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[[File:supersecretsecretsquirrel.png|frame|"Secret Squirrel?!" "In the flesh!"]]
''[[Secret Squirrel]]'' is a series of [[Spy Fiction]] parody cartoon shorts made by [[Hanna-Barbera]] in 1965. It was later revived in the 1990s as ''Super Secret Secret Squirrel'', in a [[Three Shorts]] format headlined by ''[[
Secret Squirrel is a [[Funny Animal]] spy. Along with his sidekick, Morocco Mole, [[They Fight Crime|He Fights Crime]].
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=== ''[[Secret Squirrel]]'' contains examples of: ===
* [[Amusing Injuries]]
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* [[Expy]]: Yellow Pinky is one of Bond baddie Goldfinger. The name is even a synonym.
* [[Funny Animal]]: Both Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole, as well as a few others.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: With [[Mel Blanc]] as the voice of Secret Squirrel, it's no surprise that he sounds like Sylvester in the early episodes, then later like Heathcliff with a lisp! Paul Frees, voice of Morocco Mole and the Chief, also provides plenty of voices in addition to Blanc, even using his Boris Badenov voice (of ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' fame) for villains like Yellow Pinky!
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: The series' theme song apes the [[James Bond]] theme.
* [[Lions and Tigers
* [[Master of Disguise]]
* [[My Hero Zero]] / [[Code Name]]: Agent Triple-Zero, another name Secret Squirrel uses.
* [[New Powers
* [[Sweeping Ashes]]: Done at least once after Secret was disintegrated by his own laser gun.
* [[There Was a Door]]
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=== ''[[Super Secret Secret Squirrel]]'' adds: ===
* [[Action Girl]]: ''Agent Penny'' shows that the Chief's PA is a capable [[The Avengers (TV series)|Emma Peel]]-alike.
* [[An Arm and
* [[Anti-Villain]]: ''Platypus'' only wanted to fire his body scrambler at himself. If only he'd hooked up his extension cord to somewhere ''other'' than the Secret Service Solar Energy Station.
* [[The Cameo]]: Snooper and Blabber, as well as a bunch of other HB detective/mystery solving characters appeared in one segment.
* [[Cool Car]]
* [[A Day in
* [[Deadly Dodging]]: {{spoiler|Used against One Ton, a rampaging panda whom Secret must stop but isn't allowed to attack. He then puts him under protective custody for endangering an endangered species.}}
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Evil Twin]]: Morocco has one, named Scirocco.
* [[Expy]]: Goldflipper is one of Yellow Pinky, with a similar voice, wardrobe, & the same obsession with gold. Since Yellow Pinky is an [[Expy]] of Goldfinger, this makes him an [[Expy]] of an [[Expy]].
* [[Flash Back]]: Goes recursive in ''Scirocco Mole''. Secret stops it before we reach evil sperm.
* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: Done in the episode ''Platypus''. Minds stay with heads, but heads get shuffled onto the wrong bodies.
* [[Funny Animal]]: Now for everyone. This leads to...
* [[Furry Confusion]]: ...played with. Nobody seems to have pets, but there is a Super Secret Zoo. The exhibits are in prison uniforms, making it more of a Super Secret Prison [[Fridge Brilliance|cunningly disguised]] as a Super Secret Zoo.
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** Though Chief did seem to be quite embarrassed when it was revealed the bison wore bikini briefs.
** And, oddly enough, Secret removes a pair of shorts when changing behind a screen in ''Agent Penny''.
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: This show seems to deserve a sub-trope to this, as it's loaded with recognizable voices. With Jess Harnell, [[Jim Cummings]], [[Tony Jay]] and others, you're bound to think "Secret Squirrel sounds like [[Animaniacs
** [[Long John Baldry|Not THE Robotnik, though!]]
** Let's not forget Roddy McDowell as the Chameleon.
* [[Hollywood Voodoo]]: The [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]
* [[
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Dialed up to 11 with Secret, and not only in his coat, but in his hat, à la [[Inspector Gadget]].
* [[Idea Bulb]]: The method by which SS defeats Dr. O. ([[It Makes Sense in Context]], okay?)
* [[Inspector Oblivious]]: Averted. The [[Spy Fiction]] genre is instead parodied by making Secret competent and prepared to [[Marty Stu]] levels.
* [[Look Behind You!]]: "...it's [[The Flintstones|Fred Flintstone!]]"
* [[Love Potion]]: Deployed by ''Queen Bea''. Works slightly better than usual, although {{spoiler|Secret falls for, amongst other things, his own tail, before countering the effects with the [[Power of Love|power of hate]]}}.
* [[Mask Power]] / [[Nice Hat]]: Secret's hat fulfills this role, coming down below his eyes [[Expressive Mask|yet still showing them]].
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* [[Portal Picture]]: The Chameleon loves to become one with great art. {{spoiler|Secret causes him to have a breakdown by exposing him to modern, abstract works.}}
* [[Puff of Logic]]: In ''Quark'', Secret uses a dictionary to point out that quarks are a "hypothetical" subatomic particle, and makes the titular microscopic villain disappear.
* [[Rhymes
* [[Spot the Impostor]]: Played straight with Morocco and Scirocco Mole, each attempting to demonstrate that he's the bungling one.
* [[The Cameo]]: [[
** Reversing the situation, Secret and Morocco star in a dog biscuit ad featured in a ''Two Stupid Dogs'' segment.
* [[The Sixties]]
* [[The Easy Way or
* [[Thick Line Animation]]
* [[Villain of the Week]]: Aside from "Agent Penny", each episode had a different villain and was named after said villain.
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