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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In the 2000s, the first 26 episodes were redubbed in Singapore because it was too expensive to keep paying royalties to the celebrity voices. These are the versions available on DVD, qubo, and [=BYUtv=]. Although the official YouTube versions of season 1 have the original voices, season 2 is redubbed. So the only way to watch the original versions of season 2 are if you taped them off PBS, or if you can find the official VHS tapes (which are harder to find than season 1 because they were only available to schools and public libraries).
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In the 2000s, the first 26 episodes were redubbed in Singapore because it was too expensive to keep paying royalties to the celebrity voices. These are the versions available on DVD, qubo, and [=BYUtv=]. Although the official YouTube versions of season 1 have the original voices, voices (except that "Loyalty" was never uploaded), season 2 is redubbed.redubbed everywhere. So the only way to watch the original versions of season 2 are if you taped them off PBS, or if you can find the official VHS tapes (which are harder to find than season 1 because they were only available to schools and public libraries).
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** Also, in the 2000s the first two seasons were redubbed in Singapore because it was too expensive to keep paying royalties to the celebrity VAs, giving us whole new set of Other Darrins.
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** Also, in the 2000s the first two seasons were redubbed in Singapore because (because it was too expensive to keep paying royalties to the celebrity VAs, celebrities), giving us whole new set of Other Darrins.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In the 2000s, the first 26 episodes were redubbed in Singapore because it was too expensive to keep paying royalties to the celebrity voices. These are the versions available on DVD, qubo, and BYUtv. Although the official YouTube versions of season 1 have the original voices, season 2 is redubbed. So the only way to watch the original versions of season 2 are if you taped them off PBS, or if you can find the official VHS tapes (which are harder to find than season 1 because they were only available to schools and public libraries).
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In the 2000s, the first 26 episodes were redubbed in Singapore because it was too expensive to keep paying royalties to the celebrity voices. These are the versions available on DVD, qubo, and BYUtv.[=BYUtv=]. Although the official YouTube versions of season 1 have the original voices, season 2 is redubbed. So the only way to watch the original versions of season 2 are if you taped them off PBS, or if you can find the official VHS tapes (which are harder to find than season 1 because they were only available to schools and public libraries).
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The show actually has three seasons, not four, so I am correcting mentions of changes between seasons to reflect this. Also, Michael Donovan was not involved with the series until the last 13 episodes, so he is not a Descended Creator - he was voice director at the same time he voiced Sock.
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* ArtEvolution: The animation design in the second half of season two has been changed, noticeably streamlining the designs on Zach and Annie to make them look a little like teenagers, in addition to darkening the backgrounds a bit and making the cells lighter. Finally, starting with the third season's second half, the animation quality is a little less smooth than the first two seasons and also added black outlines on the characters, even though the backgrounds are lighter again and the character designs are completely unchanged.
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* ArtEvolution: The animation design in the second half of season two has been changed, noticeably streamlining the designs on Zach and Annie to make them look a little like teenagers, in addition to darkening the backgrounds a bit and making the cells lighter. Finally, starting with the third season's second half, in season three, the animation quality is a little less smooth than the first two seasons and also added black outlines on the characters, even though the backgrounds are lighter again and the character designs are completely unchanged.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: On occasion, near the end of "Honesty" (1998), Sock appears in front of the screen and talks directly to the audience right after Zach accepts Annie's apology letter.
* BrokeEpisode: "Self-Discipline", "Generosity", "Integrity", "Charity" and "Honesty" (1998).
* CallBack[=/=]ContinuityNod: In "Trustworthiness", Zach's backpack is found by Sock, who digs into it looking for something. This makes Zach toss the backpack away and shoo him, causing it to spill its containments. Zach gives his lunch bag containing a sandwich to Annie and quickly packs them up in frustration but Annie immediately eats his sandwich, which leads him to accuse her of eating it. Then Annie holds out another bag containing a sandwich, making him happy. This is later repeated at the end of "Honesty" (1998) where Zach and Annie are having a picnic, but Sock steals Zach's bag of sandwiches, which makes Zach angry. Then Annie holds out another bag of sandwiches and Zach turns pleased again.
* BrokeEpisode: "Self-Discipline", "Generosity", "Integrity", "Charity" and "Honesty" (1998).
* CallBack[=/=]ContinuityNod: In "Trustworthiness", Zach's backpack is found by Sock, who digs into it looking for something. This makes Zach toss the backpack away and shoo him, causing it to spill its containments. Zach gives his lunch bag containing a sandwich to Annie and quickly packs them up in frustration but Annie immediately eats his sandwich, which leads him to accuse her of eating it. Then Annie holds out another bag containing a sandwich, making him happy. This is later repeated at the end of "Honesty" (1998) where Zach and Annie are having a picnic, but Sock steals Zach's bag of sandwiches, which makes Zach angry. Then Annie holds out another bag of sandwiches and Zach turns pleased again.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: On occasion, near the end of "Honesty" (1998), (2000), Sock appears in front of the screen and talks directly to the audience right after Zach accepts Annie's apology letter.
* BrokeEpisode: "Self-Discipline", "Generosity", "Integrity", "Charity" and "Honesty"(1998).
(2000).
* CallBack[=/=]ContinuityNod: In "Trustworthiness", Zach's backpack is found by Sock, who digs into it looking for something. This makes Zach toss the backpack away and shoo him, causing it to spill its containments. Zach gives his lunch bag containing a sandwich to Annie and quickly packs them up in frustration but Annie immediately eats his sandwich, which leads him to accuse her of eating it. Then Annie holds out another bag containing a sandwich, making him happy. This is later repeated at the end of "Honesty"(1998) (2000) where Zach and Annie are having a picnic, but Sock steals Zach's bag of sandwiches, which makes Zach angry. Then Annie holds out another bag of sandwiches and Zach turns pleased again.
