Line #67 WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel


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2	[[caption-width-right:348:The 1965 versions of Morocco Mole and Secret Squirrel.]]
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4	''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 ''WesternAnimation/SquiddlyDiddly'' and ''WesternAnimation/WinsomeWitch''. It was later revived in 1993 as ''Super Secret Secret Squirrel'', in another ThreeShorts format headlined by ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs''. Secret Squirrel was voiced by Creator/MelBlanc in the original version and Creator/JessHarnell in the reboot. Creator/PaulFrees voiced Morocco Mole initially, while Creator/JimCummings1952 handled the character's vocal duties in the 1990s remake, in both cases strongly reminiscent of Creator/PeterLorre.
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6	In both versions, Secret Squirrel is a FunnyAnimal spy. Along with his sidekick, Morocco Mole, he fights crime.
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8	A ''ComicBook/HannaBarberaBeyond'' version of ''Secret Squirrel'' was a back-up strip in ''ComicBook/ScoobyApocalypse''.
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11	!! ''Secret Squirrel'' contains examples of:
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13	* AlliterativeName:
14	** '''S'''ecret '''S'''quirrel
15	** '''M'''orocco '''M'''ole
16	** '''W'''ily '''W'''olf
17	** '''P'''asha '''P'''anchabaggie
18	* AlliterativeTitle: '''S'''ecret '''S'''quirrel.
19	* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: In Japan, it has its own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10S5ae875_Y custom theme song]] sung by small children.
20	* AmusingInjuries: The villains and Morocco Mole are constantly subjected to slapstick comedic abuse. Secret Squirrel also falls victim to this on occasion.
21	* BaldOfEvil: Nearly every villain on the show (Yellow Pinkie, Dr. Dangit, Double-Ex, Scuba Duba, and Hy Spy) is bald.
22	* BumblingSidekick: Morocco Mole assists Secret Squirrel on his missions but frequently messes up because of his stupidity.
23	* CharacterCatchphrase: The two leads often shout "Heroes to the rescue!" and sometimes doing so with finger pointed skyward.
24	* CodeName: Secret Squirrel is also known as Agent Triple-Zero.
25	* CrazyPrepared: Secret Squirrel has a gadget for nearly any occasion, often pulling them from a trench coat that is far roomier than appearances suggest.
26	* DaChief: Secret Squirrel's superior is Double Q, a balding man who respects his competence, but is frequently annoyed by his tendency to enter his office in ways other than using the front door.
27	* DogsHateSquirrels: In "Catty Cornered," Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole have to secure a cat who's swallowed an explosive capsule. However, the efforts to keep it safe are constantly thwarted by a mean dog who keeps attacking the cat. Eventually Secret Squirrel is able to get rid of the pooch with a bone, thereby saving the cat. However, this is not without consequences. Morocco Mole suffers quite a few AmusingInjuries and when the professor reveals that the cat had actually not eaten the capsule at all, the mole [[RageBreakingPoint snaps]] and begins acting like an angry dog. He proceeds to chase Secret Squirrel and the professor up a telephone pole.
28	* DubNameChange:
29	** In Japan, Secret is known as Himitsu Tantei Kurukuru, while Morocco is Mokomoko.
30	** In Spanish, Secret is called Inspector Ardilla.
31	** In French, Secret is Sans Secret, l'écureuil agent secret, and Yellow Pinky is Yakov Pakov.
32	** In German, Secret is called Siegfried Sqirrel.
33	* ExpressiveMask: The eyeholes of the hat Secret Squirrel wears over his face are somehow able to register his emotions.
34	* {{Expy}}: Yellow Pinkie is clearly patterned after [[Film/JamesBond Bond]] baddie Auric Film/{{Goldfinger}}. The name is even a synonym.
35	* EyeObscuringHat: Subverted by Secret Squirrel, whose hat brim almost touches his nose but has two eye holes so that he can see.
