Squirrel Boy

Squirrel Boy
Rodney (left) and Andy (right)
Created by	Everett Peck
Starring	Richard Horvitz Pamela Adlon Tom Kenny Kurtwood Smith Billy West
Country of origin	Vereinigte Staaten
No. of episodes	5
Production
Running time	22 minutes approx.
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network
Release	July 14, 2006 – Present

Squirrel Boy is a American animated television series produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It is about a homosexual boy named Andy (voiced by Pamela Segall Adlon), whose best friend is a squirrel named Rodney (voiced by Richard Horvitz) that believes he knows everything. Andy and Rodney are known as "partners in crime" and get involved with many different adventures which can be in Andy's backyard or his neighborhood. Rodney often gives Andy confidence when other kids tease him about being a homosexual. The series, created and executively produced by Everett Peck (whom is also the creator of the more adult-humored Duckman), premiered on May 28, 2006 on Cartoon Network, starting off with the episode entited, Line in the Sandwich. Then on May 29, 2006, Cartoon Network aired this episode again. However, this time it was aired along with the episode, Tree for Two, which was repeated twice that day. Regular airings began on July 14, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Trivia

• In the first episode, when the game Andy's playing is seen on the screen, the level looks identical to the game Pac-Man.
• In "Andy Had a Little Squirrel", Rodney says "Donkey Konga", which is in reference to Donkey Konga.
• Promotional spots and the official website give Rodney's full name as "Rodney J. Squirrel", a reference to the name of Rocky the Flying Squirrel from Rocky & Bullwinkle.
• In "A Line in the Sandwich" when Andy and Rodney go into the house from the garage their outlines are extremely thick.
• The episode Rolling Blunder was available to see about six days before the television premiere on the official website (promotional landing page).
• After the premiere of Squirrel Boy, they released a music video that featured clips of Andy and Rodney from the first few episodes in Squirrel Boy. The music video only lasted about a 30 seconds and neither Rodney nor Andy sang but the music video did advertise Squirrel Boy at the end of the music video. It showed the Cartoon Network Yes signal and then ended. The video was titled the Yeah Yeah Yeah song by the Flaming Lips.
• Rodney has hinted to seeing Andy masturbate on many occasions in the show.

Episodes

First Season

Main article: List of Squirrel Boy episodes

Series Episode	Season Number	Titel	Übersicht	Premiere Date
01	101	"A Line in the Sandwich" / "Tree for Two"	Rodney and Andy make sandwiches to raise money to buy a toy, but soon argue over if it's Rodney's hat that is selling them or Andy's sause/Andy blasts his toy rocket into a tree and Rodney climbs up it to get it.	May 27, 2006 (for A Line in the Sandwich), May 28, 2006
02	102	"Scout's Dishonor" / "Andy Had a Little Squirrel"	While Andy is scouting with the Badger Scouts, Rodney meets a parrot nemesis and they try to make their owner/best friend do better. Soon Andy and the parrot's fiend Kyle are left alone in the wild for cheating/Andy wants Rodney to do tricks so Rodney unsuccesfully tries.	July 14, 2006
03	103	"The Big Haggle Hassle" / "Rolling Blunder"	Rodney spends Andy's money and must get a job to get them back/While teaching Andy meleon-cart racing, Rodney and Mr. J forget about him and become obsessed with winning a race.	July 21, 2006
04	104	"Born to be Mild" / "Yer Out!"	Andy and his family leave for two weeks and after he blows the house up Rodney must survive in the wild with the help of his buddy, Leon/When Rodney replaces Mr. J's position as coach of a baseball team, Mr. J becomes the coach of a rival team.	July 28, 2006
05	105	"The Hairy Truth" / "Best of Best Friends"	Rodney and Andy participate in a pet-shampoo contest after Rodney creates a new hair tonic/TBA.	August 4, 2006
06	106	"Pool for Love" / "Up All Night"	Rodney wants to stop Mr. J from cutting down Leon's tree/Andy and Rodney want to stay up all night to watch a show.	August 11, 2006

Characters

Main Characters

Rodney J. Squirrel

Rodney is the character that is the most active with his ideas. His "childish" antics adds humor and personality to the series. He often slacks off while Andy does all the work and is frequently annoying Mr. Johnson. He saved his life once. He had a sailor's hat once {actually seven, it was a seven-pack} and was convinced it sold sandwiches. He sleeps in a cardboard box. Voiced by Richard Horvitz.

Andrew "Andy" Johnson

Andy is Rodney's master and usually follows what Rodney thinks is "a good idea," which usually gets Andy into trouble. At times, though, Andy will be the mastermind of these foolish plans. He seems quite interested in many things, and has a good special sauce. He is a badger scout. Voiced by Pamela Adlon.

Robert "Bob" Johnson

Bob Johnson (usually referred to as Mr. J.) is Andy's father who doesn't care much for Rodney and isn't afraid to show it. He often will talk to Andy and say things like, "Andy, what did I tell you about animals touching your food?" Then Rodney will bring some comic relief like, "It's okay Mr. J. Andy's hands are clean." Mr. J. will then just walk away. He seems to hate Rodney with great disdain and has several opponents in several competitions that he always loses such as cheese-log-eating contests or melon-cart racing. He has a collection of clowns in different moods. He appears in almost every episode and seems more poular than Andy's mother since she only appeared once. Voiced by Kurtwood Smith.

Mrs. Johnson

Mrs. Johnson (or Mrs. J.) is one of the characters that, so far, barely talks in the show. Her only main lines so far were in the episode, Andy Had a Little Squirrel, where her major line was during a cheeselog eating contest Bob Johnson was entered in and she cheered him on so that he could beat his major opponent who is called "the animal." Her main lines were, "Come on you can do better than that," as a coaching line so he could beat "the animal" and win the contest.

Leon

Leon is Rodney's squirrel buddy who lives in the Johnson family's backyard. He is more a squirrel who loves the outdoors than an indoor pet. Leon is voiced by Tom Kenny.

Minor Characters

Kyle

Kyle is Andy and Rodney's arch rival. He first appeared in "Scout's Dishonor", where he was in the Badger Scouts. Kyle got him and Andy in trouble. Andy and Rodney were glad they would never see him or his pet/friend parrot again but they moved across Andy's street. It is likely they will appear again. He is voiced by Billy West.

Salty Mike

Salty Mike, also known as Pepper Jack, is Kyle's green pet/friend parrot and arch rival of Andy and Rodney. He does not repeat what others say, even though he is a parrot. He and Rodney tried to help their own friend {Rodney helped Andy, Salty Mike helped Kyle} do better in the Badger Scouts. Most likely appear again.

Oscar

Oscar is Andy's {human} friend. He first appeared in "Scout's Dishonor" where he was seen in a TV screen camping and apparently couldn't come. In "Andy Had A Little Squirrel" he befriended Rodney and replaced Andy briefly. He is voiced by Jason Spisak.

Commercials

The early Squirrel Boy commercial featured a squirrel going upon it's natural bussiness then a picture of Rodney will quickly flash with a high pitched voice saying squirrel boy then ending the comercials. Closer to the premeire of the show not including the sneak peek on May 27 2006 The commercials still failed to make sense but they at least they featured humans it would also have the cartoon network announcer saying that Rodeny J. Squirrel just raised the bar a little higher while showing shots of the great stuff Rodney could do.

See also

• Everett Peck
• Duckman
• Cartoon Network