Eek! the Cat
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| Also known as | 'Eek! and the Terrible Thunderlizards Eek! Stravaganza' |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Savage Steve Holland Bill Kopp |
| Written by | Savage Steve Holland Bill Kopp Kati Rocky Henry Gilroy Paul Germain Sandy Fries Pamela Wick Frank Santopadre |
| Narrated by | Bill Kopp |
| Theme music composer |
Nathan Wang Dee Snider (Thunderlizards) |
| Composer(s) | Nathan Wang |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 75 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) |
Patrick Loubert Michael Hirsh Clive A. Smith |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 24 mins. |
| Production company(s) |
Savage Studios Ltd. Nelvana Film Roman (for Klutter) Fox Children's Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
| Distributor |
20th Television (uncredited, former) Disney-ABC Domestic Television (current) |
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| Original network |
Fox Kids (United States) YTV (Canada) CBBC (United Kingdom) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Audio format |
Stereo (1992–1995) Dolby Surround (1995–1997) |
| Original release | September 11, 1992 – August 1, 1997 |
Eek! The Cat (retitled Eek! Stravaganza in 1994) is an American-Canadian animated series, created by Savage Steve Holland and Bill Kopp and produced by Fox Kids and Savage Studios with animation by Nelvana, that ran from 1992 to 1997. It aired on YTV from 1992 to 1998 in Canada.
Eek! the Cat is about a purple cat named Eek whose motto is "it never hurts to help". This attitude generally gets him into trouble, from which much of the humor of the show is derived. Other characters include Eek!'s human family, with whom he cannot communicate via spoken language; Sharky the Sharkdog (his worst nightmare), and Eek's girlfriend, Annabelle.
The show featured slapstick humor and pop culture references. Shows vary from standard cartoon fare to movie spoofs (Apocalypse Now, A Clockwork Orange) and musical episodes; the first Christmas episode was written almost entirely in rhyme. The show featured many cameos by celebrities, some of whom came back for several episodes.
The Terrible Thunderlizards segment was introduced in the middle of the second season of Eek! The Cat. Like Eek!, this segment was also created by Holland and Kopp. It ran from November 20, 1993, to July 28, 1997. The show was originally intended to be a spin off from Eek! The Cat, but it aired as a weekly segment on Eek! Stravaganza.
Like Eek!, the segment was produced by Fox and Savage Studios with animation by Nelvana. The segment chronicled the misadventures of a trio of dinosaur mercenaries released from incarceration and charged with the task of eliminating two primitive human beings. However, despite their superior size and firepower and the obliviousness of their targets, the mercenaries always fail with comedic results. When the Thunderlizards are not after the humans, they must protect Jurassic City from the Thuggosaurs.
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