Spook

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Spook
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Species Cat
Gender Male[Note 1]
Member of Yogi's Gang[Note 2]
Affiliation Top Cat
Benny the Ball
Brain
Choo Choo
Fancy Fancy
Officer Dibble
First appearance TC: "The $1,000,000 Derby" (1961)
Played by Leo De Lyon (1961-1988)
Benjamin Diskin (2013, 2015)
Jenny Lorenzo (2021)
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Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
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Top Cat: The Movie
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Top Cat Begins
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Jellystone!

Spook is an anthropomorphic cat and a main character in the Top Cat animated television series. His voice was originated by Leo De Lyon.

A member of Top Cat's gang, he mostly follows orders from his lead and has a hip, beatnik personality.

In the Max reboot series Jellystone!, Spook is genderflipped and renamed Spooky. She is voiced by Jenny Lorenzo.

Character description

Spook is a cat whose fur color varies on which media he appears in. In most media, Spook has a dark, greenish-brown fur coat, whereas in comics and merchandise, he instead has a bright green coat. He has a round face and has peach muzzle. Spook's only piece of clothing is a black tie with a slightly worn-off tip.

Although a loyal gang member, Spook is free-spirited and has a sweet demeanour compared to the conniving and slick attitude of his leader, Top Cat. The vernacular in which he speaks resembles that of a stereotypical beatnik, with slang evocative of the 1950s to early 1960s. Unlike the rest of the T.C.'s gang, Spook rarely acts drastically accordingly, and is somewhat stoic to any situation. Additionally, he also has an affinity for dance and music, as he is rather fond of activities involving the two.

In the above mentioned series Jellystone!, Spook is has lime-green fur and is mostly silent girl. Unlike her original counterpart, she is the weird and brainless member of the gang, keeping a straight face at all times.

Appearances

TV series

Movies

Shorts

Comics

Books

Video games

Biography

Debut Series

Crossover Era

Yogi's Ark Lark

Misplaced in Beverly Hills

Back in the New York Groove

Top Cat Begins

Everyone's Back in Jellystone!

Spook in the Funny Books

Flintstones visit New York World's Fair

Development

Gallery

Main article: Spook/Gallery

Behind the scenes

  • Spook is Espanto in the Spanish dub for Top Cat.
    • In Jellystone!, Espanto is renamed to Espanta.

In popular culture

  • The scene from "Naked Town," in which Top Cat, his gang, and Dibble are sitting on the curb outside the Ajax warehouse is being watched by Mike in the 1984 film Sixteen Candles.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Female in Jellystone!
  2. ^ In Yogi's Gang.

References