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*'''Heathcliff''': Title character, he is a street-smart cat, who spends most of his time trying to turn a dustbin over onto people's heads. Heathcliff is a real street cat who loves to fight anyone and everyone and will lie, cheat and steal to get himself some food, but beneath it all, he's a good guy.
*'''Heathcliff''': Title character, he is a street-smart cat, who spends most of his time trying to turn a dustbin over onto people's heads. Heathcliff is a real street cat who loves to fight anyone and everyone and will lie, cheat and steal to get himself some food, but beneath it all, he's a good guy.


*'''Sonja''': Heathcliff's love, a fluffy white Persian cat, who wears a pink collar. Heathcliff is always trying to win Sonia over, although generally she isn't usually too impressed with Heathcliff's antics as she is a far classier type of cat.
*'''Sonja''': Heathcliff's love, a fluffy white Persian cat, who wears a pink collar. Heathcliff is always trying to win Sonja over, although generally she isn't usually too impressed with Heathcliff's antics as she is a far classier type of cat.


*'''Knuckles''': Dress in a pink hat and a red-and-black striped shirt, Knuckles and his henchman aren't really Heathcliff's enemies - more like a group of cats that he constantly annoyed and/or bullied. More often than not they were after him, because he had tried to trick them in some way.
*'''Knuckles''': Dress in a pink hat and a red-and-black striped shirt, Knuckles and his henchman aren't really Heathcliff's enemies - more like a group of cats that he constantly annoyed and/or bullied. More often than not they were after him, because he had tried to trick them in some way.

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Heathcliff
GenreAnimated series
Created byGeorge Gately (Heathcliff)
Jean Chalopin, Bruno Bianchi (The Catillac Cats)
Developed byLBS Communications, Inc.
McNaught Syndication Co.
Directed byBruno Bianchi
Michael Maliani
Voices ofMel Blanc
Donna Christie
Stanley Jones
Jeannie Elias
Danny Wells
ComposersHaim Saban
Shuki Levy
Country of origin United States
 Canada
 France
 Japan
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes86
Production
Executive producersTetsuo Katayama
Jean Chalopin
Andy Heyward
ProducersJean Chalopin
Lori Crawford
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Networkfirst-run syndication
ReleaseOctober 1, 1984 –
1988
Related
Heathcliff (1980)

Heathcliff is an animated TV series that debuted on October 1, 1984. It was the second series based on the Heathcliff comic strip and was produced by DiC Entertainment. It ran in syndication until 1988 with a total of 86 episodes. The first show based on the comic strip was Heathcliff, which debuted in 1980 and was produced by Ruby-Spears. Mel Blanc provided the voice of Heathcliff on both series.

Premise

The first season ran for 65 episodes and the second season for 21 more. Each episode included a backup segment featuring The Catillac Cats, which is why this show is sometimes referred to as Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats (the second segment is referred to in the closing credits as "Cats & Co".). While the series was on the air, a movie, aptly titled Heathcliff: The Movie, was released which was a compilation of segments from this show.[1]

In the US, it aired in national first-run syndication. In the U.K. it aired on CBBC during the late '80s and early '90s Then in the early 2000's in The U.K. on Toon Disney U.K., and was usually billed under the title Heathcliff Cats & Co.[2]

A few DVDs have been released. In 2004, UAV Corporation released two DVDs each with 9 segments from the show. Then, the following year, Shout! Factory released a set with the first 24 episodes of the show. Shout! Factory has since lost the rights to the show.[3] Reruns have aired on the ThisTV digital channel since September 27, 2010, although not every episode is being shown, with only 40 appearing to be in the rotation.

