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* MoodWhiplash: The ChristmasEpisode "Harold the King" does this three times in the span of a few minutes. After the titular king storms away from the crew in a huff, the tone starts scary when the rebel elves corner him in an alley, steal his clothes, [[BoundAndGagged tie him up]], and leave him in a dumpster. But then, it turns funny when a pair of hobos look for food in the dumpster and find him, only to be so repulsed by his arrogance that they put him back right in the dumpster. Only for things to go right back to being scary when the hobos closing the dumpster causes a pile of snow to fall on top of it, resulting in Harold nearly freezing to death after they leave.
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* MoodWhiplash: The ChristmasEpisode "Harold the King" does this three times in the span of a few minutes. After the titular king storms away from the crew in a huff, the tone starts scary when the rebel elves corner him in an alley, steal his clothes, [[BoundAndGagged tie him up]], and leave him in a dumpster. But then, it turns funny when a pair of hobos look for food in the dumpster and find him, only to be so repulsed by his arrogance that they put him back right back in the dumpster. Only for things to go right back to being scary when the hobos closing the dumpster causes a pile of snow to fall on top of it, resulting in Harold nearly freezing to death after they leave.
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* MoodWhiplash: The ChristmasEpisode "Harold the King" does this three times in the span of a few minutes. After the titular king storms away from the crew in a huff, the tone starts scary when the rebel elves corner him in an alley, steal his clothes, [[BoundAndGagged tie him up]], and leave him in a dumpster. But then, it turns funny when a pair of hobos look for food in the dumpster and find him, only to be so repulsed by his arrogance that they put him back right in the dumpster. Only for things to go right back to being scary when the hobos closing the dumpster causes a pile of snow to fall on top of it, resulting in Harold nearly freezing to death after they leave.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The episode "The Final Voyage?" was written as a retirement episode of sorts for the Patch the Pirate character after Ron Hamilton was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2017.
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** The titular pirate got his name because Ron Hamilton (who voices Patch) lost his left eye to cancer and began wearing an eye-patch prompting children to declare to their embarrassed parents "Look! There goes a pirate!" Ron (Patch) tells this story in ''The Misterslippi Riber Race.''
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** The titular pirate got his name because Ron Hamilton (who voices Patch) lost his left eye to cancer and began wearing an eye-patch prompting children to declare to their embarrassed parents "Look! There goes a pirate!" Ron (Patch) tells this story in ''The Misterslippi Riber Race.''
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inception. It still continues to this day with episodes produced by Megan (Princess Pirate) Hamilton and her husband.
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* ''A Tail of Two Siblings'' (2022)
* ‘’Passage to Paradise'' (2023)
* ''A Tail of Two Siblings'' (2022)
* ‘’Passage to Paradise'' (2023)
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* FriendorIdolDecision: In the Misterslippi River Race, Patch and crew end up in a race against Colonel Cottonmouth and his snake lawyer to try and stop him from closing down the local church. Despite the Colonel's attempts at sabotage, the crew ends up in the lead in the final stretch of the race. But when the Colonel sees he's about to lose, he forces his adopted son Arnie to jump off the Jolly Roger by threatening the boy's pet dog. Seeing Cottonmouth ignore Arnie about to drown, Captain Patch stops the ship to save him and loses the race in the process.
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* FriendorIdolDecision: FriendOrIdolDecision: In the Misterslippi River Race, Patch and crew end up in a race against Colonel Cottonmouth and his snake lawyer to try and stop him from closing down the local church. Despite the Colonel's attempts at sabotage, the crew ends up in the lead in the final stretch of the race. But when the Colonel sees he's about to lose, he forces his adopted son Arnie to jump off the Jolly Roger by threatening the boy's pet dog. Seeing Cottonmouth ignore Arnie about to drown, Captain Patch stops the ship to save him and loses the race in the process.
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* FriendorIdolDecision: In the Misterslippi River Race, Patch and crew end up in a race against Colonel Cottonmouth and his snake lawyer to try and stop him from closing down the local church. Despite the Colonel's attempts at sabotage, the crew ends up in the lead in the final stretch of the race. But when the Colonel sees he's about to lose, he forces his adopted son Arnie to jump off the Jolly Roger by threatening the boy's pet dog. Seeing Cottonmouth ignore Arnie about to drown, Captain Patch stops the ship to save him and loses the race in the process.
