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* GhostPirate: Captain Kitt, the self proclaimed "buccaneer's buccaneer," has a tendency to steal anything of value, such as wallets, keys, and money, which is "worthless green printed parchment" to him.

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* GhostPirate: Captain Kitt, Fraidy’s third life and the self proclaimed "buccaneer's buccaneer," has a tendency to steal anything of value, such as wallets, keys, and money, which is "worthless green printed parchment" to him.
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* NumerologicalMotif: Each of the eight lives of Fraidy (plus Cloud Nine) appear as numbers when they materialize and saying any of the numbers (minus zero or any number past "nine") causes the ghosts to appear and cause mischief towards poor Fraidy.

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* NumerologicalMotif: Each of the eight lives of Fraidy (plus Cloud Nine) appear as numbers when they materialize and saying any of the numbers (minus zero or any number past "nine") causes the ghosts to appear and cause mischief towards poor Fraidy. Interestingly enough, each number that summons a previous life has an appearance that relates to this life- by way of example, saying one summons a prehistoric cat, so it looks like it was chiseled out of stone.
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* DigitalDestruction: This happens to be a more literal and ''deliberate'' example than others. All modern releases of ''Fraidy Cat'' are slightly sped up, with the reason being that in 1995, the card company [[Creator/HallmarkChannel Hallmark]] acquired Filmation, but only for the singular purpose of international distribution. Other than that, the company detested Filmation's work, and after the master negatives were converted from NTSC to PAL format, Hallmark '''disposed of the original negative masters''', which explains why not just ''Fraidy Cat'', but nearly ALL of Filmation's cartoons are not in their original formats.

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* DigitalDestruction: This happens to be a more literal and ''deliberate'' example than others. All modern releases of ''Fraidy Cat'' are slightly sped up, with the reason being that in 1995, the card company [[Creator/HallmarkChannel Hallmark]] acquired Filmation, but only for the singular purpose of international distribution. Other than that, the company detested Filmation's work, and after the master negatives were converted from NTSC to PAL format, Hallmark '''disposed of the original negative masters''', which explains why not just ''Fraidy Cat'', but nearly ALL of Filmation's cartoons are not in their original formats. This begs the question, ''"why would you buy out a studio you detest, only to deliberately destroy pieces of cartoon history?"''

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* DependingUponTheUndependable: Despite the fact that Fraidy is desperately trying to leave a freight ship and is too cowardly to stay on, a gang of pirate birds make him gather up food for them in "Puss 'n' Boats".

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* DependingUponTheUndependable: A good chunk of the episodes have the character of the week make Fraidy work the job they usually take on:
** "Over the Wall and Havin' a Ball" involves the trio of dog mobsters (dogsters?) make the incompetent Fraidy work out an escape plan. Made worse by the fact that his reward is a big kiss from The Grandfather.
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Despite the fact that Fraidy is desperately trying to leave a freight ship and is too cowardly to stay on, a gang of pirate birds make him gather up food for them in "Puss 'n' Boats".Boats".
** Meaney in "Meaner than a Junkyard Cat" makes Fraidy work his job as a junkyard nighttime security guard, to a sleepy Fraidy's dismay. Cue the hijinks caused by the bumbling ghosts, which in turn lead to him falling into a train station.
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* {{Undertaker}}: Jasper Catdaver, the sixth incarnation of Fraidy, is an undertaker who wishes to expedite Fraidy's passing into the Other Side. Justified, since he IS an undertaker, after all.

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* {{Undertaker}}: Jasper Catdaver, the sixth incarnation of Fraidy, is an undertaker who wishes to expedite Fraidy's passing into onto the Other Side. Justified, While he may seem to be the worst of the ghosts intention-wise, it is justified, since he IS an undertaker, after all.
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*** Several other characters in the episode reference comedians and actors. Ruth Buzzard is to Ruth Buzzi; J. Edgar Cougar is to Colonel Sanders; and a prairie dog has a voiced modeled after a high-pitched Don Rickles.

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*** Several other characters in the episode reference comedians and actors. Ruth Buzzard is to Ruth Buzzi; J. Edgar Cougar is to Colonel Sanders; and a prairie dog has a voiced voice modeled after a high-pitched Don Rickles.
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** “Love is a Many Feathered Thing” is a reference to the movie “Love is a Many Splendored Thing”.

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** “Love is a Many Feathered Thing” Thing”'s title is a reference to the movie “Love is a Many Splendored Thing”.
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** “A Scaredy Fraidy” has Edgar Allen Crow, a poetic crow with a PunnyName based off of Edgar Allen Poe.

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** “A Scaredy Fraidy” has Edgar Allen Crow, a poetic crow with a PunnyName based off of Edgar Allen Poe. He even goes as far as to directly quote ''Literature/TheRaven'' by saying "Nevermore."
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* ShoutOut: A handful of the jokes in the show are references to media that was popular during its original run.

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* ShoutOut: A handful of the jokes or character names in the show are references to media or cultural figures that was were popular during its original run.

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