The Itsy Bitsy Spider

A 1992 animated short named for the nursery rhyme of the same name, originally shown in theaters preceding Bebe's Kids. In 1994 it was picked up as a TV series, which aired on the USA Network.

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Tropes covered by the short and the series:

 * Bug War: Mostly one-sided. Characters try to dispose of Itsy for being a spider and he's just defending himself.
 * Cats Are Mean: Cat/George
 * David Versus Goliath
 * Determinator: The Exterminator
 * Dumb Muscle: The Exterminator
 * Eccentric Exterminator
 * Hey It's That Voice: Frank Welker as Itsy
 * Kill It With Fire: One of the Exterminator's tools is a flamethrower.
 * Meganekko: Little Girl/Leslie
 * Stern Teacher: Music Teacher/Adrianne
 * Top Heavy Guy: The Exterminator

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Tropes exclusive to the short:
"Music Teacher: What is that?
 * The Ahnold: The Exterminator after the Robotic Reveal.
 * More Dakka: Turned Up to Eleven
 * No Name Given
 * Retroactive Recognition: Jim Carrey and Thora Birch
 * Techno Babble:

The Exterminator: It's a high-tech microchip thermonuclear light-sensitive radioactive blue-screen laptop computer generator triple decker arachnid detector and Etch-a-Sketch. Any more questions?"

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Tropes exclusive to the series:

 * Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: In one episode the Exterminator kills Expies of Bambi and his mother.
 * Negative Continuity: For one thing, the Exterminator is no longer a robot.
 * The Other Darrin: Frank Welker was the only one to return for the series.
 * Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?: Occasionally Adrianne and the Exterminator would be shown in different jobs.