History WesternAnimation / BooBoomTheLongWayHome

All episodes can be found [[https://www.raiplay.it/video/2016/07/bu-bum-la-strada-verso-casa-s1e1-primavera-di-guerra-e0dbae2a-0c6a-4048-a870-a5013f85ff16.html on rayplay]], though only in the original Italian dub without subtitles.

* AdultsAreUseless: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. Most of the adults they meet along the way who are not associated with the Germans are willing to help Boo-Boom when they run into him, like providing him with information, food or tools, but somehow they never seem to have any qualms about letting Boo-Boom continue his travels alone with just his animals for company, or even consider if it would be safer for the boy to stay with them. Two notable exceptions are Mr. Rossellini (who actually accompanies Boo-Boom for a few episodes until a broken ankle forces him to quit the search), and a police officer allied with the Italian Resistance, who allows Boo-Boom to stay with him, his wife and his daughter while sending out a message to all refugee camps for Boo-Booms' parents. (Unfortunately, Boo-Boom and his friends must flee the house when a group of German soldiers comes looking for them).

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: For pretty much the entire series, the boy is solely addressed by the name Boo-Boom, but that is just a nickname his animal companions made up for him since they don’t know his real name, and he is unable to tell them. In the Italian original, his real name is eventually revealed to be Filippo.

* LaResistance: The heroes frequently encounter, and occasionally help, members of the Italian resistance. The most prominent member throughout the series is Mario.

You can watch the trailer for the English dub [[http://www.graphilm.com/slideshow/booboom/ here]].

* AdultFear: Your young son is lost in the middle of a war, possibly all on his own now, and you have no idea where he is or if he’s even alive. Quite a nightmare for any parent.

* ChristmasEpisode: Episode 24, which is set on Christmas Eve. Boo-Boom and the animals, a group of German soldiers, and a group of Allied soldiers all end up lost in the same woods, and through sheer coincidence, they run into each other at a cave Boo-Boom and his friends were using as shelter. When they notice Boo-Boom is in a bad condition due to the cold, both groups of soldiers put their differences aside to help him, which leads to all soldiers realizing they are NotSoDifferent. After celebrating Christmas Eve together, they part ways on friendly terms. Meanwhile in a nearby village, Boo-Boom's parents help the villagers set up their own Christmas celebration.

* BeeAfraid: Despite being alone, and being a honeybee (who in real life would die after stinging), B-17 occasionally pulls this off against enemies. In episode 3, Christopher suffers the swarm variant of this trope when he mistakes a [[WickedWasps wasp nest]] for an abandoned bee hive, and breaks it open in hopes of finding some honey.

* ExpositoryThemeTune: Although the shows intro is an instrumental one with no dialogue or lyrics, it still manages to play this trope straight by showing a compilation of clips from the first 2 episodes that effectively tell the viewer how Boo Boom ended up in his current position.

* TheKlutz: Christopher.

* PrimaDonnaDirector: One of these shows up in episode 4. He drafts Boo-Boom into his movie without even bothering to learn if the boy is interested or not, changes scenes on a whim whenever he gets a better idea, isn’t above applying EnforcedMethodActing (like taking away Boo-Boom’s PreciousPhoto since he wants real tears for a scene), and even puts his actors in danger by forcing them to shoot a scene in a partly destroyed building that is about to collapse.

* BeeAfraid: Despite being alone, and being a honeybee (who in real life would die after stinging), B-17 occasionally pulls this off against enemies. In episode 3, Christopher suffers the swarm variant of this trope when he mistakes a wasp nest for an abandoned bee hive, and breaks it open in hopes of finding some honey.

