History WesternAnimation / Catscratch

It's a loose [[LighterAndSofter lighthearted]] adaption of one of DougTenNapel's earlier works, a comic named ''ComicBook/{{Gear}}''. Catscratch was a [[{{Nickelodeon}} Nicktoon]] made in 2005. Although the show had its decent ratings, [[ShortRunners it only lasted for a season]], but that season was stretched out over two years. It then got a short run on Nicktoons Network before being cancelled again. Since then, it's lain forgotten among the other castaway shows of Nickelodeon.

* ActorAllusion: The episode "Off The Leash" has Barkmeat the dog pronounce grimly to Waffle, "This struggle is not over. It shall continue until only one of us remains." Barkmeat is voiced by ClancyBrown.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Gordon's RobPaulsen, Hovis is MauriceLaMarche, Waffle's [[InvaderZim Almighty Tallest Purple]] and [[LiloAndStitch Pleakley]], Mr. Blik is [[WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown Dojo]], Katilda is HyndenWalch, Human Kimberly's [[LiloAndStitch Myrtle Edmonds]] and, more recently, [[{{Chowder}} Panini]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The entire series is available online, even if it does take some digging to find them. Constant attempts have been made by various people to get the series on Website/YouTube, but the episodes are always removed within days, if not hours. Only two episodes have ever even gotten an official home release, and that was on compilation [=DVDs=]; a third was planned, but the DVD series was canceled before that could happen. In short, good luck ever actually watching this show.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: If you look at the episode premieres, you'll notice that there are long breaks in the premieres after the 9th, 16th and 19th episodes. That's right, there was a 4-month break before the last episode premiered. Also, after going off-air on Nickelodeon for a few months, it was moved to premium channel Nicktoons Network - but they somehow only managed to air 17 out of 20 episodes in a 13 month period before replacing it with ElTigre for some arcane reason. It probably would have been 16 if not for the fact that the second-to-last episode was aired way earlier in the order for a Music Week the channel was doing.

[[caption-width-right:300:From left to right: Gordon, Mr. Blik, and Waffle riding in a car-turned-spaceship to get some moon rocks for a barbecue pit. And it just gets stranger from there.]]

* TheMessiah: Waffle. A giant cat-hating dog? Waffle makes friends with it.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Human Kimberly

* CoolPet: Waffle's newts

* SixthRanger: Katilda.

* TeamPet: Gomez and the other newts.

* TheNoseless: Gordon, Blik, and Mr. Waffle all lack one.

It's a loose [[LighterAndSofter lighthearted]] adaption of one of DougTenNapel's earlier works, a comic named ''ComicBook/{{Gear}}''. Catscratch was a [[{{Nickelodeon}} Nicktoon]] made in 2005. Although the show had its decent ratings, [[ShortRunners It only lasted for a season]], but that season was stretched out over two years. It then got a short run on Nicktoons Network before being cancelled again. Since then, it's lain forgotten among the other castaway shows of Nickelodeon.

It's a loose [[LighterAndSofter lighthearted]] adaption of one of DougTenNapel's earlier works, a comic named ''ComicBook/{{Gear}}''. Catscratch was a [[{{Nickelodeon}} Nicktoon]] made in 2005. Although the show had its decent ratings, [[TooGoodToLast It only lasted for a season]], but that season was stretched out over two years. It then got a short run on Nicktoons Network before being cancelled again. Since then, it's lain forgotten among the other castaway shows of Nickelodeon.

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: In the show's intro, Mr. Blik gets eaten by a bear. Who turns out to be a recurring character. Who causes trouble for the cats in most cases.

It's a loose [[LighterAndSofter lighthearted]] adaption of one of DougTenNapel's earlier works, a comic named ''Main/{{Gear}}''. Catscratch was a [[{{Nickelodeon}} Nicktoon]] made in 2005. Although the show had its decent ratings, [[TooGoodToLast It only lasted for a season]], but that season was stretched out over two years. It then got a short run on Nicktoons Network before being cancelled again. Since then, it's lain forgotten among the other castaway shows of Nickelodeon.

* LighterAndSofter: ''Main/{{Gear}}'', this series' original source material, is outright GrimDark on its own, let alone when compared to ''Catscratch''.

* MoodWhiplash: When compared to [[{{Gear}} its source material]]...

* BadassDecay: The Kraken might suffer this, seeing as how he was able [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome to destroy a large ship in his debut appearance]], but by the next, [[HumiliationConga he was begging the cats to let him stay at their mansion, gets easily chained up to a rock by the other krakens on his home planet, and when he tries to fight the three-headed kraken (whom he says bullied him in junior high) he only slaps them once]]. [[CurbStompBattle Then, they picked him up, punched him in the face repeatedly, and threw him into the sea]].

