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*Erky Perky*
Erky Perky
	Erky and Perky
Genre	Comedy; Animated sitcom; CGI
Created by	David Gurney
Written by	various
Directed by	David Webster; Tim Golsby-Smith; Cameron Chittock
Starring	Jason Barr; Neil Crone; Judy Marshak; Adrian Truss; Ron Rubin; Keith Knight; Melissa Jane Shaw
Composers	Alex Khaskin; Ken Wortb
Country of origin	Australia; Canada
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39 (78 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Michael Boughen; Mathew Street; Arnie Zipursky; Lisa Fitzpatrick; Christopher Mapp (Seasons 2–3); Charles Falzon (Season 3); For YTV:; Bonita Siegel (seasons 1–2); Delia Leandres (seasons 1–2); Coral Schoug (season 3);
Producers	Kristine Klohk; Avrill Stark (creative producer; seasons 1–2); Mandy Fanning (seasons 1–2); Barbara Stephen (season 3); Tracy Lenon (season 3)
Running time	approx. 22 Minutes
Production companies	CCI Entertainment; Ambience Entertainment; The LaB Sydney
Original release
Network	Seven Network (Australia); YTV (Canada)
Release	7 September 2006 –; 7 December 2009

Erky Perky is an CGI-animated television series on YTV developed by CCI Entertainment and Ambience Entertainment,^[2] with CGI animation by Australian Visual Effects company The LaB Sydney.^[3] It follows two bickering, dim-witted insects, Erky and Perky, who live at a hot dog stand before accidentally being taken to a house.^[4] They try to settle into the house, living with fellow house bugs, and hunting for food in a very clean kitchen.^[5]

Plot

Two bugs, the Scottish-accented Erky, and his friend, the cowardly and impressionable Perky, 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, dim-witted and lazy bugs are forced to survive in the new and scary "Land of Kitchen". Every day, they are obsessed with finding food, and eventually finding their way home to "Hot Dog Stand". Their quests are almost always befouled by 'Mad' Margaret, the self-appointed ruler of Kitchen, and her 'sidekick' Cecil.

Characters

Erquhart "Erky" Windsor (Jason Barr) is a Scottish-accented bug who normally takes Perky for granted and makes him try to get food in a dangerous scheme. He is blue with yellow spots. It was revealed in the episode "Perky vs. McBuggy Z" that he is a natural born rapper and dancer.
Percival "Perky" Rosenberg (Neil Crone) is Erky's friend and partner. He is very cowardly and very weak. It was made quite obvious that Perky has a crush on Margaret's niece, Sajuica. He is yellow with blue spots.
Cecil (Adrian Truss) appears to be somewhat smitten with the tyrant Margaret, despite being a tenth her size, becoming extremely jealous of her having affairs with newcomer Pablomo, and Erky (when he was under the influence of the Love Crumb).
Mad Margaret (Judy Marshak) is the self-appointed ruler of the kitchen, and usually stops Erky and Perky's plans and when they find food, she generally steals it.
Sajuica (Melissa Jane Shaw) is Mad Margaret's niece and apparently the "babe" of the kitchen, attracting flies, and being flirty. Even the childish Stinks (named for his flight-inducing farts) thinks she is "fine." She fancies Perky.
Frenzel (Ron Rubin): While Stinks may be smart, it's 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' naiveté or weaknesses to get 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, Delilah'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).
Moldy van Oldy (Keith Knight seasons 1–2, Rob Greenway season 3) is a senile old bug, Moldy van Oldy, who loves to talk and talk for hours, sometimes about actual events, sometimes 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 hose, getting knocked out of the air.
Stinks (Annick Obonsawin seasons 1–2, Stacey Depass season 3) A running gag is that Stinks would appear whenever anyone said his 'name' (or any other word that sounds similar, such as thinks); often this happens when they are bemoaning some misfortune ('This stinks').
Delilah (Dana Brooks) is a German-accent spider who tells fortunes.
Boof (Carter Hayden) is Frenzel's assistant; he is a digger bug and was born from an egg that Perky found.
The Grand Armandor (Andrew Pifko) is Margaret's personal wing and purse designer.

Additional voices provided by Danny Wells, John Stocker, Linda Sorenson, Lawrence Bayne, Rick Miller, Robin Duke and Robert Tinkler.

Episodes

Season 1

Where Are We? / A Toast to Erky
Flights of Fancy / Web of Death
Burst My Bubble / Sticky Situations
Sucked In / Tongue Tied
Ghostly Goodies / All That Cheese
Cereal Thriller / She Loves Me Not
Erky's Birthday / Location, Location, Location
Got Ya! / Perky the Brave
Little Erky / Go Team
Key to the Kitchen / Cold Snap
The Good Days / Double Dare
Stinks Sinks / Make Me Laugh
The Intruder / Return to Sender

Season 2

Buggy Bug Buggleson / Boof is Born
Broken Wings / The Party
Wildberry Implosion / Party Pooper
You Nut! / Tomorrow's Outlook Fine
Beautiful Music / The Principle of the Thing
Funny Bum / Pantry of Horrors
A Zen Tale / Perky vs. MC Buggy Z
Robobug / A Dance in a Trance
The Inseparables / Pangs & Peaceful Protests
Pablobo Returns / Danger on the Windowsill
Monument to Margaret / Bug Bags
Kitchen Day / Bug in Baby's Clothes
Roamin' Holiday / Blueboy's Treasure

Season 3

Zapped / Flying High
Bug Eater / Mind Over Matter
Car Trouble / A Trojan Scheme
Erky's Worst Nightmare / Soldier Bugged
Slim Perky / Talking Tum
Bug in From the Cold / Alien Invasion
Where's Cecil / Bug in the Bubble
To Bug or Not To Bug / The Miracle Shootout
Bug House / Perky in Charge
Magic Box / Bugliebeard
Pancake on the Fan / Swat!
Future Crumb / Paddle Whacker
Pop Culture / Up and Away

References

^ Ball, Ryan (20 September 2006). "Animania HD Serves Up More Erky Perky". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ Torre, Dan; Torre, Lienors (2018). Australian Animation: An International History. Springer International Publishing. p. 206. ISBN 9783319954929. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Erky Perky Swarms Into Season Two" (Press release). CCI Entertainment, Ltd. 6 October 2006. Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
^ "YTV announces its fall programming highlights". 13 July 2006. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 182. ISBN 978-1538103739.