In a raccoon-plagued city like Toronto, a cartoon about the critters hits home - particularly when the raccoons fight among themselves to gain control of the neighbourhood garbage. Who among you has not witnessed nasty little skirmishes involving your green bin? In Urban Vermin, the struggle rages between two brother raccoons: Abe, the older, sensible one is always trying to stop Ken, the evil, younger one from taking over - garbage must be available to all vermin. Each has his own crack team of helpers: rats, moles, skunks and slumming squirrels. The computer-generated animation is crisp and visually compelling, even if you are watching grotty little creatures of the night argue over burrito scraps. A cartoon where garbage is treated like gold is ripe with opportunity for bad puns and snappy one-liners, which makes it great for sarcasm-loving tweens or any kid who's tired of squeaky-clean family
sitcoms.
Saturdays, 7:30 a.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m. on YTV