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** The antelope who bullies Hunter compares him to KimbaTheWhiteLion.


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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Some of the female animals, like Foo Lin and the female antelope, wear bow on their heads.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Sierra and Sarmoti in one episode.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: Sierra and Sarmoti in one episode and with Barbara Streisand and a lobster in another episode.



* TypicalCartoonAnimalColors: The lobster is red like a cooked lobster.

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* {{Leitmotif}}: The "Siegfried and Roy" theme song
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* TypicalCartoonAnimalColors: The lobster is red like a cooked lobster.
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* FurryConfusion[=/=]FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: Donkey from ''{{Shrek}}'' and his stunt double walk on four legs, but the zebras usually walk on two legs.

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* FurryConfusion[=/=]FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: Donkey from ''{{Shrek}}'' and his stunt double double, Jermeece walk on four legs, but the zebras usually walk on two legs.
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* GratutiousGerman: Siegfried and Roy.

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* GratutiousGerman: GratuitousGerman: Siegfried and Roy.
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* GratutiousGerman: Siegfried and Roy.
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* ProductPlacement: 7-Eleven7-Eleven and Applebee's
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* CatsAreMean: Sierra is quite rebellious and sometimes mean, while Sarmoti is always mean to Larry.
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''Father of the Pride'' was a short-lived CGI Animated Sitcom. It was the first television production produced by DreamworksAnimation as well as the first show to use theater quality CGI. It aired on [=NBC=] in 2004.

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''Father of the Pride'' was a short-lived CGI Animated Sitcom. It was the first television production produced by DreamworksAnimation Creator/DreamWorksAnimation as well as the first show to use theater quality CGI. It aired on [=NBC=] in 2004.
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But the show was a flop anyway, for several reasons. People were already sick of it by the time it premiered, thanks to all the promotion. It was very uncomfortable to watch the show with [[RealitySubtext Roy's recent mauling]] in mind. And the show itself suffered from the notion, popular in the years post-''SouthPark'', that anything is funny as long as it is coming out of the mouth of a cute cartoon creature. Barring the AnimationAgeGhetto issue, one must admit that seeing a cute lion character mime using her tail for...something else is a bit much for anyone. Plus, the show was way expensive and time-consuming, with each episode costing over 1.5 million dollars to make and over nine months to complete.

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But the show was a flop anyway, for several reasons. People were already sick of it by the time it premiered, thanks to all the promotion. It was very uncomfortable to watch the show with [[RealitySubtext Roy's recent mauling]] in mind. And the show itself suffered from the notion, popular in the years post-''SouthPark'', post-''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', that anything is funny as long as it is coming out of the mouth of a cute cartoon creature. Barring the AnimationAgeGhetto issue, one must admit that seeing a cute lion character mime using her tail for...something else is a bit much for anyone. Plus, the show was way expensive and time-consuming, with each episode costing over 1.5 million dollars to make and over nine months to complete.



* FurryConfusion[=/=]FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: Donkey from ''{{Shrek}}'' and his stunt double walk on four legs, but the zebras usually walk on two legs.
** Likewise, Mr. Right, Foo Lin's pet cat usually walks on all fours, but the lions, tigers, cheetahs, and other cats usually walk on two legs.

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* FurryConfusion[=/=]FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: Donkey from ''{{Shrek}}'' and his stunt double walk on four legs, but the zebras usually walk on two legs.
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** Likewise, Mr. Right, Foo Lin's pet cat usually walks on all fours, but the lions, tigers, cheetahs, and other cats usually walk on two legs.



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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Sierra wears a black collar, Hunter wears an Elizabethan collar, Foo Lin wears a bow on her head, and Mr. Right wears a purple bow and collar or a red handkerchief (in "Stage Fright"). A few other animals in the show count as this trope as well.

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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Sierra wears a black collar, Hunter wears an Elizabethan collar, collar (a cone, in other words), Foo Lin wears a bow on her head, and Mr. Right wears a purple bow and collar or a red handkerchief (in "Stage Fright"). A few other animals in the show count as this trope as well.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Sierra wears a black collar, Hunter wears an Elizabethan collar, Lucy wears a bow on her head, and Mr. Right wears a purple bow and collar or a red handkerchief (in "Stage Fright"). A few other animals in the show count as this trope as well.

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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Sierra wears a black collar, Hunter wears an Elizabethan collar, Lucy Foo Lin wears a bow on her head, and Mr. Right wears a purple bow and collar or a red handkerchief (in "Stage Fright"). A few other animals in the show count as this trope as well.



** Likewise, Mr. Right, Lucy's pet cat usually walks on all fours, but the lions, tigers, cheetahs, and other cats usually walk on two legs.

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** Likewise, Mr. Right, Lucy's Foo Lin's pet cat usually walks on all fours, but the lions, tigers, cheetahs, and other cats usually walk on two legs.
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* PandaingToTheAudience: Kate's friend Lucy and her date, Nelson from the MissingEpisode, [[SubvertedTrope NOT depicted as token Asian neighbors.]]

