Erky Perky


Erky Perky is an CGI-animated television series on YTV developed by CCI Entertainment and Ambience Entertainment, with CGI animation by Australian Visual Effects company The LaB Sydney. It follows two bickering, dim-witted insects, Erky and Perky, who live at a hot dog stand before accidentally being taken to a house. They try to settle into the house, living with fellow house bugs, and hunting for food in a very clean kitchen.

Plot

Two bugs, the Scottish-accented Erky, and his friend, the cowardly and impressionable Perky, live an idyllic life on a downtown hot dog stand, a cornucopia of crumbs, relish and wieners. They live the high life until one day they are swept away in a take-out bag and end up in a sterile suburban kitchen with no food in sight. The two bickering, dim-witted and lazy bugs are forced to survive in the new and scary "Land of Kitchen". Every day, they are obsessed with finding food, and eventually finding their way home to "Hot Dog Stand". Their quests are almost always befouled by "Mad" Margaret, the self-appointed ruler of Kitchen, and her "sidekick" Cecil.

Characters

  • Erquhart "Erky" Windsor is a blue, yellow-spotted, Scottish-accented bug who normally takes Perky for granted and makes him try to get food in dangerous schemes. It was revealed in the episode "Perky vs. McBuggy Z" that he is a natural-born rapper and dancer.
  • Percival "Perky" Rosenberg is a yellow, blue-spotted bug who is Erky's friend and partner. He is very cowardly, impressionable and weak. It is made quite obvious that Perky has a crush on Margaret's niece, Sajuica.
  • Cecil appears to be somewhat smitten with the tyrant Margaret, despite being a tenth her size, becoming extremely jealous of her having affairs with newcomer Pablomo, and Erky.
  • Mad Margaret is the self-appointed ruler of the kitchen, usually stops Erky and Perky's plans and when they find food, she generally steals it.
  • Sajuica is Mad Margaret's niece and apparently the "babe" of the kitchen, attracting flies and being flirty. Even the childish Stinks thinks she is "fine". She fancies Perky.
  • Frenzel : While Stinks may be smart, it's another bug named Frenzel who takes the cake when it comes to devising food-getting plans. He always has profitable schemes on the go, preying on other bugs' naiveté or weaknesses to get himself ahead. Often, Perky is the one suffering, being a very gullible and trusting bug. An example of this is when Frenzel was showing young bugs the dangers of Kitchen, and for the final show he tricked Perky into being the German-accented spider, Delilah's "dinner", not telling the frightened bug that it was all an act, and that there wasn't really any danger.
  • Moldy van Oldy is a senile old bug. Moldy van Oldy loves to talk and talk for hours, sometimes about actual events, sometimes nothing more than senseless ramblings. One true story he did tell, however, was the tale of Margaret's acquired hydrophobia. When she was about Sajuica's age, and living in an outdoor garden, Margaret was sprayed with water from a hose, getting knocked out of the air.
  • Stinks A running gag is that Stinks appears whenever anyone says his "name" ; often this happens when they are bemoaning some misfortune.
  • Delilah is a German-accented spider who tells fortunes.
  • Boof is Frenzel's assistant; he is a digger bug and was born from an egg that Perky found.
  • The Grand Armandor is Margaret's personal wing and purse designer.
Additional voices are provided by Danny Wells, John Stocker, Linda Sorenson, Lawrence Bayne, Rick Miller, Robin Duke and Robert Tinkler.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2006–07)

  1. Where Are We? / A Toast to Erky
  2. Flights of Fancy / Web of Death
  3. Burst My Bubble / Sticky Situations
  4. Sucked In / Tongue Tied
  5. Ghostly Goodies / All That Cheese
  6. Cereal Thriller / She Loves Me Not
  7. Erky's Birthday / Location, Location, Location
  8. Got Ya! / Perky the Brave
  9. Little Erky / Go Team
  10. Key to the Kitchen / Cold Snap
  11. The Good Days / Double Dare
  12. Stinks Sinks / Make Me Laugh
  13. The Intruder / Return to Sender

    Season 2 (2007–08)

  14. Buggy Bug Buggleson / Boof is Born
  15. Broken Wings / The Party
  16. Wildberry Implosion / Party Pooper
  17. You Nut! / Tomorrow's Outlook Fine
  18. Beautiful Music / The Principle of the Thing
  19. Funny Bum / Pantry of Horrors
  20. A Zen Tale / Perky vs. MC Buggy Z
  21. Robobug / A Dance in a Trance
  22. The Inseparables / Pangs & Peaceful Protests
  23. Pablobo Returns / Danger on the Windowsill
  24. Monument to Margaret / Bug Bags
  25. Kitchen Day / Bug in Baby's Clothes
  26. Roamin' Holiday / Blueboy's Treasure

    Season 3 (2009)

  27. Zapped / Flying High
  28. Bug Eater / Mind Over Matter
  29. Car Trouble / A Trojan Scheme
  30. Erky's Worst Nightmare / Soldier Bugged
  31. Slim Perky / Talking Tum
  32. Bug in From the Cold / Alien Invasion
  33. Where's Cecil / Bug in the Bubble
  34. To Bug or Not To Bug / The Miracle Shootout
  35. Bug House / Perky in Charge
  36. Magic Box / Bugliebeard
  37. Pancake on the Fan / Swat!
  38. Future Crumb / Paddle Whacker
  39. Pop Culture / Up and Away