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There are 28 actors who have voiced 30 characters in the Eek! The Cat franchise on BTVA. Voice Actors: 28. Characters: 30. Titles: 4 Shows. Trending: 1,102nd This Week. Characters. Eek the Cat. 2 incarnations Annabelle. 2 incarnations Mittens. 2 incarnations Elmo the Elk. 2 incarnations Wendy Elizabeth. 2 incarnations J. B.
Sep 12, 1992 · VIEW BY: Voice Cast | Characters | Voice Actors | Credits By Actor. Main EEK! The Cat Cast. Eek the Cat. voiced by Bill Kopp and 2 others. Annabelle. voiced by Tawny Kitaen. J. B. voiced by Charlie Adler.
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- The Terrible Thunderlizards
- Klutter
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(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. Show 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
•Eek! The Cat (Character) voiced by Bill Kopp) – Eek always puts others' safety, needs, and comfort before his own. Eek can talk with all animals and most humans, but oddly enough cannot converse with his owners: 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. The major running gag within the show is that Eek's selfless nature usually gets him caught up in painful situations such as getting caught in mail and baggage sorters (both of which appear designed to intentionally damage their contents) and screaming "Oh Gosh It Hurts!" while the show's guitar riff theme played. Despite Eek's misfortunes, episodes would usually end with Eek rewarded in some way for facing the adversity squarely and being selfless towards others.
•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 (though other animal characters such as Eek can comprehend what he is saying, and subtitles are sometimes provided). 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 plot line, but they happen to be rare. Sharky loves to bite things, mostly mail-carriers. Sharky also has quite a bit of skill as a craftsman, he is constantly rebuilding his doghouse after Eek accidentally destroys it. Like Snoopy's doghouse, the interior of Sharky's doghouse resembles a cavernous mansion with several floors and a garage. Sharky has a curious affiliation with firearms and explosives, which often backfires on himself. In many cases, Sharky and Eek's relationship follows a subtly satisfying pattern of karma.
•Elmo the Elk (also known as Elmo: The Brown Nosed Reindeer, Incredible Elmo) – Eek!'s extremely inept but loyal friend. Elmo typically maintains a courageous façade but is actually quite cowardly. He typically works as a stunt man or in some form of action career. He also believes that there are 31 days in the month of June.
•Mom - The apparently single mother of the family that owns Eek!. Voiced by Elinor Donahue. Does a lot of house cleaning and is a student of foreign languages, especially "Spangalese." Once on a flight to England she listened to a tape of British-accented English, a language she found especially challenging. A running gag features her absent-minded listening to foreign language cassettes, reciting the nonsensical translations of English phrases while cleaning the house, unknowingly causing mayhem in the process.
•Wendy Elizabeth and JB (voiced by Elizabeth Daily and Charles Adler) – The children of the family that owns Eek!, normal kids and are whiny and spoiled. They watch a lot of television. Their favorite show is The Squishy Bearz Rainbow of Enchanted Fun Minute, a spoof of the Care Bears. They have similarities in their personalities, but also differences. J.B. is low on overall intelligence, but has a more even temper and better control of his emotions, while Wendy Elizabeth is very intelligent, but also both a figurative and literal crybaby, crying or sobbing over the slightest bad or undesirable thing that may happen to her (such as getting a defective bicycle bell for her birthday, getting a "D" on a test, or initially failing to get any treats on Halloween), sometimes causing natural disasters like earthquakes in doing so. Nonetheless, both children are generally shown to be goodhearted and love Eek! and their mother very much.
•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), and 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. Like Wendy Elizabeth, Annabelle can cry over anything that upsets her in the slightest bit, though perhaps not to the same extent as she.
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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.
Main article: Klutter!
The Klutter segment came in the fourth season of Eek! Stravaganza in 1995. It followed Ryan and Wade Heap and their pet Klutter, who they created from a pile of junk because they couldn't have a real dog due to their father's allergies. There are other characters in the show, like Sandee Heap, who was lonely at first, before Klutter came into their lives. They went on mysteries, a la Scooby-Doo, to save animals and solve crimes.
