History YMMV / HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats

* AwesomeEgo: Riff-Raff, albeit mostly justified by the fact that he's acknowledged as one of the toughest cats in Westfinster, [[TheSmartGuy savvy enough]] to be the leader of his own street gang, and has a babe ''[[SexyCatPerson like Cleo]]'' as his girlfriend.

* DesignatedHero: Heathcliff, to the point of being a borderline VillainProtagonist. The series repeatedly emphasises the fact that he's the neighborhood bully, from its intro song, to multiple episodes that show him antagonizing nearly everyone from the fishstore owner, and even Spike, oftentimes without provocation. But he's shown to be [[JerkassWithAHeartOfGold a "good guy" beneath it all]] in his more heroic moments.
* {{Designated Villain}}s: Hector, Wordsworth, and Mungo whenever they appear in the Heathcliff segments.

* DesignatedHero: Heathcliff can come off as this, sometimes.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Catillac Cats. Even though Heathcliff always got top billing[[note]]only his segments were acknowledged in promos and commercial bumpers (at least on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]])[[/note]], many fans felt that Riff-Raff and his gang were better developed and had much more interesting adventures and than Heathcliff.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Catillac Cats. When this show aired, it was always about Heathcliff: only his segments were acknowledged in promos and commercial bumpers (at least on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]]), and whenever the Catillac Cats were advertised, they were treated as secondary characters. However, many fans of this show will agree that The Catillac Cats were much more interesting and entertaining than Heathcliff.

** The Catillac Cats episode "High Goon" features a bar called "The Scratching Post". Years later, [[Series/IZombies the CW series, "iZombie"]] features a bar with that same name.

** Again with Mungo, in the series finale, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", when his younger brother arrives to be taken under his care. But he's shown to have a problematic behaviour. Later, he befriends a rival gang of the Catillac Cats, so Mungo tells him that he's free to go where he feels or stay with him, but Mingo leaves for the other gang, which leaves Mungo alone and crying for the night. Next day, the CC receive a challenge from the other gang and Mungo and Mingo are about to fight, but Mingo stops, while in tears says that he cannot fight his own brother. The enemy gang leaves and Mingo returns with Mungo.

* EarWorm: The doo-wop style theme tune is quite insidiously catchy.

* PopularWithFurries: Heathcliff anf The Catillac Cats all have their fans, but Cleo is the one that is most popular with furries.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Catillac Cats. When this show aired, it was always about Heathcliff: only his segments were acknowledged in promos and commercial bumpers (at least on [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]]), and whenever the Catillac Cats were advertised, they were treated as secondary characters. However, many fans of this show will agree that The Catillac Cats were much more interesting and entertaining than Heathcliff.

* CommonKnowledge: Many people who grew with the series would swear the Catillac Cats were a sort of rival gang to Heathcliff, despite the two actually belonging to different stories inside the show and only very sporadically interacting with each other (the segment's respective main characters, Heathcliff and Riff-Raff, actually ''never'' appeared together outside of the ending credits and some promotional art). Part of the fault goes to the fact that, although the Cats are as memorable as Heathcliff himself, the show's title implied it was exclusively about his adventures or at least about all together, thus implying they were logically part of his story. Fault also goes to the aforementioned shared closing credits, where Heathcliff appeared antagonizing Riff-Raff by stealing his hat.

** The Catillac Cats episode "Time Warped" almost feels like a parody to ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', what with the cats sent back in time to TheWildWest, the Cadillac filling in as the De Lorean, and having to use a train to get back to the present time. However the episode was made at least three years before ''BTTF III'' hit theaters.

*** in the cartoon "Monstro vs Wolf hound" Monstro had a really scary close up.

** The Catillac Cats episode "Time Warped" almost feels like a parody to ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', what with the cats sent back in time to the OldWest, the Cadillac filling in as the De Lorean, and having to use a train to get back to the present time. However the episode was made at least three years before ''BTTF III'' hit theaters.

* AcceptableTargets: The British. If you see a character talking with a British accent, chances are he or she will be rich, snobby, a bad guy or some combination of the three.