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* KarmaHoudini: Colonel Cottonmouth in the Misterslippi River Race. Despite failing in his objectives of getting the church closed down and getting his hands on the Jolly Roger, Cottonmouth escapes any actual punishment despite being guilty of kidnapping, animal cruelty, child endangerment, and trying to get Patch and his crew killed multiple times.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: He's not quite so lucky in the follow-up episode, the Calliope Caper. His plans end in failure once again, he ends up accidentally blowing up his own property, and the resulting debris hits him on the head, causing him to lose his memory.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: He's not quite so lucky in the follow-up episode, the Calliope Caper. His plans end in failure once again, he ends up accidentally blowing up his own property, and the resulting debris hits him on the head, causing him to lose his memory.
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* ShoutOut: Dots the various installments of the series. ''Coldheartica'', for example, features a penguin character who is pretty much [[Series/GetSmart Maxwell Smart]] (complete with his voice sounding very similar to Don Adams) in all but species and name.
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* ShoutOut: Dots the various installments of the series. ''Coldheartica'', for example, features a penguin character who is pretty much [[Series/GetSmart Maxwell Smart]] (complete with his voice sounding very similar to Don Adams) in all but species and name.[[note]]this could also be a reference to ''WesternAnimation/TennesseeTuxedoAndHisTales''; in which the title character is a penguin also voiced by Don Adams[[/note]]
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* ''The Incredible Race'' (2018)
* ''The Final Voyage?'' (2019; 2-part episode)
* ''Mystery Island'' (2020)
* ''The Final Voyage?'' (2019; 2-part episode)
* ''Mystery Island'' (2020)
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The episode "The Final Voyage?" was written as a retirement episode of sorts for the Patch the Pirate character after Ron Hamilton was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2017.
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* FriendlyPirate: Patch is decidedly this type of pirate, and is a positive role model for the kids in his crew.
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* EyepatchOfPower: Patch's eponymous trademark.
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* TimeTravelEpisode: ''The Great American Time Machine'' involves traveling to see points in American history. Later episodes ''The Evolution Revolution'' and ''Giant Killer'' involves the crew using a different time machine to travel to points in Biblical history. (Meeting Adam and Eve and during when the Tower of Babel was being built in the former, and meeting future-King David just before his fight with Goliath in the latter.)
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* TimeTravelEpisode: ''The Great American Time Machine'' involves traveling to see points in American history. Later episodes ''The Evolution Revolution'' and ''Giant Killer'' involves the crew using a different time machine to travel to points in Biblical history. (Meeting Adam and Eve and during when the Tower of Babel was being built in the former, and meeting future-King David just before his fight with Goliath in the latter.)) Later installment ''Time Twisters'' involves the sailors hopping through time via different means to [[DistressedDude rescue an abducted Captain Patch]].
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: In ''Goes to Space'', the entire crew (including a ''whale'') floats up into space without so much as a space helmet after eating special cookies given to them by a visiting alien. The splash artwork for the installment also doesn't depict them wearing any sort of space traveling equipment either.
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* [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Patch The Pirate Can Breathe In Space]]: In ''Goes to Space'', the entire crew (including a ''whale'') floats up into space without so much as a space helmet after eating special cookies given to them by a visiting alien. The splash artwork for the installment also doesn't depict them wearing any sort of space traveling equipment either.
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* BrokenPedestal: The overall theme of ''Polecat's Poison'' is to chose your heroes carefully, as two boys find out the hard way when they meet their "hero", a large burly man named Polecat Jack who they believe to be the area's biggest {{Badass}}. However, Jack turns out to be a {{Jerkass}} who drinks too much moonshine, imprisons both boys in his house, and, when the building catches fire, turns his attention to saving his moonshine instead of the two (still trapped) boys. (Fortunately, the boys are rescued by the local BadassPreacher just in time.)
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* FantasyKitchenSink: The series apparently takes place in a world where pirates, medieval kingdoms, cowboys, dragons, abominable snowmen, and numerous other different settings, creatures, and people comfortably co-exist. Unless of course, Patch and his crew are secretly traveling to other dimensions and time-periods on their ship.