* BrokeEpisode: "Self-Discipline", "Generosity", "Integrity", "Charity" and "Honesty"
* CallBack[=/=]ContinuityNod: In "Trustworthiness", Zach's backpack is found by Sock, who digs into it looking for something. This makes Zach toss the backpack away and shoo him, causing it to spill its containments. Zach gives his lunch bag containing a sandwich to Annie and quickly packs them up in frustration but Annie immediately eats his sandwich, which leads him to accuse her of eating it. Then Annie holds out another bag containing a sandwich, making him happy. This is later repeated at the end of "Honesty"
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* CriticalResearchFailure: InUniverse; in "Integrity" (1998), Zach takes to school his dad's replica of his school report from Egypt, which causes a lot of embarrassment in the class when he reads it out loud. Annie lashes out on him for lying about it.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: InUniverse; in "Integrity" (1998), (2000), Zach takes to school his dad's replica of his school report from Egypt, which causes a lot of embarrassment in the class when he reads it out loud. Annie lashes out on him for lying about it.
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* DescendedCreator: Michael Donovan, who served as voice director of the show, went on to voice Sock from [[TheOtherDarrin the second season (second half) onward]].
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** In "Honesty" (1998), Zach is mad at Annie for not letting him pay her fifteen dollars, so they argue for a while until Annie decides to write a trustworthy letter to him.
** At the beginning of "Integrity" (1998), Zach lies in the class by telling them [[CriticalResearchFailure his dad's Egyptian replica]] of a school report he's taking, which makes Annie so furious at him.[[invoked]]
** At the beginning of "Integrity" (1998), Zach lies in the class by telling them [[CriticalResearchFailure his dad's Egyptian replica]] of a school report he's taking, which makes Annie so furious at him.[[invoked]]
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** In "Honesty" (1998), (2000), Zach is mad at Annie for not letting him pay her fifteen dollars, so they argue for a while until Annie decides to write a trustworthy letter to him.
** At the beginning of "Integrity"(1998), (2000), Zach lies in the class by telling them [[CriticalResearchFailure his dad's Egyptian replica]] of a school report he's taking, which makes Annie so furious at him.[[invoked]]
** At the beginning of "Integrity"
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* GangOfBullies: The Wolf Pack in "Humility" (1998).
* {{GASP}}: Annie has one in "Honesty" (1998) right after she yells, "Fine!" at Zach, who [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leaves angrily]].
* {{GASP}}: Annie has one in "Honesty" (1998) right after she yells, "Fine!" at Zach, who [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leaves angrily]].
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* GangOfBullies: The Wolf Pack in "Humility" (1998).
(2000).
* {{GASP}}: Annie has one in "Honesty"(1998) (2000) right after she yells, "Fine!" at Zach, who [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leaves angrily]].
* {{GASP}}: Annie has one in "Honesty"
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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: In the episode "Charity", Plato is seen wearing only a large white sheet around his body, and Ari and Sock are only wearing green and blue jackets respectively, due to the snow. However, in another episode involving snow, "Humility" (1998), they lack these clothes, just as in all other episodes.
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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: In the episode "Charity", Plato is seen wearing only a large white sheet around his body, and Ari and Sock are only wearing green and blue jackets respectively, due to the snow. However, in another episode involving snow, "Humility" (1998), (2000), they lack these clothes, just as in all other episodes.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In the 2000s, the first 26 episodes were redubbed in Singapore because it was too expensive to keep paying royalties to the celebrity voices. These are the versions available on DVD, qubo, and BYUtv. Although the official YouTube versions of season 1 have the original voices, season 2 is redubbed. So the only way to watch the original versions of season 2 are if you taped them off PBS, or if you can find the official VHS tapes (which are harder to find than season 1 because they were only available to schools and public libraries).
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* NicheNetwork: ''The Kids' Movie Channel'' in "Moderation" (1998).
* NonHumanSidekick: The ''Zach and the Beanstalk'' story on "Courage" (1998) gives Zach a fast-talking white field mouse named Samuel J. Fieldmouse.
* NonHumanSidekick: The ''Zach and the Beanstalk'' story on "Courage" (1998) gives Zach a fast-talking white field mouse named Samuel J. Fieldmouse.
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* NicheNetwork: ''The Kids' Movie Channel'' in "Moderation" (1998).
(2000).
* NonHumanSidekick: The ''Zach and the Beanstalk'' story on "Courage"(1998) (2000) gives Zach a fast-talking white field mouse named Samuel J. Fieldmouse.
* NonHumanSidekick: The ''Zach and the Beanstalk'' story on "Courage"
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* ObstacleSkiCourse: The plot point of "Humility" (1998).
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* ObstacleSkiCourse: The plot point of "Humility" (1998).(2000).
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* TheOtherDarrin: Everybody is ''entirely'' recast in season two's second half after the series returned from its two-year hiatus. For example, in the first season as well as the second season's first half, Zach was voiced by [[{{Recess}} Pamela]] [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Adlon]], but for the rest of the series, he was voiced by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Andrew]] [[Anime/MonsterRancher Francis]].
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* TheOtherDarrin: Everybody is ''entirely'' recast in season two's second half three after the series returned from its two-year hiatus. hiatus, with the voices being dome in Vancouver instead of Hollywood. For example, in the first season as well as the second season's first half, two seasons, Zach was voiced by [[{{Recess}} Pamela]] [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Adlon]], but for in the rest of the series, third season, he was voiced by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Andrew]] [[Anime/MonsterRancher Francis]].Francis]].
** Also, in the 2000s the first two seasons were redubbed in Singapore because it was too expensive to keep paying royalties to the celebrity VAs, giving us whole new set of Other Darrins.
** Also, in the 2000s the first two seasons were redubbed in Singapore because it was too expensive to keep paying royalties to the celebrity VAs, giving us whole new set of Other Darrins.
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* ShooOutTheClowns: This happens twice to Sock: Once in "Perseverance", where he only shows up at the beginning; and again in "Courage" (1998), where he goes away when Ari (who has been toned down during this part) tells Zach the story of ''Zach and the Beanstalk''.[[note]]However, this trope excludes Samuel the mouse, the story character.[[/note]] Also, he's completely absent in "Responsibility" (1998).
