History WesternAnimation / LittleDogsOnThePrairie

* DownerEnding: "Stanza By Me" has one. [[spoiler:Stanza leaves Prairie Town as a result of the other citizens boycotting Hollister's general store due to his (Stanza's) presence. Everyone else also realizes too late that Stanza was the one singing opera every night; after failing to find him, they listen to a phonograph recording of Stanza's singing that Sport made and regret having been unable to overcome their prejudice.]]

** The titular Stanza from "Stanza By Me" is a blue snake.

* AnachronismStew: The show as a whole seems to take place in the Old West, but there are a few examples of this:

** In "Cheating" Gilroy mentions that Ms. Kitty has become the school's substitute teacher due to the previous teacher, Ms. Richardson, retiring to become an astronaut. In that same short, a hair dryer is one of the things Patterson gets from the barbershop in place of free candy.

** A few of the prairie dogs have unusually colored fur such as the Sheriff (yellowish orange), Sport (yellow), and Darcy (pink).

* LoveLetter: In "For the Love of Sport", Sport writes some to Ms. Kitty (although when coming up with the first one, he keeps crumpling the letters into paper balls and tossing them aside before finally writing one that he's satisfied with).

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When Gilroy tells Sport the story of his unrequited love for a girl named Millie, the latter asks what he did when he found out she was married. Gilroy says there was nothing he could do as if he did confess his feelings it would be selfish, and love is never selfish.

* WhamShot: The very end of "For the Love of Sport" shows [[spoiler:Gilroy visiting the grave of Millie, the girl he had unrequited love for, and leaving a flower on it]].

** Patterson wears a light gray cowboy hat and a red bandana.

** Patterson wears a cowboy hat and a red bandana.

** Sport wears a gray hat.
** Scout wears a cowboy hat and blue bandana.

* CannotKeepASecret: Gilroy proves himself to be this regarding Sport having a crush in "For the Love of Sport" when Hollister points out signs saying "SPORT HAS A GIRLFRIEND"[[note]]Yes, in all caps and with one word on each sign[[/note]], leaving Sport annoyed.
-->That's the last time I tell Mr. Gilroy anything.

* LeftHanging: Though a fourth video was planned that would include a segment about Stanza returning to Prairie Town, it never ended up being released. Because of that fans weren't able to see the townspeople make amends with Stanza and that storyline remains unresolved.

* LeftHanging: Though a fourth video was planned that would include a segment about Stanza returning to Prairie Town, it never ended up being released. Because of that fans never got to see the townspeople make amends with Stanza and that storyline remains unresolved.

* CheatersNeverProsper: The song "Cheaters Never Really Win" is all about this trope. The music video shows the main characters participating in a sack race, with most of them cheating in various ways (Darcy using balloons to float over her competitors, Hollister spills marbles on the ground to cause Gilroy to slip and fall, Patterson keeps his sack over his legs but rides a bike at the same time, etc). All the cheating methods wind up backfiring, causing them to get piled up on top of each other just before the finish line. Sport is the only one who does not cheat and winds up winning the race.

* CheatersNeverProsper: The song "Cheaters Never Really Win" is all about this trope. The music video shows the main characters participating in a sack race, with most of them cheating in various ways. All the cheating methods wind up backfiring, causing them to get piled up on top of each other just before the finish line. Sport is the only one who does not cheat and winds up winning the race.

* PrecociousCrush: 4-year-old Sport gets a crush on the adult Ms. Kitty in "For the Love of Sport" and sends her secret admirer letters. When he does confess his feelings to her, she gently tells him that it just wouldn't work out due to the age difference but they can still be friends.

* AgelessBirthdayEpisode: In "Lying", it's not revealed how old Sport is turning on his birthday.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"With a howdy-do and a good yahoo it's down the trail we go!"'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:"With a howdy-do and a good yahoo it's down the trail we go!"]]

* CoolOldGuy: The trio of senior prairie dogs Hollister, Gilroy and Patterson ("75 years old and all I've got to show for it is my good looks!") are major characters and their petty rivalries and silly banter add a lot of humor to the proceedings.

* PrecociousCrush: 4-year-old Sport gets a crush on the adult Miss Kittey in "For the Love of Sport" and sends her secret admirer letters. When he does confess his feelings to her, she gently tells him that it just wouldn't work out due to the age difference but they can still be friends.

* HumblePie: In "Have Gum, Will Travel", Scout, who has let his fame for blowing huge bubble gum bubbles go to his head, is beaten in a bubble blowing duel by another prairie dog named Bubble Blowing Bob and gets fired from the circus. He then returns home and apologizes to Darcy and Sport for having been too prideful.

** Zigzagged in "For the Love of Sport"; while Gilroy fails to keep the fact that Sport has a crush on Ms. Kitty a secret (albeit not knowing said crush is on her), he does offer the latter good advice on what to do about it by drawing on his own experience with having unrequited love for a girl named Millie.

* FreeRangeChildren: Darcy, Sport, and Scout wander around town by themselves (and at one point go to the local swimming hole alone) when they are not in school, but since Prairie Town is a CloseKnitCommunity, they are never in any danger.