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''Space Cats'' is an animated series created by Paul Fusco, & produced by Marvel Animation that aired on NBC. It aired throughout NBC's Saturday morning block from September 14, 1991 to July 25, 1992. According to a now deleted YouTube comment, the show also aired on Channel 4 in the UK later on.
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'''''Space Cats''''' is an animated series created by Paul Fusco and produced by Marvel Animation that aired on NBC in the United States and on Channel 10 in Canada. It aired throughout NBC's Saturday morning block from September 14th, 1991, to July 25th, 1992. According to a now-deleted YouTube comment, the show also aired on Channel 4 in the UK later on, though it might actually be [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Fantomcat Fantomcat] he watched, and just didn't remember the actual name of the show.


The show is about a bunch of alien felines from a planet called Trygliceride-7, who are then transported to a secret location by their new leader D.O.R.C. Every episode begins with Captain Catgut, the captain of the Space Cats talking about something important. D.O.R.C. would then show up to inform them of a mission to do. Afterwards, Tom, Scratch, & Sniff are taken to Earth to do the mission tasked.
The show is about a bunch of alien felines from a planet called Trygliceride-7, who come to a secret location in the Earth's underground lairs to bring out truth, justice, & better quality cat food without the fishy anter taste. Every episode begins with Captain Catgut, the captain of the Space Cats, doing some random thing like playing Solitaire. D.O.R.C. would then show up to inform them of a mission to do. Afterwards, Tom, Scratch, and Sniff are taken to the surface of the Earth to do the mission tasked.


NBC only aired 13 episodes of the series as they discontinued their Saturday morning block in 1992 to make room for TeeNBC. It has yet to see release on home video, & it's currently not on any digital streaming services. Only one episode is available online, but there are descriptions of some of the lost episodes on Wikipedia. While almost all websites with info about this show say that 13 episodes were produced, some have different names than others depending on the site, most likely meaning that there might've been more episodes produced that either only aired in foreign countries, didn't air in the USA until reruns in 1994(according to the video with that one episode), or simply never aired at all.
NBC only aired 13 episodes of the series as they discontinued their Saturday morning block in the middle of 1992 to make room for TNBC, the replacement block that aired live-action shows made for teenagers. It has yet to see release on home video, and it's currently not on any digital streaming services. Only one episode is available online, but there are descriptions of some of the lost episodes on Wikipedia. While almost all websites with info about this show say that 13 episodes were produced, some have different names than others depending on the site, most likely meaning that there might've been more episodes produced that either only aired in foreign countries, didn't air in the USA until reruns in 1994 (at least according to the YouTube video with that one episode, though the exact channel it aired on at that time is currently unknown), or simply never aired at all.


NBC had a comic collection released featuring several of their cartoons into comics, one of which was a Space Cats comic. One of the episodes might've been adapted into the comic, or was simply confused with the comic.<ref>20 Years Before 2000: 1991 Saturday Morning NBC Comics!</ref> There's another episode about monuments where they're stolen instead of shrunk. No exact name has been given to this episode as of yet though. This 2nd monument episode was described on an Angelfire website.<ref>Eh Eh Eh Eh Eh EH...Space Cats!</ref>
NBC had a comic collection released featuring several of their cartoons into comics, one of which was a ''Space Cats'' comic. One of the episodes might've been adapted into the comic or was simply confused with the comic.<ref>[http://20yearsb42000.blogspot.com/2017/01/1991-saturday-morning-nbcomics-good.html Saturday Morning NBC blog that posted a ''Space Cats'' comic.] Retrieved 07 Nov '20</ref> There's another episode about monuments where they're stolen instead of shrunk. No exact name has been given to this episode as of yet, though. This 2nd monument episode was described on an Angelfire website.<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/ns2/czarmatthew/spacecats.html Angelfire review of an episode of ''Space Cats''.] Retrieved 07 Nov '20</ref>


On July 6th of 2020, YouTube user TurdMan McQuack revealed that he had a bootleg DVD of Space Cats he bought from Mexico, but didn't know where he left it at. 2, & a half months later, it's revealed that it just had the one already found episode as well as other unrelated cartoons.
On July 6th, 2020, YouTube user TurdMan McQuack revealed that he had a bootleg DVD of ''Space Cats'' he bought from Mexico but didn't know where he left it at. Two and a half months later, it's revealed that it just had the one already found episode as well as other unrelated cartoons.


