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* HeroesWantRedHeads: John is attracted to his redheaded coworker Miss Sweetingham.
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* TokenMinority: Robin

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* TokenMinority: RobinRobin is the only Afro-American camper
* {{Tomboy}}: Alex has a huge enjoyment of camping and sports.
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* VerySpecialEpisode: One episode involved Molly’s nephew Toby, who has leukemia.

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* VerySpecialEpisode: One episode involved involves Molly’s nephew Toby, who has leukemia.leukemia. Another episode involves a deaf girl who communicates in sign language.
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* AntAssault: One episode involves an invasion of ants that are very destructive and immune to all known pesticides.


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* TheCatfish: One episode has Molly’s nephew Toby visit to catch a local fish called Old Mossback. He eventually succeeds, but throws him back into the water after Robin takes a photo.


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* ConspicuousConsumption: When Chester wins the lottery, he buys an amphibious yacht.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: In an episode that makes fun of old detective movies, John is black and white.


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* MeanBoss: Rex constantly treats his sidekick Chester like garbage.


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* NoahsStoryArc: One episode has Robin and Alex building an ark to save local animals from a flood.


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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Robin can talk to squirrels.


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* VerySpecialEpisode: One episode involved Molly’s nephew Toby, who has leukemia.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The villain is a developer named Rex [=DeForest=].

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The villain is a property developer named Rex [=DeForest=].[=DeForest=], [[PunnyName as in]] "[[GaiasLament wrecks the forest]]".
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: In the season three episode "When It Rains...It Snows", John mentions the season one episode "Christmas in July" and refers to it as last year. Even though this show takes place over two summers, the kids don't appear any older in the third season that in the first season.

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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: In the season three episode "When It Rains...It Snows", John mentions the season one episode "Christmas in July" and refers to it as last year. Even though this show takes place over two summers, the kids don't appear any older in the third season that than in the first season.
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* NotAllowedToGrowUp: In the season three episode "When It Rains...It Snows", John mentions the season one episode "Christmas in July" and refers to it as last year. Even though this show takes place over two summers, the kids don't appear any older in the third season that in the first season.

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* HeroesWantRedHeads: John is attracted to his redheaded coworker Miss Sweetingham

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* HeroesWantRedHeads: John is attracted to his redheaded coworker Miss SweetinghamSweetingham.


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* PatchworkMap: The camp is located in a temperate forest, but one episode has the main characters getting lost on a hiking trip and ending up in a tropical rainforest on the other side of the mountain.
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* NeverBareheaded: Nurse Molly always wears her nurse's cap, even when she's not wearing her uniform.
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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Creator/JohnCandy sung the ''Camp Candy'' theme song (in a duet with Creator/HarryNilsson no less).

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Creator/JohnCandy sung the ''Camp Candy'' theme song (in a duet with Creator/HarryNilsson Music/HarryNilsson no less).
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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Creator/JohnCandy sung the ''Camp Candy'' theme song (in a duet with Harry Nilsson no less).

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Creator/JohnCandy sung the ''Camp Candy'' theme song (in a duet with Harry Nilsson Creator/HarryNilsson no less).
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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Creator/JohnCandy sung the ''Camp Candy'' theme song.

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Creator/JohnCandy sung the ''Camp Candy'' theme song.song (in a duet with Harry Nilsson no less).
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* AnimationBump: True to any DIC cartoon, the intro sequence sports way more fluid animation than most of the series itself.

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* TheBigRottenApple: When John attends a convention in New York City, a thief immediately takes all his money. Things go downhill from there.



* TheBigRottenApple: When John attends a convention in New York City, a thief immediately takes all his money. Things go downhill from there.



* NotSoExtinct: Binky finds a bird that was believed to be extinct.



* SpeciesLostAndFound: Binky finds a bird that was believed to be extinct.
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* GenderEqualEnsemble: The campers include three boys and three girls.

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* GenderEqualEnsemble: The main cast of campers include includes three boys and three girls.
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* GenderEqualEnsemble: The campers include three boys and three girls.
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%%* TokenMinority: Robin

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%%* * TokenMinority: Robin
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* SummerCampy: Pretty much the entire point of this show.
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* ChristmasInJuly

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* TheFashionista: Vanessa
* FountainOfYouth: Chester accidently finds it and becomes a kid again, but the effects are only temporary. Rex [=DeForest=] sees it as a chance for Chester to destroy the camp from the inside.

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* %%* TheFashionista: Vanessa
* FountainOfYouth: Chester accidently accidentally finds it and becomes a kid again, but the effects are only temporary. Rex [=DeForest=] sees it as a chance for Chester to destroy the camp from the inside.



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Molly

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* PassionateSportsGirl: Alex

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* TokenMinority: Robin

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* %%* TokenMinority: Robin
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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Creator/JohnCandy sung the ''Camp Candy'' theme song.

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* TheBigRottenApple: When John attends a convention in New York City, a thief immediately takes all his money. Things do downhill from there.

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* TheBigRottenApple: When John attends a convention in New York City, a thief immediately takes all his money. Things do go downhill from there.


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* MostCommonCardGame


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* StockNessMonster: The kids make a lake monster called The Katchatoree Creature so Robin can win a journalist award.
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Camp Candy is a 1989-1992 cartoon starring Creator/JohnCandy as himself. He runs a summer camp and has to constantly protect it from the evil developer Rex DeForest.

