Agency - English program:.Animation, Children, Interactive Program - East. Study guide available.

Story, John Weldon ; direction, John Weldon ; animation, John Weldon ; puppet design, Lilian Kruip ; costume design, Lilian Kruip ; digital imaging specialist, Pierre Plouffe ; original music, Chris Crilly ; sound editing, Chris Crilly ; music recording, Geoffrey Mitchell, Patrick Viegas ; foley, Andy Malcolm, Goro Koyama ; re-recording, Serge Boivin, Shelley Craig ; executive producer, David Verrall ; producer, Marcy Page.

Narration, Derek McGrath.

Recorded 2002.

Dorothy Sue Ann Murguson isn't having the best of times. Her bodybuilder mother and food-additive salesman father are constantly on the road. Her hair is either flat and limp or tangled in knots. Her pet fish keep keeling over. And if that's not enough, a caterpillar, cat, rabbit, dog, turtle - and a ravenous enormous squid - are devouring her homework. When the squid rampages through town, Dorothy's misguided school counsellor finally realizes that the homework-eating creatures aren't all in her head - and that magnets, crystals and sundry wacko therapies won't make them vanish. Thanks to Dorothy's quick thinking, the squid is captured and the town is saved. A madcap tall tale from Oscar winner John Weldon, The Hungry Squid will make anyone pause before saying, "The dog ate my homework.".

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Second Place - Category: Animation - with a cash prize 500$US, 2002 Special Mention, 2002 Honorable Mention - Process Award for Visual Excellence, 2003 Platinum Award - Category: Short Subject Film & Video, 2003 Genie Award for Best Animated Short, 2003 Silver WorldMedal - Category: Short Film Comedy, 2003 Chris Statuette - Category: Education & Information, 2003

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).