History Headscratchers / SwatKats

** Alternatively the amount of offscreen time for converting the truck and repairing the [=TurboKat=] could have been different. They seemed to have equipment ready to convert the truck already available and didn't seem to be taking too long for the conversion. However, in the time it took to launch the [=TurboKat=], enough time passed for the Enforcers to send search parties for downed pilots and prepare a second wave of fighters for an attack against Mutilor's ship, suggesting that hours, maybe even days could've passed while the SWAT Kats completed repairs on the [=TurboKat=].

** Almost certainly it does. It's a standard cliche of sci-fi (see Franchise/StarTrek) that ships will throw up a forcefield around a hull breach to prevent the escape of oxygen/gravity.

*** Actually, it's made quite clear that that the Enforcers are somehow some sort of multidisciplinary force--hell, even they function essentially as just some militarized police force with it's own army, naval, and air arm. There's clearly a lot of cross-training involved, and even the SWAT Kats themselves were ex-Enforcers.

Razor using the ash-tray to destroy Mac's body seemed to work very effectively, so why didn't he build a "sand-blaster" gun of some sort for later Metallikat encounters? Granted in ''Metal Urgency'' it was unknown that the Metallikats had been rebuilt/gotten loose, but it would have made sense to have that around for later encounters.

** The flashback established that Feral is a glory hog that wants to take down Dark Kat himself. Crud, he even pulled the same thing against the SWAT Kats when they had him locked as he did to Jake and Chance back then.

** Most likely, Steele realized it wouldn't look good for him if he didn't at least 'attempt' a rescue, but he deliberately dragged his ass and hoped that he would arrive too late.

* That's a good point. The easiest explanation is simply this: they ARE cats, they probably see no reason to do so. From their point of view, using a litter box is just the way it is, the same way using a flushing toilet is in Western Civilization today. T;dr: it's a cultural tradition they see no logical need to dispose of. The other explanation is perhaps more complicated and that would be that, again as cats, they CAN'T use a toilet like we do. But that assumes they behave like cats all the time--which to be honest, has some merit in terms of empirical evidence, since catnip is a controlled substance sold by drug lords and (if memory serves) the term "declawed" is thrown around more than once as a form of punishment. So it is possible they simply don't think like we do. They think like "real" cats.

While we never directly see it, there's plenty of references to it, from TV personality "David Litterbin" to more than a few passing comments made about Megakat Litter Corporation and/or their factory.

[[folder: The Metallikats]]
Razor using the ash-tray to destroy Mac's body seemed to work very effectively, so why didn't he build a "sand-blaster" gun of some sort for later Metallikat encounters? Granted in ''Metal Urgency'' it was unknown that the Metallikats had been rebuilt/gotten loose, but it would have made sense to have that around for later encounters.

*** Actually, it's made quite clear that that the Enforcers are somehow some sort of multidisciplinary force--hell, even they function essentially as just some militarized police force with it's own army, naval, and air arm. There's clearly a lot of cross-training involved, and even the Swat Kats themselves were ex-Enforcers.
* The entire sequence with the Thunder Truck is ultimately pointless and affects the plot in no way whatsoever. Mutilor destroys it very quickly and it doesn't even damage his ship. The in-story excuse for it is flimsy, too: supposedly it is because the Turbokat isn't finished being repaired, but in the time it took to strip down and convert a three-axle tow truck into a ''two''-axle monster truck ''and'' arm it, they could've, I dunno, finished repairing the Turbokat. When they finally head back and finish with the jet, they rush the job and it makes no real difference ultimately.

** Alternatively the amount of offscreen time for converting the truck and repairing the turbokat could have been different. They seemed to have equipment ready to convert the truck already available and didn't seem to be taking too long for the conversion. However in the time it took to launch the Turbokat enough time passed for the Enforcers to send search parties for downed pilots and prepare a second wave of fighters for an attack against Mutilor's ship suggesting that hours, maybe even days could've passed while the SWAT Kats completed repairs the Turbokat.

** Almost certainly it does. It's a standard cliche of sci-fi (see Franchise/StarTrek) that ships will throw up a forcefield around a hull breach to prevent the scape of oxygen/gravity.

Razor using the ash-tray to destroy Mac's body seemed to work very effectively, so why didn't he build a "sand-blaster" gun of some sort for later Metallikat encounters? Granted in ''Metal Urgency'' it was unknown that the Metallikats had been rebuilt/gotten loose, but it would have made sense to have that around for second season encounters.

