Secret Squirrel
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| Genre | Cartoon |
| Created by | Hanna-Barbera |
| Voices of | Mel Blanc |
| Language(s) | English |
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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 primetime 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.
It is said that Gerard Mahoney resembles Secret Squirrel while Morocco Mole is said to resemble Peter Lorre.
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[edit] Bio
Secret Squirrel served as a secret agent (his designation was "Agent 000"), taking orders from his superior "Double-Q." Secret was assisted in his adventures by fez-wearing side-kick Morocco Mole, a mole. 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 coat, and a variety of devices concealed in his hat (which he almost never removed).
Secret Squirrel's recurring arch-enemy is Yellow Pinkie who is a parody of Auric Goldfinger from Goldfinger and Kasper Gutman from the The Maltese Falcon. Another recurring villain is Hy-Spy, the master of scientific criminology.
[edit] Episode List
October 2, 1965 to September 2, 1967
[edit] 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
[edit] Season 2 (1966-1968)
- Robot Rout
- The Pink Sky Mobile
- Scuba Duba Duba
- Hi-Spy
- Spy In The Sky
- Ship Of Spies
[edit] Cast
- Mel Blanc - Secret Squirrel
- Paul Frees - Morocco Mole, Double-Q, Yellow Pinkie, Hy Spy
- Charlie Adler - Greg
[edit] Super-Secret Secret Squirrel
Years later, Secret and Morocco were revived in 1993 for back-up segments of TBS Superstation's 2 Stupid Dogs entitled Super-Secret Secret Squirrel. 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) was now a cape buffalo instead of a man with a balding hairline, and arch-foe Yellow Pinkie was replaced with a walrus known as "Goldflipper". The new shorts also introduced Penny, a female squirrel assistant to the chief who was also a love interest for Secret (a 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. In these shorts, Secret Squirrel was voiced by Jess Harnell, Morocco Mole was voiced by Jim Cummings, the Chief was voiced by Tony Jay, and Penny was voiced by Kimmy Robertson.
[edit] Episode List
- One Ton
- Scirrocco Mole
- Hot Rodney
- Greg
- Quark
- Platypus
- Egg
- Voodoo Goat
- Chamleon
- Agent Penny
- Goldflipper
- Queen Bea
- Doctor O
[edit] 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 Morocco Mole appeared in the Fender Bender 500 segments of 1990's Wake, Rattle and Roll. Secret Squirrel was voiced by Lennie Weinrib and Morocco Mole was voiced by Neil Ross.
Secret Squirrel and Morroco Mole appeared as teenagers on Yo Yogi! where Secret Squirrel was voiced by Kath Soucie while Neil Ross reprised his role of Morocco Mole. Secret Squirrel had an uncle named Uncle Undercover 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.
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 removed in June 30, 2008.
Secret made a cameo appearance in an episode of Squirrel Boy, where his hat was seen on a gravestone.
[edit] 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
