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* FooledByTheSound:
** In "[[Recap/MarthaSpeaksS1E41ItchyMartha Itchy Martha]]", Martha is made to wear [[ConeOfShame a cone on her head]]. At night, this causes her to mistake her own breath for that of a bear due to the echoing, [[BearsAreBadNews keeping her awake]].
** In "[[Recap/MarthaSpeaksS1E30RaidersOfTheLostArt Raiders of the Lost Art]]", Martha (a domestic dog) howls to get Helen's attention. Mr. Stern the janitor hears her, but thinks it's a wolf that howled. Also, in the same episode T.D. whistles also to get Helen's attention, which Stern mistakes for a bird.
** In "[[Recap/MarthaSpeaksS1E41ItchyMartha Itchy Martha]]", Martha is made to wear [[ConeOfShame a cone on her head]]. At night, this causes her to mistake her own breath for that of a bear due to the echoing, [[BearsAreBadNews keeping her awake]].
** In "[[Recap/MarthaSpeaksS1E30RaidersOfTheLostArt Raiders of the Lost Art]]", Martha (a domestic dog) howls to get Helen's attention. Mr. Stern the janitor hears her, but thinks it's a wolf that howled. Also, in the same episode T.D. whistles also to get Helen's attention, which Stern mistakes for a bird.
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* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Averted. The show always goes out of its way to talk about proper dog care and what foods dogs shouldn't eat. Even Martha's diet of alphabet soup is told by the scientist in a Main/DontTryThisAtHome matter advising kids in real life not to feed it to their dogs.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite the fact that Martha the dog [[TalkingAnimal can talk]], characters dismiss the existence of things like ghosts, [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Big Minnie]], and PsychicPowers without any second thoughts.
* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Averted. The show always goes out of its way to talk about proper dog care and what foods dogs shouldn't eat. Even Martha's diet of alphabet soup is told by the scientist in aMain/DontTryThisAtHome DontTryThisAtHome matter advising kids in real life not to feed it to their dogs.dogs (though alphabet soup isn't poisonous to dogs; he's only telling the kids not to try to make them talk that way because it won't work).
* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Averted. The show always goes out of its way to talk about proper dog care and what foods dogs shouldn't eat. Even Martha's diet of alphabet soup is told by the scientist in a
* RedHerring:
** In "Martha and the Thief of Hearts", there are some clues that Truman was the thief of the art supplies -- he looked at T.D.'s notebook before it disappeared, he got nervous when Carolina threatened to contact everyone's parents, he was the only human not in the kitchen when the notebook disappeared, he admitted to being [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes afraid of crafts]] due to [[StickySituation gluing himself to his desk in kindergarten]], and he admits that he looked through the notebook. The real thief was [[spoiler:Skits, who stole the craft supplies to get attention.]]
** In "The Crooning Crook Caper", Helen and Martha are investigating the identity of someone called "the Whistler". They see some muddy footprints, but they turn out to just be T.D. trying to get a mop unstuck from a muddy boot. Helen even points out that it's a red herring.
** In "The Big Knockover", it's suggested that Skits was the one who knocked over some trashcans -- he hid when Mrs. Demson showed up, was late to a meeting of dogs and seemed tired during said meeting, and was the only member of the Lorraine household with no alibi (Jake was too small and it would be out-of-character for Helen, Danny, or Mariella). The real culprit was [[spoiler:a group of raccoons]].
** In "Martha and the Thief of Hearts", there are some clues that Truman was the thief of the art supplies -- he looked at T.D.'s notebook before it disappeared, he got nervous when Carolina threatened to contact everyone's parents, he was the only human not in the kitchen when the notebook disappeared, he admitted to being [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes afraid of crafts]] due to [[StickySituation gluing himself to his desk in kindergarten]], and he admits that he looked through the notebook. The real thief was [[spoiler:Skits, who stole the craft supplies to get attention.]]
** In "The Crooning Crook Caper", Helen and Martha are investigating the identity of someone called "the Whistler". They see some muddy footprints, but they turn out to just be T.D. trying to get a mop unstuck from a muddy boot. Helen even points out that it's a red herring.
** In "The Big Knockover", it's suggested that Skits was the one who knocked over some trashcans -- he hid when Mrs. Demson showed up, was late to a meeting of dogs and seemed tired during said meeting, and was the only member of the Lorraine household with no alibi (Jake was too small and it would be out-of-character for Helen, Danny, or Mariella). The real culprit was [[spoiler:a group of raccoons]].
