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* EmbarrasingLastName: The last name of the gallery owner, Valerie, is Boner.
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* EmbarrasingLastName: EmbarrassingLastName: The last name of the gallery owner, Valerie, is Boner.
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* ChurchOfHappyology: In one episode, Wendy is [[BrainWashed inducted]] into the "Church of Chemicalology" by celebrity talking sausage Johnny Saveloy. It soon turns out that he is luring in victims in order to drain their essence and prolong his own life.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Vince, whose contributions to most conversations consist of little more than random outbursts of opera singing, single-word non-sequiturs ("Tuesday!"), and snippets of radio broadcasts.
* CrankyNeighbor: Mr. Chittock, Rex and co.'s next door neighbour who has despised the gang ever since they [[NoodleIncident ended up in his house and drunk his beer]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Vince, whose contributions to most conversations consist of little more than random outbursts of opera singing, single-word non-sequiturs ("Tuesday!"), and snippets of radio broadcasts.
* CrankyNeighbor: Mr. Chittock, Rex and co.'s next door neighbour who has despised the gang ever since they [[NoodleIncident ended up in his house and drunk his beer]].
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* ChurchOfHappyology: In one episode, the episode "Johnny Saveloy's Undoing", Wendy is [[BrainWashed inducted]] into the "Church of Chemicalology" by celebrity talking sausage Johnny Saveloy. It soon turns out that he is luring in victims in order to drain their essence and prolong his own life.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Vince, whose contributions to most conversations consist of little more than random outbursts of opera singing, single-word non-sequiturs("Tuesday!"), ("Spaghetti!" "Tuesday!" "Jam!" "Trousers!"), and snippets of radio broadcasts.
* CrankyNeighbor: Mr. Chittock, Rex and co.'s next door neighbour who has despised the gang ever since they [[NoodleIncident ended up in his house and drunk hisbeer]].beer]] in the episode "Too Many Dogs".
* [[CrazyHomelessPeople Crazy Homeless Person]]: The Dog Living In The Binbag in the episode "Carbonara", who tells Bad Bob, or, as he calls him, "fish face" to sod off, or he'll have him for trespassing, and if he does it again, he'll get [[PoliceAreUseless Constable Funnyname]] on him.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Vince, whose contributions to most conversations consist of little more than random outbursts of opera singing, single-word non-sequiturs
* CrankyNeighbor: Mr. Chittock, Rex and co.'s next door neighbour who has despised the gang ever since they [[NoodleIncident ended up in his house and drunk his
* [[CrazyHomelessPeople Crazy Homeless Person]]: The Dog Living In The Binbag in the episode "Carbonara", who tells Bad Bob, or, as he calls him, "fish face" to sod off, or he'll have him for trespassing, and if he does it again, he'll get [[PoliceAreUseless Constable Funnyname]] on him.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Bad Bob, as shown in the episode "The City Shrinkers", as when he and the rest of the gang were in a traffic jam, he suggested to Rex that he go round the other cars. When Rex refused, Bad Bob took the wheel and drove round the other cars. Wendy chastised him after they got to their destination.
* EmbarrasingLastName: The last name of the gallery owner, Valerie, is Boner.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Watch Vince through any scene. Also, when the siren goes off in the bank, the actors in the background are running around, screaming.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Watch Vince through any scene. Also, when the siren goes off in the bank, bank in "Adventures on Telly: Part I", the actors in the background are running around, screaming.
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* LetsMeetTheMeat: The talking mash-up of food from "Adventures on Telly Pt. I", which promptly gets devoured by Vince. Also, Johnny Saveloy the talking sausage.
** And then there's the episode "Carbonara", where Rex goes through a meat grinder, becomes a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince keeps trying to eat him.
** And then there's the episode "Carbonara", where Rex goes through a meat grinder, becomes a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince keeps trying to eat him.
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* LetsMeetTheMeat: The talking mash-up of food from "Adventures on Telly Pt. Telly: Part I", which promptly gets devoured by Vince. Also, Johnny Saveloy the talking sausage.
sausage who appears in the episodes "Johnny Saveloy's Undoing", where he brainwashes Wendy into the Church of Chemicalology, and "The City Shrinkers", where he is the host of the National Lottery.
** And then there's the episode "Carbonara", where Rex goes through a meat grinder, becomes a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince keeps trying to eathim.him with a knife and fork.
** And then there's the episode "Carbonara", where Rex goes through a meat grinder, becomes a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince keeps trying to eat
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* MadScientist: Dr. Dogg has shades of this in the episodes "Slim Bob" and "Plasticene Gene".
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* MadScientist: Dr. Dogg has shades of this in the episodes "Slim Bob" and "Plasticene "The Plasticine Gene".
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* PoliceAreUseless: Constable Funnyname, the local policeman who appears in the episodes "Stinky's Search For a Star", "The Trials of Wendy" and "Bob Joins a Gang".
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* TriggerHappy: Bad Bob. He is ''mad'' about guns, as demonstrated in the episode "The Trials of Wendy".
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A very bizarre stopmotion animated series from Creator/AardmanAnimations (the makers of ''WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please "the bloke who runs telly"... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with the audience's heads]].
The show ran for two series shown between 1998 and 2001 on Creator/{{BBC}}2, but had a shaky timeslot because of its often [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids irreverent nature]], as well as much ExecutiveMeddling and a slight shift in voice cast. It has, however, found a much wider audience on the Web since Atom Films showcased the series (as well as other Aardman shorts such as ''Pib & Pog'' and ''Angry Kid''), and is overall a great start for those willing to check out the studio's more offbeat productions.
