SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
SWAT Kats Season 2 title card, featuring T-Bone, Razor, and the Turbokat.
Created by	Christian Tremblay Yvon Tremblay
Developed by	Glenn Leopold Davis Doi
Directed by	Robert Alvarez
Voices of	Charlie Adler Lori Alan Jim Cummings Barry Gordon Mark Hamill Tress MacNeille Candi Milo Gary Owens
Composer(s)	Randall Crissman
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	23 (regular) 1 (special) 6 (cancelled) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Buzz Potamkin
Producer(s)	Davis Doi (1993-1994)
Running time	22–26 minutes
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network	TBS (1993−1994)
Picture format	480i 480p SDTV 720p 1080i 1080p HDTV
Audio format	Dolby SR
Original release	September 11, 1993 (1993-09-11) – January 6, 1995 (1995-01-06)

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron is an American animated television series created by Christian Tremblay and Yvon Tremblay and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series takes place in the fictional metropolis of Megakat City, which is populated entirely by anthropomorphic felines, known as "kats". The titular SWAT Kats are two vigilante pilots who possess a state-of-the-art fighter jet with an array of weaponry. Throughout the series, they face various villains as well competition from Megakat City's militarized police force called the Enforcers.

The show originally premiered and ran on the syndication block The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, as well as TBS Superstation (as a part of the Sunday Morning In Front Of The TV block) from 1993 to 1995. Every episode of the series was directed by Robert Alvarez. The bulk of the series was written by either Glenn Leopold (13 episodes) or Lance Falk (6 episodes). Jim Stenstrum contributed two episodes, while David Ehrman, Von Williams, Eric Clark (with Lance Falk), Mark Saraceni and Jim Katz all contributed one episode each. A total of twenty-five finished episodes and a special episode, that features a report on the SWAT Kats and of all their missions and gadgets as well as three unfinished episodes and two episodes still in the concept stage.

The show re-aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. A revival of the series was funded via Kickstarter, which ended with over $140,000 in funds, guaranteeing new SWAT Kats animation for the first time in over two decades.

Chance "T-Bone" Furlong and Jake "Razor" Clawson were members of Megakat City's paramilitary law enforcement agency, known as the Enforcers. They were discharged from the Enforcers after disobeying the orders of Commander Feral, which resulted in the destruction of the newly built Enforcer Headquarters. While in pursuit of Dark Kat, one of the main arch-villains of the series, the two rebelled against Enforcer Commander Feral's orders to fall back and leave Dark Kat to him. When they objected, citing their already-acquired target lock, Commander Feral crowded out their jet, clipping their wing and sending Chance and Jake's jet crashing into Enforcer headquarters. The resultant explosion distracted Commander Feral, allowing Dark Kat's escape. The Commander took no responsibility for the incident, and discharged Chance and Jake from the Enforcers and reassigned them to work at the city's military salvage yard to pay for the damage to the Enforcer Headquarters.