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CatDog
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| CatDog | |
|---|---|
 Cat and Dog |
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| Genre | Animation |
| Creator(s) | Peter Hannan |
| Starring | Jim Cummings Tom Kenny Carlos Alazraqui Maria Bamford Nika Frost John Kassir Dwight Schultz Billy West |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 65 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (15 minutes per segment) (approx. per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nickelodeon |
| Original run | October 4, 1998 – July 24, 2004 |
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| IMDb profile | |
CatDog was an American animated television series on Nickelodeon, created by Peter Hannan. (A truly little known fact is that the idea of a catdog was created in an episode of Looney Tunes titled Porky in Wackyland in 1938.) It premiered on October 5, 1998, and tells the story of conjoined twins: the suave, intelligent Cat, and naive, optimistic Dog. It was cancelled by Nickelodeon in 2001, according to IMDb. But 13 more episodes were aired in 2004. The show officially ended in July 2004.
CatDog were separated from their parents (a frog and a sasquatch-like creature), by a tornado. CatDog reunited with their parents in the TV movie, CatDog: The Great Parent Mystery.
CatDog live in a house shaped like a fish and a bone in the town of Nearburg, which they share with Winslow Oddfellow, a blue mouse with a wiseguy attitude who constantly torments them.
CatDog always get into trouble with the Greasers. The gang is formed by three dogs: the boss is Cliff, while the other two followers are Lube (dumb dog, talented mechanic (See "Lube in Love") and Shriek (the female who has a slight crush on Dog), an obvious reference to the gang called the Greasers in the book The Outsiders, and possibly to West Side Story.
The show was never particularly popular, though it had a decent-sized fanbase, particularly among younger children and pre-teens during its initial run. It is still occasionally re-run on Nickelodeon, and continues to be re-run daily on NickToons TV. CatDog has appeared on Nicktoons Caught on Tape. The show, like many other 1990s shows, has not been released on DVD (with the exception of the 3-minute short "Winslow's Documentary" which appeared on the DVD of The Rugrats Movie), and it is unknown if it will be.
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Cat (Jim Cummings) — Cat is the smarter one of the brothers, and is always hatching some kind of plot to get his brother to calm down, so that Cat doesn't get beat around and hurt. Even though most of these plots involve messing with Dog's feeble mind, they often backfire on Cat, much to his dismay. It may not show all the time but, he deeply loves and cares about his brother Dog.
Dog (Tom Kenny) — Dog is the more lovable of the two brothers. Dog loves to play and party and play some more. He loves baseball and playing fetch with frisbees, balls, sticks, etc. One of his biggest interests is in chasing the garbage truck. He is very friendly and happy, but does have a breaking point. He's very sensitive, and if he fails at something he feels horrible and worthless. It usually takes his brother Cat to help snap him out of it and relax.
Cliff (Tom Kenny) — Cliff is the leader of The Greasers. This brutal bulldog is the typical cartoon "Spike", with a touch of an Italian/Brooklynite accent. As the leader of the gang he has a rep of being the toughest of the three, though he has a hidden vulnerable side. The vulnerable side usually comes out when he's extremely frightened about something or very sad.
Shriek (Maria Bamford) — Shriek is a tough girl, "I AM A GIRL!" she "shrieks" while trying to live up to her tomboy ways. Shriek is a purebred poodle born in a very wealthy family. She grew up in her parents' mansion with her mom and her dad. They gave her everything a girl could ever dream of, or so they thought. She seeks more in life: adventure, excitement, a leather jacket and brass knuckles. Shriek is also in love with Dog and shows this in many of the episodes.
Lube (Carlos Alazraqui) — Lube is the dumbest of the gang. He has a thought process similar to that of a little child. This however makes him good with kids, as we notice when he's taking care of Winslow while impersonating Cliff's niece. Despite Winslow's bratty attitude, Lube doesn't lose his temper. He just goes with the flow doing everything Winslow tells him to. He says with a sweet smile and sincere voice, "Uh, ok baby."
Rancid Rabbit (Billy West and Pete Zarustica) — Rancid Rabbit seems to be a rich businessman who occasionally tricks CatDog to earn more money. He has many jobs including mayor, doctor, camp counselor, toy salesman, restaurant owner, dentist, and sumo wrestler. He is seen in many episodes. Rancid Rabbit also has a very nasal sounding talking voice in which he is made fun of by CatDog in numerous episodes.
- Both Cat and Dog are ambidextrous. The hands that they write with keep switching, sometimes multiple times in an episode.
- CatDog had appeared once on the Nick game show Figure It Out. They ended up getting slimed.
- A version of Goldfish crackers resembling CatDog was produced during the shows run.
- Jim Cummings — Cat
- Tom Kenny — Dog, Cliff
- Carlos Alazraqui — Winslow T. Oddfellow, Lube
- Maria Bamford — Shriek Dubois
- Nika Frost — Lola Caricola
- John Kassir — Dunglap, Mervis
- Dwight Schultz — Eddie the Squirrel
- Billy West — Rancid Rabbit, Mr. Sunshine, Randolph
- Pete Zarustica — Rancid Rabbit (Season 2)
- Peter Hannan: Executive Producer
- Russ Mooney: Director
- Denis M. Hannigan: Original music
- Steven Banks: Writer
- Chris 'Casper' Kelly: Writer
- Robert Lamoreaux: Writer
- Sultan Pepper: Writer
- Rachel Powell Writer
- Andy Rheingold Writer
- Jon Ross: Writer