History WesternAnimation / BobbysWorld

Other characters include Bobby's parents, Howard (also voiced by Mandel) and Martha (voiced by Gail Matthius[[note]]a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' cast member during the show's 1980-1981 season, though most fans of 1990s cartoons remember Matthius as Shirley the Loon from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' or Molly Coddle the comfort doll on ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight''[[/note]]); his older sister, Kelly (Charity James); his older brother, Derek (Kevin Smets; later, Creator/PamelaAdlon after Smets hitting puberty); his younger twin brothers, Jake and Al, who were born in the third season; his uncle Ted (Tino Insana[[note]]Bushroot from ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' and WesternAnimation/PepperAnn's police officer uncle[[/note]]); his aunt Ruth, and his sheepdog, Roger (Creator/FrankWelker).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In early episodes, when Howie Mandell [[MediumBlending interacted with Bobby]] in the opening scenes, Bobby would call him "Dad," and Howie would [[InkSuitActor transform himself into Howard Generic]] to transition into the episode's plot. But later on, this was dropped; Bobby started calling Howie by his first name and it was made clear that Howie and Howard were different people.

* {{Mondegreen}}: In "Bobby's Girl", when an octopus version of Jackie uses her tentacles to attack a submarine, Bobby says "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar I thought only boys had tentacles!]]"

For a television show that ran for eight seasons, it had very little publicity.

* TalkingToHimself: Bobby and his dad are both voiced by Howie Mandel, who also [[MediumBlending talks to Bobby]] in the opening and closing scenes of every episode.

* EarlyIstallmentWeirdness: In early episodes, when Howie Mandell [[MediumBlending interacted with Bobby]] in the opening scenes, Bobby would call him "Dad," and Howie would [[InkSuitActor transform himself into Howard Generic]] to transition into the episode's plot. But later on, this was dropped; Bobby started calling Howie by his first name and it was made clear that Howie and Howard were different people.

%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Bobby to Derek, and both of them to Kelly.
%%* BareYourMidriff: Bobby is a rare male example.

%%* BigBrotherBully: Derek.

* HalloweenEpisode: "The Night of the Living Pumpkin" takes place during Halloween. Bobby is too young to go out trick-or-treating; while most everyone else gets to go out, he and Ted turn the house into "a spook house", with Ted charging kids money to enter and Bobby charging candy, using Kelley's beauty treatments to portray her as a scary monster. It quickly becomes so popular that the entire neighborhood becomes gridlocked and the police have to set up traffic control.

%%* InkSuitActor: Howie even [[MediumBlending turns into Howard Generic]] in certain openings.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kelly, despite considering Bobby an [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling annoying younger sibling]] and makes her life a living hell, still loves him and is (occasionally) willing to stick up for him.

%%* {{Parody}}: Mrs. Noogiefire is a parody of Mrs. Doubtfire.

%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Meeker and Snurd.
%%* TheTonsillitisEpisode: "Bobby's Big Boo Boo"
%%* ValleyGirl: Kelly.
%%* VocalEvolution: As the show progressed Derek's voice was changing from high pitched to low, eventually his voice actor was replaced by Pamela Segall during the sixth season.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Bobby to Derek, and both of them to Kelly.
* BareYourMidriff: Bobby is a rare male example.
* BigBrotherBully: Derek.

* BluntMetaphorsTrauma
* ButtMonkey:
** The Generics, though it's downplayed.
** Though Kelly suffers with this too, being embarrassed by her little brother in public.
* CelebrityToons: Bobby is based on Howie Mandel's son, and Mandel himself is in the opening credits.

* InkSuitActor: Howie even [[MediumBlending turns into Howard Generic]] in certain openings.

* {{Jerkass}}: Derek.

* KidsAreCruel:Garnet
** "Karate Bobby", "The Smell of a Tattletale","Misery Loves Company", and "Rebel Without a Clue" are prime examples.
** Bobby also makes everyone's life a misery when he's the cause of all these problems.

* {{Parody}}: Mrs. Noogiefire is a parody of Mrs. Doubtfire.
* PopStarComposer: John Tesh composed the theme song, as well as the incidental music in the show.

* SadistShow: Becomes this in later Seasons.
* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Happens very frequently to Bobby.
* SoundEffectBleep: At the end of "My Dad Can Fix Anything", this happens:
-->'''Howie Mandel:''' And now we've got a special surprise, I'm going to tell you how to become a multimillionaire. Want to help me on this one, Bobby?

* ThoseTwoGuys: Meeker and Snurd.
* TheTonsillitisEpisode: "Bobby's Big Boo Boo"
* ValleyGirl: Kelly.
* VocalEvolution: As the show progressed Derek's voice was changing from high pitched to low, eventually his voice actor was replaced by Pamela Segall during the sixth season.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Bobby... sort of.

* BirthdayEpisode: Bobby had one in "Bobby's Birthday Bash".

%%* InkSuitActor: Howie even [[MediumBlending turns into Howard Generic]] in certain openings.

%%* {{Jerkass}}: Derek.

