History WesternAnimation / TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan

The AnimatedAdaptation of the Franchise/CharlieChan series, this Creator/HannaBarbera series from 1972 on Creator/{{CBS}} marked the first time — and still the only time in the Occident — that the Chan character was played by an ethnically Chinese actor: Keye Luke, who had himself played Number One son, Lee Chan, in the Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox series of films back in the 1930s. It is notable that Hanna-Barbera did not emulate the iconic Genghis Khan moustache and beard, Panama hat and white linen suit of the Charlie Chan of the 1930s and 1940s; their Mr. Chan sported a pencil moustache, a short-brimmed pork-pie hat and a blue blazer.

* GoshHornet: The four mid-teens have such an encounter in "The Gypsy Caper".

** [[BattleOfThePlanets Mr. Chan would later become the leader of the Red Rangers.]]

* LimitedWardrobe: Pretty much a given, this being a HannaBarbera show in TheSeventies.

-->'''Suzie':'' I thought you said you felt like a pizza!\\

More importantly, the cartoon featured not only the Chinese detective himself, but his numerous progeny (plus dog Chu-Chu), who would make more — or sometimes very much less — effective efforts to help "Pop" out in his cases. This motif, which had figured slightly in the old films, was brought to the fore in line with H-B's other "[[Franchise/ScoobyDoo meddling kids solving mysteries]]" series, and like many of them, featured the kids as a musical group, in this case called "[[TitleDrop The Chan Clan]]". Another added feature was the "Chan Van", which could disguise itself as another form of vehicle at the press of a button — this idea would be reused for HongKongPhooey's "Phooeymobile".

!!''TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan'' contains examples of:

* {{Expy}}: Suzie has often been compared to [[ScoobyDoo Daphne Blake]] in terms of appearance and temperament. The only difference is that Suzie is somewhat more savvy, so she isn't shoehorned into the DistressedDamsel role the way poor Daphne was.

* HeyItsThatVoice!: Stanley's American voice actor, Lennie Weinrib, also did the voice for the infamous [[ScoobyDoo Scrappy]], [[{{Voltron}} Hunk Garret and Prince Lotor]] and Timer in the "Time for Timer" ad series.

* IncestSubtext: When you have a cast made up solely of family members, and have them take on character roles similar to [[ScoobyDoo Fred and Daphne]], there's ''gonna'' be some amount of accidental UST. The most notable cases, oddly enough, are among Anne, Alan and Tom as opposed to the actual Fred and Daphne-alikes. (Though if you think a little ''too'' hard about Henry and Stanley...)

* LetsSplitUpGang!: Usually in the following groups: Anne, Suzie, Tom and Alan; Henry and Stanley; Flip, Nancy, Mimi and Scooter. Sometimes the show mixes things up a little.

-->'''Suzie''': I thought you said you felt like a pizza!\\
'''Stanley''': Yeah? Well you ''look'' like a pizza!

* JodieFoster: She's the voice of Anne Chan.

The AnimatedAdaptation of the CharlieChan series, this {{Hanna-Barbera}} series from 1972 on Creator/{{CBS}} marked the first time — and still the only time in the Occident — that the Chan character was played by an ethnically Chinese actor: Keye Luke, who had himself played Number One son, Lee Chan, in the TwentiethCenturyFox series of films back in the 1930s. It is notable that Hanna-Barbera did not emulate the iconic Genghis Khan moustache and beard, Panama hat and white linen suit of the Charlie Chan of the 1930s and 1940s; their Mr. Chan sported a pencil moustache, a short-brimmed pork-pie hat and a blue blazer.

More importantly, the cartoon featured not only the Chinese detective himself, but his numerous progeny (plus dog Chu-Chu), who would make more — or sometimes very much less — effective efforts to help "Pop" out in his cases. This motif, which had figured slightly in the old films, was brought to the fore in line with H-B's other "[[ScoobyDoo meddling kids solving mysteries]]" series, and like many of them, featured the kids as a musical group, in this case called "[[TitleDrop The Chan Clan]]". Another added feature was the "Chan Van", which could disguise itself as another form of vehicle at the press of a button — this idea would be reused for HongKongPhooey's "Phooeymobile".

* ClosingCredits: Jamie Farr, Klinger of {{MASH}} fame, was one of the lead writers on this series.

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: Averted by the funny dancing bear in "The Gypsy Caper".

* MrFanservice: Henry is a mild version, TheOtherWiki's character blurb for him even describes him as being hunky. His outfit in the comic adaptation of episode 3 is also quite revealing (a Speedo and a knotted Hawaiian shirt).

