''Squirrel Boy'' is an American

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created by

Everett Peck Everett Lee Peck (October 9, 1950 – June 14, 2022) was an American illustrator, cartoonist, and animator. He is best known as the creator of '' Duckman'' and '' Squirrel Boy''. Early life Everett Lee Peck was born in San Diego, California, on ...

for

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. Before the show, Peck was known for creating ''

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'', which aired on

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from 1994 to 1997. The show premiered on May 27, 2006, and ended on September 27, 2007, with a total of 52 eleven-minute episode segments. A series of six shorts were released in 2008 from January 11 to April 10, and aired between commercial breaks as part of the ''Cartoon Network Extra'' mini-series. Similar to ''

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'', the show also has a distinctive animation style that can also be found similar to shows produced by

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, such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' As Told by Ginger'', due to its crudely drawn look. The series was Everett Peck's final animated production before he died in June 2022.

Overview

''Squirrel Boy'' centers on the lives of an

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squirrel Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. ...

named Rodney (

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), who is full of crazy ideas and get-rich-quick schemes, and his best friend and owner, a boy named Andy Johnson (

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). In the family are Robert (

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), Andy's pessimistic and unlucky father who utterly dislikes Rodney, and Lucille ( Nancy Sullivan), Andy's cheery and mild-tempered mother. Andy and Rodney are arch-enemies with a rowdy boy named Kyle Finkster (

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) and his anthropomorphic

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, Salty Mike (

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), who are neighborhood bullies and constantly pick on Andy and Rodney. Other characters in the show include Oscar (

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), Andy's nerdy human friend with overprotective parents, Leon (

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), a stray, blue squirrel who is Rodney's friend and lives in a tree in the Johnsons' backyard, Darlene ( Monica Lee Gradischek), a yellow, stray squirrel who is Rodney's love interest, Martha (

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), a prodigious, nerdy human girl who lives across the street and is Andy's love interest, and Esther Flatbottom, a cranky old lady who rides a motorized cart.

Episodes

Series overview

Unaired pilot

Season 1 (2006)

Season 2 (2007)

Shorts (2008)

References

External links

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