* BadassDecay: The Kraken might suffer this, seeing as how he was able [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome to destroy a large ship in his debut appearance]], but by the next, [[HumiliationConga he was begging the cats to let him stay at their mansion and it is revealed to be a small fry compared to the other krakens on his home planet, gets easily chained up to a rock by said krakens, and when he tries to fight the three-headed kraken (whom he says bullied him in junior high) he only slaps them once]]. [[CurbStompBattle Then, they picked him up, punched him in the face repeatedly, and threw him into the sea]].

* {{Leitmotiff}}: Charlotte, a HugeSchoolgirl and one of Kim's friends, has a rather imposing one.

* '''Mr. Blik''': The de facto leader. Greedy, self-serving, and envious. Basically, TedBaxter in cat form.

* TookALevelInJerkass: In the original comic, Mr. Blik (then Mr. Black) was - at the absolute worst - ''somewhat'' impatient and sarcastic. The show flanderized him into a selfish, hot-headed jerk.

* TookALevelInJerkass: In the original comic, Mr. Blik (then Mr. Black) was - at the absolute worst - ''somewhat'' impatient and sarcastic. In the show, he's a selfish, hot-headed jerk.

* LighterAndSofter: ''Main/{{Gear}}'', this series' original source material, is outright GrimDark comparing to this adaptation.

Old Mrs. Cramdilly had three cats, all from the same mother, whom she loved very much. So, when she died, [[PetHeir she gave them her house, her fortune, and her butler, Hovis.]] Now, they spend their days hanging out in their awesome house, drinking root beer, and facing off against anything from the vastness of space to a zombie horde to those jerks next door.

Yeah, we know, it's [[WidgetSeries that kind of show]].

It's a loose [[LighterAndSofter lighthearted]] adaption of one of DougTenNapel's earlier works, a comic named ''{{Main/Gear}}''. Catscratch was a [[{{Nickelodeon}} Nicktoon]] made in 2005. Although the show had its decent ratings, [[TooGoodToLast It only lasted for a season]], but that season was stretched out over two years. It then got a short run on Nicktoons Network before being cancelled again. Since then, it's lain forgotten among the other castaway shows of Nickelodeon.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Is Hovis a good example? What about Champsly?
* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering:

* BrickJoke: A particularly well done example. In the pilot, Gordon tries to convince Blik to not enter a barbecue contest by telling him an old Scottish tale that involves the Duke Irk Splee trading his heart to a seal woman for moon rocks to make perfect barbecue ribs (and it gets even sillier). Waffle's interpretation of the {{Aesop}} is to never trust a seal woman. in the 14th episode, Gordon turns the attacking Banshee to stone using a falsetto voice (look, just roll with it), and the Banshee statue cracks open to reveal [[spoiler:...a seal woman]].

* ButtMonkey: Hovis.
* CanNotSpitItOut: Gordon with Kimberly. Later [[spoiler: Mr. Blik with Katilda, and vice versa]]

* CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise: Gordon has a violent allergic reaction to broccoli (that doesn't actually debilitate him in any way), which coincidentally makes him look exactly like the monster from a movie his brothers were watching. Later, Gordon has a different reaction to chocolate, which makes him looks like another monster from a comic book his brothers were reading.

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: In the show's intro, Mr. Blik gets eaten by a bear. Who turns out to be a recurring character. Who causes trouble for the cats in most cases.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The entire series is available online, even if it does take some digging to find them. Constant attempts have been made by various people to get the series on {{YouTube}}, but the episodes are always removed within days, if not hours. Only two episodes have ever even gotten an official home release, and that was on compilation [=DVDs=]; a third was planned, but the DVD series was canceled before that could happen. In short, good luck ever actually watching this show.

* LighterAndSofter: ''{{Main/Gear}}'', this series' original source material, is outright GrimDark comparing to this adaptation.

* LovableCoward: Mr. Blik, most of the time.

* TheMessiah: Waffle. A giant cat-hating dog? Waffle makes friends with it.
* MoodWhiplash: When compared to [[{{Gear}} its source material]]...

* SelectiveMagnetism: Averted big time. When Blik accidentally gets uncontrollable, increasingly stronger magnetic powers, everything starts flying at him, up to giant freight ships.

* SmartBall: Waffle occasionally states the definitions of words like fulcrum or gimlet, as if he was a judge at a spelling bee contest.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: In-universe example. Due to Gordon stuffing a cutesy diorama in the Earth's core [[RuleOfFunny (again, just roll with it)]], the entire earth becomes this, with Gordon becoming [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Godchu]] without the lightning, Blik becoming a doll, and Waffle becoming a flower. Then, the cuteness collapses on itself and things start turning south...

* TerribleTrio: The Chumpy Chump Brothers

* ZanyScheme: Pretty much any scheme that the cats come up with.

-->'''Waffle''': Oh. That explains the long and mysterious incantation with sour cream.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Waffle's moon-gravity basketball dunking.

* {{Expy}}: Mr. Blik is basically similar to [[SquirrelBoy Rodeny J. Squrriel]]. Katilda is the equivlant to [[MrDriller Anna Hottenmeyer]]. Hovis is the [[HomestarRunner Poopsmith]].