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, 2013

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.

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