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* DefeatEqualsFriendship: Inverted with Holly. Dylan failing to beat her in the soapbox car race of episode 2 [[WhatYouAreInTheDark because he had to save her when her car went off course]] wins her friendship.

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* DemotedToExtra: Oddly, a number of central characters from the original radio series only made sporadic appearances in the animated series, if any. Connie didn't even start appearing until "A Stranger Among Us", the 12th episode! (Though she did stay a major character for the rest of the series.) Bernard Walton only appeared as a major character in "The Last Days Of Eugene Meltsner.

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* DemotedToExtra: Oddly, a number of central characters from the original radio series only made sporadic appearances in the animated series, if any. Connie didn't even start appearing until "A Stranger Among Us", the 12th episode! (Though she did stay a major character for the rest of the series.) Bernard Walton only appeared as a major character in "The Last Days Of Eugene Meltsner.Meltsner".


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* PyrrhicVictory: Episode 2 features Holly, Dylan's annoying new neighbor, crossing the finish line of the soapbox car race the kids were competing in first and is immediately celebrated as the winner...until an ambulance pulls up to take Dylan and Sherman, who risked their lives to save Holly and her cat, to the hospital. Holly and said cat are both immediately completely sober.
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* EvilCounterpart: The villain of "Baby Daze" is essentially a version of Eugene without his morality. Both of them are "men of science" and initially want to study the baby (who happens to be a genius) to make advances in their scientific projects. But Eugene ultimately realizes that it's more important that the baby be safe and happy than that he finishes his robot, while the villain never gets this.

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* EvilCounterpart: The villain of "Baby Daze" "[[Recap/AdventuresInOdysseyVideoSeriesE13BabyDaze Baby Daze]]" is essentially a version of Eugene without his morality. Both of them are "men of science" and initially want to study the baby (who happens to be a genius) to make advances in their scientific projects. But Eugene ultimately realizes that it's more important that the baby be safe and happy than that he finishes his robot, while the villain never gets this.



* {{Fainting}}: In "A Stranger Among Us", Eugene passes out from shock after finding that Connie is still alive.

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* {{Fainting}}: In "A "[[Recap/AdventuresInOdysseyVideoSeriesE12AStrangerAmongUs A Stranger Among Us", Us]]", Eugene passes out from shock after finding that Connie is still alive.

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The initial run of the video includes 13 installments release from 1991 to 1998, with four more episodes added between 2000 and 2003.

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The initial run of the video series includes 13 installments release from 1991 to 1998, with four more episodes added between 2000 and 2003.
2003. Individual episodes are also covered on the ''Adventures in Odyssey'' [[Recap/AdventuresInOdyssey Recap]] page.


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* ABoyAndHisX: Dylan and Sherman.
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* HollywoodLaw: Pretty much everything about the court case in "Shadow of a Doubt." The prosecutor badgers every witness on the stand, including witnesses for the prosecution, no cross-examinations are shown, Whit's lawyer does not call for objections when he should've, and Whit himself gives the closing statement instead of his lawyer. Also the trial seems to have taken place over the span of a few hours at most, when a case like this would probably span over several days. Even the jury deliberation only takes about half an hour or so, which is exceedingly unlikely, even in "slam-dunk" cases.
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* AllJustADream: "Someone To Watch Over Me", as with the original radio episode, and the events of "[[spoiler: A Twist in Time]]" turn out to be a simulation in the Room Of Consequences.


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* ArtShift: Many of the episodes look quite distinct from each other, either for the better for the...slightly less better. For example, "The Knight Travelers" is almost on par with a typical 90s Disney TV show, while "Flight to the Finish" is heavy on the squash-and-stretch and is a bit more OffModel.


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* ChristmasEpisode: "Electric Christmas"
* CowboyEpisode: "Go West, Young Man", courtesy of the Imagination Station.
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* LoudGulp: One of neighborhood kids, who pushed new kid Elliot into going down a steep slope on a bike with decayed brakes is laughing about it. Dylan snaps at him [[DudeNotFunny for laughing about something that almost got Elliot (and himself) killed]], to which the boy simply brings up one of Dylan's earlier semi-nasty comments about Elliot to shift the blame. Eventually, he walks off, but stops in his tracks and gulps loudly when Whit sternly says that they'll see how funny his ''mother'' thinks it is.
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* AnotherMansTerror: A variation; in "In Harm's Way", Whit, concerned about the way Dylan is treating a new boy, sends him on an Imagination Station adventure which is modeled after the life of Joseph Merrick, aka the Elephant Man. Dylan has to experience being used by others and have them being afraid of him, despite the fact that he's just a human being like them -- which was the point of the exercise.


