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* What we knew: The Tremblay Brothers themselves control the rights and could do so themselves or with another party. Warner Bros Animation did indeed want to help them. However apparently the Cartoon Network and Boomerang (and Turner in general) pretty much told them no. So The Tremblay Brothers went to look at other options.
* What's Happened since then: The AT&T merger if not appealed is going to rearrange Turner and possibly end those kind of walls. The AT&T merger if appealed will force AT&T to sell Turner but keep Warner Bros. Odds are once the final merger is done odds of WB helping them make a new Swat Kats series is going up.
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[[WMG: If the show had a third season, Steele would have been killed off by the monster of the week.]]
Let's face it, no one likes the guy.

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* Or he already was competent and Dark Callie was upset for having too little power in contrast to real-life Callie having to do too much work.


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[[WMG: The dimensional radar will take the SWAT Kats to a dimension where Chance and Jake are still Enforcers.]]
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.

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* Feral will still be disgusted at Steele's cowardice even after both are exposed as villains.
* Feral's FaceHeelTurn will be merely hinted as a SequelHook.




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** Feral won't be mentioned for several episodes until it's revealed he became a taboo subject after defecting to Turmoil's side. He got away with it by claiming to be a FakeDefector like T-Bone but, while the courts weren't certain enough of his guilt to send him to prison, the Mayor wasn't certain enough of his innocence to let him return to the Enforcers. Steel(e) briefly became the Commander but was deposed because even Mayor Manx was disgusted at his cowardice.




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* Or perhaps they already worked for Dark Kat by then.
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Callista was married at some point. She, her husband, and some knight imprisoned Mad Kat in a jack-in-a-box. The king died of illness years later, leaving Callista a widow.

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Callista was married at some point. She, her husband, and some knight imprisoned Mad Kat in a jack-in-a-box. The king died of illness years later, leaving Callista a widow.to rule the kingdom by herself.
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[[WMG: The queen who helped imprison MadKat was Queen Callista.]]
Callista was married at some point. She, her husband, and some knight imprisoned Mad Kat in a jack-in-a-box. The king died of illness years later, leaving Callista all alone.

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[[WMG: The queen who helped imprison MadKat Mad Kat was Queen Callista.]]
Callista was married at some point. She, her husband, and some knight imprisoned Mad Kat in a jack-in-a-box. The king died of illness years later, leaving Callista all alone.a widow.
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Mad Kat also mentioned a king. Maybe Callista was married at some point. The king died of an illness, leaving her all alone.

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Mad Kat also mentioned a king. Maybe Callista was married at some point. She, her husband, and some knight imprisoned Mad Kat in a jack-in-a-box. The king died of an illness, illness years later, leaving her Callista all alone.
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[[WMG: The queen who helped imprison MadKat was Queen Callista.]]
Mad Kat also mentioned a king. Maybe Callista was married at some point. The king died of an illness, leaving her all alone.
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* There are two fic out there who agree with your theory (though the second one is more of a plan between the 3 of them, but whatever): "Paying a Debt" by Bookworm Dragon and "All You Think You Know" by turbomangus.

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* There are two fic out there who agree with your theory (though the second one is more of a plan between the 3 of them, but whatever): "Paying "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4438280/1/Paying-a-Debt Paying a Debt" Debt]]" by Bookworm Dragon and "All "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9622745/1/All-You-Think-You-Know All You Think You Know" Know]]" by turbomangus.
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Then comes Felina, the niece that he's super protective of. He's pretty much always with her except for when she sneaks off, but he doesn't put up too much of a fuss when she goes with the Swat Kats.

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Then comes Felina, the niece that he's super protective of. He's pretty much always with her except for when she sneaks off, but he doesn't put up too much of a fuss when she goes with the Swat SWAT Kats.



* There are two fic out there who agree with your theory (though the second one is more of a plan between the 3 of them, but whatever): Paying a Debt by Bookworm Dragon and All You Think You Know by turbomangus

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* There are two fic out there who agree with your theory (though the second one is more of a plan between the 3 of them, but whatever): Paying "Paying a Debt Debt" by Bookworm Dragon and All "All You Think You Know Know" by turbomangus
turbomangus.
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Let's go back to the beginning when Jake and Chance were in the Enforcers. They were the best pilot/gunner team Feral had. However, Feral runs the enforcers in a very by-the-book manner, and it's probably held them back on more than one occasion. Then Dark Kat shows up, and in a totally uncharacteristic moment of glory-hogging (he usually denies to admit the Swat Kats helped with the villian of the week, but I never saw him act that way in combat), he bumps their jet (despite Feral himself being an excellent pilot) and knocks them into the Enforcers' Headquarters.

