Episode
Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats: Heathcliff Gets Canned
Overview
After discovering several empty cat food cans in the Nutmeg pantry, Heathcliff decides to go to the cat food cannery to complain. There he defeats a vicious guard dog in battle, and manages to get himself appointed cannery guard by the foreman! The new station is short-lived, however, when what begins as a picnic with the Catillac Cats in the factory turns into a free-for-all, and the old guard dog returns to seek his revenge.
Details
- Series
- Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 31
- Air date
- 1984-10-08
- Runtime
- 11 min
Episode context
Heathcliff Gets Canned is Episode 31 in Season 1 of Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats. It aired on 1984-10-08. The runtime is 11 min.
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Episode 30: Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
Riff Raff and Cleo head to the Queen Mildred for a love boat cruise, but their romantic plans are thwarted when they get off to a bad start with a couple of pretty poodle snobs. Cat and dog chases ensue, while Hector, Wordsworth and Mungo try desperately just to get on board.
Episode 32: Whackoed Out
Riff Raff's sleep is disturbed by the sound of a squawking whacko bird. Try as he may, he can neither silence nor hide from the noisy bird. Eventually, he manages to trap the intruder and ship it to Africa - before he hears about the big reward the zoo has offered for the bird.
More episodes from this season
Episode 29: Be Prepared
When Heathcliff tries to follow Iggy to a Boy Scout camp, the scout master forbids it, saying, "A common house cat could never survive in the wild." This infuriates Iggy's pet, who sneaks along anyway just to prove the scout master wrong. Even though Heathcliff gets into all kinds of mischief in the wilderness, he leads the group to safety when they get lost in the woods, so he becomes the first cat ever to be named "Scout of the Year!"
Episode 33: Brain Sprain
Heathcliff accidentally solves a Rubik's cube-type puzzle, so Iggy decides his cat must be a genius and submits him to a scientist for laboratory testing. Heathcliff doesn't blend well with the other animals, and in no time has managed to cause countless squabbles and sabotage all the lab tests.
Episode 28: Who's Got the Chocolate?
Bush is about to lose his night job as a night guard of the candy factory because somebody keeps stealing chocolate. Riff Raff offers to help catch the crooks, which he does with the help of his friends.
Episode 34: Cat Balloon
Cleo is bored with Westminster and asks Riff Raff to take them to the exciting city. The cats build a giant balloon and fly it into the city. Once there another gang quickly steals their balloon, leading to a chase across town.
English
Episode 27: Family Tree
Heathcliff becomes curious about his lineage and dreams about what his ancestors might have been like. We follow the escapades of historical Heathcliff in the Wild West, merry old England, and ancient Rome until Iggy calls to his cat and wakes him up.
Episode 35: May the Best Cat Win
Much to his dismay, Iggy and Marcy enter Heathcliff in a show against pedigree cats. He uses his less-than-scrupulous best to win the show and impress Sonja.
Episode 26: Iron Cats
The Catillac Cats team up against some snobs in an Iron Cat Tag competition that will determine the ownership of the local park. Naturally our heroes come out the victors, but not without some fun along the way!
Episode 36: Comedy Cats
Hector is being forced by a big dog to perform as a stand-up comic at a Big Dog Comedy Show. Riff Raff brings in the world's worst cat comic to empty the room so Hector can be rescued.
Episode 25: Meow Meow Island
During an afternoon of deep-sea fishing, Heathcliff and the Nutmegs land their boat on a small island for a picnic and soon learn the island is inhabited by a tribe of wild cats called Meow Meows. These savages capture the Nutmegs, but Heathcliff cleverly rescues them from being sacrificed in a native ritual.
Episode 37: Revenge of the Kitty
Heathcliff is trying to sleep in a vacant lot when he is disturbed by a noisy construction crew. To revenge his loss of sleep, Heathcliff single-handedly destroys the new structure and hides all of the workers' tools.