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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: In "Go West, Young Man", the locals quickly come to think that Eugene is sweet on the mayor's daughter. Eugene keeps protesting that he ''isn't'' to no avail. The fact that ''she'' is sweet on ''him'' doesn't really help the case.

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''Adventures in Odyssey'' is a set of religious videos [[SpinOff spun off]] from the radio series [[Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey of the same name]]. The story concerns the adventures of a QuirkyTown called Odyssey and her citizens as they learn religious Aesops. Although it shares the name and some of the characters, the show deviates from the radio program at some points.
!!Characters
* John Avery Whittaker: the CoolOldGuy who runs "Whit's End", a hotel and ice cream parlor for the town. Being OlderAndWiser, he often finds himself having to teach the other characters.
* Eugene Meltsner: Whit's geeky teenage assistant. He is more mature than some of the others but still occasionally needs to learn a lesson.
* Connie Kendall: Whit's other occasional assistant, a teenage girl.
* Dylan Taylor: A preteen boy. Dylan is frequently the target of AnAesop.

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''Adventures in Odyssey'' is a set of religious videos [[SpinOff spun off]] from the radio series [[Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey of the same name]]. The story concerns Like the radio series, the animated show details the adventures of a QuirkyTown called the populace of Odyssey and her citizens as they learn religious Aesops. Although it shares the name and some of lessons that the characters, the show deviates people learn. It's known to be different from the radio program at some points.
!!Characters
* John Avery Whittaker: the CoolOldGuy who runs "Whit's End", a hotel and ice cream parlor for the town. Being OlderAndWiser, he
series in several ways. It was often finds himself having to teach DenserAndWackier than the radio series and some characterizations differed slightly. Nonetheless, it's fondly (and sometimes not-so-fondly) remembered by ''Odyssey'' fans who grew up in the 90s.

The core cast is there, namely Whit, Eugene, and Connie (although she didn't appear in the series immediately), and the lead kid is Dylan Taylor, who often learns lesson alongside his sister Jessie, his friend Sal Montoya, and several
other characters.
* Eugene Meltsner: Whit's geeky teenage assistant. He is more mature than some
kids around town.

The initial run
of the others but still occasionally needs video includes 13 installments release from 1991 to learn a lesson.
* Connie Kendall: Whit's other occasional assistant, a teenage girl.
* Dylan Taylor: A preteen boy. Dylan is frequently the target of AnAesop.
1998, with four more episodes added between 2000 and 2003.


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* BroadStrokes: The videos themselves are not considered canon by the Odyssey crew, (if the radio episode "I Slap Floor" is any indication) but the designs of Whit, Connie, and Eugene here eventually became their official designs (though tweaked somewhat) and continued to be so for years afterwards. Even after the designs changed via an ArtShift from album 51 on, they still have some elements of their animated appearances if you look closely. (Connie still often wears a bright green sweater, Whit's outfit, hair and mustache are still there in his official artwork, etc.)
* CanonForeigner: Whit, Connie, and Eugene (and Bernard Walton when he appeared in "The Last Days Of Eugene Meltsner") are the only characters who appear both here and the radio series. Everyone else originated here, but didn't eventually make appearances in the radio series.

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* DoorstopBaby: In "Baby Daze", Eugene finds a baby on the door. He was put their by a cohort of the BigBad after she started having pangs of conscience.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: Abe Beerbaum's car explodes in "A Stranger Among Us" after falling off a cliff and being run over by a train.

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* DoorstopBaby: In "Baby Daze", Eugene finds a baby on the door. He was put their there by a cohort of the BigBad after she started having pangs of conscience.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: Abe Beerbaum's car explodes in "A Stranger Among Us" after falling off a cliff and being run over by a train. train.
* EvilCounterpart: The villain of "Baby Daze" is essentially a version of Eugene without his morality. Both of them are "men of science" and initially want to study the baby (who happens to be a genius) to make advances in their scientific projects. But Eugene ultimately realizes that it's more important that the baby be safe and happy than that he finishes his robot, while the villain never gets this.

