His motto is "it never hurts to help", an attitude that generally gets him into trouble, from which much of the physical and visual humor of the show is derived.

Initially, most of the humor centered around Eek's various injuries during his attempts to help or save another character; over the course of the series, a far wider variety of humor is utilized and Eek generally has the capacity to unintentionally deal as much, if not more pain to other characters (mainly Sharky the Sharkdog) as he undergoes himself.

[7] The show featured a guitar riff intro, slapstick humor, and pop culture references.

Shows vary from standard cartoon fare to film spoofs (such as Apocalypse Now and A Clockwork Orange).

Despite their superior size and firepower and the obliviousness of their targets, the mercenaries always fail with comedic results.

When they are not after the humans, the Thunderlizards must protect Jurassic City from the Thuggosaurs led by Thuggo (voiced by Brad Garrett).

[8] It followed Ryan and Wade Heap (voiced by Cam Clarke and Savage Steve Holland) and their pet Klutter (vocal effects provided by Kirk Thatcher), who they created from a static reaction to pile of junk that their mother Andrea (voiced by Kathy Ireland) wanted them to pick up because the constant allergies of their father John (voiced by David Silverman) made it impossible for them to have a real dog.

There are other characters in the show, like Sandee Heap (voiced by Sandy Fox), who was lonely at first, before Klutter came into their lives.

and Thunderlizards, the segment was created by David Silverman and Holland along with being animated by Film Roman.

[14] For the second season in 1993, the show's format was retooled (except for "It's A Very Merry Eek's Mas", which originally aired as a prime-time special).

The Thunderlizards segments were intended to air at the start of the season, but it began two months later because of production delays.

Kato Kaelin was originally scheduled to be a guest voice in an episode,[15] but Fox network refused.

[19] As with many other Saban Entertainment series, the only major English-language DVD release is by Czech distributor North Video, featuring both Czech and English audio and original video (with English-language text) in the original production order.