Norbert and Daggett
| Norbert and Daggett | |
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| The Angry Beavers characters | |
| First appearance | Snowbound (1994) |
| Created by | Mitch Schauer |
| Voiced by | Norbert:
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| Nicknames | Norbert:
Daggett:
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| Species | North American beaver |
| Gender | Male |
| Family | Leonard Beaver (father) Rose Beaver (mother) Stacy and Chelsea Beaver (sisters) Unnamed grandmother (grandmother) Cletus Beaver (Uncle) Unnamed cousin (cousin) Treeflower (Norbert's girlfriend and future wife and Daggett's future sister-in-law) Lily and Petunia Beaver (Norbert's future daughters and Daggett's future nieces) |
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Norbert Foster "Norb" and Daggett Doofus "Dag" Beaver are the main protagonists of the Nickelodeon animated series The Angry Beavers. Both of them were created by series creator Mitch Schauer in 1993. Norbert is the more relaxed brother, whereas Daggett is the more short-tempered brother. After moving out of their parents' home to become bachelors in the forest near the fictional Wayouttatown, Oregon.,[1] the two of them have gone on many zany, crazy and sometimes surreal hijinks and adventures.
Characters
Norbert
Norbert is a light-yellow beaver, who is Daggett's older brother by four minutes. Articulate and well-read, Norbert is a highly opinionated beaver who acts as the voice of reason and straight man to his younger brother's insane ideas. Despite this, he is very lazy and patronizing towards Daggett. Norbert can be extremely and unjustifiably selfish at times, and tends to bully, insult, and take advantage of his brother, which usually backfires in some way but does not lead to any permanent consequences for him like it does for Daggett.
Daggett
Daggett is a brown beaver, and the younger brother of Norbert by four minutes. Energetic and childish, Daggett has a habit of over-the-top and sensitive emotions, as well as a self-defence mechanism of name-calling. Those things could very well have to do with how he is constantly treated badly. He seems to have a love-hate relationship with Norbert, helping and antagonizing him as his mood requires. He may or may not be aware that Norbert is abusing him. He has a Telephone in the likeness of Bullwinkle J. Moose from Rocky and Bullwinkle. While usually seeming to be unintelligent, Daggett's intelligence can vary widely to meet an episode's needs from being somewhat dim-witted to even accomplishing impressive scientific feats.
History
In 1993, Gunther-Wahl Productions Inc. (Schauer's employer at the time) requested three ideas for animated series, as the studio had the opportunity to pitch a show to Nickelodeon.[2] One of the three ideas that Schauer presented was an early concept for The Angry Beavers. Schauer wasn't even present for the pitch meeting, his ideas being pitched for him by the production company instead. Of the three ideas, network producer Mary Harrington was intrigued by the Beavers.[2] The initial concept of the show centered on two bad-tempered, politically incorrect beavers that hated anything that was a fad, cause, or just popular in the media. "I tend to develop things that are counterculture," stated Schauer. "I like to buck whatever is popular at the time or considered society's way of doing things, because you get more interest when you stand outside the box."[3] Schauer was against making the beavers cute, as a response to many of the "soft, safe" character designs at the time.[2][3]
Originally, Norbert and Daggett were named "Slack and Dekker" and both of them had the same designs, with the difference being the color scheme. As well as this, despite having his calm and collective nature, Norbert was also very excitable, like Daggett. They were both later renamed "Norbert and Daggett". After the pilot, Snowbound, was completed in 1994, and the series had been greenlit, Schauer had to change one of the beavers, both in terms of appearance and personality, in order for people to be able to tell them both apart, and he chose Norbert.
Richard Steven Horvitz and Nick Bakay were chosen as voice actors for main beavers Daggett and Norbert, respectively. Gunther-Wahl held auditions for over 300 different actors (including Mitchell Whitfield, who had voiced Norbert in the pilot), but Schauer settled on the two because they embodied the two beavers' characters perfectly, also being impressed by their chemistry upon being introduced to one another. He recalled the two frequently going off-script while recording, which he encouraged, considering their improvisation leading to some of the series' best moments. Schauer was influenced by classic Hollywood director Howard Hawks for the show's ad-libbing and overlapping of dialogue; a type of technique that would be used in similar animated shows such as SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly OddParents, Phineas and Ferb, and Family Guy.[2]
Reception and Legacy
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References
- ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 32. ISBN 978-1538103739. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Mitch Schauer". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2026-04-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Beck, Jerry (2007). Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons!. Melcher Media. p. 74. ISBN 978-1595910431. Search this book on
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