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* TheDiaperChange: Eugene freaks out at this. Connie ends up doing it.
* DoorstopBaby: In "Baby Daze", Eugene finds a baby on the door. [[spoiler: He was put their by a cohort of the BigBad after she started having pangs of conscience.]]

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* TheDiaperChange: Eugene freaks out at this. Connie ends up doing it.
when he realizes the baby he's watching needs a diaper change and finally caves to Dylan's constant questions as to whether he should "go get Connie."
* DoorstopBaby: In "Baby Daze", Eugene finds a baby on the door. [[spoiler: He was put their by a cohort of the BigBad after she started having pangs of conscience.]]



* GoodIsOldFashioned: In "Baby Daze", the BigBad calls Eugene's morals "outdated."

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* GoodIsOldFashioned: In "Baby Daze", the BigBad calls Eugene's morals "outdated." "outdated" -- because kidnapping a baby to experiment on him ForScience is ''so'' advanced.



* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: In "A Stranger Among Us". Eugene, believing that Connie is dead, collapses in tears.

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* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: In "A Stranger Among Us". Eugene, believing that Connie is dead, collapses in tears. Even after Dylan and Connie walk up to him to comfort him, it takes a few moments for the meaning to sink in.



* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Eugene tends to speak in big words.

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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Eugene tends to speak in big words.words as part of his intellectual persona.



* TemptingFate: "What could be the least bit hard about babysitting?"
* UnconventionalVehicleChase: Eugene has to use a skateboard to chase a guy in a car who he believes kidnapped Connie.

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* TemptingFate: TemptingFate:
** In "Baby Daze", Eugene responds to Connie's warnings that he'd better take his responsibility to the infant he found on the doorstep seriously with
"What could be the least bit hard about babysitting?"
babysitting?"...and soon he has to deal with the baby crying, spattering him with food, and other things he is not expecting.
** Near the end of "A Stranger Among Us", Eugene sees the car he believes Connie is locked inside plunge off a cliff onto railroad tracks. He says uncertainly, "Maybe she's okay"...and then a train runs over the car, causing it to burst into flames.
* UnconventionalVehicleChase: Eugene has to use a skateboard to chase a guy in a car who he believes kidnapped Connie. Unlike one might expect, it's not really that much slower than the vehicle it's chasing (although Dylan did say that "it's downhill all the way").
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Dylan's friend Sal, who looks to be either Hispanic or Polynesian.


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* BadFuture: "A Twist In Time" featured Dylan and his friend Sal seemingly traveling to a future where they went missing and were never found. Whit's End has closed down and is a [[MessOfWoe mess]] from lack of care, and everyone associated with it and the two boys are either penniless, in poor health, or dead. [[spoiler: Thankfully, [[AllJustADream it was just a simulation]] produced by the Room Of Consequences.]]
* BigEater: Eugene, oddly enough. He often is shown eating sandwiches and other foods in his spare time in this version of the series. This was actually lampshaded by the producers in one of the [[AllThereInTheManual official guidebooks]].


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* DarkerAndEdgier: "A Twist in Time". It's no "Mortal Coil", but, with its astonishingly bleak [[spoiler: though thankfully not real]] BadFuture for Whit's End, it's still easily the darkest episode in the video series.
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* BlatantLies: At the end of "Baby Daze", Eugene says some clothes he sent to the baby's parents were "just something off the rack", but the photo reveals that it's a miniature version of Eugene's outfit.
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* AnAesop: The characters learn a lesson about OnceAnEpisode.

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* UnflinchingWalk: After Eugene's robot PLATO is unleashed on the bad guys, he walks away, paying no attention to the maze collapsing behind him.

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* UnconventionalVehicleChase: Eugene has to use a skateboard to chase a guy in a car who he believes kidnapped Connie.
* UnflinchingWalk: After Eugene's robot PLATO is unleashed on the bad guys, he walks away, paying no attention to the maze collapsing behind him.him.
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* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the radio series. There is also one specifically of the radio episode "Someone To Watch Over Me", with Dylan replacing Jimmy Barclay. (Though there are a few changes. Dylan's head injury is caused by falling out of the Imagination Station rather than the Wonderworld Treehouse, for example.) "Escape From The Forbidden Matrix" is also inspired by the radio episode "Gloobers".


