Squiddly Diddly

The round-headed, sailor-hatted Squiddly (who resembles an octopus—albeit with only six tentacles—rather than a squid) is kept captive in an aquatic park known as Bubbleland and resides in a pool with his name on it.{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=99–100}} Squiddly Diddly is an aspiring musician and entertainer who makes many attempts to escape and attain musical stardom, but he is constantly foiled by Bubbleland's administrator Chief Winchley.

In some episodes, Squiddly Diddly manages to escape, but chooses to return to Bubbleland after finding the outside world to be too harsh. Other times Squiddly and Chief Winchley have to work together to solve problems in Bubbleland. The cartoons show people applauding Squiddly Diddly's musical talents, but they often depict terrified people who mistakenly believed that octopuses are hostile.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 1

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = Way Out Squiddly

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|10|2}}

| ShortSummary = Two aliens kidnap Squiddly and take him for a wild ride in their spaceship.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 2

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = Show Biz Squid

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|10|9}}

| ShortSummary = Overshadowed by dolphins, Squiddly leaves to become a big star.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = The Canvas Back Squid

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|10|16}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly is hired to fill in for a pro-wrestler.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 4

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = Nervous Service

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|10|23}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly is enlisted into the Navy.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = Westward Ha!

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|10|30}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly goes to the west to imitate his favorite western shows.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = Sea Grunt

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|11|6}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly is cast in a TV show.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 7

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| Title = Chief Cook and Bottle Washer

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|11|13}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly has too many chores, so he runs away and joins the pirates.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| Title = Squid on the Skids

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|11|20}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly tries to woo a female squid.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| Title = Double Trouble

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|11|27}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly unexpectedly gets popular at a costume party.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| Title = Squid Kid

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|12|4}}

| ShortSummary = A little boy takes Squiddly home with him.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 11

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| Title = Booty and the Beast

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|12|11}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly and Chief Winchley try to find buried treasure.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 12

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| Title = Clowning Around

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|12|18}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly runs away to join the circus.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 13

| EpisodeNumber2 = 13

| Title = Surprise Prize

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|12|25}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly and Winchley go to an island, where Squiddly is worshipped as a god.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 14

| EpisodeNumber2 = 14

| Title = Naughty Astronaut

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|1|1}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly is mistaken for an alien, and is chased by the army.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 15

| EpisodeNumber2 = 15

| Title = The Ghost Is Clear

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|1|8}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly Diddly babysits a young ghost named Wilbur.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 16

| EpisodeNumber2 = 16

| Title = Lucky Ducky

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|1|15}}

| ShortSummary = A Tasmanian duck arrives in Bubbleland and tries to manipulate Squiddly into giving him his own tank.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 17

| EpisodeNumber2 = 17

| Title = Foxy Seal

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|1|22}}

| ShortSummary = After being tricked into leaving Bubbleland by Slippery Seal, Squiddly helps protect a fox from being hunted.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 18

| EpisodeNumber2 = 18

| Title = Squiddly Double Diddly

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|1|29}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly has been replaced by a foreign spy to obtain the blueprints for Bubbleland.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 19

| EpisodeNumber2 = 19

| Title = Hollywood Folly

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|2|5}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly goes to Hollywood to become a star.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 20

| EpisodeNumber2 = 20

| Title = One Black Knight

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|2|12}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly is swindled into an inheritance of a castle haunted by the Black Knight's ghost -- the butler would have him believe so.

| LineColor = 000070

}}

}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 21

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = Yo Ho Ho

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|9|10}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly finds a time machine and travels back to Captain Kidney's pirate days.

| LineColor = 700070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 22

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = Phoney Fish

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|9|17}}

| ShortSummary = Two criminals named Knuckles and Tiny pose as snorkel fish in order to rob the Bubbleland box office.

| LineColor = 700070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 23

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = Gnatman

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|9|24}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly Diddly and Chief Winchley each pose as the superhero Gnatman in order to fight crime.

| LineColor = 700070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 24

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = Robot Squid

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|10|1}}

| ShortSummary = Winchley replaces Squiddly with a robot version.

| LineColor = 700070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 25

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = Jewel Finger

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|10|8}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly accidentally swallows a precious pearl necklace hidden by a thief in Bubbleland.

| LineColor = 700070

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 26

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = Baby Squidder

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|10|15}}

| ShortSummary = Squiddly must keep a wandering boy safe.

| LineColor = 700070

}}

}}

• Paul Frees - Squiddly Diddly
• John Stephenson - Chief Winchley

On November 3, 2015, Warner Archive released The Secret Squirrel Show: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection. This release contains all the Squiddly Diddly shorts.

The episode "Way Out Squiddly" is also available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons Vol. 1.

