One episode the kids encountered a two-headed robot. One head was male and one female, and both have very distinct personalities.
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* BeachEpisode: The episode “Something’s fishy” is set at the beach. The protagonists even trade their usual outfits for summer clothes.
* CampingEpisode: “Frozen to the bones”.


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* GoodLuckCharm: Leo has a pair of extremely smelly lucky socks. He ends up giving them to a {{Leprechaun}} who lost his luck, and it actually helps the guy get lucky again. He also has a double lucky underwear, which smells even worse.


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* OrderVersusChaos: Martin and Leo have this dynamic, with Martin being the orderly one and Leo the chaotic one.
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: The Beach episode resolved around a marine scientist who turns into a sea monster whenever the tide comes in. He doesn’t mind though since it enables him to study the sea even better, but he hates it that [[MagicPants his pants keep shredding during every transformation]].
* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Show up in the episode “Nothing to laugh at”.


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* SubbingForSanta: One episode, Martin had to sub for the tooth fairy.

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The books resolve around the talking, purple bat Bat Pat. Along with his 3 human friends, the siblings Martin, Leo and Rebecca Silver, he investigates supernatural events in his hometown of Smogville (bookseries)/Fogville (animated series), and writes books about his many misadventures.

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The books and series both resolve around the talking, purple bat Bat Pat. Along with his 3 human friends, the siblings Martin, Leo and Rebecca Silver, he investigates supernatural events in his hometown of Smogville (bookseries)/Fogville (animated series), and writes books about his many misadventures.


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* AgentScully: For a kid who frequently encounters supernatural beings, Martin can be [[ArbitrarySkepticism surprisingly skeptical]] when told about something supernatural.


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* DreamWeaver: The Duke of Dreams, a supernatural being that controls every ones dreams. One episode the protagonists had to help him with his job because the dreams of everybody in Fogville got mixed up.


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* GadgeteerGenius: Leo frequently comes up with inventions.


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* LovableCoward: Of the 3 kids, Martin is freaked out the easiest.


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* ShapeshifterModeLock: One episode resolved around a bat named Vlad, who eventually revealed he was actually a vampire who somehow got stuck in his bat-from the last time he shapeshifted.


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* SpookySilentLibrary: Shows up as the setting for one episode.


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* ThisIsMySide: One episode saw Martin divide his and Leo’s bedroom so he can be Leo-Free. He only gives Leo a small corner and keeps the rest of the room for himself. According to Rebecca, this is not the first time Martin tries this.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Many of the monsters turn out to be not evil at all. They just have some kind of problem they need help with. This trope doesn't always apply though.


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* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: One episode dealt with a monster under Martins bed. He was not really dangerous, but very annoying due to his heavy snoring.
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* TalkingAnimal: Bat Pat can freely talk with humans.

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* SmellyFeet: Leo suffers from these in an episode of the tv-series.
* TalkingAnimal: Bat Pat can freely talk with humans.humans.
* ValentinesDayEpisodes: The tv-series has one.

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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Fogville has these.



* CityOfAdventure: The hometown of Bat Pat and the Silver family and thus were most of their adventures take place.

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* CityOfAdventure: The Smogville/Fogville, the hometown of Bat Pat and the Silver family and thus were most of their adventures take place.


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* FieryRedhead: Downplayed, but Rebecca is quite impulsive and not afraid of anything.
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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: More often than not, Bat Pat and the kids discover this to be the case with the monster they fight.
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'''Bat Pat''' is an Italian series of children’s horror books written by Roberto Pavanello, as well as an animated series based on these books.

The books resolve around the talking, purple bat Bat Pat. Along with his 3 human friends, the siblings Martin, Leo and Rebecca Silver, he investigates supernatural events in his hometown of Smogville (bookseries)/Fogville (animated series), and writes books about his many misadventures.

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*AdaptationNameChange: The hometown of Bat Pat and the Silver kids is named Smogville in the books, but Fogville in the animated series.
*CityOfAdventure: The hometown of Bat Pat and the Silver family and thus were most of their adventures take place.
*DefangedHorrors: Being a series aimed at kids, this was to be expected for pretty much all the monsters featured in the series.
*FantasyKitchenSink: Vampires, Werewolves, Mummies, Witches, Trolls, Ghosts, mermaids…name any sort of supernatural creature and it’s safe to assume Bat Pat has encountered it at least once.
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: All the books in the series are supposedly written by Bat Pat himself as recollections of his many adventures.
*KidHero: The silver kids; they are 10, 9 and 8 respectively, and frequently save their town from supernatural horrors.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Bat Pat claims to be an expert on the supernatural, but his huge number of glaring mistakes make it hard to believe.
*SiblingTeam: The 3 Silver kids.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Martin has glasses and is the smartest of the 3 kids, always trying to find a reasonable explanation for the supernatural events they encounter.
*TalkingAnimal: Bat Pat can freely talk with humans.

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