Erky Perky

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Erky Perky
Format	Animated series
Starring	?
Country of origin	Australia
Production
Running time	approx. 0:22 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	YTV
Original run	September 7, 2006 – Present

Erky Perky is an Australian and Canadian animated television program on YTV developed by CCI and Ambience Entertainment. The show is about two bickering, dimwitted insects, Erky and Perky, who live at a hot dog stand, but are accidentally taken to a house. The show then focuses on Erky and Perky trying to settle into the house, living with fellow housebugs, and the hunt for food in a very clean kitchen. It was broadcasted once on YTV's Big BBQ Blowout on July 1, 2006, as a "sneak peek". Another Erky Perky "sneak peek" episode will be shown on August 30, 2006 during YTV's "Sneek Peek Week", [1] before it begins airing regularly on September 7.

[edit] Plot

Erky Perky is a comedy series about two bugs; the Scottish-accented, Erky and his friend, the cowardly and impressionable Perky; who live an idyllic life on a downtown hot dog stand - a cornucopia of crumbs, relish and wieners. They live the high life until one day they are swept away in a take-out bag and end up in a sterile suburban kitchen with no food in sight. The two bickering, dimwitted and lazy bugs are forced to survive in the new and scary "Land of Kitchen". Everyday they are obsessed with finding food, and eventually finding their way home to "Hot Dog Stand". [2]

Their quests are almost always befouled by 'Mad' Margaret the self-appointed ruler of kitchen, and her 'sidekick' Cecil; who, despite being a tenth Margaret's size, appears to be somewhat smitten with the tyrant, becoming extremely jealous of her having affairs with newcomer Pablomo, and Erky (when he was under the influence of the Love Crumb). This isn't the only example of romance, as it was made quite obvious that Perky has a crush on Margaret's niece, Sajuica, from day one. This was possibly done by the writers to dispel any speculation of Erky and Perky having a homosexual partnership. Sajuica is apparently the 'babe' of Kitchen, attracting flies, and being flirty. Even the childish Stinks (named for his flight-enducing farts) thinks she is 'fine'. A running gag is that Stinks would appear whenever anyone said his 'name', often this happens when they are bemoaning some misfourtune ('This stinks').

While Stinks may be smart, its another bug named Frenzel who takes the cake (literally) when it comes to devising food-getting plans. He always has profitable schemes on the go, preying on other bugs' naivity or weaknesses to ge himself ahead. Often, Perky is the one suffering, being a very gullible and trusting bug. An example of this is when Frenzel was showing young bugs the dangers of Kitchen, and for the final show he tricked Perky into being the German-accented spider, Delila's 'dinner', not telling the frightened bug that it was all an act, and that there wasn't really any danger (unlike most of Frenzel's plans).

The final main character is the senile old bug, Moldy van Oldy, who loves to talk and talk for hours, sometimes it's about actual events, sometimes it's nothing more than senseless ramblings. One true story he did tell, however, was the tale of Margaret's acquired hydrophobia. When she was about Sajuica's age, and living in an outdoor garden (along with Moldy and presumably other bugs as well), Margaret was sprayed with water from a hoze, getting knocked out of the air.