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* FantasyKitchenSink: The series apparently takes place in a world where pirates, medieval kingdoms, vikings, cowboys, dragons, abominable snowmen, and numerous other different settings, creatures, and people comfortably co-exist. Unless of course, Patch and his crew are secretly traveling to other dimensions and time-periods on their ship.
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* [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Patch The Pirate Can Breathe In Space]]: The entire crew (including a ''whale'') floats up into space after eating special cookies given to them by a visiting alien in ''Goes to Space'' without so much as a space helmet. The splash artwork for the installment also doesn't depict them wearing any sort of space traveling equipment either.
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* [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Patch The Pirate Can Breathe In Space]]: The In ''Goes to Space'', the entire crew (including a ''whale'') floats up into space without so much as a space helmet after eating special cookies given to them by a visiting alien in ''Goes to Space'' without so much as a space helmet.alien. The splash artwork for the installment also doesn't depict them wearing any sort of space traveling equipment either.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: ''The Great American Time Machine'' has displays several errors as everyone jumps through time, such as showing referring to Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 when he hadn't actually taken the office yet. (A few other instances are likely PlayedForLaughs, on the other hand. It would be pretty obvious to a kid that Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb after watching a chicken lay a pear-shaped egg.)
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: ''The Great American Time Machine'' has displays several errors as everyone jumps through time, such as showing and referring to Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 when he hadn't actually taken the office yet. (A few other instances are likely PlayedForLaughs, on the other hand. It would be pretty obvious to a kid that Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb after watching a chicken lay a pear-shaped egg.)
* BigBad: Once the series found its footing in the mid-80s, Patch and the crew began to more frequently encounter some unsavory characters who usually became this in the context of the plot. They usually ranged from just being either NotEvilJustMisunderstood or a {{Jerkass}} to...[[VileVillainSaccharineShow actually being pretty wicked]].
* BrokenPedestal: The overall theme of ''Polecat's Poison'' is to chose your heroes carefully, as two boys find out the hard way when they meet their "hero", a large burly man named Polecat Jack who they believe to be the area's biggest {{Badass}}. However, Jack turns out to be a {{Jerkass}} who drinks too much moonshine, imprisons both boys in his house, and, when the building catches fire, turns his attention to saving his moonshine instead of the two (still trapped) boys. (Fortunately, the boys are rescued by the local BadassPreacher just in time.)
* BigBad: Once the series found its footing in the mid-80s, Patch and the crew began to more frequently encounter some unsavory characters who usually became this in the context of the plot. They usually ranged from just being either NotEvilJustMisunderstood or a {{Jerkass}} to...[[VileVillainSaccharineShow actually being pretty wicked]].
* BrokenPedestal: The overall theme of ''Polecat's Poison'' is to chose your heroes carefully, as two boys find out the hard way when they meet their "hero", a large burly man named Polecat Jack who they believe to be the area's biggest {{Badass}}. However, Jack turns out to be a {{Jerkass}} who drinks too much moonshine, imprisons both boys in his house, and, when the building catches fire, turns his attention to saving his moonshine instead of the two (still trapped) boys. (Fortunately, the boys are rescued by the local BadassPreacher just in time.)
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* FantasyKitchenSink: The series apparently takes place in a world where pirates, medieval kingdoms, cowboys, dragons, abominable snowmen, and numerous other different settings, creatures, and people comfortably co-exist, unless of course, Patch and his crew are secretly traveling to other dimensions and time-periods on their ship.
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* FantasyKitchenSink: The series apparently takes place in a world where pirates, medieval kingdoms, cowboys, dragons, abominable snowmen, and numerous other different settings, creatures, and people comfortably co-exist, unless co-exist. Unless of course, Patch and his crew are secretly traveling to other dimensions and time-periods on their ship.ship.
* HeelFaceTurn: Some (but certainly not all) of the villain or {{Jerkass}} characters eventually come around. [[{{Seekers}} Some of the human characters]] [[HeelFaithTurn may become Christians.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Some (but certainly not all) of the villain or {{Jerkass}} characters eventually come around. [[{{Seekers}} Some of the human characters]] [[HeelFaithTurn may become Christians.]]
* MentorArchetype: Being the captain, Patch is usually there to offer advice to the younger characters.
* MusicalEpisode: Every episode is this, really. There are typically at least ten songs per installment, all between various story segments.