36	* FakeDefector: "Not So Idle Idol" has Secret Squirrel attempt to gain Yellow Pinkie's trust by pretending to go renegade after Double Q agrees to pretend to fire him. Unfortunately, Morocco Mole was not in on the ruse.
37	* FatBastard: Yellow Pinkie is extremely overweight and as evil as a villain can be. He also has an extreme lust for gold.
38	* FunnyAnimal: Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole are pretty much animals behaving like humans, possessing no characteristics typical of their species. They are {{Half Dressed Cartoon Animal}}s, hold down human jobs, walk bipedally, utilize human tools, and can talk to humans in English.
39	* GoofyBuckteeth: Secret is a bumbling, incompetent secret agent whose prominent bucktooth gives him a lisp. This is subverted in the revival, in which his bucktooth is less noticeable, his lisp is gone, and he is actually good at his job.
40	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Secret Squirrel wears a trench coat and Morocco Mole sports a scarf-style tie and sweater. Neither wears pants or shoes, however.
41	* TheIgor: Dr. Dangit in "Five is a Crowd" has a dim-witted and ugly lab assistant.
42	* InexplicablyTailless: Real moles have tails, but Morocco Mole lacks one for reasons unknown.
43	* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: In the original series, Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole are generally the only [[FunnyAnimal funny animals]] shown. Occasionally another such character appears, but the majority are humans.
44	* LoopholeAbuse: One episode has Double Q threaten to fire Secret Squirrel if he doesn't enter his office using a door. When the rodent enters by making a door in the ceiling, Double Q fires him for not using the front door, only for Morocco Mole to point out that he said "''a'' door" and that therefore Secret followed his instructions to the letter.
45	* LovesOnlyGold: Secret Squirrel's archenemy Yellow Pinkie specializes in stealing gold.
46	* MadScientist: Dr. Dangit in the episode "Five is a Crowd". He tries to discredit Secret Squirrel by creating five robot doubles and ordering them to commit crimes, but his creations turn on him when Secret uses a recording to reveal to the robots that Dangit intends to dispose of them once they've served their purpose.
47	* MasterOfDisguise: Secret Squirrel will sometimes use a disguise to fool his enemies.
48	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: In conjunction with CrazyPrepared. Secret Squirrel has an ''allegiance-switching gun'' in "Scuba Duba Duba", which he uses to make Scuba Duba's shark turn on him. It's a parody, of course, so they can get away with it.
49	* ProtagonistTitle: The show is named after the title character.
50	* RingAroundTheCollar: Like most Hanna-Barbera characters from this time, Morocco Mole wears an accessory around his neck (a scarf-style tie in this case) to facilitate animation shortcuts. The top of Secret Squirrel's trench coat serves the same function.
51	* ShoePhone: An obligatory trope for any spy parody; Secret Squirrel always has the required disguised gadget to handle any situation.
52	* SignatureHeadgear: Secret Squirrel sports a fedora with eyeholes cut into its large overhanging brim, while his partner wears a fez.
53	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Morocco Mole's voice is strongly reminiscent of Creator/PeterLorre.
54	* SpeechImpediment: Secret Squirrel speaks with a lisp.
55	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In the last three episodes, Yellow Pinkie is replaced by Hy Spy. Like Yellow Pinkie, Hy Spy is bald and is described as being Secret Squirrel's greatest foe.
56	* SweepingAshes: Done in Yellow Pinkie's debut episode. After Secret Squirrel is disintegrated by his own laser gun, Morocco sweeps up his ashes while retreating to think of a new strategy to capture Yellow Pinkie.
57	* ThereWasADoor: A RunningGag depicts Double Q being annoyed by Secret Squirrel entering his office in every method ''but'' using the front door. He is thus fully surprised on the one occasion where the rodent actually ''does'' use the front door!
58	* TrenchCoatWarfare: Secret Squirrel has something in his trench coat for every occasion, but he doesn't keep it organized -- this makes him too slow to put up much of a fight most of the time.
