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    Brain Sprain/Cat Balloon

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Jan 1, 1984
Heathcliff accidentally solves a Rubik's cubetype puzzle, so Iggy decides his cat must be a genius and submits him to a scientist for laboratory testing. Heathcliff doesn't blend well with the other animals, and in no time has managed to cause countless squabbles and sabotage all the lab tests./Cleo is bored with Westminster and asks Riff to take them to the exciting city. The cats build a giant balloon and fly it into the city. Once there, another gang quickly steals their balloon, leading to a chase across town.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 86 episodes

Season 1
   
The Great Pussini/Kitty Kat Kennels,
The Great Pussini, an opera star, comes into town and immediately takes to Sonja, winner of her affection. Meanwhile, Heathcliff is furious and tries to show Sonja that Pussini is a fake.
22m Dec 31, 1983
   
Chauncey's Great Escape/Carnival Capers,
Heathcliff's friend Chauncey the dog is captured by the dogcatcher and locked away in the pound. Disguised in a dog costume, Heathcliff skillfully manages to get incarcerated himself and rescue his pal.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Mad Dog Catcher/Circus Berserkus,
Heathcliff gets into mischief with the local dogcatcher. Sonja is concerned about the dogs that are being picked up, so Heathcliff investigates. When Heathcliff gets involved, there is bound to be some real excitement.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Rebel without a Claws/The Farming Life Ain't for Me,
A kitten shows up in the neighborhood with an enormous case of hero worship for Heathcliff. // When Cleo visits her cousin, LuluBelle, in the country and takes the Catillac Cats along, it's love at first sight for Mungo and LuluBelle.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Heathcliff's Middle Name/Wishful Thinking,
A movie star named Rock comes to town to film a new movie, and Sonja is thoroughly smitten. Heathcliff is wildly jealous, but Sonja forbids any fighting. Mungo becomes master of his very own genie when he rubs a magic milk bottle one day. But everyone wants a piece of the action and his three wishes, as Mungo tries desperately to save his claim.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
King of the Beasts/Cat Can Do,
Heathcliff and Iggy go to visit the zoo so that Heathcliff can finally meet the king of the beasts: the lion. It's the cats vs. sneaky Admiral Catsk in a race up the slopes of Mount Whoji next.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Smoke Gets in my Eyes/Much Ado,
The Nutmegs tour the fire station and are very embarrassed by Heathcliff's behavior. That night, while sleepwalking, Grandpa Nutmeg sets the house on fire and Heathcliff saves everyone by getting the firemen there in time, thus redeeming himself for the way he'd acted earlier. Cleo wants a new bed, so she sends Riff Raff on a mission to find one. Meanwhile, Leroy's cousin Mervin McMutt is in town and using the bedding that Riff Raff needs.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
City Slicker Cat/House of the Future,
J.B. is a rich, snobbish cat who comes to visit the Nutmegs. Riff Raff, Cleo, and the Cats visit the world-famous Dizzyland amusement park.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Spike's Cousin/For the Birds,
Iggy and Marcy take Heathcliff along shopping for an anniversary gift for Grandma and Grandpa Nutmeg. Heathcliff seizes every opportunity to cause mayhem in the department store, and even tries to swipe a rhinestone collar for Sonja to replace the one she's recently lost. On the way home, Heathcliff finds Sonja's lost collar in the grass, which makes him a hero. Riff Raff's brother comes to visit and gets into trouble with the junkyard dog Leroy.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Heathcliff's Pet/Swamp Thing,
Heathcliff hears Iggy saying how wonderful it is to have a pet, and decides he should have a pet too. He tries out Spike and Mungo, but they do not make good pets at all. Wordsworth is convinced he has a disease which Riff Raff read about in the paper.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Teed Off/Monstro & Wolfhound,
Grandpa takes Iggy to the country club, where Grandma challenges Grandpa to a game. Meanwhile, Heathcliff's quarrel with the mice causes chaos in the dining room. Riff Raff and the cats watch a horror movie, and that night Riff Raff dreams he is Dr. Frankencat and has created a monster. It's a regular nightmare, with even Leroy showing up as the Wolfman.
21m Jan 1, 1984
   