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* ShooOutTheClowns: This happens twice to Sock: Once in "Perseverance", where he only shows up at the beginning; and again in "Courage" (1998), (2000), where he goes away when Ari (who has been toned down during this part) tells Zach the story of ''Zach and the Beanstalk''.[[note]]However, this trope excludes Samuel the mouse, the story character.[[/note]] Also, he's completely absent in "Responsibility" (1998).(2000).
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* SplitScreenPhoneCall: Done between Zach and Annie at the beginning of "Moderation" (1998).
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* SplitScreenPhoneCall: Done between Zach and Annie at the beginning of "Moderation" (1998).(2000).
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* WatchOutForThatTree: At the end of "Humility" (1998), Sock slides down the snow hill on a snowboard and accidentally crashes into Ari, resulting in both of them rolling into a HumanSnowball, and finally, they (especially Sock) crash into a tree.
* WholePlotReference: ''[[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk Zach and the Beanstalk]]'' in "Courage" (1998).
* WholePlotReference: ''[[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk Zach and the Beanstalk]]'' in "Courage" (1998).
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* WatchOutForThatTree: At the end of "Humility" (1998), (2000), Sock slides down the snow hill on a snowboard and accidentally crashes into Ari, resulting in both of them rolling into a HumanSnowball, and finally, they (especially Sock) crash into a tree.
* WholePlotReference: ''[[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk Zach and the Beanstalk]]'' in "Courage"(1998).(2000).
* WholePlotReference: ''[[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk Zach and the Beanstalk]]'' in "Courage"
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* YouAreGrounded: Zach gets this treatment from his parents in "Moderation" (1998) because he's gone overboard watching the Kids' Movie Channel with Annie.
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* YouAreGrounded: Zach gets this treatment from his parents in "Moderation" (1998) (2000) because he's gone overboard watching the Kids' Movie Channel with Annie.
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Don\'t you DARE screw up the markup, you stupid f***ing Wikipedian!!! >:(
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* ToughRoom: Averted most of the time with Ari and especially Sock, when they constantly crack a joke or have an injury, and then the other characters (such as the kids) ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny lau* WholePlotReference: ''[[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk Zach and the Beanstalk]]'' in "Courage" (1998).gh at the animals' humor]]''.
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* ToughRoom: Averted most of the time with Ari and especially Sock, when they constantly crack a joke or have an injury, and then the other characters (such as the kids) ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny lau* WholePlotReference: ''[[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk Zach and the Beanstalk]]'' in "Courage" (1998).gh laugh at the animals' humor]]''.
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* FableRemake: ''[[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk Zach and the Beanstalk]]'' in "Courage" (1998).
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* ToughRoom: Averted most of the time with Ari and especially Sock, when they constantly crack a joke or have an injury, and then the other characters (such as the kids) ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny laugh at the animals' humor]]''.
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* ToughRoom: Averted most of the time with Ari and especially Sock, when they constantly crack a joke or have an injury, and then the other characters (such as the kids) ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny laugh lau* WholePlotReference: ''[[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk Zach and the Beanstalk]]'' in "Courage" (1998).gh at the animals' humor]]''.
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The series is currently available on {{qubo}} on weekends, and on the Mormon channel [=BYUtv=] on weekdays. Episodes from the show are also seen on YouTube ([[http://www.youtube.com/kidmango link]]).
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The series is currently available on {{qubo}} on weekends, and on the Mormon channel [=BYUtv=] on weekdays. Episodes from the show are also seen on YouTube Website/YouTube ([[http://www.youtube.com/kidmango link]]).
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* TheOtherDarrin: Everybody is ''entirely'' recast in season two's second half after the series returned from its two-year hiatus. For example, in the first season as well as the second season's first half, Zach was voiced by [[{{Recess}} Pamela]] [[KingOfTheHill Adlon]], but for the rest of the series, he was voiced by [[MobileSuitGundamSEED Andrew]] [[Anime/MonsterRancher Francis]].
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* TheOtherDarrin: Everybody is ''entirely'' recast in season two's second half after the series returned from its two-year hiatus. For example, in the first season as well as the second season's first half, Zach was voiced by [[{{Recess}} Pamela]] [[KingOfTheHill [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Adlon]], but for the rest of the series, he was voiced by [[MobileSuitGundamSEED [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Andrew]] [[Anime/MonsterRancher Francis]].
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* ShooOutTheClowns: This happens twice to Sock: Once in "Perseverance", where he only shows up at the beginning; and again in "Courage" (1998), where he goes away when Ari (who has been toned down during this part) tells Zach the story of ''Zach and the Beanstalk''.[[hottip:*:However, this trope excludes Samuel the mouse, the story character.]] Also, he's completely absent in "Responsibility" (1998).
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* ShooOutTheClowns: This happens twice to Sock: Once in "Perseverance", where he only shows up at the beginning; and again in "Courage" (1998), where he goes away when Ari (who has been toned down during this part) tells Zach the story of ''Zach and the Beanstalk''.[[hottip:*:However, [[note]]However, this trope excludes Samuel the mouse, the story character.]] [[/note]] Also, he's completely absent in "Responsibility" (1998).
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''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227868/ Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'' is an American TV series that ran from September 2, 1996 to November 2000 on Creator/PBSKids. Based on the bestselling [[AnAesop morality]] book ''The Book of Virtues'' by [[CausticCritic William J. Bennett]] (who also conceived this series), it follows the adventures of 11-year-old Zach Nichols and 10-year-old Annie Redfeather as they run into typical ethical issues facing normal kids...and their TalkingAnimal friends at Plato's Peak are there to help them solve their problems with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stories from The Book of Virtues.]]
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''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227868/ Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'' is an American TV series that ran from September 2, 1996 to November 2000 on Creator/PBSKids.Creator/{{PBS}}. Based on the bestselling [[AnAesop morality]] book ''The Book of Virtues'' by [[CausticCritic William J. Bennett]] (who also conceived this series), it follows the adventures of 11-year-old Zach Nichols and 10-year-old Annie Redfeather as they run into typical ethical issues facing normal kids...and their TalkingAnimal friends at Plato's Peak are there to help them solve their problems with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stories from The Book of Virtues.]]
