Eek! The Movie

Eek! The Movie is a 1997 animated film based on the Fox Kids cartoon Eek! The Cat. It was released in theaters by 20th Century Fox and produced by Savage Studios, Nelvana Limited, Saban Entertainment (now BVS Entertainment) and distributed to home video through Buena Vista Home Video.

Eek is a purple cat who always tries to help others but often ends up getting hurt himself instead; he has an optimistic attitude about life despite his constant misfortunes. His motto is "It never hurts to help!"

Eek's girlfriend Annabelle, a fat cat who lives in the city of McTropolis with her pet sharkdog Sharky (who has an intense hatred for Eek), gets kidnapped by two aliens named Zorx and Klunk from planet Xeeron-7 while she was on vacation at Lake Placid; they plan to use her as their queen after they take over Earth. Eek and Sharky team up to rescue her, but the two aliens follow them back home in their spaceship; Zorx and Klunk then decide that McTropolis is a better place for an invasion than New York City (where Annabelle was kidnapped).

Eek! The Movie received mixed reviews from critics upon its release on August 8, 1997. It currently holds a 50% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 5 reviews.

Eek! The Movie was released to VHS and DVD by Buena Vista Home Video in 1997, but has since gone out of print; it is currently available for streaming through Amazon Prime Instant Video.

Plot:
Eek is a purple cat who always tries to help others but often ends up getting hurt himself instead; he has an optimistic attitude about life despite his constant misfortunes. His motto is "It never hurts to help!" Eek's girlfriend Annabelle, a fat cat who lives in the city of McTropolis with her pet sharkdog Sharky (who has an intense hatred for Eek), gets kidnapped by two aliens named Zorx and Klunk from planet Xeeron-7 while she was on vacation at Lake Placid; they plan to use her as their queen after they take over Earth. Eek and Sharky team up to rescue her, but the two aliens follow them back home in their spaceship; Zorx and Klunk then decide that McTropolis is a better place for an invasion than New York City (where Annabelle was kidnapped).

Distributed
20th Century Fox, Buena Vista Home Video.

Soundtrack/Animation
Nelvana Limited (animation), Saban Entertainment (now BVS Entertainment) and distributed to home video through Buena Vista Home Video.

Similars To
Eek! The Cat, Animaniacs.

Casting
Bill Kopp (Eek), Tawny Kitaen (Annabelle) and Charlie Adler as JB in the movie version of "Eek!". Also starring Elizabeth Daily as Wendy Elizabeth, Dan Castellaneta as Mittens and John Kassir voicing Sharky for this film only.

Release
August 8, 1997.

Screening/Home media
The film was released on VHS and DVD in the United States by Buena Vista Home Video (now Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) on March 3, 1998; it is currently out of print. It has also been made available for streaming through Amazon Prime since January 1st 2020.[citation needed] In Australia & New Zealand a Region 4 version was distributed by Roadshow Entertainment.

Reception
Eek! The Movie received mixed reviews from critics upon its release on August 8, 1997. It currently holds a 50% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 5 reviews.[citation needed]

Box office/Accolades/Legacy
$1 million (USA). In 1998 the film was nominated for an Annie Award in the category of Best Animated Home Video Production.

Categories
1997 films, 1990s animated comedy films, American children's animated adventure films, English-language film stubs and Fox Kids original programming.

Trivia
The movie was released on August 8th of the same year that Eek! Stravaganza ended its run in syndication (the show itself had been cancelled by FOX a few months earlier). It is also one of only two movies to be based off of a FOX Kids show (the other being The Pagemaster).