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Let's go back to the beginning when Jake and Chance were in the Enforcers. They were the best pilot/gunner team Feral had. However, Feral runs the enforcers in a very by-the-book manner, and it's probably held them back on more than one occasion. Then Dark Kat shows up, and in a totally uncharacteristic moment of glory-hogging (he usually denies to admit the Swat SWAT Kats helped with the villian villain of the week, but I never saw him act that way in combat), he bumps their jet (despite Feral himself being an excellent pilot) and knocks them into the Enforcers' Headquarters.
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A lot of good shows are coming back. I wouldn't be surprised if this did. Also, if it turns out to be a SpiritualSuccessor. Then, it should be that the Swat Kats have evolved to a defense team. Besides T-Bone and Razor.
* Or it could be a SequelSeries where the Swat Kats have taken over the Enforcers after Feral has left (or got kicked out). Felina is the new commander with T-Bone and Razor in charge of a squadron that handles the same stuff they did back in the day, but with better equipment and a full array of support vehicles all done in the Turbo Kat's colors, of course. MerchandiseDriven isn't necessarily a bad thing.
** Okay, this is just BEGGING to be made into a fan fic. Especcially since all this could actually work in-universe if Callie were to become Mayor (not to hard a stretch, considering she's already the mayor in everything but name).

[[WMG: The Dark Swat Kats are also disgraced Enforcers.]]

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A lot of good shows are coming back. I wouldn't be surprised if this did. Also, if it turns out to be a SpiritualSuccessor. Then, it should be that the Swat SWATt Kats have evolved to into a defense team. Besides T-Bone and Razor.
* Or it could be a SequelSeries where the Swat SWAT Kats have taken over the Enforcers after Feral has left (or got kicked out). Felina is the new commander with T-Bone and Razor in charge of a squadron that handles the same stuff they did back in the day, but with better equipment and a full array of support vehicles all done in the Turbo Kat's colors, of course. MerchandiseDriven isn't necessarily a bad thing.
** Okay, this is just BEGGING to be made into a fan fic. Especcially Especially since all this could actually work in-universe if Callie were to become Mayor (not to hard a stretch, considering she's already the mayor in everything but name).

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*** As noted above, the Tremblays are trying to bring the show back.

[[WMG: The Dark Swat SWAT Kats are also disgraced Enforcers.]]



[[WMG: The Swat Kats will use the dimensional radar again and it'll send them to our dimension.]]

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[[WMG: The Swat SWAT Kats will use the dimensional radar again and it'll send them to our dimension.]]



Since it was a BadFuture where the Swat Kats perished in battle, someone might hav examined the bodies and identified them as Chance Furlong and Jake Clawson. The resistance group merely saw no reason to mention it.

[[WMG: Feral knows who the Swat Kats are, he just pretends not to, to give himself some plausible-deniability, since they can get away with stuff he can't.]]
In fact, Feral not only knows the truth, but he created the Swat Kats on purpose.

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Since it was a BadFuture where the Swat SWAT Kats perished in battle, someone might hav have examined the bodies and identified them as Chance Furlong and Jake Clawson. The resistance group merely saw no reason to mention it.

[[WMG: Feral knows who the Swat SWAT Kats are, he just pretends not to, to give himself some plausible-deniability, since they can get away with stuff he can't.]]
In fact, Feral not only knows the truth, but he created the Swat SWAT Kats on purpose.



Fast forward to the present. Feral always complains about their vigilantism, but he has never once fired on the Turbokat while the Swat Kats were at the helm (alternate universe excepted). He also didn't seem too convinced when Hard Drive as T-Bone threatened the city in exchange for money. It's as if his pursuit of them to "uncover their identities" is just an act - a means of keeping them on their toes, perhaps?

