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'''''Space Cats''''' is an animated series created by Paul Fusco and produced by Marvel Animation that aired on NBC in the United States and on Channel 10 in Canada. It aired throughout NBC's Saturday morning block from September 14th, 1991, to July 25th, 1992. According to a now-deleted YouTube comment, the show also aired on Channel 4 in the UK later on, though it might actually be [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Fantomcat Fantomcat] he watched, and just didn't remember the actual name of the show.
'''''Space Cats''''' is an animated series created by Paul Fusco and produced by Marvel Animation that aired on NBC in the United States and on Channel 10 in Canada. It aired throughout NBC's Saturday morning block from September 14th, 1991, to July 25th, 1992.


The show is about a bunch of alien felines from a planet called Trygliceride-7, who come to a secret location in the Earth's underground lairs to bring out truth, justice, & better quality cat food without the fishy after taste. Every episode begins with Captain Catgut, the captain of the Space Cats, doing some random thing like playing Solitaire. D.O.R.C. would then show up to inform them of a mission to do. Afterwards, Tom, Scratch, and Sniff are taken to the surface of the Earth to do the mission tasked.
The show is about a bunch of alien felines from a planet called Trygliceride-7, who come to a secret location in the Earth's underground lairs to bring out truth, justice, & better quality cat food without the fishy aftertaste. Every episode begins with Captain Catgut, the captain of the Space Cats, doing some random thing like playing Solitaire. D.O.R.C. would then show up to inform them of a mission to do. Afterwards, Tom, Scratch, and Sniff are taken to the surface of the Earth to do the mission tasked.


NBC only aired 13 episodes of the series as they discontinued their Saturday morning block in the middle of 1992 to make room for TNBC, the replacement block that aired live-action shows made for teenagers. It has yet to see release on home video, and it's currently not on any digital streaming services. Only one episode was available online in English for quite some time, but there are descriptions of some of the lost episodes on Wikipedia. While almost all websites with info about this show say that 13 episodes were produced, some have different names than others depending on the site, most likely meaning that there might've been more episodes produced that either only aired in foreign countries, didn't air in the USA until reruns in 1994 (at least according to the YouTube video with that one episode, though the exact channel it aired on at that time is currently unknown), or simply never aired at all.
It has yet to see release on home video, and it's currently not on any digital streaming services. Only one episode was available online in English for quite some time. All 13 episodes titles are present on copyright filings for the [https://cocatalog.loc.gov United States Copyright Office] by Space Cats, Inc., despite only being a fictional company name shown at the end of the "Words of Wisdom" segments of the show, likely giving off a more shady situation surrounding the show's development.


NBC had a comic collection released featuring several of their cartoons into comics, one of which was a ''Space Cats'' comic. One of the episodes might've been adapted into the comic or was simply confused with the comic.<ref>[http://20yearsb42000.blogspot.com/2017/01/1991-saturday-morning-nbcomics-good.html Saturday Morning NBC blog that posted a ''Space Cats'' comic.] Retrieved 07 Nov '20</ref> There's another episode about monuments where they're stolen instead of shrunk. No exact name has been given to this episode as of yet, though. This 2nd monument episode was described on an Angelfire website.<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/ns2/czarmatthew/spacecats.html Angelfire review of an episode of ''Space Cats''.] Retrieved 07 Nov '20</ref>
NBC had a comic collection released featuring several of their cartoons into comics, one of which was a ''Space Cats'' comic. One of the episodes might've been adapted into the comic or was simply confused with the comic.<ref>[http://20yearsb42000.blogspot.com/2017/01/1991-saturday-morning-nbcomics-good.html Saturday Morning NBC blog that posted a ''Space Cats'' comic.] Retrieved 07 Nov '20</ref>
 
On July 6th, 2020, YouTube user TurdMan McQuack revealed that he had a bootleg DVD of ''Space Cats'' he bought from Mexico but didn't know where he left it at. Two and a half months later, it's revealed that it just had the one already found episode as well as other unrelated cartoons.