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* CerebusRollercoaster: The video series may be considerably DenserAndWackier than the radio series it's based on, but that doesn't make it exempt from considerably more dramatic episodes. The first episode alone involves the Imagination Station being stolen and changed into the "Manipulation Station", some sort of mind control device. After this, we get an episode about a soapbox car race.


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* DemotedToExtra: Oddly, a number of central characters from the original radio series only made sporadic appearances in the animated series, if any. Connie didn't even start appearing until "A Stranger Among Us", the 12th episode! (Though she did stay a major character for the rest of the series.) Bernard Walton only appeared as a major character in "The Last Days Of Eugene Meltsner.
* DenserAndWackier: Some of the episodes have some rather goofy goings-on. "Flight To The Finish" is chock-full of AmusingInjuries (that even Whit is unable to escape from) and "Electric Christmas" features [[HilarityEnsues hilarity ensuing]] as Dylan tries decorate his house better than a rival's for a Christmas Decoration Contest.
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* CutesyTownName: The town is called "Odyssey."

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* CutesyTownName: The town is called "Odyssey."
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The BigBad in "The Knight Travelers" has this times two; a python and an alligator. The former constantly tries to have his lackeys for lunch when he's not looking, and the latter tries to eat Dylan, but is foiled by an anchor to the head.
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* RubberForeheadAliens: In ''Star Quest'' the aliens from the titular show have duck-beaks but are otherwise humanoid.
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* {{Expy}}: Dylan and his friend Sal are fans of a show that very much resembles ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

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* {{Expy}}: Dylan and his friend Sal are fans of a show that very much resembles ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
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* EveryCarIsAPinto: Abe Beerbaum's car explodes in "A Stranger Among Us" after falling off a cliff and being run over by a train.


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* RapidFireNo: Eugene yells "no" several times in succession (combining this with BigNo) when he believes Connie has been killed.
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* PunkInTheTrunk: In "A Stranger Among Us", Eugene and Dylan think that one of the guests kidnapped Connie and stuck her in the trunk of his car, leading Eugene to chase him on a skateboard.

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* BrainyBaby: "Baby Daze" involves Eugene finding a genius baby and wanting to study him for an AI he had been building. It turns out that the BigBad also wants to study him.

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* BrainyBaby: "Baby Daze" involves Eugene finding a genius baby and wanting to study him for an AI {{AI}} he had been building. It turns out that the BigBad also wants to study him.



* PapaWolf: Eugene becomes protective of his charge during "Baby Daze" and ends up fighting to protect him from an unscrupulous scientist.



* TemptingFate: "What could be the least bit hard about babysitting?"

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* TemptingFate: "What could be the least bit hard about babysitting?"babysitting?"
* UnflinchingWalk: After Eugene's robot PLATO is unleashed on the bad guys, he walks away, paying no attention to the maze collapsing behind him.

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* {{Expy}}: Dylan and his friend Sal are fans of a show that very much resembles ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

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* TheDiaperChange: Eugene freaks out at this. Connie ends up doing it.
* DoorstopBaby: In "Baby Daze", Eugene finds a baby on the door. [[spoiler: He was put their by a cohort of the BigBad after she started having pangs of conscience.]]
* {{Expy}}: Dylan and his friend Sal are fans of a show that very much resembles ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
* GoodIsOldFashioned: In "Baby Daze", the BigBad calls Eugene's morals "outdated."



* NotWhatItLooksLike: Eugene and Dylan see one guest standing over the bed of another, who appears to be dead. It turns out he was slipping into a diabetic coma, and the other man was trying to wake him up.

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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Eugene and Dylan see one guest standing over the bed of another, who appears to be dead. It turns out he was slipping into a diabetic coma, and the other man was trying to wake him up.up.
* ReadingLips: During the climax of "In Harm's Way", Whit is able to get vital information to Dylan and Elliot on a runaway train because Elliot can read lips.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Eugene tends to speak in big words.
* StrayingBaby: The baby crawls off while Eugene is watching him, nearly falling off a staircase.
* TemptingFate: "What could be the least bit hard about babysitting?"

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* ChaseScene: In "A Stranger Among Us", Eugene chases the supposed bad guy's car on a skateboard.



* IWillFindYou: In "A Twist in Time", Sal and Dylan use a machine that Whit told them not to use. They seemingly find themselves in a future where they never returned and Whit exhausted himself looking for them.



-->'''Eugene''' ''(crying)'': Can't you see? It's all my fault! All — my — fault!

