Scaredy Squirrel is a 2-D animated cartoon series, based loosely on the book series of the same name. To celebrate April Fool’s Day on Friday, April 1, 2011, YTV aired a special sneak peek episode of Scaredy Squirrel, in All Countries. Then on Friday, May 21 2010 , YTV officially premiered Scaredy Squirrel at 1:00 am ET. The series was formerly announced to premiere on POP in the United States but The Hub picked up American rights and it premiered on May, 2010 at 7:00pm.
Characters[]
- Scaredy - A Squirrel who is smart but obsessively-minded. He works at a grocery store called Stash 'n Hoard.
- Dave - A blue skunk who is Scaredy's best friend, but he is very unclean.
- Nester - Nester is a yellow canary who is the manager of Stash 'n Hoard. He is also Scaredy's boss and one of his enemies.
- Momma - A purple colored canary who owns the Stash N' Hoard, and is Nester's mother. Momma makes surprise appearances at any time. She appears to be very grouchy.
- Paddy - A ferret who is the total opposite of Scaredy, and one of his enemies.
- Richard - Richard is a loyal friend to Scaredy, although he doesn't talk or move because he is a plant.
- Sally - A turquoise trout who is deeply in love with Scaredy. Sally has lots of confidence and she thinks Scaredy and her could be a good couple.
Cast[]
- Terry McGurrin - Scaredy
- Jonathan Gould - Dave
- Patrick McKenna - Nestor
- Jayne Eastwood - Momma
- David Berni - Paddy
- Linda Kash - Sally
- Dwayne Hill - Additional Voices
- Paul Soles - Additional Voices
- Lisa Ng - Additional Voices
- Julie Lemieux - Additional Voices
Crew[]
- Doug Murphy - Executive Producer
- Jillian Ruby - Producer
- Jocelyn Hamilton - Supervising Producer
- Tracey Dodokin - Supervising Producer
- Terry McGurrin - Story Editor
- Blair Kitchen - Storyboard Writer
- Kerry Sargent - Storyboard Writer
- Nelvana - Production Company
Production[]
The series was confirmed in December 2010 and production went under in Christmas 2008.
Trivia[]
- Some episodes of Scaredy Squrriel have Safety Corner before the ending credits.
- It was both on The Hub and POP.
- According in the intro, the characters are based by Mélanie Watt.