59	* VocalEvolution: When the series began, Creator/MelBlanc pretty much used his [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Sylvester the Cat]] voice for Secret Squirrel, before eventually sounding more like WesternAnimation/BugsBunny or [[WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats Heathcliff]] while retaining the [[SpeechImpediment lisp]]. Occasionally, the voice would change ''in the middle of an episode.''
60	* WeaponizedHeadgear: Secret Squirrel's hat sometimes has weapons underneath it.
61	* XRaySparks: In the episode "Scuba Duba Duba," Scuba Duba hands Secret Squirrel an electric eel. When the eel shocks him, the rodent's body momentarily disappears, leaving only his skeleton.
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65	[[caption-width-right:240:"Secret Squirrel?!" "In the flesh!" Specifically, the Super Secret version.]]
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67	!! ''Super Secret Secret Squirrel'' adds:
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69	* ActionGirl: "Agent Penny" shows that the Chief's PA is a capable [[Series/TheAvengers1960s Emma Peel]]-type spy.
70	* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Chief Double-Q is an Ox instead of a human, though most of the series takes place in a world of animals unlike the original version.
71	* AnArmAndALeg: Greg's motivation for villainy is that he's a gingerbread man whose leg was bitten off by the girl who baked him.
72	* AndIMustScream: The Chameleon ends up trapped inside a canvas. Secret Squirrel names the result "Still Life without Parole", indicating that the Chameleon is still alive even though he can't move.
73	* AntiVillain: Platypus only wants 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, then he wouldn't have been confronted by Secret Squirrel, Morocco Mole, and the Chief.
74	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The two heroes use heat-sensor glasses to track down the Chameleon. The problem? Lizards are ''ectothermic'', so they don't have body heat.
75	* AssholeVictim: In "Hot Rodney," the rooster title character endangers Morocco Mole to try and prevent Secret Squirrel from winning a car race. Hot Rodney incessantly gloats over his adversary's unwillingness to let Morocco Mole die, thus making his victory a shoo-in. When Secret Squirrel tricks him into putting on a dynamite belt after he wins the race, the rooster totally deserves it.
76	* TheBadGuyWins: In "Hot Rodney," the title character actually wins the race against Secret Squirrel, though the rodent uses the dynamite belt Hot Rodney put on Morocco Mole to deny him the satisfaction.
77	* BalloonBelly: In "Greg," Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole get rid of the titular villain's monstrous gingerbread man by simply eating it, leaving Greg without a monster and the two huge and well-stuffed.
78	* BerserkButton: Penny says it best herself in "Agent Penny"; "Don't ''ever'' call me 'girlie!'"
79	* TheCameo:
80	** 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 cameos by WesternAnimation/SnooperAndBlabber, WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey and [[Series/WakeRattleAndRoll Undercover Elephant]].
81	** Reversing the situation, Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole star in a dog biscuit ad featured in the ''2 Stupid Dogs'' episode "Let's Make a Right Price".
82	* ContinuityNod:
83	** In "Agent Penny", when Morocco Mole goes through the files during his first day of replacing Penny as the Chief's secretary, he mentions villains from previous episodes such as Goldflipper and Queen Bea. He also mentions Dr. O even though his episode hadn't aired yet, though that may be because the episodes aired in a different order from when they were produced. In Dr. O's episode, however, it's stated that they've had previous encounters before.
84	** Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole use a map of villains' lairs in "Dr. O". Two of the lairs seen on the map are those of Queen Bea and Goldflipper.
85	* CoolCar: Secret's car can fly and can transform from a briefcase. It is even described as a "really cool car" by the racing announcer in "Hot Rodney".
86	* CrazyPrepared: Secret Squirrel naturally has a gadget for nearly any occasion. But in "Scirocco Mole," Morocco Mole is shown to be as well when he tosses a bomb at his evil twin. When the rodent asks where he got it, Morocco Mole responds, "I brought the whole box of them! See? [[TooDumbToLive I even lit them so they would be ready!]]" Cue an OhCrap face from Secret Squirrel.
87	* ADayInTheLimelight: Penny is the main focus character in "Agent Penny."
