Earthtiggers

Earthtiggers

March 1997 (estimated) TV Episode Dr. Xargle

Studio
CINAR Animation, HTV, King Rollo Films, Ravensburger
Animation studio
CINAR Animation

Synopsis

The lesson for today is about Earthtiggers. The Queegles have their own ideas about what a cat looks like- blue with five eyes! Cute decides to be a cat, and Dr. Xargle gets stuck demonstrating the "Tiggerflap." Famished discovers the "earthtigger stinkpan," and he has to undergo "Queeglecakey torture" from The Head. In a manor house full of cats on Planet Earth, a nearsighted old lady mistakes Cute for a tiger cub- so Nigel Spume tries to investigate, but he gets chased by a very unusual tiger. Xamster falls in love on the way back to Planet Queegle.

Characters

Dr. Xargle, Xamster, Cute, Nigel Spume, Rebel, Tardy Queegle, Famished Queegle, Matron, Monitor

Credits

Writing

Writer
Jeanne Willis (Original Books)

Production notes

Combined animatronics, cel animation and live action. Dr. Xargle and his students are animatronic puppets, while the students' lessons about Earth are animated. Live-action segments were handled by HTV, while Cinar handled animation.