History WesternAnimation / Fangbone

''Fangbone!'' is a Canadian animated series from [[Creator/FamilyChannel Family CHRGD]] (the Canadian equivalent of Creator/DisneyXD, which it airs on in the rest of the world) that debuted on March 2016[[note]]although its pilot was originally aired on TV by Family CHRGD in 2014[[/note]] and ended on January 2017 with [[ShortRunners a total of 26 episodes]]. The show is produced by Radical Sheep Productions (''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'') and [[http://www.pipelinestudios.com/ Pipeline Studios]], and was developed by Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott (''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}''). It is the AnimatedAdaptation of a series of children's graphic novels called ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'', which were written and illustrated by bestselling children's author Michael Rex (who works on the series as an executive producer).

The series centers around the eponymous Fangbone, a nine-year-old BarbarianHero from AnotherDimension known as Skullbania, a SwordAndSorcery fantasy world home to countless {{Barbarian Tribe}}s that have fought against the forces of the EvilSorcerer Venomous Drool for centuries. Drool seeks to take over all of Skullbania, but fortunately, his power is severely diminished by the fact that he is missing the primary source of his dark magic -- [[MacGuffin his big toe]], which is under the protection of Fangbone's own tribe, the Mighty Lizard Clan. In order to prevent Drool and his minions from acquiring the Toe of Evil, Fangbone has been entrusted with the title of Toe-Keeper and sent by the tribe's resident wizard Twinkle-Stick to Earth (which Drool also seeks to conquer).

On Earth, Fangbone befriends Bill Goodwin, an ordinary boy of his age who attends Eastwood Elementary. Bill helps Fangbone with adjusting to life on this strange and unfamiliar new world and assists him in battling the various monsters that Venomous Drool sends out from Skullbania to take the Toe back, as well as other Skullbanian inhabitants that seek out the Toe for their own purposes. What follows is a mixture of action, adventure, and hilarity as Fangbone learns much about both Earth and Skullbania all while battling the forces of evil, trying to adapt to life as an elementary school student, and developing his newfound friendship with Bill.

''Fangbone!'' is a Canadian animated series from [[Creator/FamilyChannel Family CHRGD]] (the Canadian equivalent of Creator/DisneyXD, which it airs on in the rest of the world) that debuted on March 2016[[note]]although its pilot was originally aired on TV by Family CHRGD in 2014[[/note]] and ended on January 2017 with [[ShortRunners a total of 26 episodes]]. The show is produced by Radical Sheep Productions (''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'') and [[http://www.pipelinestudios.com/ Pipeline Studios]], and was developed by Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott (''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}''). It is the AnimatedAdaptation of a series of children's graphic novels called ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'', which were written and illustrated by Michael Rex (who works on the series as an executive producer).

* DeathbringerTheAdorable: The Ravenous Darkness is a hamster.

* HollywoodHacking: It happened in "The Rowboat of Dibby". Justified as it was Drool doing the hacking with a [[MagicPoweredPseudoscience magical computer]].

* IAmSpartacus: In "The Mall of Doom", Bill and Fangbone's classmates all pretend to be Fangbone to save him from Venomous Drool's MonsterOfTheWeek.

* InheritedIlliteracyTitle: Fangbone is a StrangeSyntaxSpeaker so some episode titles exaggerate this trait like "The Leg of Broken", "The Burg of Lar", and "The Back of Stone"[[note]]It's a name so Fangbone refers to him as Stoneback in his regular speaking[[/note]] among many others.

* MatterReplicator: "The Kat of Munching" where Fangbone and Bill eat fudge made from the pixels of Munchie-Kat. The fudge was supposed to give you a magical nice sweet feel and scent.

* MiracleFood: "The Kat of Munching" where Fangbone and Bill eat fudge made from the pixels of Munchie-Kat. The fudge was supposed to give you a magical nice sweet feel and scent.

* NotHimself: Fangbone becomes a polite and sophisticated boy named Fred Bone in "The Fred of Bone" when the Toe's magic transforms him while he is forced to wear a suit for school picture day.

