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A 1992 animated short named for the nursery rhyme of the same name, originally shown in theaters preceding Bebe's Kids. In 1994 it was picked up as a TV series, which aired on the USA Network.

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Tropes covered by the short and the series:

• Bug War: Mostly one-sided. Characters try to dispose of Itsy for being a spider and he's just defending himself.
• Cats Are Mean: Cat/George
• David Versus Goliath
• Determinator: The Exterminator
• Dumb Muscle: The Exterminator
• Eccentric Exterminator
• Hey, It's That Voice!: Frank Welker as Itsy
• Kill It With Fire: One of the Exterminator's tools is a flamethrower.
• Meganekko: Little Girl/Leslie
• Stern Teacher: Music Teacher/Adrianne
• Top-Heavy Guy: The Exterminator

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Tropes exclusive to the short:

• The Ahnold: The Exterminator after the Robotic Reveal.
• More Dakka: Turned Up to Eleven
• No Name Given
• Retroactive Recognition: Jim Carrey and Thora Birch
• Techno Babble:

Music Teacher: What is that? The Exterminator: It's a high-tech microchip thermonuclear light-sensitive radioactive blue-screen laptop computer generator triple decker arachnid detector and Etch-a-Sketch. Any more questions?

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Tropes exclusive to the series:

• Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: In one episode the Exterminator kills Expies of Bambi and his mother.
• Negative Continuity: For one thing, the Exterminator is no longer a robot.
• The Other Darrin: Frank Welker was the only one to return for the series.
• Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?: Occasionally Adrianne and the Exterminator would be shown in different jobs.