Nature Cat is an American-Canadian animated television series. The series premiered on November 25, 2015 on PBS Kids after the Wild Kratts Christmas special, "A Creature Christmas". The series is aimed at children aged 3 to 8 years old, following the adventures of four main characters: Nature Cat, Hal the Dog, Daisy the Bunny and Squeeks the Mouse. The series follows Fred, a house cat with dreams of exploring outside. Once his family leaves for the day, he transforms into Nature Cat, who cannot wait for backyard nature excursions. However, Fred has one problem: he has no instincts for nature. Through the learning experiences of the characters, this series intends to encourage children to similarly engage with and develop understanding of nature, a motif which draws inspiration from the book Last Child in the Woods. The show has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program". The series debut in November achieved nearly 3.7 million viewers, and by March it has achieved 69 million video streams across online platforms. As of October 2016, Nature Cat has been renewed for two more seasons. A fifth season aired until January 2, 2024. Despite the show ended on January 2, 2024, 2 more one-hour movie specials are yet to be aired.
The series was produced by Spiffy Pictures and WTTW Chicago.
A preschool spin-off series focusing on Sadie the Dog is yet to be in development.
Voice Cast
- Taran Killam as Nature Cat
- Bobby Moyniham as Hal
- Kate McKinnon as Squeeks
- Kate Micucci as Daisy
- Kenan Thompson (Season 1) and Chris Knowings (Season 2 onwards) as Ronald
- Chris Parnell as Sir Galahad, The Announcer, Houston, additional voices
- David Rudman as Leo the Mammoth, additional voices
- Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Alice the Butterfly, additional voices
- Bobby Lee as MC Ferret
- Kate Micucci as Granny Bunny
- James Monroe Iglehart as Michael Bluejay (a takeoff on Michael Buble)
- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Gracie the Toad (Season 1 only), Sadie Dog, Rat, additional voices
- Joey Rudman as Jimmy Cat, Jingles, Steve Vole (Season 1-3), additional voices
- Joey Mazzarino
- Fred Armisen as Herbert the Hermit Crab, additional voices
- Rachel Dratch as Flo the Heron, additional voices
- Cobie Smulders as Nature Dog
- Dennis Singletary
- Tom Blandford
- Richard Traub
- Lauren Lapkus as Lola the Flamingo
- Chris Jackson
- Cecily Strong as Petunia Bunny, additional voices
- Lena Hall and Tony Vincent provide the vocals for "Dog Gone" (during interlude segments and two episodes (currently))
- Emily Lynne as One Eared Winnie (aka Gwendolyn), Nature Cat's long-lost twin sister; additional voices
- Jeanne Fishman as Kathy, a spiny lobster
- Jack Shulruff
- Crystal Monee Hall, Marcus Paul James, and Kristina Nicole Miller as an off-screen chorus for the song "Can You Dig It?!"
- Erica Broder
- Tyler Bunch as Twig Stickman, host of the game show "So You Think You Know Nature?"; Johnny Spins, a radio dj
- Chris Kratt and Martin Kratt as Chris and Martin Batt
- Paul F. Tompkins as Chandler the Toad, additional voices
- Frankie Cordero as additional voices
- Carmella Riley
- Reggie Miller
- TBA as Gracie the Toad (Season 4 onwards)
- TBA as Steve Vole (Season 4 onwards)
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