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The Story of Doctor Dolittle
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John Dolittle is a doctor living in the small village, Puddlebynote short for Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. He is a highly competent and well-respected physician, but he is also somewhat of an animal hoarder, which drives away almost all of the paying human customers. The only exception is the Cat's-meat-man (a man who sells meat for pets to eat, not a man who sells the meat of cats) who's never had any problem with animals. John Dolittle even drives his own spinster sister away when he adopts a crocodile, and he's left penniless with no one to take care of his house or manage his money.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })His parrot, Polynesia, teaches Dolittle how to speak certain animal languages, which fascinates him. And despite his dire financial straits, he remains happy and carefree. One day he receives a message from a swallow begging him to travel to Africa to cure a disease epidemic among the monkeys. Being flat-out broke, he borrows money and a ship and sails across the ocean, adventure waiting just around the cornerThe Story of Doctor Dolittle is the first book of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle series. It was published in 1920 and now in the public domain and can be read here. | |
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Subverted: The crocodile is a totally harmless Gentle Giant, but the people of Puddleby are incapable of seeing it as such because everyone knows crocodiles are vicious killers. The sharks in the sea are polite and friendly to the Doctor, and refrain from eating the pirates when he asks them not to, but the pirates are still terrified of the sharks because everyone knows sharks eat people. | |
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Animal Lover: The eponymous doctor is kind to animals. It helps that he can understand them. | |
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Animal Stereotypes: Played straight in some instances, averted or subverted in others, played with on a few occasions. Straight: Gub-Gub is a gluttonous pig, Jip is a heroic and loyal dog, and Too-Too is a very intelligent owl. Polynesia, being a parrot, is clever and can converse as well as any human. Averted: Dab-Dab is a practical and sensible duck with no trace of the stereotypical clumsiness and dimness you tend to see in fictional ducks, and Chee-Chee has none of the traditional mischievousness of a monkey. Subverted: The crocodile is a totally harmless Gentle Giant, but the people of Puddleby are incapable of seeing it as such because everyone knows crocodiles are vicious killers. The sharks in the sea are polite and friendly to the Doctor, and refrain from eating the pirates when he asks them not to, but the pirates are still terrified of the sharks because everyone knows sharks eat people.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); }) | |
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Amplified Animal Aptitude: All animals have language and can understand abstract concepts. Even very simple organisms without nervous systems like starfish and sea urchins can be multilingual and have meaningful conversations. | |
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