Growing Up Creepie

***Growing Up Creepie*** (simply titled ***Creepie*** in other countries) is an animated television series created by Mike Young and produced by Mike Young Productions. It premiered on Discovery Kids from September 1, 2006 to June 21, 2008, airing for a single season and 26 episodes.

## Premise

As told in the opening and in the episode "Creepy Crawling", Creepie was an infant left on the doorstep of the Dweezwold Mansion, which is home to a family of various anthropomorphic insects. The family took her in and raised her as one of their own. She must now adjust to a life surrounded by a society of entomophobic humans as she attends Middlington Middle School and keeps her home life secret in order to protect both herself and her family.

## Characters

* **Creepella "Creepie" Creecher** (voiced by Athena Karkanis), the Gothic protagonist, a young teenage girl raised by bugs and born with rainbow-colored bugs. She initially comes off as sassy, but in reality, is friendly and warm-hearted. Her catchphrase is "Wicked". She was abandoned on Caroleena and Vinnie's doorstep as a baby. Creepie's biological parents are never seen or mentioned, and no explanation is given for their absence. Her real name is Creepella, but everyone except Dr. Pappas and Vinnie calls her Creepie. If anyone finds out that Creepie is being raised by bugs, she will have no choice but to live somewhere else, and the Dweezwold Mansion will be fumigated by Mr. Hollyruler. Her favorite color is black and she is fiercely protective of her family and other insects.
* **Caroleena** (voiced by Julie Lemieux), a praying mantis who 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. She loves cooking.
* **Vinnie** (voiced by Dawyne Hill), a mosquito who is 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. He loves to paint and meditate.
* **Gnat** (voiced by Stevie Vallance), a gnat and Creepie's younger brother. He constantly sneaks in Creepie's backpack and causes havoc at school. Gnat is actually older than Creepie since he and Pauly were the ones that persuaded the family to adopt her.
* **Pauly** (voiced by David Berni), a pillbug and Creepie's older brother. He loves to eat and is a wise-cracking jokester.
* **Budge Bentley** (voiced by Richard Yearwood), Creepie's best friend. He is the only one who knows Creepie's secret. While Budge might look like a bully because of his height and size, in reality he is a sweet guy who wouldn't hurt a fly. He is friends with Creepie and Chris-Alice. Budge is very smart like his dad and loves yoga. He also loves etymology.
* **Chris-Alice Hollyruler** (voiced by Leah Cudmore), Creepie's relentless happy friend and neighbor. Her catchphrase 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. Her favorite color is pink. Her name is a pun on the word chrysalis, a form of immature insect. She has fair skin, auburn hair, a yellow t-shirt, checkered skirt, and yellow shoes.
* **George Hollyruler** (voiced by Scott McCord), Chris-Alice's father and the local exterminator. He is also the football couch at Middlington Middle School.
* **Bunny Hollyruler** (voiced by Stevie Vallance), Chris-Alice's mother who is a hard-selling real estate agent. Like Chris-Alice, she is bossy and perky.
* **Melanie and Carla** (voiced by Athena Karkanis and Stephanie Anne Mills, respectively). Two popular girls who maintain an on/off-again friendship with Creepie. They are obsessed with Harry Helby, shopping, fashion, makeup, and their cell phones. Carla is the leader constantly seen with her cheerleading outfit. Melanie is a stereotypical dumb blonde and has problems with pronunciations. Also, it is shown that Melanie really enjoys shiny things and watches horror movies, almost as much as Budge. Melanie's favorite color is blue, and Carla's favorite color is purple. They just want Creepie to be normal.
* **Harry Helby** (voiced by Scott McCord), the resident heartthrob who is 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. Monserrate** (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 the school and is a stickler for rules. She's obsessed with cleanliness. Her catchphrase is "Detention!" and will usually hand out a detention slip.
* **Dr. Pappas** (voiced by Juan Chioran), Creepie's homeroom and science teacher who is a stickler for rules. He is always spying on Creepie and the other students at Middlington Middle School. He never cuts anybody a break if they're late turning in a class assignment or homework. His catchphrase is "Miss Creecher!" and refers to his students by their last names. He is probably insecure due to being practically bald and having a big nose. He is afraid of Budge.
* **Tarantula Boy** (real name: **Skipper**) (voiced by Dan Petronijevic), Creepie's love interest who is seemingly half-human, half-Goliath tarantula and a headliner at the carnival "freaky" show. In his debut episode, "Creepie Meets Tarantula Boy", Creepie found out that he is just a normal kid and Tarantula Boy was just a costume and lost interest in him. However, in "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 would start a romantic relationship from then on, but it has never developed.
* **Marge** (voiced by Leah Cudmore), a giant tarantula who is Skipper's adoptive mother and Caroleena's best friend. In "Creepie Meets Tarantula Boy", she was revealed to be a giant tarantula wearing hair curlers. She made caramel apples for the carnival and that's how Skipper came to be in the freak show.
* **Dr. Lance Pierce** (voiced by Patrick McKenna), a prominent pin-happy entomologist at the Middlington Museum of Natural History and a minor antagonist of the show who only appears in three episodes. He is evil and needs braces. His catchphrase is "Oh no!"