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The Catillac Cats


The Catillac Cats (also called Cats & Company) is the name of an animated series made in 1984 by DiC. The Catillac Cats formed the second half of each episode of the animated series Heathcliff. Most episodes revolved around Riff-Raff's get-rich-quick schemes or searches for food.

The segment starred a group of cats who lived in a junkyard.

The group was headed by Riff-Raff, an orange, short, tough, streetwise alley cat whose main residence was one-half of an old transport plane which stood precariously at the top of a pile of junk overlooking the yard. Riff-Raff was a tough, but suave cat who fancied himself incredibly debonair though he was an alley cat. He often had get famous and/or get rich schemes which formed the basis of many of the episodes. He is shown always dressed with a blue scarf which he wears like a cravat and table leg which he uses as a cane, as well as a sideways cap.

The other cats in the group were Hector, Wordsworth, and Mungo.

Hector, a brown and beige cat who speaks with a New Jersey accent, was sometimes depicted as feeling that he should be the head of the group, and becomes so on some occasions, such as the episode "Hector's Takeover". Riff-Raff and Hector's conflicts formed the basis of a number of episodes. He is also second in command.

Wordsworth, named after poet William Wordsworth, is a white cat who wears roller skates, yellow headphones, sunglasses, and speaks in rhyme. In the episode "The Big Swipe", his full name was revealed as Wordsworth W. Wordsworth the 3rd.

Mungo is a large, dim-witted gray cat who acts as a lackey for Riff-Raff. Mungo is often seen wearing a red shirt with a red winter hat. Though dimwitted, Mungo has the skills of an idiot savant in cooking, and has astounding strength and fighting prowess. Mungo is a "gentle-giant" and lighthearted in personality. Mungo has a resemblance to the Blazing Saddles character Mongo. His name may be a tribute to the movie character, or perhaps was influenced by the name of Mungojerrie in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats.


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