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	{{short description\|~~2003–04~~ American ~~superhero adult~~ animated ~~comedy~~ series}}		{{short description\|American animated television series (2003–2004)}}
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	\| genre = Superhero<br />~~science~~ ~~fiction~~<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/stripperella-animated-tv-series-v289649\|work=]\|publisher=]\|author=Erickson, Hal\|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)\|access-date=November 20, 2013\|title=Stripperella }}</ref>		\| genre = Superhero<br />Science Fiction<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/stripperella-animated-tv-series-v289649\|work=]\|publisher=]\|author=Erickson, Hal\|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)\|access-date=November 20, 2013\|title=Stripperella }}</ref>
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	\| composer = Amotz Plessner		\| composer = Amotz Plessner
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	'''''Stripperella''''' (also referred to as '''''Stan Lee's Stripperella''''') is an American ] ] ] television series created by ] for ].<ref>{{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=798–799}}</ref> The lead character is a stripper named Erotica Jones who is secretly the ]/] Stripperella.<ref name=Perlmutter>{{cite book \|last1=Perlmutter \|first1=David \|title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows \|date=2018 \|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield \|isbn=978-1538103739 \|pages=602–603}}</ref> The series was produced by The Firm and Spike Animation. It is rated ] in the United States.		'''''Stripperella''''' (also referred to as '''''Stan Lee's Stripperella''''') is an American ] ] comedy television series created by ] for ].<ref>{{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=798–799}}</ref> The lead character is a stripper named Erotica Jones who is secretly the ]/] Stripperella.<ref name=Perlmutter>{{cite book \|last1=Perlmutter \|first1=David \|title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows \|date=2018 \|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield \|isbn=978-1538103739 \|pages=602–603}}</ref> The series was produced by ] and Spike Animation, with CGI animation provided by ].<ref name="credits"/> It is rated ] in the United States.

	''Stripperella'' debuted on ] in summer 2003 and lasted one season with 13 episodes. Anderson described it as not being a raunchy show, despite obvious ]s and ] ] (which was blurred out when shown on Spike TV).		''Stripperella'' debuted on ] in summer 2003 and lasted one season with 13 episodes. Anderson described it as not being a raunchy show, despite obvious ]s and ] nudity (which was blurred out when shown on Spike TV).

	In ], ''Stripperella'' began airing uncensored on ] TV, starting Monday March 13, 2006, at 21:00 local time (9:00PM), after having previously been restricted to early-morning airings on the ]. In the ], ''Stripperella'' is aired uncensored as part of the ~~U.K.~~ incarnation of the ]'s ] programming block. In ], the show aired uncensored on ] available for all audiences. In ], it is aired on ], uncensored and unrated; in ] is transmitted by ]; and in ] was transmitted by ].		In Australia, ''Stripperella'' began airing uncensored on ] TV, starting Monday March 13, 2006, at 21:00 local time (9:00PM), after having previously been restricted to early-morning airings on the ]. In the United Kingdom, ''Stripperella'' is aired uncensored as part of the UK incarnation of the ]'s ] programming block. In Germany, the show aired uncensored on ] available for all audiences. In Italy, it is aired on ], uncensored and unrated; in Latin America is transmitted by ]; and in Brazil was transmitted by ]. In Singapore, it was broadcast on ] in 2005 at 11:00 pm with a ] rating.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Stripperella is not Kids' stuff \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/today20050212-1.2.15.5 \|work=Today (Singaporean newspaper) \|date=February 12, 2005}}</ref>

	==~~Background~~==		==Production==
			The project was one of the first projects created by Stan Lee's new production company ], and was originally announced to be running on TNN (later renamed Spike) in January 2003, with ] voicing the lead. Lee, who would only provide the pitch and character outlines before handing the show to other writers, noted it would be a prime-time cartoon and stated "It won't be dirty, but it will be funny." The series planned to use ] technology to faithfully show Anderson's anatomy.<ref>{{cite magazine \|last=McLaughlin \|first=Jim \|date=July 2002 \|title='Stripperella' Strikes\|issue=130\|magazine=]\|publisher=]}}</ref>