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* PandaingToTheAudience: Kate's friend Lucy Foo Lin and her date, Nelson from the MissingEpisode, [[SubvertedTrope NOT depicted as token Asian neighbors.]]
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But the show was a flop anyway, for several reasons. People were already sick of it by the time it premiered, thanks to all the promotion. It was very uncomfortable to watch the show with [[RealitySubtext Roy's recent mauling]] in mind. And the show itself suffered from the notion, popular in the years post-''SouthPark'', that anything is funny as long as it is coming out of the mouth of a cute cartoon creature. Barring the AnimationAgeGhetto issue, one must admit that seeing a cute lion character mime using her tail for...something else is a bit much for anyone.

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But the show was a flop anyway, for several reasons. People were already sick of it by the time it premiered, thanks to all the promotion. It was very uncomfortable to watch the show with [[RealitySubtext Roy's recent mauling]] in mind. And the show itself suffered from the notion, popular in the years post-''SouthPark'', that anything is funny as long as it is coming out of the mouth of a cute cartoon creature. Barring the AnimationAgeGhetto issue, one must admit that seeing a cute lion character mime using her tail for...something else is a bit much for anyone.
anyone. Plus, the show was way expensive and time-consuming, with each episode costing over 1.5 million dollars to make and over nine months to complete.
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The panda\'s name was Foo Lin, not \"Lucy\". Chutney claims to be Lucy, from Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, though


* MissingEpisode: some broadcasts omit the "Panda episode", [[spoiler:where Kate tries to matchmake her panda friend Lucy to a male panda, who falls for Kate instead. No actual cheating happens at all, though.]]

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* MissingEpisode: some broadcasts omit the "Panda episode", [[spoiler:where Kate tries to matchmake her panda friend Lucy Foo Lin to a male panda, who falls for Kate instead. No actual cheating happens at all, though.]]



* TokenMinority: several, particularly Chuttney the Indian Elephant.

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* TokenMinority: several, particularly Chuttney Chutney the Indian Elephant.
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* OffhandBackhand: From Siegfried to Roy.
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* FunWithAcronyms: The name "Sarmoti" is derived from '''S'''iegfried '''A'''nd '''R'''oy '''M'''asters '''O'''f '''T'''he '''I'''mpossible.
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* RunningOnAllFours: As part of the animal's Masquerade.
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* FurIsClothing: Snack uses his belly button as a pocket in the pilot episode.



** Likewise, Mr. Right, Lucy's pet cat walks on all fours, but the lions, tigers, cheetahs, and other cats usually walk on two legs.

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** Likewise, Mr. Right, Lucy's pet cat usually walks on all fours, but the lions, tigers, cheetahs, and other cats usually walk on two legs.
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* FatCat: Mr. Right

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* FatCat: Mr. RightRight and Larry
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Sierra wears a black collar, Hunter wears an Elizabethan collar, Lucy wears a bow on her head, and Mr. Right wears a purple bow and collar. A few other animals in the show count as this trope as well.

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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Sierra wears a black collar, Hunter wears an Elizabethan collar, Lucy wears a bow on her head, and Mr. Right wears a purple bow and collar.collar or a red handkerchief (in "Stage Fright"). A few other animals in the show count as this trope as well.
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* BrokenMasquerade: With Snack and Roy in "Stage Fright."


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* SpeechImpairedAnimal[=/=]TheUnintelligible: The turkeys.
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''Father of the Pride'' was a short-lived CGI Animated Sitcom. It was the first television production produced by DreamworksAnimation as well as the first show to use theater quality CGI. It aired on [=NBC=] in 2004.

Set in Las Vegas, the show depicts the secret lives of the animals who live there. The main characters are the family of white lions ([[BumblingDad father Larry]], mother Kate, [[GranolaGirl teenage daughter Sierra]], [[TheChewToy son Hunter]], and [[GrumpyOldMan father-in-law Sarmoti]]) that form part of Siegfried and Roy's act. All the other animals in the Secret Garden (S&R's private zoo) basically act as sitcom neighbors.

The show was heavily hyped during the Olympics before it premiered, and featured [[InkSuitActor loads of celebrities in regular and cameo roles]]. Dreamworks had high hopes for it, but before the premiere, Roy was attacked by one of his tigers, putting a pall on the proceedings. The duo insisted that TheShowMustGoOn.

But the show was a flop anyway, for several reasons. People were already sick of it by the time it premiered, thanks to all the promotion. It was very uncomfortable to watch the show with [[RealitySubtext Roy's recent mauling]] in mind. And the show itself suffered from the notion, popular in the years post-''SouthPark'', that anything is funny as long as it is coming out of the mouth of a cute cartoon creature. Barring the AnimationAgeGhetto issue, one must admit that seeing a cute lion character mime using her tail for...something else is a bit much for anyone.

