History Characters / HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Quite a {{jerk|ass}}, but is quite comical when buffoonish in his backfired plans.

* BuffoonishTomcat: An DumbMuscle version of this.
* TheBigGuy: Seen in this picture indicates that.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Comes with the feature with Mungo being the DumbMuscle.
* DumbMuscle: Strong and [[TheDitz very dim]].

* {{Foil}}: To like Heathcliff, in several ways.

** Riff-Raff also differs by preferring rely on his wits and getting his gang to do the grunt work for him, whereas Heathcliff favors brawn and doing things solo.

* {{Foil}}: He's a crafty PintSizedPowerhouse like Heathcliff, but he typically prefers relying on his wits and getting his gang to do the grunt work, whereas Heathcliff favors brawn and doing things solo.

* UptownGirl: Sonja is repeatedly noted by Hector and her other admirers as a "classy dame" because of her looks and manner of speaking... and it shows.

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
* TheLancer

* SmallNameBigEgo

* WholesomeCrossdresser

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* AffectionateNickname: She usually refers to Riff Raff as, "Riffy".

* MsFanservice: Cleo's so stunningly attractive that she exudes sex appeal almost anytime she's onscreen. Best seen in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge3skES1Xb0 "Prehysteric Riff-Raff"]] episode, in which, he meets Cleo's possible prehistoric ancestor "Clee Clee", a NubileSavage version of her. And, in "Search for a Star", a human PR agent for a local catfood company immediately became taken with her, noting that she'd be perfect for their advertising campaign.

%%* TheSmurfettePrinciple

* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Is a very attractive female cat that she is desired by many male cats trying to woo her. The worst moment was in "Search for a Star" where Cleo gets kidnapped by a sleazy '''''human''''' PR-guy who decided she was a beautiful enough cat to represent his cat food product. Cleo was apparently a big enough deal that her image was plastered all over town in advertisements in no time at all.

* NiceHat: Riff Raff isn't Riff Raff without that big baseball cap.

* NiceHat: A white commissar's hat, as befitting his position as a guard dog.

* BlindingBangs: His biggest weakness, and one Riff Raff loves exploiting.

* ActionGirl: She can be one, as in "Who's Got the Chocolate?", where she both masterminds and participates in a plan to rescue Riff Raff after he's kidnapped by canine gangsters. However, this aspect of her is very much DependingOnTheWriter.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Downplayed. While Riff-Raff ''is'' the leader of a street gang, she knows he's a decent sort (most of the time).

* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: She says this in "Cat Balloon".

* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Is a very attractive female cat that she is desired by many male cats trying to woo her. The worst moment was in "Search for a Star" where Cleo gets kidnapped by a sleazy human man who decided she was a beautiful enough cat to represent his cat food product. Cleo was apparently a big enough deal that her image was plastered all over town in advertisements in no time at all.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Cleo and Bush move in with Riff Raff and his gang in "Cleo Moves In" after they get ejected from their music store home due to an animal ban on the property. Riff Raff initially welcomes the idea, but Cleo's NeatFreak tendencies and redecorating quickly get on his and the others' nerves (not to mention she threw Riff Raff out of his own house so she can use it). The Catillac Cats quickly try to find a way to get the animal ban on the music store removed so Cleo can return back to her own home. After this happens, Cleo and Bush decide they actually want to stay in the junkyard... so Riff Raff and his friends have to force them out.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: If it sinks in [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass that you're actually threatening him or his friends..]]

* BigEater: So much of one that Garfield would hide his head in shame.

* TheDreaded: Most of the neighborhood cats and dogs fear Heathcliff. And their fears are pretty much justified considering he could beat up scores of them at once. Even some humans in the neighborhood (like the garbagemen and the milkman) have this reaction, due to his troublemaking antics.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Heathcliff is a miscreant, but he cares about his parents. In one episode he bends over backwards to impress his mom, and in another he does everything he can to keep his father safe.

* EvilLaugh: Well, more like a weird sort of Evil Chortle. Mel Blanc definitely made it distinct.

* RealMenWearPink: Is often happy to let Marcy dress him as a baby and push him around in her baby carriage.

* WouldntHitAGirl: In the episode "Terrible Tammy" Heathcliff can't bring himself to sock out Tammy, a cat who's equally as troublesome as he is. His girlfriend Sonja does it for him.

* UptownGirl: Sonja is repeatedly noted by Hector and her other admirers as a "classy dame" because of her looks and manner of speaking.

A musclebound bulldog owned by the local bully, and Heathcliff's favorite target. Thanks to being beaten up so often, he's actually terrified of Heathcliff, but tries to put up a tough front to support his image.

