History WesternAnimation / MrMagoo

* CannibalTribr: In "South Pacific Potluck", Prezly and Waldo encounter a few members of one on an island they mistake for Hawaii, and quickly escape from them when they discover the truth.

* CapturedByCannibals: A variation in "South Pacific Potluck", in which Prezly and Waldo mistake an island inhabited by cannibals for Hawaii, and quickly escape when they discover the truth.

* OffModel: Magoo's appearance changes constantly throughout "Ragtime Bear"; being his first cartoon, the animators were still trying to get a bead on his design.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first two Waldo and Prezly segments of''The Mr. Magoo Show'', "Thin-Skinned Diver" and "Fox Pass" had the duo unexpectedly finding Quincy Magoo himself at the end of their adventures- both cases being inside an object. See {{Foreshadowing}} below.

Quincy Magoo, a nearsighted old gentleman voiced by character actor [[Series/GilligansIsland Jim Backus]], created in the waning years of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, is the most popular character created by the [[Creator/ColumbiaCartoons UPA animation studio]]. Most of the humor in Mr. Magoo's cartoons came from his [[BlindMistake visual handicap]] and his staunch refusal to acknowledge it. Aside from his theatrical shorts and assorted TV specials, Mr. Magoo has appeared in:

* ''[[WesternAnimation/MrMagoo2019 Mr. Magoo]]'', a 2019 French-American cartoon series featuring a younger-seeming and less curmudgeonly (but still as nearsighted as ever) Magoo, this time aided by his dog, Mr. Cat, as he inadvertently keeps thwarting the evil schemes of Fizz, a hyper-intelligent hamster with plans of global domination.

* AccidentalVentriloquism: A typical gag involved Mr. Magoo talking to a lamp post or other object, while the actual person talking would be nearby, unaware of the confusion.

* LegionOfLostSouls: Played for laughs in "Beau Jest", in which Prezly and Waldo, who joined the French Foreign Legion, botch their attempts to defend a fort from Sheik Sala'ad Roquefort.

* ChristmasSpecial: Perhaps surprisingly, ''Mr. Magoo's [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol Christmas Carol]]'' is the UrExample, being "the first animated holiday program ever produced specifically for television" according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki.

-->'''Waldo''': Oh, sorry.

--->'''Little Jake''': Here comes the skinny one.

* EyeScream:
** Mr. Magoo unknowingly sprays glass cleaner in a crook's eyes at a gas station in "Gumshoe Magoo".

-->'''Prezly''': Waldo, would you mind getting your elbow out of my eye?
-->'''Waldo''': Whoops! ''(chuckles)'' Sorry, Prez.

-->'''Prezly''': You got your elbow in my eye again, Waldo.

-->'''Little Jake''': Here comes the skinny one.

* NiceHat: In addition to Magoo himself having ''2'' signature hats, Charlie, Waldo, Prezly and Worcestershire also follow this trope.
** In fact, this trope is one reason why Magoo mistakes a few large animals for Waldo in the short films.

-->'''Ranger''': [[LampshadeHanging Those two idiots[[note]]Waldo and Prezly[[/note]] are after that crazy fox again.]]

-->'''Ranger''': Those two idiots[[note]]Waldo and Prezly[[/note]] are after that crazy fox again.

* LuminescentBlush: Waldo turns red in the face in "Saddle Battle" when he notices- in midair that the bronco he was riding threw him out of his pants (thanks to the glue on the saddle).

* RoleReprise: Jerry Hausner as Waldo in ''The Mr. Magoo Show''.[[note]]This was after a hiatus in which Hausner was replaced by Daws Butler for some of the short films between 1956 and 1959.[[/note]]

* IronicEcho: In "Magoo's Houseboy", Charlie's little nephew Ching-Toi is trying to get his cat down from a telephone pole and tells himself, "I wonder what my ancestors would do in this situation." Later, Charlie asks himself the same question after he winds up hanging from a broken telephone wire in the process of getting Ching-Toi's cat back down.

* LethalKlutz: although there's not much actual bodily harm caused.

* NiceGuy: Magoo is a kind, mild mannered old man who has no problem babysitting kids and is very polite.

** The short films "Barefaced Flatfoot" and "Magoo's Problem Child" have Magoo think he's in a serious crime story, which is played for laughs.