%%* KidsAreCruel:Garnet
%%** "Karate Bobby", "The Smell of a Tattletale","Misery Loves Company", and "Rebel Without a Clue" are prime examples.
%%** Bobby also makes everyone's life a misery when he's the cause of all these problems.

%%* LiteralMinded: Bobby.
%%* MediumBlending: When Howie Mandel interacted with Bobby before and after the episodes.
%%* {{Mondegreen}}: In "Bobby's Girl", when an octopus version of Jackie uses her tentacles to attack a submarine, Bobby says "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar I thought only boys had tentacles!]]"
%%* MrImagination: Bobby.

%%* {{Parody}}: Mrs. Noogiefire is a parody of Mrs. Doubtfire.
%%* PopStarComposer: John Tesh composed the theme song, as well as the incidental music in the show.

%%* SadistShow: Becomes this in later Seasons.
%%* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Happens very frequently to Bobby.
%%* SoundEffectBleep: At the end of "My Dad Can Fix Anything", this happens:
%%-->'''Howie Mandel:''' And now we've got a special surprise, I'm going to tell you how to become a multimillionaire. Want to help me on this one, Bobby?

%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Meeker and Snurd.
%%* TheTonsillitisEpisode: "Bobby's Big Boo Boo"
%%* ValleyGirl: Kelly.
%%* VocalEvolution: As the show progressed Derek's voice was changing from high pitched to low, eventually his voice actor was replaced by Pamela Segall during the sixth season.
%%* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Bobby... sort of.

* BirthdayEpisode: Bobby in "Bobby's Birthday Bash".

%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Bobby to Derek, and both of them to Kelly.
%%* BareYourMidriff: Bobby is a rare male example.
%%* BigBrotherBully: Derek.
%%* BluntMetaphorsTrauma
%%* ButtMonkey:
%%** The Generics, though it's downplayed.
%%** Though Kelly suffers with this too, being embarrassed by her little brother in public.
%%* CelebrityToons: Bobby is based on Howie Mandel's son, and Mandel himself is in the opening credits.

''Bobby's World'' is a cartoon series that ran on {{Creator/FOX}}'s Creator/FoxKids Saturday morning block (though it sometimes shortened up in the weekday afternoon block) from [[TheNineties 1990 to 1998.]] It was created by Canada-born comedian Howie Mandel.

5%* MrImagination: Bobby.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Bobby to Derek, and both of them to Kelly.
* BareYourMidriff: Bobby is a rare male example.
* BigBrotherBully: Derek.
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma
* ButtMonkey:
** The Generics, though it's downplayed.
** Though Kelly suffers with this too, being embarrassed by her little brother in public.
* CelebrityToons: Well, sort of. Bobby is based on Howie Mandel's son, and Mandel himself is in the opening credits.
* ChristmasEpisode: "Miracle of 34th St and Rural Route 1." The family and unknown relatives go to Bobby's grandfather's house. Lots of arguing ensues until a fire destroys most of the presents and Bobby gives his obnoxious cousin the present they both wanted most. Bobby also writes a new Christmas song.

* HalloweenEpisode: "The Night of the Living Pumpkin." Bobby is too young to go out trick-or-treating. While most everyone else gets to go out, he and Ted turn the house into "a spook house" (with Ted charging kids money to enter and Bobby charging candy, as well as using Kelley's beauty treatments to portray her as a scary monster). It quickly becomes so popular that the entire neighborhood becomes gridlocked and the police have to set up traffic control.
* IKnowKarate: Howie takes Bobby to karate class after Bobby was being picked on by a kid at school. But things start getting out of hand when Bobby becomes ArrogantKungFuGuy when he almost uses his skills which ends up scaring the same bully before, the sandbox kid, and the kid who had cookies.
* ImagineSpot: The show was built off this as Bobby would often misinterpret or try to solve things through his imagination.
* InkSuitActor: Howie even [[MediumBlending turns into Howard Generic]] in certain openings.

* {{Jerkass}}: Derek.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kelly, despite considering Bobby an [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling annoying younger sibling]] and makes her life a living hell, [[BigSisterInstinct she does show sisterly love towards Bobby and occasionally willing to stick up for Bobby]].
* KarmaHoudini: Derek is never seen getting any punishment for doing such cruel stuff to Bobby (like ditching him, saying false things to scare Bobby, insulting him, and etc), and the one time that he did get in trouble was when Bobby lied about Derek's actions and he didn't deserve it.
** In "Misery Loves Company", Bobby is invited into a sleepover with a friend named Gordon who claims he is Bobby's "number one fan", and throughout the entire episode he has been blaming Bobby for things he didn't do, and he is never seen getting caught for what he does. Subverted when Uncle Ted picks up Bobby bringing Rodger with him and making a dirty mess in Gordon's house. Also when Gordon wanted to plan to have a sleepover at Bobby's house, Bobby's reaction implies that he's getting back at him.
* KidsAreCruel: "Karate Bobby", "The Smell of a Tattletale","Misery Loves Company", and "Rebel Without a Clue" are prime examples.
** Bobby also makes everyone's life a misery when he's the cause of all these problems.

