Surprise Attack
- Studio
- Gillis-Wiseman Productions, Evergreen Raccoons Television Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Telefilm Canada
- Animation studio
- Atkinson Film-Arts
Synopsis
The pigs are out in the evergreen forest when they hear what seems to be a major plot to overthrow Cyril Sneer. Reporting back to their boss, Cyril recruits his legions of bears to find out more. Their bungling does nothing to help solve the mystery. But when it seems that Cedric is helping the Raccoons, Cyril locks him up in the dungeon. Breaking into the Sneer Estate, Bert and Sophia help rescue Cedric leading Cyril to the "surprise attack": a surprise birthday party!
Characters
Bert Raccoon, Ralph Raccoon, Melissa Raccoon, Schaeffer, Cyril Sneer, Cedric Sneer, Snag, Sophia Tutu, Broo, Pigs, Bears
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Kevin Gillis
- Assistant Director
- Gerald Tripp
Producing
- Producer
- Kevin Gillis
- Executive Producer
- Sheldon S. Wiseman
Writing
- Writer
- Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Rick Jones
Animation
- Animator
- Bob Browning, Dan Craig, Drew Edwards, Graham Falk, Scott Fiander, Carolyn Gair, Kathy Harker-Fiander, Jim Hiltz, Gloria Hsu, Maryl Morris, Karen Munro-Caple, Dave Nethery, James Oliff, Nik Ranieri, Norm Roen, Marc Sevier, Trish Stolte, Teruyo Watanabe
- Senior Animators
- Dev Ramsaran, Sonja Kodric, Glenn Wright
- Senior Assistant Animators
- Roger Way, Robert Waldren
- Assistant Animators
- Allan Jeffery, Jill Halliday, Wendy Van Essen, Eric Fredrickson, Calvin Leduc, Glenn McDonald, Blake James, Gerard De Souza, Curtis Crawford, Chris Damboise, Paula Irvine, Paul Teglas, Glen Sylvester, Pat McCourt, Terry Pike
Voices
- Voice
- Michael Magee (Cyril Sneer, Snag), Len Carlson (Bert Raccoon, Pig Two and Three), Marvin Goldhar (Cedric Sneer), Carl Banas (Schaeffer, Bear), Bob Dermer (Ralph Raccoon, Bear), Sharon Lewis (Sophia Tutu, Broo), Linda Feige (Melissa Raccoon), Nick Nichols (Pig One), Geoffrey Winter (Narrator)
Editing
- Editor
- Jennifer Irwin, Norman LeBlanc
- Editing Supervisor
- Norman LeBlanc
- Assistant Editior
- Stephanie Duncan
Crew
- Created By
- Kevin Gillis
- Characters Designed By
- Paul Schibli
- Original Characters By
- Paul Schibli, John Bianchi
- Animation and Design Directed By
- Paul Schibli
- Series Writers
- Carol Bolt, Derek Diorio, Kevin Gillis, Allan Gordon, Tobi Gordon, Rick Jones, Gail Kerbel, Dan Lalande, Charles Lawther, Jamie Wayne, Sheldon S. Wiseman
- Script and Story Consultant
- Juliet Packer
- Animation Director
- Chris Schouten
- Layouts & Backgrounds Director
- Michel Breton
- Animation Production Manager
- Lesley Harris
- Storyboard
- Chris Schouten, Mik Casey, Paul Schibli
- Animation Layout
- Rick Morrison, Shivan Ramsaran
- Layouts
- Knud Skov, Tim Deacon, Bob Walker, Peter Bielicki, Richard Forgues
- Backgrounds
- Gordon Coulthart, Ric Sluiter, Greg Gibbons, Denise Dubreuil, Jean Bello, Peter Moehrle
- Technical Supervision
- Weldon Poapst
- Xerography Supervision
- Chris Watchorn
- Xerographers
- Kristine Gravel, Christopher Ring, Malcolm Collins, Stephen Szymanski, Eddie Lauzon, Laura Herring
- Matching Supervision
- John Duggan
- Matchers
- Bruce Henderson, Oscar Capiral Jr, Sue Wilkinson, Laurie Duquette
- Paint and Colour
- Lise Murka, Karen Shingles, Carole Garand
- Colour Checking
- Clayton Jacobs, Gary Smith, Marilyn McEachern
- Special Effects Supervision
- Lee Cadieux
- Special Effects
- Andy St-Amour, Brenda Beaton, Jane Gardner
- Final Check Supervision
- Katy Hennessy
- Final Check
- Ron Black, Paul Steele, Moira Moxley, Michael Mitchell, Cindy Deachman
- Opaquing Supervision
- Nancy White, Ann Mullens
- Opaquers
- Karen McComb, Linda Dupuis, Myrna Blair, Marc Deacon, Micheline Heroux, Susan Mundell, Carole Lavertue, Steven Gelling, Jim Turner, Ann Geldart, Martin Butler
- Camera
- Ron Haines, Jan Topper, Ulrich Blazejewski, Paul Webster
- Songs Composed By
- Kevin Gillis, Jon Stroll, Steve Lunt
- Musical Direction and Score By
- Jon Stroll, Kevin Gillis
- "Run With Us" Sung By
- Steve Lunt
- Music Arrangements By
- Jon Stroll
- Recording by
- John Cybanski, Sal Ciampini, Peter Mann, Doug Thompson
- Songs Mixer
- Ed Stasium
- Re-Recording
- Michel Descombes, André Gagnon
- Production Manager
- Ursula Clarkson
- Production Assistants
- François St-Amour, Dave Mepham, Florence Bach, Don Perro, Keith Davidson, Jonathan Deachman
- Crew
- In Memory of John Gazsi (Concertmaster)
Companies and other credits
- Series Writers: bp Nichol
- Bi-Pack Camera: Film Docteur du Quebec Inc
- Laboratory Services: Sonolab Inc
Production notes
The Raccoons was a classic 1980s cartoon set in the backdrop of Evergreen Forest. Scheming tycoon Cyril Sneer would regularly attempt to enlarge his fortune, often at the expense of the environment. Luckily, the Raccoons were on hand to thwart him: Bert- the comic one; Ralph- the editor of the local paper; Melissa- Ralph's girlfriend; Cedric Sneer- Cyril's son, and turncoat; plus Schaeffer and Broo- two odd looking sheepdogs.