''Weird-Ohs'' is an animated television series produced by

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, Mainframe Entertainment and EM.TV & Merchandising AG in association with the Testors Corporation. The show was originally aired in 1999 until 2000 on Fox Family (now Freeform) in the United States and YTV in Canada. Only 13 episodes of the series were produced.

Synopsis

The show focused on deformed characters and their misadventures in Weirdsville, a place just off

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. It was based on a popular toy line, and featured two anthro teenagers, Portia and Eddie, living in a world populated with talking cars.

Production

The concept and characters were based on the Weird-Ohs series of polystyrene model kits by the Hawk Company. The characters in the model kits were popular in the early 1960s as satire on America's car culture.

Honours

In 2000, the show was nominated for a

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Characters

*Digger (voiced by

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): Portia's brother. *Eddie (voiced by Cusse Mankuma): Digger's best friend. *Portia (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain): Digger's older sister. *Daddy-O Chassis (voiced by

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): Digger and Portia's teacher at their school. *Mama-B Chassis (voiced by Kathleen Barr): Daddy-O's wife. She owns Mama-B's Diner. Her voice is an imitation of actress

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. *Baby Chassis (voiced by

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): Daddy-O and Mama-B's infant son. *Davey (voiced by Scott McNeil): A biker and Portia's crush, who doesn't notice her. He loves his motorcycle. *Wade (voiced by Ian James Corlett): A snobby rich kid and Digger's rival. Wade has a crush on Portia, who doesn't reciprocate his feelings. *Killer McBash (voiced by Scott McNeil): Wade's bodyguard/valet/driver. *Leaky Boat Louie (voiced by Mark Acheson): A big sailor guy who has different jobs. *Uncle Huey (voiced by

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): A hillbilly driving a car similar to the Arkansas Chuggabug 8 from Hanna-Barbera's ''

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''. He has a pet crocodile/alligator named Carry-On. *Slingrave Curvette (voiced by Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff): A one-time substitute teacher and later principal. She makes occasional appearances as a

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-like game show co-host/model.

References

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