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Fast forward to the present. Feral always complains about their vigilantism, but he has never once fired on the Turbokat while the Swat SWAT Kats were at the helm (alternate universe excepted). He also didn't seem too convinced when Hard Drive as T-Bone threatened the city in exchange for money. It's as if his pursuit of them to "uncover their identities" is just an act - a means of keeping them on their toes, perhaps?
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The movie will show Dark Kat's origin, hopefully as a judge since that's the official story that never made it into the series. Callie will date a Swat Kat. Steele and Feral will be two cases of AdaptationalVillainy: Steele will be a spy working for Dark Kat and Feral will join Turmoil's forces as someone intended for the series. Feral's case will only happen if they make a sequel. Mayor Manx will be portrayed as a former Enforcer who left the force to become a politician and, unlike the cartoon version, will [[AdaptationalHeroism strive to become courageous enough]] to honor the name of his war hero ancestor Blue Manx.

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The movie will show Dark Kat's origin, hopefully as a judge since that's the official story that never made it into the series. Callie will date a Swat SWAT Kat. Steele and Feral will be two cases of AdaptationalVillainy: Steele will be a spy working for Dark Kat and Feral will join Turmoil's forces as someone intended for the series. Feral's case will only happen if they make a sequel. Mayor Manx will be portrayed as a former Enforcer who left the force to become a politician and, unlike the cartoon version, will [[AdaptationalHeroism strive to become courageous enough]] to honor the name of his war hero ancestor Blue Manx.



Manx sinking a billion dollars into his stupid tower (the one in "Destructive Nature") has taken its toll on Megakat City's economy early in the first season, and it seems Manx's answer is massive layoffs and firings. This is most evident by all the menial jobs he gives Callie that a real deputy mayor wouldn't really ever do. This is most evident in "The Pastmaster Always Rings Twice," where Callie is at the museum preparing a press release for Manx about an upcoming exhibit.

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Manx sinking a billion dollars into his stupid tower (the one introduced in "Destructive Nature") Nature" and later seen in "The Ci-Kat-A") has taken its toll on Megakat City's economy early in the first season, and it seems Manx's answer is massive layoffs and firings. This is most evident by all the menial jobs he gives Callie that a real deputy mayor wouldn't really ever do. This is most evident in "The Pastmaster Always Rings Twice," Twice", where Callie is at the museum preparing a press release for Manx about an upcoming exhibit.
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* Actually, they're on another planet entirely. The original plan for "When Strikes Mutilor" had [[spoiler: the aliens who originally owned the ship wearing spacesuits all the time, because Mutilor altered the atmosphere within the ship to be toxic to them. After the Swat Kats left, they would've re-stabilized the air supply and removed their helmets to reveal themselves to be humans]].

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* Actually, they're on another planet entirely. The original plan for "When Strikes Mutilor" had [[spoiler: the aliens who originally owned the ship wearing spacesuits all the time, because Mutilor altered the atmosphere within the ship to be toxic to them. After the Swat SWAT Kats left, they would've re-stabilized the air supply and removed their helmets to reveal themselves to be humans]].




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* Confirmed! The Tremblay brothers themselves are trying to revive the show as the Website/{{Kickstarter}}-funded ''SWAT Kats: Revolution''.
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[[WMG:There are no countries as we know them in the SWAT Kats universe.]]

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[[WMG:There are no countries as we know them in the SWAT Kats ''SWAT Kats'' universe.]]
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[[WMG:There are no countries as we know them in the Swat Kats universe.]]
There are only independent city-states, of which Megakat city is one of the more prominent. This explains why Megakat city seems to be one huge, self-sustained industrial and political entity with its own private military-police force embodied in the Enforcers.

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[[WMG:There are no countries as we know them in the Swat SWAT Kats universe.]]
There are only independent city-states, of which Megakat city City is one of the more prominent. This explains why Megakat city seems to be one huge, self-sustained industrial and political entity with its own private military-police force embodied in the Enforcers.



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[[WMG: All Enforcer units are Clones.]]
You see the Enforcer Commandos, Pilots, ect are the same? It's obvious that there is a cloning technology used by the Enforcers. The units were cloned by the original hosts to protect Megakat City.

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[[WMG: All Enforcer units are Clones.clones.]]
You see the Enforcer Commandos, Pilots, ect are the same? It's obvious that there is a cloning technology used by the Enforcers. The units were cloned by the original hosts to protect Megakat City.City.
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[[WMG: The series is the ultimate end result of the ''AceCombat'' universe.]]