Toonarific has a few images from currently unidentified episodes, and a few more images from other unidentified episodes have appeared on other websites.<ref>[http://www.toonarific.com/show.php?show_id=3377 Toonarific Cartoons page on ''Space Cats''.] Retrieved 07 Nov '20</ref> There's also an auction on Worthpoint for what claims to be the series bible, intro scripts, and original pilot scripts, with pictures to prove. The description says that it was originally made for Disney in 1984. Whether or not this auction or the pictures are actually real is currently a mystery.<ref>[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/space-cats-1991-orig-pilot-script-1763340184 'Space Cats' (1991) Orig. Pilot Script, 'Intro' Scripts And 'Bible' Paul Fusco] Retrieved 07 Nov '20</ref>
Toonarific has a few images from currently unidentified episodes, and a few more images from other unidentified episodes have appeared on other websites.<ref>[http://www.toonarific.com/show.php?show_id=3377 Toonarific Cartoons page on ''Space Cats''.] Retrieved 07 Nov '20</ref> There's also an auction on Worthpoint for what claims to be the series bible, intro scripts, and original pilot scripts, with pictures to prove. The description says that it was originally made for Disney in 1984. Whether or not this auction or the pictures are actually real is currently a mystery.<ref>[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/space-cats-1991-orig-pilot-script-1763340184 'Space Cats' (1991) Orig. Pilot Script, 'Intro' Scripts And 'Bible' Paul Fusco] Retrieved 07 Nov '20</ref>


On January 6th, 2021, GrigioGuy uploaded 5 other episodes of ''Space Cats'' as MEGA files, as well as the already available episode, despite that one episode uploaded to YouTube still being up. Eventually, those 5 episodes were uploaded to YouTube through GrigioGuy's own channel, though he eventually deleted both the YouTube, & MEGA uploads until deciding to reupload them onto YouTube. Around February of 2021, Kyru Rex uploaded 2 other episodes that were lost for some time, those being "Thank You Masked Man", & "A Recession Is Depression".
On January 6th, 2021, GrigioGuy uploaded 5 other episodes of ''Space Cats'' as MEGA files, as well as the already available episode, despite that one episode uploaded to YouTube still being up. Eventually, those 5 episodes were uploaded to YouTube through GrigioGuy's own channel, though he eventually deleted both the YouTube, & MEGA uploads until deciding to reupload them onto YouTube. Around February of 2021, Kyru Rex uploaded 2 other episodes that were lost for some time, those being "Thank you, masked man", & "A recession is depressin'".
 
There is also a website that claims to have all the episodes to watch, but you have to be logged in to see them. These are most likely fake.
 
It's also possible that there may also be an unaired pilot episode that exists, though whether or not any information on that ever shows up will be a mystery.


Eventually, though, Bkspect found a playlist featuring Arabic dubbed episodes of the show, featuring 2 episodes that have yet to be found in English that were uploaded back in late 2017.
Eventually, though, Bkspect found a playlist featuring episodes of a Persian dub that was most likely made without permission from the company who owns the rights to the series(which is a whole other can of worms entirely), featuring 2 episodes that have yet to be found in English that were uploaded back in late 2017.


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
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|-
|1
|1
|Send In The Clones
|Send in the clones
|[https://youtu.be/7AUO7I45goc<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|[https://youtu.be/7AUO7I45goc<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|2
|2
|Stinking Pollution
|Mirror, mirror, who's the ugliest one of all?
|[https://youtu.be/4DxFc-GXBsA<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|[https://youtu.be/4DxFc-GXBsA<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|3
|3
|Like Cats To Water
|Like cats to water
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|[https://youtu.be/2UxQUDtALoM<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|4
|4
|Thank You, Masked Man
|Thank you, masked man
|[https://youtu.be/L3DLmAsC9ZE<span style="color:orange">'''Partially Lost''']
|[https://youtu.be/L3DLmAsC9ZE<span style="color:orange">'''Partially Lost''']
|-
|-
|5
|5
|A Recession Is Depression
|A recession is depressin'
|[https://youtu.be/BKhSDnw-UI8<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|[https://youtu.be/BKhSDnw-UI8<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|6
|6
|Diamonds Are Furrever
|Diamonds are fur-ever
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
|7
|7
|Mirror, Mirror On the Wall
|The incredible shrinking monuments
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|[https://youtu.be/GLi-V3Ka_gE<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|8
|8
|The Incredible Shrinking Monuments
|Professor VonSchtooker and the temple of God
|[https://youtu.be/GLi-V3Ka_gE<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|[https://youtu.be/7YmFaEeGPt4<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|9
|9
|Blintzcapades
|Blintzcapades
|[https://youtu.be/HARhCrJsoRw<span style="color:orange">'''Partially Found'''] (Persian dub)
|[https://youtu.be/HARhCrJsoRw<span style="color:orange">'''Partially Found''']</span> (Persian dub)
|-
|-
|10
|10
|A Tale of Two Kitties
|A tale of two kitties
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
|11
|11
|Mysterious Missing Guests
|Mysteriously missing guests
|[https://youtu.be/dtwzHw_b9XM<span style="color:orange">'''Partially Found'''] (Persian dub)
|[https://archive.org/details/space-cats-episode-11<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|12
|12
|Operation Pine Crud
|The tuna doesn't fall from the tree
|[https://youtu.be/Wx2UMY43MoA<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|[https://youtu.be/Wx2UMY43MoA<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|13
|13
|Y.I. Auto
|YI auto
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''
|-
|??
|Big Fish-Little Fish
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|??
|Cats Hate Water
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|??
|The Hard Life of Hollywood
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|??
|Selling California
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|??
|The Curse of the Mummy
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|??
|The Biggest Theft of All Times
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|??
|Full of Bananas!
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|??
|Dreams On Wheels
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|??
|Party Crasher
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|??
|Fast Food Mayhem
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|??
|The Tuna Doesn't Fall From the Tree
|<span style="color:gray">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''
|-
|??
|Professor VonSchtooker And the Temple of God
|[https://youtu.be/7YmFaEeGPt4<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|??
|(no name given)
|[https://youtu.be/GLi-V3Ka_gE<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|-
|??
|(no name given)
|[https://youtu.be/2UxQUDtALoM<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
|}
|}


