History WesternAnimation / DaveTheBarbarian

** "Night of the Living Plush", Oswidge turns himself, Fang, Faffy, and Dave into a [[spoilers: toddlers]] to fight the evil stuffed animals. Afterwards...

--->"Oswidge": [[spoilers: Applejuice!]]

** ThisIsGonnaSuck:

--->"Oswidge": [[spoiler: Applejuice!]]

* GrowsOnTrees: One episode has Princess Candy getting a visit from a collector, saying she must pay for her toys, as they don't grow on trees. Cut to a farmer picking up [[ExactWords toys from bushes]], saying it would be easier if they came up from trees.

%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Candy and Fang.

* NiceGuy: Dave is definitely this--he's

** In "Here Thar Be Dragons", dragons are rebellious nonconformists who bully humans and have the voices of Music/{{Metallica}}.

The show was created and written by Doug Langdale of ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'' fame. It premiered on Creator/DisneyChannel on January 23, 2004; a year later, it began broadcasting on Creator/ToonDisney as well. In Latin America, the show was broadcasted on Jetix. The show only lasted one season [[ScrewedByTheNetwork due to Disney punting the show around their schedule]]. The reruns now mostly show on Early Morning shifts on the weekend.

Critically acclaimed, but unfortunately it could not last since Disney just seemed to lose interest halfway into its run, and thus cancelled after one season.

* YouMeanXmas: Harvest Day and the Harvest Hog are this show's equivalent to Christmas and SantaClaus, respectively--possibly a ShoutOut to Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', where our Christmas morphs into Hogswatch.

* AtrociousAlias: When Candy eats Uncle Oswidge's magic broccoli to become more muscular, she believes "Candy" isn't a tough enough name and demands to be called "[[ToiletHumor The Can]]".
%%* BambooTechnology
%%* BarbarianHero: Spoofed. Dave, looks like a stereotypical barbarian hero is--in the words of the ExpositoryThemeTune--'huge but a wimp', and is far more interested in cooking, cleaning and making decorative knickknacks than he is in being a hero.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Fang is almost always barefoot, emphasizing how she is ruder and more barbaric than her siblings.

-->'''Pillage Master:''' You must lay waste here. Then you must lay waste over there. ''Then,'' when you feel you can ''no longer lay waste,'' you—all right, what is so funny?! [[labelnote:*]][[BrickJoke He finally gets the joke at the end of the episode]].[[/labelnote]]

%%* MegaNeko: '''THE DARK LORD CHUCKLES, THE SILLY PIGGY!''' as titanic kitty-cat.

* PrincessesRule: After her, Dave and Fang's parents left to go fight evil, Candy (as the oldest of the three kids) is left to rule Udrogoth until they get back--
Princess Candy is ruling Udrogoth until her parents come back from destroying all the evil in the world.

%%* AllCavemenWereNeanderthals: Parodied with Fang's look.
%%* AlmostKiss: Between Candy and [[spoiler: The Zit.]]

%%* AnachronismStew: One of the main source of humor in this series.
%%* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: Parodied.%%How?

%%* AntiHero: Dave is a ClassicalAntiHero, Fang is more close to a UnscrupulousHero.

%%* AppliedPhlebotinum: Parodied with respect to superhero origin stories.

%%* BattleCouple: King Throktar and Queen Glimia.

%%* BigNo: Parodied.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Udrogoth's royal family [[PunchClockHero consider themselves heroic]]—in fact, the King and Queen are off on a quest to rid the world of evil—but they're still ''barbarians'', and in order to live up to the family name Dave has to pass a "Rite of Pillage" which grades him on his ability to plunder, ransack and wreak havoc on peasant villages. [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything Granted, this isn't a normal part of their repertoire]].

** The death traps Fang sets up for Dave in "Floral Derangement": the first trap consists of blindfolded kids throwing dodgeballs, the second is [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext a tank full of rabid walruses]], and the third trap has Dave getting dodgeballs thrown at him again by blindfolded rabid walruses.

%%* CatchPhrase: "Bajabbers!", "Don't mess with the Princess!", "I am not a monkey!" "We got that."
%%* ClothesMakeTheManiac: The evil lederhosen.
%%* CoolHorse: Spoofed in Twinkle the Marvel Horse.
%%* CouchGag: The collapsing castle wall in the opening credits.

%%* DodgeballIsHell: One of Fang's training regimens.

%%* DumbBlonde: Argon the Ageless.

%%* EpicFail: Chuckles' first use of the Pretzel Men. Not even ''Dave'' is scared by them.

%%* EvilIsHammy: Possibly the most literal example out there, as well as a classic case.

%%* EvilSorcerer: Malsquando, Princess Irmoplotz and Queen Zonthara.
%%* ExpositoryThemeTune
%%* ExtremeOmnivore: Faffy

%%* HeroicFantasy: Relentlessly spoofed.

%%* HotWitch: Princess Irmaplotz and Queen Zonthara.

%%* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: Ned Frischman and his EvilLaugh.

%%* IdeaBulb

%%* LateToThePunchline: The Pillage Master.
%%* LaughablyEvil: All villains, especially Chuckles the Silly Piggy.
%%* LittleMissSnarker: Fang.
%%* LimitedWardrobe

%%* MetronomicManMashing: Amoeba wrestling.
%%* MistakenForGranite: A version that doesn't activate unless you touch it.