Characters

  • Heathcliff: Title character, he is a street-smart cat, who spends most of his time trying to turn a dustbin over onto people's heads. Heathcliff is a real street cat who loves to fight anyone and everyone and will lie, cheat and steal to get himself some food, but beneath it all, he's a good guy.
  • Sonja: Heathcliff's love, a fluffy white Persian cat, who wears a pink collar. Heathcliff is always trying to win Sonja over, although generally she isn't usually too impressed with Heathcliff's antics as she is a far classier type of cat.
  • Knuckles: Dress in a pink hat and a red-and-black striped shirt, Knuckles and his henchman aren't really Heathcliff's enemies - more like a group of cats that he constantly annoyed and/or bullied. More often than not they were after him, because he had tried to trick them in some way.
  • Spike: Probably the closest thing to a nemesis that Heathcliff had, Spike was no-where near as clever as Heathcliff - all brawn and no brains. Spike is owned by a neighborhood bully called Muggsy. Heathcliff was quite able to handle both of them when necessary.
  • Catillac Cats: A gang of cats that played alongside Heathcliff. When Riff-Raff isn't around, the Catillac Cats are sometimes helping Heathcliff in some adventures or sometimes tease him only to be pounded to the pavement. They drive a very cool Cadillac which could transform into an airplane and a boat and lived in a junkyard.
    • Riff-Raff: The boss
    • Cleo: Riff-Raff's love interest, most episodes focused around Riff-Raff trying to woo her. She lives in a musical instrument shop with Bush. She had an '80's-hairstyle and leg warmers.
    • Hector: Second-in-command, sometimes wanted to be leader. Wore a headband and a long neck-tie.
    • Wordsworth: Rode on roller-skates, spoke in rhyme and always wore a Walkman.
    • Mungo: Big, clumsy and not the sharpest tool in the box. Name obviously was short for "mongoloid."
  • Leroy: Guard dog who lives in the junkyard with the Catillac Cats.
  • Bush: A loyal sheepdog who lived with Cleo in the music shop. Unfortunately due to his bushy hair-do, most of the time when Riff-Raff would break in to take Cleo out, Bush would end up running into various musical instruments trying to stop him.
  • Iggy Nutmeg: Heathcliff's owner who lived with his grandparents. Iggy sometimes takes Heathcliff to strange places and new locations for adventures.
  • Marcy: A small girl who lived in the same neighborhood as Iggy's family. Marcy always saw the best in Heathcliff and thought he was a little angel.

Episodes

Season 1

  1. The Great Pussini / Kitty Kat Kennels
  2. Chauncey's Great Escape / Carnival Capers
  3. Mad Dog Catcher / Circus Beserkus
  4. Rebel Without a Claws / The Farming Life Ain't Me
  5. Heathcliff's Middle Name / Wishful Thinking
  6. King of the Beasts / Cat Can Do
  7. Smoke Gets in my Eyes / Much Ado about Bedding
  8. City Slicker Cat / House of the Future
  9. Spike's Cousin / For the Birds
  10. Heathcliff's Pet / Swamp Fever
  11. Teed Off / Monstro vs. the Wolfhound
  12. Say Cheese / Cat's Angels
  13. Meow Meow Island / Iron Cats
  14. Family Tree / Who's Got the Chocolate?
  15. Be Prepared / Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
  16. Heathcliff Gets Canned / Whackoed Out
  17. Brain Sprain / Cat Balloon
  18. May the Best Cat Win / Comedy Cats
  19. Revenge of the Kitty / Jungle Vacation
  20. Hospital Heathcliff / Hector's Takeover
  21. Going Shopping / Cat in the Fat
  22. Wild Cat Heathcliff / Kitten Around
  23. Catburglar Heathcliff / Lucky's Unlucky Day
  24. The Blizzard Bandit / Harem Cat
  25. Kitten Smitten / Young Cat with a Horn
  26. The Gang's All Here / The Meowsic Goes Round & Round
  27. Snow Job / Condo Fever
  28. Heathcliff Pumps Iron / Mungo's Dilemma
  29. Heathcliff's Double / Big Foot
  30. Terrible Tammy / The Games of Love
  31. Big Top Bungling / Space Cats
  32. Lard Times / The Merry Pranksters
  33. Spike's Slave / Scaredy Cats
  34. Gopher Broke / A Camping We Will Go
  35. Where There's an Ill, There's a Way / Yes Sewer That's my Baby
  36. Soap Box Derby / A Better Mousetrap
  37. Bamboo Island / Superhero Mungo
  38. Butter Up! / Mungo Gets No Respect
  39. Sonya's Nephew / Dr. Mousetus
  40. Cat Food for Thought / Going South
  41. Phantom of the Garbage / Junkyard Flood
  42. Trombone Terror / The Other Woman
  43. Pop on Parole / The Babysitters
  44. The Siamese Twins / The Mungo Mash
  45. Copa-ca-Heathcliff / Leroy's in Love
  46. Used Pets / Search for a Star
  47. An Officer and an Alley-Cat / Hector Spector
  48. Service with a Smile / Junk Food
  49. Boom Boom Pussini / Beach Blanket Mungo
  50. Sealand Mania / Riff Raff the Gourmet
  51. The Super M.A.C. Menace / Journey to the Center of the Earth
  52. Heathcliff Reforms / Prehysteric Riff Raff
  53. A Piece of the Rock / Divide and Clobber
  54. Flying High / Debutante Ball
  55. Heathcliff's Surprise / The Big Break In
  56. The Catfather / The Big Swipe
  57. Tally-Ho Heathcliff / Cleo Moves In
  58. Granpda vs. Grandpa / The Big Game Hunter
  59. The Great Tuna Caper / Peco's Treasure
  60. The Baby Buggy Bad Guys / Riff Raff's Mom
  61. Momma's Back in Town / Trash Dance
  62. Claws / Hector the Detector
  63. Raiders of the Lost Cat / Mungo Lays an Egg
  64. The Home Wrecker / In Search of Catlantis
  65. Star or Tomeow-meow / Soccer Anyone?