* CommonKnowledge: Many people who grew with the series would swear the Catillac Cats were a sort of rival gang to Heathcliff, despite the two actually belonged to different stories inside the show and only very sporadically interacted with each other (the segment's respective main characters, Heathcliff and Riff-Raff, actually ''never'' appeared together outside of the ending credits and some promotional art). Part of the fault goes to the fact that, although the Cats are as memorable as Heathcliff himself, the show's title implied it was exclusively about his adventures or at least about all together, thus implying they were logically part of his story. Fault also goes to the aforementioned shared closing credits, where Heathcliff appeared antagonizing Riff-Raff by stealing his hat.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Catillac Cats. When this show aired, it was always about Heathcliff: only his segments were acknowledged in promos and commercial bumpers (at least on [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]]), and whenever the Catillac Cats were advertised, they were treated as secondary characters. However, many fans of this show will agree that The Catillac Cats were much more interesting and entertaining than Heathclif.

** Iggy's redesign bears a strong resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Mac]].
** Dixie (the athletic cat whom Mungo falls for) in the episode "The Games of Love" looks very similar to [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Minerva Mink]], who wouldn't exist for another nine years.
** The Catillac Cats episode "Time Warped", almost feels like a parody to ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', what with the cats sent back in time to the OldWest, the Cadillac filling in as the De Lorean, and having to use a train to get back to the present time. However the episode was made at least three years before ''BTTF III'' hit theaters.

* NightmareFuel: From "Kitten Around", [[http://orig00.deviantart.net/cf74/f/2011/323/c/4/cleo_super_angry_by_scheherezade10-d4gomgz.jpg this image]] of a super-pissed off Cleo when she threatens Roxanne.
** That is pretty scary!

* CommonKnowledge: Many people who grew with the series would swear the Catillac Cats were a sort of rival gang to Heathcliff, despite the two actually belonged to different segments of the show and only very sporadically interacted with each other (the segment's respective main characters, Heathcliff and Riff-Raff, actually ''never'' appeared together outside of the ending credits and some promotional art). Part of the fault goes to the fact that, while the show's title focused on Heathcliff alone, the Catillac Cats were ''at least'' as well remembered as him, thus making natural to think they were supposed to be in the same story. Another part to the fault goes to the aforementioned shared closing credits, where Heathcliff appeared antagonizing Riff-Raff by stealing his hat.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Catillac Cats. When this show aired, it was always about Heathcliff: only his segments were acknowledged in promos and commercial bumpers (at least on [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]]), and whenever the Catillac Cats were advertised, they were treated as secondary characters. However, many fans of this show will agree that The Catillac Cats series was much more memorable than Heathclif.

** The Catillac Cats episode "Time Warped", almost feels like a parody to ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', what with the cats sent back in time to the OldWest, the Cadillac filling in as the De Lorean, and having to use a train to get back to the present time. However the episode was made at least three years before BTTF III hit theaters.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Apparently, it's more well-remembered than the comic strip.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Catillac Cats. When this show aired, it was always about Heathcliff. Only his segments were acknowledged in promos and commercial bumpers (at least on [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]]). However, most fans of this show will agree that The Catillac Cats series was much better than Heathcliff's.
** Maybe not being based on an established, but very dated comic book property had something to do with that.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The French got the entire show on DVD years before America because of this trope. Also, there were some toy figurines of The Catillac Cats produced in France. Even a toy Cadillac car that could be changed into a hovercraft, and trailer, just like in the show. If you're lucky enough you can find these up for auction on Website/EBay.
** It helps that the show was partially made in France.

* AcceptableTargets: The British. If you see a character talking with a British accent, chances are he will be rich, snobby, a bad guy or some combination of the three.

* AcceptableTargets: The British. If you see a character talking with a British accent, chances are he will be a rich, snobby, a bad guy or some combination of the three.

* AcceptableTargets: The British. If you see a character talking with a British accent, chances are he will be a rich, snobby bad guy.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The French have the entire show on DVD because of that. Also, there were some toy figurines of The Catillac Cats produced in France. Even a toy Cadillac car that could be changed into a hovercraft, and trailer, just like in the show. If you're lucky enough you can find these up for auction on EBay.

** Dixie (the athletic cat whom Mungo falls for) in the episode "The Games of Love" looks very similar to [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Minerva Mink]] who wouldn't exist for another nine years.
** The Catillac Cats episode "Time Warped", almost feels like a parody to ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', what with the cats sent back in time to the old west, the Cadillac filling in as the De Lorean, and having to use a train to get back to the present time. However the episode was made at least three years before BTTF III hit theaters.