History WesternAnimation / MrMagoo

-->'''Waldo''': ''(as Prezly lights the firecrackers tied to his roller skates in a wrestling match)'' Honest, Prez, I've never been on skates in my... ''(the firecrackers is off and he zooms around the ring)'' LIFE!

** An {{Expy}} of Creator/ElvisPresley appears in "Composer Magoo".

* TitleDrop: Prezly offers this gem in "South Pacific Potluck" as he and Waldo run from one of the cannibals:

* FountainOfYouth: Played with in "Goo Goo Magoo", in with the fountain shown is ''not'' a fountain of youth (even though it's labeled as such), but Charlie mistakenly thinks it is and that Magoo turned into a baby when he sees a toddler (wearing Magoo's shirt and hat) playing in the fountain. Soon enough, Charlie keeps getting stopped by the little boy's father from snatching him away. It isn't until Charlie sees the real Mr. Magoo lying in the fountain that he realizes the truth and soon gets in trouble with the boy's father.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In one of the interstitials from the 1960 series, Worcestershire has invented a RubeGoldbergDevice intended as a trap for Magoo, but when he opens the door to demonstrate the trap, the machine attacks him.

-->'''Charlie (after Mr. Magoo says he wants to take in the sights in Hawaii)''': That's rich, Mr. Magoo. ''You'' taking in sights!

* ApologeticAttacker: In "Speedway Magoo", Charlie apologizes to a racecar driver after hitting him with a wrench to save Magoo.

** In "The Real [=McGoys=], after Waldo and Prezly escape from the [=McGoys=], Quincy Magoo is driving through the Blue Rich Mountains when he gets stopped by them.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Magoo is wealthy, but he is a really nice, law-abiding guy.

* ProWrestlingEpisode:
** Theatrical short "Hotsy Footsy", in which Magoo wanders away from a dancing competition and into the wrestling arena next door and defeats the champion with his fancy footwork.
*** There's also "Rassle Hassle", where Prezly gets Waldo into a wrestling match against the champion wrestler Moose Montague. In spite of Moose's attempts to throw him out of the ring, Waldo manages to stay in it for the entire match and wins the prize money. Winning a wrestling match with little effort must run in the family.

* ComedicSpanking: Magoo breaks a motivational speaker's pointer and hits him with half of it in "Life Can Be Miserable"[[note]]He mistook a TV studio for a pool hall and the speaker for Waldo.[[/note]]

-->'''Charlie''': [[DeadpanSnarker How original.]]

-->'''Waldo''': Well, uh, the same reason everyone else does: to forget.

* MagicMirror: The witch in "Lady in Black" has one, who annoys her with jokes about her ugliness.

** There's also "Rassle Hassle", where Prezly gets Waldo into a wrestling match against the champion wrestler Moose Montague. In spite of Moose's attempts to throw him out of the ring, Waldo manages to stay in it for the entire match and wins the prize money. Winning a wrestling match through sheer luck must run in the family.

* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Occurs in "Saddle Battle" when, after Waldo ends up in a rodeo, the bronco throws him out of his pants, exposing his [[GoofyPrintUnderwear polka-dot boxers]] (Prezly put glue on the saddle beforehand to prevent Waldo from getting thrown off the horse).

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

* CoolOldLady: Mother Magoo. She can do plenty of things one wouldn't expect an 87-year-old to do, such as wrestling alligators or working as a stuntwoman.
* CreepyCrossdresser:
** Big Jack poses as a mother in "The Vacuum Caper”.
** In "Foxy Magoo", the fox disguises himself as an Indian mother, with his glove-covered paw as the papoose.
** Downplayed in "The Billionare" in that Worcestershire just puts on a women's wig and hat and disguises his voice, but Magoo falls for it anyway thanks to his bad eyesight.

* DisguisedInDrag:
** Big Jack poses as a mother in "The Vacuum Caper”.
** In "Foxy Magoo", the fox disguises himself as an Indian mother, with his glove-covered paw as the papoose.
** Downplayed in "The Billionare" in that Worcestershire just puts on a women's wig and hat, and disguises his voice, but Magoo falls for it anyway thanks to his bad eyesight.

* DisguisedInDrag: Big Jack poses as a mother in "The Vacuum Caper”.

* AnAesop: For "Top the Music", it's "don't cut corners to win contests; play to your strengths, even if you have to improvise".

* BeachEpisode: "A Day at the Beach" subverts this, in which Mr. Magoo mistakes a construction site for a beach. The trope is played straighter, however, in "Thin Skinned Diver" and "Hula Magoo".

Not to be confused with ''{{VideoGame/Mago}}'', which is a video game about a sorcerer having to save his girlfriend from being [[ToServeMan eaten]] by an evil overlord.