Line #14 WesternAnimation/Curbside


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/curbside.png]]
2	''Curbside'' was an unsuccessful pilot created by Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in 1999. It was an AnimatedAnthology focusing on revamped versions of Creator/{{Terrytoons}} characters, the framing device consisting of a talk show hosted by WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle.
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4	The main story's plot consisted of Heckle and Jeckle falling victim to a cursed scarecrow, with three segments set between this conflict consisting of [[WesternAnimation/TheDeputyDawgShow Deputy Dawg]] and Muskie Muskrat trying to arrest Vincent Van Gopher, WesternAnimation/SidneyTheElephant being tasked with protecting the jungle from a giant rock about to fall, and WesternAnimation/MightyMouse making sure no one threatens his buddy WesternAnimation/TomTerrific.
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6	The cast consisted of Creator/CharlieAdler as Vincent Van Gopher, Creator/DeeBradleyBaker as Mighty Mouse, Dinky Duck, and Sidney, Creator/BobcatGoldthwait as Jeckle, [[Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete Toby]] [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Huss]] as Heckle, Creator/HaleyJoelOsment as Tom Terrific, Creator/RobPaulsen as Muskie Muskrat and Cleo, and Creator/BillyWest as Deputy Dawg and Stanley.
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8	!!Tropes present in this pilot:
9	* AdaptationalDumbass: Muskie Muskrat is made a bumbling moron, when he was frequently shown to be clever in outsmarting Deputy Dawg in ''WesternAnimation/TheDeputyDawgShow''.
10	* AdaptationalHeroism: In ''WesternAnimation/TheDeputyDawgShow'', Muskie Muskrat had no qualms causing trouble for Deputy Dawg even while palling around with him. Here, he's Deputy's loyal sidekick whose only fault is being an inept fool.
11	* AdaptationalIntelligence: Deputy Dawg isn't nearly as bumbling and gullible as he was in ''WesternAnimation/TheDeputyDawgShow'', his ineptitude here being due to misfortune rather than making poor decisions or being easily deceived.
12	* AdaptationalWimp: Tom Terrific doesn't show any signs of having shape-changing abilities and is also a lot less brave than his original incarnation.
13	* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Curiously, Heckle and Jeckle are said to be crows rather than magpies, though they don't look too different from their usual depictions.
14	* AdaptedOut: Tom Terrific's canine companion Mighty Manfred is absent.
15	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The ''Deputy Dawg'' segment depicts Muskie Muskrat and Vincent Van Gopher as purple and green respectively.
16	* AnimatedActors: The pilot ends with Heckle and Jeckle throwing a wrap-up party with the other characters in celebration of completing their first episode. They remove their featherless forms as if they were costumes and have the monstrous scarecrow tormenting them among their guests when this is revealed.
17	* AnimatedAnthology: The cartoon is essentially an anthology show for revamped Creator/{{Terrytoons}} cartoons.
18	* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Stanley, Cleo, and the short hippo at first try to leave the jungle and have Sidney alone in handling the rock about to fall, but Cleo has a change of heart and insists they go back to help Sidney.
19	* ContinuityCameo: WesternAnimation/TheMightyHeroes appear as a band playing on Heckle and Jeckle's talk show.
20	* CurseCutShort: Jeckle at one point remarks about the scarecrow curse being "bull-" before cutting himself off.
21	* DirtyCoward: In the ''Sidney the Elephant'' segment, Stanley the Lion admits that he's unwilling to help Sidney in stopping the unbalanced rock because he's a coward.
22	* DisneyVillainDeath: Implied. When Jeckle and Dinky Duck stop reading the ''Mighty Mouse'' story, the villain the Creeper is last seen losing his balance in a way that suggests he's about to fall to his death.
23	* ScaryScarecrows: The framing device's plot has Heckle and Jeckle molting and becoming decrepit because of a cursed scarecrow being given to them. In the end, the scarecrow gets larger and tries to eat them.
24	* ShutUpHannibal: Sidney the Elephant tells the representation of his fear taunting him to shut up as he pushes on to stop the rock from falling onto the village near the jungle.
25	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Heckle and Jeckle love string cheese in this continuity.

Context WesternAnimation / Curbside