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A French-British animated series based on the Mr Men and Little Miss characters and produced between France's Marina Productions and Britain's Flicks Films. The British dub features the voices of Gordon Peters and Jill Shilling, and the Canadian/American dub under the title The Mr. Men Show also featured a live-action Framing Device. The series aired on France 3 and CITV in its native countries, but popped up internationally on Nickelodeon. It ran for 3 seasons and 104 episodes between 1995 and 1997, while the American dub aired in syndication between 1997 and 1999 and separately on Cartoon Network between 1999 and 2001.

Tropes:

• Adaptational Jerkass: Little Miss Somersault is a Nice Girl in the books if not a bit of a showoff but in a couple of episodes of the cartoon, she came off as a Jerk Jock who acts like a bitch about losing to Little Miss Wise and calls Little Miss Splendid, Little Miss Greedy and Mr. Lazy "hopeless" for not being able to somersault as well as she can.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: Downplayed with Little Miss Splendid. She's still snobbish and prejudiced against "commoners" like in the books, but sometimes she can come off as more of a Noble Bigot.
• The Ahnold: Mr. Strong in the Canadian/American dub.
• Ambiguously Related: "Hello, Pizza Express?" has Miss Chatterbox asking Mr. Busy if he's related to Mr. Rush, who is also related to Fussy (and by extension, Clumsy, as Mr. Fussy's book states they are cousins). However, because all four barely interact with each other (Mr. Rush did interact with Clumsy and Fussy, but neither referred to each other as cousins), Miss Chatterbox is known to be a gossiper, and the fact the books only confirmed Fussy and Clumsy as the only ones related, it's debatable if Rush and Busy are related to each other (and by extension, to Fussy and Clumsy).
• Animation Bump: The series has shades of this, such as "Mr. Grumble's Holiday", "A Special Friend for Little Miss Lucky" and "Mr. Bounce Finds Paradise", where the animation feels a tad more fluid and expressive than in previous adaptations prior.
• Art Evolution: The pilot episode Little Miss Splendid's Gift and the first few episodes of Season 1 (except for The Joke is on Little Miss Naughty) had cruder animation and art style. Starting with Little Miss Busy Takes a Break, the animation and art style was a little more refined and fluid.
  • This is justified in Little Miss Splendid's Gift because it was the pilot episode and was released about thirteen months before the series made its official debut. Not to mention that it was the only traditionally cel animated episode, which may explain why the art style and animation was at its crudest in that episode. They switched to digital ink and paint a year later when the series officially debuted.
• Batman Can Breathe in Space: Mr. Nonsense Rows to the Moon sees the titular character and Little Miss Wise survive on the moon's surface without a problem. Later, Mr. Clever's Invention has the titular character's idea of a spacesuit being an aqualung.
• The Big Race: Thank Goodness For Mr. Slow, Little Miss Late Beats Them All and Little Miss Wise Has A Crazy Day all respectively involve a car race, a running race and a skateboarding race as part of the plot.
• …But He Sounds Handsome: Little Miss Star, the Leading Witness has the titular Little Miss go into hiding while giving the illusion she's gone missing, or even kidnapped. She then appears on the news disguised as the "Masked Avenger" and sings her own praises. The charade goes to pieces the moment Little Miss Trouble insults her.
• Evil Sounds Raspy: Farmer Fields' cat in the Canadian/American dub of Lunch with Little Miss Tiny. Averted in the original UK version.
• Fire-Breathing Diner: The episode Isn't Little Miss Trouble Kind? features a scene where Miss Trouble tricks Mr. Greedy with some very spicy desserts. When Mr. Greedy eats them, he ends up breathing fire, before he runs to his fishbowl and drinks almost all of the water inside.
• Foreign Re-Score: The US dub of the series has a different soundtrack done by Rave Music.
• Forgetful Jones: Mr. Forgetful, of course. One episode involves him playing Robin Hood in a movie and he ends up muddling up his lines.
• From Bad to Worse: In An Invitation for Mr. Messy, Little Miss Scatterbrain invites Mr. Messy and Little Miss Neat to her house. First Mr. Messy tests the temperature for the milk for the tea with his finger, then he stains or smushes all the sweets/candy and pastries trying to find the one he likes the most, and then he accidentally kicks a jar of jam that spills all over Little Miss Neat, much to her horror. After that, he tries to help scoop the jam back in the jar, but ends up soiling her even further, and finally, as she's leaving, he kisses her goodbye, prompting poor Little Miss Neat to run out the door in fear.
• Guilt-Induced Nightmare: In A Big Surprise for Mr. Mean, Little Miss Sunshine has a cold on Christmas Eve. Mr. Mean initially refuses to take care of her (though the look on his face suggests that he feels sorry for her when he hears her sneezing) because it's too cold out and he's not being paid for it. He dreams that he meets a wizard showing him what will happen tomorrow if no one comes to help Little Miss Sunshine; she'll end up all alone on Christmas. Mr. Mean wakes up in Tears of Remorse and decides to help her.
• Handy Feet: The first scene of "Little Miss Dotty goes to Home Farm" shows that Miss Dotty is pretty talented at knitting with her feet.
• Injured Limb Episode: That's Gratitude, Mr. Uppity involves Mr. Uppity having to spend time in the hospital (Much to his umbrage) after he sprains his ankle.
• Instantly Proven Wrong: At the very least, in the one episode of "Mr. Greedy Goes to a Dinner Party", we see Mr. Greedy is at Little Miss Dotty's house for a meal, and as he was devouring, this is what the narrator lampshades:
  Narrator: Oh surely not even Mr. Greedy could eat all that!
