SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

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Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron
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Genre	Action, Cartoon
Running time	30 mintues
Creator(s)	Christian Tremblay Yvon Tremblay
Executive producer(s)	Buzz Potamkin
Starring	See Main Cast
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	Cartoon Network
Original run	September 11, 1993–December 24, 1994
No. of episodes	23
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SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron was a Hanna-Barbera American animated television series created by Christian Tremblay and Yvon Tremblay. The show ran in syndication from 1993 to 1995, when it was canceled. There were a total of twenty-three finished episodes. There were also four unfinished episodes.

The show was based in the fictional metropolis of Megakat City, which is populated entirely by anthropomorphic felines, known as "kats".

1 Background
2 Main cast
3 Episodes
- 3.1 Season one
- 3.2 Season two
4 Unfinished episodes
5 Inconsistencies
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Background

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Chance "T-Bone" Furlong and Jake "Razor" Clawson were members of Megakat City's paramilitary force, the Enforcers. While in pursuit of the villainous Dark Kat, the two rebelled against Enforcer Commander Feral's orders to fall back and leave Dark Kat to him. The altercation resulted in Dark Kat's escape and Chance and Jake's jet crashing into Enforcer headquarters. Because of the accident, they were discharged from the force by Commander Feral and were required to work at a salvage yard to pay for their damages. Using junk from the salvage yard, they built an advanced jet fighter called the Turbokat (resembling several different aircraft, most notably, an F-14) and patrol Megakat City as the SWAT Kats. T-Bone and Razor keep their identities secret. Their methods do not endear them to Commander Feral, a brave and resourceful character in his own right.

SWAT Kats briefly returned to Cartoon Network on February 13, 2006, airing on Cartoon Network at 2:30 PM Eastern, with several of the season 1 episodes being shown in no particular order. This only lasted for one week, then Swat Kats was replaced by Ozzy & Drix in the 2:30 time slot on February 21, 2006. SWAT Kats is not currently listed on Cartoon Network's official schedule. The reason for SWAT Kats very brief and unannounced return to Cartoon Network is unknown at this time.

[edit] Main cast

T-Bone (Chance Furlong) / Murray...Charlie Adler
Razor (Jake Clawson)...Barry Gordon
Callie Briggs...Tress MacNeille
Commander Ulysses Feral...Gary Owens
Lt. Felina Feral...Lori Alan
Mayor Manx / Enforcer Sgt. (II)...Jim Cummings
Ann Gora...Candi Milo

Other cast / guest stars:

Dark Kat...Brock Peters
Dr. Viper / Volcanus / Al...Frank Welker
Mac Mange...Neil Ross
Molly Mange...April Winchell
The Pastmaster...Keene Curtis
Jonny K. / Burke / The Red Lynx...Mark Hamill
Professor Hackle...George Hearn
Enforcer Sgt. (I) / Tiger Conklin...Ed Gilbert
Hard Drive...Rob Paulsen
Dr. Abby Sinian...Linda Gary
Dr. Lieter Greenbox (I)...Robert Patrick
Dr. Lieter Greenbox (II) / Chopshop...Nick Chinlund
Dr. N. Zyme...Paul Eiding
Mr. Young...Robert Ito
Mutilor...Michael Dorn
Madkat...Roddy McDowall
Rex Shard...John Vernon
Turmoil...Kath Soucie
Lt. Commander Steele...Hal Rayle
Dr. Harley Street...Robert Ridgely

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season one

[edit] Season two

[edit] Unfinished episodes

The Curse of Kataluna (also known as Succubus)
Turmoil II: The Revenge
Doctors of Doom
Cold War (unused premise)
Blackout (unused premise)

[edit] Inconsistencies

In episode 2, 20:20 into the episode, a quick shot of T-Bone and Razor inside the Turbokat shows them with switched color schemes: T-Bone shown with brown fur instead of yellow, and Razor with yellow fur instead of brown. However, this is possibly an instance of a common error of cel animation where an artist mistakenly colors a portion of a cell a different color.