And in Season 8 (Specifically episodes "The Magical Mermaidlantis" and "The Mermaid Cruise) Sunny Cat and all the other mermaids are palette swaps of Mer Cat. Except that Sunny Cat wears a sun in her head instead of a sea star, while the other mermaids don't wear any head accessory. The Olympics: The Meow-Mazing Games, in which Gabby, Pandy, Carlita, and you go against the Doodads for a three-game competition, the hosts/announcers are Cat Rat and DJ Catnip. Limited Wardrobe: DJ Catnip wears his signature hoodie in pretty much every single episode (with an occassional accessory depending on the episode). But in the season 5 halloween episode, he has a different colored hoodie, and in the animation shorts, he wears different outfit, albeit hooded outfit (thus, we might never know how DJ Catnip looks like with his hood down) Averted in Benny Box’s debut episode, which features him pooping in his diaper and getting changed by Mer Cat.

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Bathtub Mermaid: MerCat, having the bathroom as her domain in the dollhouse, often is in the bathtub as her main source of water. She's able to survive without water, but this is normally her introduction spot whenever she is needed. Roger Rabbit Effect: A few episodes have scenes taking place outside the dollhouse while characters are still active, meaning they're animated in a live action setting, often with real-life cat Floyd around. The DreamWorks Animation logo has Gabby, in live action, pull out a cardboard cutout on a string of Pandy Paws sitting on the moon with the fishing pole. It fades into an animated version of him doing the same, as he pulls his line out of the water, now holding a starfish, as MerCat leaps out of the water. Squee: Gabby does this in several episodes of Season 8. (and in the Season 4 episode "Fluffy Flufferton")Living Toys: All of the cats that reside in the dollhouse, along with Pandy Paws, are inanimate toys when Gabby is at her regular size. Whenever she shrinks down to go to the dollhouse, they come to life.

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Medium Blending: Each episode starts and ends with a live-action scene in Gabby's room. When she goes into the dollhouse, the show switches to CGI.Tasty Tears: Cakey's tears are made up of sprinkles, something Pandy enjoys eating. He admits though that Cakey's "sprinkle party" sprinkles, the ones he releases when he's happy, are tastier, however.

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Juliet Donenfeld, Cakey's voice actress, was previously a DreamWorks-released cat character as the voice of young Catra. Art Evolution: in Season 1, DJ Catnip's eye shape stayed "cat-like", in season 2 onwards however, his eyes became more rounded in a few scenes

Tropes associated with Gabby's Dollhouse:

MacGyvering: Baby Box's builds which are not blatant Bamboo Technology tend to be this. For instance, in rescuing CatRat from a spaceship floating out of reach, she makes a chain using pipe cleaners and wads of foil. Cats Are Snarkers: CatRat is dry and snide towards the others, and is a bit of a know-it-all, but he has a nice heart deep down. Perfectly Cromulent Word: Pillow Cat's use of the word "coodle" in place of "cuddle", which the other characters occasionally use. Palette Swap: So far, this trope applies to 5 Gabby Cats: Kitty Fairy, Cakey, DJ Catnip, Fluffy Flufferton and Mer Cat. For example Fake Interactivity: Gabby is always talking to the audience in the live-action scenes. While in the dollhouse, the characters regularly ask the audience to help them choose the correct option or spot something in the room for them.