Kitty Kat Kennels is the second part of the first episode of the first season of the series Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats. This segment is centered around the Catillac Cats, rather than Heathcliff. It is followed by first part of the next episode, Chauncey's Great Escape.
Synopsis[]
Cleo's owner is going on vacation and plans to put her in a kennel, so Riff-Raff and the Catillac Cats decide to rescue her. They break into the kennel and rescue Cleo, but not until they completely demolish the building in their attempt.
Plot[]
In the junkyard, Catillac Cats are carrying pieces of the planes, as Hector asks him why he is redecorating his place as Riff-Raff tells them that Cleo wants the place cleaned as Mungo asks why he asked he didn't before, Hector tells him to think about why, as Mungo thinks to not see that the pipe lands on Hector's foot. Cleo comes to tell Riff-Raff as they move it to a more appropriate area to talk. Riff-Raff demanding Mungo to open the door, he hits both Hector and Wordsworth as he tells them to drop the pipe that lands on the two in the ground, when settled in their Riff-Raff place, Cleo tells her owner will leave her in Kitty Kat Kennels as they go on vacation, Riff-Raff has a plan to break her.
In Kitty Kat Kennels, the boys of the Catillac Cats try to break through the door, first barricading the door, they try again till someone is coming by with a delivery, as the hide in the bushes, Riff-Raff tells Hector to open the door after someone opens, this fail due to Hector unable to hold the door, as he screams in pain, as Mungo pulls out Hector at the door, Riff-Raff realized that Mungo is more capable of keeping the door open, as they wait for someone to get out, Mungo holds the door for the rest to get in, as they sneak by the area, they stop to remind each other to be quiet, as Wordsworth points at the cactus, causing it to tip over. The gang runs inside to one of the kennel's hallways as they act like there part of here.
Riff-Raff opens a door and checks a room to see if Cleo is in there and hears a lion roar, which scares Riff-Raff. The door is then shut, as he goes to another door, Riff-Raff walks to another door and opens it, but ends up getting snatched inside, Hector and Wordsworth open the door to see what's going on. A gray female cat with white hair and a yellow bow-tie flirts with Riff-Raff. As the female cat herself would like to be out the kennels as The female cat snuggles with Riff-Raff. He runs away from her room and Hector and Wordsworth start running along with him. As they continue, Riff-Raff thinks about opening another door, but he feels hesitant about opening it, Riff-Raff so he ask Hector to opens the door this time, Hector opens the door to be falls inside. Wordsworth and Riff-Raff panic and start running away. Then Cleo comes out of her room. As she is glad to see Riff-Raff and gang here, as she helps Hector up.
Riff-Raff, Cleo, Hector and Wordsworth start running to the exit, which is where Mungo is. He sees the gang running to the door. Mungo lets go of the door and it starts shutting. Riff-Raff warns Mungo that the door was closing, Mungo tries to run back to the door to hold on to it, but the door closes just before he can make it, leaving them trapped inside of the kennel. As Cleo sarcastically cheers them on being "the first cats to leave themselves at a kennel" she decides that she going back to her room before Riff-Raff that there joining in with her with him saying to how they going to get out of here, as Hector asks how he'll get them escape the kennel, as Riff-Raff tells him that they'll dig a tunnel, by Mungo, to digging. Wordsworth, to hold the dirt and Hector to pile it in the corner, as Riff-Raff stands by Cleo. a montage of Mungo digging a long tunnel under the kennel, Wordsworth putting the dirt that was shoveled in a bucket and then giving the bucket full of dirt to Hector to pile it in the corner until they eventually get tired. as Riff-Raff and Cleo see the progress it turns out Mungo dug from one end of the room to another. Seeing this plan didn't go as exactly, Riff-Raff does his part, he gives Wordsworth the map to navigate the gang jumps into the hole to find their way out of the kennel. Mungo shovels the dirt above him and the dirt starts falling on everybody. They all climb out of the hole, till dogs head at their direction, they all retreat back to the hole they dug, except for Mungo, who's too big to fit inside the hole. A few dogs start bumping into Mungo's body. Hector and Wordsworth push Mungo into the hole, but they both get stuck. Hector pushes Wordsworth into the hole. Wordsworth is then launched back into Cleo's room with a aching head. A male black poodle scolds the other dogs and convince to go after the Catillac Cats.
