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1* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The Big-Band style theme song. It will NEVER get out of your head either.
2* GeniusBonus: In "The Corgin", Dave paints a green clog and calls it "Voices of Flame", an allusion to the similarly minimalist [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_Fire Voice of Fire]].
3* GrowingTheBeard: The very early episodes weren't that impressive, but after a while the humor became more solid and characters were given more development. It's a shame Creator/CartoonNetwork gave up on it so quickly.
4* MisaimedMarketing: The show's episodes can be found on the Treehouse Direct Youtube channel, with the Treehouse logo even preceding the episodes. While it is based on a children's book series and produced by Nelvana like ''Literature/MaxAndRuby'' and ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' which are both on the channel, unlike those shows this is aimed at an older audience than the book series.
5* MoralEventHorizon: Nestor crosses this in The Stackinator where he replaces Scaredy with a machine.
6* PopularWithFurries: Due to being set in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, the show does have a decent number of Furry fans.
7* SoOkayItsAverage: While the show has its fans, the general consensus was that it was a pretty unremarkable cartoon weighed down by its lack of faithfulness to [[Literature/ScaredySquirrel the source material]]. Overall, not seen as one of Creator/{{Nelvana}}'s better shows, but also not seen as among its worst.
8* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The "Scaredy Squirrel Safety Corner" segments are accompanied by an arrangement of "Theme to 'A Summer Place'". It also sounds similar to "Hey! Pachuco!" by Royal Crown Revue.
9** The show's theme song shares similarities with "One Jump Ahead" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''.
10* TearJerker: The Stackinator episode where Scaredy gets replaced by a machine. In particular, the scene where he sits outside the store and lets a few tears roll down his face. He most definitely counts as TheWoobie after that episode. The end part where Scaredy and Dave melt the blocks of ice with their hugs is a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.
11* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A good number of people that hate this show hate it because it has nothing in common with [[Literature/ScaredySquirrel the books it's based off]]. Ironically though, Creator/MelanieWatt, the person who wrote the books, contributed to the cartoon, helping with writing many of the episodes and other elements.
12* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Most people that hate this show claim this show to be a rip-off of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' because of how identical the characters are. But in reality, other than having the characters have ''somewhat'' similar personalities, the two cartoons don't have very much in common, as the character personalities are ''very'' different than the ones in ''[=SpongeBob=]'':
13** Sure, the titular character, Scaredy, has a low-end job like [=SpongeBob=], but he also has a case of obsessively compulsive tendencies and he's not almost constantly in a positive mood.
14** Dave is a little bit like Patrick, not being very bright and all that, but if he isn't usually by Scaredy, he's hanging around his job. And its also been shown that while he usually acts like an idiot, he does have quite a few moments of sanity. Some could even argue that he's smarter than Patrick.
15** Furthermore, the Hungarian casting director managed to give Scaredy the same voice as [=SpongeBob=]!
16* UglyCute: Dave. Just look at that soft, bushy, huggable tail of his. And he's a skunk!
17** Chip the chubby-faced little squirrel in "Camp and Consequences".

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