* MsFanservice: Suzie is a subdued version. She's clearly ThePrettyOne and her clothes are designed to showcase it, and she looks quite fetching in her bikini in ep 3. But at the same time, the show doesn't go out of its way to amp up her sex appeal, and there's far more to her character than just looks.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Two examples
** The four youngest:
*** Choleric: Flip
*** Phlegmatic: Nancy
*** Melancholic: Mimi
*** Sanguine: Scooter
** And the middle four:
*** Choleric: Anne
*** Phlegmatic II: Suzie
*** Melancholic: Tom
*** Sanguine: Alan

* GreenAroundTheGills: Henry in "The Mardi Gras Caper" due to some crazy driving.

* MsFanservice: Suzie is a subdued version. She's clearly The Pretty One and her clothes are designed to showcase it, and she looks quite fetching in her bikini in ep 3. But at the same time, the show doesn't go out of its way to amp up her sex appeal, and there's far more to her character than just looks.

* [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job Breaking It, Heroes!]]: In episode 2, the kids successfully rescue Boo Blew from kidnappers...only to discover they've nabbed a lookalike who didn't ''want'' to be rescued ''and'' blown his cover as a double for Mr. Blew.

* RealMenWearPink: Alan, sort of. He's not exactly the "brawny badass who does ballet", but he's a mechanical genius who wears purple and is no less "manly" than his brothers.

* StayInTheKitchen: Played for laughs with Anne. Her brothers bust her chops with their JustAGirl comments, but in the end it's clear they view her as their equal.

* LimitedWardrobe: Pretty much a given, this being a Hanna-Barbera show in TheSeventies.
** UnlimitedWardrobe: The exception being, of course, Stanley's endless supply of disguises.

* SiblingRivalry: ''Shockingly'' averted, considering there were 10 of them; the closest it ever came to this was Mimi being bossy and Scooter being annoyed by it.
* SiblingTeam: Obviously
* SiblingYinYang: Tom and Anne

** TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Anne and Suzie, respectively. Amazingly lacks TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry that comes with the territory.

* StayInTheKitchen: Played for laughs with Anne. Her brothers bust her chops with their "just a girl" comments, but in the end it's clear they view her as their equal.

* TemptingFate: This is how some of the cases get started; usually Flip's the one to make a comment about how easy it'd be to steal something, but in "The Eye of the Idol", Henry's the one to ask whether Pop is sure the idol and its valuable jade eye are safe shortly before the eye is stolen.

* CuteShotaroBoy: Flip, sans the crush on an older woman.

The AnimatedAdaptation of the CharlieChan series, this {{Hanna-Barbera}} series from 1972 on {{CBS}} marked the first time — and still the only time in the Occident — that the Chan character was played by an ethnically Chinese actor: Keye Luke, who had himself played Number One son, Lee Chan, in the TwentiethCenturyFox series of films back in the 1930s. It is notable that Hanna-Barbera did not emulate the iconic Genghis Khan moustache and beard, Panama hat and white linen suit of the Charlie Chan of the 1930s and 1940s; their Mr. Chan sported a pencil moustache, a short-brimmed pork-pie hat and a blue blazer.

* [[BusmansHoliday Busman's Holiday]]: A lot of the episodes, but most notably episode 3.

* {{CrossOver}}

** The four youngest:

* [[HeyItsThatVoice Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Stanley's American voice actor, Lennie Weinrib, also did the voice for the infamous [[ScoobyDoo Scrappy]], [[{{Voltron}} Hunk Garret and Prince Lotor]] and Timer in the "Time for Timer" ad series.

* [[LetsSplitUpGang Let's Split Up, Gang!]]: Usually in the following groups: Anne, Suzie, Tom and Alan; Henry and Stanley; Flip, Nancy, Mimi and Scooter. Sometimes the show mixes things up a little.

* {{Uncyclopedia}}: [[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Amazing_Chan_and_the_Chan_Clan No, really]]. It's a crossover substituting the more popular JackieChan for Charlie, but still, the fact that this little show was known enough to earn a place here is pretty surprising.

* [=~Everything's Worse With Bears~=]: Averted by the funny dancing bear in "The Gypsy Caper".

* [=~What The Hell, Hero?~=]: Suzie and Flip react to Henry and Stanley this way when they inadvertently get their father in trouble with the police due to a misunderstanding and a case of mistaken identity. The whole Clan reacts this way in the comic adaptation.

* InnocentPanties: Suzie in "The White Elephant". Anne gets a variation of one in the comic adaptation of episode 3 (she wears her t-shirt over her bathing suit, and when the four youngest kids come barreling into her, Alan, Tom and Suzie her shirt flies up, flashing the bottom half of her black swimsuit).

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Henry is a mild version, TheOtherWiki's character blurb for him even describes him as being hunky. His outfit in the comic adaptation of episode 3 is also quite revealing (a Speedo and a knotted Hawaiian shirt).

* GettingTooOldForThis: Stanley in "The Greek Caper". It's funny because he's about 17 years old.