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| Genre | Cartoon |
| Created by | Hanna-Barbera |
| Voices of | Mel Blanc Paul Frees |
| Language(s) | English |
Secret Squirrel is a cartoon squirrel created by Hanna-Barbera. Secret Squirrel was one of two co-stars of The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, which debuted in 1965. He was given his own show in 1966, but was reunited with Atom Ant for one more season in 1967. Secret first appeared in a prime-time animated special called The World of Atom Ant and Secret Squirrel, which aired on NBC on September 12, 1965.
The Secret Squirrel half-hours included three individual cartoon segments: "Secret Squirrel," "Squiddly Diddly," and "Winsome Witch."
Secret Squirrel's shorts were a parody of the then-popular spy genre, with most of his shorts' elements satirizing those of the James Bond films. Secret Squirrel was also known as "Agent 000".
Beginning in 1994, thirteen new Secret Squirrel cartoons appeared in between the 2 Stupid Dogs episodes, with the updated title, "Super Secret Secret Squirrel" and a new cast.
"Secret Squirrel" entered the language as a nickname for intelligence officers and their activities.[citation needed]
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Bio
Secret Squirrel (voiced by Mel Blanc) served as a secret agent (his designation was "Agent 000"), taking orders from his superior Double-Q (voiced by Paul Frees) of the International Sneaky Service.[1] Secret was assisted in his adventures by fez-wearing side-kick Morocco Mole (voiced by Paul Frees impersonating Peter Lorre). The pair fought crime and evil enemy agents using cunning and a variety of spy gadgets, including a machine gun cane, a collection of guns kept inside Secret's trench coat, and a variety of devices concealed in his hat (which he almost never removed).
Secret Squirrel's recurring arch-enemy is Yellow Pinkie (also voiced by Paul Frees) who is a parody of Auric Goldfinger from Goldfinger and Kasper Gutman from the The Maltese Falcon. The last bunch of episodes introduced Hy-Spy (also voiced by Paul Frees), the master of scientific criminology.
Episode list
The first seven episodes of the 1960s Secret Squirrel series was also seen in front of the 1994–1995 season of Hanna-Barbera's 2 Stupid Dogs (1993–1995). October 2, 1965 to September 2, 1967
Season 1 (1965-1966)
- Sub Swiper -
- Masked Granny -
- Scotland Yard Caper -
- Robin Hood & His Merry Muggs -
- Wolf In Cheap Cheap Clothing -
- Royal Run Around -
- Yellow Pinkie -
- Five Is A Crowd -
- It Stopped Training -
- Wacky Secret Weapon -
- Cuckoo Clock Cuckoo -
- Catty Cornered -
- Leave Wheel Enough Alone -
- Jester Minute -
- Not So Idle Idol -
- Gold Rushed -
- Double Ex-Double Cross -
- Capt. Kidd's Not Kidding -
- Bold Rush -
- Tusk-Tusk -
Season 2 (1966-1968)
- Robot Rout -
- The Pink Sky Mobile -
- Scuba Duba Duba -
- Hi-Spy -
- Spy In The Sky -
- Ship Of Spies -
Recording
Hanna-Barbera Records released a Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole: Superspy LP album in 1966.(HLP-2046) that featured an adventure with several songs.
Super-Secret Secret Squirrel
Years later, Secret and Morocco were revived in 1993 for back-up segments of TBS Superstation's 2 Stupid Dogs titled Super-Secret Secret Squirrel with Secret Squirrel voiced by Jess Harnell and Morocco Mole voiced by Jim Cummings. These segments featured very different art work compared to the original 1960s cartoons. All the characters inhabiting the world were now animals. In fact, Double-Q (now just called simply the 'Chief' in these shorts and voiced by Tony Jay) was now a cape buffalo instead of a man with a balding hairline, and arch-foe Yellow Pinkie was replaced with a sea lion known as "Goldflipper" (voiced by Jim Cummings). The new shorts also introduced Penny (voiced by Kimmy Robertson), a female squirrel assistant to the chief who was also a love interest for Secret (à la Miss Moneypenny). Morocco was given a new color scheme, also had an evil twin brother named Scirocco Mole, and now also wore sunglasses. Secret's art design remained relatively intact, but with a more modern design than the previous animated series' version of the character. He also styles a slightly different hat in the new version.
