History WMG / SWATKats

At the very least he's from an affluent background, most likely his family owned an engineering and aerospace corporation not on Pumadyne's scale but large enoughthat Jake had a mostly privileged background; why he joined the Enforcers could be any number of reasons, to make his way, outright rebellion or the Clawsons have a history of military service, etc. Admittedly it's been used in a few fanfics and would explain why Jake never visited Chance's old neighborhood until after they were booted from the Enforcers, the two met at the Enforcers Academy and hit it off not only in spite but due to their differences with Chance respecting Jake's decision to not be a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob. As for Jake's current situation and his relationship with his family, there are several possibilities:

At the very least he's from an affluent background, most likely his family owned an engineering and aerospace corporation not on PumaDyne's scale but large that Jake had a mostly privileged background; why he joined the Enforcers could be any numbers of reason, to make his own way, outright rebellion or the Clawsons have a history of military service, etc. Admittedly it's been used in a few fanfics and would explain why Jake never visited Chance's old neighborhood until after they were booted from the Enforcers, the two met at the Enforcers Academy and hit it off not only in spite but due to their differences with Chance respecting Jake's decision to not be a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob. As for Jake's current situation and his relationship with his family, there are several possibilities:

* Jake was disowned either when he joined the Enforcers or Feral booted him out. Really would explain his eagerness to start the SWAT Kats in the flashback, he had little left to lose..

Feral calls them vigilantes because they aren't under his direct command, they technically answer to the Mayor's office (which means they actually report to Callie, of course, which explains her vocal support of them when being interviewed) and instead of being paid they occasionally get supplies from Megakat City like the replacement jets they get at various points in the series or to deal with the VillainOfTheWeek like the tanks of super-cooled nitrogen M.A.S.A provided to stop Dr. Viper. Callie sold Mayor Manx on the fact that the SWAT Kats provide most of their own gear and don't technically charge for their services and the fact that Manx still refers to them as vigilantes is plausible deniability on his part. Notably, Feral only really tries to arrest the SWAT Kat when he thinks they're actually committing crimes and not being their usual DestructiveSavior selves, otherwise he just bitches at them instead of detaining them because according to the Mayor's office he ''can't''. The reason Feral wants to discover their identities and Jake and Chance are concerned about that happening is that he hopes that he can nail them for other crimes like, say, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking unauthorized use of military salvage, creation of weapons of mass destruction and flying without a valid pilot's license]]?

Feral calls them vigilantes because they aren't under his direct command, they technically answer to the Mayor's office (which means they actually report to Callie, of course, which explains her vocal support of them when being interviewed) and instead of being paid they occasionally get supplies from Megakat City like the replacement jets they get at various points in the series or to deal with the VillainOfTheWeek like the tanks of super-cooled nitrogen M.A.S.A provided to stop Dr. Viper. Callie sold Mayor Manx on the fact that the SWAT Kats provide most of their own gear and don't technically charge for their services; Feral only really tries to arrest the SWAT Kat when he thinks they're actually committing crimes and not being their usual DestructiveSavior selves, otherwise he just bitches at them instead of detaining them because according to the Mayor's office he ''can't''. The reason Feral wants to discover their identities and Jake and Chance are concerned about that happening is that he hopes that he can nail them for other crimes like, say, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking unauthorized use of military salvage, creation of weapons of mass destruction and flying without a valid pilot's license]]?

Feral calls them vigilantes because they aren't under his direct command, they technically answer to the Mayor's office (which means they actually report to Callie, of course, which explains her vocal support of them when being interviewed) and instead of being paid they occasionally get supplies from Megakat City like the replacement jets they get at various points in the series or the supplies they can get to deal with the VillainOfTheWeek like the tanks of super-cooled nitrogen M.A.S.A provided to stop Dr. Viper. Callie sold Mayor Manx on the fact that the SWAT Kats provide most of their own gear and don't technically charge for their services; Feral only really tries to arrest the SWAT Kat when he thinks they're actually committing crimes and not being their usual DestructiveSavior selves, otherwise he just bitches at them instead of detaining them because according to the Mayor's office he ''can't''. The reason Feral wants to discover their identities and Jake and Chance are concerned about that happening is that he hopes that he can nail them for other crimes like, say, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking unauthorized use of military salvage, creation of weapons of mass destruction and flying without a valid pilot's license]]?

Very much like [[{{Franchise/Fallout}} the Vaults]], only this one ''was'' designed to protect and train survivors from nuclear fallout in the worst case scenario while allowing the launch of fighter craft for reconnaissance and defense, probably stocked with a fair supply of jet fuel, too. As talented as Jake is, it is just not feasible that he and Chance could have built up the base entirely on their own; the Reflex Room wasn't initially as complex as it's shown in the show, it was a standard training course until Razor modified it further and the various training equipment we see was already there and Razor modified that as well. The reason it's secret is most likely bureaucratic coverups that buried the base's location and no one in the current administration actually knows it's out there or Feral wouldn't have considered it punishment for Jake and Chance, as far as he knows it really is just a a scrapyard.

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The nail is that they obeyed Feral and Dark Kat was stopped and exposed as a judge. Jake still invents stuff to help and Feral reluctantly overlooks the hotheadness whenever it helps since he has more respect for them than for Steele. Alternate Jake will comment that he also made a dimensional radar but was never allowed to test it with Enforcer vehicles.

[[WMG: Had Cartoon Network not turned down the Revival of the Swat kats, it would halved been awesome for the fan]]
Apparently Cartoon Network gave the fans a hard time by turning down on it, and the Trembly Brothers should halved sued them for that.