History WesternAnimation / Catdog

* ScriptWank: An in-universe example where Cat teaches Dog not to eat meat as animals are friends. It's a buildup point for the related Aesop to be subverted.

* ActorAllusion: [[Creator/JimCummings Cat]] often refers to Winslow as a "[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM blue rodent]]."

* {{Catchphrase}}: Several:
** Cat: "Bee-yoo-tee-''ful!''", "It just doesn't get any better than this!", a sarcastic "Terr-riffic", and [[AmusingInjuries "MY BODY MY BODY MY BODYYYYAAAGH!!!"]]
** Dog: "Hi-ho-diggety!", [[CaptainObvious "Two heads are more than one!"]] and "I smell trouble!" when acting as Dog the Mighty
** Winslow: "What are you, nuts?", and "Sheesh Louise!"
** Rancid: "What, what, what?!" and "Leaping lumbago!"
** Lola: "[[GratuitousSpanish Hola]], I am Lola!" and "Unbe''lieve''able!"
** Randolph: "And I ''love'' it!"

* [[YankTheDogsChain Yank The CatDog's Chain]]: And how! They create a successful candy, and [[spoiler:everyone goes bald]]! They finally move their house to a beautiful lake, but [[spoiler:Rancid drains it at the last minute]]! They think they beat a childhood rival to the top of the mountain, but [[spoiler:it's revealed [[DarkHorseVictory a third party beat them both]]]]! If [[CatchPhrase it just doesn't get any better than this]], it ''won't''.

* NiceMeanAndInbetween: Dog, Winslow and Cat, respectively.

** In "Vexed of Kin," Cat and Dog's frog father crosses the street in a parody of ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' which ends with their Sasquatch mother--rendered in similar graphics--following him across the street, causing a widespread series of car collisions and accidents due to her girth. One victim also yells "MY LEG!" like Fred from Western/SpongeBobSquarePants.

* TheKilljoy: I[[ronicName Mr. Sunshine]] who's basically pissed at everyone for no real reason.

Alone in the world is a little [=CatDog=]!''

* {{NightmareFuel}}: InUniverse; example with Dog in the episode "Nightmare", in which Dog was scared of a monster from a horror movie. Made worse when it was revealed that Tooth Pick Head was real. Also all the [[LatexPerfection removing of their faces]] could be considered quite creepy.
** As provided in the [[NightmareFuel/{{Nickelodeon}} Nickelodeon Nightmare Fuel Page]], At the end, Winslow is [[JumpScare surprised by Tooth Pick Head with a human body in the refrigerator.]]

''[=CatDog=]'' is a Franchise/{{Nicktoon|s}} created by illustrator and musician Peter Hannan. It first aired on {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} on April 4, 1998, and ran ([[Main/ShortRunInPeru in the U.S.]]) until June 15, 2005, for a total of 68 episodes.(Production ceased in 2000, but Nickelodeon held off the remaining episodes of its final season and eventually aired them on Creator/NicktoonsNetwork.)

The story revolves around Cat and Dog (together "[=CatDog=]"), {{conjoined twins}} who are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a cat and a dog respectively]]. [[OddCouple The twins]] have [[SiblingYinYang very different personalities]]. Cat is the brains of the outfit, sophisticated and obsessed with cleanliness, but also self-centered with a sense of superiority. Dog, on the other hand, is much more laidback and naive than his brother, and enjoys eating and going on adventures; he's also very gullible and easily led on. Each episode follows Cat and Dog's daily adventures of living with each other and trying to avoid harassment from a gang of three dogs named the Greaser Dogs, corrupt businessman Rancid Rabbit, and their neighbor, a blue mouse named Winslow who lives in one of the walls of their home.

!! [=FolderTrope=]!

->''"One fine day with a 'woof' and a 'purr',\\

Alone in the world is a little [=CatDog=]!"''
-->-- '''The beginning of the ExpositoryThemeTune'''

** In "Vexed of Kin," Cat and Dog's frog father crosses the street in a parody of ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' which ends with their Sasquatch mother--rendered in similar graphics--following him across the street, causing a widespread series of car collisions and accidents due to her girth.

''[=CatDog=]'' is a Franchise/{{Nicktoon|s}} created by illustrator and musician Peter Hannan. It first aired on {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} on April 4, 1998, and ran until June 15, 2005, for a total of 68 episodes.[[note]]Production ended in 2001, but Nickelodeon held off the remaining episodes of its final season and eventually aired them on Creator/NicktoonsNetwork.[[/note]]

!! Folder Trope!

The series was released on DVD by Creator/ShoutFactory, with the complete series released in 2014. As of TheNewTwenties the title characters still occasionally appear in {{crossover}} works, namely video games such as ''VideoGame/NickelodeonKartRacers 2: Grand Prix'' and ''VideoGame/NickelodeonAllStarBrawl''.

->''"One fine day with a "woof" and a "purr"\\
A baby was born and it caused a little stir!\\
No blue buzzard, no three-eyed frog\\

Alone in the world was a little [=CatDog=]!"''

* GrumpyBear: Mr. Sunshine, who's basically pissed at everyone for no real reason.

A baby was born and it caused a little stir\\

->''One fine day, with a "woof" and a "purr"\\

Alone in the world was a little [=CatDog=]!''
-->-- '''The ExpositoryThemeTune'''

->''A lunatic dog and a frustrated cat''\\
''Opposite this and opposite that''\\
''Internal struggle for two-in-one brothers''\\
''Scratchin' and bitin' and lovin' each other.''

The show reruns in the block Creator/NickRewind. The series was released on DVD by Creator/ShoutFactory, with the complete series released in 2014. As of TheNewTwenties the title characters still occasionally appear in {{crossover}} works, namely video games such as ''VideoGame/NickelodeonKartRacers 2: Grand Prix'' and ''VideoGame/NickelodeonAllStarBrawl''.

* RollercoasterMine: Happens in "Diamond Fever." It's taken UpToEleven in that as [=CatDog=] is riding along the track, their mine cart is breaking apart.

* SurroundedByIdiots: Cat tends to be frustrated by the idiocy that goes around him. It doesn't help that [[UpToEleven he's attached to one!]]

* KarmicButtMonkey: Zigzagged with Cat. He will receive some kind of punishment for his arrogance, but not all of it is karmic, like whenever Dog's recklessness puts them both in trouble.