Episode List
- One Ton -
- Scirrocco Mole -
- Hot Rodney -
- Greg -
- Quark -
- Platypus -
- Egg -
- Voodoo Goat -
- Chameleon -
- Agent Penny -
- Goldflipper -
- Queen Bea -
- Doctor O -
Other appearances
- Secret and Morocco appeared again as part of the cast in Yogi's Ark Lark and it's spin-off series Yogi's Gang, but had no dialogue in either of them.
- Secret Squirrel and Morroco Mole appeared as teenagers on Yo Yogi! where Secret Squirrel was voiced by Kath Soucie and Morocco Mole was voiced by Neil Ross. Secret Squirrel had an uncle named Uncle Undercover (voiced by Greg Burson) who owns The Invention Dimension store in Jellystone Mall.
- Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole have made a few appearances, one of them being on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. In "Blackwatch Plaid," Secret Squirrel (voiced by Bill Farmer) is charged with flashing when he tries to rescue someone (since his gadgets are in his coat). In "Birdgirl of Guantanamole," Morocco Mole (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) is suspected of being a terrorist. In the Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law video game, Secret Squirrel and Magilla Gorilla were suspected of robbing Harvey Birdman's office. When it came to a bag covered in peanut oil, Secret Squirrel mentions to have an allergy to peanuts. Secret Squirrel was found "not guilty." Magilla Gorilla was tried and was also found "not guilty" when it was mentioned that he wouldn't be able to fit in the window due to a machine left behind by X the Eliminator.
- Their shorts air from time to time on Cartoon Network's sister cable television station Boomerang.
- Secret Squirrel is also a song on the Marcy Playground album 'Shapeshifter', their second album.
- Within federal law enforcement circles the slang term "secret squirrel" has been used to describe U.S. Secret Service Agents.
- The Secret Squirrel Show returned to the TV channel Boomerang when Boomerang removed Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear, on January 2, 2008. The Secret Squirrel Show had been removed on June 30, 2008 Super Secret Squirrel returned in June 2009 as a filler segment for 2 Stupid Dogs during the Summer Season. The Secret Squirrel Show returned again on August 31, 2009.
- Secret Squirrel made a cameo appearance in an episode of Squirrel Boy, where his hat was seen on a gravestone.
- Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole was seen in a Cartoon Network Rap in 1995.
- Secret Squirrel made an appearance in the show "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" in an episode with Hoss Delgado who is driving in his monster truck and almost runs over Secret Squirrel.
Secret Squirrel in other languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: Esquilo sem Grilo ("No-worries Squirrel") in the 1965 version; James Quilo ("James Quirrel") in the 1993 version
- French: L´Agent sans Secret ("Secret-less Agent")
- German: Geheimer Eichkater ("Secret Squirrel")
- Italian: Super Segretissimo Agente Scoiattolo ("Super Very Secret Agent Squirrel")
- Spanish: El Inspector Ardilla ("Inspector Squirrel")
- Indonesian Detektif Tupai ("Detective Squirrel")
- Swedish Agent Kurre
See also
References
- ^ p.423 Mansour, David From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Dictionary of the Late 20th Century 2005 Andrews McMeel Publishing
External links
- Toonopedia
- Secret Squirrel episode guide
- Secret Squirrel
- The Big Cartoon Database – A complete detailed listing of each Secret Squirrel episode at the Big Cartoon DataBase. (1965-66)
- The Cartoon Scrapbook – Informational profile on Secret Squirrel.
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