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[[WMG: The series is the ultimate end result of the ''AceCombat'' ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' universe.]]
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[[WMG: All Enforcer units are Clones.]]
You see the Enforcer Commandos, Pilots, ect are the same? It's obvious that there is a cloning technology used by the Enforcers. The units were cloned by the original hosts to protect Megakat City.
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[[WMG: Dr. Zyme Survived in "The Giant Bacteria".]]

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[[WMG: Dr. Zyme Survived survived in "The Giant Bacteria".]]
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The bacteria monster clearly gets distracted from completely grabbing him, so there's a chance he survived, although it may have touched him, and assuming the creatures have corrosive elements, his current state may be AFateWorseThanDeath, with Zyme returning [[BodyHorror partially deformed]] and driven insane from the trauma, becoming a villain, but one who is only interested in seeking vengeance against Dr. Viper.

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The bacteria monster clearly seems like it gets distracted from completely grabbing him, him by Feral's helicopter, so there's a chance he survived, although it may have touched him, and assuming the creatures have corrosive elements, his current state may be AFateWorseThanDeath, with elements in their skin (or whatever purple blobs have that passes for skin) which aid them in absorbing prey, Zyme returning was probably seriously injured and probably [[BodyHorror partially deformed]] and driven deformed]], resulting in him living a reclusive existence with a NightmareFace that's AFateWorseThanDeath. Driven insane from the trauma, becoming the once gentle-hearted scientist becomes a villain, but one who is only interested in seeking vengeance against Dr. Viper.
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The bacteria monster clearly gets distracted from completely grabbing him, so there's a chance he survived, although it may have touched him, and assuming the creatures have corrosive elements, his current state may be AFateWorseThanDeath, with Zyme returning [[BodyHorror partially deformed]] and driven insane from the trauma, seeking vengeance against Dr. Viper.

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The bacteria monster clearly gets distracted from completely grabbing him, so there's a chance he survived, although it may have touched him, and assuming the creatures have corrosive elements, his current state may be AFateWorseThanDeath, with Zyme returning [[BodyHorror partially deformed]] and driven insane from the trauma, becoming a villain, but one who is only interested in seeking vengeance against Dr. Viper.
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[[WMG: Dr. Zyme Survived in "The Giant Bacteria".]]
The bacteria monster clearly gets distracted from completely grabbing him, so there's a chance he survived, although it may have touched him, and assuming the creatures have corrosive elements, his current state may be AFateWorseThanDeath, with Zyme returning [[BodyHorror partially deformed]] and driven insane from the trauma, seeking vengeance against Dr. Viper.
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* There are two fic out there who agree with your theory (though the second one is more of a plan between the 3 of them, but whatever): Paying a Debt by Bookworm Dragon and All You Think You Know by turbomangus
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[[WMG: Feral knows who the Swat Kats are, he just pretends not to, to give himself some plausible-deniability, since they can get away with stuff he can't.]]
In fact, Feral not only knows the truth, but he created the Swat Kats on purpose.

Let's go back to the beginning when Jake and Chance were in the Enforcers. They were the best pilot/gunner team Feral had. However, Feral runs the enforcers in a very by-the-book manner, and it's probably held them back on more than one occasion. Then Dark Kat shows up, and in a totally uncharacteristic moment of glory-hogging (he usually denies to admit the Swat Kats helped with the villian of the week, but I never saw him act that way in combat), he bumps their jet (despite Feral himself being an excellent pilot) and knocks them into the Enforcers' Headquarters.

Now he probably didn't intend ''that'' much damage, but it accomplished his goal. Now you've got two people who owe several million dollars to fix the building. Why would you send them to a scrap yard, ''completely '''unsupervised''''', to work off their debt? Because Feral knew they wouldn't be able to just stand by and do nothing, and he also knows just what kind of scrap ends up in that yard.

Fast forward to the present. Feral always complains about their vigilantism, but he has never once fired on the Turbokat while the Swat Kats were at the helm (alternate universe excepted). He also didn't seem too convinced when Hard Drive as T-Bone threatened the city in exchange for money. It's as if his pursuit of them to "uncover their identities" is just an act - a means of keeping them on their toes, perhaps?

Not only that, but the technology in Megakat City is ''absurdly'' advanced. I find it hard to believe that Feral is never able to track them back to the junkyard hangar. Even if there was a jamming system in place, the junkyard is the only thing out that far in that direction. Just watching which way the Turbokat flies a few times would clue him in.

