Max the Cat

Max the Rat is a French-American animated series created by Jean Lambert and distributed by Cartoon Network Studios and aired on Cartoon Network from January 31st, 2007 and ended on August 25th, 2019

Synopsis
A talking rat named Max lives in a house with his best friend, Molly and goes on wacky adventures.

Main

 * Max (Voiced by Tom Kenny) a kind and adventurous rat who lives in a house with his friends.
 * Molly (Voiced by Bryn McAuley) a nice and sweet hearted mouse who is Max's best friend.

Supporting

 * Abby (Voiced by Katie Crown) A talking rat sized ant who is sweet but ditzy and ends up causing the villains plan to fail.
 * Samuel (Voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) A courageous but curious cat who is the only cat that is nice to mouses and rats
 * Tweety (Voiced by Jeff Bennett) A talking, red and blue parrot who is Max's pet.
 * Edwin (Voiced by Greg Cipes) A talking rabbit who is also Max's 2nd best friend
 * Samantha (Voiced by Grey Griffin) A sweet and nice talking mouse who is Max's girlfriend
 * Jessica (Voiced by Hynden Walch) A talking pet rabbit who is Edwin's sister

Antagonists

 * Jeff (Voiced by David Kaufman) An evil human who always tries to kill off the heroes. And is the main antagonist of the show
 * Matt (Voiced by Tom Kenny) A scary bulldog who is Jeff's pet helping him.

Production
Xilam planned on making series back in 2004 but they decide to make the series in 2007. During January 2006, Jean Lambert was hired to make the characters. He liked the idea of a rat being in a cartoon show as a main character.

On November 25th, 2006, Xilam pitched a pilot called "A Rat's Life" which would later refer to "Max the Rat" During the creation of an episode scene in 2007, Jean Lambert agreed to air the show. The show was planned to air on Cartoon Network on December 18th, 2006, but it was delayed to January 31st.

Then the series premiered on Cartoon Network on January 31st, 2007, receiving very good ratings.

Animation
The series was animated with Flash Animation until Season 3 when it was animated with traditional animation

Episodes
Main article: List of Max the Rat episodes

Reruns and International Airings
The series aired in France on Gulli on January 31st, 2007 and ended on August 25th, 2019. Then the series reran on Disney XD, and Disney Channel from January 31st, 2007 to November 17th, 2019.

In the United States, The series ran on Cartoon Network (U.S) from February 18th, 2007 to August 25th, 2019. And is currently rerunning on Boomerang and Discovery Kids. Then a Spanish dub was aired in Spain and Mexico on Nickelodeon from April 24th, 2009 to May 7th, 2020. A German dub aired Germany on Cartoon Network from December 27th, 2008 to September 24th, 2020. In Czechia, It aired on Boomerang from September 28th, 2007 to March 24th, 2021. In Japan, It aired on Nickelodeon from January 31st, 2007 to September 30th, 2009 due to declining viewership on the channel. Then in Korea, It aired on Cartoon Network January 31st, 2007 to May 25th, 2019.

Video Games

 * Max the Rat: The Video Game: May 12th, 2007
 * Max The Rat 2: Revenge of Jeff: November 5th, 2010
 * Max The Rat 3: When Heroes Unite!: July 28th, 2014
 * Max The Rat 4: Spooky Adventures: October 31st, 2018