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CatDog is an American animated television series on Nickelodeon, created by Peter Hannan.

History

Nickelodeon at first ordered 40 episodes for the series and planned to debut it in fall 1998. Nickelodeon produced the series from Burbank, California, United States.

Premise

The show details the misadventures of CatDog, a conjoined cat and dog. Despite sharing a body, Cat and Dog are wildly different: Cat is worldly, wise, and suave, contrasting with the optimistic and childlike Dog. Though they're of different species, the duo refers to themselves as "brothers".
Because of their strange condition, CatDog are often harassed by the Greaser Dogs, a trio of tough hoods, and their neighbor, Winslow, a devious blue rat.
Albie Hecht, Nickelodeon's senior vice president of worldwide productions, said that the creators planned for the show to "really play off of kids' sympathies" by portraying the characters as experiencing "the worst of both worlds".

Main and major characters

Dog Dog, a dog, generally acts as the normal canine; loyal to a fault, very energetic, and easily distracted. He is often a voice of reason for Cat, who can be highly unscrupulous in his tasks. Unlike Cat, he doesn't care for cleanliness, preferring instead to ravage trash cans for food. His catchphrase is "Hi Ho diggity". He is voiced by Tom Kenny.
Cat Cat, a cat, desires fame and fortune, and is prone to go to extravagant lengths in order to achieve them despite Dog's warnings. He is a stickler for cleanliness, yet is highly hydrophobic, like many cats are. He is voiced by Jim Cummings.

Cliff The leader of The Greaser Dogs. Deformed Bulldog acts belligerent in order to maintain his tough image, but has a very vulnerable side which Cat and Dog sometimes exploit. Also voiced by Tom Kenny.

Shriek The second-in-command of the Greasers, she struggles to distance herself from her privileged background with a tomboyish demeanor. Because of this, she must often remind other characters of her femininity. Shriek has an unrequited crush on Dog, which is said to prevent her from harming him during CatDog's routine beatings at the Greasers' hands. She is voiced by Maria Bamford.

Lube Real name Ignatius, he's very unintelligent and sometimes speaks in non sequiturs. Lube is the workhorse of the Greasers, often doing tasks which Shriek and Cliff have the sense to shirk. Lube is a skilled auto mechanic, hence his nickname. He is voiced by Carlos Alazraqui.

Winslow Oddfellow A blue mouse who lives in CatDog's home. Constantly sarcastic and critical, he's a constant annoyance to Cat and Dog (but especially Cat) but remains their friend.

Rancid Rabbit Rancid Rabbit often serves as an antagonist to CatDog and the Greasers, appearing in numerous roles throughout the series. He is highly manipulative and greedy, and has a very short temper. His catchphrases are What, what, what, and Leaping Lumbago. Rancid is voiced by Billy West, and sounds similar to Louie Anderson.

Randolph Randolph is a high-society cat with a prosthetic buttocks. He first appears in the episode CatDog's End, where he wants to trade his butt to Cat while being attached to Dog. He befriends CatDog (especially Dog) but is usually seen as a background character, appearing on TV shows and as a salesman in various episodes. His catchphrase is "I LOVE it!". His appearance and voice are similar to Cary Grant. He is also voiced by Billy West.

Mervis and Dunglap A pig and weasel, respectively, who are best friends, but often get into heated arguments, resulting in a fight.

Episodes

Film

CatDog are reunited with their parents in their first TV movie which was released in 2001. This movie reveals that CatDog were separated from their foster parents, a bull-frog and a bigfoot-like creature, by a tornado.

Voice cast

Tom Kenny — Dog, Cliff

Jim Cummings — Cat

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

Main crew

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 Broadcast outside of North America:
Catdog aired in the UK on September 1998 on Nicktoons UK.In Australia, it was shown on Nickelodeon Australia and ABC Kids in 1999 (though it stopped showing on ABC Kids in late 2002 except for Nickelodeon).

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