Scaredy Squirrel

'Scaredy Squirrel' (2011-2013)

Opening thoughts: While there are far worse animated shows out there ('Johnny Test', 'Uncle Grandpa', 'Angela Anaconda', 'Breadwinners', 'Problem Solverz', 'Fanboy and Chum Chum', 'Chalkzone', 'The Cleveland Show' for examples), 'Scaredy Squirrel' still isn't good. As far as Nelvana's output goes, it is for me definitely in the lesser end and actually had a hard time believing that it came from them, with them being responsible for gems like 'The Magic School Bus', 'Babar', 'Redwall' and 'Rupert'. This could easily pass for past prime Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon, and it would be understandable if anybody ever mistook it as one of theirs.

Good things: Oddly enough, there are good things with 'Scaredy Squirrel'. The voice acting is game with the voice actors doing all they can injecting some degree of energy into their very tired material. Did like the backgrounds, which does have some nice colour and detail.

Some of the music is quite cool. That is pretty much it with the redeeming qualities.

Bad things: Even as a child, the characters all bored and irritated me and not only are they still both those things they are even more so. The character interaction lacks wit and any kind of connection, with not much chemistry. Friendships don't feel like friendships and any antagonism lacks tension and is very predictable.

Furthermore, there is an over-reliance on the cruder style of humour in the writing and it all came over as juvenile and lacking in taste as well as mean spirited. The writing is also very generic and bland with no surprises, with it being too juvenile for older audiences and younger audiences will find that too much of it will go over their heads, so target audience is an issue. The generic blandness and repetition is present in the storylines which does nothing with a decent premise. Nothing original whatsoever. Despite some nice backgrounds, the animation is not to my tastes. The colours are flat and the character designs hideous.

Closing thoughts: All in all, weak.

3/10.

Upon seeing some episodes on the web, I would say the show is as good as any cartoon series. I wonder why a lot of detractors say the show is copying a ridiculous talking block of cheese? Whatever those simpletons are saying, it doesn't seem to make any sense. I sometimes think most cartoon shows are presented in similar style and tone. The style of that talking cheese is probably based on some earlier shows.

The series shows the bizarre tales of a squirrel and his skunk pal. The squirrel also has a job at a grocery under a cynical supervisor.

A with every animated series, viewers can have a variety of views on a certain show. But if you're someone who adores squirrels, then this show is for you.

Hi guys. This is going to be a review of another Canadian cartoon called "Scaredy Squirrel." This show is about a squirrel named Scaredy who along with his skunk friend "Dave." Go on adventures while Scaredy works as a stacker in a supermarket. Unlike with "Almost Naked Animals" before, I've watched this in my youth. When rewatching some episodes for this review. I can safely say. That this cartoon is pretty bad, and hasn't aged well. I can also understand how people see this as a bad Spongebob ripoff.

Let's start off with the animation. Its standard bad flash animation, like with that other Canadian cartoon before. But at least it doesn't get as gross. Now lets go on to the writing. The stories are boring, unoriginal, or ripoff other stories from other cartoons. Like Scaredy meeting his hero in the episode, "Awaken the Stacker Within." But he turns out to be a fraud. Or when Scaredy gets replaced by a robot. Who turns out to be evil, in the episode "Stackinator." Most of the jokes are obnoxious. They mostly involve screaming, overused grossout jokes. Like with the Frog character burping. Or are not funny. But I did laugh a couple of times. Mostly from the bird character, Nestor. Who I'm going to talk about in my character section. The theme song is one of the worst in any cartoon. It mostly consist of Scaredy screaming everywhere.

Lets look at the characters. They are some likable characters in this show. Mainly Scaredy, and Nestor. Scaredy our main character, may at first seem like a Spongebob ripoff. From he's obsessed with stacking in a supermarket. Like how Spongebob is obsessed with cooking Krabby Patties. But he can also think things through, and act as a straight man to Dave, and the rest of his character.

Dave the skunk on the other hand. Is just a Patrick ripoff who causes Scaredy more trouble. Nestor the bird manager may seem like a Squidward ripoff. But I do feel bad for him from his mom. Who is an even bigger jerk. He probably has the funniest scenes out of all characters in the show. The rest of the characters are either just plain idiots, or jerks. Like Dave, and Nestor's mom from earlier. Sally, who has a creepy crush with Scaredy, Paddy the ferret who bullies Scaredy, and the townsfolk, who cause trouble, and can also be meanspirited to Scaredy.

So to summarize this is another bad Canadian cartoon. With bad flash animation. Unoriginal stories. Obnoxious jokes and theme song. Mainly idiotic, and meanspirited characters. But they are some positives like with some jokes being funny. As well as some likable characters like Scaredy, and Nestor. Is this a Spongebob ripoff. Kind of. It depends. While this cartoon is bad. Its better than "Almost Naked Animals. But that is not saying much. So overall I will give this a 3/10.

Before this show, I had $10,000 in debt for my various crimes against humanity. I was just about to commit my end. I decided to watch one more George Clooney classic. I poured my cup of gluten-free, non-trans fat, 100% organic Cyanide, sat down, and watched. After 2 minutes, my depression cleared, I lost 15,000 lbs, and got a smoking hot boyfriend named Phillip (I'm a homosexual by the way). I got completely engrossed with this 79 volume thriller from the brilliant minds of Studio Ghibli and the dashing George Clooney. My pee was no longer purple green. Scaredy woke up all my 89 year old sex organs and my Viagra is no longer necessary (though its always good for seeing things) I got the idea to show this to the judge who appointed me my debt. He loved it too, and to thank me, he took 10 cents off my debt and gave me 15 bus tokens (valid for 4 miles of less for free) Thank you, Scaredy. Thank you, George Clooney.

also I've started a go fund me to pay for passes to thank Clooney personally.

After watching a few episodes online, I find the series (as I said in the title) cute and comical. Some haters say the show borrows a lot from Spongebob. Me, I don't think so. What aspects of this show are they looking at? In fact, I think what's in the series are things very common in most cartoon shows. It is common for characters to become hyperactive and extremely emotional on certain situations.

When I saw some stuff about the show on this website, I develop some curiosity as I'm a bit of a squirrel fan. The show centers on Scaredy Squirrel who goes on slapstick adventures with his best buddy Dave who is a skunk. Scaredy, as the name implies, is a squirrel who can easily be frightened, although he does show some daringness in a lot of cases. Besides daringness, he's also a great stacker and organizer in grocery items.