			It was later delayed to become part of TNN's new adult animation block, alongside '']'' and '']''. Anderson claimed that she and Lee were fans of each other's work, and that she would give notes on the series' scripts.<ref name=Wiz2>{{cite magazine \|last=Ho\|first=Richard\|date=June 2003\|title=Strip Tease\|issue=141\|magazine=]\|publisher=]}}</ref>
	'''''Biography'''''

			==Characters==
	Erotica Jones AKA Stripperella is an extremely attractive, unbearably beautiful, and insanely sexy dancer with a literally perfect body. Many people are jealous of Erotica's bust size, especially her coworkers. At the club, more people drool over her than anybody else. On a news interview, a reporter fawned over her lips, bosom, and legs. Erotica said she enjoys her pleasantly but extremely revealing outfits because she enjoys showing off her irresistible "assets".
			===Stripperella===
			Erotica Jones AKA Stripperella is an extremely attractive dancer. Many people are jealous of Erotica's bust size, especially her coworkers, and she enjoys her extremely revealing outfits because she enjoys showing off her irresistible "assets". She has a brother named Chipperella (]), who also happened to be a stripper living a double life as a superhero and secret agent.

			====Powers====
	She also has a brother named Chipperella (]), who also happened to be a stripper living the double life as a superhero and secret agent. He was briefly mentioned when Stripperella temporarily lost faith in her crime fighting abilities after having been shrunken by Small Fry. He appears in a flashback as a hunky blonde and is affectionately referred to by Erotica and Chief Stroganoff as "Chip." In a humorous anecdote, Stroganoff tells Stripperella that her brother's memory was erased, later being mostly restored except for the word 'quit' which was forever erased from his memory.
			*''Combat Expertise'': "Sexy" martial arts and "Killer" moves.
			*''Superhuman Enhancements'': Enhanced reflexes, senses, super strength, flexibility, intellect, and gravity-defying jumps.
			*''Extreme Hotness:'' Stripperella is hot enough to make a man catch fire when near her.
			*''Powerful Lungs:'' Stripperella's breathing is strong enough to administer ] on any victim who is either morbidly obese or abnormally gigantic, she can even blow a monkey out of a ] through the barrel.
			*''Skin Immunity:'' Stripperella is impervious to temperature and weather conditions, allowing her to wear a bikini in the snow.
			*''Breast Expansion:'' Instantly expanding her big bust. She holds her breath and they inflate to increase a few bra-sizes.
			*''Lie-Detecting Cleave-Conspirators:'' When someone speaks while holding her breasts, she can determine whether that person is lying.
			*''Hairachute:'' Stripperella's hair is so thick, luxuriant, and extravagant that it can be used as an effective parachute.
			*''Limitless Cleavage:'' An extreme Victoria's Secret Compartment that allows Stripperella to pull various objects out of her cleavage.

			===Recurring characters===
	'''''Appearance'''''

	Stripperella is a drop-dead gorgeous young lady with blonde hair that is styled into a big-bouffant, blue eyes, glossy lips, coppertone complexion, big breasts, long legs, plump buttocks, and flawless skin. She wears an indigo-colored, provocative-looking superheroine uniform that consists of an eye-mask, windowed-jacket, short-skirt, tight-panties, and thigh-high heeled boots, but is some episodes her boots are shorter.

	The animation style changed halfway through the show's run, becoming brighter and revamping the looks of many of the show's major characters. Stripperella, for example, was now drawn with a ] having larger ]holes that look similar to ]'s, as well as exaggerated body features such as longer legs, a smaller waist, and fuller breasts that are now the same size as when Erotica inflated them in Season 1's 11th episode Cheapo by the Dozen. Fellow stripper Persephone now had a darker complexion and an ] that inexplicably changed from episode to episode.

	'''''Personality'''''

	Erotica is known to be sweet, bubbly, ditzy and slightly naive. However, she is known to be serious, patient, cautious, attentive, brave and courageous. Her greatest dream ever since she was a little girl is to become a bride, she has a heart of gold and beautiful on the inside as well as the outside.

