Syfy's "Eureka" getting animated this December

Syfy's hit series Eureka gets an animated makeover this December for a special holiday-themed episode, proving that indeed anything is possible in the town of Eureka.

In the first-of-its-kind episode, the quaint town of geniuses will be transformed into animated versions of themselves. The stand-alone holiday episode will also feature a stellar line up of guest stars lending their voices to a variety of characters: Jim Parsons, Chris Parnell, Matt Frewer and Edward James Olmos.

The airdate for the holiday episode will be announced at a later date.

In the episode "Do You See What I See," it's Christmas again in Eureka, and Sheriff Carter (Colin Ferguson) and Allison Blake (Salli Richardson-Whitfield) are secretly planning the perfect holiday surprise for their kids. But something mysterious interferes with the super-photon generator designed to create a faux winter wonderland on Main Street, sending a kaleidoscopic wave of color crashing over Eureka, and leaving the entire town and its inhabitants animated. Adapting to the rules of their animated world, our cartoon heroes encounter talking creatures, anthropomorphized machines and snowy foes as they race to find a solution before Christmas morning... or face potentially being a cartoon forever.

Parsons is set to voice Carter's long put-on Jeep, who's had enough of his owner's cavalier attitude towards him. Olmos will voice Rudy, the leader of a pack of sled dogs who befriends Deputy Andy.

Parnell also guest-stars as Dr. Noah Drummer, reprising his role from last year's Christmas special. Frewer will be featured as an animated, altered version of himself, and helps Jo (Erica Cerra) make an important realization about her tough-girl personality.

Leading production and entertainment company Curious Pictures will produce the animation featured in the episode, which will be broken up into different styles including anime, claymation, animation inspired by the Looney Tunes cartoons, and modern CG.

Eureka continues with all-new episodes at 8 p.m. ET/PT Mondays on Syfy.

Eureka seems like any other cozy, Pacific Northwest town, but is actually a secret community of geniuses assembled by the government to conduct top-secret research. What they've unwittingly created is a place where anything imaginable can happen -- and does.

Eureka stars Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston and Niall Matter. Co-creator Jaime Paglia and Bruce Miller are executive producers, and the series is produced by Universal Cable Productions.