History WesternAnimation / GrizzlyTalesForGruesomeKids

* VillainProtagonist: Many of the kids and those are the ones who generally become AssholeVictims.

* WouldHurtAChild: In "The Chipper Chums Go Scrumping", the titular characters are outrignt murdered by an angry farmer

** "Jamie's School Dinner" has the title character done in by this, albeit an odd example. He is gluttonous yes, and refuses to eat anything that's even slightly good for him. However, it comes because he ate a transmitter that allowed a witch to control his body while asleep, who then had him walk to her lair [[spoiler:where she force feed him like a goose until he explodes.]]

Based on a [[Literature/GrizzlyTalesForGruesomeKids children's book series of the same name]] by Jamie Rix, ''Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids'' is a British {{Nightmare Fuel}}led SpaceWhaleAesop animated series, narrated by the host Nigel Planer (best known for starring in ''Series/TheYoungOnes''). The series began in 1999 and ended in 2006 but was later revived briefly in 2010 for two seasons. Think ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' for Creator/{{CITV}}.

When a new series (albeit InNameOnly) returned after a three-year hiatus (retitled ''Grizzly Tales -- Cautionary Tales for Lovers of Squeam''), the introductions were relocated to the [=HotHell=], a [=3D=] CGI hotel that implied links to the underworld. Although Planer remained as the host, the storyteller was now Uncle Grizzly's half-brother, The Night Night Porter, and the stories were still [=2D=] animated but in an updated art style. For some long-time viewers, this new update wasn't received well, which might have contributed to the show's abrupt end.

** Ginger in "Knock Down Ginger" was described as a large, overweight boy with CharlieBrownBaldness red hair as pale as his skin; Eliza even says he looks like a ghost. The character model in the cartoon has none of these problems, showing that he's pretty athletic with thick, curly hair.

** The story of "The Cat Burglar" in the original story went further into Fedora's greediness, including her antics at school, such as forcing girls to pay to use the toilets and using mirrors to cheat in exams. The episode in the animated series cuts out schooltime (most likely taking place during school break) and only gives an example of her making money from people licking mints (the price differs from the original story, however).
** We are told in "It's Only a Game, Sport!" that Bruce and Kitty's parents were once an athletic power couple in the Australian sporting world and hoped that [[ChildProdigy their children could carry on their legacy]], so if you only saw the cartoon version where this backstory isn't included, Bruce's arrogant, sore loser behaviour is actually [[{{justified}} vindicated]]!
** The original version of "Death by Chocolate" began with a board meeting in a chocolate factory about hunting flies in the chocolate room. The TV series shows the chocolate factory but the fly lays eggs and sneaks away before anyone notices.

** "Death By Chocolate" is technically true: Serena, a greedy chocaholic, blackmails her sister into being her slave. Serena decides to eat the chocolate that was gifted to her sister, and even eats one with a maggot in it, ignoring her sister's squirms of disgust. [[spoiler:The next day, Serena turns into a chocolate fly and tries to intimidate her sister, but her sister kills her with a slap of the fly-swatter.]]

Based on a [[Literature/GrizzlyTalesForGruesomeKids children's book series of the same name]] by Jamie Rix, ''Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids'' is a British {{Nightmare Fuel}}led SpaceWhaleAesop animated series, narrated by the host Nigel Planer (best known for starring in ''Series/TheYoungOnes''). The series began in 2000 and ended in 2007 but has since briefly been revived the 2010s, finishing for good in 2012. Think ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' for Creator/{{CITV}}.

* InfantImmortality: Not always the case, since the stories mostly starred kids that ''would'' get their vile comeuppance, but with supporting characters, they usually were this trope, such as Ginger's friend Milo in "Knock Down Ginger".

DoubleEntendre: One episode shows the cover of a magazine about camping holidays. The magazine is called "Got Wood".

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Hoo boy. It really is amazing how much this show got away with considering it was always shown when kids got home from school. There's many episodes where characters are clearly stated to die (most notably in "The Chipper Chums Go Scrumping" where the titular characters are outrignt murdered by an angry farmer), many examples of animal cruelty, several references to alcohol and also one scene in "The Soul Stealer" where an old lady is confirmed to have a gambling addiction since it's mentioned that she's going to counseling for it. As far as dirty jokes go, one episode shows the cover of a magazine about camping holidays. The magazine is called "Got Wood".

** The original version of "The Upset Stomach" had this happen not to the kid on focus, but to another major character. After it eats her, Ethel's stomach explodes, propelling her into her room.

** Alice in "The Chipper Chums Go Scrumping" stops to say Grace at the picnic, but everyone ignores her and starts eating; there's nothing left when she's done and even Stinker has taken the bone.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Hoo boy. It really is amazing how much this show got away with considering it was always shown when kids got home from school. There's many episodes where characters are clearly stated to die (most notably in "The Chipper Chums Go Scrumping" where the titular characters are outrignt murdered by an angry farmer), many examples of animal cruelty, several references to alcohol and also one scene in "The Soul Stealer" where an old lady is confirmed to have a gambling addiction since it's mentioned that she's going to councling for it. As far as dirty jokes go, one episode shows the cover of a magazine about camping holidays. The magazine is called "Got Wood".