Say Cheese/Cats Angels,
The Nutmegs decide to have a Family portrait taken, including Heathcliff. An old dirt bike arrives in the junkyard and the cats fix it up to stage a little competition. A gang of tough cats arrives to challenge the Catillac Cats, but our heroes emerge the victors.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Meow Meow Island/The Big Race (Iron Cats),
During an afternoon of deepsea fishing, Heathcliff and the Nutmegs land their boat on a small island for a picnic and soon learn the island is inhabited by a tribe of wild cats called Meow Meows. In this episode, the Catillac Cats team up against some snobs in an Iron Cat Tag competition that will determine the ownership of the local park.
21m Jan 1, 1984
   
Family Tree/Who's got the Chocolate?,
Heightcliff becomes curious about his ancestry and dreams about how his ancestors may have lived. As a night guard at a candy factory, Bush is about to lose his job because someone keeps stealing chocolate.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Be Prepared/Cruisin' for a Bruisin',
When Heathcliff tries to follow Iggy to a Boy Scout camp, the scout master forbids it, saying, A common house cat could never survive in the wild. Riff Raff and Cleo head to the Queen Mildred for a love boat cruise, but their romantic plans are thwarted when they get off to a bad start with a couple of pretty poodle snobs.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Heathcliff Gets Canned/Whacked Out,
After discovering several empty cat food cans in the Nutmeg pantry, Heathcliff decides to go to the cat food cannery to complain. Riff Raff's sleep is disturbed by the sound of a squawking whacko bird. Try as he may, he can neither silence nor hide from the noisy bird.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Brain Sprain/Cat Balloon,
Heathcliff accidentally solves a Rubik's cubetype puzzle, so Iggy decides his cat must be a genius and submits him to a scientist for laboratory testing. Heathcliff doesn't blend well with the other animals, and in no time has managed to cause countless squabbles and sabotage all the lab tests./Cleo is bored with Westminster and asks Riff to take them to the exciting city. The cats build a giant balloon and fly it into the city. Once there, another gang quickly steals their balloon, leading to a chase across town.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
May the Best Cat Win/The Comedy Cat,
Much to his dismay, Iggy and Marcy enter Heathcliff in a show against pedigree cats. He uses his less than scrupulous best to win the show and impress Sonja. Hector is being forced by a big dog to perform as a stand-up comic at a Big Dog Comedy Show. Riff Raff brings in the world's worst cat comic to empty the room, so Hector can be rescued.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Revenge of the Kitty/Jungle Vacation,
Heathcliff is trying to sleep in a vacant lot when he is disturbed by a noisy construction crew. Cleo wants to take a trip, so Riff Raff packages her and the other cats up and sends them through the mail to what he believes to be a ski report.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Hospital Heathcliff/Hectors Takeover,
Iggy goes into a hospital to have his tonsils removed, and Heathcliff goes along even though no pets were allowed. Hector complains about Riff Raff's leadership of the Catillac Cats, so Riff Raff offers to let him take over.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Going Shopping/Cat in the Fat,
Iggy and Marcy take Heathcliff along shopping for an anniversary gift for Grandma and Grandpa Nutmeg. Heathcliff seizes every opportunity to cause mayhem in the department store, and even tries to swipe a rhinestone collar for Sonja to replace the one she's recently lost. On the way home, Heathcliff finds Sonja's lost collar in the grass, which makes him a hero./Riff Raff's brother comes to visit and gets into trouble with the junkyard dog Leroy.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Wild Cat/Kitten Around,
While on a camping trip with the Nutmegs, Heathcliff gets himself covered in feathers and sardine oil. A mountain lion and an eagle mistake Heathcliff for a bird, and fight over him. Eventually he escapes and returns safely home.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Cat Burglar Heathcliff/Lucky,
Heathcliff sneaks into the Van Corkingdale mansion to challenge Bruno, their ferocious guard dog, and determine who the real king of the neighborhood is. Cousin Lucky comes to visit Riff Raff seeking help. It seems everywhere he goes, disaster follows, and his reputation as a jinx is so widespread, everyone runs when they see him coming.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Kitten Smitten/Young Cat with a Horn,
