History WesternAnimation / ThreeTwoOnePenguins

** Grandmum’s face is never actually seen, she is always shown from the neck down.

* FiveManBand
** Zidgel is TheHero
** Midgel is TheLancer
** Fidgel is TheSmartGuy
** Kevin is TheBigGuy with traits of TheChick
** Jason and Michelle are [[TagalongKid Tagalong Kids]] with traits of TheHeart

* {{Revival}}: After the show got cancelled in 2003, it got renewed in 2006 and ran for two season before it got re-cancelled.

* BizarreAlienLocomotion: The the Wait-Your-Turners (aliens that look like old fashioned electrolux vacuum cleaners) move around via rolling around on their four wheels.

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* SawItInAMovieOnce: In ''In the Big House'', Fidgel galeezels both Jason and Michelle at once because he saw it in a cartoon once. This ends up wrecking the galeezel.

* IComeInPeace: Zidgel says "We come in peace" to Cavitus' minions in ''Between an Asteroid and a Hard Place'', to which the first minion responds with, "Uh, piece of what, exactly?"

* DistressedDude: In ''Do Unto Brothers'', Zidgel, Midgel, and Fidgel get captured by Cavitus.

* OurWormholesAreDifferent: In ''Do Unto Brothers'', a jelly wormhole makes its only appearance. It is transparent, jelly worm-like aliens use them to travel from place to place, and spaceships that enter them have been known to disappear without a trace.

* AdaptationExpansion: ''Oh, Mercy'' is adapted loosely from Jesus' parable of the unforgiving servant. One of things added to it is what happened after the first servant gets imprisoned a second time.

* JawDrop: In ''Oh, Mercy!'', Zidgel's, Midgel's, Kevin's, and Jason's jaws drop upon the sight of the large emerald. Fidgel has to close Zidgel's jaw twice.

* WholePlotReference: The plot of ''Oh, Mercy!'' is as follows: Zidgel owes something very valuable to the Gator King (he broke a giant-ass emerald, the Gator King gets pissed off and imprisons Zidgel until he is able to pay him back for the damages caused, Zidgel begs for forgiveness, the Gator King forgives him. However, Midgel loses Zidgel's marbles (which are only valuable on a sentimental scale), Zidgel gets pissed off at Midgel for this, Midgel begs for forgiveness, but Zidgel refuses to do so. When the Gator King hears about what Zidgel did, he gets pissed off and sends Zidgel back to jail. If the basics of that plot sound familiar, it's because it's the same plot as [[Literature/TheBible Jesus' Parable of the Unforgiving Servant]].

* CatchphraseInterruptus: In ''Kennel Club Blues'', Zidgel interrupts Midgel's "Bonsai!!" catchphrase to finally yell out something, "Bird's eye!"

* ImpossiblePickleJar: In ''Kennel Club Blues'', Zidgel tries--and fails--to open a jar that Kevin ends up stuck in. When Michelle succeeds in opening it, he says, "I must have loosened it up for you."

* LaughWithMe: Inverted in ''Kennel Club Blues'' when Cavitus tells his minions only he does the evil laughter when he does it.

* CourtroomEpisode: ''12 Angry Hens''.

* {{Imprinting}}: In ''12 Angry Hens'' when the chicken prince hatches, he imprints on Cavitus, thinking he's his mother.

* BaddieFlattery: Cavitus compliments Jason in ''Hogs and Kisses'' [[spoiler: in order to gain access to all of the money in the Pig-O Bank Cruiser.]]

* FalseTeethTomfoolery: In ''Wise Guys'', Future Zidgel's false teeth fall out to show that he hasn't actually retained his youth.

* FountainOfYouth: In ''Wise Guys'', the time machine causes [[spoiler: Kevin to revert to a younger penguin and eventually an egg. He reverts back to his regular age in the end.]]

* FutureMeScaresMe: In ''Wise Guys'', future Zidgel scares Zidgel due to him being fat, bald, and toothless.

* GetBackToTheFuture: Inverted in ''Wise Guys'', where Jason, Michelle, and the Penguins end up in the future and try to find a way to travel back to their own time.

