History WesternAnimation / SecretSquirrel

* LookBehindYou: "...it's [[WesternAnmation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone!]]"

[[caption-width-right:348:The 1965 versions of Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole.]]

* LookBehindYou: "...it's [[WesternANimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone!]]"
* LovePotion: Deployed by ''Queen Bea''. Works slightly better than usual, although [[spoiler:Secret falls for, amongst other things, his own tail, before countering the effects with the [[PowerOfLove power of hate]]]].

''Secret Squirrel'' is a series of SpyFiction parody cartoon shorts made by Creator/HannaBarbera in 1965 as the lead segment of a ThreeShorts series that also featured Squiddly Diddly and Winsome Witch. It was later revived in the 1990s as ''Super Secret Secret Squirrel'', in another ThreeShorts format headlined by ''[[WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs 2 Stupid Dogs]]''.

* VetinariJobSecurity: The plot of "Agent Penny". To save money, the Chief fires Secret, replaces him with Penny, and replaces Penny with Morocco. The result: Secret is bored out of his mind, Penny is competent but isn't thrilled about getting beaten up all the time, and Morocco destroys Penny's filing system by filing all the villains under "C" for criminal. Everyone is relieved when [[StatusQuoIsGod the Chief returns all the characters to their old jobs]].

* TheCameo: Snooper and Blabber, as well as a bunch of other HB detective/mystery solving characters appeared in one segment.

* TheCameo: WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs are two of the anthropomorphic guard dogs for the museum in "Chameleon". They also appear as their usual selves in "Scirocco Mole", along with WesternAnimation/YogiBear and Boo Boo. "Agent Penny" has an "Undercover Pub" peppered with portraits of Hanna-Barbera crimefighters as well as a cameo by Snooper and Blabber.
** Reversing the situation, Secret and Morocco star in a dog biscuit ad featured in a ''Two Stupid Dogs'' segment.
* TheSixties
* TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay: Secret gives this choice to One Ton, the rogue panda.

* WackyRacing: ''Hot Rodney'', although with only two characters. Subverted: [[spoiler:Secret cheats as much as the "bad guy" does, and ends up ''losing'']].

* FlashBack: Goes recursive in ''Scirocco Mole''. Secret stops it before we reach evil sperm.
* FreakyFridayFlip: Done in the episode ''Platypus''. Minds stay with heads, but heads get shuffled onto the wrong bodies.
* FunnyAnimal: The series is now set in a WorldOfFunnyAninals. This leads to...

* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: in the original series, Secret and Morocco are the only funny animals.

* AntiVillain: ''Platypus'' only wanted to fire his body scrambler at himself. If only he'd hooked up his extension cord to somewhere ''other'' than the Secret Service Solar Energy Station.

* FunnyAnimal: Now for everyone. This leads to...

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Hardly anybody wears pants, as Secret quite often demonstrates when pulling open his coat to deploy gadgetry. Being temporarily naked doesn't seem to be much of an issue, either.

* HollywoodVoodoo:

* HyperspaceArsenal: Dialed up to 11 with Secret, and not only in his coat, but in his hat, à la InspectorGadget.

* LookBehindYou: "...it's [[TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone!]]"

* TheCameo: WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs are two of the anthropomorphic guard dogs for the museum in ''Chameleon''. They also appear as their usual selves in ''Scirocco Mole'', along with WesternAnimation/YogiBear and Boo Boo. ''Agent Penny'' has an "Undercover Pub" peppered with portraits of Hanna-Barbera crimefighters as well as a cameo by Snooper and Blabber.

''Secret Squirrel'' is a series of SpyFiction parody cartoon shorts made by Creator/HannaBarbera in 1965 as the lead segment of a ThreeShorts series that also featured Squiddly Diddly and Winsome Witch. It was later revived in the 1990s as ''Super Secret Secret Squirrel'', in another ThreeShorts format headlined by ''[[WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs 2 Stupid Dogs]]''. Secret Squirrel is a FunnyAnimal spy. Along with his sidekick, Morocco Mole, [[TheyFightCrime He Fights Crime]].

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[[caption-width-right:324:The 1965 versions of Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole.]]

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[[caption-width-right:240:"Secret Squirrel?!" "In the flesh!"]]

