Trivia / Scaredy Squirrel

• Channel Hop: Much like Sidekick, another Nelvana-produced YTV cartoon, Cartoon Network only aired the first 2 seasons, with the remaining third season coming to Qubo several years after CN dropped the show.
• Cross-Dressing Voices:
  • Scaredy is voiced by female actresses in the European Spanish and Korean dubs of the series.
  • Mildred, the female frog cashier, is voiced by the male Jamie Watson.
• In Memoriam: The final episode "Sinker, Sailor, Squirrel, Spy" was dedicated to Robert Henry, who served as the picture editor of the series. He also previously edited on other Nelvana shows such as Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, Braceface, Max and Ruby, Cyberchase and Bubble Guppies among others.
• Invisible Advertising: When the show first aired in the US, Cartoon Network wanted it to be a success (even including it alongside the heavily shilled Almost Naked Animals on later airings of the 2012 revival of Cartoon Planet), but they didn't do a whole lot to promote it. This ultimately led to the show getting pulled from the channel before air all the episodes could air.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Before 2017, when the show started airing on Qubo, one couldn't watch the full series legally in the USA. (The later episodes may have aired a couple times on Cartoon Network).
  • On the streaming side, The first 40 episodes of the series can be bought on Prime Video, with the final 12 episodes finally making their countryside debut on Starz Kids & Family in January 2019.
• One-Book Author: Whereas all the other main characters are voiced by veteran Canadian actors/voice actors with lots of other main/recurring roles, Dave's voice actor Jonathan Gould, has no other major roles in any other movies or TV shows.
• What Could Have Been: Early concept art for the show reveals that Scaredy's design was originally meant to much more closely resemble how he did in the books. See here◊.
• Written by Cast Member: Terry McGurrin, the voice of the eponymous character, also wrote a few episodes of the show, and was also a story editor.

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