The Itsy Bitsy Spider is a 1993 (or 1994) American, adventure, slapstick comedy, fantasy, animated, television series. It was created by Matthew O'Callahaghan and is a continuation of the 1992 animated, short film of the same title. Co-production was between Hyperion Animation and Paramount Television. The series ran for a couple of seasons and 26 episodes in all. It is notable for being one of only two, original cartoons that aired as part of USA Network's long-defunct Cartoon Express block (the other being the animated Problem Child series).
Plot[]
Carrying on from where the short film left off, a purple, literally four-eyed spider named Itsy is befriended by a tomboyish girl named Leslie McGroarty. They have adventures together while Leslie constantly has to do her best to save Itsy and keep him away from her music teacher, Adrienne Van Leydon and the Exterminator, who find him a nuisance and want to squash Itsy for good. And like the short film, the main storyline of the series revolve around the Exterminator's futile attempts at getting rid of the arachnid.
Episodes[]
- One Flew Over The Spider's Web (lost)
- Itsy Gets Cooking (lost)
- Enter The Spider (lost)
- Troop Itsy (partially lost)
- Garden Of Itsy (lost)
- The Bug Stops Here (found)
- Itsy Ships Out (found)
- Big Top Itsy (found)
- Downhill Itsy (found)
- Itsy Does Hollywood (lost)
- Miss Muffet Roughs It (partially found)
- Nutcracker Cha-Cha-Cha (lost)
- Basic Insect (lost)
- Spider In Spurs (lost)
- Itsy's Favorite Haunt (found)
- Code Purple (lost)
- Beach Blanket Spider (lost)
- Big Time Spider (found)
- Deep Space Spider (found)
- Short Order Spider (lost)
- Spider Sense (lost)
- It's A Zoo Itsy (lost)
- State Fair Itsy (lost)
- Spider at Work (lost)
- Something Fore Itsy (lost)
- Sugar Coated Spider (found)
Status[]
Only three episodes in English have been uploaded to Youtube to date: "Troop Itsy" (partially found) "The Bug Stops Here" and "Big Top Itsy" from the first season, as well as "Itsy's Favorite Haunt", "Deep Space Spider" and "Sugar Coated Spider", from the second, the latter of which also happens to be the last episode. The 23 missing episodes still haven't been found yet.