Heathcliff learns that playing Momma Cat is no easy task after he is adopted by a tiny kitten lost from her mother. When the local fishing bureau announces a shortage of fish in the area, the Catillac Cats turns to Professor Flixx for help.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
The Gang's all Here/The Meow-sic Goes Round & Round,
When the local policeman warns Heathcliff that any more of his pranks will land him in jail for life, our little monster decides he'd better reform. The Catillac Cats are practicing for a band competition at the Cat's Pajamas Club, when three hip cats steal their musical instruments.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Snow Job/Condo Fever,
Heathcliff accompanies the Nutmegs to the lake Plastered ski resort, where he immediately has a tumble with Alpine, the resident St. Bernard. The ensuing fight takes us throughout the ski lodge and onto the slopes; from hot tub to snowmobile, before Heathcliff proves himself the better beast.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Pumping Iron/Mungo's Dilemma,
A big, muscular cat named Pecs tries to steal Sonja away from Heathcliff, so he begins working out. He can beat him at his own game of weightlifting. Riff Raff finds a picture of a cat that looks like Mungo in the newspaper, and there's a reward.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Heathcliff's /Big Foot,
A mind mannered cat named Henry wanders into the neighborhood who looks exactly like Heathcliff. Riff Raff and the Catillac Cats go camping in the woods and meet Big Foot, who threatens their camp. They try to catch him for fame and fortune.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Terrible Tammy /Games of Love,
Marcy gets a new cat, Tammy, who challenges Heathcliff's position as top cat in the neighborhood. Mungo's in love with a cute little cat named Dixie, and everything is perfect. All except for one thing: Dixie's older brother, Jake.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Big Top Bungling/Space Cats,
Heathcliff and Sonja go to the circus to see Heathcliff's cousin, Rollo the cat clown. Riff Raff and the Catillac Cats sneak onto the Space Shuttle. To carry a homemade satellite into space and ensure its focus on Westfinster.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Lard Times/The Merry Pranksters,
Sonja tells Heathcliff he needs to lose a little weight, so he goes on to crash diet with the help of the Alley Cats. Leroy gets a new assistant dog in the junkyard and announces that tougher rules will now be enforced.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Spike's Slave/Scaredy Cats,
Heathcliff suffers a nasty bang on the head, which renders the Devil Cat side of his personality stunned and permits the Angel Cat side to take over. Riff Raff must survive one night in a haunted mansion to win a contest of bravery with arrival for Cleo's affections.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Gopher Broke/A Camping We Will Go,
Heathcliff declares war on a couple of gophers in the park. They taunt him, and he clobbers them until he eventually has them cast in concrete, supporting his hammock.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Where there's an Ill there's a Way/Yes Sewer, That's My Baby,
When Iggy is sick, he gets so much special attention from Grandma Nutmeg that Heathcliff pretends to be sick. At first, he loves the royal treatment, but the charade suddenly backfires when the Nutmegs take Heathcliff to the vet.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Soap Box Derby/A Better Mousetrap,
Mugsy and Spike challenge Iggy and Heathcliff to a soap box racer competition. Iggy builds a great car out of odds and ends Heathcliff gathers from around the neighborhood. The alley cats join in with a junk racer of their own, and after a fierce contest fraught with conflict and sabotage, Heathcliff stands alone in the winner's circle.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Bamboo Island/Super Hero Mungo,
Heathcliff stows away on a cruise ship to travel with the Nutmegs to the South Seas. One day, while listening to a radio show of a famous cat personality, Cosmic Cat, Mungo accidentally hits his head.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Butter Up!/Mungo gets no Respect,
The boys at school bet Iggy he can't come up with a better science project than they've got. However, with the help of Grandpa and Heathcliff, his automatic toast buttering machine is a success. Mungo quits the gang because the others are constantly berating him and calling him stupid.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Sonja's Nephew/Dr. Mousetus,
