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Line 3: {{quote\| ''Kumbaya!''}} '''''Eek! The Cat''''' is a Canadian animated series, created by Savage Steve Holland and Bill Kopp, that ran from September 12, 1992, to August 8, 1997. It was retitled ''Eek! Stravaganza'' in 1994. Line 11: The show later added two different segments: "The Thunder Lizards", which focused on a trio of dinosaurs trying to destroy a pair of oblivious cavemen, Bill and Scooter, while also fighting an evil tribe of skeletal dinosaurs called the Thugasaurs, and "Klutter", which was about a bunch of neighbourhood kids and their living pile of clutter and clothing. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== This series contains examples of: ===~~ * [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife]]: Eek has purple fur, his girlfriend Annabelle has pink fur, and Sharky is gray colored. ** Also, Eek's best friend, The Incredible Elmo, is brown, and Mittens is blue. Line 22: * [[Animated Actors]]: In one episode, Eek discovers his girlfriend is voiced by a burly, overweight tattooed man, and himself by a little old lady. * [[The Beatles]]: Eek, with a small squid on his head, boards a train and enters a berth where the Beatles see him. {{quote\| '''John:''' Who's that?~~<br />~~ '''Paul:''' Oh, that's me grandfather.~~<br />~~ '''George:''' That's not yer grandfather. It's a cat with a squid on 'is 'ead! }} * [[Big Eater]]: The reason for Annabelle's weight isn't exactly kept secret, though it doesn't come up more than once an episode, on average. Line 43: * [[Chick Magnet]]: Eek, somehow. * [[The Comically Serious]]: Bill the Caveman in the ''Terrible Thunder-Lizards'' shorts. * [[Cowardly Lion]]: Eek. This trope must be the reason for [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin\|his name]]. * [[Cross -Dressing Voices]]: In one episode, Eek takes the audience backstage and reveals that he and Annabelle are both voiced by people of the opposite gender to their character. * [[Dem Bones]]: The Thugasaurs. * [[Descended Creator]]: Bill Kopp himself is the voice of Eek, Pierre and Kutter. Line 58: * [[Exposed Animal Bellybutton]] * [[Expy]]: Eek looks ridiculously similar to [[Garfield]], as some would say. The main difference between him and the pasta-loving cat is Eek is far kinder and more idealistic. ** Given that the three Terrible Thunder Lizards are already [[The a A-Team\|a group of falsly accused special forces]], it's not hard to guess who [[Mr. T]] Rex is supposed to be, even before he starts dropping the word 'Fool' twice per sentence. * [[Fat Cat]] / [[Fat Idiot]]: Eek. ** Annabelle. Line 74: * [[Grumpy Bear]]: Pierre of the Squishy Bearz. * [[Hartman Hips]]: Andrea Heap * [[Hey, ~~Its~~It's That Voice!]]: Lots just from the regulars. Over in ''Eek'', [[Charlie Adler]] voiced B.J. (plus Bill in ''TTL'' and many incidental characters), [[Nancy Cartwright]] was Wendy Elizabeth, [[Dan Castellaneta]] and later [[Tales ~~From~~from the Crypt\|John Kassir]] were Eek's chronically nervous pal Mittens, Tawny Kitaen was the first voice of Annabelle, and [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 ~~(Animation)~~\|Cam]] [[Back Atat the Barnyard\|Clarke]] was most of the Squishy Bearz (as well as Ryan Heap in ''Klutter''). In ''Terrible Thunderlizards'', [[Kurtwood Smith]] was General Galapagos, both Jason Priestly and later Corey Feldman were Squat, [[Revenge of the Nerds\|Curtis]] [[Dan Vs.\|Armstrong]] was Scooter, and [[Everybody Loves Raymond\|Brad Garret]] was Thugo. ** In ''Klutter'', Sandy Fox was Sandee Heap, while David Silverman and Kathy Ireland were the siblings' parents. * [[Hidden Depths]]: Sharky after the writers moved him beyond just being the mean dog Line 88: * [[Interspecies Romance]]: Besides the number of human and extraterrestrial women who have thrown themselves at Eek, Sharky is implied to have a crush on Annabelle in one episode. * [[Inventional Wisdom]]: Why in the nine hells would a rocket built to go to Jupiter have a switch that allows one to set the course for either Jupiter or the Sun? * [[Jerk ~~With~~with a Heart of Gold]]: Sharky really isn't such a bad guy... * [[Jimmy Hart Version]]: Episode "Show Squirls" features a pretty well-done parody cover of "Le Freak" played by