The gang quickly get out the room before the dog come in the room with them, as they go to another section of the kennel, but this time, they're really trapped. As Riff-Raff tells everyone to relax, as he'll will think of a way out, everyone glares at his statement, then Hector calls him out that there in this mess. As Riff-Raff allows Hector to think of something better, Cleo points out that there dogs coming at them as Hector tells Mungo to throw anything but the only option was in front of him, so Mungo throws Hector at a few of the dogs, knocking them out. Wordsworth shakes Mungo's hand, then a dog runs into Wordsworth as he lands on the dog and does tricks on it. The dog bumps into Mungo, causing Wordsworth to fall, The dogs start growling and they gang up on Mungo. The dogs then start attacking Mungo, but then Mungo starts beating up the dogs as they're attacking him. As Mungo and the dogs are fighting, the kennel ends up getting destroyed in the process. Mungo stops fighting the dogs.
The black poodle then walks up to the injured dogs and scolds them again, the dogs get annoyed and start chasing after the poodle. With the dogs in out of the way, the gang walk to the exit, as Riff-Raff is figuring to how to open the door, Cleo walks out of the destroyed kennel through a broken wall as Riff-Raff confidently told her that they get her out. as Cleo sarcastically replies "Yeah, my hero..." as Riff-Raff smiles as he turns to face everyone, and winks.
Characters[]
(In order of appearance)[]
- Wordsworth
- Hector
- Riff-Raff (debut)
- Mungo
- Cleo (debut)
- Cleo's owner (mentioned)
- Unnamed Female Cat
- Angry Dogs
- Unnamed Poodle
Trivia[]
- This episode marks the debut of Riff-Raff and Cleo.
- This is the only episode where Cleo mentions that she has an owner. After this episode, Cleo's owner is never mentioned again.
- At one point in the episode, a female cat tries to seduce Riff-Raff. The female cat says "Why, I've always depended on the kindness of strangers." This could possibly be a reference to the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire.
Memorable Quotes[]
Hector: Why are you re-decorating your place? Or should I say, why are WE re-decorating your place? Riff-Raff: Cleo thinks the place needs fixing up. Mungo: Uhh, how come you've never fixed the place up when we told you what a dump it was? |
Riff-Raff: Mungo, get the door. Mungo, get the door... Mungo: Uhh, okay... Mungo accidentally hits Hector and Wordsworth with the pipe he's carrying. |
Hector: Now we're really trapped! Riff-Raff: Relax, I'll think of a way out... Hector: It's your thinking that got us into this mess! |
Riff-Raff: Now that that's over with, let's get outta here. I'll have this door open in just a minute. Cleo: Fine, I'll wait for you on the other side... Cleo walks out of the destroyed kennel through a broken wall. |
Home media releases[]
- 1985 - Heathcliff and Cats & Co. Volume 1 (RCA Columbia Pictures Home Video) - VHS
- 2005 - Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats (Shout! Factory / Sony Music Entertainment) - DVD
- 2007 - Heathcliff: New Cat in Town (DiC Entertainment / NCircle Entertainment) - DVD
- 2012 - Heathcliff: King of the Beasts (Cookie Jar Group / Mill Creek Entertainment) - DVD
- 2012 - Heathcliff: Season One, Volume One (Cookie Jar Group / Mill Creek Entertainment) - DVD
- 2016 - Heathcliff: The Complete Series (DHX Media, Ltd. / Mill Creek Entertainment) - DVD