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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/waldo_kitty_personalities.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350: The "heroic cats," left to right: Captain Herc, [[TarzanBoy Catzan,]] [[BatmanParody Catman,]] [[JustLikeRobinHood Robin Cat,]] and The Lone Kitty.]]
3	'''The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty''' (1975, Creator/{{Filmation}}) is a SaturdayMorningCartoon which aired on Creator/{{NBC}}, based loosely on ''Literature/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty.''
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5	The episode opens with a live-action scene in the neighborhood yard. Two cats – MadDreamer Waldo and companion Felicia – go about their simple pleasures, sometimes with a third animal companion, when bulldog Tyrone crashes their party, corners one of them, and stuns them into motionless standoff.
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7	At this point, Waldo would envision himself as any of five alter egos based on how he viewed the predicament. The scene transitioned to animated segment, with Tyrone in the role of the arch-villain.
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9	With the defeat of the VillainOfTheWeek, the scene transitioned back to live action, where Waldo would invariably trick Tyrone and watch him get carted off.
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11	Later known as ''The New Adventures of Waldo Kitty,'' after Filmation got into legal trouble with the estate of James Thurber (the original Walter Mitty author).
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13	! Tropes appearing in this series:
14	* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: TarzanBoy Catzan, with his loincloth.
15	* {{Affectionate Parod\|y}}ies: Of Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/{{Tarzan}}, [[Franchise/StarTrek Capt. Kirk]], Franchise/TheLoneRanger, and Myth/RobinHood.
16	* BatmanParody: Catman, whenever their avian companion is with them; Waldo puts him in the role of Sparrow (a take on Robin).
17	* BigThinShortTrio: The henchdogs of the antagonist modeled on Tyrone, which are always the same individual fur and builds.
18	* BullyBulldog: Tyrone.
19	* CowardlyLion: Waldo to a T. In fact, it’s the whole point of the live-action parts.
20	* DominoMask: The Lone Kitty.
21	* EveryEpisodeEnding: Once Tyrone gets his, Waldo and Felicia share a last laugh about the issue they’d just faced.
22	* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Waldo tricks Tyrone into a BatmanGambit (chasing him into a trap) which gets the bulldog carted off by the man (or woman) of the house.
23	* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Capt. Herc, Catman, and the Lone Kitty. Catzan's antagonists also qualify.
24	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Robin Cat.
25	* LaserGuidedKarma: Tyrone always gets ATasteOfHisOwnMedicine in the end.
26	* PracticallyJoker: The Jester, in name only. He does not have the signature Joker make-up or costume.
27	* SlidingScaleOfAnimalCast: 3.

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