The show ran for two series shown between 1998 and 2001 on Creator/{{BBC}}2, but had a shaky timeslot because of its often [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids irreverent nature]], as well as much ExecutiveMeddling and a slight shift in voice cast. It has, however, found a much wider audience on the Web since Atom Films showcased the series (as well as other Aardman shorts such as ''Pib & Pog'' and ''Angry Kid''), and is overall a great start for those willing to check out the studio's more offbeat productions.
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A very bizarre stopmotion animated series from Creator/AardmanAnimations (the makers of ''WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti jam and jam.hoovers. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please "the bloke who runs telly"... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with the audience's heads]].
The show ran for two series shown between 1998 and 2001 onCreator/{{BBC}}2, Creator/{{BBC}} Two, but had a shaky timeslot because of its often [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids irreverent nature]], as well as much ExecutiveMeddling and a slight shift in voice cast. It has, however, found a much wider audience on the Web since Atom Films showcased the series (as well as other Aardman shorts such as ''Pib & Pog'' and ''Angry Kid''), and is overall a great start for those willing to check out the studio's more offbeat productions. However, since the closure of Atom Films in 2012, the series can frequently be seen in repeats on BBC Two at 9:00pm every weekday.
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* CurseCutShort: Inconsistently throughout the second season, the catchphrase "You're a big fat jelly wobbly fat bastard, Bob" gets cut short at "bast-". Also Mr. Formal's reaction when he receives a polite but unhelpful form letter from the police immediately after getting robbed: "Oh, fu-".
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* CrankyNeighbor: Mr. Chittock, Rex and co.'s next door neighbour who has despised the gang ever since they [[NoodleIncident ended up in his house and drunk his beer]].
* CurseCutShort: Inconsistently throughout the second season, the catchphrase "You're a big fat jelly wobbly fat bastard, Bob" gets cut short at "bast-".
** Also Mr. Formal's reaction when he receives a polite but unhelpful form letter from the police immediately after getting robbed: "Oh,fu-".fu-".
*** In "Wendy's New Hair Do", after Bad Bob supposedly drinks Wendy's truth serum and reveals what he did at the Halloween party, Rex says "You fu-" before it cuts to the next scene.
* CurseCutShort: Inconsistently throughout the second season, the catchphrase "You're a big fat jelly wobbly fat bastard, Bob" gets cut short at "bast-".
** Also Mr. Formal's reaction when he receives a polite but unhelpful form letter from the police immediately after getting robbed: "Oh,
*** In "Wendy's New Hair Do", after Bad Bob supposedly drinks Wendy's truth serum and reveals what he did at the Halloween party, Rex says "You fu-" before it cuts to the next scene.
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* InterspeciesRomance: In one episode, Vince courts, marries and has a child with... a ''vacuum cleaner''.
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* InterspeciesRomance: In one episode, Vince courts, marries and has a child with... a ''vacuum cleaner''.''hoover''.
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** And then there was that time Rex went through a meat grinder, he became a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince kept trying to eat him.
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** And then there was that time there's the episode "Carbonara", where Rex went goes through a meat grinder, he became becomes a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince kept keeps trying to eat him.
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* TimeMachine: Bad Bob built a "gobackintimeatron" from a can of baked beans with a propeller on top in order to prevent the gang's house from being stolen. It was previously used as a space ship to rescue Rex from the Moai aliens.
* UnrealisticBlackHole: Played for laughs. After being sucked through a psychedelic black hole, the dogs find themselves in a cafeteria attended by a one-eyed alien janitor (who also happens to be one of Rex's old school teachers). She calls them a taxi to get them home again.
* UnrealisticBlackHole: Played for laughs. After being sucked through a psychedelic black hole, the dogs find themselves in a cafeteria attended by a one-eyed alien janitor (who also happens to be one of Rex's old school teachers). She calls them a taxi to get them home again.
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* TimeMachine: Bad Bob built a "gobackintimeatron" from a can of baked beans with a propeller on top in order to prevent go back in time to before the gang's house from being stolen. stolen in the episode "Too Many Dogs" and to go forward in time to get the winning lottery numbers in the episode "The City Shrinkers". It was previously used as a space ship to rescue Rex from the Moai aliens.aliens from the Planet Thribb in the episode "Easter Island".
* UnrealisticBlackHole: Played for laughs. After being sucked through a psychedelic black hole, the dogs find themselves in acafeteria cafeteria, called "The Black Hole", attended by a one-eyed alien janitor (who also happens to be one of Rex's old school teachers). She calls them a taxi to get them home again.
* UnrealisticBlackHole: Played for laughs. After being sucked through a psychedelic black hole, the dogs find themselves in a
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* Can'tHoldHisLiquor: Rex, as shown in the episode "Easter Island".
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* Can'tHoldHisLiquor: CantHoldHisLiquor: Rex, as shown in the episode "Easter Island".
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* [[Can'tHoldHisLiquor]]: Rex, as shown in the episode "Easter Island".
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* {{Can'tHoldHisLiquor}}: Rex, as shown in the episode "Easter Island".
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* {{Can't Hold His Liquor}}: Rex, as shown in the episode "Easter Island".
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* {{Can't Hold His Liquor}}: {{Can'tHoldHisLiquor}}: Rex, as shown in the episode "Easter Island".
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* VerbalTic: Vince often has a habit of copying what others have said, which Bad Bob finds really annoying.
** And interupting them like thus...
Bob: There's never anything to bloomin'-
Vince[interrupting]: Eat
Bob: Looks just like minestrone.
Vince: 'Strone...
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** And interupting them like thus...
Bob: There's never anything to bloomin'-
Vince[interrupting]: Eat
Bob: Looks just like minestrone.
