Somewhere, a Herpetologist Is Crying: Crocodile swims with motions of his feet, while Real Life crocodiles use their tails. Breaking the Fourth Wall: Monkey talks to the audience in the beginning of the end of every episode. Every Episode Ending: Each episode ends with Monkey Red saying "And [event that was pivotal to episode but not the main focus of it]? Well, that's a whole other story!".

Somewhere, a Mammalogist Is Crying: A little forgivable given that the series is based on old fairy tales, but can still crop up. It's odd that an elephant was given the role as Dumb Muscle (claiming to have a "tiny brain") given they're among the most intelligent animals. Likewise, some of the animals living in Tinga Tinga do not actually live in Africa, like moles (it's possible she's meant to be a golden mole, but it's unlikely given that she's purple.)

Lion often uses his roar to calm things down or attract the attention of the other animals, often in Swahili, followed by English. If Lion is called in to help out with a problem, it must be serious. Lion shares his wisdom but he gets annoyed when animals have behaved badly and done things at odds with nature's way. Produced on location in Kenya by Tiger Aspect Productions in conjunction with Homeboyz Entertainment, the show draws upon the inspiring talent of local artists and musicians and is expertly computer-animated using beautiful, hand-painted imagery.

Misplaced Wildlife: A skunk appears in several episodes, even though skunks only live in the Americas. It's possible that Skunk is actually supposed to be a striped polecat , which is a similar mammal native to Africa, but he looks more like the striped skunk familiar to North Americans than to said animal. Tingatinga art was originally painted on masonite tile, using bicycle paint, and due to its popularity with tourists became known as "airport art". Michael Carrington, Controller of CBeebies, said: "When Claudia Lloyd first approached me with the idea for Tinga Tinga Tales I knew it would be perfect for CBeebies. The series is a unique, beautiful production capturing a flavour of Africa and some extraordinarily tall tales. Storytelling is at the heart of what we do, engaging children with characters and tales that will stay with them forever, and Tinga Tinga Tales continues that tradition on CBeebies." Notes to EditorsRed Monkey (voiced by Eugene Muchiri (UK)/Geoffrey Curtin (US)): Red Monkey is the narrator of all of the episodes. Same Language Dub: The show got a US dub which aired on Disney Junior. The dub only replaced voice actors of a select few characters and the episodes were pitched lower for unknown reasons. Snakes Are Sinister: Averted with Snake and Puff Adder, who are both pleasant to everyone around them despite being their respective species. Puff Adder in particular doesn't like being treated as The Dreaded to all the other animals because he is a snake, to the point that he Took a Level in Jerkass as a way to cope with the hate and fear he receives. It only took Camal's advice after saving Puff Adder to make the latter mellow out from his cold behavior and become openly friendly to everyone else. From the producer of the multi award-winning Charlie And Lola, Tiger Aspect's Claudia Lloyd, this vibrant, new animated series (52 x 11-minute episodes), for children aged three to six years, brings to life the traditional art of storytelling with tall tales of how all your favourite animals came to be the way they are today.

In the "Skunk" episode, Baboon gives some "smelly fruit" to Skunk as a prank, which gives him a stinky fart.Furry Confusion: The flies and termites are non-sapient, despite other insects, such as ants, bees, mosquitos and even fleas all being sapient.

Once an Episode: Monkey talking with Lion at the end of the episode appears in every single episode. (At least the US dub)

Tropes include:

Dumb Muscle: Elephant, the strongest animal in the kingdom, often says he has a big head, but a tiny brain. Majitu the giant doesn't sound all that intelligent either. Lion (voice by Patrice Naiambana): He's well known as the king of Tinga Tinga since he found his roar.