History WesternAnimation / PinkyDinkyDoo

* RedOniBlueOni: Daffinee is the girly girl, rich, snobby, and arrogant Blue Oni, while Pinky is the GenkiGirl, optimistic, agreeable, and sweet Red Oni.

* BirthdayEpisode: "Tyler's Great Big Solo", "The Horn and Antler Club" and "Happy Burp Day".

** In [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs "Pinky Dinky Rex"]], [[BrokenAesop Tyler seems to forget he learned the above example as he's hesitant on trying the foods at his friend Lulu's house,]] whose family are vegetarians. Pinky tells him a story where the Dinky Doos are T-rexes, and Lulu's family are apatosaurses. Lulu invites the Dinky Doos over for dinner and to Daddy's shock, the ribs served at the dinner aren't real meat. He starts crying, but afterwards takes a bite and finds to love non-meat ribs.

* JerkassWoobie: 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.

* GrumpyBear: According to Tyler in the episode "Pinky and the Grumpy Alligator", Johnny Gelatinhead acts like this a lot.

* IronicName: Even though the main protagonist's name is "Pinky" and her hair is pink, she doesn't even like the color pink. Although, she is aware that her hair is pink and her name is Pinky, despite her dislikes, she still gets used to it and she doesn't even mind those that like the color pink.
* LeadDrummer: In the episode, "Think Pink", Pinky can be seen playing the drums in the made-up story.

* MediumBlending: The show uses a mix of 2D animation and real life images, making it look like a collage, [[Literature/CharlieAndLola not unlike another show that aired on the same network in the U.K.]]

* AlliterativeName: '''B'''obby '''B'''oom.

This series was created by Jim Jinkins, who originally made up Pinky's adventures as bedtime tales for his children. The first season was a co-production of Cartoon Pizza, Sesame Workshop, CBC, and Discovery Kids. In the second season, the Canadian studio Keyframe Digital and Abrams Gentile Entertainment signed on as production companies. The show aimed to enhance preschool-aged viewers' early literacy.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Pinky's hair is pink, though in most of the associated book releases for the show, it was actually yellow. Tyler has blue hair, though his hair is red in the book releases of the show. Nicholas and Bobby have blue hair, and Daffinee has purple hair.

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

* GrumpyBear: According to Tyler in the episode "Pinky and the Grumpy Alligator, Johnny Gelatinhead acts like this a lot.

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

* RedOniBlueOni: Daffinee is the girly girl, rich, snobby, and arrogant Red Oni, while Pinky is the GenkiGirl, optimistic, agreeable, and sweet Blue Oni.

* UnfortunateNames: Daffinee "'''Toilet'''tte".

* Fanfare: Mr. Guinea Pig plays this on his trumpet whenever someone is about to say the Great Big Fancy Word.

[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Mr. Guinea Pig, Pinky and Tyler]]

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

* FireForgedFriends: Daffinee and Pinky, as shown in "Stinky Pinky Doo". Daffinee made fun of Pinky's stinky breath before, but when Daffinee ripped her skirt, Pinky gave Daffinee her jacket to tie around her waist so people won't see her underwear. They've been great friends since then.'

* IronicName: Even though the main protagonist's name is "Pinky" and her hair is pink, she doesn't even like the color pink. Although, she is aware that her hair is pink and her name is Pinky, despite her dislikes

* LovableAlphaBitch: Daffinee can be spoiled and rude at times, but she's mostly kind.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Pinky's hair is pink, though in most of the associated book releases for the show, it was actually yellow. Tyler has blue hair. Nicholas and Bobby have blue hair, and Daffinee has purple hair.

* BirthdayEpisode: "Tyler's Great Big Solo" and "Happy Burp Day".

This series was created by Jim Jinkins, who originally made up Pinky's adventures as bed-time tales for his children, and also created ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter''. The Executive Producers are Jinkins and David Campbell. It is a production of Children's Television Workshop, Cartoon Pizza, Keyframe Digital Prod. Inc, and Abrams Gentile Entertainment. According to Nick Jr., Pinky Dinky Doo is the network’s second series (first original series) dedicated to enhancing early literacy.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: In "Tyler's Tall-O-Meter", Tyler uses the titular machine to increase Pinky's height. However, she keeps getting taller and taller until her head practically breaks out of the atmosphere.[[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Somehow, she can still breathe]].

* YouthfulFreckles: Pinky and Tyler both have them.

* ConspiciousCG: The second season is done in very, very, VERY obvious cel-shaded CGI.

[[caption-width-right:350:LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. Guinea Pig, Pinky and Tyler]]

In 2016, it was rerun on Creator/{{HBO}} Family.

* IronicName: Even though the main protagonist's name is "Pinky" and her hair is pink, she doesn't even like the color pink.