Ick Alone

Ick is acting strange. He keeps telling everyone who will listen that Burdette should leave the World Tree. When no one agrees with him, he declares he wants to be left alone. Eventually, Ick realizes how lonely it is by himself and confesses to Smooch and Winslow that he wants Burdette to leave because he heard that birds eat fish and he is afraid of being eaten. Finally aware of the problem, Burdette explains to Ick that different birds have different diets and since she only eats nuts and seeds, he does not need to worry about being her next meal.

Snook, Smooch, Winslow, Wartz, Madge, Burdette, Bob the Anteater, Ick, Oko

Animal Diets- - Different animals have different diets.

The series uses Shadowmation, a technique combining puppetry, animatronics and computer-generated animation. The patented process utilizes real-time virtual sets and run raku-style team puppetry, integrating live-action animatronic characters and computer-generated animation in real-time, high-definition virtual environments.

Forty half-hour episodes are planned. Each episode contains two 15-minute segments.

On July 14, 2005, the Writers Guild of America, East went on strike against Big Big Productions, the producer of this series, for refusing to honor WGA minimum pay and standards. Writers picketed the company's Wainscott Studios on Long Island.

Despite having a budget of over $10 million dollars, the Guild alleged, producer Mitchell Kriegman wanted to cut writers' script rates by two-thirds of the WGA minimum payment for this type of show and insisted on virtually eliminating residual payments for six years.