* BoisterousWeakling: He's a big, hulking bulldog and he talks a good game, but he always loses fights even when Heathcliff isn't involved.

The leader of the junkyard gang, The Catillac Cats (originally "The Cadillac Cats". The spelling was changed to avoid trademark issues with the Cadillac car company). Although he's short, he's just as tough as any other big cat, much like Heathcliff. He often plans schemes to get his hands on food or money. He is rarely successful however. Most of his schemes are just ways to please his girlfriend Cleo.

* BigBrotherInstinct: In one episode, he meets his long-lost brother and immediately warns everyone to treat him kindly or else.
* BuffoonishTomcat: Rather zigzagged and somewhat averted since Riff has some intelligence, his buffoonish moments usually come from how inept he can be and how much of [[StrawLoser a loser]] he is.

* ChickMagnet: Riff Raff can sometimes attract the attention of other female cats like Roxie, Lindsay (unfortunately), and the house of siamese cats in "The Big Break-In". The last one had Riff Raff realize that there's too little of him to go around as he gets mobbed by the amorous cats that he decides to high tail it from there.
* ConservationOfCompetence: Hector, Wordsworth, and Mungo either don't know, or don't care to admit that they really do need Riff Raff as their leader. He's the only one in the group that does seem to have brains. The plot of "Hector's Takeover" is built around this.
* CoolLoser: Though the leader of his own gang, Riff-Raff is all but outright stated to be second-fiddle to Heathcliff. Likewise, he's smart enough to know how to get things done, but his plans tend to fail half the time. The same can be said of his looks, which Cleo and other females have described as cute for an alley cat, but still scruffy looking.

* TheNapoleon: Riff Raff was much shorter than the rest of his gang. Though he took it better than most Napoleons, his gang members often pissed him off for a reason.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Riff Raff is acknowledged as being one of the toughest cats in Westfinster, despited being a half-pint. It's the reason that few are willing to pick a fight with him and the few that try it, usually end up wishing they ''hadn't''.

[[folder: Cleo]]

* UsefulNotes/TheEighties: She embodies everything that was considered hot and fashionable from the time period, from her blonde hairdo, to her leg warmers (made popular by the movie ''Film/{{Flashdance}}''), and the fact that she lived in a music store.
* UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: Yet another [[TheEighties 80s]] [[GatewaySeries gateway]] into the fandom.

[[folder: Hector]]

* BeautyMark: Hers in just beneath the corner of her right eye.

* ChickMagnet: Riff Raff can sometimes attract the attention of other female cats like Roxie, Lindsay (unfortunately), and the house of cats in "The Big Break-In". The last one had Riff Raff realize that there's too little of him to go aroud as he gets mobbed by the amorous cats that he decides to high tail it from there.

* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Is a very attractive female cat that she is desired by many male cats trying to woo her. The worst moment was in "Searching for a Star" where Cleo gets kidnapped by a sleazy human man who decided she was a beautiful enough cat to represent his cat food product. Cleo was apparently a big enough deal that her image was plastered all over town in advertisements in no time at all.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Cleo and Bush move in with Riff Raff and his gang in "Cleo Moves In" after they get ejected from their music store home due to an animal ban on the property. Riff Raff initially welcomes the idea, but Cleo's NeatFreak tendencies and redecorating quickly get on his and the others' nerves. The Catillac Cats quickly try to find a way to get the animal ban on the music store removed so Cleo can return back to her own home. After this happens, Cleo and Bush decide they actually want to stay in the junkyard... so Riff Raff and his friends have to force them out.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Cleo and Bush move in with Riff Raff and his gang in "Cleo Moves In" after they get ejected from their music store home due to an animal ban on the property. Riff Raff initially welcomed the idea, but Cleo's living mannerisms and redecorating quickly got on his and the others' nerves. The Catillac Cats quickly try to find a way to get the animal ban on the music store removed so Cleo can return back to her own home.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Although she can get annoyed with Heathcliff's rudeness and lack of tact, there's no question she loves him, with several instances proving just how much, the prime example being fighting Tammy for the sake of Heathcliff's reputation.

The leader of the junkyard gang, The Catillac Cats (originally "The Cadillac Cats". The spelling was changed to avoid copyright issues with the Cadillac car company). Although he's short, he's just as tough as any other big cat, much like Heathcliff. He often plans schemes to get his hands on food or money. He is rarely successful however. Most of his schemes are just ways to please his girlfriend Cleo.

* TheDreaded: Most of the neighborhood cats and dogs fear Heathcliff. And their fears are pretty much justified considering he could beat up scores of them at once.