	'''''Powers & Abilities:'''''

	When Erotica is Stripperella, she is known to have several powers that she uses, whether it's her big breasts or her extraordinary body.

	*''Combat Expertise''
	**Stripperella has extraordinary skills of "Sexy" martial arts and "Killer" moves.
	*''Superhuman Enhancements''
	**Enhanced reflexes, senses, super strength, flexibility, intellect, breasts, and gravity-defying jumps are all what Stripperella has in her arsenal of superpowers.
	*''Extreme Hotness''
	**Stripperella is hot enough to make a man catch fire when near her.
	*''Powerful Lungs''
	**Stripperella's breathing is strong enough to administer ] on any victim who is either morbidly obese or abnormally gigantic, she can even blow a monkey out of a ] through the barrel.
	*''Skin Immunity''
	**Stripperella is impervious to temperature and weather conditions. She says this while wearing a bikini in the snow. She also mentions this in Eruption Junction, What's Your Function?
	*''Breast Expansion''
	**Instantly expanding her big bust. She holds her breath and they inflate to increase a few bra-sizes. This power is natural. Seen in Cheapo by the Dozen, so that she could float to rescue a drowning man.
	*''Lie-Detecting Cleave-Conspirators''
	**When someone holds them, she can determine whether a person is lying. Seen in The Wrath of Klinko, to see if a man is telling the truth. She mentions that this power naturally comes from her breasts without the use of technology. It is currently unknown what will happen if someone lies while holding her breasts.
	*''Flawless Body''
	**Literally having a body that is flawless. Seen in Beauty and the Obese: Part 1 when Nairasec Rotcod (Doctor Cesarian) is inspecting her.
	*''Hairachute''
	**Stripperella's hair is so thick, luxuriant, and extravagant that it can be used as an effective parachute.
	*''Dedicated Animal Rights Activist Supporter''
	**Stripperella fights for all animals except giant crabs, which she hates as her weakness.
	*''Limitless Cleavage''
	**An extreme Victoria's Secret Compartment. She has been seen many times pulling various objects, sometimes even ones too big to fit, out of her cleavage. This is probably where she stores her costume. Most of the things kept there are ridiculous.

	'''''Gadgets & Gizmos'''''

	Stripperella has access to a number of super-technological make-up themed or ]-esque devices of questionable usefulness.

	*''Glass Cutter Nipples''
	**The pasties fit over her actual nipples and turn into metal drill bits, elongate, and start spinning. This power is given to her by technology. She controls this power mentally. Mentioned in Beauty and the Obese: Part 2 and seen in Cheapo by the Dozen, to get out of a trap, and in You Only Lick Twice, to get into the hideout.
	*''Nipple Camera''
	**Mentioned in The Wrath of Klinko. Given to her by technology. The pictures it takes are very small, which she doesn't like.

	==Recurring characters==
	* Erotica's workplace TenderLoins features the wishy-washy owner Kevin (voiced by ]), ] bartender Leonard (voiced by ]), and dancers Persephone (voiced by ]) who is promiscuous and switches accents, and naive and good-natured country girl Giselle (voiced by ]). The newest member, the antagonistic Catt (voiced by ]), gets hired in TenderLoins under false pretenses of being an ] virgin.		* Erotica's workplace TenderLoins features the wishy-washy owner Kevin (voiced by ]), ] bartender Leonard (voiced by ]), and dancers Persephone (voiced by ]) who is promiscuous and switches accents, and naive and good-natured country girl Giselle (voiced by ]). The newest member, the antagonistic Catt (voiced by ]), gets hired in TenderLoins under false pretenses of being an ] virgin.
	* The main competition of TenderLoins is SiliCones, a strip club owned by Dirk McMahon (voiced by ]) who openly admits his obsession for Erotica to work at his club.		* The main competition of TenderLoins is SiliCones, a strip club owned by Dirk McMahon (voiced by ]) who openly admits his obsession for Erotica to work at his club.
	* Stripperella works for the agency FUGG under Chief Stroganoff (voiced by ]). Other recurring FUGG members include technicians Hal and Bernard (voiced by ] and ]), and Special Agent 14 (voiced by ]).		* Stripperella works for the agency FUGG under Chief Stroganoff (voiced by ]). Other recurring FUGG members include technicians Hal and Bernard (voiced by ] and ]), and Special Agent 14 (voiced by ]).
	* There are two recurring villains: Cheapo (voiced by ]), the world's cheapest bad guy, and Queen Clitoris ~~(pronounced kli-TOR-is)~~ (voiced by ]), a woman who lashes out on society for her facial appearance.		* There are two recurring villains: Cheapo (voiced by ]), the world's cheapest bad guy, and Queen Clitoris (voiced by ]), a woman who lashes out on society for her facial appearance.
	* Reporters Skip Withers (voiced by ]) and Margo Van Winkle (voiced by Jill Talley) appearing when TV news coverage is needed~~. ] has appeared twice without any lines~~.		* Reporters Skip Withers (voiced by ]) and Margo Van Winkle (voiced by Jill Talley) appearing when TV news coverage is needed.

