Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole
| Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole | |
|---|---|
 Title card of the first episode. | |
| Network | NBC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Original release | October 2, 1965—October 15, 1966 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Paul Frees |
| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Music composed by | Ted Nichols |
| Writer(s) | Tony Benedict Dalton Sandifer |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole, also known as Secret Squirrel, is a series of animated segments as part of The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming debuting. It ran from 1965 to 1966, airing 26 episodes that spanned two seasons.
The entire series is available on DVD.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Ted Nichols.
Episodes
| Episode | Original air date |
|---|---|
| 1x01 | October 2, 1965 |
| 1x02 | October 9, 1965 |
| 1x03 | October 16, 1965 |
| 1x04 | October 23, 1965 |
| 1x05 | October 30, 1965 |
| 1x06 | November 6, 1965 |
| 1x07 | November 13, 1965 |
| 1x08 | November 20, 1965 |
| 1x09 | November 27, 1965 |
| 1x10 | December 4, 1965 |
| 1x11 | December 11, 1965 |
| 1x12 | December 18, 1965 |
| 1x13 | December 25, 1965 |
| 1x14 | January 1, 1966 |
| 1x15 | January 8, 1966 |
| 1x16 | January 15, 1966 |
| 1x17 | January 22, 1966 |
| 1x18 | January 29, 1966 |
| 1x19 | February 5, 1966 |
| 1x20 | February 12, 1966 |
| 2x01 | September 10, 1966 |
| 2x02 | September 17, 1966 |
| 2x03 | September 24, 1966 |
2x04
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October 1, 1966 |
| 2x05 | October 8, 1966 |
| 2x06 | October 15, 1966 |
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: October 2, 1965 on NBC
- Canada: October 2, 1965
- United Kingdom and Ireland: October 6, 1965 at 5:25 pm on ITV
- Australia: July 6, 1966 at 5:25 pm on ITV
Cast
- Mel Blanc as Secret Squirrel
- Paul Frees as Morocco Mole and Double-Q
Crossovers
| Title | Original air date |
|---|---|
| 1 | May 16, 2004 |
2
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August 14, 2005 |
Legacy
Secret had cameos in both Yogi's Treasure Hunt and Yo, Yogi!, the latter of which featured Secret as a child with a relative called Uncle Undercover.
A sequel series Super Secret Secret Squirrel would air in 1993, and both Secret and Morroco continued to appear as a mock take in Adult Swim's Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, and Warner Bros. Animation's Jellystone! reboot. Secret also had a cameo by himself in Cartoon Network's The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.
Merchandise
Home media
On May 26, 2009, Warner Home Video included "Sub Swiper" on the Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Volume 1 DVD.
On November 3, 2015, the Warner Archive Collection released The Secret Squirrel Show: The Complete Series, which also included segments of Squiddly Diddly and Winsome Witch.
Reading material
In 1996, Gold Key Comics published a single issue of Secret Squirrel.
In 1995, Archie Comics published Hanna-Barbera Presents #1, which featured single stories of Secret and Atom Ant, as well as a special crossover.
In 2015, DC Comics published a crossover between the worlds of Secret Squirrel and Scooby-Doo in Scooby-Doo! Team-Up #11.
Between 2017 and 2018, the backup stories of Scooby Apocalypse #16-#18 featured a mature makeover of Secret Squirrel. In a neat twist, it was actually a prequel. A month after the back-ups had been cancelled, it was revived as four more special back ups in Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special, Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound Special, Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla Special, and Superman/Top Cat Special.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Brazilian | Esquilo Sem Grilo | |
| French | Sans Secret, l'écureuil agent secret | |
| Japanese | 秘密探偵クルクル (Himitsu Tantei Kurukuru) | Secret Detective Kurukuru* |
| Spanish | Inspector Ardilla |
* "Kurukuru" is an onomatopoeia for spinning in circles. In this context, it's referring to a squirrel curly tail.