* SatiatingSandwich: In "The Forehead of Despair", the Toe attempts to lure Bill to the dark side by plying him with evil sandwiches.

''Fangbone!'' is a Canadian animated series from [[Creator/FamilyChannel Family CHRGD]] (the Canadian equivalent of Creator/DisneyXD, which it airs on in the rest of the world) that debuted on March 2016[[note]]although its pilot was originally aired on TV in 2014[[/note]] and ended on January 2017 with [[ShortRunners a total of 26 episodes]]. The show is produced by Radical Sheep Productions (''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'') and [[http://www.pipelinestudios.com/ Pipeline Studios]], and was developed by Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott (''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}''). It is the AnimatedAdaptation of a series of children's graphic novels called ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'', which were written and illustrated by Michael Rex (who works on the series as an executive producer).

The series centers around the eponymous Fangbone, a nine-year-old BarbarianHero from AnotherDimension known as Skullbania, a SwordAndSorcery fantasy world home to countless {{Barbarian Tribe}}s that have fought against the forces of the EvilSorcerer Venomous Drool for centuries. Drool seeks to take over all of Skullbania, but fortunately, his power is severely diminished by the fact that he is missing the primary source of his dark magic -- [[MacGuffin his big toe]], which is under the protection of Fangbone's own tribe, the Mighty Lizard Clan. In order to prevent Drool and his minions from acquiring the Toe of Evil, Fangbone has been entrusted with the title of Toe-Keeper and sent by the tribe's shaman Twinkle-Stick to Earth (which Drool also seeks to conquer).

* ActionGirl: Many female Skullbanians, like Hammerscab and Cid the Shadowstepper.

* BadFuture: One was created when the Toe of Evil was squished in a photo album and sent to the past. Young Bill's Mom became its keeper and at some point, the Earth became [[CrapsackWorld a wasteland]] and she became a {{Cyborg}} with an ArmCannon. She also never had a child.
* BackForTheFinale: Fangbone and Bill manage to gather up numerous characters from over the course of the series to help them take down Drool once and for all in "The End of the Beginning", including the Shadowsteppers, the Duck of Always, the Skullbasher Clan, Hammerscab, and the Thundercrush.

* CargoCult: A group of astronomers began wearing robes and [[OminousLatinChanting chanting]] after Drool deformed the projector in their planetarium to depict a Moon Bear and brought it to life.

* DumbMuscle: The "Helmet of Duling" turns its wearer into one.

* GreatBigBookOfEverything: The Big Book of Drool Keepers in "The Keepers of Toe".

* HornsOfBarbarism: Almost every barbarian character wears a helmet sporting these. Fangbone wears one with three small horns.

* AnIcePerson: One of Drool's monsters is the Porcu-penguin, a giant monster penguin that breathes ice and has icicles growing from its back that it can fire at foes.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode is titled "The X of Y".

* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: In "The Shadow of Bill", Fangbone, Bill and Cid escape from the dire razorworm by rafting along a lava flow as if it is a river.

* TheNoseKnows: The Pigataur has a superb sense of smell that allows it to track down Fangbone and his friends through the dark winding halls of Mallhalla during a blackout.

* OurOrcsAreDifferent / AllTrollsAreDifferent: Orcs and trolls make up Venomous Drool's {{mook}}s, although the show doesn't really differentiate them in any specific way, since they're both depicted as hulking green-skinned humanoids.

* PigMan: The Pigataur, one of Venomous Drool's monsters.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Skullbanians, of course.

* SealedEvilInASixPack: Before the Toe of Evil came to be under Bill and Fangbone's protection, Drool was dismembered and put back together again from every other missing body parts he had. He can only regain all of his powers if every piece has been returned.

* ShellGame: A near-literal example in "The Defeat of Glory when Fangbone and Bill battle a monster turtle called the Infuriosa that possesses this ability, creating duplicates of itself that it switches places with.

