User:Beetricks/Cat on the Roof

*Cat on the Roof*
Cat on the Roof
Genre	Animated sitcom Satire; Dark comedy; Blue comedy; ;
Created by	Beetricks (of the myth)
Inspired by	Sitcoms and reality shows in the early-00s that in hindsight can be seen as completely unhinged today
Voices of	Beetricks
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	123 (list of episodes)
Production
Animator	Studio Satsuma
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	22–26 minutes
Original release
Release	September 26, 2004 –; May 7, 2010

Cat on the Roof is a fictitious adult animated sitcom that would have aired from September 26, 2004, to May 7, 2010. It centers around a middle-class white suburban household that spontaneously meet a stray cat named Sicky near Manhattan. In the home features the dysfunctional father-son Unsworth family—Tucker and Griffin—and their relative Jill Fallon-Kinney.

The first four seasons were in a standard-definition format with 4:3 aspect ratio, whereas seasons 5 and 6 was in a higher definition format with widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio.

Cue in inappropriate laugh tracks, absurd takes on video games, and weaning satire. What a 2000s show.

Main plot summary[edit]

Season 1[edit]

Nine months after Tucker's estranged wife, Melanie Fallon-Unsworth, was reported missing on the day after Thanksgiving 2003 with the family kitten Jerma, him and his sister-in-law Jill are still struggling with grief and they constantly argue over each other's behavior. Jill thinks he's becoming more irresponsible and careless, whereas Tucker criticizes her for being too pathetic. Strangely enough, a stray cat on the roof (Sicky) solves the argument in the opening scene of episode 1 (or at least attempts to) by spray-urinating on them before a vicious attack. The couple's son Griffin grows restless over the commotion until he eventually hears a familiar alarm: a cat's night yowl. The encounter between him and Sicky on the roof gets awkward when he gets vomited on. She introduces herself to him with a human talking voice, though the confused Griffin is too 'blind' to rule out the possibility that Jerma has returned home when he asks of his mother Melanie's whereabouts. Later on, Tucker is also introduced to her. After Sicky becomes aware of the family's problems, the two conjure up a Machiavellian scheme to prank Griffin into believing his delusion (meanwhile the audience knows). Despite Tucker's initial reluctance, him and Sicky become instant friends for life and they set themselves on adventures.

Episode 9 and henceforth, it becomes apparent that Tucker has grown romantic feelings for Sicky, while she still seemingly is an animal. He hides this until the season finale in fear that the neighbourhood would out him as a zoophile. Between episodes 12–21, Griffin raises doubts about his own belief that Jerma actually is in the house in at least three instances: when he naively asks Sicky again if she knows where his mom is; when Tucker pretends to eat Sicky out (yes, there is a laugh track to this :|); whenever the cat sports the 'J' gold chain. Jill is absent for most of episode 11 and 12–20 entirely: she has flown out to Japan in search for her twin sister. She found her on an NHK game show in episode 8 and contacted authorities in the following episode.

In the season finale (ep. 22), Sicky reveals her human identity as a 23-year-old outcast socialite and would-have-been-bank heiress Jessica Young. To Jill's dismay and her nephew Griffin's shock, Tucker and Jessica declare their mutual love and begin their on-and-off relationship. Later on, Melanie, the Unsworth ex-matriarch, returns home alive with Jerma in a police car after being found. Griffin is more than delighted. Although he's only overjoyed for a minute, as the season ends with a cliffhanger as Tucker callously hands out papers for divorce.

Season 2[edit]

In the first episode ("In Court"), Tucker and Melanie are in the middle of one of their court proceedings for their divorce trial. One of the judges, Chadwick "Judge Feels" MacFeeley is introduced. He can be described as being emotionally sensitive, especially when hearing Melanie's testimonies. The other parts are boring, only two things that are special about them is that the entire family (plus Jerma) are in the same setting the whole episode, and personal attacks constantly get thrown about as actual legal arguments for each party.

While the divorce process is ongoing, Melanie and Jill set up a conspiracy to brainwash Tucker into rejecting his manhood in hopes of him rethinking his misogyny in the next relationship he has. It does work as his assistant Lucie, his son, and Sicky are turned off by his behavior, which in return arises an opportunity to educate him.

More shit happens, Tucker finds new Dates of the Week, and the season ends with the divorce being finalised, Griffin settling in with his new family, more notoriety for the Unsworth plus Jill household, and Tucker starting to settle in with Jessica.