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|title=<center>Fraidy Cat (Filmation cartoon)</center>
|title=<center>Fraidy Cat (1975)</center>
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|imagecaption=The show's title card
|imagecaption=The show's title card
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span>
|datefound=2005
|foundby=vcrfromheck
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'''''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. The others were ''Wacky and Packy'' and ''M.U.S.H.'' It should not be confused with the ''Tom & Jerry'' short from 1942.
'''''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 [[Fraidy Cat (cancelled Disney animated film; 2004-2005)|the cancelled Disney animated movie]].


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. After a massive shuffling of rights, the Filmation library is now the property of NBC Universal under DreamWorks Classics.
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.


''Fraidy Cat'', or at least some of its episodes, may have lapsed into the Public Domain, possibly because Filmation [http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm forgot to publish the cartoons with a copyright notice]. The musical cues were still under copyright in 2004, as is ''Uncle Croc'' ([http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9naJtTMnBgE which actually displayed] a copyright notice for Filmation). As such, the copyright for both will expire at the end of 2070.
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.  


==Episodes==
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.
Only 10 episodes have been found so far. Here is a list of the episodes that were created.
 
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.


A Tumblr user [http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my found a few home video releases], which contain the ten found episodes (and possibly the missing ones).
Currently, the only legitimate way to own ''Fraidy Cat'' on DVD is through buying the ''Frightfully Funny Collection Vol. 2'' DVD by BCI.


NOTE: Episode names in italics mean the episode itself is lost.
==Episodes==
As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, the entire series has been found so far. Here is a list of the episodes that were created.


*Choo Choo Fraidy
A Tumblr user [http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my 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).
*Cupid the Cat
*Feline Fortune
*Love is a Many Feathered Thing
*Magic Numbers
*Meaner Than a Junkyard Cat
*Over the Wall Haivng a Ball
*The Not-So-Nice Mice
*This Cat for Hire (an alternative name is "The Cat for Hire")
*Lollipop Bandit
*''A Small Star is Born''
*''Fraidy Gone Fishing''
*''Fraidy Come Home''
*''Double Trouble
*''Unlucky Fraidy''
*''Culture Schlock'' (unlike the other episodes, this one is from 1976)


==External links==
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.
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXtJ4FIV7Kqmt3bWIbvJ7OsyEGqAEwxDB Playlist featuring all found episodes (NOTE: The pitch is different than usual)]


*[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Fraidy_Cat's_Nine_Lives Fraidy Cat's Nine Lives] on Villains Wiki
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|- style="vertical-align:top;horizontal-align:center;"
|<span style="font-size:80%">Episode
|<span style="font-size:80%">Availability
|<span style="font-size:80%">Contributors
|<span style="font-size:80%">Links
|<span style="font-size:80%">Notes
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">Choo Choo Fraidy
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">Cupid and the Cat
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">Feline Fortune
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">Love is a Many Feathered Thing
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">Magic Numbers
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">Meaner Than a Junkyard Cat
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">Over the Wall and Havin' a Ball
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">The Not-So-Nice Mice
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">A Small Star is Born
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">A Scaredy Fraidy
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]
|<span style="font-size:80%"> An alternative name is "Lollipop Burglar" or "Lollipop Bandit"
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">Puss n' Boats
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]
|<span style="font-size:80%"> This episode’s title gets commonly confused for “This Cat for Hire”, despite the latter being unproduced.
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">It's a Dog's Life
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">'''HaloFan, thet00nedl00n'''
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPQboQitXxQ]
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">This Cat for Hire
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:gray;">'''Scrapped'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">Fraidy Gone Fishing
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:gray;">'''Scrapped'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">Fraidy Come Home
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:gray;">'''Scrapped'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">Double Trouble
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:gray;">'''Scrapped'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">Unlucky Fraidy
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:gray;">'''Scrapped'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|-
|<span style="font-size:80%">Culture Schlock
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:gray;">'''Scrapped'''
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|<span style="font-size:80%">
|<span style="font-size:80%">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.
==External Links==
*[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpZSPLUT67oXIgU61u2RPD-igyNKDlkzF Playlist featuring all of the 12 episodes (NOTE: The episodes are rendered in PAL format so the frames and audio aren't rendered correctly).]
*[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Fraidy_Cat's_Nine_Lives Villains Wiki page on Fraidy Cat's Nine Lives.]
*[https://youtu.be/jMbiqjAGtqU The partially lost French dub of Fraidy Cat.]


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Latest revision as of 17:12, 3 November 2022

FRAIDYCAT.jpeg

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.

External Links