History WesternAnimation / HelloKittysFurryTaleTheater

* LighterAndSofter: Done quite a lot even if it does avert the SweetDreamsFuel-flavoring Sanrio is known for. Particularly a parody of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' where nobody dies (unless you count [[InferredHolocaust some poor people on a carousel]]).

* LighterAndSofter: Done quite a lot even if it does avert the TastesLikeDiabetes flavoring Sanrio is known for. Particularly a parody of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' where nobody dies (unless you count [[InferredHolocaust some poor people on a carousel]]).

** Grinder normally acts as TheDragon to Catnip whenever she is the main antagonist of plays, but when he' not acting he's a sweet-natured GentleGiant.

* RidiculouslyAliveUndead: In "Catula", the titular Catula (played by Catnip) goes around stealing the townspeople's milk cartons with the intent to drink from them.

* ShoutOut: "Paws of the Round Table" features a scene where Grinder's Black Knightcharacter [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail must answer three questions.]]

** Nobody dies in the "Jaws" parody. (Except for maybe[[InferredHolocaust the people on the carousel]]).

** Catnip often plays as antagonistic roles in many stories. Offstage, however, she does have her moments, and can be somewhat nice at times.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: The ending of "Kitty and the Kong."

* AdultFear: [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial "K. T., the Kitty Terrestrial"]] puts a particular emphasis on this, as the titular alien feline is separated from her parents and hunted by opportunistic researchers while on Earth.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera "Phantom of the Theater"]], the SeriesFinale, deals with the cast's investigation of strange happenings in the theater, rather than a performance.
** This also applies to the segments that parody movies, rather than traditional fairy tales. [[Film/{{Jaws}} "Paws"]] and [[Film/CrocodileDundee "Crocodile Penguin"]] come to mind.

** Kitty's full name is often subject of [[IAmNotShazam I Am Not Shazam]] due to many people asuming her full name is Hello Kitty and not Kitty White. In this series however, her full name ''is'' Hello Kitty.

* [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Adaptational Nice Girl]]: The mother duck in Literature/TheUglyDuckling was [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] if not outright [[AbusiveParents abusive]] toward the eponymous Ugly Duckling. Fangola meanwhile portrays the mother duck in "The Ugly Quackling" as at worst somewhat exasperated toward "Ugly" (portrayed by My Melody) for her clumsiness, but otherwise treats her with mostly the same love and attention as her other hatchlings.

* MismatchedEyes: Grinder has one eye that's black bead and one detailed eye.

This is the only ''Hello Kitty'' animated series that is an InternationalCoproduction intended for a non-Japanese market, originally airing on CBS in the United States; the animation was produced in Japan (by Creator/ToeiAnimation, with assistance from Korean studio Creator/BigStar) but all scripts and voice acting are in English. Two later anime series, ''Hello Kitty and Friends'' and ''Hello Kitty's Animation Theater'', also plug her and other Creator/{{Sanrio}} characters into fairy tale retellings, though those adaptations are much more straightforward and faithful (especially ''Animation Theater'') and lack a FramingDevice.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera "Phantom of the Theater"]], the SeriesFinale, deals with the cast's investigation of strange happenings in the theater, rather than a performance.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Grinder normally acts as TheDragon to Catnip whenever she is the main antagonist of plays, but when he' not acting he's a sweet-natured GentleGiant.

U.S. viewers can watch the whole series on [[http://www.hulu.com/hello-kittys-furry-tale-theater Hulu]]. VUDU[[note]]Pronounced like "voodoo".[[/note]] is also streaming the show for free in the U.S.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Chip is from Tuxedo Sam's line, but in this show he looks fairly different than he does in most merch (he's blue in most merchandise, grey in this cartoon, among other traits).

This is the only ''Hello Kitty'' animated series that is an InternationalCoproduction intended for a non-Japanese market, originally airing on CBS in the United States; the animation was produced in Japan but all scripts and voice acting are in English. Two later anime series, ''Hello Kitty and Friends'' and ''Hello Kitty's Animation Theater'', also plug her and other Creator/{{Sanrio}} characters into fairy tale retellings, though those adaptations are much more straightforward and faithful (especially ''Animation Theater'') and lack a FramingDevice.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: [[Theatre/PhantomOfTheOpera "Phantom of the Theater"]], the SeriesFinale, deals with the cast's investigation of strange happenings in the theater, rather than a performance.

'''Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater''' is a 1987 SaturdayMorningCartoon starring everyone's favorite, Franchise/HelloKitty!

You can watch the whole series on [[http://www.hulu.com/hello-kittys-furry-tale-theater Hulu]]. VUDU[[note]]Pronounced like "voodoo".[[/note]] is also streaming the show for free.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In "Kitty and the Beast" Sam is transformed into a beast by an evil witch rather than a fairy to teach him a lesson.

* CanonForeigner: Catnip and Grinder.

* GreenEyes[=/=]GreenEyedMonster: Catnip.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: The ending of Kitty and the Kong.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Chip is from Tuxedo Sam's line, but in this show he looks fairly different than he does (he's blue in most merchandise, grey in this cartoon, among other traits).

* CanonForeigner: Catnip and Grinder. Chip the seal may also be one, as there doesn't appear to be any other Sanrio works (or merchandise) featuring him.

* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Played with. The ChristmasEpisode of the series starts out as ''A Christmas Carol'', but then becomes a parody of ''The Grinch''.

This is the only ''Hello Kitty'' animated series that is an InternationalCoproduction intended for a non-Japanese market, originally airing on CBS in the United States; the animation was produced in Japan but all scripts and voice acting are in English. Two later anime series, ''Hello Kitty and Friends'' and ''Hello Kitty's Animation Theater'', also plug her and other Sanrio characters into fairy tale retellings, though those adaptations are much more straightforward and faithful (especially ''Animation Theater'') and lack a FramingDevice.