	==Episodes==		==Episodes==
	Note: ~~What~~ follows is the chronology according to the DVD release. ] aired the episodes out of order. The air dates have not been changed.		Note: what follows is the chronology according to the DVD release. ] aired the episodes out of order. The air dates have not been changed.

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	==Critical reception==		==Critical reception==
	Rob Owen of the '']'' gave the show a positive review, saying that it was "unexpectedly clever, albeit sometimes crude", and that its "tongue in cheek" humor was reminiscent of the 1960s '']'' series.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/tv/20030620owen0622p2.asp \|title=TV Reviews: Cartoons for guys premiere on Spike TV \|last=Owen \|first=Rob \|website=] \|date=June 22, 2003 \|access-date=2014-08-07}}</ref>		Rob Owen of the '']'' gave the show a positive review, saying that it was "unexpectedly clever, albeit sometimes crude", and that its "tongue in cheek" humor was reminiscent of the 1960s '']'' series.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/tv/20030620owen0622p2.asp \|title=TV Reviews: Cartoons for guys premiere on Spike TV \|last=Owen \|first=Rob \|website=] \|date=June 22, 2003 \|access-date=2014-08-07 \|archive-date=July 8, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708020341/http://old.post-gazette.com/tv/20030620owen0622p2.asp \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	==Home media==		==Home media==
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	==Comic books==		==Comic books==
	Originally there was to have been a promotional ''Stripperella'' comic published by ] (publishers of ] magazine) alongside the animated series,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/2535.html \|title=Humanoids to publish Stripperella one-shot\|date=March 28, 2003\|publisher=ICV2}}</ref> but ~~creative differences between ] and Pamela Anderson saw~~ it ~~canceled~~ ~~before~~ ~~publication~~.		Originally there was to have been a promotional ''Stripperella'' comic written by Lee<ref name=Wiz2/> and published by ] (publishers of ] magazine) alongside the animated series,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/2535.html \|title=Humanoids to publish Stripperella one-shot\|date=March 28, 2003\|publisher=ICV2}}</ref> but it was not published.

	==Legal controversy==		==Legal controversy==
	In 2003, ex-stripper Janet Clover, a.k.a. "Jazz", a.k.a. "Stripperella", filed a lawsuit in the ] circuit court against ], Stan Lee, and Pamela Anderson, claiming she is Stripperella's true creator and Stan Lee stole her idea when she discussed it during a "private dance session".<ref>{{cite news\|url=~~http~~://~~articles~~.chicagotribune.com/2003-07-10/~~news/0307100415_1_janet~~-~~clover~~-~~book~~-~~legend~~-~~stan-lee-stripperella~~\|title=Will the real Stripperella please...\|work=]\|date=July 10, 2003\|access-date=August 7, 2014}}</ref>		In 2003, ex-stripper Janet Clover, a.k.a. "Jazz", a.k.a. "Stripperella", filed a lawsuit in the ] circuit court against ], Stan Lee, and Pamela Anderson, claiming she is Stripperella's true creator and Stan Lee stole her idea when she discussed it during a "private dance session".<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/07/10/will-the-real-stripperella-please/\|title=Will the real Stripperella please...\|work=]\|date=July 10, 2003\|access-date=August 7, 2014}}</ref>

