Growing Up Creepie
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| Growing Up Creepie | |
|---|---|
| Format | Animated children's television series |
| Created by | Anthony Gaud Chris Woods Carin Greenberg |
| Starring | Athena Karkanis Richard Yearwood Julie Lemieux Dwayne Hill Leah Cudmore Scott McCord |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | 52 (25 aired) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Discovery Kids |
| Original run | September 9, 2006 – present |
Growing Up Creepie is an animated television series made by Mike Young Productions and produced by Discovery Kids. The show centers on the life of a girl, Creepie, who, as a child, was left on the doorstep of the abandoned Dweezwold mansion and raised by insects. However, she must now adjust to a life surrounded by humans as she attends Middlington Middle School and keeps her home life secret in order to protect both herself and her family.
This show replaced Tracey McBean from the Discovery Kids evening lineup.[citation needed]
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[edit] Characters
- Creepella "Creepie" Creecher (voiced by Athena Karkanis): The protagonist, a preteen raised by bugs. She has a cynical and sarcastic personality. Except for Budge she doesn't tell anyone that she was raised by bugs in order to protect herself and her family. She has a fear of clowns. Her catch phrase is "Wicked". Creepie was abandoned on Caroleena and Vinnie's door step as a baby, and nobody knows what happened to Creepie's real parents. Creepie's real name is Creepela, but everyone except Dr. Pappas calls her Creepie. If anyone ever finds out that Creepie is being raised by bugs she'll have no choice, but to live somewhere else, and Dweezwold Mansion will be fumigated by Mr. Hollyroller.
- Caroleena (voiced by Julie Lemieux): A Praying Mantis, Caroleena is Creepie's adoptive mother. She is very strict and constantly threatens to eat her children if they don't listen to her. It was her maternal instinct that persuaded her husband to adopt Creepie.
- Vinnie (voiced by Dwayne Hill): A mosquito and Creepie's adoptive father. He is a New Age vegan that has a sinister vampiric appearance. Like his wife, he is loving to his adopted daugther.
- Jerry: Creepie's uncle. He is a Red Ant and the leader of the red ants.
- Gnat (voiced by Stevie Vallance): Creepie's little brother, a gnat. He constantly sneaks in Creepie's backpack and causes havoc at school.
- Pauly (voiced by David Berni): Another brother of Creepie's, a pillbug. He is a wise-cracking jokester. He's always hungry and loves to eat.
- Budge Bentley (voiced by Richard Yearwood): Creepie's best friend. He's the only one who knows Creepie's secret. While Budge might look like a bully because of his height and size in reality he's a sweet guy who wouldn't hurt a fly. He's just friends with Creepie and Chris-Alice.
- Chris-Alice Hollyroller (voiced by Leah Cudmore): Creepie's relentlessly happy friend and neighbor. Her catch phrases are, "Soggy Muffins" and "Super Mega Duper". Chris-Alice is on the cheerleading squad, takes karate, and is always signing Creepie up for stuff at school without asking her first. She loves Sweetie McSwiss Candy and all girly things. Her favorite color is pink. Chris-Alice is bossy and perky. Creepie told Chris-Alice her secret, and Chris-Alice told Ms. Monserate that Creepie thought she was being raised by bugs. Ms. Monserate took Chris-Alice to her office to talk to her. Her name is a pun on the word Chrysalis, a form of inmature insect.
- George Hollyroller : Chris-Alice's father, the local exterminator. He's also the football coach at Middlington Middle School.
- Bunny Hollyroller (voiced by Stevie Vallance): Chris-Alice's mother, a hard-selling real estate agent. Like Chris-Alice she's bossy and perky.
- Melanie and Carla (voiced by Athena Karkanis and Stephanie Anne Mills, respectively): Popular girls who generally act as antagonists to Creepie, though they sometimes hang out with Creepie and Chris-Alice. They are obsessed with Harry Helby, shopping, fashion, make up, and their cell phones. Carla is the leader constantly seen with her cheerleading outfit. Melanie is a stereotypical dumb blonde that has problems with pronunciations.
- Harry Helby (voiced by Scott McCord): the resident heartthrob, obsessed with his hair. Melanie and Carla have a massive crush on him though he usually ignores them and is somewhat more interested in Creepie.
- Ms. Monseratte (voiced by Julie Lemieux): a firm but fair disciplinarian and principal of Middlington Middle School. Like Dr. Pappas she's always spying on Creepie and the other students at Middlington Middle School and is a stickler for rules. She's obsessed with cleanliness. Her catch phrase is "Detention!" She will usually hand out a detention slip. Ms. Monseratte is from Russia and she's probably insecure due to being the shortest person at Middlington Middle School.
- Dr. Pappas (voiced by Juan Chorian): Creepie's homeroom and science teacher. Dr. Pappas is always spying on Creepie and the other students at Middlington Middle School. Dr. Pappas never cuts anybody a break if they're late turning in a class assignment or home work. Dr. Pappas is a stickler for rules. His catch phrase is "Miss Creecher!" He refers to the students by their last names. Dr.Pappas is probably insecure due to being practically bald and having a big nose. Dr.Pappas is afraid of Budge.
- Tarantula Boy (aka Skipper): Creepie's love interest - seemingly half-human, half Goliath tarantula - a headliner at the carnival "freaky" show. In episode "Creepie meets Tarantula Boy", Creepie later found out he was a normal kid and Tarantula Boy was just a costume and lost interest in him. However, recently in the episode "Return of Tarantula Boy", he appears in a movie and meets back up with Creepie. He introduces her to his mother, who is a real tarantula. In turn, she introduced him to her family, and it turns out that Creepie's mother knew his mom when they were kids, later on, it is hinted that they start a romantic relationship from then on.
- Dr. Lance Pierce: Prominent and pin-happy entomologist at the Middlington Museum of Natural History. In reality Dr.Pierce is evil and needs braces. His catch phrase is "Oh no!"
[edit] Trivia
- The theme song and other songs featured throughout the first series are performed by Samantha Lombardi.
- The theme song of the French version are performed by Lisa. The music is composed by Laurent Boutonnat (director of the French movie Jacquou le Croquant) and the lyrics are written by the most popular French female singer Mylène Farmer (performer of a song from the US movie Rugrats in Paris called "L'Histoire d'une fée, c'est...").
- Chris-Alice's name is a play on words for chrysalis a stage in a caterpillar's life.
- Growing Up Creepie was produced in 16:9 widescreen.
- Creepie Creecher first and last name is a wordplay on creepy creature.
[edit] DVD release
A DVD of Growing Up Creepie was released for region 1 on August 28, 2007. The single disc volume is titled Creepie's Creatures Volume 1 and features seven episodes, mainly from the second season. Bonus features includes Creepie's Buggin' Trivia Game and an episode of Corwin Unleashed entitled "Creepy Creatures."