Toonarific has a few images from currently unidentified episodes, & a few more images from other unidentified episodes have appeared on other websites.<ref>Space Cats @ Toonarific Cartoons</ref> There's also an auction on Worthpoint for what claim to be the series bible, intro scripts, & original pilot scripts, with pictures to prove. The description says that it was originally made for Disney in 1984. Whether, or not this auction, or the pictures are actually real is currently a mystery.<ref>'Space Cats' (1991) Orig. Pilot Script, 'Intro' Scripts And 'Bible' Paul Fusco</ref>
Toonarific has a few images from currently unidentified episodes, and a few more images from other unidentified episodes have appeared on other websites.<ref>[http://www.toonarific.com/show.php?show_id=3377 Toonarific Cartoons page on ''Space Cats''.] Retrieved 07 Nov '20</ref> There's also an auction on Worthpoint for what claims to be the series bible, intro scripts, and original pilot scripts, with pictures to prove. The description says that it was originally made for Disney in 1984. Whether or not this auction or the pictures are actually real is currently a mystery.<ref>[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/space-cats-1991-orig-pilot-script-1763340184 'Space Cats' (1991) Orig. Pilot Script, 'Intro' Scripts And 'Bible' Paul Fusco] Retrieved 07 Nov '20</ref>
 
On January 6th, 2021, GrigioGuy uploaded 5 other episodes of ''Space Cats'' as MEGA files, as well as the already available episode, despite that one episode uploaded to YouTube still being up. Eventually, those 5 episodes were uploaded to YouTube through GrigioGuy's own channel.


There is also a website that claims to have all the episodes to watch, but you have to be logged in to see them. These are most likely fake.  
There is also a website that claims to have all the episodes to watch, but you have to be logged in to see them. These are most likely fake.  


It's also possible that there may also be an unaired pilot episode that exists, though whether or not any information on that ever shows up will be a mystery.
==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! style="color:black" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
! style="color:black" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title
! style="color:black" | Status
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
|-
|-
|1
|1
|Send In The Clones
|Send In The Clones
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-SpRALtKWI<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|2
|2
|Stinking Pollution
|Stinking Pollution
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_9uMf_Diw<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|3
|3
|Like Cats To Water
|Like Cats To Water
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|4
|4
|Thank You, Masked Man
|Thank You, Masked Man
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|5
|5
|A Recession Is Depression
|A Recession Is Depression
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|6
|6
|Diamonds Are Furrever
|Diamonds Are Furrever
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|7
|7
|Mirror, Mirror On the Wall
|Mirror, Mirror On the Wall
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|8
|8
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|9
|9
|Blintzcapades
|Blintzcapades
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|10
|10
|A Tale of Two Kitties
|A Tale of Two Kitties
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|11
|11
|Mysterious Missing Guests
|Mysterious Missing Guests
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|12
|12
|Operation Pine Crud
|Operation Pine Crud
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx6eZAmvbR4<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|13
|13
|Y.I. Auto
|Y.I. Auto
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|??
|??
|Big Fish-Little Fish
|Big Fish-Little Fish
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence unconfirmed'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|??
|??
|Cats Hate Water
|Cats Hate Water
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence unconfirmed'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|??
|??
|The Hard Life of Hollywood
|The Hard Life of Hollywood
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence unconfirmed'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|??
|??
|Selling California
|Selling California
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence unconfirmed'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|??
|??
|The Curse of the Mummy
|The Curse of the Mummy
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence unconfirmed'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|??
|??
|The Biggest Theft of All Times
|The Biggest Theft of All Times
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence unconfirmed'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|??
|??
|Full of Bananas!
|Full of Bananas!
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence unconfirmed'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|??
|??
|Dreams On Wheels
|Dreams On Wheels
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence unconfirmed'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|??
|??
|Party Crasher
|Party Crasher
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence unconfirmed'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|??
|??
|Fast Food Mayhem
|Fast Food Mayhem
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence unconfirmed'''
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|??
|The Tuna Doesn't Fall From the Tree
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|-
|??
|??
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|??
|??
|(no name given)
|(no name given)
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence unconfirmed'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP4LLWB6DvE<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|??
|(no name given)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4ybAqmaqUc<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|}
|}
==Videos==
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  |description1 =The show's 1st part of the intro, and credits.
  |service2    =youtube
  |id2          =agloX9r_nM
  |description2 =The 2nd part of the intro.
  |service3    =youtube
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  |description3 =Footage of a few unidentified episodes in German.
  |service4    =youtube
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  |description4 =A few bumpers for the series, including the ones when it aired on ''Chip And Pepper's Cartoon Madness''.
}}
==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


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Revision as of 11:19, 24 February 2021

Scat2.jpg

Image from an unknown episode.