Then comes Felina, the niece that he's super protective of. He's pretty much always with her except for when she sneaks off, but he doesn't put up too much of a fuss when she goes with the Swat Kats.

Finally, let's not forget when the Metallikats learned the secret identities and offered them to Feral. He could've gotten the info from them and still arrested them, or have Dr. Hackle get the info from their computerized brains manually. But no, he neuralyzed them, making sure no one would know their identities.

So why did he do it? He knows that as the law there's only so much he can do, so he put the best team he had in a position to work on their own. He also arranges for a bunch of high tech goodies to wind up at the junkyard without being decommissioned (missiles, etc.) to keep them in business.
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* I thought that was outright said on the show? They mention a "Mega War" in the past and how Megakat City ITSELF won this war, so it's kind of obvious that Megakat City (and its foreign equivalents) are liken to Greek city states. Also the city is freakin' enormous--it stretched across the horizon in every direction. It's easily [[{{ComicBook/JudgeDredd}} Mega City One]]-sized at the very least, so being a nation onto itself is hardly outlandish.

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* I thought that was outright said on the show? They mention a "Mega War" in the past and how Megakat City ITSELF won this war, so it's kind of obvious that Megakat City (and its foreign equivalents) are liken to Greek city states. Also the city is freakin' enormous--it stretched across the horizon in every direction. It's easily [[{{ComicBook/JudgeDredd}} [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd Mega City One]]-sized at the very least, so being a nation onto itself is hardly outlandish.
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* I thought that was outright said on the show? They mention a "Mega War" in the past and how Megakat City ITSELF won this war, so it's kind of obvious that Megakat City (and its foreign equivalents) are liken to Greek city states. Also the city is freakin' enormous--it stretched across the horizon in every direction. It's easily Mega City One-sized at the very least, so being a nation onto itself is hardly outlandish.

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* I thought that was outright said on the show? They mention a "Mega War" in the past and how Megakat City ITSELF won this war, so it's kind of obvious that Megakat City (and its foreign equivalents) are liken to Greek city states. Also the city is freakin' enormous--it stretched across the horizon in every direction. It's easily [[{{ComicBook/JudgeDredd}} Mega City One-sized One]]-sized at the very least, so being a nation onto itself is hardly outlandish.
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[[WMG: Instead of more episodes, whoever buys the rights will make a movie.]]
The movie will show Dark Kat's origin, hopefully as a judge since that's the official story that never made it into the series. Callie will date a Swat Kat. Steele and Feral will be two cases of AdaptationalVillainy: Steele will be a spy working for Dark Kat and Feral will join Turmoil's forces as someone intended for the series. Feral's case will only happen if they make a sequel. Mayor Manx will be portrayed as a former Enforcer who left the force to become a politician and, unlike the cartoon version, will [[AdaptationalHeroism strive to become courageous enough]] to honor the name of his war hero ancestor Blue Manx.


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[[WMG: The Pastmaster will bring Red Lynx back.]]
He'll restore the ghost and/or bring the original from the past. He might even send technology from out time to Red Lynx to change the war's outcome and thus erasing the Swat Kats from history.

[[WMG: The people from the "bright and shiny" future know the Swat Kats' identities.]]
Since it was a BadFuture where the Swat Kats perished in battle, someone might hav examined the bodies and identified them as Chance Furlong and Jake Clawson. The resistance group merely saw no reason to mention it.
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[[WMG: The Swat Kats will use the dimensional radar again and it'll send them to our dimension.]]
They'll be shocked at seeing humans; seeing a world where cats never evolved beyond pet status; milk being sold to children; and catnip isn't a controlled substance. They'll also find out it's from our dimension that Katscratch's gang used to get their supply.
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[[WMG: The Dark Swat Kats are also disgraced Enforcers.]]
After Feral ruins their careers like the mainstream Feral did to the protagonists, they also figured out they could use spare parts dumped at the junk yard. Unlike their counterparts from the main dimension, they let their hatred of Feral overpower their desire to stop bad guys and it led them to a FaceHeelTurn.

[[WMG: Mayor Manx's MirrorUniverse self becomes a competent politician after Dark Callie Briggs is arrested.]]
Out of fear that his next deputy is as dark as her, he refuses to trust him or her with any part of his job even if it means he'll actually have to do everything a Mayor is supposed to do.

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