Urban Vermin

Infobox Television
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show_name = Urban Vermin


caption = Garbage Liberation Front (GLF)- the team of vermins fighting for liberation of their block.
format = 3-D
comedy
runtime = 22 minutes
creator = Diana Arruda
developer = Decode Entertainment
YTV
Jetix Animation Concepts
Bell Fund
producer = Kym Hyde
executive_producer = Beth Stevenson
Anne Loi
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country = CAN
language =
network = flagicon|Canada YTV
flagicon|Europe Jetix
flagicon|Russia Jetix
first_aired = 2007
last_aired = August 30, 2008 on YTV
num_episodes = 26 x 22 minutes
list_episodes =
website = http://www.urbanvermin.com
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"Urban Vermin" is a Canadian animated television series produced by YTV and Decode Entertainment Inc, with support of Jetix Animation Concepts.

Plot

Urban Vermin is a story about two racoon brothers that were once best friends until Ken decided to assemble an army of rats to help him seize control of all the garbage on their block. Then Abe decides to strike his evil brother and assembles his own team of resistance fighters to help him free the block from Ken's reign. Abe's team are called GLF (Garbage Liberation Front) while Ken's army are called simply TRA (The Rat Army).

Characters

Heroes

Abe

Abe (voiced by Gabe Plener)is a male raccoon and one of the main protagonists.Abe is everything an action adventure hero can be. Adventurous. Brave. A huge fan of Manchego cheese. He possesses boundless energy, a mind for keen strategy, tons of fortitude, and an endless supply of goodwill towards all verminkind. His trademarks are his trusty antenna staff, his trusty tape measure, his unexplainable fear of ladybugs, and his die-hard belief in truth, justice and the vermin way. He doesn't always practice what he preaches, but he'll usually admit to making a mistake. He loves pulling pranks on Ken. He loves molten chocolate cake. He hates his birthday (cuz he shares one with his younger brother, Ken.). He gets excited about secret plannng tables and secret missions and secret banana peels. He runs a tight ship, has dangerously smelly feet, and his one racoon you always want on your side. Abe is the leader of the GLF. They operate out of a master control center hidden deep inside a backyard tree. It's a grimy job, but someone has do to it. There's enough garbage in these alleys to share if Ken doesn't succeed in hoarding it all. A fierce rivalry with Abe's brother Ken has always existed and always kept them at odds. There was even a time when Abe was the rebellious teen and Ken the goody goody mama's boy. But that was a long time ago. This is now. Abe's the good guy. Ken's the control freak evil dictator who rules the Block with an iron paw.

Coco

Coco used to work for Ken back in the day, but changed her mind, and decided to use her genius for good instead of evil. She graduated top of her class at Vermin High Rocket Scientist School. Her thesis project was inventing a time machine that could take you half a second into the past. It was brilliant but useless. She worked at a comic shop and developed an obsession with science ficton. Around this time she also found an abandoned shed full of spare parts and started inventing amazing, brilliantly useful things. Like time machines that can take you half a second into the future. Ken received some intel about an overlooked science geek genius named Coco. He offered Coco a delicious contract (literally-a lifetime suply of the best day old french fries in town.). She moved into the Ice Cream Truck and took it from there. Within a year she could see the error of her ways; every citizen in the Block was utterly miserable. Now she works for Abe. She shares a clubhouse with 3 smelly boys. Like any other team, they compliment each other. But they can also get under each other's fur. And Coco's stubbronness in pretty legendary.I love you Abe...<3

Nigel

Nigel's the mole with the most: he has the strength of 10 ordinary ver-men, he's a talented tunneler, and, also, blind as a mole. But who are you gonna call when you need something heavy to be lifted or a rat army to muscle up? Or a knock-knock joke to be badly delivered? Nigel was the 2nd member of the GLF after it's founder, Abe. Abe tried to go it alone, got ambushed by a rat patrol, and Nigel jumped in to save him. Nigel is so blind that he actually thought he was saving a beautiful damsel in distress at the time. But fate was sealed. Nigel became Abe's bodyguard and, when they decided they needed more paws on deck, they put out an ad in the newspaper and Madman was the only one to answer it. (He actually ate it.) Nigel's sense of loyalty, happy-go-lucky-ness, and clumsiness knows no bounds. He loves to tell long-winded stories and jokes that aren't funny-thought he thinks they are. Nigel grew up in a big family of funny moles. Most are quite gifted at the comedy timing thing. But Nigel grew up in the shadow of his siblings. He became a student of comedy. He knows a lot about the craft, he's just not funny himself. He has a major crush on Coco. He also has dreams of her as seen in "Dream Weasel".

Madman

Madman's so far out there that he's inside out, upside down and backwards at the same time. This is both a source of weakness and an enormous strength. His ability to think in ways most other vermin never even could if they tried is an asset to the team. Everyone needs an 'ideas ver-man.' even if those ideas are re-donk-iculous. He spouts nonsense 24/7, in a variety of voices and personas, but every now and then he'll say exactly the right thing at the right time and come up with the only solution to a problem too big for anyone else to comprehend. Madman joined the GLF by ripping down all the recruitment posters so he was sure to be the only one to join up. He actually thought they were tasty and ended up eating them all sort of by accident. Before that he was a skunk born in Stinkton who wandered away one day one got adopted by a family for 2 Legs.

