Project G.e.e.K.e.R.

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Project G.eeK.eR. is an animated television series that premiered on CBS on September 14, 1996. It was created by Douglas TenNapel, creator of Earthworm Jim, with original music by Shawn Patterson (main title theme by Terry Scott Taylor). TenNapel and Taylor also collaborated on the video games The Neverhood, Boombots and Skullmonkeys, and in 2005, re-united for the hit Nickelodeon cartoon Catscratch.

Despite good ratings, the show was pulled fairly early on in its life when CBS made a major rescheduling change to meet the three hours of educational TV required by the government (although the show was initially listed as an "educational" program).

Set in the future, the show was based around a genetic shapeshifter experiment known as Project GKR (Geno-Kinetic Research), who had been stolen by Lady MacBeth before he could get the programming he needed to be a deadly and powerful weapon at the hands of the evil Mister Moloch, head of Moloch Industries. Due to the lack of his final programming, "Geeker" is left to be a totally random, permanently salivating, four-fingered, idiot. Managing only occasionally to use his powers to any full extent, a blessing and a threat to his friends and their enemies however. Lady MacBeth and her partner-in-crime Noah (a green, baseball cap wearing and intelligent Tyrannosaurus Rex) must now prevent Moloch and Geeker's creator Dr. Maston from ever obtaining Geeker at all costs.

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[edit] Cast

[edit] Episodes

Project G.eeK.eR. only aired one 13 episode season in its time on CBS. The episodes are as follows:

  • 0. Pilot episode (citation needed)
  • 1. Destruct Sequence
  • 2. In Space, No One Can Hear You Sneeze
  • 3. Nightmare Park
  • 4. Geekasaurus
  • 5. Smell of the Wild
  • 6. 23
  • 7. Thing Called Love
  • 8. In the Geek of the Night
  • 9. Independence Daze
  • 10. Worm
  • 11. Noble Savage
  • 12. GeeKMan
  • 13. Future Shocked

[edit] Credits

  • Executive Producers: Douglas TenNapel and Douglas Langdale
  • Supervising Producer: Richard Raynis
  • Producer: Audu Paden
  • Associate Producers: Monique Beatty and Greg Chalekian
  • Production Coordinator: Luke Wasserman
  • Original Music: Shawn Patterson
  • Theme Song: Terry Scott Taylor
  • Color Designer: Don W. Kim
  • Music Editor: Bradford Cox
  • Dialogue Editor: Thomas Kearney
  • Digital Compositor (Opening Titles): Andy Jolliff
  • Background Designers: Vince Toyama and David James
  • Storyboard Revisor: Charles Garcia

[edit] Notable Quotes

Noah:

  • "This can't possibly be good..."
  • "I am sick of you humans treating dinos like we were savage beasts!"
  • "Why you ungrateful...mammal!"

Geeker:

  • "Like I always say, an enemy is just a friend who is trying to kill you."
  • "Can I have a Chocolate Monkey??"
  • "Chocolate Monkeys! In every flavor of the rainbow! Yumbo-licious!"
  • "How'd you do that eyeballs?"
  • "I am SO on top of that!"
  • "Dear diary, boy did I ever learn a lesson! When a happy clown offers to take you to the circus, just say no!"
  • "Is there ice cream in Dinopolis?" Noah - "31 dinoriffic flavors."
  • "When your foot falls asleep, does it dream?"

Lady MacBeth:

  • "Geeker! There's a time for pie...and a time for...for...not pie! This. Is. A NOT PIE TIME!"
  • "Freeze ratbags!"

[edit] Trivia

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  • Noah's favorite treat are breath mints. In the episode "Noble Savage" they are even used by Lady MacBeth to lure out the beastial Noah.
  • Terry Scott Taylor (friend of creator Doug TenNapel) was contracted to write the main title theme for the show, while Shawn Patterson was selected to be the series score composer. Two days before the show was set to air, Tri-Star discovered a licensing issue with Terry and Patterson was asked by the producers to compose and produce a main title theme to go on the air. Shawn completed this and Project GeeKeR aired with Shawn's original main title music. Weeks into the series, the licensing problem with Terry Scott Taylor was cleared up and the show's creator Doug TenNapel requested that Terry's original main title theme be reinserted into the series. Patterson's main title music was then removed from the remainder of the series.

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