  [The scene transitions and proves the narrator wrong; Mr. Greedy ate everything and Little Miss Dotty struggles to find anything left]
• Jerkass Realization: In Golly, Mr. Grumpy is Smiling, Mr. Grumpy wishes to Miss Magic that everyone was as grumpy as himself. He comes to regret it when he sees that his wish made everyone else miserable and argumentative.
• Jerkass to One: Mr. Strong is usually one of the friendlier Mr. Men but he’s noticeably a lot less patient with Mr. Nosey. Justified in that he does snoop into business that doesn’t concern him.
• Laser-Guided Karma: In Little Miss Tidy and the Winning Ticket, Mr. Mean finds the winning lottery ticket Little Miss Tidy lost. While he is initially tempted to keep it, he quickly decides that that would be dishonest, and returns it to her. In return, she decides that, since she has nowhere to put the money, he can have it all.
• Limelight Series: Every character has 1-3 focus episodes.
• Lorre Lookalike: Lorre Soundalike in this case. In the American dub, Mr. Quiet's voice is based off, of all people, Peter Lorre. There's actually a bit of a deviation though, as he speaks in an almost Chicano style accent rather than Lorre's regular accent.
• The Man in the Mirror Talks Back: In "Little Miss Magic to the Rescue", after Miss Magic uses her magic on Mr Greedy to make him lose weight, the latter's reflection in the mirror tempts his real self to cut down binging on extra food.
• Meat-O-Vision: Happens to Mr. Greedy in No food is no fun for Mr. Greedy when he couldn't find any food of his liking.
• Miles Gloriosus: Two examples stand out here:
  • Mr. Uppity and Little Miss Trouble in Mr. Brave Goes Ghost-Hunting terrorise Mr. Worry by pretending to be ghosts. When they see the "real ghost", they run for their lives.
  • Mr. Clever's Daft Bet features Mr. Clever confidently promising that he'll skydive if Little Miss Fun and Mr. Jelly spend an entire night in a tent. The thought immediately terrifies him and he spends half the night trying to sabotage the pair so he won’t have to do it.
• Mystery Episode: Mr. Nosey Solves A Mystery has Mr. Nosey help Mr. Worry solve a case involving the latter's apples being stolen.
• Never Trust a Title: This happens a lot, For example: Mr. Lazy Can’t Sleep Anymore, No, Mr. Lazy doesn’t ban himself from sleep forever in this episode, he goes to places but keeps sleeping.
• OOC Is Serious Business: Mr. Happy being depressed in A Very Happy Day for Mr. Happy is obviously treated like this, but it's Mr. Uppity of all characters who states something needs to be done to help him. As he holds very little regard for much of the characters, it says a lot when he is the one who says a character needs to be helped.
• Out of Focus: Many characters get this, but two of the strangest ones in this are Mr. Tickle and Mr. Happy. While they do play supporting roles in a few episodes and each of them get one episode in the limelight, they don't really get that much time in the spotlight and mostly appear in cameos. Mr. Tickle didn't even get any speaking roles until his spotlight episode.
• Pet the Dog:
  • A few from Mr. Mean:
    • Mr. Mean bringing Little Miss Tidy's lottery back to her without even needing prompting in spite of initially being tempted to keep it in Little Miss Tidy And The Winning Ticket.
    • He also shared his money with the rest of the Mr. Men And Little Miss as a way of thanking them for fixing up his house in Mr. Mean Hasn't A Penny Left.
    • He's initially reluctant to go and take care of a sick Little Miss Sunshine at Christmas time in A Big Surprise For Mr. Mean. He later has a change of heart when a wizard shows him how sick she is and immediately goes to take care of her.
  • Little Miss Naughty apologizing to Farmer Fields for wrecking his potato stand in Thank Goodness For Mr. Slow.
  • A rather twisted one from Mr. Mischief and Little Miss Trouble in Little Miss Greedy... Belle Of The Ball. They both scare Little Miss Greedy out of her wits to help her lose weight.
  • A couple from Mr. Uppity as well:
    • The few times he actually said "thank you." Despite struggling to do so in ''That's Gratitude, Mr. Uppity'', he managed to actually say thank you, much to the shock of his friends when he was hospitalized; despite being mean to Little Miss Shy, Mr. Bump, and Mr. Clumsy in Mr. Impossible's Lesson, he thanks them for preventing his house from burning down, much to their shock. Many fans may find it even more surprising that he even actually said "thank you" to Mr. Wrong without a problem in A New House for Mr. Wrong despite making fun of the latter's house.
    • Mr. Uppity actually showing concern for Mr. Happy when the latter falls into a depression after hearing about the miserable predicaments his friends (namely Little Miss Greedy, Mr. Jelly, and Little Miss Neat) had in A Very Happy Day for Mr. Happy. He even calls him his "friend."
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Little Miss Splendid appears in a lot of episodes of the show, whether as part of the episode or in a cameo.
• Title Montage: The intro entirely consists of episode clips.
• Unwanted Assistance:
  • In An Invitation for Mr. Messy, after Little Miss Neat is stained with jam, Mr. Messy offers to help scoop it back into the jar. Unfortunately, that only stains Little Miss Neat further, and she refuses his help as a result and leaves.
  • Some of the characters that fall under the Neat Freak category do this, although in a good way.
• Vocal Dissonance: Even more so in the 1997 American dub than in the original British dub, despite being more identifiable. For example, most of them sound okay, annoying and/or unfitting for his/her character. Mr. Perfect's voice is high-pitched and nasally, Little Miss Splendid sounds less snobbish, Mr. Clumsy's voice sounds fairly similar to Ed Wynn, and the narrator has the voice of a stereotypical game show host.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: At the end of the episode Mr. Brave vs. Koko the Gorilla, Mr. Brave is shown to have a fear of spiders.