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* PlayingATree: Not an inanimate object, but in the first part of the "Compassion" Christmas episode, during a school play based on ''AChristmasCarol'', Annie apparently got cast as Ebenezer Scrooge by her teacher because she yells at her classmates for not making up their minds.
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* PlayingATree: Not an inanimate object, but in the first part of the "Compassion" Christmas episode, during a school play based on ''AChristmasCarol'', ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', Annie apparently got cast as Ebenezer Scrooge by her teacher because she yells at her classmates for not making up their minds.
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** When a new kids' movie cable channel arrives in "Moderation" (1998), ''StarWars'' and ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' were mentioned in the letter that the cable company sent to Zach's family. Also, at the beginning of the episode, ''TheBlackStallion'' was seen as one of the movies playing on the channel.
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** When a new kids' movie cable channel arrives in "Moderation" (1998), ''StarWars'' ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' were mentioned in the letter that the cable company sent to Zach's family. Also, at the beginning of the episode, ''TheBlackStallion'' was seen as one of the movies playing on the channel.
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* Plato, a bison, voiced by KevinMichaelRichardson
* Socrates (also known as "Sock"), a bobcat, voiced by FrankWelker
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* Plato, a bison, voiced by KevinMichaelRichardson
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* Socrates (also known as "Sock"), a bobcat, voiced byFrankWelkerCreator/FrankWelker
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* Aurora, a hawk, voiced by KathSoucie (who also voices Annie)
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* Aurora, a hawk, voiced by KathSoucie Creator/KathSoucie (who also voices Annie)
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''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227868/ Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'' is an American TV series that ran from September 2, 1996 to November 2000 on Creator/{{PBS}}. Based on the bestselling [[AnAesop morality]] book ''The Book of Virtues'' by [[CausticCritic William J. Bennett]] (who also conceived this series), it follows the adventures of 11-year-old Zach Nichols and 10-year-old Annie Redfeather as they run into typical ethical issues facing normal kids...and their TalkingAnimal friends at Plato's Peak are there to help them solve their problems with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stories from The Book of Virtues.]]
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''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227868/ Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'' is an American TV series that ran from September 2, 1996 to November 2000 on Creator/{{PBS}}.Creator/PBSKids. Based on the bestselling [[AnAesop morality]] book ''The Book of Virtues'' by [[CausticCritic William J. Bennett]] (who also conceived this series), it follows the adventures of 11-year-old Zach Nichols and 10-year-old Annie Redfeather as they run into typical ethical issues facing normal kids...and their TalkingAnimal friends at Plato's Peak are there to help them solve their problems with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stories from The Book of Virtues.]]
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* CallBack[=/=]ContinuityNod: In "Trustworthiness", Zach's backpack is found by Sock, who digs into it looking for something. This makes Zach toss the backpack away and shoo him, causing it to spill its containments. Zach gives his lunch bag containing a sandwich to Annie and quickly packs them up in frustration but Annie immediately eats his sandwich, which leads him to accuse her of eating it. Then Annie holds out another bag containing a sandwich, making him happy. This is later repeated at the end of "Honesty" (1998) where Zach and Annie are having a picnic, but Sock steals Zach's bag of sandwiches, which makes Zach angry. Then Annie holds out another bag of sandwiches and Zach turns pleased again.
** Also, the first "Self-Discipline" is about Zach's desire to buy a video game with his mom refusing to let him. [[{{Irony}} The second one has him playing a video game at the beginning.]]
** Also, the first "Self-Discipline" is about Zach's desire to buy a video game with his mom refusing to let him. [[{{Irony}} The second one has him playing a video game at the beginning.]]
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* ContinuityNod: In "Trustworthiness", Zach's backpack is found by Sock, who digs into it looking for something. This makes Zach toss the backpack away and shoo him, causing it to spill its containments. Zach gives his lunch bag containing a sandwich to Annie and quickly packs them up in frustration but Annie immediately eats his sandwich, which leads him to accuse her of eating it. Then Annie holds out another bag containing a sandwich, making him happy. This is later repeated at the end of "Honesty" (1998) where Zach and Annie are having a picnic, but Sock steals Zach's bag of sandwiches, which makes Zach angry. Then Annie holds out another bag of sandwiches and Zach turns pleased again.
** Also, the first "Self-Discipline" is about Zach's desire to buy a video game with his mom refusing to let him. [[{{Irony}} The second one has him playing a video game at the beginning.]]
** Also, the first "Self-Discipline" is about Zach's desire to buy a video game with his mom refusing to let him. [[{{Irony}} The second one has him playing a video game at the beginning.]]
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* ToughRoom: Averted most of the time with Ari and especially Sock, when they constantly come up with a joke or have an injury, and then the other characters (such as the kids) ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny laugh at the animals' humor]]''.
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* ToughRoom: Averted most of the time with Ari and especially Sock, when they constantly come up with crack a joke or have an injury, and then the other characters (such as the kids) ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny laugh at the animals' humor]]''.
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''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227868/ Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'' is an American TV series that ran from September 2, 1996 to November 2000 on {{PBS}}. Based on the bestselling [[AnAesop morality]] book ''The Book of Virtues'' by [[CausticCritic William J. Bennett]] (who also conceived this series), it follows the adventures of 11-year-old Zach Nichols and 10-year-old Annie Redfeather as they run into typical ethical issues facing normal kids...and their TalkingAnimal friends at Plato's Peak are there to help them solve their problems with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stories from The Book of Virtues.]]
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''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227868/ Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'' is an American TV series that ran from September 2, 1996 to November 2000 on {{PBS}}.Creator/{{PBS}}. Based on the bestselling [[AnAesop morality]] book ''The Book of Virtues'' by [[CausticCritic William J. Bennett]] (who also conceived this series), it follows the adventures of 11-year-old Zach Nichols and 10-year-old Annie Redfeather as they run into typical ethical issues facing normal kids...and their TalkingAnimal friends at Plato's Peak are there to help them solve their problems with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stories from The Book of Virtues.]]
