wait remember the secret show well you shouldn't it's a secret thanks for watching
oh fine if you really want to know let's talk about it the secret show was originally a British
animated show for the CBBC but where I know this show from and maybe some of you out there as well
is from Nickelodeon's sister Channel Nicktoons Network I must admit this is a show that I have
only had a small remembrance of catching a few episodes here and there but something I never
forgot was the unique Car insurance-esque animation look I mean that in the best way
possible though so it was finally time for me to sit down and check out what the secret
show was all about if you enjoyed this video you better subscribe let's take a sneaky little look
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The Secret Show revolves around two spies Anita Knight and Victor volt who are both secret agents
working for the uzz or us Anita Knight voiced by Kate Harbor is the smarter more focused one here
who isn't scared of the tasks ahead nor worried about the conflicts as she can handle her own in
a fight she makes sure to think things out before executing a plan but can improvise pretty well in
a tight situation her partner on the other hand Victor Vault voiced by Alan Marriott serves a more
Juvenile and mind role focusing more on being or trying to be Suave but he's still one of the best
agents working his actions though usually lead to a lot of the main issues situations and conflicts
we see in the show on accident of course but still it's usually his fault but despite all that still
can end up helping save the day some you know it all equals out these two have a pretty good
relationship working with each other throughout the series while they still have their moments
of bickering and getting on each other's nerves usually Victor getting on Anita's nerves they
do it in a more more of a best friend's way where when they need to work together save one another
or wash their hands clean from the job they finish they are really good to each other Victor got his
start in the agent world when he was recruited into it while attending a comic book convention
applying a lot of his love for Comics into his knowledge and techniques and being an agent and
throughout the series we actually get to learn a lot about his past and how it kind of ties in
more to the secret agent World Anita well she's pretty gifted at a lot of things being recruited
at the Olympics where she was competing as a gymnast performing martial arts snowboarding
and more being extremely gifted and weaponry the uzz is led by Change Daily his true name
is a secret so as far as you know it can change daily I see what they did there he was voiced by
Keith Wickham he's got a killer mustache and takes pride in his appearance and attitude
towards others garnering the respect of everyone underneath him as he commands their orders his
daily name change is something that becomes a running gag every time he has to tell the
others what to address him by saying something in embarrassing that he is not too thrilled with but
goes along with it as the others around him get the enjoyment of hearing it but what's a spy show
without a gadgets expert who is able to create weapons vehicles in an array of cool and untested
inventions that usually have a few faults enter professor professor voiced by Rob rackstraw he has
this childlike wonder when it comes to his work and for someone who is supposed to be fairly old
it's good to see him have this young at heart feeling did I mention he's kind of crazy whoo
we know that the secret show will be right back
we have no idea what the secret Show's been but it's back the secret show was created by Tony
Collingwood and would premiere on September 16 2006 in the UK with the US release being
syndicated to Nicktoons Network on January 20th 2007. what I really like about this show is that
at its core it feels simple it doesn't need too much more setup that explains what is happening
we follow the secret organization the uzz as agents go on missions and how the rest of the
major players in the show operate their day-to-day it plays out more so as a comedy poking fun at the
more serious tropes and spy and secret agent media but doesn't hesitate to still give you
some fun action in fact the show in itself plays into the secret nature of the secret agent World
from the jump as when an episode of the show starts it hides under the veil of the fluffy
bunny show it's this nice little cute show about a granny who's just rocking back and forth in
a rocking chair strumming on a banjo with some bunnies just hanging around her but then Mayhem
starts all around her as the agents roll in and start changing the the show over to the secret
show it's pretty clever and a fun way to open the show a major highlight for the secret show
truly comes from the villains and evildoers that we meet their main source of problems comes from
them or the horrible evil Menace yeah that fits the leader of this evil organization is Doctor
Doctor also voiced by Kate Harbor who is just as weird and crazy as professor professor as they
were classmates together a long time ago whereas professor professor went to use his zaniness for
good doctor doctor joined the side of evil usually with her main goal to take over the world and rid
it of the uzz your typical bad guy stuff right there you know a lot of the other villains in the
show can consist of aliens clowns and it somehow ends up in just becoming a lot more of a wacky
show by the end of these 11-minute segments the stories play out with simple Beginnings but by
