Spook
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) |
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats | |
Top Cat: The Movie | |
File:TCB Spook.png Top Cat Begins | |
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
- Top Cat
- 1.1 "The $1,000,000 Derby"
- 1.2 "The Missing Heir"
- 1.3 "Hawaii, Here We Come"
- 1.4 "Top Cat Falls in Love"
- 1.5 "The Violin Player"
- 1.6 "The Unscratchables"
- 1.7 "All That Jazz"
- 1.8 "Choo Choo's Romance"
- 1.9 "A Visit from Mother"
- 1.10 "Rafeefleas"
- 1.11 "Sergeant Top Cat"
- 1.12 "Naked Town"
- 1.13 "The Maharajah of Pookajee"
- 1.14 "The Long Hot Winter"
- 1.15 "The Tycoon"
- 1.16 "The Grand Tour"
- 1.17 "Space Monkey"
- 1.18 "T.C. Minds the Baby"
- 1.19 "The Golden Fleecing"
- 1.20 "The Case of the Missing Anteater"
- 1.21 "Farewell, Mr. Dibble"
- 1.22 "The Late T.C."
- 1.23 "Choo Choo Goes Ga Ga"
- 1.24 "King for a Day"
- 1.25 "Dibble Breaks the Record"
- 1.26 "The Con Men"
- 1.27 "Dibble's Birthday"
- 1.28 "Dibble Sings Again"
- 1.29 "Griswald"
- 1.30 "Dibble's Double"
- The Powerpuff Girls
- 3.8B "Catastrophe" (no lines)
- Jellystone! (as Spooky)
- 1.1 "Yogi's Tummy Trouble"
- 1.7 "Must Be Jelly" (no lines)
- 1.8 "Cats Do Dance"
- 1.13 "DNA, A-OK!" (no lines)
- 1.14 "Face of the Town!" (no lines)
- 1.18 "Jelly Wrestle Rumble!" (no lines)
- 1.19 "A Fish Sticky Situation"
- 1.20 "A Town Video: Welcome to Jellystone" (no lines)
- 1.21 "Spell Book" (no lines)
- 1.22 "Lady Danjjer: Is It Wrong to Long for Kabong?" (no lines)
- 1.23 "Baby Shenanigans" (no lines)
- 1.25 "Yogi's Mid-Life Crisis" (no lines)
- 1.26 "Jellystone Moon Platoon" (no lines)
- 1.27 "The Sea Monster of Jellystone Cove" (no lines)
- 1.28 "Business" (no lines)
- 1.30 "Uh Oh! It's a Burglar!" (no lines)
- 1.31 "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Rat Race" (no lines)
- 1.32 "The Brave Little Daddy" (no lines)
- 1.35 "The Box Thief" (no lines)
- 1.36 "Jailcation"
- 1.38 "Augie's Baby" (no lines)
- 1.39 "Heroes and Capes" (no lines)
- 1.40 "Sweet Dreams" (no lines)
- 2.1 "Meet the Jetsons" (no lines)
- 2.2 "Disco Fever" (no lines)
- 2.3 "Cindy vs. Noodle Arms" (no lines)
- 2.4 "Hot Guys, Cold Turkey" (no lines)
- 2.6 "LAFF Games" (no lines)
- 2.9 "Jellystone Noir" (no lines)
- 2.15 "Sha-zogi" (no lines)
Movies
Shorts
Comics
- Top Cat (Dell Comics)
- Top Cat (Gold Key Comics)
- Top Cat (Charlton Comics)
- Cartoon Network Presents
- Issue #1B: "Alley Oops!"
- Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
- Issue #29: "Reigning Cats and Dogs"
- Adam Strange/Future Quest Special
- Issue #1B: "Out of the Alley" (no lines)
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
- ^ Female in Jellystone!
- ^ In Yogi's Gang.
References
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