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* TheRival:
** Carolina's best friend Tiffany Blatsky.
** Nelson to Martha.
** Carolina's best friend Tiffany Blatsky.
** Nelson to Martha.
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* RuleOfPerception: "The Case of the Shattered Vase" has an example that could be justified as it's in a story Martha is telling. In the story, she, Danny, Helen, and Truman mistake the tail, body, ear, and trunk of Jeffy the elephant as a rope, wall, banana leaf, and palm tree respectively [[BlindMistake due to feeling in the dark]]. Since elephants are mammals, however, Jeffy would feel warm, and they'd likely be able to hear him breathing. In addition, Martha is a dog, so even if Jeffy was clean, she at least would be able to smell him.
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* FakeAlibi:
** In "The Dog Who Came to Dinner", some cupcakes go missing. The Lorraines think it can't have been Francois, the visiting dog, who ate them, because he's too small to reach them. As it turns out, however, he ''did'' eat them, accessing them by standing on a chair.
** In "Martha Takes the Cake", someone took a big bite out of Alice's [[BirthdayEpisode birthday cake]] and left crumbs next to a sleeping Martha. Nelson, a cat, is supposedly cleared since he has no thumbs and thus couldn't open the door to the basement where Martha was. As it turns out, however, he ''did'' do it. How is still a mystery, although it's implied at the end that he may have accessed the basement via a zip line.
** In "The Dog Who Came to Dinner", some cupcakes go missing. The Lorraines think it can't have been Francois, the visiting dog, who ate them, because he's too small to reach them. As it turns out, however, he ''did'' eat them, accessing them by standing on a chair.
** In "Martha Takes the Cake", someone took a big bite out of Alice's [[BirthdayEpisode birthday cake]] and left crumbs next to a sleeping Martha. Nelson, a cat, is supposedly cleared since he has no thumbs and thus couldn't open the door to the basement where Martha was. As it turns out, however, he ''did'' do it. How is still a mystery, although it's implied at the end that he may have accessed the basement via a zip line.
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* ElderlyAilmentRambling: In "Grandpa Bernie Cleans Up", an OldDog named Candy complains that she's too "achy" to dig or play due to her old age.
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* SentimentalShabbiness: The episode "Martha's Chair" has Martha's owners replace her chair, because it's covered in her slobber, with a dog bed, but Martha doesn't like the bed and prefers the slobber-covered chair.
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* Suck E. Cheese's: Big Burgertorium, which serves burgers, not pizza, but still has a play area and arcade games, depressed and tackily dressed employees (which may lead it to overlap with Kitchy Themed Restaurant), and is so noisy that they have to leave earmuffs at the door! There aren't any animatronics, but the restaurant's jingle is blared at full volume through the restaurant, and, of course, the food tastes horrible.
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* Suck E. Cheese's: SuckECheeses: Big Burgertorium, which serves burgers, not pizza, but still has a play area and arcade games, depressed and tackily dressed employees (which may lead it to overlap with Kitchy Themed Restaurant), and is so noisy that they have to leave earmuffs at the door! There aren't any animatronics, but the restaurant's jingle is blared at full volume through the restaurant, and, of course, the food tastes horrible.
* ToiletDrinkingDogGag:
** In "Martha in Charge", Martha cites drinking from the toilet as a perk of doghood.
** In "Martha Runs the Store", Skits wanders into the ladies' bathroom at the mall and drinks from the toilet.
** In "Martha in Charge", Martha cites drinking from the toilet as a perk of doghood.
** In "Martha Runs the Store", Skits wanders into the ladies' bathroom at the mall and drinks from the toilet.
* TrainingThePet:
** In "Skits Behaves", the Lorraines become frustrated with the misbehaviour of their dog Skits. Helen tries various techniques on him, but none of them work. Her other dog, [[TalkingAnimal Martha]], reveals that her housebreaking took a long time, and sometimes with dog training, you just need to be patient.
** In one episode, a large dog named Bob moves in across the road, but he chases people and won't stop barking. Helen and Martha make several attempts at teaching him manners, but none of them work. Eventually, however, it's revealed that when he is complimented, he becomes a BigFriendlyDog, and he was only being aggressive because his owner was calling him a "bad dog".
** In "Skits Behaves", the Lorraines become frustrated with the misbehaviour of their dog Skits. Helen tries various techniques on him, but none of them work. Her other dog, [[TalkingAnimal Martha]], reveals that her housebreaking took a long time, and sometimes with dog training, you just need to be patient.
