History WesternAnimation / Pelswick

* AlphaBitch: Sandra is very snooty and competitive, although she's actually not as cool as she thinks she is.

In most episodes, Pelswick would have to learn AnAesop from his GuardianAngel, Mr. Jimmy. No matter what the Aesop was, Pelswick would usually [[ComicallyMissingThePoint not get it until the very end of the episode]].

* AnAesop: Pelswick has to learn one from Mr. Jimmy in every episode. The topics vary, but can cover a wide variety that are usually not brought up.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Pelswick's crush on Julie.

* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: In "Shall We Dance?", Pelswick goes out on a date with Christina, who is black. Inverted in that it's not racial issues affecting the relationship, but rather Pelswick trying to hide the fact he's disabled from her.

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* CriticalResearchFailure: In-universe in "Oh, Bully, Where Art Thou." Sandra and Julie are replanting a tree and Sandra says that the seed came from "the very orange that fell on Galileo's head." When Julie mentions that it was Newton and an apple, Sandra is offended.

* VocalEvolution: Goon's voice started as a tough, frat-boy sounding, then later on sounded more oafish.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Played for laughs, usually, often through Pelswick's father Quentin, who always insists on being politically correct, even correcting Gram-Gram when she said "stewardess" and "flight attendant" were the same thing, because the latter was the "correct gender-sensitive term." Taken further in the episode "Hear No Evil, P.C. No Evil" with Quentin's girlfriend Spagna, who [[HypocriticalHumor at the same time constantly patronizes and babies Pelswick for his disability]], finally culminating in her referring to Pelswick as a "poor defenseless crippled child," at which point Quentin asks her to leave.

* QuirkyHousehold: [[CoolOldLady Gram-Gram]], [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad Quentin]], [[DisabledSnarker Pelswick]], [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Kate]], and Bobby might all have their own types of oddness, but they're very loving and supportive of each other. The household gets quirkier when we include Pelswick's GuardianAngel, Mr. Jimmy.

Created by (but not directly based on the [[BlackComedy cartooning]] of) quadriplegic American cartoonist Creator/JohnCallahan, ''Pelswick'' was produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}} and animated by [[Creator/HongYing Suzhou Hong Ying Animation]]. In its home country of Canada, it was shown on Creator/{{CBC}} Television for two seasons. In the United States, it aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} from 2001 to 2003, and the Nick on Creator/{{CBS}} block from September to November of 2002.

Also see ''WesternAnimation/JohnCallahansQuads'', Callahan's much less kid-friendly animated series featuring the same artstyle and many of the same anti-ableism themes as ''Pelswick''.

Created by (but not directly based on the [[BlackComedy cartooning]] of) quadriplegic American cartoonist Creator/JohnCallahan, ''Pelswick'' was produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}} and animated by [[Creator/HongYing Suzhou Hong Ying Animation]]. In its home country of Canada, it was shown on Creator/{{CBC}} Television for two seasons. In the United States, it aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and the Nick on Creator/{{CBS}} block from 2002 to 2003.

Created by (but not directly based on the [[BlackComedy cartooning]] of) Creator/JohnCallahan, ''Pelswick'' was produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}} and animated by [[Creator/HongYing Suzhou Hong Ying Animation]]. In its home country of Canada, it was shown on Creator/{{CBC}} Television for two seasons. In the United States, it aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and the Nick on Creator/{{CBS}} block from 2002 to 2003.

* BeardOfSorrow: Quentin grows one when he's unemployed. [[UpToEleven He's only unemployed for three days. And it grows the day after he's fired]].

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Played for laughs, usually, often through Pelswick's father Quentin, who always insists on being politically correct, even correcting Gram-Gram when she said "stewardess" and "flight attendant" were the same thing, because the latter was the "correct gender-sensitive term." Taken UpToEleven in the episode "Hear No Evil, P.C. No Evil" with Quentin's girlfriend Spagna, who [[HypocriticalHumor at the same time constantly patronizes and babies Pelswick for his disability]], finally culminating in her referring to Pelswick as a "poor defenseless crippled child," at which point Quentin asks her to leave.

* NWordPrivileges: Enforced in-universe. Pelswick writes a comic that is considered offensive to disabled people (Err... "[[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad differently abled]]" people) until they find out [[SelfDeprecation who wrote it]].

Created by (but not directly based on the [[BlackComedy cartooning]] of) Creator/JohnCallahan, ''Pelswick'' was produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}} and animated by [[Creator/HongYing Suzhou Hong Ying Animation]]. In its home country of Canada, it was shown on Creator/{{CBC}} Television for two seasons. In the United States, it aired on the [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Nick on]] Creator/{{CBS}} block from 2002 to 2003.