Vince: 'Strone...
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* VerbalTic: Vince often has a habit of copying what others have said, which Bad Bob finds really annoying.
** And interupting them like thus...
Bob: There's never anything to bloomin'-
Vince[interrupting]: Eat
Bob: Looks just like minestrone.
Vince: 'Strone...
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** And interupting them like thus...
Bob: There's never anything to bloomin'-
Vince[interrupting]: Eat
Bob: Looks just like minestrone.
Vince: 'Strone...
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** And interupting them like thus...Bad bob: There's never anything to bloomin'...Vince[interupting]: Eat
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** And interupting them like thus...Bad bob: thus...
Bob: There's never anything tobloomin'...Vince[interupting]: Eatbloomin'-
Vince[interrupting]: Eat
Bob: Looks just like minestrone.
Vince: 'Strone...
Bob: There's never anything to
Vince[interrupting]: Eat
Bob: Looks just like minestrone.
Vince: 'Strone...
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* AscendedExtra - Rex first appeared as the protagonist's pet dog in the surreal 1989 Aardman short ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtdHN0Rc7ck Ident]]''. Richard Goleszowski, animator and art director on ''Ident'', and director of ''Rex the Runt'', overhauled the character (making him bipedal and able to speak) for a couple of unaired pilot episodes several years before the series proper was made.
* BackAlleyDoctor - Dr. Dogg, whose medical treatments usually consist of beating the patient in the head. He is also on hand to sell whatever else he can, almost always charging "ten quid" for his services.
* BackAlleyDoctor - Dr. Dogg, whose medical treatments usually consist of beating the patient in the head. He is also on hand to sell whatever else he can, almost always charging "ten quid" for his services.
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* AscendedExtra - AscendedExtra: Rex first appeared as the protagonist's pet dog in the surreal 1989 Aardman short ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtdHN0Rc7ck Ident]]''. Richard Goleszowski, animator and art director on ''Ident'', and director of ''Rex the Runt'', overhauled the character (making him bipedal and able to speak) for a couple of unaired pilot episodes several years before the series proper was made.
*BackAlleyDoctor - BackAlleyDoctor: Dr. Dogg, whose medical treatments usually consist of beating the patient in the head. He is also on hand to sell whatever else he can, almost always charging "ten quid" for his services.
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* ChurchOfHappyology - In one episode, Wendy is [[BrainWashed inducted]] into the "Church of Chemicalology" by celebrity talking sausage Johnny Saveloy. It soon turns out that he is luring in victims in order to drain their essence and prolong his own life.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - Vince, whose contributions to most conversations consist of little more than random outbursts of opera singing, single-word non-sequiturs ("Tuesday!"), and snippets of radio broadcasts.
* CurseCutShort - Inconsistently throughout the second season, the catchphrase "You're a big fat jelly wobbly fat bastard, Bob" gets cut short at "bast-". Also Mr. Formal's reaction when he receives a polite but unhelpful form letter from the police immediately after getting robbed: "Oh, fu-".
* DeadpanSnarker - Wendy most of the time, occasionally Rex when he's annoyed enough.
* EenieMeenieMinyMoai - The dogs meet a group of Moai-headed aliens after crashing their helicopter on a desert island.
* {{Eyedscreen}} - Played with. A boxing coach faces down a gang of unruly pigeons in the style of a spaghetti western; the action is framed as a [[{{Letterbox}} letterboxed]] widescreen shot, because Bad Bob is watching the confrontation though the letterbox of his front door.
* FanBoy - Rex fancies himself as the number one fan of ShowWithinAShow ''Rocket Raymond'' - to the point that when he meets another similarly obsessed fan (also, confusingly, [[OneSteveLimit named Rex]]), an argument ensues over the factual accuracy of the second Rex's fan site.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent - Watch Vince through any scene. Also, when the siren goes off in the bank, the actors in the background are running around, screaming.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind - In an attempt to cure Vince's Random Pavarotti Disease, the other dogs voyage into his head in a shrunken submarine. They eventually find his tuning knob and retune him to BBC Radio 4, preferring the Shipping Forecast and Gardeners' Question Time to his singing.
* InterspeciesRomance - In one episode, Vince courts, marries and has a child with... a ''vacuum cleaner''.
* LaughTrack - Played with in the opening to one episode, where the characters are playing their own roles as if in a [[StylisticSuck cheap sitcom]], complete with [[BadBadActing bad acting]], a VisibleBoomMic, and very obviously canned laughter.
* LetsMeetTheMeat - The talking mash-up of food from "Adventures on Telly Pt. I", which promptly gets devoured by Vince. Also, Johnny Saveloy the talking sausage.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - Vince, whose contributions to most conversations consist of little more than random outbursts of opera singing, single-word non-sequiturs ("Tuesday!"), and snippets of radio broadcasts.
* CurseCutShort - Inconsistently throughout the second season, the catchphrase "You're a big fat jelly wobbly fat bastard, Bob" gets cut short at "bast-". Also Mr. Formal's reaction when he receives a polite but unhelpful form letter from the police immediately after getting robbed: "Oh, fu-".
* DeadpanSnarker - Wendy most of the time, occasionally Rex when he's annoyed enough.
* EenieMeenieMinyMoai - The dogs meet a group of Moai-headed aliens after crashing their helicopter on a desert island.
* {{Eyedscreen}} - Played with. A boxing coach faces down a gang of unruly pigeons in the style of a spaghetti western; the action is framed as a [[{{Letterbox}} letterboxed]] widescreen shot, because Bad Bob is watching the confrontation though the letterbox of his front door.