%%* {{Narrator}}
* {{Nephewism}}: A downplayed example--Candy, Dave and Fang's parents, King Throktar and Queen Glimia, are still technically around, but have left Udrogoth to go fight evil in the world. Although this makes Candy the ruler until their parents get back, she and her siblings are also technically under the guardianship of Glimia's older brother, Oswidge.
%%* NiceGuy: Dave.
%%* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Referenced.%%How?

%%* NonHumanSidekick: Faffy and Twinkle the Marvel Horse.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Parodied in "The Maddening Sprite of the Stump". A giant muffin that had been attacking the castle is defeated offscreen, while the narrator explains that the show's budget is too cheap to actually show the battle, but assures the audience that it was exciting.

%%* OpeningShoutOut: [[spoiler:When Chuckles takes over.]]

* PreviouslyOn: Parodied in one episode that opens with a montage of Dave screaming and enduring misfortune.
* PrincessesRule: Princess Candy is ruling Udrogoth until her parents come back from destroying all the evil in the world.

%%* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Chuckles capturing the narrator.

%%* SapientSteed: Twinkle the Marvel Horse. Shame he suffers from chronic depression.
* ShortRunner: As noted above in the description, the show only lasted for one season and the one season only lasted for 21-episodes--or, if you want to get technical, 41-episodes (there was one half-hour episode and forty 11-minute episodes).

* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Candy and Fang's strength changes from episode to episode.

** In one throwaway gag, Faffy is seen talking articulately to other dragons when he thinks no human is listening.
* TalkingWeapon: There seem to be plenty of them in-universe, including Lula and her sister Molly, better known as [[Myth/NorseMythology Mjölnir]].
%%* TeamPet: Spoofed with Faffy.%%How?

%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Fang and Candy.

* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Ned is originally from the year 1994.
* VillainTeamUp: In "Red Sweater Of Courage", Chuckles, Malsquando and Quosmir team-up after Dave harasses each of them without provocation.

* YouMeanXmas: Harvest Day, complete with its own version of Santa Claus, the Harvest Hog. Possibly a ShoutOut to Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', where our Christmas morphs into Hogswatch.

** Candy is a martial arts expert and a capable combatant in her own right. However, she has little interest in fighting the villains, only being convinced to help when others point out that the antagonists' actions will somehow prevent her from shopping.

* SomebodyElsesProblem: As Quosmir and his family prepare to destroy half a continent, Fang happily justifies her lack of interest by pointing out that it's not the part they live on.

** Candy is a martial arts expert and a capable combatant in her own right. However, she has littleinterest in fighting the villains, only being convinced to help when others point out that the antagonists' actions will somehow prevent her from shopping.

** Fang's [[{{Foil}} the opposite]] of her older brother--while she's got the passion, determination and mentality/attitude to be (what she considers) [[WarriorPrincess a real barbarian.]] Unfortunately, Fang's ultimately [[TheNapoleon too small, weak and scrawny to do anything about it.]]

** Fang's the opposite of her older brother--while she's got the passion, determination and mentality/attitude to be (what she considers) a real barbarian. Unfortunately, Fang's ultimately too small, weak and scrawny to do anything about it.

* IAmNotWeasel: Fang is continually mistaken for a monkey.

* AtrociousAllias: When Candy eats Uncle Oswidge's magic broccoli to become more muscular, she believes "Candy" isn't a tough enough name and demands to be called "[[ToiletHumor The Can]]".

* SpringCleaningFever: An episode is devoted to Dave's obsessive spring cleaning of the castle.

-->'''Fang:''' He threw my room! [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak All my dollies are in there!]]...I mean...all my ''weapons.''

-->'''Oswidge:''' He threw my room! All my dollies are in there!...I mean...all my ''magic.''

%%* TopHeavyGuy: Dave.

* DependingOnTheWriter: If Candy is an ActionGirl or not, [[AsStrongAsTheyNeedToBe or if she is stronger than her brother or not]].

* DependingOnTheWriter: Candy and Fnis an ActionGirl or not, or if she is stronger than her brother or not. Also, Fang's strength changes from episode to episode.

* EmpathicWeapon: There seem to be plenty of them in-universe, including Lula and her sister Molly, better known as [[Myth/NorseMythology Mjölnir]].

* EmpatheticWeapon: There seem to be plenty of them in-universe, including Lula and her sister Molly, better known as [[Myth/NorseMythology Mjölnir]].

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Udrogoth's royal family [[PunchClockHero consider themselves heroic]]—in fact, the King and Queen are off on a quest to rid the world of evil—but they're still ''barbarians'', and in order to live up to the family name Dave has to pass a "Rite of Pillage" which grades him on his ability to plunder, lay waste and wreak havoc on peasant villages.

--->'''Dave''': Oh, I see. Just 'cause she has [[EvilLaugh a diabolical laugh]] and commands legions of horrible zombies and has "[[CardCarryingVillain Evil Princess]]" embroidered on all of her hankies, you ''assume'' she's evil. That's so shallow!\\

%%* HostileShowTakeover: Chuckles, in "A Pig's Story".

%%* DrunkWithPower: Dave after temporarily assuming the throne.