History WesternAnimation / DogCity

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Baron von Rotweiller again, complete with a cameo of his [[JustForPun mutt]][[GratuitousGerman er]].

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute (Terri Springer replaced Colleen as Eliot's love interest. Surprisingly, she was voiced by the same actress, the writers just thought she'd be a more interesting character)

* PrivateEyeMonologue
* PunnyName: Puppyface Felson was named after real life bank robber George "Babyface" Nelson. Terri Springer was named after... [[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow guess]].

* CreatorsPest: InUniverse, Eliot doesn't care for Meat the Butcher. He never wanted to create a character like that but was forced to due to executive meddling, which in turn causes him to have a lot less control over Meat than he does over his other creations.

* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal
* FunnyAnimal

* SpeciesSurname (most characters apart from Ace and Bugsy had vaguely dog [or cat] related names)

* TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily

''Dog City'' is a Canadian-American animated/{{Muppet}} series based on a half-hour special from ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'' [[Recap/TheJimHensonHourE5 of the same name]]. The special was popular enough to become a full-fledged series produced between The Jim Henson Company and Creator/{{Nelvana}} that aired on Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork in Canada and Creator/FoxKids in the United States that ran for 3 seasons and 31 episodes between 1992 and 1994.

''Dog City'' is a Canadian-American animated/{{Muppet}} series from Creator/{{Nelvana}} based on a half-hour special from ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'' [[Recap/TheJimHensonHourE5 of the same name]]. The special was popular enough to become a full-fledged series on Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork in Canada and Creator/FoxKids in the United States that ran for 3 seasons and 31 episodes between 1992 and 1994.

'''''Dog City''''' is a Canadian-American animated/Muppet series based on a half-hour segment in ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'' of the same name about an anthropomorphic German Shepherd named Ace Yu facing a bulldog gangster named Bugsy Them (the Dogfather) in a FilmNoir environment. The episode was popular enough to become a full-fledged series on Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork in Canada and on Creator/FoxKids in the United States that was produced by the highly influential animation studio Creator/{{Nelvana}} and ran for 3 seasons and 31 episodes between 1992 and 1994.

In the animated series, Ace Yu became private eye Ace Hart, and Bugsy Them became Bugsy Vile. Ace, with the help of the chief of detectives and his LoveInterest Rosie O'Gravy and TagalongKid Eddie, would thwart crimes and solve cases around Dog City, usually the misdeeds of Bugsy and his thugs or the dastardly Baron Von Rottweiler. These animated adventures were interspersed with puppetry segments featuring the original puppet versions of Ace and Bugsy, in which Ace was an animator named Eliot Shag and Bugsy was Bruno, the superintendent of his apartment building. Eliot would interact with his drawings of Ace in these segments, having conversations with each other about the progress of the stories and giving Eliot the opportunity to use what he drew in the cartoon to solve problems in his real life. Other characters from the special were transplanted in the same way Ace and Bugsy were; the character appeared in the cartoon, and the puppet appeared as someone in Eliot's building, supposedly inspiring him to create the animated version.

See [[Recap/TheJimHensonHourE5 here]] for the original special.

* GrowingMusclesSequence: Ya Gotta Have Hart, where in-universe ExecutiveMeddling wanted Ace to become a superhero named "Wonder Dog", complete with [[StockSuperpowers super strength, speed and leap tall obstacles]]. Ace disapproved of the meddling, but the idea of being [[RunningGag dogly]] [[FanService muscular]] didn't seem like a completely bad idea, judging by his reaction when Eliot pops his suit with a pencil.

'''''Dog City''''' is a Canadian-American animated/Muppet series based on a half-hour segment in ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'' of the same name about an anthropomorphic German Shepherd named Ace Yu facing a bulldog gangster named Bugsy Them (the Dogfather) in a FilmNoir environment. The episode was popular enough to become a full-fledged series on Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork in Canada and on Creator/FoxKids in the United States that was produced by the highly influential animation studio Creator/{{Nelvana}} and ran for 3 seasons and 31 episodes.

'''''Dog City''''' is an animated/Muppet series on the Global Television Network based on a half-hour segment in ''Series/TheJimHensonHour''. The original "Dog City" was about an anthropomorphic German Shepherd named Ace Yu, facing bulldog gangster Bugsy Them (the Dogfather) in a ''film noir'' environment, and in 2010 was released on DVD from Lionsgate, excluding the ''Jim Henson Hour'' part. The episode was popular enough to become a full-fledged series on Creator/FoxKids with Creator/{{Nelvana}} providing the animation.

In the series, Ace became private eye Ace Hart, and Bugsy became Bugsy Vile. They also became cartoon characters, with the original puppet versions becoming Eliot Shag, the cartoonist, and Bruno, the super of his apartment building. Other characters from the special were transplanted similarly; the character appeared in the cartoon, and the puppet appeared as someone in Eliot's building, supposedly inspiring him to create the animated version. Ace and Eliot would also have conversations with each other about the progress of the stories and how Eliot uses what he draws in the cartoon to solve problems in his real life. ''Dog City'' aired on the Global Television Network until August 1997.