* FanBoy - Rex fancies himself as the number one fan of ShowWithinAShow ''Rocket Raymond'' - to the point that when he meets another similarly obsessed fan (also, confusingly, [[OneSteveLimit named Rex]]), an argument ensues over the factual accuracy of the second Rex's fan site.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent - Watch Vince through any scene. Also, when the siren goes off in the bank, the actors in the background are running around, screaming.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind - In an attempt to cure Vince's Random Pavarotti Disease, the other dogs voyage into his head in a shrunken submarine. They eventually find his tuning knob and retune him to BBC Radio 4, preferring the Shipping Forecast and Gardeners' Question Time to his singing.
* InterspeciesRomance - In one episode, Vince courts, marries and has a child with... a ''vacuum cleaner''.
* LaughTrack - Played with in the opening to one episode, where the characters are playing their own roles as if in a [[StylisticSuck cheap sitcom]], complete with [[BadBadActing bad acting]], a VisibleBoomMic, and very obviously canned laughter.
* LetsMeetTheMeat - The talking mash-up of food from "Adventures on Telly Pt. I", which promptly gets devoured by Vince. Also, Johnny Saveloy the talking sausage.
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* ChurchOfHappyology - ChurchOfHappyology: In one episode, Wendy is [[BrainWashed inducted]] into the "Church of Chemicalology" by celebrity talking sausage Johnny Saveloy. It soon turns out that he is luring in victims in order to drain their essence and prolong his own life.
*{{Cloudcuckoolander}} - {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Vince, whose contributions to most conversations consist of little more than random outbursts of opera singing, single-word non-sequiturs ("Tuesday!"), and snippets of radio broadcasts.
*CurseCutShort - CurseCutShort: Inconsistently throughout the second season, the catchphrase "You're a big fat jelly wobbly fat bastard, Bob" gets cut short at "bast-". Also Mr. Formal's reaction when he receives a polite but unhelpful form letter from the police immediately after getting robbed: "Oh, fu-".
*DeadpanSnarker - DeadpanSnarker: Wendy most of the time, occasionally Rex when he's annoyed enough.
*EenieMeenieMinyMoai - EenieMeenieMinyMoai: The dogs meet a group of Moai-headed aliens after crashing their helicopter on a desert island.
*{{Eyedscreen}} - {{Eyedscreen}}: Played with. A boxing coach faces down a gang of unruly pigeons in the style of a spaghetti western; the action is framed as a [[{{Letterbox}} letterboxed]] widescreen shot, because Bad Bob is watching the confrontation though the letterbox of his front door.
*FanBoy - FanBoy: Rex fancies himself as the number one fan of ShowWithinAShow ''Rocket Raymond'' - to the point that when he meets another similarly obsessed fan (also, confusingly, [[OneSteveLimit named Rex]]), an argument ensues over the factual accuracy of the second Rex's fan site.
*FunnyBackgroundEvent - FunnyBackgroundEvent: Watch Vince through any scene. Also, when the siren goes off in the bank, the actors in the background are running around, screaming.
*JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind - JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: In an attempt to cure Vince's Random Pavarotti Disease, the other dogs voyage into his head in a shrunken submarine. They eventually find his tuning knob and retune him to BBC Radio 4, preferring the Shipping Forecast and Gardeners' Question Time to his singing.
*InterspeciesRomance - InterspeciesRomance: In one episode, Vince courts, marries and has a child with... a ''vacuum cleaner''.
*LaughTrack - LaughTrack: Played with in the opening to one episode, where the characters are playing their own roles as if in a [[StylisticSuck cheap sitcom]], complete with [[BadBadActing bad acting]], a VisibleBoomMic, and very obviously canned laughter.
*LetsMeetTheMeat - LetsMeetTheMeat: The talking mash-up of food from "Adventures on Telly Pt. I", which promptly gets devoured by Vince. Also, Johnny Saveloy the talking sausage.
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* MadEye - One of Vince's eyes is larger than the other.
* MadScientist - Dr. Dogg has shades of this in the episodes "Slim Bob" and "Plasticene Gene".
* MediumAwareness - The fact that the characters are made of plasticine is frequently played with; for example, when Wendy is put on trial for [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace shooting Vince in the face]], a key point of her defence is that Vince is made of plasticine and can simply be moulded back into shape.
* OnlySaneMan - Rex, the straight [[strike:man]] dog of the group, is regularly driven to fuming exasperation by his oddball friends.
* ShoutOut - Various characters from other Aardman animations make cameos, including Wallace (of WallaceAndGromit) as a window cleaner.
* SubvertedKidsShow - Lampshaded on the DVD's box cover: "Tho' you may need your kids to explain the rude jokes, they're still rude. So be advised."
* TimeMachine - Bad Bob built a "gobackintimeatron" from a can of baked beans with a propeller on top in order to prevent the gang's house from being stolen. It was previously used as a space ship to rescue Rex from the Moai aliens.
* UnrealisticBlackHole - Played for laughs. After being sucked through a psychedelic black hole, the dogs find themselves in a cafeteria attended by a one-eyed alien janitor (who also happens to be one of Rex's old school teachers). She calls them a taxi to get them home again.
* VerbalTic - Vince often has a habit of copying what others have said, which Bad Bob finds really annoying.
* MadScientist - Dr. Dogg has shades of this in the episodes "Slim Bob" and "Plasticene Gene".
* MediumAwareness - The fact that the characters are made of plasticine is frequently played with; for example, when Wendy is put on trial for [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace shooting Vince in the face]], a key point of her defence is that Vince is made of plasticine and can simply be moulded back into shape.
* OnlySaneMan - Rex, the straight [[strike:man]] dog of the group, is regularly driven to fuming exasperation by his oddball friends.