* MusicalEpisode: Every episode is this, really. There are typically at least ten songs per installment, all between various story segments.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: People who aren't familiar with the crew when they meet them tend to question the fact that Patch and his crew are pirates for only a few moments, if at all. Outside of that, in ''The Great American Time Machine'', the Statue of Liberty, seemingly apropos of nothing, ''comes to life'' and is later shrunk down to six feet tall without any sort of reaction from anyone other than the main characters. None of the historical figures the characters meet in their time-traveling adventures seem very fazed by the presence of a completely green metal woman, for that matter.
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* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: A consequence of having so many songs per installment is that at least one song invariably comes off as this, especially if it is part of a BigLippedAlligatorMoment.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: People who aren't familiar with the crew when they meet them tend to question the fact that Patch and his crew are pirates for only a few moments, if at all. Outside of that, in ''The Great American Time Machine'', the Statue of Liberty, seemingly apropos of nothing, ''comes to life'' and is later shrunk down to six feet tall without any sort of reaction from anyone other than the main characters. None of the historical figures the characters meet in their time-traveling adventures seem very fazed by the presence of a completely green metal woman, for thatmatter.matter.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: A few of the villain characters are just downright nasty for a show this light-hearted, such as the king in ''Kidnapped on I-Land''[[labelnote:Why?]] feeds people's egos then tricks them into following him, followed by him being imprisoning his charges in his dungeon to later feed to his pet dragon[[/labelnote]], Squashy the Squid in ''Down Under''[[labelnote:Why?]] kidnaps Sissy Seagull and brainwashes her into being his fiance (as well as forcing a kidnapped missionary to marry them in the same manner)[[/labelnote]], disgruntled former employee Shamus [=McGreedy=] in ''Limerick the Leprechaun''[[labelnote:Why?]] makes life hell for his former employer under the guise of the eponymous character, leading up to him [[WouldHurtAChild attempting to push said employer's grandson off a cliff into the ocean]][[/labelnote]], and [[spoiler: the Pleasure Islanders]] in ''Shipwrecked on Pleasure Island''[[labelnote:Why? (spoilers?)]] they put on smiles for people that stop by the island (including Patch and his crew after the Jolly Roger is damaged in a storm) but the crew gradually discovers that the Islanders drug their visitors, imprison them in giant birdcages and sell them to a ''slave ship'' when it stops by. It's worth telling that they were one of the few villains in the show that Patch and the crew actually had to physically fight back against when the islanders began to chase them down and damage the ship, even if it was just with ProducePelting.[[/labelnote]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: People who aren't familiar with the crew when they meet them tend to question the fact that Patch and his crew are pirates for only a few moments, if at all. Outside of that, in ''The Great American Time Machine'', the Statue of Liberty, seemingly apropos of nothing, ''comes to life'' and is later shrunk down to six feet tall without any sort of reaction from anyone other than the main characters. None of the historical figures the characters meet in their time-traveling adventures seem very fazed by the presence of a completely green metal woman, for that
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: A few of the villain characters are just downright nasty for a show this light-hearted, such as the king in ''Kidnapped on I-Land''[[labelnote:Why?]] feeds people's egos then tricks them into following him, followed by him being imprisoning his charges in his dungeon to later feed to his pet dragon[[/labelnote]], Squashy the Squid in ''Down Under''[[labelnote:Why?]] kidnaps Sissy Seagull and brainwashes her into being his fiance (as well as forcing a kidnapped missionary to marry them in the same manner)[[/labelnote]], disgruntled former employee Shamus [=McGreedy=] in ''Limerick the Leprechaun''[[labelnote:Why?]] makes life hell for his former employer under the guise of the eponymous character, leading up to him [[WouldHurtAChild attempting to push said employer's grandson off a cliff into the ocean]][[/labelnote]], and [[spoiler: the Pleasure Islanders]] in ''Shipwrecked on Pleasure Island''[[labelnote:Why? (spoilers?)]] they put on smiles for people that stop by the island (including Patch and his crew after the Jolly Roger is damaged in a storm) but the crew gradually discovers that the Islanders drug their visitors, imprison them in giant birdcages and sell them to a ''slave ship'' when it stops by. It's worth telling that they were one of the few villains in the show that Patch and the crew actually had to physically fight back against when the islanders began to chase them down and damage the ship, even if it was just with ProducePelting.[[/labelnote]]
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'''''Patch the Pirate''''' (or ''The Adventures of Patch the Pirate'' when aired on radio) is a Christian audio comedy/adventure series created by Christian songwriter and evangelist Ron Hamilton, and was inspired by his experience with having eye cancer in his left eye.
