Scaredy Squirrel is a Canadian/American animated television series, based loosely on the book series, Scaredy Squirrel

Scaredy Squirrel

Scaredy Squirrel is the title character of the Scaredy Squirrel children’s book series. The books often follow the same format: Scaredy identifies his fears, shows how he avoids them at all costs, and develops contingency plans, which usually involve an emergency kit and playing dead till the...

, by Mélanie Watt. To celebrate April Fool’s Day on Friday, April 1, 2011, YTV aired a special sneak peek episode of Scaredy Squirrel, in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Then on Sunday, April 3, 2011, YTV officially premiered Scaredy Squirrel at 9:30am ET. The series was formerly announced to premiere on Disney XD

Disney XD

Disney XD is a brand of children's TV channels worldwide targeting young males, owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel was formerly known as Toon Disney and/or Jetix in most areas. According to Gary Marsh, President of Entertainment for Disney Channel Worldwide, "XD" does not "stand for...

 in the United States but Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....

 picked up American rights and it premiered on August 9, 2011 at 7:00pm ET.
The premiere of Scaredy Squirrel on Cartoon Network on 8/9/11 scored 1.303 million viewers & 2.5 K6-11 rating.

Characters

• Scaredy - A squirrel
  Squirrel
  Squirrels belong to a large family of small or medium-sized rodents called the Sciuridae. The family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots , flying squirrels, and prairie dogs. Squirrels are indigenous to the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa and have been introduced to Australia...
  
   who is smart but obsessively-minded. He works at a grocery store called Stash 'n Hoard
• Dave - A blue skunk
  Skunk
  Skunks are mammals best known for their ability to secrete a liquid with a strong, foul odor. General appearance varies from species to species, from black-and-white to brown or cream colored. Skunks belong to the family Mephitidae and to the order Carnivora...
  
   who is Scaredy's best friend, but he is very unclean (found out in the trailer because he said that he's been wearing the same underwear for five years).
• Nestor - Nestor is a yellow bird
  Bird
  Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
  
   who is the manager of Stash 'n Hoard. He is also Scaredy's boss and one of his enemies.
• Momma - A pastel pink bird who owns the Stash N' Hoard, and is Nester's mother. Momma makes surprise appearances at any time. She appears to be very grouchy.
• Paddy - A gray ferret
  Ferret
  The ferret is a domesticated mammal of the type Mustela putorius furo. Ferrets are sexually dimorphic predators with males being substantially larger than females. They typically have brown, black, white, or mixed fur...
  
   who is the total opposite of Scaredy, and one of his enemies.
• Richard - Richard is a loyal friend to Scaredy, although he doesn't talk or move because he is a plant
  Plant
  Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
  
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• Sally - A turquoise fish
  Fish
  Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
  
   who is deeply in love with Scaredy. Sally has lots of confidence and she thinks Scaredy and her could be a good couple.
• Mildrid - A frog who works at the Stash n' Hoard and seems to be Nestor's only friend. She is always seen drinking a bottle of soda and is always burping.
• Buck - A beaver who works at the Stash n' Hoard. He is friends with Scaredy and Dave.
• Hatton - A donkey who works at the Stash n' Hoard. He is friends with Buck, Scaredy and Dave.

Cast

• Terry McGurrin
  Terry McGurrin
  Terry McGurrin is a Canadian actor and writer from Ottawa, Ontario.Terry is perhaps best known for doing the voice of Jonesy Garcia in the TV show 6teen. He has also done voices in TV shows such as Medabots and Stoked...
  
  - Scaredy
• Jonathan Gould - Dave
• Patrick McKenna
  Patrick McKenna
  Patrick McKenna born May 8, 1960 in Sylvania, Saskatchewan is a Canadian comedic and actor. He is best known for playing Harold Green on the television series The Red Green Show, Marty Stephens on Traders, and the Trudeau miniseries. McKenna is a member of Toronto's The Second City comedy troupe...
  
  - Nestor
• Jayne Eastwood
  Jayne Eastwood
  Jayne Eastwood , also credited as Jane Easton or Jane Eastwood, is a Canadian actress most famous for appearing in the 2002 film Chicago. She was one of the original cast members of the Toronto branch of The Second City, and was a semi-regular on SCTV...
  
  - Momma
• David Berni
  David Berni
  David Berni is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is currently the voice of Duck on Almost Naked Animals and Paddy on Scaredy Squirrel...
  
  - Paddy and Buck
• Linda Kash
  Linda Kash
  Linda Kash is a Canadian actress.An alumna of Second City, she played Trudy Weissman in the 1998 Jean Smart sit-com, Style & Substance...
  
  - Sally
• Jamie Watson - Mildrid
• Dwayne Hill - Hatton
• Paul Soles
  Paul Soles
  Paul Robert Soles is a Canadian actor and television personality.-Acting roles:He is best known as the voice of Hermie the misfit elf in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964....
  
  - Additional Voices
• Julie Lemieux
  Julie Lemieux
  -Character voices:Julie Lemieux has provided the voice for characters such as Sammy Tsukino and Young Sapphire in Sailor Moon, Darien Shields in Sailor Moon R the Movie: Promise of the Rose, and Peruru in Sailor Moon Supers the Movie: Black Dream Hole. She has also played Funshine Bear Care Bears:...
  
  - Additional Voices

Crew

• Doug Murphy - Executive Producer
• Jillian Ruby - Producer
• Matt Ferguson - Director
• Jocelyn Hamilton - Supervising Producer
• Tracey Dodokin - Supervising Producer
• Terry McGurrin
  Terry McGurrin
  Terry McGurrin is a Canadian actor and writer from Ottawa, Ontario.Terry is perhaps best known for doing the voice of Jonesy Garcia in the TV show 6teen. He has also done voices in TV shows such as Medabots and Stoked...
  
  - Story Editor
• Mélanie Watt - Creative Consultant
• Blair Kitchen - Storyboard Writer
• Kerry Sargent - Storyboard Writer
• Nelvana
  Nelvana
  Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
  
  - Production Company

Production

The series was confirmed in May 2008 and production went under in Summer 2008.
Scaredy Squirrel is Now airing Radio-Canada!