History WesternAnimation / StoppitAndTidyup

''Stoppit and Tidyup'' was created by CMTB Animation and Queensgate Productions, the same companies that made ''WesternAnimation/TheTrapDoor'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bump}}'', and aired in 1988. The show was also worked on by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Britain_Tidy Keep Britain Tidy]], which was known as the Tidy Britain Group back then. The show was narrated by Terry Wogan.

* BalefulPolymorph: Touching a Naughty causes the victim to get Naughty Pox, which basically transforms them into a Naughty.

* BlindingBangs: Comb Your Hair has messy ones. It causes him to bump into things and fall off a lot of cliffs in his episode.

%* ThePigPen: Wash Your Face, who is covered in mud due to his love of splashing in puddles. When Tidyup gives him a bath, he's revealed to be a pale orange, rather than dark brown.

%%* TheAce: Clean Your Teeth.

%%* BigBad: I Said No.

%%* ThePigPen: Wash Your Face.

* TheAce: Clean Your Teeth.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: All of the characters are personifications of commands commonly given to children by their parents.

* BigBad: I Said No.

* ThePigPen: Wash Your Face.
* PunnyName: For starters, there's the MeaningfulName example above, but there's also characters named Beehave and Beequiet. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Guess what animal they are]].

In the tiny, tiny land of Do As You're Told, there lives two creatures: Stoppit, a red, hyperactive furball who lives in a human-sized dump yard, and his friend Tidyup, a more mature blue creature that wears a tie and is a neat-freak and passionate gardener, growing giant multi-coloured gherkins to eat. Other inhabitants of Do As You're Told serve as Stoppit and Tidyup's friends; each episode revolved around one of these friends of theirs and was named after whichever friend it focused on. Other characters include the Naughties, which are dark blue and yellow spherical creatures, and the Sit Downs, which are white creatures that do nothing but sit down.

* ShortRunner: Ran for 13 episodes.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Every one of Stoppit and Tidyup's friends are given a major focus in each episode. The one character that averted this and never got an episode dedicated to them is Not Now, who is I Said No's pet.

* DeadpanSnarker: The narrator on occasion.

In the tiny, tiny land of Do As You're Told, there lives two creatures: Stoppit, a red, hyperactive furball, and his friend Tidyup, a more mature blue creature that wears a tie. Other inhabitants of Do As You're Told serve as Stoppit and Tidyup's friends; each episode revolved around one of these friends of theirs and was named after whichever friend it focused on. Other characters include the Naughties, which are dark blue and yellow spherical creatures, and the Sit Downs, which are white creatures that do nothing but sit down.

* DeadpanSnarker: The narrator on occasion. "Tidyup was very upset. You can see that, can't you?"

In the tiny, tiny land of Do As You're Told, there lives two creatures: Stoppit, a red, hyperactive furball, and his friend Tidyup, a more mature blue creature that wears a tie. Other inhabitants of Do As You're Told serve as Stoppit and Tidyup's friends; each episode revolved around one of these friends of theirs and was named after whichever friend it focused on.

* SickEpisode: Hurry Up's episode, where Tidyup touches a Naughty (which are little round dark blue and yellow creatures) and winds up with Naughty Pox.

* SickEpisode: Hurry Up's episode, where Tidyup touches a Naughty (which are little round black and yellow creatures) and winds up with Naughty Pox.

* MeaningfulName[=/=]PunnyName: Every character has a name taken from a command that parents give to children, and each name represents their personality; for example, Go And Play likes to play with his toys while Hurry Up is very fast.

* ThemeNaming: See the MeaningfulName example above.

* MeaningfulName[=/=]PunnyName: Every character has a name taken from a command that parents give to children, and each name represents their personality; for example, Go And Play likes to play with his toys.

* AnAesop: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], oddly enough for a show aimed at young kids.

''Stoppit and Tidyup'' was created by CMTB Animation and Queensgate Productions, the same companies that made ''WesternAnimation/TheTrapDoor'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bump}}''. The show was also worked on by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Britain_Tidy Keep Britain Tidy]], which was known as the Tidy Britain Group back then. The show was narrated by Terry Wogan.