To order getting a date with Sonja, Heathcliff promises to babysit her little nephew, Eggbert, for the day. Hector and Mungo become the guinea pigs in a mad scientist's experiment that has them changing like Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Nyde.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Cat Food for Thought/Going South,
Heathcliff auditions and wins a chance to be in a cat food commercial. The cats stow away, inadvertently, to the Antarctic with a scientific expedition scheduled to last 1 to 2 years. They make a daring escape from the ship on a makeshift hot air balloon.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Phantom of the Garbage/Junkyard Flood,
When a local restaurant owner hires two guard dogs to keep Heathcliff out of the garbage, Heathcliff dresses in a cape to become The Phantom. Pearls are discovered in the drainage ditch swimming hole in the junkyard. Flooding, rainmaking, and boat sinking are all a part of oyster fever.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Trombone Terror/The Other Woman,
Iggy is trying to master playing the trombone. Despite Iggy's best efforts, Heathcliff does everything he can to sabotage his musical talent and discourage him from continuing. Cleo's cousin Lindsay arrives, and Riff Raff is volunteered to show her around town.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Pop's Parole/The Babysitters,
Pop gets paroled from prison, but Heathcliff thinks he has escaped. // A lioness loses her baby when he accidentally falls from the circus caravan and lands in the junkyard.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
The Siamese Twins/The Mungo Mash,
Two Siamese cats who are martial arts experts arrive in town and begin stealing and destroying everything in sight. The Catillac Cats enter a dance contest and Mungo makes the finals!
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Copa Ca Heathcliff/Leroy's in Love,
Heathcliff gets an idea from reading Playcat Magazine that the town needs a fancy nightclub for cats. He sets out to construct one out of dog houses he has stolen from around the neighborhood. Leroy wants to meet this rich poodle. Riff Raff and the Catillac Cats try to help him improve him image. Then they try to get Leroy to her balcony, but she has two big dogs.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Used Pets/Search for a Star,
Heathcliff notices Spike and the Alley Cats are missing from the neighborhood. He discovers them, along with many other stolen animals, in a second hand pet shop in a bad part of town. The crooks who operated the shop try in vain to catch Heathcliff, but he defeats them and sets all the other animals free.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
An Officer and an Alley Cat/Hector Spector,
After Wordsworth calculates a surprisingly accurate horoscope for Mungo, Hector tricks him into believing he has real occult powers. Furthermore, Wordsworth's powers can be increased if he follows the commands of a mysterious specter who is, of course, Hector.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Service with a Smile/Junkfood,
Mugsy insults Marcy at the tennis club, and Iggy challenges him to a match to defend Marcy's honor. Heathcliff assists Iggy with various antics. Mungo cooks up a batch of his mother's secret recipe, and everyone really loves it. So much, in fact, that Riff Raff opens a cat restaurant in the junkyard selling only Mungo's food.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Boom Boom Pussini/Beach Blanket Mungo,
Heathcliff and Mungo meet the great cat wrestler, Boom Boom Pussini. In Heathcliff's usual antagonistic manner, he prompts Boom Boom into a fight to be held at the Catatorium in one week's time. At a beach party, Mungo falls for a pretty female feline who is just as taken with him. However, her big, mean, boyfriend poses something of a problem.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
Sealand Mania/Riff Raff the Gourmet,
Heathcliff sneaks along when the Nutmegs visit Marineland, hoping to capture some millions of fish he's heard live there. Riff Raff is wildly jealous of Pierre, a gourmet chef cat dating Cleo, he promises to show her a real gourmet meal to win her back.
22m Jan 1, 1984
   
The Super M.A.C. Menace/Catacombs (Journey to the center of the earth),
A terrible new Mechanical Animal Catcher has replaced the city dogcatcher, and in no time at all has all the neighborhood dogs and cats gathered and in the pound! When Cleo's interest is aroused in the subject of Archaeology, the Catillac Cats decide to set out on an archaeologist expedition of their own.
22m Jan 1, 1984
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