I’ve been watching a lot of Eek The Cat recently and I discovered something interesting about it.
The first five episodes of season 2 of Eek The Cat feature no Thunderlizards. Their first appearance is TTL: Meat the Thunderlizards / The Great Eekscape. The reason why they don’t show up until episode 6 is because that’s not how it was supposed to play out. The episode is actually supposed to be the first episode of season 2. However, it got pushed back because of animation issues. So, technically, this season is out of order.
The production issues with Meat The Thunderlizards and their first episode reminds me of the first episode of The Simpsons. It, too, got pushed back for animation issues. Only difference is Thunderlizards’s first episode still aired first, whereas Simpsons first episode was the final episode of season 1.