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Secret Squirrel
Secret Squirrel (1965-1992)
GenreCartoon
Created byHanna-Barbera
Voices ofMel Blanc
Original languageEnglish
For other uses, see Secret Squirrel (disambiguation).

Secret Squirrel is a cartoon squirrel created by Hanna-Barbera, and was voiced by legendary animation voice artist Mel Blanc. Secret Squirrel was one of two co-stars of The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, which debuted in 1965. He was given his own show in 1966, but was reunited with Atom Ant for one more season in 1967. Secret first appeared in a primetime animated special called The World of Atom Ant and Secret Squirrel, which aired on NBC on September 12, 1965. The Secret Squirrel half-hours included three individual cartoon segments: "Secret Squirrel," "Squiddly Diddly," and "Winsome Witch."

Secret Squirrel's shorts were a parody of the then-popular spy genre, with most of his shorts' elements satirizing those of the James Bond films.

Secret Squirrel served as a secret agent (his designation was "Agent 000"), taking orders from his superior "Double-Q." Secret was assisted in his adventures by fez-wearing side-kick Morocco Mole, a mole who in many ways resembled Peter Lorre's performance as Ugarte in Casablanca. Morocco was voiced by Paul Frees. The pair fought crime and evil enemy agents using cunning and a variety of spy gadgets, including a machine gun cane, a collection of guns kept inside Secret's coat, and a variety of devices concealed in his hat (which he almost never removed). Secret Squirrel's arch enemy was Yellow Pinkie, who was an obvious parody of Goldfinger and Sidney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon.

Other appearances

Secret and Morocco appeared again as part of the cast of the 1970s series Yogi's Gang, Wake, Rattle and Roll and teenagers on Yo Yogi in 1991. On the latter show, due to the deaths of Blanc and Frees, Secret was voiced by Lennie Weinrib and Morocco was voiced by Neil Ross.

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Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole were redesigned in 1993. Secret's design here was revisited in the Cartoon Network logo on The Powerpuff Girls Movie.
Double-Q as a waterbuffalo insted of a man.

Years later, Secret and Morocco were revived in 1993 for back-up segments of TBS Superstation's 2 Stupid Dogs entitled Super-Secret Secret Squirrel. These segments featured very different art work compared to the original 1960s cartoons; all the characters inhabiting the world were now animals. In fact, Double-Q (now just called simply the 'Chief' in these shorts) was now a waterbuffalo instead of a man with a balding hairline. The new shorts also introduced Penny, a female squirrel assistant to the chief who was also a love interest for Secret (a la Miss Moneypenny). Morocco was given a new color scheme, and now also wore sunglasses. Secret's art design remained relatively intact, but with a more modern design than the previous animated series' version of the character. He also styles a slightly different hat in the new version. Secret, in the shorts, was voiced by Jess Harnell, Morocco by Jim Cummings, the Chief by Tony Jay, and Penny by Kimmy Robertson.

Since then, Secret and Morocco have made a few appearances, one of them being on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. In one episode, Secret's accused of flashing when he tries to rescue someone (his gadgets are in his coat) and in another, Morocco Mole is suspected of being a terrorist.

Their shorts air from time to time on Cartoon Network's sister cable television station Boomerang.

Episode list

October 2, 1965 to September 2, 1967

Season 1 (1965-1966)

  1. Sub Swiper
  2. Masked Granny
  3. Scotland Yard Caper
  4. Robin Hood & His Merry Muggs
  5. Wolf In Cheap Cheap Clothing
  6. Royal Run Around
  7. Yellow Pinkie
  8. Five Is A Crowd
  9. It Stopped Training
  10. Wacky Secret Weapon
  11. Cuckoo Clock Cuckoo
  12. Catty Cornered
  13. Leave Wheel Enough Alone
  14. Jester Minute
  15. Not So Idle Idol
  16. Gold Rushed
  17. Double Ex-Double Cross
  18. Capt. Kidd's Not Kidding
  19. Bold Rush
  20. Tusk-Tusk

Season 2 (1966-1967)

  1. Robot Rout
  2. The Pink Sky Mobile
  3. Scuba Duba Duba
  4. Hi-Spy
  5. Spy In The Sky
  6. Ship Of Spies

Super Secret Secret Squirrel (1993-1994)

  1. One Ton
  2. Scirrocco Mole
  3. Hot Rodney
  4. Greg
  5. Quark
  6. Platypus
  7. Egg
  8. Voodoo Goat
  9. Chamleon
  10. Agent Penny
  11. Goldflipper
  12. Queen Bea
  13. Doctor O

Secret Squirrel in other languages

  • Brazilian Portuguese: Esquilo sem Grilo ("No-worries Squirrel") in the 1965 version; James Quilo ("James Quirrel") in the 1993 version
  • French: L´Agent sans Secret ("Secret-less Agent")
  • German: Geheimer Eichkater ("Siegfried Squirrel")
  • Italian: Super Segretissimo Agente Scoiattolo ("Super Very Secret Agent Squirrel")
  • Spanish: El Inspector Ardilla ("Inspector Squirrel")
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