In 1978, Ron Hamilton was diagnosed with cancer inside his left eye, necessitating its removal and leaving Hamilton to have to wear an eye-patch. In the time that followed, Hamilton would often get called a pirate by children at church and abroad thanks to his eye patch. Deciding to embrace his new reputation as a "pirate" instead of having to explain why he had a patch to everyone, this was ultimately the inspiration for the audio series for kids that you are reading about now.
Starting in 1981 with song compilation ''Sing Along with Patch the Pirate'', one new installment of the series has been released every year since then. (Except in 1993 where a bonus ChristmasEpisode was released along with the one for that year.) The story details the adventures of Patch the Pirate, his faithful sidekick Sissy Seagull (played by Ron Hamilton's wife Shelly), and their crew of kids as they sail their ship the ''Jolly Roger'' around a world filled with unusual places and quirky characters. Most episodes are centered around a specific moral that is usually derived from Christianity (though other smaller side lessons are sometimes learned) and are notably filled with a variety of songs.
This series is very well-known among Christians and has sold several million copies since its inception.
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[[folder: Installments of the series]]
* ''Sing Along with Patch the Pirate'' (1981)
* ''Patch the Pirate Goes to Space'' (1982)
* ''...Goes West'' (1983)
* ''...Goes to the Jungle'' (1984)
* ''Kidnapped on I-Land'' (1985)
* ''The Great American Time Machine'' (1986)
* ''The Misterslippi River Race'' (1987)
* ''The Calliope Caper'' (1988)
* ''Camp Kookawacka Woods'' (1989)
* ''The Custards' Last Stand'' (1990)
* ''The Friend Ship Mutiny'' (1991)
* ''Once Upon A Starry Knight'' (1992)
* ''Down Under'' (1993)
* ''[[ChristmasEpisode Harold the King]]'' (1993)
* ''The Evolution Revolution'' (1994)
* ''Mount Zion Marathon'' (1995)
* ''Giant Killer'' (1996)
* ''Polecat's Poison'' (1997)
* ''The Sneaky Sheik'' (1998)
* ''Afraidika Fever'' (1999)
* ''The Lone Stranger'' (2000)
* ''The Tumbleweed Opera'' (2001)
* ''Coldheartica'' (2002)
* ''Limerick the Leprechaun'' (2003)
* ''Shipwrecked on Pleasure Island'' (2004)
* ''The Kashmir Kid'' (2005)
* ''The Villain of Venice'' (2006)
* ''The Colonel's Colossal Character Quest'' (2007)
* ''Armadillo Amigos'' (2008)
* ''Kung Phooey Kid'' (2009)
* ''The Legend of Stickyfoot'' (2010)
* ''Incrediworld'' (2011)
* ''Kingdom Chronicles'' (2012)
* ''International Spy Academy'' (2013)
* ''Kilimanjaro'' (2014)
* ''Ocean Commotion'' (2015)
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!!This series provides examples of the following tropes:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: ''The Great American Time Machine'' has displays several errors as everyone jumps through time, such as showing referring to Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 when he hadn't actually taken the office yet. (A few other instances are likely PlayedForLaughs, on the other hand. It would be pretty obvious to a kid that Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb after watching a chicken lay a pear-shaped egg.)
* ChristmasEpisode: ''Harold the King''
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The first two installments of the series showed some other sea-dwelling characters to hang out with the crew, such as a trio of oysters and a whale. They exited the series with little fanfare following ''Goes to Space''. (It was probably justified in the whale's case, since it was probably difficult to take him anywhere that wasn't on the ocean.)
* CowboyEpisode: ''Goes West'' and its two sequel episodes ''The Lone Stranger'' and ''The Tumbleweed Opera''.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first several installments of the series were undeniably kid oriented and had looser and simpler plot-lines. Starting around the mid-80s the plots started becoming tighter and the writing matured somewhat.
