Kuckoo Kat: Spy, Spy Again (2005 film)

Kuckoo Kat: Spy, Spy Again is a 2005 animated action spy comedy directed by Maxine Becker and written by Jeffery Armstrong. It is the second animated film that stars Kuckoo Kat, following Kuckoo Kat and the Ink Splatter (1994) and stars Roger Yates in the title character, alongside Hilda Walton, Otis Underwood, Reginald Townsend, Cathy Hardy, Rafael Ramos, Sheila Vasquez, and Jeff Brooks in other roles. The film stars Yates as Kuckoo, who gets recruited to become a part of the secret spy agency, S.T.R.E.T.C.H, along with two new studio janitors, Susan Matthews (Walton) and Dominic Fletcher (Underwood) and are tasked with stopping the evil organization, S.Q.U.A.S.H, led by a has-been kids TV star, Squishy (Brooks), who plans to steal the Dizzy Diamond.

The film was originally going to be entirely computer-animated, but the studio decided to use digital ink-and-paint to animate it, with CGI being used to animate certain aspects of the film. When it was released on March 24, 2005, it competed with some big names during its theatrical run, from animated films like Robots and Madagascar, to big-name blockbusters like Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and Batman Begins, but it was a major success with the critics and the box-office. Critics praised it for its fun story, wacky animation, and amazing action, and at the box office, it grossed $580 million worldwide against a $120 million budget, making this Gryphon Animation's highest-grossing film.

Production
After the success of Ink Splatter, the crew at Gryphon Animation tried thinking of different concepts for another movie starring Kuckoo, including an adventure comedy that would've been a spoof on the Indiana Jones movies, one where Kuckoo and his friends would've traveled to Hollywood in the 1930s to become famous movie stars, or one that would be a true sequel to Ink Splatter.