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The Cattanooga Cats was Hanna-Barbera's attempt to duplicate the success it enjoyed with The Banana Splits. Running in 1969-70 on ABC, this hour-long series had no live-action segments.

The headliners were an all-feline rock band, consisting of Country, a guitarist; Scoots, a bassist, and Groove, a drummer. Their female companion, Kitty Jo, looked like a feline version of Daphne Blake; she also sang on a few of their songs. They had a few cartoon segments, but most of their appearances were in music videos, à la The Archie Show.

Other segments were:

Around the World in 79 Days, loosely based on the Jules Verne novel.
It's the Wolf, in which a sneaky wolf pursued a lamb through the use of Paper Thin Disguises.
Motormouse and Autocat, which was essentially Tom and Jerry on wheels.

Tropes used in The Cattanooga Cats include:

Big Friendly Dog: Kitty Jo's dog, Teeny Tim
Comic Book Adaptation: The Cattanooga Cats appeared in three issues of Gold Key's Hanna-Barbera Fun-In anthology series (issues #2, 3 and 4). Motormouse and Autocat appeared in issues 5, 7 and 9, and It's The Wolf! appeared in issues 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. Around The World In 79 Days did not appear at all.
Everybody Do the Endless Loop
Fake Band
Funny Animals* Getting Crap Past the Radar: One of the music videos was for a song titled "Birthday Suit"^[1].

"How do you like me in my birthday suit?/Am I cute in my birthday suit?/How do you like me in my birthday suit/I'm just crazy 'bout the birthday suit"

I'm Your Biggest Fan: Chessie, the Autograph Hound (so named because she always has a wide Cheshire Cat grin).
Parental Bonus: An uncredited Paul Lynde was the voice of Mildew Wolf, and Marty Ingels, already well known for his role on I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, was the voice of Autocat.
Punch Clock Villain: Autocat, although he's not really a villain. His job at the garage is to get rid of Motormouse.
Rhymes on a Dime: Groove; also Lambsy when he (sarcastically) asks who the "stranger of the week" could be.

↑ One of the songs Kitty Jo sings lead vocals on

[1] One of the songs Kitty Jo sings lead vocals on

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-''Cattanooga Cats'' was [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s attempt to duplicate the success it enjoyed with ''[[The Banana Splits (Animation)|The Banana Splits]]''. Running in 1969-70 on [[ABC]], this hourlong series had no live-action segments.
+''[[The Cattanooga Cats]]'' was [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s attempt to duplicate the success it enjoyed with ''[[The Banana Splits]]''. Running in 1969-70 on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], this hour-long series had no live-action segments.
-The headliners were an all-feline rock band, consisting of Country, a guitarist; Scoots, a bassist, and Groove, a drummer. Their female companion, Kitty Jo, looked like a feline version of [[Scooby Doo|Daphne Blake]]; she also sang on a few of their songs. They had a few cartoon segments, but most of their appearances were in music videos, à la ''[[The Archie Show (Animation)|The Archie Show]]''.
+The headliners were an all-feline rock band, consisting of Country, a guitarist; Scoots, a bassist, and Groove, a drummer. Their female companion, Kitty Jo, looked like a feline version of [[Scooby Doo|Daphne Blake]]; she also sang on a few of their songs. They had a few cartoon segments, but most of their appearances were in music videos, à la ''[[The Archie Show]]''.
 Other segments were:
-* ''Around the World in 79 Days'', loosely based on the [[Jules Verne]] [[Around the World In Eighty Days|novel]].
+* ''Around the World in 79 Days'', loosely based on the [[Jules Verne]] [[Around the World in Eighty Days|novel]].
 * ''It's the Wolf'', in which a sneaky wolf pursued a lamb through the use of [[Paper-Thin Disguise|Paper Thin Disguises]].
-* ''Motormouse and Autocat'', which was essentially ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'' on wheels.
+* ''Motormouse and Autocat'', which was essentially ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' on wheels.
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+{{tropelist}}
-=== Tropes: ===
 * [[Big Friendly Dog]]: Kitty Jo's dog, Teeny Tim
 * [[Comic Book Adaptation]]: The Cattanooga Cats appeared in three issues of Gold Key's ''Hanna-Barbera Fun-In'' anthology series (issues #2, 3 and 4). Motormouse and Autocat appeared in issues 5, 7 and 9, and It's The Wolf! appeared in issues 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. Around The World In 79 Days did not appear at all.
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 * [[Fake Band]]
 * [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]]* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: One of the music videos was for a song titled "Birthday Suit"<ref>One of the songs Kitty Jo sings lead vocals on</ref>.
-{{quote|  "How do you like me in my birthday suit?/Am I cute in my birthday suit?/How do you like me in my birthday suit/I'm just crazy 'bout the birthday suit"}}
+{{quote|"How do you like me in my birthday suit?/Am I cute in my birthday suit?/How do you like me in my birthday suit/I'm just crazy 'bout the birthday suit"}}
 * [[I'm Your Biggest Fan]]: Chessie, the Autograph Hound (so named because she always has a wide Cheshire Cat grin).
 * [[Parental Bonus]]: An uncredited [[The Hollywood Squares|Paul Lynde]] was the voice of Mildew Wolf, and Marty Ingels, already well known for his role on ''I'm Dickens, He's Fenster'', was the voice of Autocat.
 * [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Autocat, although he's not really a villain. His job at the garage is to get rid of Motormouse.
-* [[Rhymes On a Dime]]: Groove; also Lambsy when he (sarcastically) asks who the "[[Paper-Thin Disguise|stranger of the week]]" could be.
+* [[Rhymes on a Dime]]: Groove; also Lambsy when he (sarcastically) asks who the "[[Paper-Thin Disguise|stranger of the week]]" could be.
 {{reflist}}
-[[Category:Hanna Barbera]]
 [[Category:Saturday Morning Cartoon]]
 [[Category:The Sixties]]
 [[Category:Western Animation]]
 [[Category:The Cattanooga Cats]]
+[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Cattanooga Cats, The}}