Fraidy Cat (partially lost ABC animated comedy series; 1975)
The show's title card
Status: Partially Lost
Fraidy Cat was a 1975 Filmation cartoon. It originally premiered on ABC's Uncle Croc's Block (which had both live action and animation) along with two other cartoons, Wacky and Packy and M.U.S.H. It should not be confused with the Tom & Jerry short from 1942 or the cancelled Disney animated movie.
The plot of each 6 minute long episode is that Fraidy the cat gets himself into a predicament, and one of his corresponding lives come to help if he says a number “one” through “nine.”
Hallmark Cards acquired Filmation in 1995, and they converted the original master tapes from NTSC to PAL before discarding the NTSC tapes. This conversion pitched the videos up by a half-step.
Some of the episodes in NTSC format can be found on many public domain DVDs, however, the episodes aren’t taken from their masters, instead being taken from VHS tapes.
After a massive shuffling of rights, the Filmation library is now the property of NBC Universal under DreamWorks Classics.
Currently, Fraidy Cat is under the copyright of DreamWorks.
Currently, the only legitimate way to own Fraidy Cat on DVD is through buying the Frightfully Funny Collection Vol. 2 DVD by BCI.
Episodes
As of June 2023, the entire series has been found so far. Here is a list of the episodes that were created.
A Tumblr user found a few home video releases which contain some of the found episodes (A Scaredy Fraidy, A Small Star is Born, and It’s a Dog’s Life are exceptions).
At one point, a user named Dark_Timur claimed to have found two episodes ("Puss N' Boots [an episode that didn’t even exist]" and "Double Trouble"), but it turns out that the former is a Looney Tunes short, while the other is a Tom and Jerry cartoon.
| Episode | Availability | Contributors | Links | Notes |
| Choo Choo Fraidy | Found | vcrfromheck | vcrfromheck | |
| Cupid and the Cat | Found | vcrfromheck | vcrfromheck | |
| Feline Fortune | Found | vcrfromheck | vcrfromheck | |
| Love is a Many Feathered Thing | Found | vcrfromheck | vcrfromheck | |
| Magic Numbers | Found | vcrfromheck | vcrfromheck | |
| Meaner Than a Junkyard Cat | Found | vcrfromheck | vcrfromheck | |
| Over the Wall and Havin' a Ball | Found | vcrfromheck | vcrfromheck | |
| The Not-So-Nice Mice | Found | vcrfromheck | vcrfromheck | |
| A Small Star is Born | Found | vcrfromheck | vcrfromheck | |
| A Scaredy Fraidy | Found | vcrfromheck | vcrfromheck | An alternative name is "Lollipop Burglar" or "Lollipop Bandit" |
| Puss n' Boats | Found | vcrfromheck | vcrfromheck | This episode’s title gets commonly confused for “This Cat for Hire”, despite the latter being unproduced. |
| It's a Dog's Life | Found | HaloFan, thet00nedl00n | [1] | |
| This Cat for Hire | Scrapped | |||
| Fraidy Gone Fishing | Scrapped | |||
| Fraidy Come Home | Scrapped | |||
| Double Trouble | Scrapped | |||
| Unlucky Fraidy | Scrapped | |||
| Culture Schlock | Scrapped | unlike the other episodes, this one is from 1976 |
Partially Lost French Dub
On October 17, 2021, fragments of a French dub of the show were uploaded on YouTube. The only existing footage is 3/4 of Choo Choo Fraidy, and the last half of It’s a Dog’s Life. This proves that the rest of the other 10 episodes are dubbed in French, but are completely lost.