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The series is currently available on {{qubo}} on weekends, and on the Mormon channel [=BYUtv=] on weekdays. Episodes from the show are also seen on YouTube ([[http://www.youtube.com/kidmango link]]).
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The series is currently available on {{qubo}} on weekends, and on the Mormon channel [=BYUtv=] on weekdays. Episodes from the show are also seen on YouTube ([[http://www.youtube.com/kidmango link]]).
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* ClutchingHandTrap: This happened to Sock in "Moderation", when he tries to take a cookie out of the jar Zach gave him.
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* ClutchingHandTrap: This happened to Sock in "Moderation", when he tries to take a cookie out of the jar Zach gave him.
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--->'''Ari:''' Talking brave and being brave--they're two different things.
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--->'''Ari:''' Talking brave and being brave--they're two different things.
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** Plato often recites RudyardKipling and other famous authors.
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** Plato often recites RudyardKipling Creator/RudyardKipling and other famous authors.
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''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227868/ Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'' is an American TV series that ran from September 2, 1996 to November 2000 on PBSKids.{{PBS}}. Based on the bestselling [[AnAesop morality]] book ''The Book of Virtues'' by [[CausticCritic William J. Bennett]] (who also conceived this series), it follows the adventures of 11-year-old Zach Nichols and 10-year-old Annie Redfeather as they run into typical ethical issues facing normal kids...and their TalkingAnimal friends at Plato's Peak are there to help them solve their problems with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stories from The Book of Virtues.]]
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''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227868/ Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'' is an American TV series that ran from September 2, 1996 to November 2000 on Creator/{{PBS}}.PBSKids. Based on the bestselling [[AnAesop morality]] book ''The Book of Virtues'' by [[CausticCritic William J. Bennett]] (who also conceived this series), it follows the adventures of 11-year-old Zach Nichols and 10-year-old Annie Redfeather as they run into typical ethical issues facing normal kids...and their TalkingAnimal friends at Plato's Peak are there to help them solve their problems with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stories from The Book of Virtues.]]
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''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227868/ Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'' is an American TV series that ran from September 2, 1996 to November 2000 on {{PBS}}.Creator/{{PBS}}. Based on the bestselling [[AnAesop morality]] book ''The Book of Virtues'' by [[CausticCritic William J. Bennett]] (who also conceived this series), it follows the adventures of 11-year-old Zach Nichols and 10-year-old Annie Redfeather as they run into typical ethical issues facing normal kids...and their TalkingAnimal friends at Plato's Peak are there to help them solve their problems with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stories from The Book of Virtues.]]
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** The Realist: Plato.
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* FiveManBand: The animals.
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* FiveManBand: The animals.
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** TheLancer: Annie.
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* TitleConfusion: Some people think the show was called "''Tales'' from the Book of Virtues" or "''Stories'' from the Book of Virtues". Neither of these titles are true.
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The series is currently available on {{qubo}} on weekends, and on the Mormon channel [=BYUtv=] on weekdays.
Check out [[Characters/BookOfVirtues the Characters page]] and [[Recap/BookOfVirtues the Recap page]].
Check out [[Characters/BookOfVirtues the Characters page]] and [[Recap/BookOfVirtues the Recap page]].
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The series is currently available on {{qubo}} on weekends, and on the Mormon channel [=BYUtv=] on weekdays.
weekdays. Episodes from the show are also seen on YouTube ([[http://www.youtube.com/kidmango link]]).
Check out[[Characters/BookOfVirtues [[Characters/AdventuresFromTheBookOfVirtues the Characters page]] and [[Recap/BookOfVirtues [[Recap/AdventuresFromTheBookOfVirtues the Recap page]].
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* FableRemake: ''[[JackAndTheBeanstalk Zach and the Beanstalk]]'' in "Courage" (1998).
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->''"Tell me a story/Read me a poem''
->''Wrap it in memory/Sing me the song''
->''Then let me hold it/Deep in my heart''
->''Where it can speak to me all the day long''
->''The adventure of virtue/The adventure of truth''
->''The thrill of the knowing that it's up to you''
->''Build me a new day shining in the sun''
->''This is my story/The adventure has begun..."''
''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227868/ Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'' is an American TV series that ran from September 2, 1996 to November 2000 on {{PBS}}. Based on the bestselling [[AnAesop morality]] book ''The Book of Virtues'' by [[CausticCritic William J. Bennett]] (who also conceived this series), it follows the adventures of 11-year-old Zach Nichols and 10-year-old Annie Redfeather as they run into typical ethical issues facing normal kids...and their TalkingAnimal friends at Plato's Peak are there to help them solve their problems with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stories from The Book of Virtues.]]
The inhabitants of Plato's Peak are:
* Plato, a bison, voiced by KevinMichaelRichardson
* Socrates (also known as "Sock"), a bobcat, voiced by FrankWelker
* Aristotle (also called "Ari"), a prairie dog, voiced by JimCummings. Keeper of the Book of Virtues.
* Aurora, a hawk, voiced by KathSoucie (who also voices Annie)
This is the first television series from [=PorchLight=] Entertainment, as well as the first primetime animated series for PBS. It is dedicated to teaching Christian life lessons to kids, such as of courage, faith, honesty, loyalty, compassion, gratitude, responsibility, perseverance, self-discipline, and friendship. For a TV series, the animation uses quite an advanced movie quality, giving most of the designs a {{Disneyesque}} art style.
The series is currently available on {{qubo}} on weekends, and on the Mormon channel [=BYUtv=] on weekdays.
Check out [[Characters/BookOfVirtues the Characters page]] and [[Recap/BookOfVirtues the Recap page]].
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'''This series includes examples of:'''
* AnAesop
* Literature/AesopsFables: Some of its stories appear in the show.
* AnimationBump: Happens frequently.
* AnthropomorphicZigZag: Plato often shifts back and forth between all fours and two legs.
