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The Itsy Bitsy Spider

A 1992 animated short named for the nursery rhyme of the same name, originally shown in theaters preceding Bebe's Kids. In 1994 it was picked up as a TV series, which aired on the USA Network.

Tropes covered by the short and the series:

Bug War: Mostly one-sided. Characters try to dispose of Itsy for being a spider and he's just defending himself.
Cats are Mean: Cat/George
David Versus Goliath
Determinator: The Exterminator
Dumb Muscle: The Exterminator
Eccentric Exterminator
Hey, It's That Voice!: Frank Welker as Itsy
Kill It with Fire: One of the Exterminator's tools is a flamethrower.
Meganekko: Little Girl/Leslie
Stern Teacher: Music Teacher/Adrianne
Top Heavy Guy: The Exterminator

Tropes exclusive to the short:

The Ahnold: The Exterminator after the Robotic Reveal.
More Dakka: Turned Up to Eleven
No Name Given
Retroactive Recognition: Jim Carrey and Thora Birch
Techno Babble:
Music Teacher: What is that?
The Exterminator: It's a high-tech microchip thermonuclear light-sensitive radioactive blue-screen laptop computer generator triple decker arachnid detector and Etch-a-Sketch. Any more questions?

Tropes exclusive to the series:

Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: In one episode the Exterminator kills Expies of Bambi and his mother.
Negative Continuity: For one thing, the Exterminator is no longer a robot.
The Other Darrin: Frank Welker was the only one to return for the series.
Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?: Occasionally Adrianne and the Exterminator would be shown in different jobs.