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Episode 22, Boo-Boom and the animals pull off one of these when being pursuit by some Germans, led by the EvilOrphanageLady Hilda, in the mountains. They [[NoEscapeButDown leap down a cliff during a mud slide]], leading the Germans to believe they died while in fact all six of them end up with just some scratches.
* OffBridgeOntoVehicle: Episode 25, Boo-Boom does this in order to get onto the train transporting his parents to a prison camp, after the original plan to keep the train from departing in the first place fails.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Pretty much the entire series, the boy is soley addressed by the name Boo-Boom, but that is just a nickname his animal companions made up for him since they don’t know his real name, and he is unable to tell them. In the Italian original, his real name is eventually revealed to be Filippo.
* OrphanageOfFear: In episode 20, Boo-Boom and a group of war orphans are forcefully taken from a red cross camp and placed in one of these. The place, a partly destroyed rundown building, is run by a group of very strict female soldiers who enforce an iron discipline (that includes taking away the kids' toys and other personal possessions), and the building houses an industrial laundromat where the kids are put to work. Fortunately, thanks to Boo-Booms' animal friends, they are all able to escape and the place itself is burned to the ground.

* PrankCall: an unintentional example. In episode 13, the animals steal a military transmitter from a German camp for Boo-Boom to play with, without even knowing what it is (they thought it just made funny sounds when you hit the buttons). HilarityEnsues when the Germans try to make sense of the absurd and contradicting “orders” they suddenly start receiving due to Boo-Boom playing with the transmitter.

* RunawayTrain: In Episode 26 Boo-Boom and his friends have to stop a train transporting prisoners, including Boo-Booms' parents. They do so by [[TrainEscape unhooking the carriages]] that contain the prisoners. Unfortunately, since the train was going up a mountain at the time, the now unhooked carriages immediately go back down again, straight for a blown up bridge, forcing the heroes to come up with a way to stop them before the carriages reach the ravine. They succeed by [[TankGoodness deploying the brakes of a tank]] that was also being transported by the same train.

* StormingTheCastle: Episode 10, the heroes arrive at a castle that belongs to a count who is good friends with Mr. Rosselini, but find the place under siege by the Germans, who want to loot the place. They help the count and his staff fight off the attack, leading to several Home Alone-esque antics. In the end, they are able to trap all Germans in the castle’s dungeon, except for their captain.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Since the series is set in WWII, Nazi’s are naturally the main enemies the heroes face. It strongly varies from episode to episode how competent or threatening they are, often depending on the overall atmosphere of the episode, so this trope mostly shows up in the more comedy oriented episodes.

* TwinSwitch: Episode 7, when his twin brother Giovanni and 2 German soldiers show up at Mr. Rossellini’s school to arrest him, Mario attempts an escape by having Boo-Boom, Rossellini, and the animals lure Giovanni into the school and capture him, so Mario can take his clothes and pretend to be Giovanni. It almost works, but unfortunately, Giovanni escapes and gives the whole plan away.

* WarIsHell: The series doesn’t try to glorify the war in any way, or try to hide how it ruined the lives of civilians who never wanted anything to do with it. Episode 19 does feature a retired general who believes that WarIsGlorious, or at least World War 1 was, but a military attack on his house that puts both him and Boo-Boom in danger makes him realize otherwise.

* ABoyAndHisX: A Boy and his 5 animal friends.

* TheCassandra: episode 16 features a story teller who knows the Germans are planning to blow up a nearby dam, but is not believed by the villagers due to being considered an absent-minded fool.

* CatsAreMean: Averted with Aurelia, who is firmly on the side of the protagonists. Played straight with a group of street cats that Christopher encounters in episode 12.

* ChristmasEpisode: Episode 24, which is set on Christmas Eve. Boo-Boom and the animals, a group of German soldiers, and a group of Allied soldiers all end up lost in the same woods, and through sheer coincidence, they run into each other at a cave Boo-Boom and his friends were using as shelter. When they notice Boo-Boom is in a bad condition due to the cold, both groups of soldiers put their differences aside to help him, which leads to all soldiers realizing they are NotSoDifferent. After celebrating Christmas Eve together, they part ways on friendly terms. Meanwhile in a nearby village, Boo-Booms parents help the villagers set up their own Christmas celebration.