88	* DeadlyDodging: [[spoiler:Used against One Ton, a rampaging panda whom Secret must stop but isn't allowed to attack. He then puts him under protective custody for endangering an endangered species.]]
89	* DesignatedGirlFight: Penny actually has some brief pursuits against male villains. The straightest play on this, however is between her and Queen Bea, in have a knock-down drag-out tussle in the latter's self-titled episode.
90	* DisguisedInDrag:
91	** In "Goldflipper," Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole (the latter [[DraggedIntoDrag reluctantly]]) dress up as "[[ScoutOut Squirrel Scouts]]" to infiltrate the titular bad guy's hideout by selling him cookies. Amazingly, Goldflipper falls for it, probably because the rodent is rather disturbingly convincing as a girl squirrel.
92	** In "One-Ton," Morocco Mole suggests that what the villain needs is "a mate." One GilliganCut later and Secret Squirrel is dressed as a sexy female panda. However, this trick fails miserably, given that he gets beaten up offscreen by said villain pretty much immediately.
93	* DisneyVillainDeath: The snake sorcerer that hatches from an egg at the end of "Egg" boasts about his reign of terror only to fall out the airplane's open door to his doom.
94	* DubNameChange: In the Brazilian-Portuguese dub, Secret Squirrel was renamed "James" and his surname was translated.
95	* DumbassNoMore: Secret Squirrel is less eccentric and more competent compared to his original version. All of the bungling has been relegated to Morocco Mole.
96	* TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay: Secret Squirrel tells rogue panda One Ton that he can be dealt with the easy way or the hard way.
97	* EvilBrit: The art thief the Chameleon has a British accent, being voiced by Creator/RoddyMcDowall.
98	* EvilTwin: Morocco has one, named Scirocco, who tried to kill off his entire family to inherit the family's treasure.
99	* ExpressiveMask: The reflections in Morocco's sunglasses sometimes change shape according to his mood (for example, turning into exclamation points when he's surprised).
100	* {{Expy}}: Goldflipper is one of Yellow Pinky, with a similar voice, wardrobe, & the same obsession with gold. Since Yellow Pinky is an {{Expy}} of Goldfinger, this makes him an {{Expy}} of an {{Expy}}.
101	* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Greg the gingerbread man gets eaten alive (onscreen no less) by a horde of hungry ants. Likewise, Quark slowly poofs out of existence piece by piece, singing all the while.
102	* FlashBack: Goes recursive in "Scirocco Mole" when Morocco explains how his twin brother Scirocco has always bullied him. Secret stops it after we see Scirocco bullying Morocco when they were embryos.
103	* FreakyFridayFlip: Done in the episode "Platypus" between Secret, Morocco, and the Chief. Minds stay with heads, but heads get shuffled onto the wrong bodies.
104	* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Penny is practically the only character in the series to be fully dressed.
105	* FunnyAnimal: The series is now set in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals. This leads to...
106	* FurryConfusion: Played with. Nobody seems to have pets, but there is a Super Secret Zoo in "One-Ton". The exhibits are in prison uniforms, making it more of a Super Secret Prison [[FridgeBrilliance cunningly disguised]] as a Super Secret Zoo.
107	* FurryFemaleMane: Penny had this.
108	* FurryReminder: There have been a few instances...
109	** Goldflipper, a sea lion, swims and leaps through a [[PooledFunds gigantic room full of gold teeth]] while nude, making barking sounds while doing so. When the doorbell rings, he resumes his anthropomorphism and puts his shirt and jacket back on.
110	** Hot Rodney, a rooster, is at one point distracted from the race when Secret shoots corn in his direction. Hot Rodney stops to eat the corn by bending over and pecking it like a real rooster would.
111	** Doctor O has two bats as henchmen. When they attack Secret Squirrel in the dark with [[VisualPun pink inflatable baseball bats]], they let out high-pitched giggles and they follow the echo of their giggles to fly right at Secret, very much like how real bats use the echoes of their vocal sounds to locate prey in the dark.