* MacGuffinGuardian: Fangbone and Bill are these for Drool's Toe. There were several other part-keepers before the events of the series but they were all defeated and some were even killed, leaving the Toe as the only part left for him to be completed and restored t full power.

''Fangbone!'' is a Canadian animated series from [[Creator/FamilyChannel Family CHRGD]] (the Canadian equivalent of Creator/DisneyXD, which it airs on in the rest of the world) that debuted on March 2016[[note]]although its pilot was originally aired on TV in 2014[[/note]] and ended on January 2017 with [[ShortRunners a total of 26 episodes]]. The show is produced by Radical Sheep Productions (''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'') and [[http://www.pipelinestudios.com/ Pipeline Studios]], and was developed by Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott (''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}''). It is the AnimatedAdaptation of a series of children's graphic novels called ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'', which are written by Michael Rex (who works on the series as an executive producer).

The series centers around the eponymous Fangbone, a nine-year-old BarbarianHero from AnotherDimension known as Skullbania, a SwordAndSorcery fantasy world home to countless {{Barbarian Tribe}}s that have fought against the forces of the EvilSorcerer Venomous Drool for centuries. Drool seeks to take over all of Skullbania, but fortunately, his power is severely diminished by the fact that he is missing the primary source of his dark magic -- [[MacGuffin his big toe]], which is under the protection of Fangbone's own tribe, the Mighty Lizard Clan. In order to prevent Drool and his minions from acquiring the Toe, Fangbone has been entrusted with the title of Toe-Keeper and sent by the tribe's shaman Twinkle-Stick to Earth (which Drool also seeks to conquer).

* BadFuture: One was created when the big toe was squished in a photo album and sent to the past. Young Bill's Mom became its keeper and at some point, the Earth became [[CrapsackWorld a wasteland]] and she became a {{Cyborg}} with an ArmCannon. She also never had a child.

* BewitchedAmphibians: Ms. Gillian was turned into a giant frog by the toe's power in "The Swamp of Education"

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: At the end of "The End Of The Beginning", [[spoiler:it's revealed that Drool's toe has a mind of its own, and manipulated the events of both parts of the episode to have Drool defeated so it could be free to implement its own plans.]]
* DoubleMeaningTitle: "The Bill of Magic" can either refer to the character learning magic or "bill" as the [[PowerAtAPrice cost of using it]] [[spoiler:and, in the context of the episode, learning it in a hurry]].
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: In "The Keepers of Toe", Wargrunt was the keeper of Drool's elbow. The burden of it led her to use its evil power for personal gains, which led to her being banished from her tribe who took the elbow from her, until it was taken by Drool's monsters. She tried to steal the toe, due to being the most powerful body part.

* EvilKnockoff: Drool creates evil copies of Fangbone and Bill (Toothbreaker and Borb, respectively) in "The Brothers Of Battle" to steal the toe. They ultimately decide to betray him and use the toe themselves.

* FaceHeelTurn: In the final scene of "The End Of The Beginning", [[spoiler:Fred Bone and Other Bill's Mom are among the group of villains now working for Drool's toe despite being good before. One possible explanation is that because the toe was used to create them, it has control over them.]]

* FighterMageThief: Seems like three of the most common career paths for Skullbanians are to become barbarian warriors, wizards, or Shadowsteppers (Skullbanian thieves). If they don't belong to any of those, they might be [[TheBlacksmith blacksmiths]] or [[TheBard bards]].

* GrandFinale: "The End of the Beginning" marks the final battle between Fangbone and Venomous Drool, as Drool merges Earth and Skullbania and successfully retakes his toe, so Fangbone, Bill, and Cid gather up all their allies over the course of the series to take on Venomous Drool and his forces in one final battle.
* GreatBigBookOfEverything: The ''Big Book of Drool Keepers'' in "The Keepers of Toe".

* LiteralSplitPersonality: Fred Bone used to be just Fangbone [[NotHimself not acting like himself]] until he gave his artistic side, which he thought to be too embarrassing for a barbarian, [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan its own physical form]] through the toe's power.