** In episode 6 the heroes encounter a travelling circus in a largely abandoned town, that has been caught in a bombardment. As such, most of the staff has fled. Only the ringmaster and the animals stayed behind. They help the ringmaster locate his trained lion, that has wandered off into town to look for her lost cub. They also get a private performance from the circus animals.
** Episode 9, the protagonists themselves form a travelling circus for a while in order to raise some money, but are forced to quit again when they become wanted by the military for assisting a deserter (see FriendlyEnemy below) and being a circus would attrackt too much attention.

** Episode 23, the group encounters a paratrooper from Jack's army division, who landed in the area along with some crates of supplies but got injured during the landing, forcing him to seek shelter in an abandoned mountain hut. Jack is forced to choose between staying with the man (who fondly remembers Jack), or continuing his journey with his new friends. He eventually picks the latter. Fortunately, the paratrooper understands his decision.

** Boldsteed is revealed to have one right in the first episode. He was a farmers horse who led a happy life on the island of Sicily, until he was confiscated by the army and brought to mainland Italy to serve as a war horse. Now in a strange land and with no way of ever getting home again, he spend months working for the military and witnessing the horrors of the war first hand before he escaped and found Boo-Boom.

* DecoyProtagonist: Although his name is in the title and the search for his parents is what drives the plot, it’s actually Boo-Booms animal companions who do most of the work and get the most screen time.
* DisneyDeath: twice in the series finale; first Jack apparently dies when he falls into the ravine along with a tank (he got out in time), and later Boo-Boom is seemingly killed by an explosion (it just send him into a tree).

* TheFettered: In episode 19 Boo-Boom and his animals encounter a retired general who fought in World War I. He fondly remembers that war, in which (according to him at least) honor, discipline and following military protocol were considered high ideals that he still holds on to, and loathes the current generation of the mllitary that lack these qualities.

** Episode 17 features a German medic who, despite technically being a Nazi, gives the sic Boo-Boom the medicine that he needs and keeps the boy’s presence secret from his fellow soldiers.

* TheHomewardJourney: it’s even in the shows title.

* LaResistance: The heroes frequently encounter, and occasionally help, members of the Italian resistance. The most prominent member throughout the series is Mario.

* LovableCoward: Christopher is easily frightened and prefers to stay far away from trouble, however [[TheSoCalledCoward he will fight if pushed too far]].

* MilesGloriosus: Christopher has shades of this; he really likes to see himself as the hero and most important member of the group, and constantly brags about his many skills, but his coward nature and being the comic relief makes it impossible for him to live up to these claims.

* PrimaDonnaDirector: One of these shows up in episode 4. He drafts Boo-Boom into his movie without even bothering if the boys is interested or not, changes scenes on a whim whenever he gets a better idea, isn’t above applying EnforcedMethodActing (like taking away Boo-Boom’s PreciousPhoto since he wants real tears for a scene), and even puts his actors in danger by forcing them to shoot a scene in a partly destroyed building that is about to collapse.

* BigDamPlot: episode 16 features Boo-Boom and his animals stopping the Germans from blowing up a dam.

It's set in UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} circa 1944, near the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. A young boy and his family are forced to flee their home when the fights between the Germans and the Allied forces reach central Italy. Due to an air attack on the truck transporting them, the boy is separated from his parents. The shock also renders him mostly mute. He is found by a group of animals consisting of the Sicilian horse Boldsteed (Leoncavallo), the Roman cat Aurelia, a talkative Tuscan rooster named Christopher (Cristoforo), an American military bulldog named Jack, and a bee named B-17. The five animals nickname the boy Boo-Boom, after the only 2 words he can still speak, and set out to try and find his parents, only helped by a photograph that Boo-Boom still carries.

* ArmsDealer: Boo-Boom and the animals encounter an arms smuggler in episode 22 when they try to escape from a group of German soldiers, and hide in a cave which the arms dealer was also using as a hideout. When the man realizes Boo-Boom unintentionally led the Germans to his lair, he forces the group to help him move his weapons elsewhere (threatening to tear up Boo-Booms photograph of his parents if they don’t comply).