* ShoutOut - Various characters from other Aardman animations make cameos, including Wallace (of WallaceAndGromit) as a window cleaner.
* SubvertedKidsShow - Lampshaded on the DVD's box cover: "Tho' you may need your kids to explain the rude jokes, they're still rude. So be advised."
* TimeMachine - Bad Bob built a "gobackintimeatron" from a can of baked beans with a propeller on top in order to prevent the gang's house from being stolen. It was previously used as a space ship to rescue Rex from the Moai aliens.
* UnrealisticBlackHole - Played for laughs. After being sucked through a psychedelic black hole, the dogs find themselves in a cafeteria attended by a one-eyed alien janitor (who also happens to be one of Rex's old school teachers). She calls them a taxi to get them home again.
* VerbalTic - Vince often has a habit of copying what others have said, which Bad Bob finds really annoying.
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* MadEye - MadEye: One of Vince's eyes is larger than the other.
*MadScientist - MadScientist: Dr. Dogg has shades of this in the episodes "Slim Bob" and "Plasticene Gene".
*MediumAwareness - MediumAwareness: The fact that the characters are made of plasticine is frequently played with; for example, when Wendy is put on trial for [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace shooting Vince in the face]], a key point of her defence defense is that Vince is made of plasticine and can simply be moulded molded back into shape.
*OnlySaneMan - OnlySaneMan: Rex, the straight [[strike:man]] dog of the group, is regularly driven to fuming exasperation by his oddball friends.
*ShoutOut - ShoutOut: Various characters from other Aardman animations make cameos, including Wallace (of WallaceAndGromit) as a window cleaner.
*SubvertedKidsShow - SubvertedKidsShow: Lampshaded on the DVD's box cover: "Tho' you may need your kids to explain the rude jokes, they're still rude. So be advised."
*TimeMachine - TimeMachine: Bad Bob built a "gobackintimeatron" from a can of baked beans with a propeller on top in order to prevent the gang's house from being stolen. It was previously used as a space ship to rescue Rex from the Moai aliens.
*UnrealisticBlackHole - UnrealisticBlackHole: Played for laughs. After being sucked through a psychedelic black hole, the dogs find themselves in a cafeteria attended by a one-eyed alien janitor (who also happens to be one of Rex's old school teachers). She calls them a taxi to get them home again.
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* HeyItsThatVoice - Many celebrities well-known in the UK provided voices for characters on the show, most notably [[HaveIGotNewsForYou Paul Merton]] as Dr. Dogg and Eddie Izzard as the Moai aliens.
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The show ran for two series shown between 1998 and 2001 on BBC2, but had a shaky timeslot because of its often [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids irreverent nature]], as well as much ExecutiveMeddling and a slight shift in voice cast. It has, however, found a much wider audience on the Web since Atom Films showcased the series (as well as other Aardman shorts such as ''Pib & Pog'' and ''Angry Kid''), and is overall a great start for those willing to check out the studio's more offbeat productions.
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The show ran for two series shown between 1998 and 2001 on BBC2, Creator/{{BBC}}2, but had a shaky timeslot because of its often [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids irreverent nature]], as well as much ExecutiveMeddling and a slight shift in voice cast. It has, however, found a much wider audience on the Web since Atom Films showcased the series (as well as other Aardman shorts such as ''Pib & Pog'' and ''Angry Kid''), and is overall a great start for those willing to check out the studio's more offbeat productions.
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A very bizarre stopmotion animated series from Aardman Animations (the makers of ''WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please "the bloke who runs telly"... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with the audience's heads]].
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A very bizarre stopmotion animated series from Aardman Animations Creator/AardmanAnimations (the makers of ''WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please "the bloke who runs telly"... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with the audience's heads]].
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A very bizarre stopmotion animated series from Aardman Animations (the makers of ''WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please "the bloke who runs telly"... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with the audience's heads]].
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->''Rex the Runt! Rex the Runt! \\
It's time for a doggy dialogue. \\
Rex the Runt! Rex the Runt! \\
The Wobbly, Bobbly, Dribbly, Squiggly, DOGGGGG!!!!''
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Rex the Runt! Rex the Runt!\\
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Rex the Runt! Rex the Runt!\\
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Runt! \\
It's time for a doggy dialogue. \\
Rex the Runt! Rex theRunt!\\Runt! \\
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->''"[[ExpositoryThemeTune We... are the Crystal Gems, we'll always save the day,\\
and if you think we can't, we'll always find a way!\\
That's why the people of this world believe in]]\\
[[ThemeTuneRollCall Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl - AND STEVEN!]]"''
and if you think we can't, we'll always find a way!\\
That's why the people of this world believe in]]\\
[[ThemeTuneRollCall Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl - AND STEVEN!]]"''
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->Rex the Runt!
->It's time for a doggy dialogue.
->Rex the Runt!
->Rex the Runt!
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->Rex
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and if you think we can't, we'll always find a way!\\
That's why the people of this world believe in]]\\
[[ThemeTuneRollCall Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl - AND STEVEN!]]"''
->''Rex the Runt! Rex the Runt!\\
It's time for a doggy
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Surreal animated series from Aardman Animations (the makers of ''WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please "the bloke who runs telly"... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with the audience's heads]].
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Surreal animated series from Aardman Animations (the makers of ''WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to entertain viewers... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with the audience's heads]].
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Surreal animated series from Aardman Animations (the makers of ''WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to entertain viewers...please "the bloke who runs telly"... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with the audience's heads]].
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Surreal animated series from Aardman Animations (the makers of ''WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please demanding TV executives... entertain viewers... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with the viewer's audience's heads]].