Chic. * [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: Let's just say that, although it's very easy to find the series via google, it's currently...not possible to find it legally. Line 114: * [[Only Sane Man]]: Pierre is this in the [[Show Within a Show]], ''The Squishy Bears Rainbow of Enchantment Fun Minute''. * [[Papa Wolf]]: Sharky is normally an [[Angry Guard Dog]] in general, but he gets REALLY mad if Annabelle is threatened. * [[Paper -Thin Disguise]]: In one episode, celebrities the Squishy Bearz are framed for robbery by rats wearing these. * [[Parental Bonus]]: Frequent: The parody of ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''. Line 120: Another was an abridged parody of [[The Terminator]]. Another was a parody of ''[[Cape Fear]]''. [[The Graduate]], [[A Clockwork Orange (~~Film~~film)\|A Clockwork Orange]], and [[Pulp Fiction]] each got a parody episode, too. "Way to go, Sharky! You've brightened up the dull city of Mctropolis [[Atomic Hate\|with the light of a thousand suns]]!"" Eek's namecheck of the Barbi Twins in his speech to Zoltar (see Shout-Out). Line 126: * [[Patrick Stewart Speech]]: Eek really, ''really, '''really''''' loves planet Earth in general. * [[Phrase Catcher]]: Every time Eek shows someone a picture of Annabelle. {{quote\| A person: 'She's really... fat.'~~<br />~~ Eek: 'Really?' }} ** Piggy the penguin is also this. "Shut up, Piggy!" * [[Poorly -Disguised Pilot]]: Subverted to a degree, both The Thunderlizards and Klutter did get to be their own shows briefly before being reincorporated into Eek!stravangaza (and for a few episodes at the end of the fourth season, replaced Eek! entirely in the show) * [[Prison Episode]]: "The Great Eekscape". * [[Running Gag]]: {{quote\| Random character: "Your girlfriend's... fat."~~<br />~~ Eek: "Really?" }} ** Eek will always accidentally destroy Sharky's doghouse. * [[Shout -Out]] / [[Long List]]: Eek usually receives a character's compliment and then talks by mentioning random names and titles non-stop, i.e. in the episode "Eek vs. the Flying Saucers", when he meets Zoltar at the alien starship, looking pretty sad: {{quote\| '''Eek:''' Why Zoltar, why would you want to destroy such a great planet as Earth? A planet full of wonderful things. I mean we've got rivers and fields and children and [[Dr. Seuss]] and [[Woody Allen]] and [[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood\|Mr. Rogers]] and Monet, the [[Muppets]], Stevie Ray Vaughn, [[Shakespeare]], [[Louis Armstrong]], the Barbi Twins and...}} ** In an episode of "The Thunder Lizards", an astronaut from the present crash landed, thinking he's on an alien planet. Then he believes he's in the [[Far Future]] when he saw the ruined Statue of Liberty with Eek's head. * [[The So -Called Coward]]: Elmo the elk. * [[Southern Belle]]: Annabelle. * [[Sphere Eyes]] * [[Spoiled Brat]]: Wendy Elizabeth and JB. * [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: Happens every time Eek gets an [[Amusing Injury]]. * [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]: Eek and Annabelle. * [[Throw the Dog Aa Bone]]: Despite all the crap he deals with, Eek usually ends up somewhat happy. * [[Too Spicy for Yog -Sothoth]]: Eek is just too damn cheery for eternal torment to phaze him. * [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: The giants slugs apparently like to have Bill in their mouths. At one point, there's even a class of this. * [[Two Shorts]]: Starting with the second season. The first season is only done with half-hour episodes. Line 152: * [[Verbal Tic]]: Scooter says "okay" A LOT. Same with Eek and "gee". {{quote\| '''Eek:''' Gee, I sure say "gee" a lot.}} Mittens always says "man". * [[Villain Song]] ** [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] * [[Whole -Episode Flashback]]: "The Whining Pirates of Tortuga", about a younger Eek's life with pirates. * [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Eek is really afraid of bugs. * [[Widget Series]] * [[Wild Take]] * [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Ryan Heap. ---- {{quote\| ''EEK!''}} {{reflist}} Line 171: [[Category:Western Animation]] [[Category:Nelvana]] [[Category:Eek! The Cat]] [[Category:Western Animation of the 1990s]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]] [[Category:Excited Show Title!]]