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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 May 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

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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, ''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 (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.
+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 {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, nearly the entire series has 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 eleven found episodes (and possibly the missing one).
+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).
-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.
+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.
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+|<span style="font-size:80%"> This episode’s title gets commonly confused for “This Cat for Hire”, despite the latter being unproduced.
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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.
+==See Also==
+*[[Bugzburg (lost cartoon spin-off of Pinochio pseudosequel; 1989)]]
+*[[ToonHeads (partially lost Cartoon Network animation anthology series; 1992-2003)]]
+*[[The Archie Comedy Hour (partially found song segments of CBS animated series based on comic book series; 1969-1970)]]
+*[[Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids "Busted" (found uncensored version of episode of animated series; 1984)]]
+*[[Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down? (partially found animated series; 1970-1972)]]
+*[[Uncle Croc's Block (partially found ABC comedy series; 1975)]]
+*[[T'as l'Bonjour d'Albert (partially found Carlos segments from French dub of "Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids" animated series; 1985)]]
+*[[Filmation's New Classics Collection (Lost Filmation's franchise of pseudosequels from disney movies;1985-1989)]]
 ==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).]
+*[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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