Eek always puts others' safety, needs, and comfort before his own. Eek can talk with all animals and most humans. However, he is, oddly enough, unable to converse with his owners: Mom, Wendy Elizabeth, and J.B. He often exclaims "Kumbaya!" His motto is "It never hurts to help!", although with Eek this is rarely the case. The major running gag within the show is that Eek's selfless nature usually gets him (and most of the time Sharky) caught up in painful situations.