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|title=<center>Fraidy Cat (Filmation cartoon)</center>
|title=<center>Fraidy Cat (1975)</center>
|image=FRAIDYCAT.jpeg
|image=FRAIDYCAT.jpeg
|imagecaption=The show's title card
|imagecaption=The show's title card
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</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.
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.


"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].
''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 (administered by Warner-Chappell Music), 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.


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
Only 10 episodes have been found so far. Here is a list of the episodes that were created.
As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, the entire series has been found so far. Here is a list of the episodes that were created.


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).
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 eleven found episodes (and possibly the missing one).


NOTE: Episode names in italics mean the episode itself is lost.
At one point, a user named Dark_Timur claimed to have found two episodes ("Puss N' Boots" and "Double Trouble"), but it turns out that the former is a ''Looney Tunes'' short, while the other is a ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon.


*Choo Choo Fraidy
{| class="wikitable"
*Cupid the Cat
|- style="vertical-align:top;horizontal-align:center;"
*Feline Fortune
|<span style="font-size:80%">Episode
*Love is a Many Feathered Thing
|<span style="font-size:80%">Availability
*Magic Numbers
|<span style="font-size:80%">Contributors
*Meaner Than a Junkyard Cat
|<span style="font-size:80%">Links
*Over the Wall Haivng a Ball
|<span style="font-size:80%">Notes
*The Not-So-Nice Mice
|-
*This Cat for Hire (an alternative name is "The Cat for Hire")
|<span style="font-size:80%">Choo Choo Fraidy
*Lollipop Bandit
|<span style="font-size:80%"><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
*''A Small Star is Born''
|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''
*''Fraidy Gone Fishing''
|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]
*''Fraidy Come Home''
|<span style="font-size:80%">
*''Double Trouble
|-
*''Unlucky Fraidy''
|<span style="font-size:80%">Cupid and the Cat
*''Culture Schlock'' (unlike the other episodes, this one is from 1976)
|<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%">
|-
|<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%">'''Bob the Builder, 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
|-
|}
==External Links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXtJ4FIV7Kqmt3bWIbvJ7OsyEGqAEwxDB Playlist featuring 9 found 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.]


==External links==
*[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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Revision as of 03:51, 30 May 2021

FRAIDYCAT.jpeg

The show's title card

Status: Found

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.

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.

Fraidy Cat, or at least some of its episodes, may have lapsed into the Public Domain, possibly because Filmation forgot to publish the cartoons with a copyright notice. The musical cues were still under copyright in 2004 (administered by Warner-Chappell Music), as is Uncle Croc (which actually displayed a copyright notice for Filmation). As such, the copyright for both will expire at the end of 2070.

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 the eleven found episodes (and possibly the missing one).

At one point, a user named Dark_Timur claimed to have found two episodes ("Puss N' Boots" 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
It's a Dog's Life Found Bob the Builder, 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

External Links