History Main / HilarityInZoos

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* There is a cycle of stories in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' continuum concerning the [[Fanfic/NatureStudies establishment of a City Zoo]] in Ankh-Morpork. The genesis of the idea lies in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5318396/3/Nature-Studies C.M.O.T. Dibbler's half-baked scheme to set up a safari park in return for lots of money]].
-->"And you thought you'd set up a... safari park. On currently vacant land outside the city where you have an option to develop. This is a new concept, mr Dibbler. Let me see if I have it correctly. You would have a large area surrounded by secure safety fences. Within which, the general public would pay to enter, and drive their carriages through, in order to safely witness exotic animals in what would be, as near as could be arranged, their natural habitat."

** The recovered animals then become the nucleus of the Ankh-Morpork City Zoo. This is under the management of a professional. Who then realises she has to train a bunch of motley amateurs to become zookeepers. ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7485737/1/Zoo-Tales Very, very, quickly]]''.

* Every episode ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' takes place in the Central Park Zoo.

* In ''TheFlintstones'', the title family and the Rubbles go to the zoo and of course Fred finds himself in the gorilla cage while everyone is too entertained by him being chased around to help him until Bamm-Bamm gets him out.

* At least three cartoon shows as a whole center around zoo antics: HannaBarbera's ''Wally Gator'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch Help!...It's the Hair Bear Bunch!]]'', and Leonardo-TTV's ''WesternAnimation/TennesseeTuxedoAndHisTales''.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' did this, when the Beagle Boys steal Gyro's furniture mover ray to steal Scrooge's money. Huey, Dewey, and Louie eventually find them but get chased away by the Beagle Boys, into a zoo. Hilarious antics include a gorilla being teleported between two lovers about to share a kiss, and an elephant being teleported in front of an elevator.

* At least three cartoon shows as a whole center around zoo antics: HannaBarbera's ''Wally Gator'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch Help!...It's the Hair Bear Bunch!]]'', and Leonardo-TTV's ''[[WesternAnimation/TennesseeTuxedoAndHisTales]]''.

* At least three cartoon shows as a whole center around zoo antics: HannaBarbera's ''Wally Gator' and ''[[WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch Help!...It's the Hair Bear Bunch!]]'', and Leonardo-TTV's [[''WesternAnimation/TennesseeTuxedoAndHisTales]]''.

::The recovered animals then become the nucleus of the Ankh-Morpork City Zoo. This is under the management of a professional. Who then realises she has to train a bunch of motley amateurs to become zookeepers. ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7485737/1/Zoo-Tales Very, very, quickly]]''.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter and the [[MarketBasedTitle Philosopher's / Sorceror's]] Stone'': Harry's accidental wizardry let a snake out of its case and trapped Dudley in it.

* An episode of ''KeroroGunsou'' had Keroro sneaking into a zoo after-hours with a ray-gun that [[HumanityEnsues turns animals into humans]], with the hopes of recruiting some of the transformed animals as soldiers for his invasion.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': It's a running gag that Mr. Boynton usually takes Miss Brooks to the zoo on their dates.

-->"The wildlife including lions. And baboons, which are a large predatory ape. And rhinoceri. And people would then drive carriages, possibly open-topped ones, through this park to see the animals at close quarters. Carriages drawn by horses. And you see no little�problems� with this picture?"

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* ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' episode 14, "First Date!? Hell's Zoo": Highlights include having to recapture all the animals after Lambo blows up all their cages, and Ryohei testing his strength "to the extreme" by fighting a bear—at a video game.

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* Two examples from ''Comicbook/ThePunisher'':
** The first from "Comicbook/WelcomeBackFrank", where Ma Gnucci and her {{Mooks}} pursued Frank into a zoo, and he, without much in the way of weapons, used the animals to fend them off (like holding a guy's head under a piranha tank), culminating in a [[GiveChaseWithAngryNatives darkly hilarious fate]] for Ma Gnucci herself.

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* There is a cycle of stories in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' continuum concerning the [[Fanfic/NatureStudies establishment of a City Zoo]] in Ankh-Morpork. The genesis of the idea lies in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5318396/3/Nature-Studies C.M.O.T. Dibbler's half-baked scheme to set up a safari park in return for lots of money]].

-->"The wildlife including lions. And baboons, which are a large predatory ape. And rhinoceri. And people would then drive carriages, possibly open-topped ones, through this park to see the animals at close quarters. Carriages drawn by horses. And you see no little…problems… with this picture?"

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* There is a very early WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon featuring Egghead (the precursor to Elmer Fudd), who eventually gets eaten by a lion—but we also take a look at all the other zoo animals as well.

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* Several examples of people being killed or maimed by zoo animals through blatant stupidity have made it into the Website/DarwinAwards.

HilarityInZoos is, essentially, just that sort of situation. Whenever a group of characters goes to the zoo, it's almost a given that ''something'' is going to happen. It might be played for either comedy or drama, but inevitably, as you might expect, AnAmusingCircumstanceOfSomeSortOccurs. A natural way to invoke EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys, but on the other hand, they might be ManiacMonkeys instead. May also lead to a hilarious EscapedAnimalRampage.

** The first from "Comicbook/WelcomeBackFrank", where Ma Gnucci and her {{Mooks}} pursued Frank into a zoo, and he, without much in the way of weapons, used the animals to fend them off, culminating in a darkly hilarious fate for Ma Gnucci herself.

* In ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Aang visits a zoo in Ba Sing Se. The animals are all in small cages and the zookeeper explains that the city won't give him any more money because nobody is visiting, so he can't improve conditions for the animals. Aang suggests building a new zoo outside the walls of the city, and offers to take the animals there himself. After all, he's the Avatar, so animals will listen to him! Naturally, HilarityEnsues as he tries to lead a massive group of wild animals outside of the city.
* In one episode of ''AngryBeavers'', Norbert gets arrested for a crime Dagget committed and sent to a zoo, which turned out to be a 5-star resort for animals.

* BeavisAndButthead join a zoo tour, hoping the guide will talk about the animals "doing it", which she only does after they leave in boredom. While they're in the reptile house there's a momentary power outage that gets them in a panic, and when the lights come back on they're in a compromising position, inadvertently holding each others...snakes.

* ''{{Anchorman}}'' has the scene where the Channel 4 News Team goes to the San Diego Zoo to investigate YetAnotherBabyPanda. Highlights include Ron jumping into the Bear Pit to save Veronica from certain danger (without thinking his plan all the way through) and a rival news anchor getting his (one remaining) arm ripped off.

* ''Film/WeBoughtAZoo'', is a comedy-drama that takes place almost entirely in a zoo.

* There was the episode of ''RenAndStimpy'' in which they dressed as monkeys and lived at the zoo.

* In ''Film/OsmosisJones'', Frank gets infected by Thrax when he drops a hard-boiled egg from his lunch next to the monkey cage, and ends up wrestling with the monkey that grabbed it to reclaim and eat his now-contaminated snack.