15 Facts About Secret Squirrel

1.

Secret Squirrel was given his own show in 1966, titled The Secret Squirrel Show, but was reunited with Atom Ant for one more season in 1967.

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2.

Secret Squirrel first appeared in a prime-time animated special called The World of Secret Squirrel and Atom Ant, which aired on NBC on September 12,1965.

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3.

Secret Squirrel was a parody of the spy genre, and most of the shorts parodied elements of the James Bond films.

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4.

In 1993,13 new Secret Squirrel cartoons appeared in-between the 2 Stupid Dogs first-season episodes, with the updated title Super Secret Secret Squirrel and a new cast.

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5.

Secret Squirrel serves as a secret agent, taking orders from his superior, Double-Q, of the International Sneaky Service.

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6.

Secret Squirrel is assisted in his adventures by his fez-wearing, bespectacled sidekick Morocco Mole.

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7.

Secret Squirrel's recurring archenemy is Yellow Pinkie, a parody of both Auric Goldfinger from Goldfinger and of Sydney Greenstreet's portrayal of the Kasper Gutman character from Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon.

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8.

Secret Squirrel loses his signature lisp given to him by Blanc that was similar to that of Sylvester from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from Warner Bros.

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9.

Secret Squirrel was portrayed as a bumbling secret agent in the original, while in the revival version he is actually capable of doing his job right.

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10.

Secret Squirrel can be both a workaholic and more easygoing while still able to get the job done.

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11.

The reason to revive Secret Squirrel was because it was one of Cook's favorite Hanna-Barbera shows.

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12.

Warner Archive released The Secret Squirrel Show: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 as part of their Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection in November 2015.

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13.

Secret Squirrel Show: The Complete Series was made available for download via iTunes in August 2016.

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14.

Phrase "Secret Squirrel stuff" is used by people working in US intelligence to lightheartedly describe material that is highly classified, usually as a non-answer to a question.

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15.

Name "Secret Squirrel" is police slang for an agent of the United States Secret Service.

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