Season 2

  1. The Whitecliff of Dover / Life Saver
  2. Nightmare in Beverly Hills / The Iron Mask Cat
  3. The Shrink / Brushing Up
  4. Dr. Heathcliff and Mr. Spike / Time Warped
  5. Spike's New Home / Mungo's Big Romance
  6. The Cat and the Pauper / Mungo of the Jungle
  7. In the Beginning / Catlympic Cats
  8. Rear Cat Window / Cat Days, Ninja Nights
  9. Something Fishy / Christmas Memories
  10. Heathcliff's Mom / Hockey Pucks
  11. Cat Day Afternoon / Hector the Protector
  12. Feline Good / Off-Road Racer
  13. Spike's Coach / The Trojan Catillac
  14. Heathcliff Gets Framed / Repo Cat
  15. Missing in Action / Bag Cat Sings the Blues
  16. It's a Terrible Life / Leroy Gets Canned
  17. Hair of the Cat / Tenting Tonight
  18. The Fortune Teller / Cottentails, Chickens, and Colored Eggs
  19. Break an Egg / A Letter to Granny
  20. The New York City Sewer System / High Goon
  21. North Pole Cat / He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

Theme song

Two versions of the Heathcliff (DiC series) theme song were made. In its original broadcast run, the theme song began with the lines, "Cats and company have fun / Playing pranks on everyone," and returned to the "Cats and company" phrase often throughout the song. Perhaps in order to clarify any possible confusion about the name of the show, it was later replaced with a version that removed all references to "Cats and company." The second version began, "Heathcliff, Heathcliff, no one should / Terrify the neighborhood." The phrase "Heathcliff just won't be undone, playing pranks on everyone" replaces the original phrase. The original theme song is featured in VHS releases, as well as in cable reruns. The UK broadcast, despite including the name "Cats & Co." in the title, used the "No one should" version of the theme song.

Movie

Heathcliff: The Movie was released to theaters on January 17, 1986, and subsequently on VHS in 1988 by Paramount Video. It includes seven segments from the original show:

  • Cat Food for Thought
  • Heathcliff's Double
  • The Siamese Twins
  • Heathcliff Reforms
  • The Catfather
  • Boom Boom Pussini
  • Pop on Parole

Broadcast History

Syndication (1984-1988)

United States

Nicklodeon (1987-1991)

Toon Disney (1998-2003)

ABC Family (1994-1996 1998-1999)

Pax Kids (2000)

KidsCo (2008)

Brazil

Stb (1988-1990)

Japan

TV tokyo (1988)

France

WF3 (1985-1987)

United Kingdom

CBBC (1988-1989)

Toon Disney (2000-?)

DVD releases

On February 24, 2004, UAV Entertainment released two best-of collections with each set featuring nine select episodes from the series.

On September 20, 2005, Shout! Factory released Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats in a 4-disc boxset featuring the first 24 episodes of the series. It is not known if the remaining episodes will ever be released as Shout! Factory has subsequently lost the distribution rights.[citation needed]

In France, two more 4-disc sets were released under the French title of the series, Les Entrechats.

DVD Name Ep # Release Date Additional Information
Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats 24 September 20, 2005
  • Original promos
  • A click-thru gallery of panels from the syndicated newspaper cartoon "Heathcliff" from its 1973 inception to present day
  • An interview with current "Heathcliff" comic panel illustrator Peter Gallagher

Cast

References

  1. ^ "HEATHCLIFF AND THE CATILLAC CATS". Pop Matters. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  2. ^ TVArk - CBBC clip with Andi Peters referring to the show as 'Heathcliff Cats & Co'
  3. ^ Shout! Factory - Forum Thread with Brian Ward announcing the current ownership of 'Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats'

External links

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