* HumanlikeAnimalAging: The aging process is zig-zagged with Zidgel's, Midgel's, and Fidgel's future selves from ''Wise Guys''. They have gray hair (In Future Zidgel's case, he's gone bald), but lack wrinkles. Instead, their feathers are grayer.

* ScaryFlashlightFace: In ''Wise Guys'', Kevin does this when Jason starts the time machine and the lights go out.

* TimeMachine: In ''Wise Guys'', Jason finds a time machine in pieces in the storage bay of the Rockhopper. This particular time machine was owned by Fidgel when he was little.
* TimeTravelEpisode: ''Wise Guys''.

* CowboyEpisode: ''Git Along, Little Doggies'' is basically a SpaceWestern.

* HaggisIsHorrible: In ''Git Along, Little Doggies'', Jason gets grossed out when he hears from Grandmum that it has a sheep's stomach.

* StinkSnub: In ''Git Along, Little Doggies!'', Zidgel tells Wild Bill that he's "rude, crude, and his personal hygiene leaves a lot to be desired".

* BigShutUp: Michelle yells "Hey!" at a Miso Guapo convention to get the audience to shut up in ''Invasion of the Body Swappers''.

* FreakyFridayFlip: In ''Invasion of the Body Swappers'', Zidgel and Kevin switch bodies.

* TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside: The aesop of ''Invasion of the Body Swappers''. Michelle is feeling bummed out because she doesn't think she looks pretty. Grandmum tells her that it's what's on the inside that matters the most.

* VictoriasSecretCompartment: A male version is implied in ''Invasion of the Body Swappers'' when Kevin-In-Zidgel's-Body talks about the time he lost his wallet between his pectorals.

* VoicesAreMental: In ''Invasion of the Body Swappers'', Zidgel's and Kevin's voices don't switch when they switch bodies.

* BilingualBonus: In ''Wiki Tiki'', the tiki king says, "Mahalo nui" to Zidgel. ''Mahalo nui'' is Hawaiian for "thank you very much."

* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: In ''Wiki Tiki'', the Tiki King is a moai head on a tiki body who tries to tell the Rockhopper crew how to save Wiki Tiki, but the Rockhopper crew keeps cutting him off.

* {{Aesoptinum}}: In ''Compassion Crashin'', the X-Five One Behavior Modifier can change one's attitude with great ease. Fidgel planned to use it to make himself, Jason, Zidgel, Midgel, and Kevin compassionate so that they could listen to Michelle when she was feeling sad. However, thanks to Kevin breaking the modifier, Jason and the penguins became the opposite of compassionate.

* AsteroidMiners: The Lobes from ''Compassion Crashin''' work in the baking soda mines of an asteroid belt.
* AsteroidThicket: The Rockhopper crew encounters one of these in ''Compassion Crashin'''.

* CelebrationMiscalculation: ''Compassion Crashin'' starts off with the penguins throwing a surprise birthday party for Jason and Michelle, only for Jason to point out that their birthday was two months ago.
* CheerUpEpisode: ''Compassion Crashin'' focuses on Jason and the Rockhopper crew trying to cheer up Michelle, and failing at it. Its moral actually focuses on how trying to cheer someone up instead of listening to them can backfire.

* NotHimself: Jason and the Penguins start acting like jerks to one another and Michelle when the Behavior Modifier is used on them in ''Compassion Crashin''.

* SecurityCling: In ''Compassion Crashin'', Zidgel and Midgel grab onto each other when they accidentally break off the steering wheel.

* TakeMeToYourLeader: Zidgel says this in ''Compassion Crashin'' to briefly trick the other crew members into thinking he's under the mind control of the x-five one behavior modifier.

* DayInTheLife: ''Comedy of Errors'' focuses on the Rockhopper crew going to see a new comedy act at the Comet Lounge.

* GroupHug: In ''Comedy of Errors'', when Jason finished his third comedy act, Michelle and the penguins gather around him for a congratulatory hug.

* KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: In the beginning of ''Comedy of Errors'', Michelle watches a cheesy horror T.V. show and ends up frighted by it and sings a little song to herself in order to calm down.