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Stripperella
DVD cover R1
Genre	Superhero Science Fiction
Created by	Stan Lee
Starring	Pamela Anderson Joey Lauren Adams Mark Hamill Thomas F. Wilson Dee Bradley Baker Jon Cryer Sirena Irwin Tom Kenny Kid Rock Maurice LaMarche Vince McMahon Jill Talley
Theme music composer	Kid Rock
Composer	Amotz Plessner
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Stan Lee Kevin Kopelow Heath Seifert
Producer	Kevin Altieri
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	The Firm, Inc. Network Enterprises Spike Cable Networks Spike Animation Nick Digital
Original release
Network	Spike TV
Release	June 26, 2003 (2003-06-26) – April 1, 2004 (2004-04-01)

Stripperella (also referred to as Stan Lee's Stripperella) is an American adult animated superhero comedy television series created by Stan Lee for Spike TV. The lead character is a stripper named Erotica Jones who is secretly the superhero/secret agent Stripperella. The series was produced by The Firm and Spike Animation, with CGI animation provided by Nickelodeon Digital. It is rated TV-MA in the United States.

Stripperella debuted on Spike TV in summer 2003 and lasted one season with 13 episodes. Anderson described it as not being a raunchy show, despite obvious double entendres and topless nudity (which was blurred out when shown on Spike TV).

In Australia, Stripperella began airing uncensored on SBS TV, starting Monday March 13, 2006, at 21:00 local time (9:00PM), after having previously been restricted to early-morning airings on the Nine Network. In the United Kingdom, Stripperella is aired uncensored as part of the UK incarnation of the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. In Germany, the show aired uncensored on Comedy Central Germany available for all audiences. In Italy, it is aired on Fox Italia, uncensored and unrated; in Latin America is transmitted by MTV Latin America; and in Brazil was transmitted by Multishow. In Singapore, it was broadcast on Arts Central in 2005 at 11:00 pm with a parental guidance rating.

Production

The project was one of the first projects created by Stan Lee's new production company POW! Entertainment, and was originally announced to be running on TNN (later renamed Spike) in January 2003, with Pamela Anderson voicing the lead. Lee, who would only provide the pitch and character outlines before handing the show to other writers, noted it would be a prime-time cartoon and stated "It won't be dirty, but it will be funny." The series planned to use motion capture technology to faithfully show Anderson's anatomy.

It was later delayed to become part of TNN's new adult animation block, alongside The Ren & Stimpy Show and Gary the Rat. Anderson claimed that she and Lee were fans of each other's work, and that she would give notes on the series' scripts.

Characters

Stripperella

Erotica Jones AKA Stripperella is an extremely attractive dancer. Many people are jealous of Erotica's bust size, especially her coworkers, and she enjoys her extremely revealing outfits because she enjoys showing off her irresistible "assets". She has a brother named Chipperella (Jon Cryer), who also happened to be a stripper living a double life as a superhero and secret agent.

Powers

Combat Expertise: "Sexy" martial arts and "Killer" moves.
Superhuman Enhancements: Enhanced reflexes, senses, super strength, flexibility, intellect, and gravity-defying jumps.
Extreme Hotness: Stripperella is hot enough to make a man catch fire when near her.
Powerful Lungs: Stripperella's breathing is strong enough to administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on any victim who is either morbidly obese or abnormally gigantic, she can even blow a monkey out of a Tank gun through the barrel.
Skin Immunity: Stripperella is impervious to temperature and weather conditions, allowing her to wear a bikini in the snow.
Breast Expansion: Instantly expanding her big bust. She holds her breath and they inflate to increase a few bra-sizes.
Lie-Detecting Cleave-Conspirators: When someone speaks while holding her breasts, she can determine whether that person is lying.
Hairachute: Stripperella's hair is so thick, luxuriant, and extravagant that it can be used as an effective parachute.
Limitless Cleavage: An extreme Victoria's Secret Compartment that allows Stripperella to pull various objects out of her cleavage.

