Growing Up Creepie

Infobox television
show_name = Growing Up Creepie
format = Animated children's television series
runtime = 22 minutes
creator = Anthony Gaud
Chris Woods
Carin Greenberg
starring = Athena Karkanis
Richard Yearwood
Julie Lemieux
Dwayne Hill
Leah Cudmore
Scott McCord
country = USA
network = Discovery Kids
first_aired = September 9, 2006
last_aired = present
num_episodes = 52 in 26
website = http://kids.discovery.com/fansites/creepie/index.html
imdb_id = 0870039
tv_com_id = 64252|

"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.Fact|date=May 2008

Characters

* 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 Creepella, but everyone except Dr. Pappas and Vinnie 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. Hollyruller. Creepie loves Photography. Creepie can't sing, but she can play the Bagpipes. She appears to dress in the gothic fashion. Creepie's favorite color is Black.

* Caroleena (voiced by Julie Lemieux): A Praying Mantis, Caroleena is Creepie's adoptive mother and Marge's best friend. 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. Caroleena loves Cooking.

* 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 daughter. Vinnie loves to Paint and Meditate.

* 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. Gnat is actually older than Creepie since he and Pauly were ones that persuaded them family to adopt Creepie.

* Pauly (voiced by David Berni): Creepie's older brother, 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. Budge is very smart like his dad and Budge loves Yoga. He also loves science, bugs, and etymology. Budge's real name is Beauregard Bently the II, but everyone calls him Budge.

* Chris-Alice Hollyruller (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. 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. Chris-Alice collects tooth brushes, loves to Hoola-Hoop and she loves gluing pennies together for Art. Chris-Alice has a cat named Mr. Whiskers and a Chameleon named Mr. Biggles. Chris-Alice has a non-scary Halloween party every year, and every year when Carla and Melanie refuse to come Chris-Alice will keep calling them until they agree to come. When it comes to Creepie Chris-Alice won't take "No" for an answer. She dresses preppy. Chris-Alice is class president, editor of the year book, and captain of all three sports teams at school. Even though Chris-Alice thinks that Creepie is weird she went out of her way to befriend Creepie on her first day of school. Chris-Alice's favorite color is Pink.

* George Hollyruller (voiced by Scott McCord): Chris-Alice's father, the local exterminator. He's also the football coach at Middlington Middle School. The Hollyruller family motto is, "Hollyrullers always win." When it comes to killing bugs George won't take "No" for an answer. George is loud.

* Bunny Hollyruller (voiced by Stevie Vallance): Chris-Alice's mother, a hard-selling real estate agent. Like Chris-Alice she's bossy and perky. When it comes to selling houses Bunny won't take "No" for an answer.

* Melanie and Carla (voiced by Athena Karkanis and Stephanie Anne Mills, respectively): Popular girls who generally act as antagonists to Creepie, but at the same time, they're also 2 of her friends. 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. Also it is shown that Melanie really enjoys shiny things. Melanie's favorite color is Blue and Carla's favorite color is Purple. Carla and Melanie just want Creepie to be normal. Carla is afraid of Scorpions. When it comes to Harry Melanie and Carla won't take "No" for an answer. Carla is obsessed with fashion and a queen-bee

* 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 also the guidance counsiler. 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. Dr. Pappas is a mean stuck up snob.

* 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 named Skipper 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.

* Marge (a giant tarantula): Skipper's mother and Carolenna's best friend. In the episode "Creepy meets Tarantula Boy" she was revealed to be a giant tarantula who wears hair curlers. She made caramel apples for the carnival and that's how Skipper came to be in the freak show.

* 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!". He was first seen trying to add Caroleena to his bug collection.

Episodes

eason 1 (2006-2007)

eason 2 (2007-present)

Trivia

* The theme song and other songs featured throughout the first series are performed by Samantha Lombardi.
* The original theme song and other songs featured throughout the first series are co-written by Samantha Lombardi, Clarence Jey / Mike Puskas, and produced by Clarence Jey / Mike Puskas.
* 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.

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."

External links

* [http://kids.discovery.com/fansites/creepie/index.html Growing Up Creepie at Discovery Kids]
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