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-->'''Eugene''' ''(crying)'': Can't you see? [[ItsAllMyFault It's all my fault! fault!]] All — my — fault!



-->'''Eugene''': No, it's not, Connie, it's — huh? ''(He sees her, stands up, smiles from ear to ear, and faints.)''

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-->'''Eugene''': No, it's not, Connie, it's — huh? ''(He sees her, stands up, smiles from ear to ear, and faints.)'')''
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Eugene and Dylan see one guest standing over the bed of another, who appears to be dead. It turns out he was slipping into a diabetic coma, and the other man was trying to wake him up.

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''Adventures in Odyssey'' is a set of religious videos [[SpinOff spun off]] from the radio series [[Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey of the same name]]. The story concerns the adventures of a SmallTown called Odyssey and her citizens as they learn religious Aesops. Although it shares the name and some of the characters, the show deviates from the radio program at some points.

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''Adventures in Odyssey'' is a set of religious videos [[SpinOff spun off]] from the radio series [[Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey of the same name]]. The story concerns the adventures of a SmallTown QuirkyTown called Odyssey and her citizens as they learn religious Aesops. Although it shares the name and some of the characters, the show deviates from the radio program at some points.



* Dylan Taylor: A preteen boy. Dylan is frequently the target of AnAesop.

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* Dylan Taylor: A preteen boy. Dylan is frequently the target of AnAesop.AnAesop.
!!This series contains examples of the following tropes:
* BrainyBaby: "Baby Daze" involves Eugene finding a genius baby and wanting to study him for an AI he had been building. It turns out that the BigBad also wants to study him.
* {{Expy}}: Dylan and his friend Sal are fans of a show that very much resembles ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
* {{Fainting}}: In "A Stranger Among Us", Eugene passes out from shock after finding that Connie is still alive.
* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: In "A Stranger Among Us". Eugene, believing that Connie is dead, collapses in tears.
-->'''Eugene''' ''(crying)'': Can't you see? It's all my fault! All — my — fault!
-->'''Connie''': Actually, it's mostly my fault, Eugene.
-->'''Eugene''': No, it's not, Connie, it's — huh? ''(He sees her, stands up, smiles from ear to ear, and faints.)''
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''Adventures in Odyssey'' is a set of religious videos [[SpinOff spun off]] from the radio series [[Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey of the same name]]. The story concerns the adventures of a SmallTown called Odyssey and her citizens as they learn religious Aesops. Although it shares the name and some of the characters, the show deviates from the radio program at some points.
!!Characters
* John Avery Whittaker: the CoolOldGuy who runs "Whit's End", a hotel and ice cream parlor for the town. Being OlderAndWiser, he often finds himself having to teach the other characters.
* Eugene Meltsner: Whit's geeky teenage assistant. He is more mature than some of the others but still occasionally needs to learn a lesson.
* Connie Kendall: Whit's other occasional assistant, a teenage girl.
* Dylan Taylor: A preteen boy. Dylan is frequently the target of AnAesop.
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''Adventures in Odyssey'' is a set of religious videos [[SpinOff spun off]] from the radio series [[Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey of the same name]]. The story concerns the adventures of a SmallTown called Odyssey and her citizens as they learn religious Aesops. Although it shares the name and some of the characters, the show deviates from the radio program at some points.
!!Characters
* John Avery Whittaker: the CoolOldGuy who runs "Whit's End", a hotel and ice cream parlor for the town. Being OlderAndWiser, he often finds himself having to teach the other characters.
* Eugene Meltsner: Whit's geeky teenage assistant. He is more mature than some of the others but still occasionally needs to learn a lesson.
* Connie: Whit's other occasional assistant, a teenage girl.
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''Adventures in Odyssey'' is a set of religious videos [[SpinOff spun off]] from the radio series [[Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey of the same name]]. The story concerns the adventures of a SmallTown called Odyssey and her citizens as they learn religious Aesops. Although it shares the name and some of the characters, the show deviates from the radio program at some points.
!!Characters
* John Avery Whittaker: the CoolOldGuy who runs "Whit's End", a hotel and ice cream parlor for the town. Being OlderAndWiser, he often finds himself having to teach the other characters.
* Eugene Meltsner: Whit's geeky teenage assistant. He is more mature than some of the others but still occasionally needs to learn a lesson.
* Connie: Whit's other occasional assistant, a teenage girl.

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