''Secret Squirrel'' is a series of SpyFiction parody cartoon shorts made by HannaBarbera in 1965 as the lead segment of a ThreeShorts series that also featured Squiddly Diddly and Winsome Witch. It was later revived in the 1990s as ''Super Secret Secret Squirrel'', in another ThreeShorts format headlined by ''[[WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs 2 Stupid Dogs]]''. Secret Squirrel is a FunnyAnimal spy. Along with his sidekick, Morocco Mole, [[TheyFightCrime He Fights Crime]].

* BunglingSidekick: Morroco Mole.

* EverythingsNuttierWithSquirrels

* HeyItsThatVoice: With MelBlanc as the voice of Secret Squirrel, it's no surprise that he sounds like Sylvester in the early episodes, then later like Heathcliff with a lisp! Paul Frees, voice of Morocco Mole and their long suffering Chief Double Q, also provides plenty of voices in addition to Blanc, even using his Boris Badenov voice (of ''RockyAndBullwinkle'' fame) for villains like Yellow Pinky!

* EverythingsBetterWithPlatypi

* HeyItsThatVoice: This show seems to deserve a sub-trope to this, as it's loaded with recognizable voices. With Jess Harnell, JimCummings, TonyJay and others, you're bound to think "Secret Squirrel sounds like [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Wakko Warner]]!" or "Goldflipper sounds exactly the same as [[SonicTheHedgehog Robotnik]]!"
** [[LongJohnBaldry Not THE Robotnik, though!]]
** Let's not forget Roddy [=McDowell=] as the Chameleon.
* HollywoodVoodoo: The CrowningMomentOfFunny

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The series' theme song apes the JamesBond theme.

''Secret Squirrel'' is a series of SpyFiction parody cartoon shorts made by HannaBarbera in 1965 as the lead segment of a ThreeShorts series that also featured Squiddly Diddly and Winsome Witch. It was later revived in the 1990s as ''Super Secret Secret Squirrel'', in another ThreeShorts format headlined by ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs''. Secret Squirrel is a FunnyAnimal spy. Along with his sidekick, Morocco Mole, [[TheyFightCrime He Fights Crime]].

** Then again, [[spoiler:Secret only "cheated" in response to the bad guy's previous cheating and Hot Rodney crossed a line when he had a thug kidnap Morocco Mole just to force Secret to abandon a race]].

* {{Expy}}: Yellow Pinky is one of [[JamesBond Bond]] baddie Auric {{Goldfinger}}. The name is even a synonym.

''Secret Squirrel'' is a series of SpyFiction parody cartoon shorts made by HannaBarbera in 1965. It was later revived in the 1990s as ''Super Secret Secret Squirrel'', in a ThreeShorts format headlined by ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs''. Secret Squirrel is a FunnyAnimal spy. Along with his sidekick, Morocco Mole, [[TheyFightCrime He Fights Crime]].

* {{Expy}}: Yellow Pinky is one of Bond baddie Goldfinger. The name is even a synonym.

* HeyItsThatVoice: With MelBlanc as the voice of Secret Squirrel, it's no surprise that he sounds like Sylvester in the early episodes, then later like Heathcliff with a lisp! Paul Frees, voice of Morocco Mole and the Chief, also provides plenty of voices in addition to Blanc, even using his Boris Badenov voice (of ''RockyAndBullwinkle'' fame) for villains like Yellow Pinky!

* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Queen Bea, a queen bee, is infatuated with Secret Squirrel, a squirrel. Even with anthropomorphism, the latter is several times the size of the former.

''Secret Squirrel'' is a series of SpyFiction parody cartoon shorts made by HannaBarbera in 1965. It was later revived in the 1990s as ''Super Secret Secret Squirrel'', in a ThreeShorts format headlined by ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs''.
Secret Squirrel is a FunnyAnimal spy. Along with his sidekick, Morocco Mole, [[TheyFightCrime He Fights Crime]].

!! ''SecretSquirrel'' contains examples of:

!! ''SuperSecretSecretSquirrel'' adds:

** The standard squiggles are S-shaped. S.S. standing for Secret Squirrel, of coruse.

** DidNotDoTheResearch on HannaBarbera's part - by TheNineties, quarks had already been shown to exist. However, Secret could still disprove Quark: quarks are ''never'' found alone.

* AWorldwidePunomenon: Secret is a constant stream of them, and he's not alone.

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[[caption-width:240:"Secret Squirrel?!" "In the flesh!"]]

* TheJimmyHartVersion: The series' theme song apes the JamesBond theme.