* OrphanedPunchline: In ''Comedy of Errors'' Ventrilomatic malfunctions before he can deliver the setup to this punchline. "Two, one to eat the peanut butter, and the other to hold the cabbage!"

* SpitTake: In ''Comedy of Errors'', Midgel spits out his drink when Jason reveals his embarrassing secret just to make people laugh.

* AlternativeCalendar: Implied in "Practical Hoax" when Fidgel said that Bert Bertman was part of the class of 2222. Judging from the model of the car that Jason and Michelle rode in on their way to Grandmum's cottage, the show takes place at the dawn of the 21st century at earliest.

* BucketBoobyTrap: Jason successfully uses this to prank Michelle in ''Practical Hoax'', much to Michelle's chagrin.

* JustJokingJustification: In ''Practical Hoax'', Jason and Midgel claim this when confronted by Michelle about the pranks they played on the rest of the Rockhopper crew.

* PaperThinDisguise: In ''Practical Hoax'', Cavitus' and his minions' disguises consist only of Groucho Marx glasses.
* PainPoweredLeap: In ''Practical Hoax'', Midgel lets out a yelp of pain and leaps into the air the minute he fell for the old thumbtack on the chair prank.

* PieInTheFace: Fidgel receives one of these when he opens his laptop thanks to Jason and Midgel in ''Practical Hoax".

* ThemeTuneCameo: In ''Practical Hoax'', Zidgel hums the theme song when doing his hair.

* ThumbtackOnTheChair: In ''Practical Hoax'', Baron von Cavitus' first minion places a Tell-a-Liar (a dart-like alien) on Midgel's chair.

* WhoopeeCushion: Jason and Midgel use one of these to prank Michelle in ''Practical Hoax''.

* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: From ''Give and Let Give'':
--> '''Flam Mingo:''' You pot bellied hooligans have threatened to attack us and go back on the deal!\\
'''Jeff:''' Who you calling a hooligan, bird legs?

* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Kevin manages to gulp down a whole chocolate cupcake Michelle baked in ''Give and Let Give'' without suffering any ill effects.

* PercussiveMaintenance: In ''Give and Let Give'', Fidgel gets a water pump working again by hitting it with a wrench.

* ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs: Exaggerated with the Sugar Frosted Black Holes from ''More is More'', which contains 1,005% of recommended daily supply of gravitational sugar.

* GrowlingGut: This happens to Kevin in ''More is More''.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: The giant ants in ''Lazy Daze''.

* CrosswordPuzzle: At the beginning of ''Lazy Daze'', Zidgel tries to figure out a 12-down word that has seven letters, refers to a ship commander, and starts with C. His guess later on? Cabbage.

* PicnicEpisode: ''Lazy Daze'', ants ruining it included. And the ants are giant.

* PromptingNudge: In ''Lazy Daze'', Midgel nudges Zidgel in the chest roughly in order to get him to apologize for being lazy.

* StockStarSystems: ''Lazy Daze'' features a planet named "Rigel 13", implying that it orbits the Rigel star.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: The green-eyed monster from the episode of the same name represents envy.

* ButtBiter: In ''The Green-Eyed Monster'', the titular monster delivers a bite to Midgel's rear end.

* CountingSheep: Played for laughs in ''The Green-Eyed Monster'' with the sheep switching sides in the courtroom ending up putting Zidgel to sleep.

* GreenEyedMonster: An episode is actually titled ''The Green-Eyed Monster'', and it involves a planet where a pack of sheep is jealous at another because of their pastures.

* MonsterOfTheAesop: The moral of ''The Green-Eyed Monster'' is, "don't be envious of other people's things." In it, a green-eyed monster appears to eat the things of the people who are envious.

* SingingInTheShower: In ''I Scream, You Scream'', Zidgel sings a little song in the ship's shower about how it's great being a man, er, penguin.

* YouKnowWhatToDo: Bert tells this to his gnat-bot in ''I Scream, You Scream'' when he plans to distract the Rockhopper crew from stopping his dastardly plan to steal an ice cream truck.

* CelebrationMiscalculation: ''Compassion Crashin'' starts off with the penguins throwing a surprise birthday party for Jason and Michelle, only for Michelle to point out that their birthday was two months ago.