The show has been released on [=DVD=], but good luck finding a copy. ''Pride'' is mainly remembered now for being one of the most colossal flops in the history of prime-time animation, though Dreamworks has had more success with animated series since then.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Sierra wears a black collar, Hunter wears an Elizabethan collar, Lucy wears a bow on her head, and Mr. Right wears a purple bow and collar. A few other animals in the show count as this trope as well.
* AnAesop: some episodes end on one or two, despite the apparent nature of the show.
* AnimatedActors: In this universe, [[{{Shrek}} Donkey]] is a celebrity and the star of the Shrek films.
* AnthropomorphicZigZag
* BadassGrandpa: Sarmoti.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:Hunter in one episode; Kate, once or twice]]
* BlackBestFriend: Orlando Jones as the prairie dog [[PunnyName Snack]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Seigfried and Roy are portrayed as this. They're even capable of unrehearsed, but more importantly REAL magic, like turning a bamboo staff into ''edible'' Liquorice Whip.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Sierra and Sarmoti in one episode.
* TheCameo: [[{{Shrek}} Donkey!]]
* DirtyOldMan: Sarmoti.
* DomCom [[AC:But [[RecycledInSpace Furry]]!]]
* DynamicEntry: Sigfried and Roy's usual schtick. You know the two are about to walk right in your front door when their {{Leitmotif}} starts to play and smoke billows in from out of nowhere. Larry manages to pull off a Dynamic Exit in episode 11 when he is creeped out by the feminist group Kate joined- by dive-bombing out of the first-floor window.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: both Snack and Sarmoti have tunnel networks at their disposal, since the Secret garden is... [[TheAlcatraz rather hard to leave at times.]]
* FatCat: Mr. Right
* FurryBaldness: Sarmoti
* FurryConfusion[=/=]FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: Donkey from ''{{Shrek}}'' and his stunt double walk on four legs, but the zebras usually walk on two legs.
** Likewise, Mr. Right, Lucy's pet cat walks on all fours, but the lions, tigers, cheetahs, and other cats usually walk on two legs.
** Chuttney the elephant walks on all four legs, unlike most of the other animals.
* FurryFemaleMane: Inverted with the lions of course.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: more than a few lines about Larry "eating" one of the neighbors or Snack's new girlfriend in one case. Cos, yknow, he's a predatory animal living among herbivores and all.
--> Larry: (on a diet) "I can't eat like this! I'm a mighty predator, not Lara Flynn Boyle!... In fact [[UnEntendre I could go for a Lara Flynn Boyle right about now..."]]
** One episode has the female panther's' visible reaction when a virile male jaguar drops his towel... never mind that the animals otherwise never wear clothes.
* GilliganCut: Combined with FlashbackTwist on one occasion.
--> Larry: (one year ago) "I promise I'll never [[ForgottenAnniversary forget our wedding anniversary again]]!"
* GranolaGirl: Sierra.
* HighOnCatnip: An entire episode centers around Larry and Kate's assumptions that their daughter is smoking catnip. They end up accidentally ingesting it themselves, and rather... pot-like effects take hold.
* {{Homage}}: to the classic family sitcom format, from All In The Family to The Simpsons.
* {{Masquerade}}: Think about it. Larry and the rest of the {{Talking Animal}}s usually walk upright but [[AnthropomorphicZigZag tend to drop on all fours in the presence of humans...]]
* MeaningfulName: Sarmoti stands for Segfried and Roy: Masters of The Impossible.
* MissingEpisode: some broadcasts omit the "Panda episode", [[spoiler:where Kate tries to matchmake her panda friend Lucy to a male panda, who falls for Kate instead. No actual cheating happens at all, though.]]
* {{Multiboobage}}: The female pig in the "Donkey" episode has eight nipples.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Averted. While Siegfried and Roy are voiced by impersonators, the real Siegfried and Roy are credited as exec producers, making the whole project legitimately sanctioned.
** But otherwise played straight - one episode has Dick Cheney and Barbra Streisand.
* NobodyPoops: Averted.
-->'''Sarmoti:''' ...now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna hit the litter box...hard!
* NonhumansLackAttributes: Averted with the female pig in the "Donkey" episode; she has eight nipples showing.
* PandaingToTheAudience: Kate's friend Lucy and her date, Nelson from the MissingEpisode, [[SubvertedTrope NOT depicted as token Asian neighbors.]]
* RealSongThemeTune: John Goodman singing Elvis' "Viva Las Vegas".
* TakeThat: In the pilot episode, Sierra and Hunter were watching a movie, whose cover had a picture of a lion with a crown.
-->'''Hunter:''' What's happening now?
-->'''Sierra:''' Oh, [[TheLionKing Simba]] was sad, and then [[StarWars Darth]] [[JamesEarlJones Vader]] said some made up African crap.
* TalkingAnimal
* TokenMinority: several, particularly Chuttney the Indian Elephant.
* TooSexyForThisTimeSlot: What some parents thought about the first episode's "Mounting Time" joke.
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[RuleOfThree Sarmoti again,]] although he's Larry's father-in-law.
-->"Larry, I want you to know that even if you were my real son, I'd be pretty disappointed - but I'd make do."
* YesMan: Sarmoti's personal assistant.
* YouALLLookFamiliar: Weekly viewers would notice the same 'extras' filling out crowd scenes episode to episode.
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