* {{MacGuffin}}: Venomous Drool's big toe. Its dark magical power originates from Drool dipping it into a pool of concentrated evil, and if he were to ever regain it, he would be at full power and be able to take over both Skullbania and Earth.
* MacGuffinGuardian: Fangbone and Bill are these for Drool's toe. There were several other part-keepers before the events of the series but they were all defeated and some were even killed, leaving the toe as the only part left for him to be completed and restored t full power.
* MagicEater: Venomous Drool sends such a creature after Bill in "The Bill of Magic" when Bill gains magical powers from prolonged exposure to Drool's toe. It's a small, white, squishy, squeaky thing called a Voidsnarl that gets bigger as it eats spells thrown at it.

* {{Oculothorax}}: Drool sometimes sends giant eyeballs with elongated eyelashes for tentacles to retrieve his toe from Fangbone and Bill.

* SealedEvilInASixPack: Before the big toe came to be under Bill and Fangbone's protection, Drool was dismembered and put back together again from every other missing body parts he had. He can only regain all of his powers if every piece has been returned.

* SequelHook: "The End of the Beginning" ends with [[spoiler:Skullbania and Earth now being so close to each other that rifts open on a regular basis, giving Bill and Fangbone reasons to continue fighting despite Drool being rendered powerless. Furthermore, Drool's toe is revealed to be sentient and has now amassed control over all of Drool's monsters and beings created from its magic to become the new BigBad.]]

* ThievesGuild: The Shadowsteppers, who occasionally show up to try take Drool's toe from Fangbone and Bill. One of them, Cid, is a recurring character.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Fangbone and Bill love waffles and hot dogs, and are often seen eating them.

* UltimateBlacksmith: One such character is so gifted that she's still forging weapons even as a ''waffle iron''.

* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Fangbone and Bill.

*** Part 2 ended with [[spoiler:Drool's toe revealing itself to have a mind of its own, and free to enact its own plan with Drool out of the picture]].

* WizardClassic: Invoked when Bill was discovered to have latent wizard powers and was given a {{Doorstopper}} from which he can read techniques and spells, with Twinkle-Stick warning him to not skip anything. [[spoiler:It turns out that skipping and using a fast reading spell would cause him to grow old faster (even Drool abides by this restriction rigidly), giving a literal example of wisdom coming with age.]]

* BraidsOfAction: Hammerscab

** In "The Cavity Of Terror", dentists are known as "Toothsmiths".

* FictionalSport: Skullbanian like to play Clobberball, which is a lot like American football/rugby, but with a rock and a lot more pain and violence.

* FighterMageThief: Seems like three of the most common career paths for Skullbanians are to become barbarian warriors, wizards, or shadowsteppers (Skullbanian thieves). If they don't belong to any of those, they might be [[TheBlacksmith blacksmiths]] or [[TheBard bards]].

* LaserBlade: In "The Polluted Light of Destiny", Fangbone uses the laser pen as one against a monster that's made of light. However, the pen's too small to defeat it, and is instead used to finish the monster off.

* MixAndMatchCritters: Some Skullbanian monsters, like the Tyrannopug, which has the body of a T-Rex and the head of a giant slobbering pug, and the Eaglebear, which is a bipedal bear with the head of an eagle.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Tar Dragon from "The Squeak of Might" is a pretty standard dragon, except it has six legs and breathes thick black tar instead of fire.

* OurMonstersAreWeird: Many of the monsters that Fangbone and Bill battle are quite out-there, looking rather like they came straight out of the back pages of a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' rulebook than anything found in your typical fantasy series.

* SandWorm: Razor Worms are giant carnivorous worms named for the axe-like blades growing from their bodies. Fangbone and Bill have fought a few over the course of the series.

* TemptingFate: In "Pizzas of Day", while Fangbone, Bill and their classmates eat at the hot dog restaurant, Fangbone believes the Drool has given up. Cue living hot dogs via dark magic.