The original idea for the show came from Savage Steve Holland's experience as a cat owner. One of his cats was named Eek. In an early design, Eek was colored pink instead of purple. The series was originally titled The Six and a Half Lives of Eek the Cat.
The show premiered on the now-defunct Fox Kids block in 1992 as Eek! The Cat. Thirteen 20 minute episodes were produced for its first season. A recurring character named Mr. Iwanter was a caricature of then-Fox Kids executive Sid Iwanter.
For the second season in 1993, the show's format was retooled (except It's A Very Merry Eek's Mas, which originally aired as a prime-time special). In each episode were two nine-minute segments. One was Eek! the Cat. The other was often The Terrible Thunderlizards. The Thunderlizards segments were intended to air at the start of the season, but it began two months later because of production delays. When they started airing, the series title was changed to Eek! And The Terrible Thunderlizards. Also, the creators originally intended to include two one-minute segments. The first would feature the Squishy Bearz, and the second one were to feature other characters from Eek!. However, because the show turned out to be too long, the one-minute segments were scrapped. In January 1994, Fox aired four Thunderlizards segments as two Thunderlizards specials.
During the season, Kopp left the show (though he still did the voice of Eek and others) for his own show, The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show for Disney, which would later own Eek! as well.
For the third season in 1994, the name was changed once again to Eek! Stravaganza, keeping the same format that was used in the second season.
In the fall of 1995, another segment called Klutter was added, rotating with the Thunderlizards. This segment lasted a year. Kato Kaelin was originally scheduled to be a guest voice in an episode, but the Fox network refused.
In Canada, Eek! The Cat was aired on YTV. In the rest of Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland), the series was aired on the Fox Kids channel (now Disney Channel and Disney XD). In the United Kingdom, the series was aired on CBBC and TCC. In the Arab World, the series was aired on the Fun Channel. In South Africa, the series was aired on...
•Bill Kopp .... Eek! The Cat, Pierre, Jib, Additional Voices
•Savage Steve Holland .... Elmo The Elk, Additional Voices
•Elizabeth Daily .... Wendy Elizabeth (1992–1995), Kozy (II, on Cape Fur until the end of the show), Additional Voices
•Charles Adler ..... JB, Granny (1992, 1995), Additional Voices
•Cam Clarke .... Puffy, Wuz Wuz, Piggy the Penguin, Additional Voices
•Elinor Donahue .... Mom (1992–1995, 1997), Additional Voices
Celebrities made cameo appearances as themselves on the show, unless otherwise noted. (Also, Bill Kopp and Savage Steve Holland appeared as themselves in the show.)
•William Shatner .... Santa Claus/Commander Berzerk (1993, 1995)
•David Duchovny .... Agent Fox Mulder (1995)
•Nia James .... Herself (1995)
•Gillian Anderson .... Agent Dana Scully (1995)
•John Walsh .... Himself (1997)
There are 28 voice actors that have voiced characters in the Eek! The Cat franchise on BTVA. 24 are English actors. English: 24 voice actors. Other Languages: 4. All Voice Actors.
Animated Actors: In one episode, Eek discovers his girlfriend is voiced by a burly, overweight tattooed man, and himself by a little old lady. Art Evolution : By the final season, humans were drawn much more realistically (the exceptions being the human characters who were introduced in the earlier seasons).
Connections. Dan Castellaneta voiced Mittens, scientist Hank, and others. Cam Clarke voiced Puffy, Wuzz Wuzz, Ryan Heap (1995-1996), and others. Tim Curry narrated "It's a Wonderful Nine Lives" (1992) E. G. Daily voiced Wendy Elizabeth, Kozy, and others. Eddie Deezen voiced Ringo and minor characters. Corey Feldman voiced Squat (1995-1996)
