History WesternAnimation / Spliced

Compare to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheWuzzles'', another short-lived animated series about MixAndMatchCritters. And no this is not an AnimatedAdaptation of the sci-fi horror film ''Film/{{Splice}}'', even if they do both feature mutant genetically-spliced hybrids.

Once upon a time, there lived a MadScientist who spent his weary days on a secluded island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. To occupy his time, he created mutants, MixAndMatchCritters, and other biological abominations that stood against all notions of sanity and common sense. But it was only a matter of time until the judicial system caught whiff of the whole situation and arrested him for his crimes against nature and "good taste". With their master forever gone from their lives, the mutants, with only limited knowledge of the outside world and their customs, are left to construct a civilization of their own. Of course, HilarityEnsues.

Compare to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheWuzzles'', another short-lived animated series about MixAndMatchCritters. [[JustForFun/IReadThatAs Not to be confused with]] the sci-fi horror film ''Film/{{Splice}}.''

* ShoutOut: The general concept of the series is meant to be one to ''Literature/TheIslandOfDrMoreau'', but the show also has plenty of more specific examples.

** In "Nightmare On Condemned Street" Entree says "[[StarWars Do or do not.]]"

* CompressedVice: Impressively subverted with Peri's bowling skills. They form the plot of the first episode, then are never mentioned again. Then, they finally come back at the ''very end'' of the ''very last episode'', where Peri tries to get the mythical Blargy Parble from a robot, but loses in direct combat, but the robot, due to its robotic pride, challenges Peri to a bowling game, which Peri wins, thus allowing him to get the Blargy Parble.

* UnfortunateNames: The mole-sters, mole/hamster mutants that inhabit the island.

The series saw broad international distribution throughout 2009, running on Creator/{{Qubo}} in the United States, Creator/DisneyXD in Latin America and Spain, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in Scandinavia, Creator/{{ABC3}} in Australia, and Creator/{{Nicktoons}} in the British Isles, among other places. However, it would not arrive in its native Canada until April 2010, where it aired on Creator/{{Teletoon}}. However, it was canceled after a single season of 26 episodes, despite getting some very good ratings in its home country. Nonetheless, the show is fondly remembered by a decent number of people, even if it remains one of Nelvana's more obscure creations.

The series saw broad international distribution throughout 2009, running on Creator/{{Qubo}} in the United States, Creator/DisneyXD in Latin America and Spain, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in Scandinavia, Creator/{{ABC3}} in Australia, and Creator/{{Nicktoons}} in the British Isles. However, it would not arrive in its native Canada until April 2010, where it aired on Creator/{{Teletoon}}. However, it was canceled after a single season of 26 episodes, despite getting some very good ratings in its home country. Nonetheless, the show is fondly remembered by a decent number of people, even if it remains one of Nelvana's more obscure creations.

''Spliced'' is a crazy Canadian animated television series from Creator/{{Nelvana}} that was created by cartoon writers and ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'' developers Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott for Creator/{{Teletoon}}. Inspired by Creator/HGWells' ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' and the {{Zany Cartoon}}s of decades past, the series stars a dimwit duo consisting of the naïve optimist Peri and the selfish gourmand Entree, whose shared misadventures around the setting of Keepaway Island result in all manner of insane occurrences from bowling pin aliens and possessed golf carts to mayonnaise monsters and brain-sucking squids. Starring alongside the pair is an equally bizarre ensemble of characters, including ill-tempered half-rhino mayor Two Legs Joe; Patricia the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Platypus]]; ineffectual evil genius chimp-dolphin Mister Smarty Smarts (and his henchwoman Octocat); the cute but long-suffering Fuzzy Snuggums; and Princess Pony Apehands, a hulking brute with the mindset of a little girl.

The series

ran on Creator/{{Qubo}} and on the Creator/CartoonNetwork website in the United States, Creator/DisneyXD in Mexico, Brazil & Spain, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in Sweden and Norway, Creator/{{ABC3}} in Australia, Creator/{{Nicktoons}} in UK & Ireland, and Teletoon in its native Canada. However, it was canceled after a single season of 26 episodes, despite getting some very good ratings in its home country.