112	* GoingCommando: In "Voodoo Goat", it is established that voodoo dolls only work when used with a personal belonging of the person the doll represents. Secret manages to get his voodoo doll of the Voodoo Goat to work by stealing the villain's underwear. When this is revealed, the villain even remarks that he knew he felt a draft.
113	* GracefulLoser: When Queen Bea is defeated, she shrugs it off saying that there's plenty of other drones in the hive.
114	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: As in the original, but now 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.
115	** Though Chief did seem to be quite embarrassed when it was revealed the bison wore bikini briefs in "Voodoo Goat". Which Morocco stripped off, via voodoo doll.
116	--->'''Chief:''' ''(trying to keep them on)'' Oh no!
117	** The Voodoo Goat himself secretly wears underwear beneath his loincloth.
118	--->"Gasp! Me thought the hut felt a bit drafty today."
119	** And, oddly enough, Secret removes a pair of shorts when changing behind a screen in "Agent Penny".
120	** One of the things Secret is made to say by the villain in "Quark" to make him seem as though he is insane was "I'll do a jig in my undies, Chief." Despite the fact he ''wears'' no "undies."
121	--->'''Quark''': Hey, Secret Squirrel! What's the big secret? [[LampshadeHanging You're not wearing pants?]]
122	* HighClassGlass: The Chameleon sports a monocle to show how upper class and snobby he is.
123	* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
124	** After Hot Rodney wins the race, Secret gives him the same dynamite belt he strapped to Morocco Mole while claiming that it is a victory belt. Hot Rodney proceeds to don it and ride off into the distance before the belt blows up.
125	** Voodoo Goat must have something belonging to a victim for the doll he crafts after. He made a Chief Doll and stole his pipe. He later takes control of Secret Squirrel using a bit of fur from Secret's own fan club. Secret gets back at him by stealing his underwear for his one doll. Voodoo is ultimately defeated when Morocco Mole throws the doll of the Chief at Voodoo's doll, causing the Chief to ram into him. He cut off the Secret doll's head but it never took effect because the Chief accidentally ate his fur.
126	** Chameleon has the power to blend in with art. While he can do so effortlessly in classical art, he becomes disoriented when dealing with the abstractness of modern art. Secret weaponized a room full of the latter as Chameleon never even touched it, then trap him in one so he wouldn't escape.
127	** Secret is ordered to capture the criminal One-Ton Panda. The problem? He needs to accomplish this without harming him due to his protective status as an endangered species.
128	*** The solution? When all of his peaceful efforts failed, he has the panda beat ''himself'' up. The payoff? Secret can arrest him for "endangering an endangered species" (One-Ton himself).
129	** Greg, an evil gingerbread man, uses an army of ants to steal vast amounts of sweets. His goal is to make an giant gingerbread man to eat kids out of revenge, only to be completely eaten by Secret and Morocco. His ants soon lose control by hunger and proceed to eat ''him''.
130	* HollywoodChameleons: The titular villain Chameleon blends himself in various historic paintings. His weakness is modern art. He is also apparently endothermic, as SS and MM were able to track him with heat seeking goggles.
131	* HollywoodDarkness: Explained and lampshaded in "Dr. O," where the titular doctor cuts off all the lights in the world and blocks out the sun, leaving none of the characters able to see anything while the audience can still see them.
132	--> '''Announcer:''' "For the benefit of the viewing audience, a special filter will be applied so our fans may see all the action... in total darkness. Thank you."
133	* HollywoodVoodoo: Done in "Voodoo Goat" when the titular antagonist attempts to use voodoo dolls of the Chief and Secret Squirrel. In the end, Secret fights back using a voodoo doll of the Voodoo Goat.
134	* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: [[PunnyName Queen Bea]], a (wait for it) queen bee, is infatuated with Secret Squirrel, a squirrel. Even with anthropomorphism, the latter is several times the size of the former.
135	* HyperspaceArsenal: Dialed up to 11 with Secret, and not only in his coat, but in his hat, à la WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget.