* The original version of "The Upset Stomach" had this happen not to the kid on focus, but to another major character. After it eats her, Ethel's stomach explodes, propelling her into her room.

* CanonForeigner: Uncle Grizzly, who was created for the show. Ironically, the Night-Night Porter existed in the books created ''after'' the first cartoon series began (most likely to emulate the format of the show so that it wouldn't alienate fans).

%%* InfantImmortality: Averted, really averted. Even though there are a few exceptions. The keyword being few.

** Chico's parents in "The Stick Man" have no consequences for their behaviour in their episode. [[spoiler:In the book, they would die in a helicopter accident a few weeks later with their bodies being recovered as giant stick figures.]]

** In "The Giant Who Grew Too Big For His Boots", Huge Hugh was originally written with a face covered in warts, but the cartoon changes this to remove his facial warts, only keeping the warts on his tongue.

* CompressedAdaptation: The story of "The Cat Burglar" in the book ''Fearsome Tales for Fiendish Kids'' went further into Fedora's greediness, including her antics at school like forcing girls to pay to use the toilets and using mirrors to cheat in exams. The episode in the animated series cuts out schooltime (most likely taking place during school break) and only gives an example of her making money from people licking mints (the price differs from the original story, however).

** "Well'ard Willard" acted like a bully to save his skin. [[spoiler:He is roasted alive after he steals the Sun.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Elizabeth in "The History Lesson" is a notable one, especially if she asked a ghost to help her with her exam. She's first seen trying to answer a classmate's question which was to the effect of "Which monarch has the [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen same name]] [[UsefulNotes/ElzabethI as you]]?"

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In "The Giant Who Grew Too Big For His Boots", Huge Hugh was originally written with a face covered in warts, but the cartoon changes this to remove his facial warts, only keeping the warts on his tongue.

** Even more suited to the fate of the ever-talkative Jack in "Jack In The Box", who -- at the end of his tale -- [[spoiler:is turned by a magician/ventriloquist into a dummy...with a zipped-shut mouth.]]

*** In "The Wooden Hill" eg a boy named Jack learns to overcome his childhood fears.

** Benjamin in "The Top Hat" steals a magician's top hat, which can grant wishes, and he soon abuses its power to get everything he wants, but when he's cornered by the magician and his parents he wishes that he "wasn't here" ... so a hand pulls him into the hat, and he vanishes inside it (but is hinted to still be in there, somewhere).

* AdaptationalNameChange: The short tale of "The Dumb Clucks" is renamed as "The Dumb Klutzes" in the cartoon.

** "The Chipper Chums Go Scrumping" features more characters in the original story: Aunt Fanny (who is [[TheGhost mentioned]] in passing in the show), her husband Uncle Herbert, Dick Stick and his mother (both appear in the episode but are footnotes in the story).

* AssholeVictim: Much of the kids.

* InfantImmortality: Averted, really averted. Even though there are a few exceptions. The keyword being few.

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: "The Chipper Chums Go Scrumping" makes it explicitly clear that the Chipper Chums are overall nice kids, but when they decide to steal a few apples, [[spoiler:the farmer shoots their dog [[note]]we are led to believe he killed him, but the closing moments of the story show that the dog has just ended up lame as a result of a shot to the leg[[/note]] and then crushes their bodies into his cider-making machine after they die from insecticide poisoning]].

* InfantImmortality: Averted, really averted.

** "Well'ard Willard" acted as a bully to save his skin. [[spoiler:He is roasted alive after he steals the Sun.]]

* NothingIsScarier: "Doctor Moribundus;" whatever it was he did to Lorelei Lee to cure her of "No-School-itis."

** Although set in Kent, "The Chipper Chums Go Scrumping" has Farmer Tregowan, a Cornish stereotype of a bloodthirsty farmer.

Based on a children's book series of the same name by Jamie Rix, ''Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids'' is a British {{Nightmare Fuel}}led SpaceWhaleAesop animated series, narrated by the host Nigel Planer (best known for starring in ''Series/TheYoungOnes''). The series began in 2000 and ended in 2007 but has since briefly been revived the 2010s, finishing for good in 2012. Think ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' for Creator/{{CITV}}.

* DeadAllAlong: The twist ending to both [[spoiler:"Grandmother's Footsteps"]] and [[spoiler:"Athlete's Foot"]]

* {{Workaholic}}: Many of the parents are. Often, when their children go missing or die, they don't notice. The pilot episode {{lampshades}} this by calling the parents Mr. and Mrs. Frightfully-Busy.