* ArtEvolution: The animation design in the second half of season two has been changed, noticeably streamlining the designs on Zach and Annie to make them look a little like teenagers, in addition to darkening the backgrounds a bit and making the cells lighter. Finally, starting with the third season's second half, the animation quality is a little less smooth than the first two seasons and also added black outlines on the characters, even though the backgrounds are lighter again and the character designs are completely unchanged.
* BagOfHolding: Ari's bag of books.
* BerserkButton: Don't touch and break Zach's dad's camera.
** Never climb on Zach's elderly friend Mr. Cleveland's plaque and break it.
** Also, don't insult a friendly junkyard man named Jake in "Respect".
* Literature/TheBible: A few stories, like the GoodSamaritan, come from here.
* BinocularShot: When a binocular or spyglass is used by the characters in some episodes.
* BlindingCameraFlash: This happens to Zach at the beginning of "Honesty", when he touches his dad's camera and accidentally breaks it.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: At the beginning the first episode "Work", a raging thunderstorm occurs, so everyone rushes to the cave--except for Sock, who just sits on a branch of a tree. When told by Plato that the tree isn't very safe to sit on during thunders, Sock disagrees, thinking the tree is very safe. Cue a lightning strike hitting the branch he's sitting on, and thus he falls on the ground.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: On occasion, near the end of "Honesty" (1998), Sock appears in front of the screen and talks directly to the audience right after Zach accepts Annie's apology letter.
* BrokeEpisode: "Self-Discipline", "Generosity", "Integrity", "Charity" and "Honesty" (1998).
* CashCowFranchise
* CatsAreMean[=/=]CatsAreSnarkers: Sock.
* CharacterFocus: Almost every episode would focus on either Zach or Annie back and forth. However, the first episode focuses on Sock.
* ChorusOnlySong: The theme song, titled "The Adventure Has Begun".
* ChristmasEpisode: "Tales of Compassion" (2000), a two-part episode.
* ClipShow: The ending of "Wisdom", where Annie and Zach told recaps of their previous adventures.
* ClutchingHandTrap: This happened to Sock in "Moderation", when he tries to take a cookie out of the jar Zach gave him.
* ConspicuouslyLightPatch: While early episodes avoid this trope, other episodes seem to use it a lot. Especially noticeable is that the dirt could be colored lighter if animated.
* ContemptibleCover: The various picture book adaptations published when the show premiered, which feature illustrations that are slightly OffModel and a bit rounded, such as on the noticeable covers. Just '''wow'''.
* ContinuityNod: In "Trustworthiness", Zach's backpack is found by Sock, who digs into it looking for something. This makes Zach toss the backpack away and shoo him, causing it to spill its containments. Zach gives his lunch bag containing a sandwich to Annie and quickly packs them up in frustration but Annie immediately eats his sandwich, which leads him to accuse her of eating it. Then Annie holds out another bag containing a sandwich, making him happy. This is later repeated at the end of "Honesty" (1998) where Zach and Annie are having a picnic, but Sock steals Zach's bag of sandwiches, which makes Zach angry. Then Annie holds out another bag of sandwiches and Zach turns pleased again.
** Also, the first "Self-Discipline" is about Zach's desire to buy a video game with his mom refusing to let him. [[{{Irony}} The second one has him playing a video game at the beginning.]]
* CoversAlwaysLie: The logo of the series, which depicts a lineup consisting of black silhouettes of the main characters standing against a red background with the show's title underneath them, along with a large yellow jungle font for "ADVENTURES", seems like it would fit well for an animated nature series, but the actual show itself is more about characters telling Christian values, fairy tales and other famous stories. However, the logo could be accurate, given that the show involves a Native American girl, wild animals that talk, and even a jungle-style theme song.
* CriticalResearchFailure: InUniverse; in "Integrity" (1998), Zach takes to school his dad's replica of his school report from Egypt, which causes a lot of embarrassment in the class when he reads it out loud. Annie lashes out on him for lying about it.
-->'''Annie:''' [[WhatTheHellHero How could you do that, Zach?! How could you lie about your project?!]]
-->'''Zach:''' I wasn't exactly lying, I just told the story.
-->'''Annie:''' ...You ''lied''!
* DeadpanSnarker: Most of the characters, though Sock and Ari are the most prominent.
* DeathGlare: In "Honesty", Plato does one to Sock in response to Sock's IncrediblyLamePun.
* DescendedCreator: Michael Donovan, who served as voice director of the show, went on to voice Sock from [[TheOtherDarrin the second season (second half) onward]].
* {{Determinator}}: The kids in "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Determination]]".
* DeusExMachina: Many of the kids' problems were solved in this way.
* {{Disneyesque}}
* {{Disneyfication}}: Generally averted with most of the stories.
* DivingSave: Sock does this to Annie in "Responsibility" after Annie falls off her bike and slides down the cliff.
* DoingItForTheArt: Despite having the series air on PBS prime time, series conceiver William Bennett [[HilariousInHindsight had a strong hatred towards PBS because he felt the network raises money from the government]]. This is apparently the main reason why he decides the series won't be funded through federal money, but instead it will be funded [[MerchandiseDriven through sales of an interactive CD-ROM series, home videos, and a series of books]].
* DroppedGlasses: Happens to Ari in "Trustworthiness", for most of the episode.
* EpicFail: Sock is often prone to this trope due to his [[TheKlutz clumsiness]].
** At the beginning of "Generosity", Zach was carrying a load of canned goodies for donation. Sock walks in feeling sleepy and accidentally ''bumps into him'' making the cans ''fall on the ground'' burying him and roll down, and even one of them rolls down into one of Ari's tunnels. Then the kids went on to gather up the cans in boxes.
* EpisodeFinishesTheTitle: Oh so much.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Some of the episodes.
* EveryEpisodeEnding: Plato reciting a few of the lines from a famous poem.
* FableRemake: ''[[JackAndTheBeanstalk Zach and the Beanstalk]]'' in "Courage" (1998).