Recurring characters

Erotica's workplace TenderLoins features the wishy-washy owner Kevin (voiced by Tom Kenny), swishy bartender Leonard (voiced by Maurice LaMarche), and dancers Persephone (voiced by Sirena Irwin) who is promiscuous and switches accents, and naive and good-natured country girl Giselle (voiced by Jill Talley). The newest member, the antagonistic Catt (voiced by Joey Lauren Adams), gets hired in TenderLoins under false pretenses of being an Amish virgin.
The main competition of TenderLoins is SiliCones, a strip club owned by Dirk McMahon (voiced by Vince McMahon) who openly admits his obsession for Erotica to work at his club.
Stripperella works for the agency FUGG under Chief Stroganoff (voiced by Maurice LaMarche). Other recurring FUGG members include technicians Hal and Bernard (voiced by Tom Kenny and Greg Proops), and Special Agent 14 (voiced by Tom Kenny).
There are two recurring villains: Cheapo (voiced by Maurice LaMarche), the world's cheapest bad guy, and Queen Clitoris (voiced by Sirena Irwin), a woman who lashes out on society for her facial appearance.
Reporters Skip Withers (voiced by Tom Kenny) and Margo Van Winkle (voiced by Jill Talley) appearing when TV news coverage is needed.

Episodes

Note: what follows is the chronology according to the DVD release. Spike TV aired the episodes out of order. The air dates have not been changed.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Beauty and the Obese (Part 1)"	Kevin Altieri	Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert	June 26, 2003 (2003-06-26)
In the premiere episode, Stripperella must face-off against her first threat, Dr. Cesarean, a plastic surgeon who's injecting beautiful models with deadly implants that make them gain weight and become obese.
2	"Beauty and the Obese (Part 2)"	Kevin Altieri	Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert	October 2, 2003 (2003-10-02)
After discovering the villain responsible for turning several supermodels hideously fat, Stripperella learns that one of them has been "booby-trapped" with a bomb disguised as a breast implant.
3	"Crime Doesn't Pay...Seriously, It Really Doesn't"	Troy Adomitis	Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert	July 3, 2003 (2003-07-03)
Stripperella goes up against that low-rate villain, Cheapo, a criminal whose idea of a prime robbery would be knocking over an 89 cent store.
4	"Everybody Loves Pushy"	Troy Adomitis	Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert	July 10, 2003 (2003-07-10)
Stripperella discovers the truth behind the success of Pushy Galore's home shopping networks, which is that Pushy's products have been the product of forced slave labor, genetic manipulation of animals, and the flesh of her husbands.
5	"The Wrath of Klinko"	Kevin Altieri	Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert	July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17)
Klinko, a copy store master, uses his copy machines to brainwash customers into criminals and carry out his multiple dirty deeds.
6	"You Only Lick Twice"	Kevin Altieri	Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert	July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)
We're introduced to the evil Queen Clitoris who, from her hidden island hide-out, uses her computer to hold the world hostage as she made various demands, one of which is the sexy Armando. However, it would turn out to be part of her scheme to launch a nuclear winter with her and Armando as the last two people on Earth.
7	"The Bridesmaid"	Mario Piluso	Steve Holland	February 12, 2004 (2004-02-12)
After being the bridesmaid and never the bride 226 times, Molly Lumpkin goes on a citywide rampage. Kidnapping grooms from weddings, Lumpkin plans to choose one to marry and kill the rest with a laser engagement ring. Stripperella must stage a fake wedding and risk her very own "Mr. Right". This is the first episode for which the animation style is altered.
8	"Evil Things Come in Small Packages"	Mario Piluso	Steve Holland	February 19, 2004 (2004-02-19)
Small Fry wants to shrink everything down so he can be big and tall. Stripperella runs to ruin his plans but she gets shrunk. The Chief talks to Stripperella and convinces her that being small doesn't matter. So Stripperella goes and wins. Meanwhile, Cat, fellow stripper, learns about Erotica's secret double life. The problem is, she keeps getting hit in the head and forgetting it...then learning it again...then getting hit in the head again. Finally, Stripperella returns to normal size, but her breasts are much larger than normal size. Stripperella wants her breasts reduced to normal, and by the next scene, they are, if not a little smaller.
9	"Eruption Junction, What's Your Function"	Mario Piluso	Steve Freeman	February 26, 2004 (2004-02-26)
Someone is kidnapping all the smart kids at high school and it's up to Stripperella (disguised as student "Kathy Teria") to stop the kidnapper. This episode also has a brief musical number, performed by several young men chasing Stripperella.
10	"The Evil Magicians"	Mario Piluso	Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert	March 4, 2004 (2004-03-04)
Erotica is up for the Stripper of the Year Award in fabulous Las Vegas, but Stripperella has to stop a pair of robbing masked evil magicians. Can Erotica get the award? Will Stripperella foil the crooks in time? And will Kevin ever get his money back?
11	"Cheapo by the Dozen"	Mario Piluso	Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert	March 11, 2004 (2004-03-11)
Cheapo's back and ready to steal several bars of copper worth at least $16, with the help of Erotica going under the alias Robin Stuff. Meanwhile, Kevin gets into trouble over a misunderstanding in a casino, lands in jail and wins a Hawaiian vacation.
12	"The Return of the Queen"	Mario Piluso	Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert	March 18, 2004 (2004-03-18)
Queen Clitoris comes again, and this time she wants Stripperella dead! So Clitoris hatches a fiendish plot and lures Stripperella into her lair on a secluded island. Can Stripperella get off the island in time to save her own life?
13	"The Curse of the WereBeaver"	Mario Piluso	Steve Holland	April 1, 2004 (2004-04-01)
An asthmatic motorist runs off the road to avoid hitting an animal and slams into a tree. He is bitten by the animal—a glowing werebeaver—and he turns into a giant glowing werebeaver that runs amok, chewing through anything made of wood and terrorizing the population. Stripperella must stop this rampaging werebeaver without violating her ethics on harming cute furry animals.

