History Anime / SamuraiPizzaCats

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Teyandee!" for Yattarou/Speedy. He says it out of frustration or determination.

''Kyattou Ninden Teyandee'' (キャッ党 忍伝 てやんでえ, "Cat Ninja Legend Teyandee" [[note]]The word "Teyandee" is an Edo period slang term that does not have an actual English translation. It is used by Yattarou/Speedy to show frustration or determination.[[/note]]). is an anime from 1990 that got an English GagDub the next year in the form of ''Samurai Pizza Cats''. A long-standing rumor says licensor Creator/SabanEntertainment either didn't manage to receive transcripts of the original show's dialog, lost the transcripts, or [[BlindIdiotTranslation received horribly translated scripts]], so the writers had to make up stories and dialog from scratch. (The official story is less amusing: the original production company didn't send the scripts because they had given Saban ''carte blanche'' to turn the show into something a Western audience would find funny. Then again, given how ''Anime/GhostStories'' came about...)

** The original Japanese show initially plays this trope fairly straight, implying serious danger should the heroes' secret identities be divulged. But that only lasts a couple of episodes before they start playing it for laughs instead, lampshading the fact that no one, friend or foe, can see the obvious.

* ClassicalElementsEnsemble: The Rescue Team is one. General Catton is fire, [[PlayingWithFire with his pair of flamethrowing cannons on his back]]; Bat Cat is air, because he uses a device that keeps him airborne; Meowzma is earth because he uses drills on his helmet, gloves, and tail to drill under ground; and Spritz is water, making use of high powered water jets and in general loving water, contrary to how most cats are depicted.

%%* HeroesWantRedheads: Speedy for Polly and Guido for Ruby.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Speedy Cerviche vs. fanon Speedy Service.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger'' AKA ''Twelve Warrior Explosive Eto Rangers'', since they share the same character designer.

%%* JustForPun: Almost every episode.

* ClipShow: "The Cats Cop Cartoon Careers!"

* ThreeAmigos: Speedy Cerviche, Polly Ester, and Guido Anchovy.

** Yattaro's sword, "Masamasa", was named after [[UsefulNotes/MuramasaAndMasamune Masamune]]. Karamaru's cloned Masamasa, the Muramura, was named after Muramasa.

** Francine's name and distinctively thick New York accent in the English version are a riff on Janine from ''Film/GhostBusters''.

* FourElementEnsemble: The Rescue Team: [[PlayingWithFire General Catton is fire,]] [[BlowYouAway Bat Cat is air,]] [[DishingOutDirt Meowzma is earth,]] and [[MakingASplash Spritz is water.]]

* TohokuRegionalAccent: Carla/Okara, who comes from the rural Karakara village, speaks with this. Karamaru slips into the accent upon meeting her, being reminded of his own days back in the village. It also rubs off on the cats and even the narrator.

* TheVamp: Dee Dee/Madonna, complete with a dominatrix getup (mask and high heels), [[WhipItGood a whip]], and NoblewomansLaugh.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The Saban dub cuts some scenes that were present in the original Japanese show, including but not limited to [[AmusingInjuries burnt and scratched Ninja Crows]], [[ArmorPiercingSlap Polly slapping Speedy]], [[HotSpringsEpisode some girls bathing at the hot springs]], [[DirtyOldMan Guru Lou (Nekomata) fondling girls and reading pornography]], [[HoYay Speedy kissing Guido]], [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms some instances of guns being fired]], [[spoiler: [[GainaxEnding and Lucille destroying Little Tokyo with a giant missile during the finale.]]]]

* TheyFightCrime: All over town!