Dillydale-Less, also known as A World Without Dillydale, is a fanfiction series based on the 2008 Cartoon Network series The Mr. Men Show. Taking place in an Alternate Universe in which the characters' original hometown of Dillydale is nonexistent, it is a series of chapter-driven stories that each revolve around the Mr. Men or Little Misses who live individual lives back in their hometowns.
Dillydale-Less provides examples of:
- Adaptational Intelligence: Miss Sunshine is much less airheaded in this series than she was in The Mr. Men Show. Granted, she hangs out with the much dumber Miss Bubbly.
- Adaptational Villainy: While Miss Bossy just bossed people around in the original show, here she's flat-out evil.
- All of the Other Reindeer: Miss Calamity, at work, is patronized by her cubical neighbors and seen as a "loon" or "bad luck charm" by everyone else. Although it's implied that this got better by the end of the story.
- Alternate Universe
- Art Evolution: In the first drawing of him, Mr. Toil had smooth hair and was light blue, though subsequent drawings show him with shaggy, Danny Fenton-esque hair and a navy skin color. Similarly Miss Type's skin color was originally dark purple but turned to a pinkish-light purple.
- Big Bad: A good chunk of the stories have or are supposed to have main antagonists in them.
- Mr. Chair in One Calamitous Date.
- Mr. Mojo in Making Magic.
- Mr. Destiny in Golden Sunshine.
- Benevolent Boss:
- Little Miss Bell.
- Mr. Toil at the end of One Calamitous Date.
- Big Applesauce: Where Miss Calamity's story takes place.
- Bollywood Nerd: Mr. Bounce, who develops a love for astronomy and trains to become an astronaut.
- Brooklyn Rage: Mr. Chair and Mr. Toil. Miss Calamity also occasionally falls into this.
- Burger Fool: Mr. Lazy works at one of these. Naturally, he's not good at his job.
- Celebrity Is Overrated: Mr. Happy's story mainly revolves around how discontent with his life he is, despite being a national celebrity.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Miss Bossy in this setting, as well as Miss Business.
- Darker and Edgier: Compared to the original series. It was even worse before the retool.
- Deep South: Where Mr. Bump and Miss Whoops' story presumably takes place.
- Good Parents: In contrast to Mr. Toil, Miss Type grew up in a healthy household with parents who genuinely loved and cared for her. When Miss Type and Mr. Toil eventually have kids of their own, they become these as well.
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Miss Daredevil in this universe. She spends her days gambling and partying rather than getting somewhere in life. Her roommates try and get her to follow a better path.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: It's revealed that Mr. Chair is actually Mr. Toil's father.
- MegaCorp: Miss Bossy owns one of these.
- Nice Character, Mean Actor: Mr. Destiny appears to be a a Nice Guy on-screen, but in real life he's an arrogant Attention Whore with a one-sided rivalry towards Mr. Happy.
- Official Couple: Mr. Toil and Miss Type at the end of One Calamitous Date.
- Slice of Life: The stories mainly focus on the characters' daily lives, with a few fantasy elements thrown in.
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Spiritual Successor: Mr. Nosy and Mr. Small's story is based off the film Mary and Max.- Rude Service has some similarities to Ratatouille.
- Two Girls and a Guy: Miss Calamity, Miss Type, and Mr. Toil in One Calamitous Date, played even straighter towards the end of the story when they become official friends.
- Villain Protagonist: Miss Bossy
- Where the Hell Is Springfield?: Unlike in the show it's based on, this is averted with most of the scenarios, as they have specific locations. Although some scenarios, like Mr. Lazy's and Mr. Messy's, tend to be vague with their settings.
- White Collar Worker: Miss Calamity works as one in a dismal and monochrome office building, and naturally hates her job.
- You Are Grounded!: In A Very Chairy Christmas, Mr. Toil threatens to ground Mr. Moil for misbehaving at a party, though ultimately spares him since it's Christmas.