Status: Partially Found

Space Cats is an animated series created by Paul Fusco and produced by Marvel Animation that aired on NBC in the United States and on Channel 10 in Canada. It aired throughout NBC's Saturday morning block from September 14th, 1991, to July 25th, 1992. According to a now-deleted YouTube comment, the show also aired on Channel 4 in the UK later on, though it might actually be Fantomcat he watched, and just didn't remember the actual name of the show.

The show is about a bunch of alien felines from a planet called Trygliceride-7, who come to a secret location in the Earth's underground lairs to bring out truth, justice, & better quality cat food without the fishy anter taste. Every episode begins with Captain Catgut, the captain of the Space Cats, doing some random thing like playing Solitaire. D.O.R.C. would then show up to inform them of a mission to do. Afterwards, Tom, Scratch, and Sniff are taken to the surface of the Earth to do the mission tasked.

NBC only aired 13 episodes of the series as they discontinued their Saturday morning block in the middle of 1992 to make room for TNBC, the replacement block that aired live-action shows made for teenagers. It has yet to see release on home video, and it's currently not on any digital streaming services. Only one episode is available online, but there are descriptions of some of the lost episodes on Wikipedia. While almost all websites with info about this show say that 13 episodes were produced, some have different names than others depending on the site, most likely meaning that there might've been more episodes produced that either only aired in foreign countries, didn't air in the USA until reruns in 1994 (at least according to the YouTube video with that one episode, though the exact channel it aired on at that time is currently unknown), or simply never aired at all.

NBC had a comic collection released featuring several of their cartoons into comics, one of which was a Space Cats comic. One of the episodes might've been adapted into the comic or was simply confused with the comic.[1] There's another episode about monuments where they're stolen instead of shrunk. No exact name has been given to this episode as of yet, though. This 2nd monument episode was described on an Angelfire website.[2]

On July 6th, 2020, YouTube user TurdMan McQuack revealed that he had a bootleg DVD of Space Cats he bought from Mexico but didn't know where he left it at. Two and a half months later, it's revealed that it just had the one already found episode as well as other unrelated cartoons.

Toonarific has a few images from currently unidentified episodes, and a few more images from other unidentified episodes have appeared on other websites.[3] There's also an auction on Worthpoint for what claims to be the series bible, intro scripts, and original pilot scripts, with pictures to prove. The description says that it was originally made for Disney in 1984. Whether or not this auction or the pictures are actually real is currently a mystery.[4]

On January 6th, 2021, GrigioGuy uploaded 5 other episodes of Space Cats as MEGA files, as well as the already available episode, despite that one episode uploaded to YouTube still being up. Eventually, those 5 episodes were uploaded to YouTube through GrigioGuy's own channel.

There is also a website that claims to have all the episodes to watch, but you have to be logged in to see them. These are most likely fake.

It's also possible that there may also be an unaired pilot episode that exists, though whether or not any information on that ever shows up will be a mystery.

Episodes

# Episode Title Status
1 Send In The Clones Found
2 Stinking Pollution Found
3 Like Cats To Water Existence Unconfirmed
4 Thank You, Masked Man Existence Unconfirmed
5 A Recession Is Depression Existence Unconfirmed
6 Diamonds Are Furrever Existence Unconfirmed
7 Mirror, Mirror On the Wall Existence Unconfirmed
8 The Incredible Shrinking Monuments Lost
9 Blintzcapades Existence Unconfirmed
10 A Tale of Two Kitties Existence Unconfirmed
11 Mysterious Missing Guests Existence Unconfirmed
12 Operation Pine Crud Found
13 Y.I. Auto Existence Unconfirmed
?? Big Fish-Little Fish Existence Unconfirmed
?? Cats Hate Water Existence Unconfirmed
?? The Hard Life of Hollywood Existence Unconfirmed
?? Selling California Existence Unconfirmed
?? The Curse of the Mummy Existence Unconfirmed
?? The Biggest Theft of All Times Existence Unconfirmed
?? Full of Bananas! Existence Unconfirmed
?? Dreams On Wheels Existence Unconfirmed
?? Party Crasher Existence Unconfirmed
?? Fast Food Mayhem Existence Unconfirmed
?? The Tuna Doesn't Fall From the Tree Existence Unconfirmed
?? Professor VonSchtooker And the Temple of God Found
?? (no name given) Found
?? (no name given) Found

Videos

The show's 1st part of the intro, and credits.

The 2nd part of the intro.

Footage of a few unidentified episodes in German.

A few bumpers for the series, including the ones when it aired on Chip And Pepper's Cartoon Madness.

References