Fraidy Cat (partially lost ABC animated comedy series; 1975): Difference between revisions

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The show's title card

Status: Partially Found

Date found: Unknown

Found by: Unknown

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 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, 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 for May 28, 2017, only 10 episodes have been found. Here is a list of the episodes that were created.

A Tumblr user found a few home video releases which contain the ten found episodes (and possibly the missing ones).

Episode	Availability	Contributors	Links	Extra notes
Choo Choo Fraidy	Found	vcrfromheck	vcrfromheck
Cupid 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 Haivng a Ball	Found	vcrfromheck	vcrfromheck
The Not-So-Nice Mice	Found	vcrfromheck	vcrfromheck
This Cat for Hire	Found	vcrfromheck	vcrfromheck	an alternative name is "The Cat for Hire"
Lollipop Burglar	Found	vcrfromheck	vcrfromheck
Puss N Boots	Lost
A Scardey Fraidy	Lost
A Small Star is Born	Lost
Fraidy Gone Fishing	Lost
Fraidy Come Home	Lost
Double Trouble	Lost
Unlucky Fraidy	Lost
Culture Schlock	Lost			unlike the other episodes, this one is from 1976

External links

Playlist featuring 9 found episodes (NOTE: The pitch is different than usual)

Fraidy Cat's Nine Lives on Villains Wiki

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 ==Episodes==
-Only 10 episodes have been found so far. Here is a list of the episodes that were created.
+As for May 28, 2017, only 10 episodes have been found. 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).
-NOTE: Episode names in italics mean the episode itself is lost.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|- style="vertical-align:top;horizontal-align:center;"
-*Choo Choo Fraidy
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Episode</span>
-*Cupid the Cat
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Availability</span>
-*Feline Fortune
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Contributors</span>
-*Love is a Many Feathered Thing
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Links</span>
-*Magic Numbers
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Extra notes</span>
-*Meaner Than a Junkyard Cat
+|-
-*Over the Wall Haivng a Ball
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Choo Choo Fraidy</span>
-*The Not-So-Nice Mice
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Found</span>
-*This Cat for Hire (an alternative name is "The Cat for Hire")
+|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''</span>
-*Lollipop Burglar
+|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]</span>
-*''Puss N Boots''
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
-*''A Scardey Fraidy''
+|-
-*''A Small Star is Born''
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Cupid the Cat</span>
-*''Fraidy Gone Fishing''
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Found</span>
-*''Fraidy Come Home''
+|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''</span>
-*''Double Trouble
+|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]</span>
-*''Unlucky Fraidy''
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
-*''Culture Schlock'' (unlike the other episodes, this one is from 1976)
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Feline Fortune</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Found</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Love is a Many Feathered Thing</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Found</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Magic Numbers</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Found</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Meaner Than a Junkyard Cat</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Found</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Over the Wall Haivng a Ball</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Found</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">The Not-So-Nice Mice</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Found</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">This Cat for Hire</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Found</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">an alternative name is "The Cat for Hire"</span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Lollipop Burglar</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Found</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">'''vcrfromheck'''</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">[http://vcrfromheck.tumblr.com/post/101338579205/fraidy-cat-east-west-dvd-2005-while-at-my vcrfromheck]</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Puss N Boots</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Lost</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">A Scardey Fraidy</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Lost</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">A Small Star is Born</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Lost</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Fraidy Gone Fishing</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Lost</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Fraidy Come Home</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Lost</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Double Trouble</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Lost</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Unlucky Fraidy</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Lost</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Culture Schlock</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">Lost</span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%"></span>
+|<span style="font-size:80%">unlike the other episodes, this one is from 1976</span>
+|}
 ==External links==