Allies

*Chuck - He is a chipmunk. He wants to join the GLF. Madman is Chuck's idol. He failed in a trains but he can join the GLF.

*TeDe (TD) - He is a skunk and leader of the Stink Club.

*Winston - He is a skunk. He is Madman's twin brother.

*Biffy - He is a mole and Nigel's nephew.

*Hans Flix - He is a Marmot and live his mother.

*Juanita - She is a mayor of The Block.

*JP - He is an informant of The GLF and The Ken's Rat Army. He lives in shadows. He does not choose sides. You do not find JP. JP finds you.

*Nero - Nero is a scientifically enhanced cybernetic chihuahua. Zitzy decied to enhance him, to make him better, stronger, faster... But he is on GLF's side.

Major Villains

*Ken - Ken was born to be a dictator. Spoiled rotten as a kid by his mother, he simply could never live in a world where he couldn't continue his spoiled rotten his lifestyle. His brother growing up was Abe, who was not as spoiled, because racoons always spoil the youngest-it's a tradition. So now here is... ruing The Block, controlling as much of the garbage as he can. Only the GLF keep him from absolute control on a daily basis. Ken's closest confidante is a pink flamingo scepter named Penelope. You can often find them dining and dancing together in the throne room. Ken's petty, egomancial, lazy, cruel, greedy, jealous, vain and he cheats at hopscotch. He operates out of an old Ice Cream Truck he refers to as The Lair. (Or the Evil Pizzeriea of Doom, depending on when you call.) It's not easy being the King. So many dumpsters to pillage. So little time!

*NoNeck - is a dirty rat serving as the Colonel of the Rat Army. Although he runs a tight ship, he likes playing the harp, collecting cocktail umbrellas and singing karaoke.

*Zitzy - is a not-so-awesome opposum, and a rather annoying, and cranky one. Although he creates weapons intended to destroy the GLF, it usually ends up bringing harm on their creator rather than members of GLF.

Minor Villains

*Fake Mommy: She is a thief. She tricks Ken and Abe. She stole Ken and Abe's items.

*Kim Jong Shrill: He works Ken's army. But he betrays Ken and tries to kill Ken and No-Neck. He hates dirt and microbes.

Episode List

* 1 - Arms Race
* 2 - Dog of War
* 3 - Rat Pack
* 4 - Hearts and Minds
* 5 - Stink Club
* 6 - Dirty Dozen Donuts
* 7 - Tunnel Vision
* 8 - The Mole That Came in From The Cold
* 9 - An Acorn Too Far
* 10 - Operation Antidote
* 11 - Radio Free Rubbish
* 12 - Shell Shocked
* 13 - Black Box Down
* 14 - We Won
* 15 - Dirty Rotten Mammals
* 16 - Dream Weasel
* 17 - Run Coco Run
* 18 - Raiders of the Lost Kazoo
* 19 - Double or Nothing
* 20 - Ferret Bueller's Day Off
* 21 - An Officer and a Chipmunk
* 22 - War of the Roses
* 23 - Earthquake
* 24 - Behind the Garbage
* 25 - Rashomom
* 26 - Nero Go Home

Gadgets and Items

*Alleycat: Alleycat is GLF's toy car and war machine.

*Krusher: Krusher is Ken's extreme monster truck.

*B.A.G. 3000: B.A.G. 3000 is a dangerous weapon. Weapons effect is laughing. Created by Coco. But the last one is most dangerous. So Coco was throwed last one. But Zitzy takes plans of the B.A.G. 3000 and makes it. Zitzy's B.A.G. 3000 destroyed by Madman.

*Robotic Juanita: Created by Zitzy. Ken needs it. Because he wants become a Block's new mayor.

*Dirty Donut Machine: Created by Zitzy. It makes dirty donuts. Dirty donut's effect is zombify vermins.

*Space-Time Continuum Harp:Created by Coco. Effect is briefly stuning vermins at the talent show just long enough for the GLF to swoop in and steal the shrimp ring. But Coco's makes a mistake. She opens hole in the space-time continuum. Coco and Nigel are doomed to repeat the same mission.

*Kazoo of Doom: Used by Tabba in the past at the war. Effect of the kazoo is of control rats.

Voice Cast

* Abe: - Gabe Plener
* Coco: - Alyson Court
* Nigel: - Dwayne Hill
* Madman: - Joseph Motiki
* Ken: - Scott McCord
* No-Neck: - Yannick Bisson
* Zitzy: - Adam Reid

External links

* [http://www.urbanvermin.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.jetix.co.uk/localise/urbanvermin/urbanvermin.html "Urban Vermin"] at Jetix (United Kingdom and Ireland)
* [http://www.jetix.ru/whatson/minisites/urban_vermin/urbanvermin.html "Urban Vermin""] at Jetix (Russia)
* [http://www.jetix.ro/microsites/urban/urbanvermin.html "Urban Vermin"] at Jetix (Romania)