[[folder: The Darkside of the Swat Kats]]
The Dark Swat Kats may have been defeated, but the Dark Kat in their world is still on the loose. What's stopping him from creating another bomb? I don't think their enforcers are enough to stop him since they suck at their job in the regular swat kat universe.
* Chances are the Dark Swat Kats ''killed'' their world's versions of the other villains save Dark Kat.

The Dark Swat Kats may have been defeated, but the Dark Kat in their world is still on the loose. What's stopping him from creating another bomb? I don't think their enforcers are enough to stop him since they suck at their job in the regular swat kat universe.

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The Dark Swat Kats may be defeated, but the Dark Kat in that world is still on the loose. What's stopping him from creating another bomb? I don't think their enforcers are enough to stop him since they suck at their job in the regular swat kat universe.

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** Alternatively the amount of offscreen time for converting the truck and repairing the turbokat could have been different. They seemed to have equipment ready to convert the truck already available and didn't seem to be taking too long for the conversion. However in the time it took to launch the Turbokat enough time passed for the Enforcers to send search parties for downed pilots and prepare a second wave of fighters for an attack against Mutilor's ship. suggesting that hours, maybe even days could've passed while the SWAT Kats completed repairs the Turbokat.

** That's a good point. The easiest explanation is simply this: they ARE cats, they probably see no reason to do so. From their point of view, using a litter box is just the way it is, the same way using a flushing toilet is in Western Civilization today. T;dr: it's a cultural tradition they see no logical need to dispose of. The other explanation is perhaps more complicated and that would be that, again as cats, they CAN'T use a toilet like we do. But that assumes they behave like cats all the time--which to be honest, has some merit in terms of empirical evidence, since catnip is a controlled substance sold by drug lords and (if memory serves) the term "declawed" is thrown around more than once as a form of punishment. So it is possible they simply don't think like we do. They think like "real" cats.

** Almost certainly it does. It's a standard cliche of sci-fi (see StarTrek) that ships will throw up a forcefield around a hull breach to prevent the scape of oxygen/gravity.

** Because being a fighter pilot is a completely different job from being an infantryman, and you can't assume that those trained for one of those roles are also trained for the other? Just because the Swat Kats and the Ferals are so badass that they can do both doesn't mean that everybody can.

* Mutilor's ship must have an automatic forcefield that kicks in whenever the hull is breached. Otherwise everyone on the bridge (including the SWAT Kats) would've died when Felina crashed through the windshield.

* Callie's double standards and hypocrisy when it comes to the SWAT Kats are on full display in this episode. She won't let Feral fire on Dark Kat's ship for fear of breaching the reactor, but she totally condones the ''SWAT Kats'' attacking him. This becomes a wall banger for me when one realizes the Enforcers' tanks were aimed ''away'' from the power plant, with little to zero change of them hitting it, while the SWAT Kats are in a jet that attacks from multiple directions, with the plant in possible danger at every turn. As a result, ''they'' stood a better chance of accidentally breaching the reactor than the Enforcers, and it honestly comes off like Callie is just being a reckless, hypocritical fool due to her worship of the SWAT Kats. The fact the reactor was [[FridgeHorror already breached]] well before this doesn't make Callie's reasoning any stupider, since she apparently didn't know (although the escaping technicians should've mentioned the reactor breach to the Enforcers).

* Dr. Zyme apparently getting eaten in is [[DethroningMomentOfSuck one of the worst excuses for a monster attack]] in the series. For starters, the attack shouldn't have even happened. When shot and momentarily "petrified," the bacteria monster was facing away from the lab, so having it just arbitrarily turn and smash the glass for no reason was really dumb. Then of course there's the issue with the glass breaking so easily, when the monster's hand barely even pokes it ("practically indestructible," my left foot!), and finally there's the way Zyme and Callie behave. Callie doesn't shout a warning of any kind even though she notices it first, and Zyme just standing there and screaming instead of joining her in running away is the stupidest part of all. And did the thing even get him? Most sources tend to write him off as dead, and in an episode that's already racked up quite a body count I wouldn't put it past them, but why else would we be shown the otherwise pointless shot of the monster getting distracted by Feral's chopper if we weren't meant to infer that Zyme escaped? It's one huge wall banger.