* BearsAreBadNews: Episode 23, while searching for a parachute shipment of supplies dropped by the Allies, Boo-Boom and the animals encounter a bear and are forced to hide in a tree. Later, a group of German soldiers also looking for the shipment (and the paratrooper that also landed nearby) have a run-in with the same bear.

* AdultsAreUseless: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. Most of the adults they meet along the way who are not associated with the Germans are willing to help Boo-Boom when they run into him, like providing him with information, food or tools, but somehow they never seem to have any qualms about letting Boo-Boom continue his travels alone with just his animals for company, or even consider if it would be safer for the boy to stay with them. Two notable exceptions are Mr. Rossellini (who actually accompanies Boo-Boom for a few episodes until a broken ankle forces him to quit the search), and a police officer allied with the Italian Resistance, who allows Boo-Boom to stay with him, his wife and his daughter while sending out a message to all refugee camps for Boo-Booms parents (Unfortunately, Boo-Boom and his friends must flee the house when a group of German soldiers comes looking for them).
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: All five animal characters are clearly more intelligent than their real life counterparts, from being able to understand what humans say, to willingly helping Boo-Boom to find his parents, as well as protecting him form harm, since they know he won't make it on his own.

* AdultsAreUseless: Played with. Most of the adults they meet along the way who are not associated with the Germans are willing to help Boo-Boom when they run into him, like providing him with information, food or tools, but somehow they never seem to have any qualms about letting Boo-Boom continue his travels alone with just his animals for company, or even consider it would be safer for the boy to stay with them. Two notable exceptions are Mr. Rossellini (who actually accompanies Boo-Boom for a few episodes until a broken ankle forces him to quit the search), and a police officer allied with the Italian Resistance, who allows Boo-Boom to stay with him, his wife and his daughter while sending out a message to all refugee camps for Boo-Booms parents (Unfortunately, Boo-Boom and his friends must flee the house when a group of German soldiers comes looking for them).

'''Boo Boom! The Long Way Home''', original title ''Bu-Bum! La strada verso casa'', is an Italian animation series created by Maurizio Forestieri. It consists of 26 episodes.

Set in Italy of 1944, the final year of the Second World War. A young boy and his family are forced to flee their home when the fights between the Germans and the Allied forces reach central Italy. Due to an air attack on the truck transporting them, the boy is separated from his parents. The shock also renders him mostly mute. He is found by a group of animals consisting of the Sicilian horse Boldsteed (Leoncavallo), the Roman cat Aurelia, a talkative Tuscan rooster named Christopher (Cristoforo), an American military bulldog named Jack, and a bee named B-17. The five animals nickname the boy Boo-Boom, after the only 2 words he can still speak, and set out to try and find his parents, only helped by a photograph that Boo-Boom still carries.

* YouAreNumberSix: B-17.

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Boo-Boom, riding Boldsteed, Cristopher, Jack and Aurelia]]

* AdultsAreUseless: Played with. Most of the adults they meet along the way who are not associated with the Germans are willing to help Boo-Boom when they run into him, like providing him with information, food or tools, but somehow they never seem to have any qualms about letting Boo-Boom continue his travels alone with just his animals for company, or even consider it would be safer for the boy to stay with them. Two notable exceptions are Mr. Rossellini (who actually accompanies Boo-Boom for a few episodes untill a broken ankle forces him to quit the search), and a police officer allied with the Italian Resistance, who allows Boo-Boom to stay with him, his wife and his daughter while sending out a message to all refugee camps for Boo-Booms parents (Unfortunately, Boo-Boom and his friends must flee the house when a group of German soldiers comes looking for them).

* BewareOfViciousDog: A pack of really mean street dogs attack the protagonists in the first episode, forcing Boldsteed, Christopher, and Aurelia to fight them off. Dogs used by the German soldiers also fall under this trope. Averted of course with Jack and with mr. Rossellini’s dog.