''Spliced'' is a crazy Canadian animated television series from Creator/{{Nelvana}} created by cartoon writers and ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'' developers Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott for Creator/{{Teletoon}}. Inspired by Creator/HGWells' ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' and the {{Zany Cartoon}}s of decades past, the series stars a dimwit duo consisting of the naïve optimist Peri and the selfish gourmand Entree, whose shared misadventures around the setting of Keepaway Island result in all manner of insane occurrences from bowling pin aliens and possessed golf carts to mayonnaise monsters and brain-sucking squids. Starring alongside the pair is an equally bizarre ensemble of characters, including ill-tempered half-rhino mayor Two Legs Joe; Patricia the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Platypus]]; ineffectual evil genius chimp-dolphin Mister Smarty Smarts (and his henchwoman Octocat); the cute but long-suffering Fuzzy Snuggums; and Princess Pony Apehands, a hulking brute with the mindset of a little girl.

The series ran on Creator/{{Qubo}} and on the Creator/CartoonNetwork website in the United States, Creator/DisneyXD in Mexico, Brazil & Spain, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in Sweden and Norway, Creator/{{ABC3}} in Australia, Creator/{{Nicktoons}} in UK & Ireland, and Teletoon in its native Canada. However, it was canceled after a single season of 26 episodes, despite getting some very good ratings in its home country.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Princess Pony Apehands in "No Play for Princess" and "Fairly Odd Princesses"; Smarty Smarts in "Outsmartered" and "Come to the Dork Side"; Joe in "Two Arms Joe", "Stompabout", "There Will Be Stomp", and "Same Difference"; Patricia in "Honorary Freak", "Marzipan Meadows and the Kingdom of Adventure", and "Living Hellp"; Compuhorse in "Cube Whacked"; Fuzzy in "Fuzzy's Great Journey" and "Sgt. Snuggums"; The Wunny Sharbit in "My Fair Sharkbunny"; Octocat in "Octocataclysm" and "Of Masters and Minions"; and Lord Wingus Eternum in "One-Joe Wingus".

* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: Parodied with the "Knowing is Growing" shorts, which deals with incredibly common problems and misconceptions, such as samurai pet care, time travel, and even snorting up antelopes. We all know you've done the last one sometime in your life.

* NotSoDifferent: In the episode "Same Difference" Two Legs Joe and Mister Smarty Smarts develop a friendship over their mutual dislike of Peri and Entree (though Mister Smarty Smarts downright despises them, while Joe just finds them annoying).

** Deconstructed with the Slouch Potato (part potato, part sloth, all lazy), who's even lazier than Entree could ever hope to be. It ends up getting him [[KilledOffscreen eaten by the Wunny Sharbit offscreen]] because he was waiting for someone else to run away for him.

''Spliced'' is a quirky Canadian animated television series from Creator/{{Nelvana}} created by cartoon writers and ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'' developers Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott for Creator/{{Teletoon}}. Inspired by Creator/HGWells' ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' and the {{Zany Cartoon}}s of decades past, the series stars a dimwit duo consisting of the naïve optimist Peri and the selfish gourmand Entree, whose shared misadventures around the setting of Keepaway Island result in all manner of insane occurrences from bowling pin aliens and possessed golf carts to mayonnaise monsters and brain-sucking squids. Starring alongside the pair is an equally bizarre ensemble of characters, including ill-tempered half-rhino mayor Two Legs Joe; Patricia the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Platypus]]; ineffectual evil genius chimp-dolphin Mister Smarty Smarts (and his henchwoman Octocat); the cute but long-suffering Fuzzy Snuggums; and Princess Pony Apehands, a hulking brute with the mindset of a little girl.

* BodyHorror: Often, but having your spine sucked viciously from your body by a baby robot comes to mind as a particularly cringe-worthy one.

* ContinuityNod / CallBack: Despite NegativeContinuity being in full effect (especially when the episode ends with the island being destroyed), some things remain the same for one episode to another. For example, Entree's udder teets still have the same names from episode to episode (although which one is which may vary).

* RecycledINSPACE: It's WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants ON AN ISLAND FULL OF MUTANTS!

* ShoutOut

** In "Same Difference", one clip in Smarty-Smarts and Joe's montage shows the both of them watching WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}, which was created by the same people. The ''Grossology'' theme can also be heard in the episode "Yetis Don't Care About Nothin"

** The board game Clue appears in a whirrel's intestines as a clue to the Blargy Parble.

** Calcu-Pony makes fun of the ridiculously stupid early generations of MyLittlePony.

* SnapBack: Several episodes result in one.

