EEK! THE CAT

'''Eek! The Cat''' is an American animated series, created by Savage Steve Holland and Bill Kopp, that ran from September 12, 1992 to September 5, 1997 on the now defunct Fox Kids Saturday Morning block. It was re-run from 1998 to 1999. The series was a Nelvana and Fox Kids Company production in association with Savage Studios Ltd. It was about a purple cat named Eek! (exclamation mark included) whose motto was "it never hurts to help". This very attitude, though, always got him into trouble, from which much of the humor of the show was derived. Other characters included Eek!'s human family, with whom he cannot communicate via spoken language; his girlfriend, Annabelle; and her pet shark dog, Sharky. In the second season, another segment was added to the show, ''The Terrible Thunderlizards'', called 'Eek! And The Terrible Thunderlizards,' then another show, ''Klutter!'' in its fourth and fifth season, as 'Eek! Stravaganza'.
''Eek! The Cat'' featured slapstick humor and pop culture references. Shows varied from standard cartoon fare to movie spoofs (''Apocalypse Now'', ''A Clockwork Orange'') and musical episodes; the first Christmas special was written entirely in rhyme. The show featured many cameos by celebrities, some of whom came back for several episodes.
A video game closely based on the series was released for Super NES.

Contents

Release history

Characters

Cast

Cameo appearances

See also

External links

Release history

Upon cancellation of ''Eek! the Cat'', the show was purchased by Saban and repackaged with other shows, but no new episodes aired and ultimately Saban canceled it. For years, all that was available commercially was a single VHS tape with episodes 2 and 7 on it in 1995. Some time after 2001, ''Eek!'' and other properties of Saban were sold to Disney, which still has not made ''Eek!'' available. Eek! can be seen on the Jetix channel in some parts of Europe. There are Eek The Cat DVDs online illegally.

Characters

★ 'Eek! the Cat' - he always puts others' safety, needs, and comfort before his own. Eek! can talk with all animals and most humans but cannot converse with those in his immediate household - Mom, Wendy Elizabeth and J.B. He commonly exclaims "Kumbaya!" His motto is that "It never hurts to help!", although, with Eek!, this is frequently not the case.

★ 'Mom' - does a lot of house cleaning and is a student of foreign languages, especially "Spangalese". A running gag features her absent-mindedly listening to foreign language cassettes, reciting the non-sensical translations of English phrases while unknowingly causing mayhem. She appears to be a single mom.

★ 'Wendy Elizabeth' and 'J.B.' - the children, normal kids and are whiney and spoiled. They watch a lot of television. Their favorite show is ''The Squishy Bearz Rainbow of Enchanted Fun Minute'', quite probably a care bears spoof.

★ 'Annabelle' - a female cat and Eek's girlfriend who acts like a Southern belle. She is also extremely fat, although Eek! does not seem aware of this (he responds, genuinely surprised, "Really?" whenever someone comments on Annabelle's weight), he just sees Annabelle as being very beautiful. He is attributed as saying about Annabelle: "The more of you there is, the more there is to love." Despite her weight, her arms and legs are very skinny. Eek! fell in love with Annabelle the first time he saw her, when he was hit by the arrow of a one-winged cupid.

★ 'Sharky the Sharkdog' - Annabelle's pet guard dog who defends Annabelle's house with the viciousness (and also the overall appearance) of a shark. Sharky does not speak, but more than makes up for it in growls. Sharky typically terrorizes Eek! for fun, although occasionally as a reaction to Eek!'s incessant trouble-causing helpfulness. There are moments where the two get along and partner in the plotline, but they happen to be rare.

★ 'Mittens' - Eek!'s friend who is also a cat. His fur is blue, he always wears red mittens, and he suffers from extreme paranoia.

★ 'Elmo the Elk' (also known as 'Elmo: The Brown Nosed Reindeer', 'Incredible Elmo') - Eek!'s extremely inept but friendly friend. Elmo typically maintains a courageous façade but is actually quite cowardly. He typically works as a stuntman or in some form of action career.

★ 'Timmy', Elmo's brother - He constantly needs money for various absurd medical ailments, which Elmo tries to raise with Eek!'s help. These usually consist of very dangerous stunts that only harm Eek! when he gets invovled.

★ 'The Squishy Bearz', four colorful bears with their own children's TV program called ''The Squishy Bearz Rainbow of Enchanted Fun Minute''; they're an obvious parody of the Care Bears. Kozy (brown), Puffy (blue) and Wuz Wuz (pink) all have happy and friendly attitudes. The fourth bear, Pierre (green), who speaks with a French accent and wears a beret, is bitter and cynical.

★ 'Steven', a squirrel who lives in a nearby tree with his wife and four children. Steven and his family are so incredibly boring that even Eek! can't stand being around them for long.

Cast

★ Bill Kopp .... Eek! the Cat/Pierre/Hank

★ Savage Steve Holland .... Elmo the Elk

★ Tawny Kitaen .... Annabelle (I) (1992-1996)

★ Karen Haber .... Annabelle (II) (1996-1997)

★ Elinor Donahue .... Mom

★ Elizabeth Daily .... Wendy Elizabeth/Kozy

★ Charles Adler .... J.B./Granny/Prof. Wiggly

★ Dan Castellaneta .... Mittens

★ Brad Garrett... Thuggo

★ Phil Hartman .... Psycho Bunny/Monkeynaut

★ Cam Clarke .... Kozy, Puffy, Wuz Wuz, Pierre

★ Adam Goldberg ... "Various Voices"

Cameo appearances

Celebrities made cameo appearances as themselves on the show, unless otherwise noted. (Also, Bill Kopp and Savage Holland appeared as themselves in the show.)

★ William Shatner .... Santa Claus/Commander Berzerk

★ David Duchovny .... Agent Fox Mulder

★ Gillian Anderson .... Agent Dana Scully

★ John Walsh .... Himself

★ "Weird Al" Yankovic .... Himself

★ Tim Curry .... Narrator of both Christmas television specials

★ John Landis .... Himself

★ Fabio .... Himself

★ Don Cornelius .... Himself

★ Heather Locklear .... Alice

★ Chris Leary .... (radio DJ and occasional Fox Kids announcer)

★ Bobcat Goldthwait .... Rudolph

★ Margaret Loesch .... President of Fox Kids

★ Shane and Sia Barbi .... Themselves

★ Cynthia Rothrock (Black Belt Hall of Fame/Stunt Woman/Actress) ....Sharky is a big fan of hers

★ Mr. T .... Mr. T-Rex (in The Terrible Thunderlizards)

See also

★ List of Eek! The Cat episodes

External links

★ Eek the Cat Network - fan site