** In one episode, a large dog named Bob moves in across the road, but he chases people and won't stop barking. Helen and Martha make several attempts at teaching him manners, but none of them work. Eventually, however, it's revealed that when he is complimented, he becomes a BigFriendlyDog, and he was only being aggressive because his owner was calling him a "bad dog".
* UnconventionalFoodUsage:
** In "Martha Gives Advice", T.D. remembers wearing a cotton candy costume made out of real cotton candy, which led to him being chased by birds.
** In "T.D. and Martha Gopher Broke", Martha suggests dressing a potato up as a female gopher to invoke AnimalSweetOnObject and lure away the male gopher who has been eating T.D.'s uncle's crops. T.D., however, thinks that the gopher would probably just eat the potato.
* UnsuccessfulPetAdoption: A flashback reveals that when Helen was younger, she adopted a goldfish named Goldie but when Helen let Goldie play in the lake, she never came back.
** In "Martha Gives Advice", T.D. remembers wearing a cotton candy costume made out of real cotton candy, which led to him being chased by birds.
** In "T.D. and Martha Gopher Broke", Martha suggests dressing a potato up as a female gopher to invoke AnimalSweetOnObject and lure away the male gopher who has been eating T.D.'s uncle's crops. T.D., however, thinks that the gopher would probably just eat the potato.
* UnsuccessfulPetAdoption: A flashback reveals that when Helen was younger, she adopted a goldfish named Goldie but when Helen let Goldie play in the lake, she never came back.
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* CassandraTruth: Martha tells Dr. Pablum that soup is the reason she can talk. He doesn't believe her, but has to scram to avoid the angry customers and doesn't have time to get further clarification.
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* CassandraTruth: Martha tells Dr. Pablum that soup is the reason she can talk. He doesn't believe her, her but has to scram to avoid the angry customers and doesn't have time to get further clarification.
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* SentimentalShabbiness: The episode "Martha's Chair" has Martha's owners replace her chair, because it's covered in her slobber, with a dog bed, but Martha doesn't like the bed and prefers the slobber-covered chair.
* ToiletDrinkingDogGag:
** In "Martha in Charge", Martha cites drinking from the toilet as a perk of doghood.
** In "Martha Runs the Store", Skits wanders into the ladies' bathroom at the mall and drinks from the toilet.
* ToiletDrinkingDogGag:
** In "Martha in Charge", Martha cites drinking from the toilet as a perk of doghood.
** In "Martha Runs the Store", Skits wanders into the ladies' bathroom at the mall and drinks from the toilet.
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* TrainingThePet:
** In "Skits Behaves", the Lorraines become frustrated with the misbehaviour of their dog Skits. Helen tries various techniques on him, but none of them work. Her other dog, [[TalkingAnimal Martha]], reveals that her housebreaking took a long time, and sometimes with dog training, you just need to be patient.
** In one episode, a large dog named Bob moves in across the road, but he chases people and won't stop barking. Helen and Martha make several attempts at teaching him manners, but none of them work. Eventually, however, it's revealed that when he is complimented, he becomes a BigFriendlyDog, and he was only being aggressive because his owner was calling him a "bad dog".
* UnconventionalFoodUsage:
** In "Martha Gives Advice", T.D. remembers wearing a cotton candy costume made out of real cotton candy, which led to him being chased by birds.
** In "T.D. and Martha Gopher Broke", Martha suggests dressing a potato up as a female gopher to invoke AnimalSweetOnObject and lure away the male gopher who has been eating T.D.'s uncle's crops. T.D., however, thinks that the gopher would probably just eat the potato.
** In "Skits Behaves", the Lorraines become frustrated with the misbehaviour of their dog Skits. Helen tries various techniques on him, but none of them work. Her other dog, [[TalkingAnimal Martha]], reveals that her housebreaking took a long time, and sometimes with dog training, you just need to be patient.
** In one episode, a large dog named Bob moves in across the road, but he chases people and won't stop barking. Helen and Martha make several attempts at teaching him manners, but none of them work. Eventually, however, it's revealed that when he is complimented, he becomes a BigFriendlyDog, and he was only being aggressive because his owner was calling him a "bad dog".
* UnconventionalFoodUsage:
** In "Martha Gives Advice", T.D. remembers wearing a cotton candy costume made out of real cotton candy, which led to him being chased by birds.