* CircusEpisode: In episode 6 the heroes encounter a travelling circus in a largely abandoned town, that has been caught in a bombardment. As such, most of the staff has fled. Only the ringmaster and the animals stayed behind. They help the ringmaster locate his trained lion, that has wandered off into town to look for her lost cub. They also get a private performance from the circus animals.

** Bu-Bum - Boo-Boom
** Leoncavallo - Boldsteed
** Cristoforo - Christopher

* TheFagin: episode 11 resolves around a husband and wife couple of smugglers, who force orphans to help them with their business. Boo-Boom is also drafted into their group, despite attempts from Viola (who, at the time, was also working for them after abandoning the others) to prevent this, but in the end both villains are arrested and all orphans freed from their clutches.

* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: the main group.

** The second one is Viola, who joins them from episode 8 till episode 12. At first she borders on a SixthRangerTraitor who is motivated by {{greed}} and not afraid to doublecross her friends if it benefits her, but she gets better. After meeting and falling in love with Mario, Boo-Boom urges her to stay with him and his resistance group. Unlike Mr. Rossellini, she comes BackForTheFinale in episode 25 to assisst Boo-Boom in rescuing his parents.

* SpoilerOpening: Since Jack doesn't appear yet in the first episode, the intro, which does feature him, spoils that he will become a main character later on. Mr. Rossellini and especially Viola are likewise foreshadowed by the opening. It also contains some scenes from later episodes, like Boo-Boom falling into a river and beig rescued by Jack.

* StopDrowningAndStandUp: Happens with Christopher when the group crosses a shallow stream in episode 21.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Aurelia is the only female member of the animals, and for most of the series also the only female in the group. Averted during the episodes with Viola, in which it becomes a case of TwoGirlsToATeam.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Since the series is set in WWII, Nazi’s are naturally the main enemies the heroes face. It strongly varies from episode to episode how competent or threatening they are.

* ScoobyDooHoax: Episode 18 resolves around an old mill that, according to the local villagers, is haunted. However, this is just a rumor made up by the mill owner and the villagers to keep the German soldiers away from the mill, since members of the Italian resistance movement and their families are using it as a hideout. When the Germans threaten to investigate the mill anyway, Boo-Boom and his friends disguise themselves as ghosts to help the mill owner enforce the rumor and chase the Germans away.

** The first one is Mr. Rossellini, who joins the group in episode 7, along with his dog, untill episode 10, when he hurts his ankle while helping to defend the castle of his friend (see StormingTheCastle below), and is thus [[IWillOnlySlowYouDown forced to stay behind]] at the castle to recover. [[PutOnABus He is not seen again afterwards]], but the closing narration in episode 26 reveals that he started a new school after the war ended.
** The second one is Viola, who joins them from episode 8 till episode 12, where she joins up with Mario’s band of the resistance. At first she borders on a SixthRangerTraitor who is not afraid to doublecross her friends if it benefits her, but she gets better. Unlike Mr. Rossellini, she comes BackForTheFinale in episode 25 to assisst Boo-Boom in rescuing his parents.

** The first one is Mr. Rossellini, who joins the group in episode 7, along with his dog, untill episode 10, when he is forced to leave the group because he breaks his ankle and is thus [[IWillOnlySlowYouDown forced to stay behind]] at the house of a friend to recover. [[PutOnABus He is not seen again afterwards]], but the closing narration in episode 26 reveals that he started a new school after the war ended.
** The second one is Viola, who joins them from episode 8 till episode 12, where she joins up with Mario’s band of the resistance. Unlike Mr. Rossellini, she comes BackForTheFinale in episode 25 to assisst Boo-Boom in rescuing his parents.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Pretty much the entire series, the boy is soley addressed by the name Boo-Boom, but that it just a nickname his animal companions made up for him since they don’t know his real name, and he is unable to tell them. In the Italian original, his real name is eventually revealed to be Filippo.

* PreciousPhoto: Boo-Boom carries a family photo of him and his parents.