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Surreal animated series from Aardman Animations (the makers of ''WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please demanding TV executives... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with their audience's minds]].
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Surreal animated series from Aardman Animations (the makers of ''WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please demanding TV executives... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with their audience's minds]].the viewer's heads]].
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** And interupting them like thus...
** Bad bob: There's never anything to bloomin'...
** Vince[interupting]: Eat
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** And interupting them like thus...
**thus...Bad bob: There's never anything to bloomin'...
**bloomin'...Vince[interupting]: Eat
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Surreal animated series from Aardman Animations (the makers of Wallace & Gromit) chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticene dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[CloudCuckooLander somewhat batty individual]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti, and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please demanding TV executives... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with their audience's minds]].
The show ran for two series shown between 1998 and 2001 on BBC2, but had a shaky timeslot because of its often [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids irreverant nature]], as well as much ExecutiveMeddling and a slight shift in voice cast. It has, however, found a much wider audience on the web when Atom Films showcased the series (as well as other Aardman shorts such as ''Pib & Pog'' and ''Angry Kid''), and is overall a great start for those willing to check out the studio's more offbeat productions.
The show ran for two series shown between 1998 and 2001 on BBC2, but had a shaky timeslot because of its often [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids irreverant nature]], as well as much ExecutiveMeddling and a slight shift in voice cast. It has, however, found a much wider audience on the web when Atom Films showcased the series (as well as other Aardman shorts such as ''Pib & Pog'' and ''Angry Kid''), and is overall a great start for those willing to check out the studio's more offbeat productions.
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Surreal animated series from Aardman Animations (the makers of Wallace & Gromit) ''WallaceAndGromit'') chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticene plasticine dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[CloudCuckooLander [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} somewhat batty individual]] dog]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti, spaghetti and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please demanding TV executives... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with their audience's minds]].
The show ran for two series shown between 1998 and 2001 on BBC2, but had a shaky timeslot because of its often [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKidsirreverant irreverent nature]], as well as much ExecutiveMeddling and a slight shift in voice cast. It has, however, found a much wider audience on the web when Web since Atom Films showcased the series (as well as other Aardman shorts such as ''Pib & Pog'' and ''Angry Kid''), and is overall a great start for those willing to check out the studio's more offbeat productions.
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* CloudCuckooLander - Vince, whose contributions to most conversations consist of little more than random outbursts of opera singing, single-word non-sequiturs ("Tuesday!"), and snippets of radio broadcasts.
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* CloudCuckooLander {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - Vince, whose contributions to most conversations consist of little more than random outbursts of opera singing, single-word non-sequiturs ("Tuesday!"), and snippets of radio broadcasts.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff - Played for laughs in one episode where Vince is revealed to be very popular in Japan, and that his sudden presence even stops a Godzilla-type monster and a giant robot fighting and excitedly ask for his autograph.
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* LaughTrack - Played with in the opening to one episode, where the characters are playing their own roles as if in a [[StylisticSuck cheap sitcom]], complete with [[BadBadActing bad acting]], a [[VisibleBoomMic visible boom mic]], and very obviously canned laughter.
* LetsMeetTheMeat - The talking mash-up of food from "Adventures On Telly Pt. I", which promptly gets devoured by Vince. Plus, Johnny Saveloy the talking sausage.
** And then there was that time Rex went through a meat grinder, became a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince kept trying to eat him.
* LetsMeetTheMeat - The talking mash-up of food from "Adventures On Telly Pt. I", which promptly gets devoured by Vince. Plus, Johnny Saveloy the talking sausage.
** And then there was that time Rex went through a meat grinder, became a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince kept trying to eat him.
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* LaughTrack - Played with in the opening to one episode, where the characters are playing their own roles as if in a [[StylisticSuck cheap sitcom]], complete with [[BadBadActing bad acting]], a [[VisibleBoomMic visible boom mic]], VisibleBoomMic, and very obviously canned laughter.
* LetsMeetTheMeat - The talking mash-up of food from "AdventuresOn on Telly Pt. I", which promptly gets devoured by Vince. Plus, Also, Johnny Saveloy the talking sausage.
** And then there was that time Rex went through a meat grinder, he became a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince kept trying to eat him.
* LetsMeetTheMeat - The talking mash-up of food from "Adventures
** And then there was that time Rex went through a meat grinder, he became a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince kept trying to eat him.
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* VerbalTic - Vince often has a habit of copying what others has said, which Bad Bob finds really annoying.
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[[caption-width-right:300:Hello, I'm Rex, and welcome to my world...]]
->Rex the Runt!
->Rex the Runt!
->It's time for a doggy dialogue.
->Rex the Runt!
->Rex the Runt!
->The Wobbly, Bobbly, Dribbly, Squiggly, DOGGGGG!!!!
Surreal animated series from Aardman Animations (the makers of Wallace & Gromit) chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticene dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[CloudCuckooLander somewhat batty individual]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti, and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please demanding TV executives... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with their audience's minds]].
The show ran for two series shown between 1998 and 2001 on BBC2, but had a shaky timeslot because of its often [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids irreverant nature]], as well as much ExecutiveMeddling and a slight shift in voice cast. It has, however, found a much wider audience on the web when Atom Films showcased the series (as well as other Aardman shorts such as ''Pib & Pog'' and ''Angry Kid''), and is overall a great start for those willing to check out the studio's more offbeat productions.
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!!This Show Features Examples of:
* AscendedExtra - Rex first appeared as the protagonist's pet dog in the surreal 1989 Aardman short ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtdHN0Rc7ck Ident]]''. Richard Goleszowski, animator and art director on ''Ident'', and director of ''Rex the Runt'', overhauled the character (making him bipedal and able to speak) for a couple of unaired pilot episodes several years before the series proper was made.