** In "T.D. and Martha Gopher Broke", Martha suggests dressing a potato up as a female gopher to invoke AnimalSweetOnObject and lure away the male gopher who has been eating T.D.'s uncle's crops. T.D., however, thinks that the gopher would probably just eat the potato.
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* UnsuccessfulPetAdoption: A flashback reveals that when Helen was younger, she adopted a goldfish named Goldie but when Helen let Goldie play in the lake, she never came back.
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''Martha Speaks'' is an animated educational series on Creator/PBSKids [[TheShowOfTheBooks adapted from]] [[Literature/MarthaSpeaks a series of books of the same name]] by author Susan Meddaugh. Martha is an ordinary dog but, well, let's just let the show opening theme [[ExpositoryThemeTune explain the premise]]:
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''Martha Speaks'' is an animated educational preschool series on Creator/PBSKids [[TheShowOfTheBooks adapted from]] [[Literature/MarthaSpeaks a series of books of the same name]] by author Susan Meddaugh. Martha is an ordinary dog but, well, let's just let the show opening theme [[ExpositoryThemeTune explain the premise]]:
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* HappyRain: Zigzagged. Martha is scared of thunderstorms and Helen, Truman, Martha, and Carolina generally dislike the rain (unless it's hot). However, T.D. and the old man from "Skits Under the Weather" both enjoy the rain.
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* HappyRain: Zigzagged. Martha is scared of thunderstorms and Helen, Alice, Truman, Martha, and Carolina generally dislike the rain (unless it's hot). However, T.D. and the old man from "Skits Under the Weather" both enjoy the rain.
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* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Averted. The show always goes out of its way to talk about proper dog care and what foods dogs shouldn't eat. Even Martha's diet of alphabet soup is told by the scientist in a Main/DontTryThisAtHome matter advising kids in real life not to feed it to their dogs.
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* HelpingAnotherSaveFace: In "[[Recap/MarthaSpeaksS3E27AliceCoversUp Alice Covers Up]]", Alice accidentally applies too much orange sunblock and ends up dyeing her skin orange. However, it won't have time to wear off before the day of a pool party, so she doesn't want to go because she'll stick out with her orange skin. To ease her shame, Alice's friends dye ''themselves'' orange at the party too so she won't stick out.
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* DetachableDoorknob: In "Martha Treads the Boards", Daniel and Mariella, who are supposed to be acting in a play, get stuck in their dressing room when the doorknob falls off.
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* TheComplianceGame: In "Martha's Life in Crime", a thief named Carlotta Bumblecrumb tries to get Martha (a dog) to steal an autographed baseball by telling her to "fetch the [[BabyTalk bally]]". However, Martha chases the ball around instead.
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* MistakenForUndead: In "Martha Gets Spooked", when Martha the [[TalkingAnimal talking dog]] calls out, "It's me, Martha!" in the neighbours' house, the woman hears her and believes it's the ghost of her great-aunt, who was coincidentally also named Martha and who lived in the house prior to her death.
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* PlayingSick: In "Truman's Brother", T.D. convinces Truman to pretend he's sick when Truman forgets to do his homework.
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* AmbiguousSituation: In "Martha Takes the Cake", Martha is suspected of eating a piece of Alice Boxwood's birthday cake (along with a candle) because there were crumbs next to her. After Nelson throws up the candle, it's revealed that he was the one who did it, but that doesn't solve the mystery of how the crumbs got there in the first place.[[note]][[TheCuckoolanderWasRight The ending implies that TD may have been a tad right.]][[/note]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: In "Martha Takes the Cake", Martha is suspected of eating a piece of Alice Boxwood's birthday cake (along with a candle) because there were crumbs next to her. After Nelson throws up the candle, it's revealed that he was the one who did it, but that doesn't solve the mystery of how the crumbs got there in the first place.[[note]][[TheCuckoolanderWasRight The ending implies that TD may have been a tad right.right, though since Nelson has no thumbs, it's unclear how he could have done what TD thought he did.]][[/note]]
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* BlackAndNerdy: TrumanTruman is black and he's one of the most academically-inclined characters, liking to read nonfiction and play chess.
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--> '''Martha''': (after jumping on Rinty with a LittleNo) and then putting the hat back on Kitten) "uhh, there was something on your ear...uh, it's gone now. Umm, what should we do?"