''Fangbone!'' is a Canadian animated series from [[Creator/FamilyChannel Family CHRGD]] (the Canadian equivalent of Creator/DisneyXD, which it airs on in the rest of the world) that debuted on March 2016 and ended on January 2017 with a total of 26 episodes. The show is produced by Radical Sheep Productions and Pipeline Studios, and was developed by Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott (who also developed ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'' and created ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}''). It is based on a series of children's novels called ''Fangbone! Third Grade Barbarian'', which are written by Michael Rex (who works on the series as an executive producer).

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Pretty much all the Skullbanian barbarians have these, like Fangbone, Axebear, Stoneback, and Hammerscab.

* CoolSword: Glimmerslash, a sword of diamond created by Stoneback to destroy the Ravenous Darkness.

* FolkHero: The Skullbanians have Stoneback, whose improbable feats and incredible power is the source of numerous stories that Fangbone occasionally recounts when he wants to make a point.

* BondCreatures: In "The Squeak of Might", Bill gets his own Skullbanian spirit animal called a Squee-claw. However, he's not very happy with it, and tries to get a new one, only to summon Veomous Drool's own spirit animal instead -- a giant Tar Dragon.

* CoolSword: Glimmershine, a sword of diamond created by Stoneback to destroy the Ravenous Darkness.

* DumbMuscle: The "Helmit of Duling" turns its wearer into one.

* FauxHorrific: Twinkle-Stick shudders at the thought of a part-keeper's head being [[BalefulPolymorph turned into a goat's]] then his entire body [[CoveredInGunge covered in butter]]. It offsets the more horrific fates of other part-keepers; one was eaten by a [[LizardFolk man-lizard]] and another was turned [[BodyHorror inside-out]].

* LaserBlade: In "The Polluted Light of Destiny", Fangbone uses the laser pen as one against a monster that's made of light. However, the pen's too small to defeat it.

** Fangbone's mother and father don't every physically appear; he mentions that they are away on some kind of quest in "The Twinkle of Stick", but otherwise, the only time we ever see them is in a single flashback in "The Hound of Hounding".

* GoingNative: The Skullbasher clan was sent to Earth from Skullbania via a [[PortalDoor World Maw]] and adapted by finding jobs in medieval reenactment, after some of them perished to unfamiliar Earth objects. They can't fight with real weapons anymore and Fangbone said that they became soft.

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The series centers around the eponymous Fangbone, a nine-year-old BarbarianHero from AnotherDimension known as Skullbania, a SwordAndSorcery fantasy world home to countless {{Barbarian Tribe}}s that have fought against the forces of the EvilSorcerer Venomous Drool for centuries. Drool seeks to take over all of Skullbania, but fortunately, his power is severely diminished by the fact that he is missing the primary source of his dark magic -- his big toe, which is under the protection of Fangbone's own tribe, the Mighty Lizard Clan. In order to prevent Drool and his minions from acquiring the Toe, Fangbone has been entrusted with the title of Toe-Keeper and sent by the tribe's shaman Twinkle-Stick to Earth (which Drool also seeks to conquer).

* AccidentalMisnaming: Fred Bone calls Bill "Billiam".

* AnIcePerson: One of Drool's monsters is the Porcupenguin, a giant monster penguin that breathes ice and has icicles growing from its back that it can fire at foes.

* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: In "The Rowboat of Dibby", Drool sensed something icky is happening with the toe and when he came to check with his MagicCauldron, he saw Dibby rubbing his armpit with it.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Tar Dragon from "The Squeak of Might" is a pretty standard dragon, except it breathes thick black tar instead of fire.

* Oculothorax: Drool sometimes sends giant eyeballs with elongated eyelashes for tentacles to retrieve his toe from Fangbone and Bill.

The series centers around the eponymous Fangbone, a nine-year-old BarbarianHero from AnotherDimension known as Skullbania, a SwordsAndSorcery fantasy world home to countless {{Barbarian Tribe}}s that have fought against the forces of the EvilSorcerer Venomous Drool for centuries. Drool seeks to take over all of Skullbania, but fortunately, his power is severely diminished by the fact that he is missing the primary source of his dark magic -- his big toe, which is under the protection of Fangbone's own tribe, the Mighty Lizard Clan. In order to prevent Drool and his minions from acquiring the Toe, Fangbone has been entrusted with the title of Toe-Keeper and sent by the tribe's shaman Twinkle-Stick to Earth (which Drool also seeks to conquer).