* BackAlleyDoctor - Dr. Dogg, whose medical treatments usually consist of beating the patient in the head. He is also on hand to sell whatever else he can, almost always charging "ten quid" for his services.
* CatchPhrase - Almost everything that Vince says.
** At the start of most episodes: "Hello, I'm Rex, and welcome to my world."
** "You're a big fat jelly wobbly fat bastard, Bob."
** "Ten quid, all right?"
* ChurchOfHappyology - In one episode, Wendy is [[BrainWashed inducted]] into the "Church of Chemicalology" by celebrity talking sausage Johnny Saveloy. It soon turns out that he is luring in victims in order to drain their essence and prolong his own life.
* CloudCuckooLander - Vince, whose contributions to most conversations consist of little more than random outbursts of opera singing, single-word non-sequiturs ("Tuesday!"), and snippets of radio broadcasts.
* CurseCutShort - Inconsistently throughout the second season, the catchphrase "You're a big fat jelly wobbly fat bastard, Bob" gets cut short at "bast-". Also Mr. Formal's reaction when he receives a polite but unhelpful form letter from the police immediately after getting robbed: "Oh, fu-".
* DeadpanSnarker - Wendy most of the time, occasionally Rex when he's annoyed enough.
* EenieMeenieMinyMoai - The dogs meet a group of Moai-headed aliens after crashing their helicopter on a desert island.
* {{Eyedscreen}} - Played with. A boxing coach faces down a gang of unruly pigeons in the style of a spaghetti western; the action is framed as a [[{{Letterbox}} letterboxed]] widescreen shot, because Bad Bob is watching the confrontation though the letterbox of his front door.
* FanBoy - Rex fancies himself as the number one fan of ShowWithinAShow ''Rocket Raymond'' - to the point that when he meets another similarly obsessed fan (also, confusingly, [[OneSteveLimit named Rex]]), an argument ensues over the factual accuracy of the second Rex's fan site.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent - Watch Vince through any scene. Also, when the siren goes off in the bank, the actors in the background are running around, screaming.
* HeyItsThatVoice - Many celebrities well-known in the UK provided voices for characters on the show, most notably [[HaveIGotNewsForYou Paul Merton]] as Dr. Dogg and Eddie Izzard as the Moai aliens.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff - Played for laughs in one episode where Vince is revealed to be very popular in Japan, and that his sudden presence even stops a Godzilla-type monster and a giant robot fighting and excitedly ask for his autograph.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind - In an attempt to cure Vince's Random Pavarotti Disease, the other dogs voyage into his head in a shrunken submarine. They eventually find his tuning knob and retune him to BBC Radio 4, preferring the Shipping Forecast and Gardeners' Question Time to his singing.
* InterspeciesRomance - In one episode, Vince courts, marries and has a child with... a ''vacuum cleaner''.
* LaughTrack - Played with in the opening to one episode, where the characters are playing their own roles as if in a [[StylisticSuck cheap sitcom]], complete with [[BadBadActing bad acting]], a [[VisibleBoomMic visible boom mic]], and very obviously canned laughter.
* LetsMeetTheMeat - The talking mash-up of food from "Adventures On Telly Pt. I", which promptly gets devoured by Vince. Plus, Johnny Saveloy the talking sausage.
** And then there was that time Rex went through a meat grinder, became a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince kept trying to eat him.
* MadEye - One of Vince's eyes is larger than the other.
* MadScientist - Dr. Dogg has shades of this in the episodes "Slim Bob" and "Plasticene Gene".
* MediumAwareness - The fact that the characters are made of plasticine is frequently played with; for example, when Wendy is put on trial for [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace shooting Vince in the face]], a key point of her defence is that Vince is made of plasticine and can simply be moulded back into shape.
* OnlySaneMan - Rex, the straight [[strike:man]] dog of the group, is regularly driven to fuming exasperation by his oddball friends.
* ShoutOut - Various characters from other Aardman animations make cameos, including Wallace (of WallaceAndGromit) as a window cleaner.
* SubvertedKidsShow - Lampshaded on the DVD's box cover: "Tho' you may need your kids to explain the rude jokes, they're still rude. So be advised."
* TimeMachine - Bad Bob built a "gobackintimeatron" from a can of baked beans with a propeller on top in order to prevent the gang's house from being stolen. It was previously used as a space ship to rescue Rex from the Moai aliens.
* UnrealisticBlackHole - Played for laughs. After being sucked through a psychedelic black hole, the dogs find themselves in a cafeteria attended by a one-eyed alien janitor (who also happens to be one of Rex's old school teachers). She calls them a taxi to get them home again.
* VerbalTic - Vince often has a habit of copying what others has said, which Bad Bob finds really annoying.
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[[caption-width-right:300:Hello, I'm Rex, and welcome to my world...]]
->Rex the Runt!
->Rex the Runt!
->It's time for a doggy dialogue.
->Rex the Runt!
->Rex the Runt!
->The Wobbly, Bobbly, Dribbly, Squiggly, DOGGGGG!!!!
Surreal animated series from Aardman Animations (the makers of Wallace & Gromit) chronicling the day-to-day lives of four plasticene dogs: the titular straight man Rex, trigger happy slob Bad Bob, sarcastic [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]] Wendy, and erm... Vince, a [[CloudCuckooLander somewhat batty individual]] who suffers from spontaneous bouts of Random Pavarotti Disease and has a strange fixation for Tuesdays, spaghetti, and jam. Much of the gang's shenanigans often dealt with them seeking ways to achieve fame & fortune (due to constantly being broke), going on adventures in order to please demanding TV executives... or [[MindScrew simply just screwing with their audience's minds]].
