History WesternAnimation / EekTheCat

* AnimatedActors: In one episode, Eek discovers his girlfriend is voiced by a burly, overweight tattooed man, and himself by a little old lady.

** ''Film/TheGraduate'', ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', and ''Film/PulpFiction'' each got a parody episode, too.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Scooter is a perfectly nice, friendly guy, even if he does unintentionally cause harm to those around him (notably Bill). On the other hand, Alice from ''Fatal Eektraction'' is a murderous lady who wants to take Eek for herself. Being an expy of Alex from ''Fatal Attraction'' that's no surprise.

** Alice from ''Fatal Eektraction'' is a [[PettingZooPeople furry version]] of Glenn Close's character Alex from from [[Film/FatalAttraction Fatal Attraction]]. Complete with her sole episode referencing scenes from the movie (like Alex's iconic line "I'm not going to be IGNORED, Dan!" and her killing then boiling a girl's pet rabbit).

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Scooter is a perfectly nice, friendly guy, even if he does unintentionally cause harm to those around him (notably Bill). On the other hand, Alice from ''Fatal Eektraction'' subverts this, being a murderous lady who wants to take Eek for herself. Being an expy of Alex from ''Fatal Attraction'' this fits.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Scooter is a perfectly nice, friendly guy, even if he does unintentionally cause harm to those around him (notably Bill).
** {{Blonde Girls Are Evil}}: On the other hand, Alice from ''Fatal Eektraction'' is a murderous lady who wants to take Eek for herself. Being an expy of Alex from ''Fatal Attraction'' this fits.

** Alice from ''Fatal Eektraction'' is a [[PettingZooPeople furry version]] of Glenn Close's character Alex from from [[Film/FatalAttraction Fatal Attraction]]. Complete with her sole episode referencing scenes from the movie (like Alex killing then boiling a girl's pet rabbit).

** Alice from ''Fatal Eektraction'' is a [[PettingZooPeople furry version]] of Glenn Close's character Alex from from [[Film/FatalAttraction Fatal Attraction]]. Complete with her sole appearance referencing scenes from the movie (like Alex killing then boiling a girl's pet rabbit).

** Alice from ''Fatal Eektraction'' is a {{PettingZooPeople furry version]] of Glenn Close's character Alex from from [[Film/FatalAttraction Fatal Attraction]]. Complete with her sole appearance referencing scenes from the movie (like Alex killing then boiling a girl's pet rabbit).

* DumbDinos: The Thunderlizards, especially Bo, aren't too bright.

* TotallyRadical: Bo Diddly Squat might as well be some sort of misplaced Ninja Turtle.

** Eek will always accidentally destroy Sharky's doghouse.

* InterspeciesRomance: Besides the number of human and extraterrestrial women (plus one giant female insect) who have thrown themselves at Eek, Sharky is implied to have a crush on Annabelle in one episode. Plus, there's Sharky's long-standing crush on the human woman, Platinum, from his favorite show, ''Patriotic Warriors''.

The show later added two different segments. The first of these was ''The Terrible Thunderlizards'', which focused on a trio of dinosaurs trying to destroy a pair of oblivious cavemen, Bill and Scooter, while also fighting an evil tribe of skeletal dinosaurs called the Thugasaurs. The second was ''Klutter'', which was about a bunch of neighborhood kids and their living pile of junk and clothing. ''Klutter'' was produced by Creator/FilmRoman, with some of the creative team from ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' behind it (including David Silverman as the boy's dad); as opposed to ''Eek!'' and ''Thunderlizards'', which were produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}}.

* CardCarryingVillain: Thugo, the leader of the skeletal Thugasaurs, prides himself on being an exemplary villain. He's constantly hatching up evil schemes to destroy the Dinosaurs, dresses in a black hood, and does the EvilLaugh every other episode.

* CastAsAMask: [[spoiler:Zoltar (Brad Garret)]] in two different episodes. The first time, ''Eek Vs. The Flying Saucers'', his disguised voice was provided by Jaid Barrymore ([[Creator/DrewBarrymore Drew's Mom]]). The second time, ''Eekscalibur'', his disguised voice was provided by Cam Clarke.

* BigBad: Zoltar essentially serves as one for the Eek segments: constantly trying to destroy the Earth (often using Annabelle as a tool), only to be foiled by Eek and crew. However, he was only a recurring threat and wasn't seen much. The Thunderlizards, meanwhile, had the Thugasaur's leader Thugo.

* EvilLawyerJoke: The MusicalEpisode ends with the villains [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_zRjzIwYbY releasing the lawyers]], who only back down when they meet Sharky, who's just as vicious as them.

* MindScrew: The ending of "Fatal Eektraction," in which TheReveal is that [[spoiler: Alice is actually Sharkella, Sharkey's [[LongLostRelative long lost twin sister]]]]... only for the trio to walk out of the movie commenting on the predictable plot twist, and Alice reveals that she's actually [[spoiler: Sharkey's twin ''brother'', before revealing it's a joke.]]

* MindScrew: The ending of "Fatal Eektraction," in which TheReveal is that [[spoiler: Alice is actually Sharkella, Sharkey's [[LongLostRelative long lost twin sister]]]]... only for the trio to walk out of the movie commenting on the predictable plot twist, and Alice reveals that she's actually [[spoiler: Sharkey's twin ''brother'', before removing that mask with a "JustKidding".]]

* MindScrew: The ending of "Fatal Eektraction," in which TheReveal is that [[spoiler: Alice is actually Sharkella, Sharkey's [[LongLostRelative long lost twin sister]]]]... only for the trio to walk out of the movie commenting on the predictable plot twist, and Alice reveals that she's actually [[spoiler: Sharkey's twin ''brother''.]]

%%* MindScrew: The ending of "Fatal Eektraction."

* MusicalEpisode: "Quadrapedia", which is more of an opera than musical, as ''every'' word is sung.

%%* NiceGuy: Eek.

%%* MusicalEpisode: "Quadrapedia"

* VerbalTic: Scooter says "okay" A LOT.

* LogoJoke: In "The Great Eekscape", {{Nelvana}}'s polar bear logo makes a cameo on the prison's wall. And in "Eek's Sneek Peek", the Fox Kids logo is shown as the HQ for that network, while outside Nelvana's frost-covered studios, a polar bear is seen roaring similarly to their lgo- the bear then tries to eat the moose animators.

* ArtEvolution: By the final season, humans were drawn much more realistically (the exceptions being the human characters who were introduced in the earlier seasons and retained their more-cartoony design).

** [=JB=], Bill, and any other character voiced by CharlieAdler.

* SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism: Eek is a FunnyAnimal when he's with his owners, but a PettingZooPerson the rest of the time.