* StockFootage: Used repeatedly, mostly in the form of black-and-white, public domain movie footage.

-->'''Patricia''': Do I smell monkey on fire?
-->'''Joe''': No, smells more like charred dolphin.

''Spliced'' is a quirky Canadian animated television series created by cartoon writers and ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'' developers Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott for Creator/{{Nelvana}} and Creator/{{Teletoon}} in 2010. Inspired by Creator/HGWells' ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' and the {{Zany Cartoon}}s of decades past, the series stars a dimwit duo consisting of the naïve optimist Peri and the selfish gourmand Entree, whose shared misadventures around the setting of Keepaway Island result in all manner of insane occurrences from bowling pin aliens and possessed golf carts to mayonnaise monsters and brain-sucking squids. Starring alongside the pair is an equally bizarre ensemble of characters, including ill-tempered half-rhino mayor Two Legs Joe; Patricia the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Platypus]]; ineffectual evil genius chimp-dolphin Mister Smarty Smarts (and his henchwoman Octocat); the cute but long-suffering Fuzzy Snuggums; and Princess Pony Apehands, a hulking brute with the mindset of a little girl.

[[caption-width-right:350:Half-baked and diced and regurgitated. [[note]]From T to B: [[AllGirlsLikePonies Princess Pony Apehands]], [[InsufferableGenius Mister Smarty Smarts]], [[TheQuietOne Lord Wingus Eterum]] & [[AuthorityEqualsAssKicking Two Legs Joe]], [[OnlySaneMan Patricia]], [[ThePollyanna Peri]] and [[FatIdiot Entree]].(Not pictured: [[TheChewToy Fuzzy Snuggums]] and [[PerkyFemaleMinion Octocat]])[[/note]]]]

''Spliced'' is a quirky Canadian animated television series created by cartoon writers and ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'' developers Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott for Creator/{{Nelvana}} and Creator/{{Teletoon}} in 2010. Inspired by Creator/HGWells' ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' and the {{Zany Cartoon}}s of decades past, the series stars a dimwit duo consisting of the naive optimist Peri and the selfish gourmand Entree, whose shared misadventures around the setting of Keepaway Island result in all manner of insane occurrences from bowling pin aliens and possessed golf carts to mayonnaise monsters and brain-sucking squids. Starring alongside the pair are ill-tempered half-rhino mayor Two Legs Joe; Patricia the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Platypus]]; evil genius chimp-dolphin Mister Smarty Smarts (and his henchwoman Octocat); the cute but long-suffering Fuzzy Snuggums; and Princess Pony Apehands, a hulking brute with the mind of a little girl.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Literally in the theme song. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD_uQrhxg4s Listen at 0:09]]. (It was made in Canada, after all). The example is also in the page quote. [[note]] Please note that it could also be "that/grabbed" as well. [[/note]]
** Also in the episode ''Two Arms Joe'' after Peri gives Two Legs Joe his arms for the day:
-->'''Entree:''' Have fun, [[ADateWithRosiePalms but not too much fun]].
** In "Stupid Means Never Having to Say I'm Sorry", Peri, in a delusional state while being stranded on a marooned island, [[CompanionCube befriends a tire]] who both do quite a questionable act at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DxQMCyZjNc 6:47]]:
-->'''Peri:''' I keep telling you Retread! I lead, you FOLLOW!
** There's also the title of the episode "Living Hellp". Yes, it was spelt with two l's and everything.
** The title of the episode "Mole-sters in the Mist". No joke. That's the title. Try reading the title without the hyphen.
** In the episode "The Count of Pinchy Craboo", Peri and Entree try to get away from a wunny sharbit, and Entree ends up throwing stuff at it in order to hold it off. After Peri asks Entree if he can do anything else to stop it, he replies with "I don't know, I'm all out of crap!"

See the [[Characters/{{Spliced}} character sheet]] and the [[Recap/{{Spliced}} episode guide]] for more. They could also use some WikiMagic.

** In "Come to the Dork Side", Mr. Smarty Smarts tries to get Peri to join his cause, by [[Film/AClockworkOrange strapping him to an electrical chair, forcing him to watch violent scenes, preventing him from blinking,]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments and washing his brain with shampoo]]. It doesn't work.

* BigfootSasquatchYeti: Yeti show up to wreak havoc on the island whenever it gets cold enough to snow. They're apparently aliens as their second appearance shows them leaving in an iceberg spaceship.