History WesternAnimation / PinkyDinkyDoo

* SourOutsideSadInside: In the episode "Pinky and the Grumpy Alligator", NewTransferStudent Johnny Gelatinhead is grumpy and very rude. Tyler even {{lampshade|d}}s it. This inspires Pinky for a tale with a [[TitleDrop Grumpy Alligator]], Aloysius, who needs help to get to the zoo but scathingly rejects it. Both Johnny and the alligator move to a new place and are {{jerkass}}es because other people made fun of their names.* LeadDrummer: In the episode, "Think Pink", Pinky can be seen playing the drums in the made-up story.

* AnAesop: Some of the episodes have these. For example, the moral of "Stinky Pinky Doo" is "treat others the way you want to be treated".

** Tyler's problem in "Stinky Pinky Doo" is being offended when a kid at school calls his lucky socks stinky, which results in him attempting to flush that kid in question's hat down the toilet. At the end of the episode though, Tyler does admit his socks do smell.

* StrictlyFormula: Every episode follows the same structure. Pinky goes about her business, then Tyler shows up with a problem. The two dance and sing their way to the Story Box where Pinky uses chalk to tell the story related to Tyler's problem. Pinky will "Think Big" at some point to come up with the answer, and the story ends with Tyler having learned the moral.

** Similarly, the episode "Stinky Pinky Doo" has Pinky's classmates smelling her bad breath.

* ArtEvolution: The second and final season switched over from flash animation (via Adobe Flash) to computer animation (via 3DS Max), with the characters being animated via a 3D rig as opposed to being completely 3-Dimensional. As a result, the characters' skin tones are much lighter and less saturated. However, the show still had a lot of Flash-like qualities to it.

* ArtEvolution: In the second and final season, the characters' skin tones are much lighter and despite the switch from Flash animation to CG animation, the show still has a lot of Flash-like qualities to it.

* CatchPhrase: Lots!
*** "Yessarooni Positooni!"
*** "Now THAT'S something you don't see every day."
*** "I love to make up stories. I'll bet you can make up a story too."
*** "Wait a minute, Pinky!"
** There are also Catch Phrases in the form of a song.
*** "If I have a problem and don't know which way to go, I think and think and think and think and suddenly I know!"

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The second season is done with hints of very, very, VERY obvious cel-shaded CGI.

* EdutainmentShow: This show helps viewers increase their vocabularies with its Great Big Fancy Word, which is featured several times during the episode. It also addresses problem-solving skills as well as the basics of narrative stories—character, dialogue, plot, details, main idea, and sequence of events.

** Sanguine: Pinky Dinky Doo
** Phlegmatic: Nicholas Biscuit
** Melancholic: Tyler Dinky Doo
** Supine: Bobby Boom
** Choleric: Daffinee Toilette (sometimes)

* Phonymon: Tyler is a big fan of Moo Moo Miggy Monsters toys.

* RidiculousProcrastinator: Pinky, Nicholas, Daffinee, and Bobby in "The Pinkys Rock!". In fact, the episode's main vocabulary word is "procrastinating".

* SmellyFeetGag: In the first episode, Tyler is grossed out when the characters in Pinky's story eat the food that they all had on their feet, but Pinky tells him since it's a made-up story, there's no germs or stinky feet to worry about.

* ToiletHumor: '''In spades''', with one good example being one of the books the show is based on called "Pinky Stinky Doo". In it, Pinky eats a burrito and farts at school.

->''("Pinky, tell us a story!)\\

->''"Pinky's got a story she wants to share with you!\\

* BirthdayEpisode: "Tyler's Great Big Solo", "Pinky Dinky Doo and the Party Animals", "The Horn and Antler Club" and "Happy Burp Day".

* FramingDevice: All episodes are framed by Pinkie and Tyler telling the story together.

* ArtEvolution: In the second and final season, the characters' skin-tones are much lighter and despite the switch from Flash animation to CG animation, the show still has a lot of Flash-like qualities to it.

* CuteButCacophonic: Princess Volume from the episode "Tipsy Topsy" looks like a miniature version of Daffinee, but like her name suggests, has a very loud voice that could shake a whole room up. Fortunately, she learned to control the volume of her voice by the end of the story.

* EdutainmentShow: This show helps viewers increase their vocabularies with its Great Big Fancy Word, which is featured several times during the episode. It also addresses problem-solving skills as well as the basics of narrative stories—character, dialogue, plot, details, main idea and sequence of events.

** During the made-up story, Pinky must Think Big, at which point her head swells up like a balloon and she comes up with an often wacky solution to the problem. While Pinky usually does the thinking, there are occasional times where Tyler does it, and even Mr. Guinea Pig does it in "Shrinky Pinky".

** In "Try It, You'll Like It... Pretty Much", Tyler is subjected to butternut squash for dinner, which he thinks looks disgusting but he doesn't know what it tastes like, although decides not to try it anyway. Pinky tells a story about herself going to another planet to taste out of this world food in a contest made by aliens, which all looks very off-putting. However, she gives all of the foods after hesitation a try and finds them all to be very good. Tyler learns that even disgusting-looking foods can be tasty.

* PinkMeansFeminine: Daffinee wears a pink dress and is girly, but while Pinky has pink hair she openly states to disliking the color

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Mr Guinea Pig.

* SmellyFeetGag: In the first episode, Tyler is grossed out when the characters in Pinky's story eat the food that they all had on their feet, but Pinky tells him since it's a made up story, there's no germs or stinky feet to worry about.
** Tyler's problem in "Stinky Pinky Doo" is being offended when a kid at school calls his lucky socks stinky, which results to him attempting to flush that kid in question's hat down the toilet. At the end of the episode though, Tyler does admit his socks do smell.
* SourOutsideSadInside: In the episode "Pinky and the Grumpy Alligator", NewTransferStudent Johnny Gelatinhead is grumpy and very rude. Tyler even {{lampshade|d}}s it. This inspires pinky for a tale with a [[TitleDrop Grumpy Alligator]], Aloysius, who needs help to get to the zoo but scathingly rejects it. Both Johnny and the alligator move to a new place and are {{jerkass}}es because other people made fun of their names.* LeadDrummer: In the episode, "Think Pink", Pinky can be seen playing the drums in the made-up story.

* TitleThemeTune: Pinky's got a story she wants to share with you... ''Pinky Dinky Doo''. Never at loss for words she pulls out of the blue... ''Pinky Dinky Doo''.

* UnconventionalFoodUsage: In one of the books, Pinky makes up a story where her and her classmates make shoes out of food, then later eat the food. This grosses out Tyler, but Pinky {{handwave}}s it by saying, "[[ArtisticLicenseBiology It's a made-up story, so you don't need to worry about dirty food]]."

In 2016, it was rerun on Creator/{{HBO}} Family. On May 27, 2020, the series was made available on Creator/HBOMax.

* OnceAnEpisode: During the made-up story, Pinky must Think Big, at which point her head swells up like a balloon and she comes up with an often wacky solution to the problem. While Pinky usually does the thinking, there are occasional times where Tyler does it, and even Mr. Guinea Pig does it in "Shrinky Pinky".