History YMMV / TheCattanoogaCats

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Due to the series' early cancellation, Chessie only got to appear in one complete episode. She did regularly appear in the short segments where the Cats try to avoid her, at least.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: You have a quartet of cats dressed like hippies, using slang like "psychedelic" and "groovy", performing in bubblegum pop music videos with trippy visuals, occasionally accompanied by a dog named after one of the late sixties' most [[Music/TinyTim famous musicians]]. If you can't tell this is a product of Main/TheSixties, you're not paying attention.

** "Geronihoho", the second episode of ''The Cattanooga Cats'', is rife with it. The antagonist, Geranihoho[[note]]That's not a typo, his name is spelled out differently in the episode itself[[/note]], is a stereotypically-dressed Native American man speaking in [[TontoTalk broken English]], lashing out at the tourists who have [[InformedWrongness taken over his tribe's hunting grounds]] and built a ranch on it. It still ends happily for Geranihoho, in a way; after the chase scenes, bow-and-arrow shootings, and painful Indian puns, the Cats convince him to take advantage of the situation and open a concert hall. While he never gets the tourists off his land, they now make him very rich.
** On top of that, Mildew using TontoTalk when pretending to be an Indian in "Lamb Scout Cook Out". That sort of stereotyping would not be acceptable nowadays.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Due to the series' early cancellation, Chessie only got to appear in one complete episode.[[note]]She did regularly appear in the short segments where the Cats try to avoid her.[[/note]]

** The second episode of ''The Cattanooga Cats'' features a Native American man trying to protect his land, [[InformedWrongness and is vilified for it]]. The Cats proceed to show him a "better life" in show business. Yikes.

** Motormouse and Autocat as well; they did well enough to get a self-titled spinoff in 1970, making new episodes along with ''It's The Wolf''. Of the four cartoons, ''Motormouse and Autocat'' had the most segments, with ''It's The Wolf'' not too far behind. (Ironically, the cats themselves had the fewest, with only nine to their name.)

** Motormouse and Autocat as well; it did well enough to get a self-titled spinoff in 1970, making new episodes along with It's The Wolf. Of the four cartoons, Motormouse and Autocat had the most segments.

** As well as Motormouse and Autocat in the series as they spunoff into a titled new series along with Mildew Wolf as well as having the most episode segments in the show.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: While the show wasn't as big as Creator/HannaBarbera hoped, the character Mildew Wolf managed to stand out quite a bit, enough to cameo on some later shows from the studio.

* MemeticMutation: Kitty Jo being [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Daphne]]'s fursona. [[https://twitter.com/Bickpixx/status/1422285934725406731 The original meme here]].

* As well as Motormouse and Autocat in the series as they spunoff into a titled new series along with Mildew Wolf as well as having the most episode segments in the show.

** Motormouse and Autocat as well being the titular characters of the 1970 program which featured new episodes of the segment with It's the Wolf.
* {{Mondegreen}}: It's easy to mishear Chessie's name as Jessie.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: While the show wasn't as big as Hanna-Barbera hoped, the character Mildew Wolf managed to stand out quite a bit, enough to cameo on some later shows from the studio.

* EarWorm: Jabba Da, Jabba Da, sing Jabba Da.

* CoveredUp: At least one of their songs was not a Cattanooga Cats original. The song Cold Wisconsin Nights (sometimes called "Sittin' by the Fireside" after the beginning of the song's first verse) was previously recorded by a group called The American Revolution.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Due to the series' early cancellation, Chessie only got to appear in one episode.

* EarWorm: Jabba Da, Jabba Da, sing Jabba Da.