136	* IdeaBulb: The method by which SS defeats Dr. O. (ItMakesSenseInContext, okay?)
137	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each episode (except "Agent Penny") is named after its villain.
138	* InexplicablyTailless: Again, Morocco Mole.
139	** Even the Chief and Scirocco Mole.
140	* InspectorOblivious: Averted. The SpyFiction genre is instead parodied by making Secret highly competent with his sidekick Morocco Mole handling all the comic relief requirements.
141	* KarmaHoudini: Goldflipper escapes after he accidentally pulls the lever that makes his volcano hideout erupt.
142	* KarmicDeath: The gingerbread man Greg ends up eaten by the same ants he used to steal all the candy to create a giant candy monster.
143	** The ants themselves end up coated in candy, and eaten by the Chief.
144	* KingKongClimb: One of the villains Penny faces does this in "Agent Penny". Fittingly enough, he is a giant ape.
145	* KnowWhenToFoldEm: The giant gorilla in "Agent Penny" gives himself up and vows to reform after Penny beats him.
146	* LastOnesPloy: The panda criminal One Ton from the titular episode rampaged pretty much at his heart's content because he ''knew'' no law enforcement could touch him, with his Endangered status. Secret is tasked with getting him back to jail without harming even one hair on his body, and after a number of unsuccessful strategies manages to turn this status against him: He starts acting like an unhelpful bodyguard and using DeadlyDodging when One Ton inevitably retaliates until the panda knocks ''himself'' out... and then he arrests him for endangering ''himself''.
147	* LookBehindYou:
148	** Done by Queen Bea to Penny, where she claims to see [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]]. Penny falls for it.
149	** Hot Rodney does the same thing to Secret with the same claim of seeing Fred Flintstone during their race.
150	* LoopholeAbuse:
151	** In "One-Ton," Secret was forbidden to hurt the titular villain because he is a panda which is protected by law as an endangered species. [[spoiler:He finds his way around this by tricking the panda into hurting himself. See DeadlyDodging for more details.]]
152	** In "Egg", the Chief orders Morocco to hold a supposedly rare and cursed egg for three seconds because a new rule states that each agent must accomplish at least one mission.
153	* 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 ThePowerOfHate]].
154	* LovesOnlyGold: Goldflipper is a gold-obsessed villain; similar to Yellow Pinkie in the original series.
155	* MagicCountdown: The self-timer hooked up to Platypus's scrambling ray in his self-titled episode. At first it counts down around the 30-second mark at a normal pace, but then when our heroes realize they are right in front of the ray, when ten seconds are left the timer suddenly counts down the remaining seconds really fast.
156	* MaliciousMisnaming: In his self-titled episode, the Quark repeatedly calls Secret Squirrel "Stupid Squirrel".
157	* MaskPower: Secret's hat fulfills this role, coming down below his eyes [[ExpressiveMask yet still showing them]].
158	** In the episode "Agent Penny", he trades it for a variety of likewise indigo low-slung headgear.
159	** In "Doctor O", he actually discards a smashed and broken hat...to reveal an identical replacement underneath.
160	** When Morocco ends up wearing it in "Platypus", it's his ''nose'' which pokes through.
161	** Secret ''is'' seen maskless a few times though. In "Goldflipper," he does not wear it as part of his [[DisguisedInDrag Squirrel Scout]] outfit, and is bare-faced. And in "Scirocco Mole", the hat is partially sucked off by a vacuum cleaner, briefly showing us Secret's face in a FreezeFrameBonus.
162	* MonsterOfTheWeek: Aside from "Agent Penny", each episode had a different villain and was named after said villain. "Agent Penny" does feature Penny fighting some villains, but none of them serve as the central antagonist of the episode or appear in other episodes.
163	* MythologyGag: In "Goldflipper", Morocco Mole stars lisping after losing his gold tooth. Secret also affects a lisp to mock him, making him sound more like the original Secret Squirrel.
