Nature Cat's Second City Adventure is a 2024 live action/animated film. It was released on PBS Kids on March 16, 2024. It is the sequel film to Nature Cat's City Adventure, a 2022 live action/animated television film.
Story[]
The movie follows Nature Cat the backyard explorer who is transported to the real world (by accident). He seeks help from his real life voice actor Taran Killam so that he can return to the real world to return him to his friends in the animated world.
Cast[]
- Taran Killam as Himself, Nature Cat, and Mini Nature Cat
- Kate McKinnon as Herself and Squeeks
- Chris Knowings as Ronald
- Bobby Moynihan as Himself and Hal
- Cobie Smulders as Nature Dog
- Joey Mazzarino as Racer the Rescue Raccoon
- Emily Lynne as adult Gwendolyn and Mini One Eared Winnie (a.k.a. Gwendolyn)
- Chris Parnell as Houston and Sputnik
- Joey Rudman as Jimmy Cat
- Kate Micucci as Daisy
- Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Marvin
- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Sadie Dog
Additionally, Taran Killam, Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne, and Kate Micucci voice the crowd spectators that gather near Houston, Jimmy Cat, Squeeks, Racer, Daisy, Ronald, Sadie, Nature Dog, Marvin, adult Gwendolyn and Mini One Eared Winnie (a.k.a. Gwendolyn) and again when they're cheering for Nature Cat, Bobby, Kate, Taran, Mini Nature Cat, Squeeks, Marvin, Ronald, Gwendolyn, Houston, Daisy, Hal, and Nature Dog after they arrive in the animated world.
Trivia[]
- It is the only anniversary production (or feature film) for Nature Cat in the year 2024.
- Throughout the entire special, an animated version of the Spiffy Pictures logo appears, helping Nature Cat and all his other animal friends. But his voice actor (David Rudman) is uncredited in the credits.
- Squeeks, Marvin, Ronald, Gwendolyn, Houston, Daisy, Hal, and Nature Dog only go to the real world when they find out that Nature Cat and Mini Nature Cat had gone missing.
- The only Nature Cat characters that do not appear in this special are: Doris the Raccoon, Gladys Turtle and Sylvia Turtle, Bernard, Jack the rabbit, Ricardo the Muskrat, Twig Stickman, Henry the gray dog, Bad Dog Bart Junior, the duck family from Onward And Ponward, Herbert, Periwinkle Pete, Nevin, MC Ferret, Screechy the screech owl, Brooks the Baltimore oriole, Sea Anemone Anne, Gracie, Pidgeon, Leslie, Phoebe Turtle, Barnacle Bill, Nigel, Chandler the Toad, Leo the mammoth and his parents, Nigel, Tammy, Ms. Robin, Ruthie's babies, Groundhog, Fern, Lola the Flamingo, Rat, Sir Galahad, Little Paulie, The Fish, Hugo, Jeremiah the Woodchuck, Lulu Ladybug, Mary, Shirley, Gritty Cat, the Bumblebee Queen, Kevin, Shell Brooks, Barbara "Babs Ruth", The Hawk, Sea Star Sven, Johnny Spins, Pearl, Buster the rat, Michael Bluejay, The Seeker, Warren the bullfrog, Cruiser, and Reggie the Toad.
- Nature Cat sings a song that is sung to the tune of Proud Corazón (From "Coco") at the end of the movie.
- The main voice actors of Hal and Squeeks are also shown onscreen. Plus, Hal and Squeeks also interact with their voice actors.
- It was not released in other countries for unknown reasons.
- Mini Nature Cat says his first word in this film.
- Nature Cat's actor says that he voiced the character for 7 years (2015-2022) in the first film, and for this film, he says that he voiced the character for 9 years (2015-2024).
- The events of Hal's Day Off is referenced in this film by Hal.
- Nature Cat's family members, Bad Dog Bart, Sputnik, Leeza the lizard, Chris and Martin Batt, Hummingbertha, Harold, Martin the pastel blue dog, Alice the Butterfly, Hal's Mom, the Toad from the episode Nature Cat and Mr. Hide, Joy the poodle, Warren the bullfrog, Petunia Bunny, Vincent, Kathy, Tanya the orange cat, Norman, Flo the Heron, Pinkus the brown hedgehog, and the band members of Dog Gone are among the guests at the party in the animated world.
- Nature Cat: The Big City Adventure (2016) showed an animated version of Hollywood.
- Sammy the fox and Mama Fox do not appear in this film.
- This film took place 2 years after the first film.