Line #13 Trivia/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats


1	* ActingForTwo: Riff-Raff and Wordsworth were both voiced by Stan Jones, and then there's Mungo and Leroy, both voiced by Ted Ziegler.
2	* {{Blooper}}: The Catillac Cats episode "High Goon" uses a Heathcliff EpisodeTitleCard (specifically the one of Mungo about to step on a sunbathing Heathcliff).
3	* CreatorBacklash:
4	** This show is often looked back with fondness and nostalgia for those who grew up in the 80s and early 90s, and the voice cast enjoyed working on the show without any on-set issues. However, other people who ''worked'' on this show don't have very nice memories of it.
5	*** Creator/JohnKricfalusi (''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRippingFriends'') considered the show to be just another mediocre '80s series (the kind that would drive him to work on Ralph Bakshi's ''Mighty Mouse'' cartoon and create ''The Ren and Stimpy Show'').
6	*** Scott Shaw![[note]]The exclamation point is part of his name.[[/note]] (''ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'') found [=DiC=] too disorganized.
7	*** One writer talked about ExecutiveMeddling from Japanese animation producers, as TMS, or rather their subcontractors, opposed wacky cartoonish gags
8	*** Chuck Lorre (One of the show's co-developers, who was a cartoon writer in the 1980s before he created ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' and ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''[[note]]he also did ''WesternAnimation/ToxicCrusaders'' and the lyrics to ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'''s theme song[[/note]]) found this show beneath him, as he hated writing for animation.
9	*** Eddie Fitzgerald (''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', the basis for [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Pinky]] and John K.'s protege) has actively blanked out all memory of working on the show, despite his name being in the end credits.
10	* CrossdressingVoices: In the 1990s Japanese dub, Riff-Raff is voiced by a female voice actress, Yuko Saito. Averted in the 1980s dub, when he is voiced by Creator/HochuOtsuka instead.
11	* DuelingDubs: There's two Japanese dubs: One done in the 1980s and another one done in the 1990s, each one with their respective casts.
12	* InternationalCoproduction: Between Creator/DICEntertainment (USA and France) and Creator/TMSEntertainment (Japan) for the first season, with animation also contributed for the season by Creator/ArakiProductions, Creator/MushiProductions, Creator/StudioTakeOne, Creator/StudioKorumi and an uncredited Creator/WangFilmProductions.
13	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
14	** Various VHS and DVD compilations (mostly of the Heathcliff segments) were released up until in the mid-2000s, all of which are now out of print. Creator/ShoutFactory released the first 24 episodes before losing the rights to the series. Mill Creek Entertainment released the entire first season on DVD, one half in 2012 and the other half in 2013. Rescued in August 2016 when Mill Creek released the entire series on DVD, including the previously unreleased second season episodes.
15	** The most recent print of ''Heathcliff: The Movie'' was released on DVD in 2004, though it can be found on [=YouTube=]
16	* PopCultureUrbanLegends:
17	** Popular belief is that Heathcliff and Riff-Raff did interact with each other at least once in the show. Often times, someone will claim or swear in the internet that they saw an episode where they actually meet, sometimes adding that they heard the episode only aired once for whatever reason. Actually, no such episode was ever made, and the only time the two characters interacted was during the end credits and an odd cameo from Riff-Raff in the comic strip. However, this belief is so strong even today that it will not probably fade anywhere soon (see Common Knowledge in YMMV).
18	** Heathcliff is often called the last original character who Mel Blanc voiced. While certainly his last ''lead'' character, he did do several smaller original roles during the '80s.
19	* ScrewedByTheLawyers:
20	** Ever wonder why Heathcliff and Riff-Raff never meet outside the end credits? Heathcliff's owners at the time, the [=McNaught=] Syndicate, apparently didn't want characters not created by them appearing with Heathcliff, so hence Riff-Raff and Cleo were both unable to appear; Hector, Wordsworth, and Mungo were created specifically so they could appear in both segments.
21	** The Catillac Cats segments are referred to as "Cats & Co." in the credits due to a lawsuit from Cadillac.
22	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
23	** [[http://saturdaymorningrewind.podbean.com/e/36-donna-christie-interview-heathcliff-and-the-catillac-cats-dennis-the-menace-popples-real-ghostbusters/ Per an interview with voice actress Donna Christie]], the second season would have been longer had it not been for Mel Blanc's failing health.
24	** In 2010, a teaser was released for a CGI movie starring Creator/FrankWelker as Heathcliff. [[DevelopmentHell Nothing was ever done with the idea since.]]
25	** [[https://heathcliff.fandom.com/wiki/Heathcliff_%26_the_Catillac_Cats/Gallery One early model sheet]] shows that Bush the sheepdog was originally called "Wolf".

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