''Squirrel Boy'' is an American

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created by Everett Peck 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 29, 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. The series was Everett Peck's final animated production before his death in 2022.

Overview

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

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squirrel named Rodney ( Richard Steven Horvitz), 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 own anthropomorphic parrot, 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 nerdy human

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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 (2004)

Season 1 (2006)

Season 2 (2007)

Shorts (2008)

References

External links

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