* FacePalm: Zach's dad in "Honesty", after he sees his camera broken by Zach.
** Zach himself also does it in one episode.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: In "Courage", Annie has to race with another girl at the school field. As they run, they jump over a hurdle, even though Annie trips over it and falls flat on her face and the other girl wins making her lose. Annie gets upset because of this, pounding on the track with tears coming out of her eyes.
* FantasyHelmetEnforcement: The kids always wear helmets every time they ride their bikes.
* FeudEpisode: Several. Here are a few examples:
** "Responsibility", of course.
** In "Self-Discipline", Zach has an argument with his mother for not buying a video game and letting him get an allowance.
** In "Respect", Annie and Zach were angry at Jake, the junkyard man who let them find parts of his go-kart.
** In "Generosity", Zach and Annie get into a heated argument over which name to choose for their picnic campaign. They're just being [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin generous]], according to Plato.
** In "Patience", Annie loses her [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin patience]] with a younger classmate during a school contest.
** In "Honesty" (1998), Zach is mad at Annie for not letting him pay her fifteen dollars, so they argue for a while until Annie decides to write a trustworthy letter to him.
** At the beginning of "Integrity" (1998), Zach lies in the class by telling them [[CriticalResearchFailure his dad's Egyptian replica]] of a school report he's taking, which makes Annie so furious at him.[[invoked]]
* FiveManBand: The animals.
** TheHero[=/=]TheBigGuy: Plato.
** TheLancer[=/=]TheChick: Aurora.
** TheSmartGuy: Sock and Ari.
* {{Forgiveness}}: Almost every episode, most notably "Responsibility".
* FormerFriendOfAlphaBitch: At the beginning of "Friendship", Annie's "new friend" is a strange girl named Sarah who constantly teases her, so she stops being her friend.
* FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: Plato walks on all fours, but Sock and Ari usually stand on two legs.
* FramingDevice
* FurryConfusion: Besides the main animal characters, some episodes have non-anthropomorphic animals show up when Zach/Annie isn't at Plato's Peak. Some examples include a dog that Zach plays fetch with in "Loyalty", Jake's pet dog in "Respect", and two squirrels that Zach mistakes for Sock and Ari in "Determination".
* FurryReminder: The animals at Plato's Peak.
* GangOfBullies: The Wolf Pack in "Humility" (1998).
* {{GASP}}: Annie has one in "Honesty" (1998) right after she yells, "Fine!" at Zach, who [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leaves angrily]].
* GentleGiant: Plato.
* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Invoked by Sock in "Respect", when he climbs on the bookshelf and sees a book titled ''[[ShapedLikeItself Gravity]]''.
-->'''Sock:''' Hmm. Gravity. (''falls'')
* GreatBigBookOfEverything[=/=]PortalBook: The Book of Virtues, itself kept by Ari.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: In the episode "Charity", Plato is seen wearing only a large white sheet around his body, and Ari and Sock are only wearing green and blue jackets respectively, due to the snow. However, in another episode involving snow, "Humility" (1998), they lack these clothes, just as in all other episodes.
* HighPressureEmotion: Happens to an angry Sock in "Respect" after Ari taunts him by grabbing his nose.
* HurricaneOfPuns: Occurs in "Honesty".
* TheHyena: Sock always laughs maniacally. For example, in "Honesty", when he hears Plato say "big picture" and [[IncrediblyLamePun thinks it's funny]], and later in "Loyalty", when he watches Ari with his binoculars.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each episode title is basically the name of a virtue that was explained in every episode.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Annie's mother.
* ImpossibleShadowPuppets: There's one done by Sock at the beginning of "Determination".
* IncrediblyLamePun:
-->'''Sock:''' "Big picture?!" (''laughs'') Camera joke, right?
-->'''Plato:''' (''DeathGlare'')
-->'''Sock:''' ...[[ToughRoom Guess not.]]
* InterspeciesFriendship: Zach and Annie (both humans), Plato, Aurora, Sock and Ari.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Basically the premises of the two "Perseverance" episodes.
** In the first one, Zach and Annie give up on their guitar and karate lessons respectively, because Zach said that playing a guitar is boring and Annie said that karate is very hard. At the end of the episode, after being told stories with the episode's virtue, the kids get over their problems and happily revisit the two topics.
** In the second one, Annie was racing with Zach on their bikes in the woods, but gets outrun by him when he wins the race and becomes so disappointed about it that she wants to quit. Later on, Annie tries racing with Zach again after resolving her problem and somehow manages to outrun him.
* LimitedWardrobe: The kids. Usually, Zach wears a yellow shirt and blue jeans, while Annie wears a pink shirt and lighter pants.
* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy
* MeddlingParents: Both Zach's and Annie's parents can be these sometimes.
* TheMentor: Plato, to the kids.
* MuckingInTheMud: At the beginning of "Self-Discipline", Annie and Zach were walking on mud while they enter Plato's Peak.
** In one scene of "Moderation", Sock is seen stepping in a puddle of mud, much to Ari's annoyance.
* NaiveEverygirl: Annie.
* NegativeContinuity: The episodes do not seem to take place in linear fashion; no character speaks in memoriam of a previous incident, and there is no intimation that the kids act based on a previously referenced virtue.
* NeverMyFault: In "Responsibility", Annie blames Zach for her bike accident, but he keeps telling her that he didn't ask her to race. This leads to an argument between them.
** Later in "Integrity", Annie tries blaming Zach for making her sell their weathervanes really fast, but it was actually the fact that she cut the corners.
** In one scene of "Trustworthiness", Zach doesn't believe Annie for taking his sandwich and eating it.
* NicheNetwork: ''The Kids' Movie Channel'' in "Moderation" (1998).
* NonHumanSidekick: The ''Zach and the Beanstalk'' story on "Courage" (1998) gives Zach a fast-talking white field mouse named Samuel J. Fieldmouse.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: In "Responsibility", Annie falls off her new bike after crashing into a rock because she accidentally races with Zach (while actually delivering her mom's cakes), but is eventually saved by Sock from hitting the ground.
