Scaredy Squirrel

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.

If you're looking for clever jokes, good animation, and solid voice acting, then you're looking in the wrong place. Scaredy Squirrel is an all-out assault on the eyes and ears,and is giving a bad name to Canadian animation, from a studio that made Beetlejuice popular,made a DK animated series that was not famous then but famous now for Expand Dong,and beat Teletoon because of the Milestones they produce over the years,is making a Spongebob Replacement that is more cruel and annoying, like your ears will explode during the theme song,and it sounds like a whaling cat screaming on your mike in the intercom. I have to at least give Pickle and Peanut credit,at least they don't have a Squidward, but in Scaredy Squirrel's Squidward is, Scaredy,I know you'd expect Nestor but nope, Scaredy Squirrel, but he's also New Spongebob for being so annoying and so enlightened that they have a legitimate reason for torturing Scaredy, He's so annoying. In Almost Naked Animals,Howie cause mischief yet some people can't do anything about it like the old Spongebob background characters *note that i don't focus on Spongebob as often as Mr Enter *i despise Mr enter for how serious he is,he's a gay pony lover,and he's a 90's kid,but Jesus, we have to torture Scaredy Squirrel due to the nauseating voice of the announcer of TDI doing his Jar Jar Binks impression. Did if forgot to mention that the voice acting is horrendous, like Dave's voice, its so mind numbing bad that it leaves a pit in my stomach,and when they scream, it sounds like a sonar sound used by an amateur YTP'r that only uses it just to tick people off.The positives are, Patrick McKenna's acting on Nestor was pretty fun to listen to, and so is Jamie Watson voicing Beverley Bigheads bimbo cousin *sorta.In my own opinion, this is the worst Nelvana Production since "the Star Wars Holiday Special", at least it will ward of intruders, but its just so awful.

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.

'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.

If your looking for a fun time, then I'd say check out Scaredy Squirrel. It's an underrated show but has a lot of good one liners and nice sleek animation. I've only see eight episodes but from what I've seen it's got me yearning for me. Scaredy in himself is a very endearing character. He's funny and cute and the voice work for him in particular is really well done. I'd say he is the best character on the show which is a benefit for him to be the main character. The other supporting characters in particular Dave, Nester and his mother are all memorable enough funny characters who get me to laugh every once in a while. The episodes are nice and bright and some of the gags are quite humorous. I especially like just how fun the show is. Every episode is just packed full of energy and spunk. I think compared to other kid shows like My Little Pony it stacks up pretty well with a more adult centric style so I'd say it'd be enjoyable especially for 7 to ten year olds with also getting a few gags in for older viewers. A fun show all around.