--> '''Martha''': (after Kitten has run into Bob's yard and Bob is barking at him) "Oh, just some chores before I, uh, go to the meat shop and pick up the free samples of salami" (awkward laugh)
--> '''Martha''': (after Kitten has run into Bob's yard and Bob is barking at him) "Oh, just some chores before I, uh, go to the meat shop and pick up the free samples of salami" (awkward laugh)
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-->'''Martha:''' Trouble? Eating is no trouble at all. ''(falls into the trash can)'' Uh, help!
** Another episode introduces the character of Bob (an AngryGuardDog with the habit of chasing after and/or barking at everything in sight). Bob attacks Martha and Helen throughout the episode while Bob's owner calls him a "bad dog". Then, at the end of the episode, Bob's owner starts calling him a "good dog" and Bob suddenly starts acting nice. Now, this could've been a good lesson about how calling someone names can make them angry and take out their anger on others. Just one tiny little problem. Bob was ''never'' shown being nice throughout the entire episode. Not once.
* BunglingInventor: TD's dad.
* ButtMonkey: Milo's dad.
** Another episode introduces the character of Bob (an AngryGuardDog with the habit of chasing after and/or barking at everything in sight). Bob attacks Martha and Helen throughout the episode while Bob's owner calls him a "bad dog". Then, at the end of the episode, Bob's owner starts calling him a "good dog" and Bob suddenly starts acting nice. Now, this could've been a good lesson about how calling someone names can make them angry and take out their anger on others. Just one tiny little problem. Bob was ''never'' shown being nice throughout the entire episode. Not once.
* BunglingInventor: TD's dad.
* ButtMonkey: Milo's dad.
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** Another episode introduces the character of Bob (an AngryGuardDog with the habit of chasing after and/or barking at everything in sight). Bob attacks Martha and Helen throughout the episode while Bob's owner calls him a "bad dog". Then, at the end of the episode, Bob's owner starts calling him a "good dog" and Bob suddenly starts acting nice. Now, this could've been a good lesson about how calling someone names can make them angry and take out their anger on others. Just
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** Played for laughs in "There Goes the Neighborhood", which has a PrejudiceAesop but Martha says that it's okay to hate [[DogsHateSquirrels squirrels]] even if you shouldn't hate cats.
%%* BunglingInventor: TD's dad.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In "Martha's Pickle", T.D. is too scared to watch a B-movie and becomes afraid that its villains (who are [[AnthropomorphicFood sentient pickles]]) are attacking. Later episodes would have him being fearless and [[NightmareFetishist enjoying creepy things]].
* ForegoneConclusion: In "Martha's Life of Crime", we see Martha as a puppy getting adopted by two robbers. However, because the episode takes place in the past, we know that the robbers don't keep Martha and she ends up with the Lorraines instead. Likewise, the Lorraines are seen wanting to adopt a cat, but since they don't have one in the present (and the flashback takes place only four years ago, meaning that the cat can't have died unless it was already old or there was some tragedy), the viewers can tell that they don't adopt one.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: When the Lorraines and T.D. are making excuses to go away (their actual reason is that there's a show they hate on TV) Mariella's excuse is "I need to move something from someplace to someplace else".
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* IntentionalMessMaking: In the episode "Martha Plays Favorites", Martha remembers a time when Skits was a puppy and she intentionally wet the rug to get attention because she was jealous of him.
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* IntentionalMessMaking: IntentionalMessMaking:
** In the episode "Martha Plays Favorites", Martha remembers a time when Skits was a puppy and she intentionally wet the rug to get attention because she was jealous ofhim.him.
** In "Que Pasa, Martha?", Alice remembers deliberately spilling water to get out of answering a question in school.
** In the episode "Martha Plays Favorites", Martha remembers a time when Skits was a puppy and she intentionally wet the rug to get attention because she was jealous of
** In "Que Pasa, Martha?", Alice remembers deliberately spilling water to get out of answering a question in school.
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* BoredomMontage: "T.D. Makes the Band" shows T.D. And his friends successfully playing the "Belgium" song to a bunch of preschoolers, who ask for them to play the song again. Eventually, T.D.’s band replays the song so many times, his friends get less enthused every time they play.
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* BrawnHilda: BrunhildeBrunhilde the Soprano.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: The abovementioned ''My Fluffy Puppy'' ImagineSpot. In real life, there are Martha plushes, too. They don't talk though.
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* LastSecondPhotoFailure: In one episode, Helen wants her school photo retaken, since she sneezed while her photo was being taken and thus is making a derpy face.