* AccidentalMisnaming: Fred-Bone calls Bill "Billiam".

* BarbarianHero: The eponymous character, as well as his entire clan.

* BashBrothers: Fangbone and Bill are "battle brothers".

* BigBad: Venomous Drool, whose quest to retrieve his magic toe drives much of the conflict.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: One of Drool's more common monster minions is the Nitropede, a giant centipede with electric powers. Also, Skullbanian slugs are bigger than humans and spew acid, while Skullbanian snails are equally massive and lightning fast.

* BrainsAndBrawn: Bill is the brains, and Fangbone is the brawn.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}:
** Bill. The theme song describes his weirdness as his weapon but in the story proper, he is the CloudcuckoolandersMinder to the FishOutOfWater Fangbone.
** Most of Bill's classmates certainly count however. Dibby [[RoboSpeak speaks like a robot]] all the time; Robert likes taking of his clothes; Patty is obsessed with glitter; etc.

* DisappearedDad: Bill's father is never seen or mentioned at any point in the series, and his family seems to consist solely of him and his mother.

* EatingTheEyeCandy: Ms. Gillian has a rather ''enthusiastic'' reaction to the {{Barbarian Hero}}es she meets in Skullbania in "The End of the Beginning".

* EvenEvilHasStandards: In "The Breaker of Oaths" Drool states that even he wouldn't break an oath-vow.

* EvilSorcerer: Venomous Drool. Losing his toe hasn't completely nullified his magical abilities either.

* FacelessEye: One of Drool's recurring monster minions is a giant eyeball with tentacles for eyelashes.

* FishOutOfWater: A lot of humour is derived from Fangbone's unfamiliarity with how things work on Earth and the resulting cultural clash with Skullbania's often violent customs.

* FreudianExcuse: "The Breaker of Oaths" reveals that [[spoiler:Drool was born into The Mighty Lizard Clan, who banished him at birth for being green, ugly, and weak. He was ridden out of the clan on the back of a wolf, which came to a stop in front of a giant slug nest. After being adopted by a family of giant slugs, Drool taught himself magic, and gained his evil power by dipping his toe into a pool of concentrated evil.]]
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: During the episode "The Breaker of Oaths", Bill lies to Drool and tricks him into falling into the NIGHTLANDS, and he and Fangbone think they've defeated the evil wizard forever. However, because Bill made a skullbanian oath-vow, he is punished by the oathbreaker curse, so they have to save Drool. During their trip to the NIGHTLANDS, they see memories of Drool's past. They learn Drool was born into the Mighty Lizard Clan, who banished him at birth for being green, ugly, and weak. He was driven out of the clan on the back of a wolf, which came to a stop in front of a giant slug nest. After being adopted by a family of giant slugs, Drool taught himself magic, and gained his evil power by dipping his toe into a pool of concentrated evil. Cid at first blames the barbarians for the rise of Drool, but when Bill starts to feel bad for Drool because it was not his fault he was banished, Cid points out that it was his choice to be evil.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Fangbone is prone to mispronouncing words, like calling robots "rowboats", presentations "present stations", and astronomers "astro gnomes".
* KidHero: Fangbone, and to a lesser extent, Bill.

* LimitedSocialCircle: Bill's classmates are pretty much the only kids at school Bill and Fangbone ever interact with.

* MagicCauldron: Venomous Drool uses one all the time. It functions also as a scrying pool to monitor Bill and Fangbone's activities.

* MuggleBestFriend: Bill to Fangbone.

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Robert Toebear's basic characterization is that he keeps ripping off his clothes.

* OhMyGods: Fangbone regularly praised his god "Grom".