the end turn into this whole Adventure where the bad guy's plan is something pretty random
and More in favor of the more major ramifications of their actions by that I mean something is silly
as aliens taking the Gravity from Earth because they're jealous of what gravity is just so they
can have a falling down party because they can't really experience that and you mix that up with
some secret agents trying to foil their plans or fix the problem that was caused also in the
mix of everything is Special Agent Rey voiced by Martin heider he usually plays third string being
a lot more serious and helps our two main secret agents if the occasion calls for it but really for
me serves as the person who ruins the fluffy bunny show at the beginning just to get the secret show
started I just like his character being this Ultra serious person for the most part as the
world around him is anything but that I think that at first when it came to the art style I
wasn't too in love with it it really reminded me of Cheaper looking animation found in corporate
or Insurance based commercials so much so that it really put me off from wanting to give this
show a full proper chance but after a bit the art style really grew on me while I still don't love
it I do think it ends up fitting the world and the vibe of the show that it gives off it feels
pointy and flat a bit like there's no depth to it at all but I still ended up liking its abstract
nature for the mixing of colors that pop and the flare it has during the action the show received
more middling reviews skewed a bit more positive though but the show itself was never shown or up
there with the ranks of those Smash Hit cartoons of the time it truly did feel like a secret little
show so what actually happened to it lasting for 52 episodes to Seasons overall nothing
truly indicates that the show was canceled but rather just came to its eventual end the show was
funded by BBC worldwide for their BBC children's education division focusing on media for kids in
the UK BBC worldwide funded Collingwood and Co the name sounds familiar since I mentioned Tony
Collingwood the creator of the show as Collingwood and Co is a london-based TV Animation Studio that
has a long list of shows that are made for broadcast with the secret show being one of
them from there through syndication deals the seek show would go from this UK based series
and get a lot more exposure around the world with of course Nicktoons Network in the US as well as
jet X in Latin America and the Disney Channel in Germany among many others it would end up getting
some decent praise and win two bafta Awards one being for best animated show and the other for
its interactive website a website in which there is a dedicated group of fans helping keep track
of any lost media from it and trying to preserve whatever was left to preserve as it went down in
the early 2010s first time I choose the hiding place okay the secret show is coming up next
there are more secrets to come so it is nice to see that there is still a fan base out there and
there is lost media that they are trying to find to say The Secret Show for its time was a pretty
cool little show it took the spy and Secret Asian genre and played around with how absurd their
plots could get mainly focusing on just giving you a fun time while watching it's unpredictable
at times where the episode starts and where it ends but it never feels done for the sake of
being random but rather just taking ideas and turning them up to the max gradually throughout
the episode on top of that each episode does feel pretty unique from the last giving an incredible
variety of missions and funny moments that result from them making the 52 episodes a pretty easy and
Charming ride the characters are fun the plots are wild and how can you ever get sick of the tried
and true gags within each episode while the art style of the show may not be for everyone it does
add to the tone of the show combining a lot of the good old British humor to create something that at
least stands out from the rest of the show those around it for me seeing it on Nicktoons Network
it did stand out it looked different and it played out different than all of the other programs that
I would watch this was something great about Nicktoons Network they always had a real nice
lineup of smaller cartoons that would never get the time of day on the main Channel as well as
for the most part A lot of them being syndicated for the network specifically but at least the
animation Styles and tones of all these shows feel like a Showcase of some pretty cool ideas
The Secret Show not being an exception to that I am glad that I did give the show a full chance to
present what it was all about to me but I think looking at this through the lens of a younger
me I probably still wouldn't have been able to get into it back then as an adult I do feel that
it hits better at the jokes and situations the way it handles delivering jokes and parodies of
the things that I love a lot more now as an adult from stuff like James Bond and get smart so I feel
more enjoyment being a fan of what this show is directly pulling inspiration from now rather than
how I would have seen it back then I'd recommend giving this show a try like I said it has charm
to it it's not the best show or something I think would blow you away but it did bring me a lot of
moments that I truly wasn't expecting with some action comedy and secret agent stuff all mixed
together in here have you seen the secret show if so let me know your thoughts on it in the comments
below I'm pretty curious on this one thanks so much for watching like And subscribe later