• Brazilian Portuguese: Lula Lelé
• Spanish: El pulpo Manotas
• French: Squiddly la pieuvre
• Dutch: Inky de inktvis
• Italian: Squiddly Diddly
• German: Squiddly Diddly
• Japanese: Tako no Roku chan
• Tunisian Arabic: قرينط الشلواش (Qrīnaṭ il-šalwāš)
• Serbian: Сима Сипа (Sima Sipa)

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• In 1966, Hanna-Barbera Records released Squiddly Diddly's Surfin' Surfari on LP.{{cite web |url=http://childrensrecordsandmore.blogspot.com/2007/07/squiddly-diddlys-surfin-safari-lp.html |title=Squiddly Diddly's Surfin' Safari LP |author=Dave Wagner |date=July 6, 2007 |work=Children's Records & More |access-date=June 20, 2011}}
• Squiddly Diddly appears in the TV-movie Yogi's Ark Lark and its sequel series, Yogi's Gang. In both appearances, the character was voiced by Don Messick.
• Squiddly Diddly made a lone comic book appearance in 1966, as a back-up feature in the only issue of Secret Squirrel, published by Gold Key Comics, and again in 1996, courtesy of Hanna-Barbera Presents #6, published by Archie Comics.
• Squiddly and Chief Winchley appeared in Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
• Squiddly Diddly made two appearances on Yo Yogi!. First, he appeared in the episode "Mall or Nothing" where he is juggling for the Mall-a-thon. Then, he made a cameo in the episode "The Big Snoop" where he is amongst those looking for Super Snooper when he ends up kidnapped. In the former episode, he was voiced by Don Messick.
• In the British comedy Only Fools and Horses Christmas Special 1989 "The Jolly Boys' Outing", Squiddly Diddly was cited by Del Boy as the reason for the failure of his seafood stall, since people were unwilling to consume creatures they had become fond of.
• Squiddly Diddly has been seen on HBO's The Ricky Gervais Show, where the character is involved in a few scripts, including being side by side with a killer octopus and giving Karl Pilkington a rectal examination.
• Squiddly Diddly appears in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episodes "SPF", "Gone Efficien...t" and "The Death of Harvey". Chief Winchley makes a cameo in "Juror in Court".
• Squiddly Diddly made a cameo in a 2012 MetLife commercial entitled "Everyone".
• Squiddly Diddly's body is shown in Janni Nemo's office in the 2015 graphic novel Nemo: River of Ghosts, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill.
• Squiddly Diddly made a cameo as an animatronic in the Dexter's Laboratory episode "Chubby Cheese".
• Simon Cowell has two dogs named Squiddly and Diddly, a catchphrase he has often used on reality TV shows over the years.
• Squiddly Diddly appears several times in Mark Russell's 2018 comic book Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles.
• Squiddly Diddly makes a cameo in the Wacky Races episode "Wacklantis" as various sea life are summoned by the king of Atlantis.
• Squiddly Diddly makes two cameo appearances in Scoob!, as part of a mural on the side of the building and on a billboard for Bubbleland.
• Squiddly Diddly makes an appearance as a silhouette in the 2020 Animaniacs revival segment "Suffragette City".
• Squiddly Diddly appears in Jellystone!, voiced by Niccole Thurman.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/hbo-max-looney-tunes-jellystone-the-fungies-tig-n-seek-kids-family-series-1202771895/|title=HBO Max Sets New Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Robert Zemeckis Hybrid Series 'Tooned Out', More for Kids & Family Slate|date=29 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/trailer-hanna-barbera-favorites-return-in-hbo-max-original-jellystone/|title=Trailer: Hanna-Barbera Favorites Return in HBO Max Original 'Jellystone!'|date=24 June 2021}} While the original promo image presented Squiddly as a male, the character is female in the actual series.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HAVgdujUWQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/-HAVgdujUWQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Jellystone! I Official Trailer I HBO Max Family|website=YouTube|date=June 24, 2021|access-date=June 24, 2021}}{{cbignore}} She works at a music store. Chief Winchley have yet to appear.
• Squiddly Diddly is the star of his own poem, "The Story of Squiddly Diddly", which was written by Theodora Shilliton and won at 2021's National Poetry Day. The poem involves the titular squid as he tries to stop people from polluting the ocean while befriending a tuna, a sea turtle, and a sea cow along the way.

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• [https://archive.today/20130118060726/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/A-C/The_Atom_Ant__047_Secret_Squirrel_Show/Squiddly_Diddly/index.html Squiddly Diddly] at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• [https://web.archive.org/web/19990220180804/http://cartoonnetwork.com/doc/squiddly/index.html Squiddly Diddly] - Cartoon Network Department of Cartoons (Archive)

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