* OrcusOnHisThrone: Venomous Drool spends the vast majority of the series cooped up in his evil palace watching Fangbone from his scrying cauldron and sending monsters after them. Justified by the fact that without his magic toe, he's nowhere near as powerful and thus not as much of a potential threat to Fangbone or Bill. Furthermore, "The End of the Beginning" reveals Drool's powers are linked to Skullbania itself, so he is rendered powerless if he comes to Earth.

* ParentalAbandonment: Fangbone's mother and father don't every physically appear; he mentions that they are away on some kind of quest in "The Twinkle of Stick", but otherwise, the only time we ever see them is in a single flashback in "The Hound of Hounding".

* PuttingThePalInPrincipal: Principal Bruce takes this absurd levels, being permanently cheerful and friendly no matter what goes wrong.
* RaisedByWolves: Well in the case of Venomous Drool, he was raised by Skullbanian giant slugs.

* ShellGame: A near-literal example in "The Defeat of Glory when Fangbone and Bill battle a monster turtle calle dthe Infuriosa that possesses this ability, creating duplicates of itself that it switches places with.

* SpeechImpediment: Fangbone speaks with a lisp and his lisp is much thicker and lateral in the episode "The Cavity of Terror".

* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: Fangbone has a tendency to do this. The most frequent being how he tends to say "X's Y" as "Y of X" (for example, he call's Bill's mom "Mom of Bill").

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Bill gains one called "Will" in "The Breaker of Oaths" as a result of breaking an agreement to Venomous Drool to give him back his toe in exchange for rescuing Fangbone from the Nightlands.

* TurtlePower: Venomous Drool's turtle creature in "The Defeat of Glory".

* WackyHomeroom: Bill's classmates are... an eccentric bunch, to say the least.

* WhatIsThisFeeling: In "The Warwagon of Trust", Fangbone experiences having fun for the first time.

* WizardBeard: Sported by Twinkle-Stick. In "The Helmit of Durling", the reduced-intelligence Bill starts to believe that anyone with facial hair is Twinkle-Stick.

The series centers around the eponymous Fangbone, a nine-year-old BarbarianHero from AnotherDimension known as Skullbania, a SwordsAndSorcery fantasy world home to countless {{Barbarian Tribe}}s that have fought against the forces of the EvilSorcerer Venomous Drool for centuries. Drool seeks to take over all of Skullbania, but fortunately, his power is severely diminished by the fact that he is missing the primary source of his dark magic -- his big toe, which is under the protection of Fangbone's own tribe, the Mighty Lizard Clan. In order to prevent Drool and his minions from acquiring the Toe, Fangbone has been entrusted with the title of Toe-Keeper and sent by the tribe's shaman Twinkle-Stick to Earth (which Drool also seeks to conquer). In this unfamiliar new world, Fangbone befriends Bill Goodwin, an ordinary boy of his age who attends Eastwood Elementary. Bill helps Fangbone with adjusting to life on Earth and assists him in battling the various monsters that Venomous Drool sends out from Skullbania to take the Toe back, as well as other Skullbanian inhabitants that seek out the Toe for their own purposes. What follows is a mixture of action, adventure, and hilarity as Fangbone learns much about both Earth and Skullbania all while battling the forces of evil, trying to adapt to life as an elementary school student, and developing his newfound friendship with Bill.

The series centers around the eponymous Fangbone, a nine-year-old BarbarianHero from the land of Skullbania, home of the Mighty Lizard Clan, who fight against the forces of the EvilSorcerer Venomous Drool. In order to subdue Venomous Drool, the Mighty Lizard Clan have taken his big toe -- the source of his dark magic -- and given it to Fangbone, who has been sent to Earth by the tribe's shaman, Twinkle-Stick, to ensure Drool cannot get it back. On Earth, Fangbone befriends Bill Goodwin, an ordinary boy of his age from Eastwood Elementary who assists him in battling Drool's monsters and other evil beings from Skullbania. In his new home, Fangbone learns much about Earth and his own world, while ensuring that Drool doesn't get his toe back.