* FantasyKitchenSink: The series apparently takes place in a world where pirates, medieval kingdoms, cowboys, dragons, abominable snowmen, and numerous other different settings, creatures, and people comfortably co-exist, unless of course, Patch and his crew are secretly traveling to other dimensions and time-periods on their ship.
* InformedSpecies: Sissy Seagull did start off looking like a seagull, but much of her current artwork has her bearing more resemblance to a pelican.
* [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Patch The Pirate Can Breathe In Space]]: The entire crew (including a ''whale'') floats up into space after eating special cookies given to them by a visiting alien in ''Goes to Space'' without so much as a space helmet. The splash artwork for the installment also doesn't depict them wearing any sort of space traveling equipment either.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Much like ''WesternAnimation/JakeAndTheNeverlandPirates'' years later, Patch and the crew don't really do much pirating aside from looking for treasure and adventure.
* PutOnABus: Much like, say, ''Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey'', the kid actors tend to stay on the show until they hit puberty and/or become adults, after which they leave the show. Their absence is usually acknowledged by the characters in the first episode where they aren't present, and they are usually mentioned to have had to start going to nautical schools.
* ShoutOut: Dots the various installments of the series. ''Coldheartica'', for example, features a penguin character who is pretty much [[Series/GetSmart Maxwell Smart]] (complete with his voice sounding very similar to Don Adams) in all but species and name.
* SpaceEpisode: ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Patch the Pirate Goes To Space]]''. What? Were you thinking he went to Madison, Wisconsin in this episode instead?
* TimeTravelEpisode: ''The Great American Time Machine'' involves traveling to see points in American history. Later episodes ''The Evolution Revolution'' and ''Giant Killer'' involves the crew using a different time machine to travel to points in Biblical history. (Meeting Adam and Eve and during when the Tower of Babel was being built in the former, and meeting future-King David just before his fight with Goliath in the latter.)
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: People who aren't familiar with the crew when they meet them tend to question the fact that Patch and his crew are pirates for only a few moments, if at all. Outside of that, in ''The Great American Time Machine'', the Statue of Liberty, seemingly apropos of nothing, ''comes to life'' and is later shrunk down to six feet tall without any sort of reaction from anyone other than the main characters. None of the historical figures the characters meet in their time-traveling adventures seem very fazed by the presence of a completely green metal woman, for that matter.
In 1978, Ron Hamilton was diagnosed with cancer inside his left eye, necessitating its removal and leaving Hamilton to have to wear an eye-patch. In the time that followed, Hamilton would often get called a pirate by children at church and abroad thanks to his eye patch. Deciding to embrace his new reputation as a "pirate" instead of having to explain why he had a patch to everyone, this was ultimately the inspiration for the audio series for kids that you are reading about now.
Starting in 1981 with song compilation ''Sing Along with Patch the Pirate'', one new installment of the series has been released every year since then. (Except in 1993 where a bonus ChristmasEpisode was released along with the one for that year.) The story details the adventures of Patch the Pirate, his faithful sidekick Sissy Seagull (played by Ron Hamilton's wife Shelly), and their crew of kids as they sail their ship the ''Jolly Roger'' around a world filled with unusual places and quirky characters. Most episodes are centered around a specific moral that is usually derived from Christianity (though other smaller side lessons are sometimes learned) and are notably filled with a variety of songs.
This series is very well-known among Christians and has sold several million copies since its inception.