164	* NearVillainVictory: Happens in "Hot Rodney", where the titular villain attempts to prevent Secret from winning the race by kidnapping Morocco Mole and having a bomb strapped to him while he's bound somewhere far from the racing track. In spite of Secret's best efforts to stall Hot Rodney while he rescues Morocco, Hot Rodney still wins the race, but Secret tricks him into wearing the dynamite belt he strapped to Morocco before he drives away.
165	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Titular Quark has a voice and mannerism similar to Creator/SammyDavisJr.
166	* NoHarmRequirement: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in the episode "One-Ton". Secret is given orders to stop a criminal panda from destroying China Town. However, the Chief gives him orders to not harm the panda because panda's are EndangeredSpecies which makes things rough as he's a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk. Eventually Secret stops him by getting him to [[StopHittingYourself beat himself up]]. Since he harmed a panda while ''being'' a panda, the fiend gets charged with endangering an endangered species (on top of his other crimes) and is put into protective custody.
167	* NonSequiturThud: In "One Ton", after the villain of the same name drops a desk on Secret using his Psychology in a Can against him, Morocco opens one of the drawers and Secret comes out, all bent out of shape, and he says, "Is my Freudian slip showing?"
168	* NoodleIncident: In "Hot Rodney", the titular race car driver is given a ticket for attempting to run a red light and is given a second one for blowing a raspberry behind the cop's back. After a brief cut to Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole returning to the race, Hot Rodney's car is ''flooded'' with tickets with no explanation for what he did to get them all.
169	* NotSoAboveItAll:
170	** While usually portrayed as by-the-book and serious, Secret uses his shrunken state in the episode "Quark" to whisper into the Chief's ear in order to convince him to give Secret, Morocco, and Penny a raise as well as a three-week vacation at the French Riviera. Granted, the villain Quark did this method to frame Secret for insanity, and the squirrel initially did this to clear his name.
171	** "Greg" begins with the normally serious Chief ordering a box of Krunchy Munchies at the candy store, expressing childlike joy while doing so.
172	* OddlySmallOrganization: The Super Secret Service's only members are Secret Squirrel, Morocco Mole, the Chief and Penny.
173	* OhNoNotAgain: The museum curator owl's reaction in "Chameleon" when a new painting he was unveiling was ''also'' stolen.
174	* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Penny wears shoes while everyone else is barefoot.
175	* PortalPicture: The Chameleon loves to become one with great art. [[spoiler:Secret causes him to have a breakdown by exposing him to modern, abstract works.]]
176	* PottyEmergency: The Chief needs to go to the bathroom in the episode "Dr. O", which causes him much distress when Dr. O uses a satellite to block out the sun so that the entire country is shrouded in darkness. Once the case is solved, the Chief still can't find the bathroom until Secret explains that it is now nighttime and he forgot to turn on the lights. Unfortunately, the Chief is again prevented from relieving himself when Morocco beats him to the restroom.
177	* ThePowerOfHate: In a rare heroic example, Secret counteracts Queen Bea's brainwashing LovePotion by channeling all his hate in order to save Penny from harm.
178	* PuffOfLogic: In "Quark", Secret uses a dictionary to point out that quarks are defined as "a ''hypothetical'' subatomic particle", concluding that the titular microscopic villain can't achieve his own goals if he is yet to be proven to exist, Quark struggles with his existential crisis before disappearing entirely.
179	** This is a bit of a goof on Creator/HannaBarbera's part - even by TheNineties, quarks had already been proven to exist. With just a bit more research, Secret could have instead pointed out the impossibility of Quark existing ''alone''.
180	* PungeonMaster: Secret is a constant stream of puns, and he's not alone.
181	* RhymesOnADime: "Greg" has a lot of the dialogue in rhymes.
182	* SadisticChoice: The villain Hot Rodney does this during his race against Secret Squirrel by having his mechanic kidnap Morocco and have him tied up somewhere far from the racing track with a bomb strapped to him, forcing Secret to decide between rescuing his friend or to let him die in order to beat Hot Rodney. Secret manages to save his friend in time, but ultimately loses the race, though he succeeds in giving Hot Rodney some last-minute comeuppance by tricking him into putting on the same dynamite belt that was strapped to Morocco.
