The Adventures of Kuckoo Kat

The Adventures of Kuckoo Kat is an American animated comedy television series developed by Danielle Hodges and Dennis Osbourne and was produced by Gryphon Television Animation and Imagine Television for Toonix. The show starred Kuckoo, Kooky, Smarty and Cuckoo as they dealt with several surreal misadventures around the world with other screwy recurring characters.

The show first began with the 1995 pilot "Pest of a Guest", which was shown as a part of Totally Tasteless Toons on June 30, 1995, where the short was praised for its fun premise and crazy animation. After the pilot, it was pitched to become a series, where it first premiered on August 12, 1997 with the episode "Prison Break-In/My Little Chick-a-Dope". The series received critical acclaim for how it gave a new era of Kuckoo Kat shorts for a new generation and got high ratings for Toonix. The series ended on November 22, 2000 with "Boob Tubed/Show Stoppers".

Premise
The series focuses on the misadventures of four anthropomorphic cats: the crazy, yet sweet-hearted Kuckoo, the feisty and ecstatic Kooky, the dorky and shy Smarty, and the snarky and cynical Cuckoo (pronounced kuhk-oo). They usually get into escapades either through Kuckoo's stupidity, Cuckoo's attempts at scamming people, or through a flamboyant enemy, Bostwick, who usually disguises himself in each episode he appears in.

Supporting characters include menacing mob boss, the lion Leo the Lucky, alongside his henchmen Roscoe and Rascal, southern hillbilly Bjork Bobcat, a brawn-over-brain egotistical hero, Super Dude and mad scientist Dr. Fleckenstein.

The show uses eccentric and surreal humor for each episode. Some examples include Kuckoo's favorite food being a sandwich with nothing but ketchup on it, slight use of adult innuendos (Ex: Cuckoo hiding secret magazines in his room), the use of sarcasm and malapropisms, and the use of wild takes whenever a character acts shocked or surprised. The storylines go for more bizarre and cartoonish situations, such as the characters becoming astronauts, the characters going to prison, or the characters becoming superheroes.

Protagonists

 * Kuckoo J. Kat (voiced by Charlie Adler) - Kuckoo is kind and sweet-natured, but is also a wild card. He is the leader of the main four and is the main troublemaker, as he always causes trouble for the characters. Due to that, he gets the main four into situations that cause them getting into pain. Despite his misfortunes, he still cares for all his friends and is always willing to help somebody. He is also frequently shown to be a girl magnet, though he is taken by Kooky.
 * Kooky A. Kat (voiced by Candi Milo) - A female cat who is Kuckoo's girlfriend and is just as crazy as him. She usually goes along with whatever crazy plan her boyfriend can think of, and always loves him no matter what. She is also shown to be jealous of anyone who tries to take Kuckoo away from her, as seen in "Fatal Abstraction".
 * Smarty E. Kat (voiced by Howard Morris) - Compared to his brother Kuckoo, Smarty is more insecure and innocent, suffering from extreme paranoia and always relying on Kuckoo to help him in many situations. He is frequently accident-prone as in many episodes, he has usually been seen getting hurt. He is also frequently shown to be a girl magnet, to the envy of Cuckoo.
 * Cuckoo T. Cat (voiced by Hank Azaria) - Cuckoo is Kuckoo's best friend and enemy (a frenemy, if you will) who typically keeps up a heroic façade, but is actually quite cowardly. He is arrogant, self-centered, ignorant, inept, loud-mouthed, immature, and greedy, as he frequently thinks about himself and ONLY himself. He is the most money-hungry of the main four, and is always willing to scam someone out of a buck, but always fails.

Supporting characters

 * Leo the Lucky (voiced by Robert Costanzo) - First appearing in "Unmarried to the Mob", Leo the Lucky is a mob boss who is widely known for his good luck, but ironically, he always loses in his constant battles against Kuckoo and his friends. He is widely renowned as "the biggest mob boss in the whole wide world".
 * Roscoe and Rascal (voiced by Dan Castellaneta and Dee Bradley Baker) - Roscoe and Rascal work as the henchmen to Leo the Lucky. Unlike their boss, the two are more inept and incompetent, as they always mess up his plans. Roscoe's voice is similar to Dennis Hopper's character in Apocalypse Now, while Rascal talks in a Australian accent.
 * Bjork Bobcat (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) - A hillbilly down from the South (and we do mean South!), Bjork Bobcat is a quirky and odd hillbilly who'll shoot somebody full of holes if they try and mess with him. However, he still loses his battles with Kuckoo due to him not being very bright. He is also very muscular, but only when he is angry.
 * Super Dude (voiced by Harry Shearer) - While at work, he is known as Joe Everyman, but whenever danger strikes, he becomes Super Dude, an egotistical superhero who fights using his brawn-over-brain strategy. Due to that, he usually loses against Kuckoo.
 * Dr. Vincent Fleckenstein (voiced by Richard O'Brien) - A mad scientist who lives in a giant castle lurking around Kuckoo and his friends to use them for fiendish experiments, but is always thwarted by them.

Guest stars

 * Dave Thomas - Peacock Pictures Guard (in "Hooray for Hollywood!")
 * Gillian Anderson - Danish Scowly (in "The Y Files")
 * David Duchovny - Fax Moldy (in "The Y Files")
 * Gene Wilder - Wally Wickersham (in "Hooray for Hollywood!")
 * Danny DeVito - Snidely Swindler (in "Engine Blocked")
 * Rhea Perlman - Sadie Swindler (in "Engine Blocked")
 * Steven Spielberg - Himself (in "Hooray for Hollywood!")
 * Brad Garrett - Fleckenstein's Monster (in "Fleckenstein!")
 * Bobcat Goldthwait - Boffo the Clown (in "Circus Jerkus")
 * Jim Carrey - Blitzen McPherson (in "Hooray for Hollywood!")
 * Katey Sagal - Vixen Valentine (in "Fatal Abstraction")
 * Ozzy Osbourne - Fuzzy Scuzzbourne (in "Slow Your Rock n' Roll")
 * Will Ferrell - Dolt Whimsey (in "Situation Tragedy")
 * Stan Freberg - Bernie (in "Rhapsody in Boo")
 * Tim Curry - Satan (in "To Heck and Back")
 * Dick Van Dyke - Masher (in "Rue Britannia")
 * Simon Pegg - Basher (in "Rue Britannia")
 * June Foray - Broomhilda (in "Witch Crafty")