Doc Tari's Eek the Cat page

Eek the Cat was a TV show that was originally broadcasted on the Fox Kids network from 1992 to 1997, in the U.S.A. of course. In the Netherlands, where I am from, the show is still being broadcast, also on Fox Kids/ V8. Actual times vary somewhat, and therefore I will not list them here, but in general there is an episode every day. The Eek the Cat show consists of several cartoon series: the original Eek the Cat, the Terrible Thunderlizards and the short-running and rather poor Klutter

A prime example of a Bad Thing^®

For a reason that is only known to the twisted person(s) responsible for it, Eek is now also broadcasted with DUTCH voice-acting on Fox Kids. Anybody who has ever seen a movie or cartoon with Dutch voice-acting knows that it's simply terrible! The great and professional voices from the original have been replaced by utterly amateurish and disastrous substitutes. And the quotes are all terribly translated as well ! Really, the people at Fox Kids who responsible for this insult to Eek fans should all be fired, arrested, and executed in various unpleasant ways!

Who created Eek the Cat?

Eek the cat was created by Savage Steve Holland and Bill Kopp, who also worked on several other shows, including
Mad Jack the Pirate and something called 'Schnookums and Meat'.

What is so great about Eek?

At first glance, Eek the Cat is just another cartoon show: bright colors, cute-looking characters etc.
However, if you look closer, Eek offers a lot of outstanding qualities, not found in many other cartoons.
Like Cow and Chicken and Dexter's Laboratory, Eek is probably even funnier for students then it
is for kids, as the latter usually don't understand all the inside jokes and pop-culture references. Here is a
short list of what makes Eek so great:

• Very strong cast of characters. Where other cartoons usually center around less then five
  main characters, there are almost twenty in Eek the Cat, all of which are very funny.

• Lots of pop-culture references. The Eek shows often parodies well-known movies like Apocalypse Now,
  Terminator, Fatal Attraction, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars and many others. For the most part,
  these parodies are very well done, although it must be said that some parodies only have one scene
  in common with the movies they're making fun of.

• Graphic violence at its best: all characters, but especially Eek, will constantly get hurt by
  trucks, anvils, barbed wire, bugs, explosions and lots of other painful objects. This in not unlike
  many other cartoons (Tom & Jerry, Ren & Stimpy), but the Eek show excels in finding very creative
  and unorthodox ways of hurting the main characters.

• Great puns and quotes. Much of the dialog in Eek is very funny, and becomes even funnier because
  it's repeated so often. Go to my Quotes page for a list of remarkable sentences

• Running jokes. A number of jokes or situations is repeated almost every episode. Some of these jokes
  are rather poor the first time around, but they become better every time you see them. The result of this
  is that Eek becomes an even better show if you watch all the episodes, whereas people that have only seen
  a couple of episodes often don't understand what's so funny.
  Some of the best running jokes:
  • Elmo's brother Timmy who is in constant need of very exotic surgery
  • The destruction of Sharky's dog house by Eek
  • Eek's painful collisions with the Hubble Telescope
  • Eek's fold-out picture of Annabelle
  • Sharky's love for the Patriotic Warriors-fighter Platinum

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