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* ''Sing Along with Patch the Pirate'' (1981)
* ''Patch the Pirate Goes to Space'' (1982)
* ''...Goes West'' (1983)
* ''...Goes to the Jungle'' (1984)
* ''Kidnapped on I-Land'' (1985)
* ''The Great American Time Machine'' (1986)
* ''The Misterslippi River Race'' (1987)
* ''The Calliope Caper'' (1988)
* ''Camp Kookawacka Woods'' (1989)
* ''The Custards' Last Stand'' (1990)
* ''The Friend Ship Mutiny'' (1991)
* ''Once Upon A Starry Knight'' (1992)
* ''Down Under'' (1993)
* ''[[ChristmasEpisode Harold the King]]'' (1993)
* ''The Evolution Revolution'' (1994)
* ''Mount Zion Marathon'' (1995)
* ''Giant Killer'' (1996)
* ''Polecat's Poison'' (1997)
* ''The Sneaky Sheik'' (1998)
* ''Afraidika Fever'' (1999)
* ''The Lone Stranger'' (2000)
* ''The Tumbleweed Opera'' (2001)
* ''Coldheartica'' (2002)
* ''Limerick the Leprechaun'' (2003)
* ''Shipwrecked on Pleasure Island'' (2004)
* ''The Kashmir Kid'' (2005)
* ''The Villain of Venice'' (2006)
* ''The Colonel's Colossal Character Quest'' (2007)
* ''Armadillo Amigos'' (2008)
* ''Kung Phooey Kid'' (2009)
* ''The Legend of Stickyfoot'' (2010)
* ''Incrediworld'' (2011)
* ''Kingdom Chronicles'' (2012)
* ''International Spy Academy'' (2013)
* ''Kilimanjaro'' (2014)
* ''Ocean Commotion'' (2015)
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!!This series provides examples of the following tropes:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: ''The Great American Time Machine'' has displays several errors as everyone jumps through time, such as showing referring to Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 when he hadn't actually taken the office yet. (A few other instances are likely PlayedForLaughs, on the other hand. It would be pretty obvious to a kid that Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb after watching a chicken lay a pear-shaped egg.)
* ChristmasEpisode: ''Harold the King''
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The first two installments of the series showed some other sea-dwelling characters to hang out with the crew, such as a trio of oysters and a whale. They exited the series with little fanfare following ''Goes to Space''. (It was probably justified in the whale's case, since it was probably difficult to take him anywhere that wasn't on the ocean.)
* CowboyEpisode: ''Goes West'' and its two sequel episodes ''The Lone Stranger'' and ''The Tumbleweed Opera''.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first several installments of the series were undeniably kid oriented and had looser and simpler plot-lines. Starting around the mid-80s the plots started becoming tighter and the writing matured somewhat.
* FantasyKitchenSink: The series apparently takes place in a world where pirates, medieval kingdoms, cowboys, dragons, abominable snowmen, and numerous other different settings, creatures, and people comfortably co-exist, unless of course, Patch and his crew are secretly traveling to other dimensions and time-periods on their ship.
* InformedSpecies: Sissy Seagull did start off looking like a seagull, but much of her current artwork has her bearing more resemblance to a pelican.
* [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Patch The Pirate Can Breathe In Space]]: The entire crew (including a ''whale'') floats up into space after eating special cookies given to them by a visiting alien in ''Goes to Space'' without so much as a space helmet. The splash artwork for the installment also doesn't depict them wearing any sort of space traveling equipment either.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Much like ''WesternAnimation/JakeAndTheNeverlandPirates'' years later, Patch and the crew don't really do much pirating aside from looking for treasure and adventure.
* PutOnABus: Much like, say, ''Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey'', the kid actors tend to stay on the show until they hit puberty and/or become adults, after which they leave the show. Their absence is usually acknowledged by the characters in the first episode where they aren't present, and they are usually mentioned to have had to start going to nautical schools.
* ShoutOut: Dots the various installments of the series. ''Coldheartica'', for example, features a penguin character who is pretty much [[Series/GetSmart Maxwell Smart]] (complete with his voice sounding very similar to Don Adams) in all but species and name.
* SpaceEpisode: ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Patch the Pirate Goes To Space]]''. What? Were you thinking he went to Madison, Wisconsin in this episode instead?
* TimeTravelEpisode: ''The Great American Time Machine'' involves traveling to see points in American history. Later episodes ''The Evolution Revolution'' and ''Giant Killer'' involves the crew using a different time machine to travel to points in Biblical history. (Meeting Adam and Eve and during when the Tower of Babel was being built in the former, and meeting future-King David just before his fight with Goliath in the latter.)
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: People who aren't familiar with the crew when they meet them tend to question the fact that Patch and his crew are pirates for only a few moments, if at all. Outside of that, in ''The Great American Time Machine'', the Statue of Liberty, seemingly apropos of nothing, ''comes to life'' and is later shrunk down to six feet tall without any sort of reaction from anyone other than the main characters. None of the historical figures the characters meet in their time-traveling adventures seem very fazed by the presence of a completely green metal woman, for that matter.
