Scaredy Cat is the second segment of the ninth episode of Catscratch.
Summary
Gordon refuses to celebrate Halloween due to his superstitions surrounding the holiday, meanwhile a couple of aliens mistake the cats' redecorated house as The Lost Mother Ship.
Trivia
- Parts of this episode's title card are used again in a promotional image for the show, which replicates a scene in "Gordon's Lucky Claw" where the cat brothers are cornered by a Meteor Worm.
- The part where Mr. Blik and Waffle are stuck to the ceiling in a cocoon, and Waffle's chest starts to explode is a reference to the Alien franchise.
- This episode was ranked as #25 on the Top 100 Greatest Nicktoon Episodes. However, it lost to the Sweet Victory moment from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode, Band Geeks.
- This was the last episode to air in 2005.
The Characters Coustumes:
Mr. Blik.... Astronaut
Waffle.... Unicorn
Hovis.... Lizard
Mayor.... Mary (Mary has a little lamb)
Human Kimberly.... Witch
Chumpy Chump Brothers....(Wore scary plastic masks)
Continuity
- This marks the first (and only) appearance of Quebafarb and Zinkogorb.
- When Quebafarb and Zinkogorb terrorize The Chumpy Chump Brothers, the encounter must've sparked some interest with Tad, as he is seen enjoying a magazine about aliens in a subsequent episode, "Two of A Kind".
- From this episode forward, Brick is now credited as Lunk.
- The guns that Quebafarb and Zinkogorb fire are similar to the gun Mr. Blik used in the episode “Lovesick” of an electric net as ammo.
Errors
- Tad's nose resembles an eggplant in the shot where they demand candy from the alien duo, whereas his nose is normally shaped like a diamond.
- When Waffle looks up at the alien duo after Blik gets cocooned, their shirt colors are switched.
- When Gordon is dashing across the hallway shouting, "Why couldn't you have listened to me about this accursed day?!" the layer that had his mouth disappears for a frame.
- When Gordon says "Evil has come to cocoon us", an editing error shows a cropped frame of Hovis as Sachiko from the episode before the previous one, "Big Eyed Bunny".
- This error seems to only be present on American broadcasts.
- A similar error happens in a later version of "Clan Destiny" with a frame from "A Wooly Adventure"
- This was because of a last-minute edit in that episode, so that means there might be two differing versions of "Scaredy Cat" too.
- In this episode's ending credits, the fifth period away from Liliana Mumy's name is a comma.
Names in other languages
- Arabic - حلقة القط الجبان
- German - Landung der Außerirdischen
- Czechoslovakian - Kocour strašpytel
Cast
- Rob Paulsen as Gordon/Zinkogorb
- Kevin McDonald as Waffle
- Wayne Knight as Mr. Blik
- Maurice LaMarche as Hovis/Adult Man/Quebafarb/Vet/Luther
- Liliana Mumy as Human Kimberly/Kid
- John DiMaggio as Tad
- Tress MacNeille as Lunk
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