* ObstacleSkiCourse: The plot point of "Humility" (1998).
* Literature/TheOdyssey: The story of the cyclops appears within the show.
* OffModel: In certain shots of many episodes, you can see that a character's body part, clothes or articles of their skin or fur is filled in with the same color as their main body or clothes by mistake, and even in a few shots, one color disappears. Also, the designs on Zach and Annie are noticeably different in some episodes.
* OhCrap: In "Responsibility", the animals get this look when they see Annie racing towards the rock.
** Zach also has one at the beginning of "Compassion", when he sees that his neighbor's house is in flames.
** Then in "Courage", Sock does this by screaming when a spiral (which he thinks is an earthquake) is being dug around him and Ari pops out underneath him.
** The characters may have this reaction during some of Sock's {{Epic Fail}}s.
** Ari in "Charity", when Sock is about to shove a giant snowball on top of him.
* OncePerEpisode: Each episode has the animals telling the kids [[SeparateSceneStorytelling a classic story that accompanies the episode's virtue, whether it is a fairy tale, a folk tale, a tall tale, a fable or a myth]].
* TheOtherDarrin: Everybody is ''entirely'' recast in season two's second half after the series returned from its two-year hiatus. For example, in the first season as well as the second season's first half, Zach was voiced by [[{{Recess}} Pamela]] [[KingOfTheHill Adlon]], but for the rest of the series, he was voiced by [[MobileSuitGundamSEED Andrew]] [[Anime/MonsterRancher Francis]].
* PlatonicLifePartners: Zach and Annie.
* PlayingATree: Not an inanimate object, but in the first part of the "Compassion" Christmas episode, during a school play based on ''AChristmasCarol'', Annie apparently got cast as Ebenezer Scrooge by her teacher because she yells at her classmates for not making up their minds.
* PluckyComicRelief: Sock and Ari. Especially Sock.
* PluckyGirl: Annie.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Annie. [[ButNotTooWhite But she's not too white.]]
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Out of the four animal characters, Plato, Sock and Ari are named after the three famous philosophers of the GreekMythology. Also, Aurora is named after [[RomanMythology the Roman goddess of dawn]].
** Occasionally, Plato [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in "Courage":
--->'''Ari:''' Talking brave and being brave--they're two different things.
--->'''Plato:''' Aristotle, you're as eloquent as your namesake, the great philosopher.
* RightInFrontOfMe: At the beginning of "Perseverance", the kids let Sock use their binoculars so he can see Plato's Peak using it, but then Plato steps up in front of him and asks Sock what is he looking at. This startles Sock, who [[SecurityCling jumps into Zach's arms screaming]] as Annie catches the binoculars.
* RunningGag: Ari popping out of the ground accompanied by a ScreenShake, which often startles a character (usually Sock).
* SceneryPorn: Most of the backgrounds for the episodes had the quality of paintings.
* SecurityCling: See RightInFrontOfMe.
* SeparateSceneStorytelling: Happens OncePerEpisode (see above).
* SeriousBusiness: Zach's dad's camera in "Honesty".
** Mr. Cleveland's plaque in "Loyalty".
* SesameStreetCred: The characters in the story segments are voiced by such big names as MalcolmMcDowell, Ed Begley, Jr., TimCurry, Shelley Duvall, [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Elijah Wood]] and MarkHamill.
* ShooOutTheClowns: This happens twice to Sock: Once in "Perseverance", where he only shows up at the beginning; and again in "Courage" (1998), where he goes away when Ari (who has been toned down during this part) tells Zach the story of ''Zach and the Beanstalk''.[[hottip:*:However, this trope excludes Samuel the mouse, the story character.]] Also, he's completely absent in "Responsibility" (1998).
* ShoutOut:
** Plato often recites RudyardKipling and other famous authors.
** At the beginning of "Perseverance", when the kids tell Sock that Plato's Peak looks just like Plato, he reminds them "Next you'll be tellin' me there's a mountain in South Dakota that looks like four presidents!". He's actually referring to Mount Rushmore.
** In "Honesty", during the ''Frog Prince'' story, the frog at one point says: [[Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre "Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!"]]
** When a new kids' movie cable channel arrives in "Moderation" (1998), ''StarWars'' and ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' were mentioned in the letter that the cable company sent to Zach's family. Also, at the beginning of the episode, ''TheBlackStallion'' was seen as one of the movies playing on the channel.
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Most of the episodes in the third and fourth seasons have the same titles as the ones from the first two seasons.
* SpeakInUnison: Sometimes used by the characters.
* SplitScreenPhoneCall: Done between Zach and Annie at the beginning of "Moderation" (1998).
* TalkingAnimal: The animals at Plato's Peak.
* [[TalkingToHimself Talking to Herself]]: Kath Soucie voices both Annie and Aurora.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Sock and Ari.
* TitleConfusion: Some people think the show was called "''Tales'' from the Book of Virtues" or "''Stories'' from the Book of Virtues". Neither of these titles are true.
* TitleMontage: The opening contains clips from early episodes of the first season, mostly combining them as WelcomeTitles of the kids entering Plato's Peak and meeting the animals for the first time. However, the last few shots in the intro are exclusive.
* {{Tomboy}}: Annie.
* ToughRoom: Averted most of the time with Ari and especially Sock, when they constantly come up with a joke or have an injury, and then the other characters (such as the kids) ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny laugh at the animals' humor]]''.
** Though sometimes, the latter plays this straight.
* TwoForOneShow
* VitriolicBestBuds: Zach and Annie, type 2.
* WatchOutForThatTree: At the end of "Humility" (1998), Sock slides down the snow hill on a snowboard and accidentally crashes into Ari, resulting in both of them rolling into a HumanSnowball, and finally, they (especially Sock) crash into a tree.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Because of his species, Plato is inspired by Bennett's nickname, "Buffalo Bill".
* YouAreGrounded: Zach gets this treatment from his parents in "Moderation" (1998) because he's gone overboard watching the Kids' Movie Channel with Annie.
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