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==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== | ==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).] | *[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.] | *[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.] | |||
[[Category:Lost animation]] | [[Category:Lost animation]] |
Revision as of 00:56, 23 October 2021
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 September 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 | 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.