Critical reception

Rob Owen of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gave the show a positive review, saying that it was "unexpectedly clever, albeit sometimes crude", and that its "tongue in cheek" humor was reminiscent of the 1960s Batman series.

Home media

The Complete DVD boxed set released on February 22, 2005, contains uncensored versions with a new opening theme replacing the original Kid Rock song. Recently, Paramount and Viacom have allowed Mill Creek Entertainment to acquire the distribution rights to any future DVD reissues.

Comic books

Originally there was to have been a promotional Stripperella comic written by Lee and published by Humanoids Publishing (publishers of Métal Hurlant magazine) alongside the animated series, but it was not published.

Legal controversy

In 2003, ex-stripper Janet Clover, a.k.a. "Jazz", a.k.a. "Stripperella", filed a lawsuit in the Daytona Beach, Florida circuit court against Viacom, Stan Lee, and Pamela Anderson, claiming she is Stripperella's true creator and Stan Lee stole her idea when she discussed it during a "private dance session".

References

Erickson, Hal. "Stripperella [Animated TV Series]". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
^ Stripperella (end credits). 2003. Credit appears at 21:43.
Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 798–799. ISBN 978-1476665993.
Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 602–603. ISBN 978-1538103739.
"Stripperella is not Kids' stuff". Today (Singaporean newspaper). February 12, 2005.
McLaughlin, Jim (July 2002). "'Stripperella' Strikes". Wizard. No. 130. Wizard Entertainment.
^ Ho, Richard (June 2003). "Strip Tease". Wizard. No. 141. Wizard Entertainment.
Owen, Rob (June 22, 2003). "TV Reviews: Cartoons for guys premiere on Spike TV". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on July 8, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
Lambert, David (December 5, 2004). "Stripperella – Uncensored DVDs for Stan Lee/Pamela Anderson Cartoon". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on September 15, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
"Humanoids to publish Stripperella one-shot". ICV2. March 28, 2003.
"Will the real Stripperella please..." Chicago Tribune. July 10, 2003. Retrieved August 7, 2014.

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Stripperella at epguides.com
Stripperella at IMDb

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