Hilltop Hospital was a British/French/German Stop Motion series, by Folimage, EVA Entertainment and Siriol Productions, that ran from September 27, 1999, to 2002 on CITV.
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- Afraid of Needles: Morris, in "The Blood Bank".
- Always Identical Twins: Ted and Ted, two bear orderlies, and ambulance drivers.
- Blood Transfusion Plot: In "The Blood Bank", Ruby, a vampire bat is hospitalized due to being incapacitated and needs a blood transfusion, that requires a rare blood group, so rare, that the hospital's blood bank does not have it, so the main characters search for the donor among themselves, and the only match is Ted.
- Conjoined Twins: Ernestine and Ermentrud.
- Drives Like Crazy: Dr.Mitchell.
- Elephants Never Forget: Inverted. Mrs. Oliver, in "Fond Memory" does not remember why Virgil collapsed.
- Felony Misdemeanor: In "Rag Week at Hilltop", Dr. Atticus gets jailed, because his hospital bed rolls outside the hospital and into the lake, hitting a duck in process, where police officers find him calling the hospital from a payphone..
- Four-Fingered Hands: The whole cast, overall.
- Funny Octopus: Sarah and her family.
- Gratuitous Laboratory Flasks: In Clare and Arthur's laboratory.
- Help Mistaken for Attack: In "Rag Week at Hilltop", Dr. Atticus tries to help the duck upon hitting him, and tries to make a fishing rod into a tourniquet. The duck is obviously disturbed.
- Impact Silhouette: Danny, in a hunger bout after his surgery, breaks the door in thus fashion.
- Infant Sibling Jealousy:
- Virgil, in "The Big Event".
- Sarah, in "An Extra Pair of Hands".
- The Inspector Is Coming:"Testing Time".
- Ironic Allergy: Virgil, an elephant, is allergic to peanuts.
- Ironic Name: In "Earache in Hilltop". Eustachia's name is certainly not a random choice, considering that her problem is hearing problem.
- New Baby Episode: "The Big Event".
- Oblivious to Love: Dr.Mitchell.
- Playing Sick: Morris, in "Testing Time".
- Sad Clown: Despite seemingly being optimistic Bratty Half-Pint, who successfully copes with her loss, Tiffany, in "The Blues", actually just hides her grief.
- There Are No Therapists: Averted. Character named Felicity is a therapist.