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In the series, Ace became private eye Ace Hart, and Bugsy became Bugsy Vile. They also became cartoon characters, with the original puppet versions becoming Eliot Shag, the cartoonist, and Bruno, the super of his apartment building. Other characters from the special were transplanted similarly; the character appeared in the cartoon, and the puppet appeared as someone in Eliot's building, supposedly inspiring him to create the animated version. Ace and Eliot would also have conversations with each other about the progress of the stories and how Eliot uses what he draws in the cartoon to solve problems in his real life. Dog City no longer aired on the Global Television Network until August 1997.

!!!Special:
* ArgumentOfContradictions: "Oh, he will alright." "But, what if he doesn't?"
* BinocularShot: Parodied. From the POV of villain Bugsy Them, we see the two leads through two overlapping circles. Then the camera cuts to a wide shot to reveal that Bugsy isn't looking through binoculars -- he's just holding up a piece of cardboard with two overlapping holes and looking through it.
* BrickJoke: Colleen being raised by accountants; a brief gag as she talks about her history with Ace, and mentioned again at the very end.
* TheCameo: Rowlf the Dog plays piano at the bar.
** [[Series/FraggleRock Sprocket]] is the dog who gets thrown out for not having any cash.
* DogsAreDumb: Mostly averted. The only exception is Bugsy's hired muscle, Mad Dog, whose two- I mean, fourteen years of obedience school have done nothing for his thinking ability.
** [[HiddenDepths Mad Dog can, however, perfectly recite a dictionary definition for the word 'lost'.]]
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Averted, big time.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Bugsy's defeated by Ace getting him to chase his own beloved tail.
* {{Narcissist}}: As mentioned above, Bugsy takes great pride in his tail, getting Miss Belle to brush it and recite a speech about its greatness in their first appearance.
* OverlyLongGag: "Bugsy will hear about this!" "But what if he doesn't?" "Oh, he will alright!" "But what if he doesn't?" "Oh he will..."
* PunnyName: Rowlf even Lampshades the names of Ace Yu and Bugsy Them as 'Cheap joke names'.
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: When Ace arrives for the first time in the Doghouse, he tries to pull something (actually his act of property) out of his jacket. This causes every customer around to raise a gun, and the following exchange follows:
-->'''Ace''': "Eeeeeh, come on! Do I look dumb enough to pull out a gun in a place like this?" (''The customers look at each others for a few seconds, then all nod'') Alright, alright! Ask a stupid question...
* RunningGag:
** Amounts of time being translated into dog years.
** Ace's plans for a halfway/quarterway/eighthway/fifteen-sixteenthsway house for orphans.
* {{Sting}}
* WhosOnFirst: With names like Ace ''Yu'' and Bugsy ''Them'', this is a given. Rowlf lampshades this.
-->'''[[TheNarrator Rowlf]]''': That's Ace Yu. Get it? Boy, if that isn't the setup for a gag, I don't know what is.\\
'''Ace''' (to the bartender): "I am Yu."\\
'''Bartender''': "You are me?"\\
'''Ace''': "No, Yu! Y-U." (The Bartender looks confused) "Look, it's simple: Yu is me!"\\
'''Bartender''': "Yu is you?"\\
'''Ace''': "Right."\\
'''Bartender''': "So who is me?"\\
'''Ace''': "Oh! Hu is you? Pleased to meet you, Hu!"\\
'''Bartender''': "Now I am confused..."\\
'''Ace''': "But you used to be Hu!"\\
'''Bartender''': "What?"\\
'''Ace''': "... Call me Ace."
* YouKilledMyFather

!!!The series:

'''''Dog City''''' was an animated/Muppet series on the Global Television Network based on a half-hour segment in ''Series/TheJimHensonHour''. The original "Dog City" was about an anthropomorphic German Shepherd named Ace Yu, facing bulldog gangster Bugsy Them (the Dogfather) in a ''film noir'' environment, and in 2010 was released on DVD from Lionsgate, excluding the ''Jim Henson Hour'' part. The episode was popular enough to become a full-fledged series on Creator/FoxKids with Creator/{{Nelvana}} providing the animation.

* DarkerAndEdgier[=/=]KnightOfCerebus: In-verse ExecutiveMeddling presses Eliot to retool ''Dog City'' by creating a new, far more evil antagonist. Displeased, Eliot deconstructs both tropes with the creation of [[VileVillainSaccharineShow Meat the Butcher]], an AxCrazy criminal very ill-suited to the setting of the show, and ultimately defeated through humiliating means.

* DoesntLikeGuns: Eliot doesn't, which means that in-story Ace isn't supposed to either, relying on his wits. In practice, when ExecutiveMeddling forces Eliot to provide the bad guys with tommy-guns, Ace would prefer a level playing field.