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Image from an unknown episode.

Status: Partially Found

Space Cats is an animated series created by Paul Fusco and produced by Marvel Animation that aired on NBC in the United States and on Channel 10 in Canada. It aired throughout NBC's Saturday morning block from September 14th, 1991, to July 25th, 1992.

The show is about a bunch of alien felines from a planet called Trygliceride-7, who come to a secret location in the Earth's underground lairs to bring out truth, justice, & better quality cat food without the fishy aftertaste. Every episode begins with Captain Catgut, the captain of the Space Cats, doing some random thing like playing Solitaire. D.O.R.C. would then show up to inform them of a mission to do. Afterwards, Tom, Scratch, and Sniff are taken to the surface of the Earth to do the mission tasked.

It has yet to see release on home video, and it's currently not on any digital streaming services. Only one episode was available online in English for quite some time. All 13 episodes titles are present on copyright filings for the United States Copyright Office by Space Cats, Inc., despite only being a fictional company name shown at the end of the "Words of Wisdom" segments of the show, likely giving off a more shady situation surrounding the show's development.

NBC had a comic collection released featuring several of their cartoons into comics, one of which was a Space Cats comic. One of the episodes might've been adapted into the comic or was simply confused with the comic.[1]

Toonarific has a few images from currently unidentified episodes, and a few more images from other unidentified episodes have appeared on other websites.[2] There's also an auction on Worthpoint for what claims to be the series bible, intro scripts, and original pilot scripts, with pictures to prove. The description says that it was originally made for Disney in 1984. Whether or not this auction or the pictures are actually real is currently a mystery.[3]

On January 6th, 2021, GrigioGuy uploaded 5 other episodes of Space Cats as MEGA files, as well as the already available episode, despite that one episode uploaded to YouTube still being up. Eventually, those 5 episodes were uploaded to YouTube through GrigioGuy's own channel, though he eventually deleted both the YouTube, & MEGA uploads until deciding to reupload them onto YouTube. Around February of 2021, Kyru Rex uploaded 2 other episodes that were lost for some time, those being "Thank you, masked man", & "A recession is depressin'".

Eventually, though, Bkspect found a playlist featuring episodes of a Persian dub that was most likely made without permission from the company who owns the rights to the series(which is a whole other can of worms entirely), featuring 2 episodes that have yet to be found in English that were uploaded back in late 2017.

Episodes

# Episode Title Status
1 Send in the clones Found
2 Mirror, mirror, who's the ugliest one of all? Found
3 Like cats to water Found
4 Thank you, masked man Partially Lost
5 A recession is depressin' Found
6 Diamonds are fur-ever Lost
7 The incredible shrinking monuments Found
8 Professor VonSchtooker and the temple of God Found
9 Blintzcapades Partially Found (Persian dub)
10 A tale of two kitties Lost
11 Mysteriously missing guests Found
12 The tuna doesn't fall from the tree Found
13 YI auto Lost

Videos

The show's 1st part of the intro, and credits.

The 2nd part of the intro.

Footage of a few unidentified episodes in German.

A few bumpers for the series, including the ones when it aired on Chip And Pepper's Cartoon Madness.

References