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-> Martha was an average dog. She went
-> "'''Bark'''" And- "'''Woof'''" And- "'''Grrrrrr'''"
-> But when she ate some alphabet soup,
-> then what happened was bizarre.
-> '''Narrator:''' On the way to Martha's stomach, the letters lost their way. They travelled to her brain and now-
-> She's got a lot to say. Now she speaks.
-> '''Martha:''' How now brown cow?
-> Martha speaks. Yeah, she speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks...
-> "'''Bark'''" And- "'''Woof'''" And- "'''Grrrrrr'''"
-> But when she ate some alphabet soup,
-> then what happened was bizarre.
-> '''Narrator:''' On the way to Martha's stomach, the letters lost their way. They travelled to her brain and now-
-> She's got a lot to say. Now she speaks.
-> '''Martha:''' How now brown cow?
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"Bark!" and "Woof!" and "Grrrrrr!"\\
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* FakeDangerGambit: One episode features Martha, Helen, and Truman trying to Courageous Colly Carlo get back his fans after they tease him for being afraid of flowers. In their scenario, Helen pretends to be scared of Truman in a bear costume so Carlo can rescue her. No one falls for the act though. When a ''real'' bear shows up, Martha tells off the bear for chasing her friends, but decides to have him pretend to be chased away by Carlo so everyone can see him as a hero again.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* BalefulPolymorph: Carolina gets one in "Dog Daze" when she wakes up as a border collie. [[spoiler: It's all just a dream though]].
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* EverythingsBetterWithLlamas: In "Here's Martha!", Martha asks her talk show audience if they loved llamas to assure a llama who heard camels were better than llamas. The audience responds enthusiastically.
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* TrainingThePet:
** In "Skits Behaves", the Lorraines become frustrated with the misbehaviour of their dog Skits. Helen tries various techniques on him, but none of them work. Her other dog, [[TalkingAnimal Martha]], reveals that her housebreaking took a long time, and sometimes with dog training, you just need to be patient.
** In one episode, a large dog named Bob moves in across the road, but he chases people and won't stop barking. Helen and Martha make several attempts at teaching him manners, but none of them work. Eventually, however, it's revealed that when he is complimented, he becomes a BigFriendlyDog, and he was only being aggressive because his owner was calling him a "bad dog".
** In "Skits Behaves", the Lorraines become frustrated with the misbehaviour of their dog Skits. Helen tries various techniques on him, but none of them work. Her other dog, [[TalkingAnimal Martha]], reveals that her housebreaking took a long time, and sometimes with dog training, you just need to be patient.
** In one episode, a large dog named Bob moves in across the road, but he chases people and won't stop barking. Helen and Martha make several attempts at teaching him manners, but none of them work. Eventually, however, it's revealed that when he is complimented, he becomes a BigFriendlyDog, and he was only being aggressive because his owner was calling him a "bad dog".
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* BilingualAnimal: Martha gains the ability to talk [[PowerUpFood from eating alphabet soup]]. She can still bark while able to talk, but if she tries to talk after going a day without soup, she can only bark.
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* FurryReminder: Martha gains the ability to talk [[PowerUpFood from eating alphabet soup]]. She can still bark while able to talk, but if she tries to talk after going a day without soup, she can only bark.
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* StockCartoonAnimalDepictions: Subverted. Martha is a yellow dog with brown ears, but all the other dogs are solid color.
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* FunWithAlphabetSoup: The whole premise.
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* Suck E. Cheese's: Big Burgertorium, which serves burgers, not pizza, but still has a play area and arcade games, depressed and tackily dressed employees (which may lead it to overlap with Kitchy Themed Restaurant), and is so noisy that they have to leave earmuffs at the door! There aren't any animatronics, but the restaurant's jingle is blared at full volume through the restaurant, and, of course, the food tastes horrible.
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* TheDanza: InUniverse, the star of Martha's favorite ShowWithinAShow ''Courageous Collie Carlo'' is played by a collie dog who's also named Carlo. Alice also plays as Alice from Alice In Wonderland in "Martha Acts Up".
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* TheDanza: InUniverse, the TheDanza InUniverse examples:
** The star of Martha's favorite ShowWithinAShow ''Courageous Collie Carlo'' is played by a collie dog who's also namedCarlo. Carlo.
** Alicealso Boxwood plays as Alice from Alice In Wonderland in "Martha Acts Up".
** The star of Martha's favorite ShowWithinAShow ''Courageous Collie Carlo'' is played by a collie dog who's also named
** Alice
