Water Mess: After being drenched with water by What-a-Mess, Felicia decides to pull a prank on What-a-Mess at the pool. The Faceless: An odd trope in this kind of series. The faces of human characters are always deliberately obscured by things like camera angles or objects and no human faces are ever seen. The one exception being Santa Claus in the Christmas Special. Russell Williams, Imogen (4 July 2007). "Whatever happened to What-a-mess?". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 3 January 2011. The Bully: Trash is a hotheaded bully and the neighborhood thief, particularly in his debut episode, "Talking Trash". He mellows into more of a frenemy to the gang over the course of the series. Hates Baths: What-a-Mess. During the theme song for the show, he is shown running away during a bath.

What-a-Mess! - National Purebred Dog Day® What-a-Mess! - National Purebred Dog Day®

Ryvita – appearing only in the books, Ryvita is a ladybird that What-A-Mess and his friends befriended, and who first appeared in What-a-Mess Goes on Television. She speaks so small that only Cynthia could understand her. Just Four More Left: What-a-Mess turns to the Buyer's Bargain Network to get a Birthday gift for His Mom. President of the United States - Ironic, that in one of the US Version episodes where What-a-Mess got lost in town, he was helped out by a dog voiced by Jim Cummings that had the exact same experience as the Archbishop of Canterbury in the UK Version and books, where when What-a-Mess introduces himself with his breed name, he sarcastically replies "Oh really? And I'm the President of the United States!" which the naive pup takes as his actual name. Trash – only in the US animated version, Trash is a Bull Terrier who is a real troublemaker for What-A-Mess. His real name is Francis. He is voiced by Joe Nipote. Invasion of the Puppy Snatchers: What-a-Mess, Felicia and Norton are confounded by itchy fleas (contains a scene of blood when the fleas first bite into What-a-Mess)What-a-Mess is a shaggy dog with greenish fur and smudges of dirt and mud, a long nose and hair so messy and leafy that it has a few birds nesting on its head. He wears a red collar with a silver tag hanging from it.

What-a-Mess - Wikipedia

Dogs Are Dumb: Well, not "dumb" per se, but a lot of the chaos What-A-Mess causes his family is the result of him not knowing any better. What-a-Mess = What-a-Mess is sure he can't be the same creature as his slim, clean mother, so what is he? What-a-Mess's Mother – Also known as The Duchess of Kinjan is a beautiful pedigree Afghan Hound, mother to What-a-Mess, and is voiced by Charity James in the US version.Home Alone...Almost/Super What-A-Mess/The Recliner: What-a-Mess watches over the house while the family was away for two days. What-a-Mess is forced to endure the ordeal of Poppet's mean personality. Poppet – Belonging to the father of the house's aunt, Poppet is a cute, clean and yet troublemaking dog that What-a-Mess and his friends truly despise, making her first appearance in Super What-a-Mess. Sadly, Frank Muir died in 1998, but as an adult, he kept Afghan Hounds. It was from these magnificent creatures that he drew in spiration for the puppy who is often muddy, forever poking his nose where it doesn’t belong, accident prone, and is so often covered in leaves from eating trees that people cry, ‘WHAT A MESS!” upon seeing him. It’s not surprising, then, that the pup grows up believing his name is “What-a-mess.” WAM appeared in a series of ABC's well-remembered "After These Messages" bumpers a year before and during it's initial run, the animation for which was also much cleaner and more fluid.

Eight radical solutions to the problem of dog mess - BBC News

Frank and Francesca 1 9 7 3 (Australia) 6 x 30 minute episodes This Australian children's television series following two Sicilian migrant families in… Baldwin's Family Reunion: Baldwin turns to What-a-Mess to help arrange a reunion for the bird's family. What-a-Mess is a series of children's books written by British comedy writer Frank Muir and illustrated by Joseph Wright. [1] The title character is a dishevelled, accident-prone Afghan Hound puppy, whose real name is Prince Amir of Kinjan. The book series was later made into two animated series, both narrated by Muir. [2] Characters [ edit ]In the process of searching I discovered this wonderful article from the Guardian, which renders anything more from me moot: What-a-Mess can see some strange little creatures (probably goblins) and he can interact with them even though he knows they are not real, his hair is so messy that bird's nest on his head and in case he has a blue bird on his head. Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Trash, who acts like a street-smart tough guy most of the time, but can be quite nice when push comes to shove. Crossdressing Voices: Averted with What-A-Mess, as he was voiced by then-child voice actor Ryan O'Donohue.