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Camp Candy ''Camp Candy'' is a 1989-1992 cartoon starring Creator/JohnCandy as himself. He runs a summer camp and has to constantly protect it from the evil developer Rex DeForest.
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'''Tropes !!Tropes present in this series include:'''
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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: A baby bigfoot gets separated from his mother and kidnapped by DeForest to be used as a tourist attraction.

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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: A baby bigfoot gets separated from his mother and kidnapped by DeForest [=DeForest=] to be used as a tourist attraction.



* FountainOfYouth: Chester accidently finds it and becomes a kid again, but the effects are only temporary. Rex DeForest sees it as a chance for Chester to destroy the camp from the inside.

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* FountainOfYouth: Chester accidently finds it and becomes a kid again, but the effects are only temporary. Rex DeForest [=DeForest=] sees it as a chance for Chester to destroy the camp from the inside.



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The villain is a developer named Rex DeForest.

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The villain is a developer named Rex DeForest.[=DeForest=].



* SavingTheOrphanage: John and the kids have to constantly save the camp from Rex DeForest.

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* SavingTheOrphanage: John and the kids have to constantly save the camp from Rex DeForest.[=DeForest=].



* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: In the ChristmasInJuly episode, Vanessa is the Scrooge.

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* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: In the ChristmasInJuly episode, Vanessa is the Scrooge.Scrooge.
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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: A baby bigfoot gets separated from his mother and kidnapped by DeForest to be used as a tourist attraction.



* FountainOfYouth: Chester accidently finds it and becomes a kid again, but the effects are only temporary.

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* FountainOfYouth: Chester accidently finds it and becomes a kid again, but the effects are only temporary. Rex DeForest sees it as a chance for Chester to destroy the camp from the inside.

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Camp Candy is a 1989-1992 cartoon starring John Candy as himself. He runs a summer camp and has to constantly protect it from the evil developer Rex DeForest.

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Camp Candy is a 1989-1992 cartoon starring John Candy Creator/JohnCandy as himself. He runs a summer camp and has to constantly protect it from the evil developer Rex DeForest.


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* FountainOfYouth: Chester accidently finds it and becomes a kid again, but the effects are only temporary.


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* MoreHypnotizableThanHeThinks: When Molly tries to cure Robin of her fear of animals using hypnosis, she demonstrates on John first. He says he can't be hypnotized, but she succeeds in a matter of seconds.
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* Telethon: John and the kids have a telethon to prevent Rex from buying some nearby land.

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* Telethon: {{Telethon}}: John and the kids have a telethon to prevent Rex from buying some nearby land.
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Camp Candy is a 1989-1992 cartoon starring John Candy as himself. He runs a summer camp and has to constantly protect it from the evil developer Rex DeForest.

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'''Tropes present in this series include:'''

* AdoptionDiss: Vanessa thinks she was adopted and runs away.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Molly is attracted to John, but John is attracted to Miss Sweetingham.
* TheBigRottenApple: When John attends a convention in New York City, a thief immediately takes all his money. Things do downhill from there.
* CampCook: Decades of living alone has made Hiram an expert at outdoor cooking.
* CaptivityHarmonica: When John spends a night in jail, his cellmate plays the harmonica.
* CausticCritic: A summer camp critic who hates everything visits Camp Candy. When he gives camps bad reviews, they go out of business.
* ChristmasInJuly
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Molly tries to fix the camp's money problems by turning it into a health spa, despite not knowing anything about health spas. All the guests quickly demand their money back.
* EatingContest: When the parents visit the camp, one of the competitions is a pie-eating contest.
* TheFashionista: Vanessa
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Robin
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Molly
* HeroesWantRedHeads: John is attracted to his redheaded coworker Miss Sweetingham
* {{Hypochondria}}: Iggy is so convinced there's something wrong that he visits the infirmary more than anyone else. His parents are much worse.
* IronButtMonkey: John
* ItsAllMyFault: In "Dear Mom and Dad", everyone does something foolish when it comes to fire safety. When the mess hall burns down, everybody takes all the blame and plans on leaving. As it turns out, the mess hall was destroyed by a meteor.
* LaughTrack: In this case, the justification is that John is telling stories to campers and that the laughter is coming from them.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Most of the kids have the same personalities as their parents.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Camp Candy has several employees, but John the camp owner and Molly the nurse do everything in most episodes.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The villain is a developer named Rex DeForest.
* ParentalSubstitute: When Vanessa's parents can't show up for parents' day, John takes the place of her father.
* PassionateSportsGirl: Alex
* {{Prospector}}: Hiram's a gold prospector who's been looking for gold for 57 years.
* SavingTheOrphanage: John and the kids have to constantly save the camp from Rex DeForest.
* SpeciesLostAndFound: Binky finds a bird that was believed to be extinct.
* TheStoryteller: Every episode starts with John doing something with current campers and then telling them a story about a previous year.
* Telethon: John and the kids have a telethon to prevent Rex from buying some nearby land.
* TokenMinority: Robin
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: When Molly turns the camp into a health spa, none of the guests notice that all the employees are children.
* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: In the ChristmasInJuly episode, Vanessa is the Scrooge.

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