* LiteralMinded: Bobby.
* MediumBlending: When Howie Mandel interacted with Bobby before and after the episodes.
* {{Mondegreen}}: In "Bobby's Girl", when an octopus version of Jackie uses her tentacles to attack a submarine, Bobby says "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar I thought only boys had tentacles!]]"
* MrImagination: Bobby.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: After Derek Saves Bobby from drowning, Bobby says he saw his life before his eyes but, because of his youth, he still had time to come up with a song to show how much he appreciates Derek for saving him.
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Of the three Generic siblings, Bobby's the nicest one, being a playful child and somewhat naive. Derek is the mean one, being the jerk who often picks on Bobby and calls him names. Kelly is in-between, as she is much nicer to Bobby and the most mature, but can also be somewhat of a BrattyTeenageDaughter at times.

* {{Parody}}: Mrs. Noogiefire is a parody of Mrs. Doubtfire.
* PopStarComposer: John Tesh composed the theme song, as well as the incidental music in the show.

* RoadTripAcrossTheStreet: One episode is dedicated to the drama of Bobby's family moving to a new house. When the time for the move actually happens, Bobby promptly states [[AreWeThereYet Are We There Yet?]] to his father, who immediately replies "[[SubvertedTrope Yes]]". Kind of [[FridgeLogic raises the question]] why no one told this to Bobby until they were already packed up in the car, but eh, [[RuleOfFunny just roll with it]].
* SadistShow: Becomes this in later Seasons.
* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Happens very frequently to Bobby.
* SoundEffectBleep: At the end of "My Dad Can Fix Anything", this happens:
-->'''Howie Mandel:''' And now we've got a special surprise, I'm going to tell you how to become a multimillionaire. Want to help me on this one, Bobby?
-->At this point, Bobby flips a switch creating a loud whirring sound that drowns out anything that Howie says.
-->'''Howie Mandel:'''--and that's the only way you'll ever win the lottery!
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted in "Psycho Bobby." Bobby decided to build a statue of Martha for her birthday, thinking it'd be the best way to honor how great he thinks she is. However, he keeps his plans a secret from the rest of the family which causes everyone to think he's behaving very strangely (collecting macaroni, wearing his mom's clothes, etc.) and worry something's wrong with him. Bobby's taken to a psychiatrist and explains to her what he was doing (and that he didn't understand that his family was worried about him) and the psychiatrist realizes Bobby has an active imagination and there's nothing wrong with him. She also agrees to keep his statue plans a secret so Martha's birthday surprise isn't ruined.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Meeker and Snurd.
* TheTonsillitisEpisode: "Bobby's Big Boo Boo"
* ValleyGirl: Kelly.
* VocalEvolution: As the show progressed Derek's voice was changing from high pitched to low, eventually his voice actor was replaced by Pamela Segall during the sixth season.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Bobby... sort of.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Of the three Generic siblings, Bobby's the nicest one of them, being a playful child and somewhat naive. Derek is the mean one, being the jerk who often picks on Bobby and calls him names. Kelly is in-between, as she is much nicer to Bobby and the most mature, but can also be somewhat of a BrattyTeenageDaughter at times.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Of the three Generic siblings, Bobby's the nicest one them, being a playful child and somewhat naive. Derek is the mean one, being the jerk who often picks on Bobby and calls him names. Kelly is in-between, as she is much nicer to Bobby and the most mature, but can also be somewhat of a BrattyTeenageDaughter at times.

* ChristmasEpisode: "Miracle of 34th St and Rural Route 1." The family and various relatives go to Bobby's grandfather's house. Lots of arguing ensues until a fire destroys most of the presents and Bobby gives his obnoxious cousin the present they both wanted most. Bobby also writes a new Christmas song.

* BareYourMidriff: Bobby is a Rare Male Example.

Other characters include Bobby's parents, Howard (also voiced by Mandel) and Martha (voiced by Gail Matthius[[note]]a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' cast member during the show's 1980-1981 season, though most fans of 1990s cartoons remember Matthius as Shirley the Loon from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' or Molly Coddle the comfort doll on ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight''[[/note]]); his older sister, Kelly (Charity James); his older brother, Derek (Kevin Smets; later, Creator/PamelaAdlon after Smets hit puberty); his younger twin brothers, Jake and Al, who were born in the third season; his uncle Ted (Tino Insana[[note]]Bushroot from ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' and WesternAnimation/PepperAnn's police officer uncle[[/note]]); his aunt Ruth, and his sheepdog, Roger (Creator/FrankWelker).

It was about an imaginative young boy named Bobby Generic (voiced by Mandel) who often misinterpreted things that were said to him.

''Bobby's World'' is a cartoon series that ran on {{Creator/FOX}}'s Creator/FoxKids Saturday morning block (though it sometimes cropped up in the weekday afternoon block) from [[TheNineties 1990 to 1998.]] It was created by Canada-born comedian Howie Mandel.

''Bobby's World'' is a cartoon series that ran on {{Creator/FOX}}'s Creator/FoxKids Saturday morning block (though it sometimes cropped up in the weekday afternoon block) from [[TheNineties 1990 to 1998.]] It was created by comedian Creator/HowieMandel.