Fraidy Cat (partially lost ABC animated comedy series; 1975)

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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 March 2024, 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.

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