The show ran for two series shown between 1998 and 2001 on BBC2, but had a shaky timeslot because of its often [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids irreverant nature]], as well as much ExecutiveMeddling and a slight shift in voice cast. It has, however, found a much wider audience on the web when Atom Films showcased the series (as well as other Aardman shorts such as ''Pib & Pog'' and ''Angry Kid''), and is overall a great start for those willing to check out the studio's more offbeat productions.
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!!This Show Features Examples of:
* AscendedExtra - Rex first appeared as the protagonist's pet dog in the surreal 1989 Aardman short ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtdHN0Rc7ck Ident]]''. Richard Goleszowski, animator and art director on ''Ident'', and director of ''Rex the Runt'', overhauled the character (making him bipedal and able to speak) for a couple of unaired pilot episodes several years before the series proper was made.
* BackAlleyDoctor - Dr. Dogg, whose medical treatments usually consist of beating the patient in the head. He is also on hand to sell whatever else he can, almost always charging "ten quid" for his services.
* CatchPhrase - Almost everything that Vince says.
** At the start of most episodes: "Hello, I'm Rex, and welcome to my world."
** "You're a big fat jelly wobbly fat bastard, Bob."
** "Ten quid, all right?"
* ChurchOfHappyology - In one episode, Wendy is [[BrainWashed inducted]] into the "Church of Chemicalology" by celebrity talking sausage Johnny Saveloy. It soon turns out that he is luring in victims in order to drain their essence and prolong his own life.
* CloudCuckooLander - Vince, whose contributions to most conversations consist of little more than random outbursts of opera singing, single-word non-sequiturs ("Tuesday!"), and snippets of radio broadcasts.
* CurseCutShort - Inconsistently throughout the second season, the catchphrase "You're a big fat jelly wobbly fat bastard, Bob" gets cut short at "bast-". Also Mr. Formal's reaction when he receives a polite but unhelpful form letter from the police immediately after getting robbed: "Oh, fu-".
* DeadpanSnarker - Wendy most of the time, occasionally Rex when he's annoyed enough.
* EenieMeenieMinyMoai - The dogs meet a group of Moai-headed aliens after crashing their helicopter on a desert island.
* {{Eyedscreen}} - Played with. A boxing coach faces down a gang of unruly pigeons in the style of a spaghetti western; the action is framed as a [[{{Letterbox}} letterboxed]] widescreen shot, because Bad Bob is watching the confrontation though the letterbox of his front door.
* FanBoy - Rex fancies himself as the number one fan of ShowWithinAShow ''Rocket Raymond'' - to the point that when he meets another similarly obsessed fan (also, confusingly, [[OneSteveLimit named Rex]]), an argument ensues over the factual accuracy of the second Rex's fan site.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent - Watch Vince through any scene. Also, when the siren goes off in the bank, the actors in the background are running around, screaming.
* HeyItsThatVoice - Many celebrities well-known in the UK provided voices for characters on the show, most notably [[HaveIGotNewsForYou Paul Merton]] as Dr. Dogg and Eddie Izzard as the Moai aliens.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff - Played for laughs in one episode where Vince is revealed to be very popular in Japan, and that his sudden presence even stops a Godzilla-type monster and a giant robot fighting and excitedly ask for his autograph.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind - In an attempt to cure Vince's Random Pavarotti Disease, the other dogs voyage into his head in a shrunken submarine. They eventually find his tuning knob and retune him to BBC Radio 4, preferring the Shipping Forecast and Gardeners' Question Time to his singing.
* InterspeciesRomance - In one episode, Vince courts, marries and has a child with... a ''vacuum cleaner''.
* LaughTrack - Played with in the opening to one episode, where the characters are playing their own roles as if in a [[StylisticSuck cheap sitcom]], complete with [[BadBadActing bad acting]], a [[VisibleBoomMic visible boom mic]], and very obviously canned laughter.
* LetsMeetTheMeat - The talking mash-up of food from "Adventures On Telly Pt. I", which promptly gets devoured by Vince. Plus, Johnny Saveloy the talking sausage.
** And then there was that time Rex went through a meat grinder, became a mobile pile of 'spaghetti' and Vince kept trying to eat him.
* MadEye - One of Vince's eyes is larger than the other.
* MadScientist - Dr. Dogg has shades of this in the episodes "Slim Bob" and "Plasticene Gene".
* MediumAwareness - The fact that the characters are made of plasticine is frequently played with; for example, when Wendy is put on trial for [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace shooting Vince in the face]], a key point of her defence is that Vince is made of plasticine and can simply be moulded back into shape.
* OnlySaneMan - Rex, the straight [[strike:man]] dog of the group, is regularly driven to fuming exasperation by his oddball friends.
* ShoutOut - Various characters from other Aardman animations make cameos, including Wallace (of WallaceAndGromit) as a window cleaner.
* SubvertedKidsShow - Lampshaded on the DVD's box cover: "Tho' you may need your kids to explain the rude jokes, they're still rude. So be advised."
* TimeMachine - Bad Bob built a "gobackintimeatron" from a can of baked beans with a propeller on top in order to prevent the gang's house from being stolen. It was previously used as a space ship to rescue Rex from the Moai aliens.
* UnrealisticBlackHole - Played for laughs. After being sucked through a psychedelic black hole, the dogs find themselves in a cafeteria attended by a one-eyed alien janitor (who also happens to be one of Rex's old school teachers). She calls them a taxi to get them home again.
* VerbalTic - Vince often has a habit of copying what others has said, which Bad Bob finds really annoying.
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