183	* SealedEvilInACan: This ended up being the Chameleon's demise, as both Secret and Morocco trapped him in a empty canvas.
184	** The EvilSorcerer Aspinputin was contained in the egg Morocco was supposed to hold for test if it was actually cursed. He ends up falling out of a plane not long after his freedom…
185	* ShoutOut:
186	** Hot Rodney's mechanic resembles [[Anime/SpeedRacer Chim Chim]].
187	** The title card for "Agent Penny" resembles the main title card of ''Series/CharliesAngels''.
188	** Secret Squirrel introduces himself as [[Franchise/JamesBond 000]] (Double-0 0 or Triple-0 depending on the dub). When the cartoon was redubbed for Brazilian audiences, Secret was renamed James.
189	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Queen Bea was the only female villain.
190	* SpotTheImpostor: Played straight with Morocco and Scirocco Mole, each attempting to demonstrate that he's the real Morocco. Secret finds out who's who when he tosses a pair of vases at them, correctly making the gambit that the real Morocco would fail to catch the vase before it hit him.
191	* StepIntoTheBlindingFight: In the episode with Dr. O where the lights are shut off, leaving Secret without the use of his sight to combat the Doctor's bat henchmen, who have no problems fighting in the dark. After taking some punches, Secret eventually focuses on using his other senses.
192	* SwappedRoles: The Chief enforces this on Penny and Morocco to perform budget cuts. As the title "Agent Penny" suggests, Penny takes Secret's agent job while Morocco takes Penny's secretary job. Secret himself is fired as a result until the Chief reversed it.
193	* ThickLineAnimation: Everything has a thick outline.
194	* TooDumbToLive:
195	** Morocco can be seen as this at times, most notably in "Scirocco Mole" when he lit a whole box of bombs to be ready for Scirocco without realizing that having all of the bombs lit at once would leave little time for him and Secret to avoid the resulting explosions.
196	** Hot Rodney accepts the "victory belt" from Secret Squirrel post victory without recognizing it was the explosive belt he tried to kill Morocco with. This results in him being blown up once he drives off.
197	* TookALevelInDumbass: While the original Morocco Mole wasn't all that bright, this version manages to screw up even more.
198	* VerbalTic: Greg the gingerbread man frequently says the last word of his sentences three times.
199	* 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 a competent agent but gets tired of getting beaten up all the time, and Morocco destroys Penny's filing system by putting all the villains under "C" for criminal. Everyone is relieved when [[StatusQuoIsGod the Chief returns all the characters to their old jobs]].
200	* VillainousBreakdown: Literally, as Quark has a somewhat disturbing and tiny bit [[AlasPoorVillain tragic]] one when he succumbs to the PuffOfLogic trope.
201	-->'''Quark:''' (''paraphrased, upon discovering that he doesn't really exist'') I'm a singer! (''leg disappears'') I'm a really good... I'm a dancer! (''other leg disappears...'') I'm a really good ''ooooohhhh...'' (''poofs out of existence'')
202	* WackyRacing: "Hot Rodney" has a race, although only between Secret and the titular antagonist. In spite of his efforts of stalling Hot Rodney from making it to the finish line while he takes the time to rescue Morocco, Secret ends up losing, but at least sees to it that Hot Rodney gets his just deserts by tricking him into donning the dynamite belt he strapped to Morocco.
203	* WingdingEyes: The reflections on Morocco's ''shades'' often do this; the usual squiggle turning into an exclamation mark is a common one.
204	** The standard squiggles are S-shaped. S.S. standing for Secret Squirrel, of course.
205	*** Or Super Secret.
206	* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The revival is set in one. This is one of its biggest departures from the original series.
207	* WouldHitAGirl:
208	** One Ton threw Secret Squirrel in drags. Though we're not sure if it's because he wasn't fooled one bit.
209	** As shown in "Agent Penny", none of the villains have any qualms with hurting Penny.

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