Top Cat: The Movie (film)

Top Cat: The Movie is a Mexican-Argentine-American animated comedy film, acting as a continuation and de facto finale to the Top Cat TV series in 1961, with the blessing of the copyright holders, Time Warner. It was written by Tim McKean and Kevin Seccia, produced by Fernando De Fuentes, José C. García de Letona, and Jose Luis Massa, and directed by Alberto Mar. It was animated by Mexican studio Ánima Estudios, and distributed theatrically by Warner Bros. Pictures in Mexico on September 16, 2011, then a theater release by Vertigo Films in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2012, followed by a limited release by Viva Pictures in the United States on August 2, 2013.

Top Cat must team up with his nemesis, Officer Dibble, when conman Strickland gets himself the job of Chief of Police, setting up security cameras everywhere and filling the streets of Manhattan with his robotic police force.

Ánima Estudios, who was the head animation studio in producing the film, were granted the opportunity in producing a prequel to the franchise in 2015. Unlike Top Cat: The Movie, however, Top Cat Begins bombed worldwide, even in Mexico.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Top Cat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jason Harris
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Abraham Lincoln (money print)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Benny the Ball
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chris Edgerly
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Trixie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Melissa Disney
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Griswald
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Danny Trejo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Officer Dibble
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bill Lobley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Choo Choo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jason Harris
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spook
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ben Diskin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fancy Fancy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Matt Piazzi
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brain
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jason Harris
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maharaja of Peekajoo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ticket taker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lou Strickland
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rob Schneider
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doorman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gorilla
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Fred Tatasciore
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Washington (money print)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lazlo Lazlo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chief
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bob Kaliban
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Officer Dibble's wife
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jerry
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Bob Kaliban
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judge
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Bob Kaliban
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Einstein
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dandy Dandy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Spectrum
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chattanooga
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Vinny
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Griswald's wife
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Horse
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Big Gus
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jason Harris
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Small Louie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Skinny Moe
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fatty Stan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavaiable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| One-Eyed Bill
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rupert
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Fred Tatasciore
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dandy Dandy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Spectrum
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chattanooga
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Vinny
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Griswald's wife
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Horse
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Big Gus
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jason Harris
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Small Louie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Skinny Moe
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fatty Stan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavaiable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| One-Eyed Bill
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rupert
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Fred Tatasciore
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Skinny Moe
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fatty Stan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavaiable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| One-Eyed Bill
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rupert
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Fred Tatasciore
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rupert
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Fred Tatasciore
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Fred Tatasciore

Organizations

 * New York Snob Club
 * Mr. Robinson Plumbing
 * Grupo Indi
 * N.Y. Daily News (mentioned)
 * New York Police Department
 * The Dog Guard (mentioned)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * New York
 * New York City
 * Manhattan
 * Upper New York Bay
 * Liberty Island
 * Statue of Liberty
 * Brooklyn Bridge
 * New York Harbor
 * Crysler Building
 * Hoagie's Alley
 * Carnegie Hall
 * Police station
 * HukaNuka
 * Courthouse
 * Dog jail
 * La Moutarde Douce
 * Times Square
 * Smutty's Bar
 * St. Patrick's Orphanage
 * Florida (mentioned)
 * Peekajoo (mentioned)
 * Africa (photo)
 * The Moon

Objects

 * New York Daily News newspaper
 * Zoo Adventure
 * Maharajahton 5000
 * The Dog Guard newspaper
 * Robot cops (voiced by Fred Tatasciore)
 * Robot dogs

Vehicles

 * Sea Liberty
 * Lou's limo
 * His and Hers boats

Music
The music was composed by Leoncio Lara "Bon".

Songs

 * "Top Cat"
 * "Flight of the Bumblebee" - Tasmin Little and Piers Lane
 * "New York Groove" - Ace Frehley

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * Mexico: September 16, 2011
 * United Kingdom & Ireland: June 1, 2012
 * United States: August 2, 2013

Behind the scenes

 * The subplot with the Maharaja and Lazlo Lazlo are combinations of their previous appearances in the episodes, "The Maharajah of Pookajee" and "The Violin Player," respectively. Pookajee has been changed to Peekajoo in the film, which, whether or not it was intentional, is pronounced like Pikachu from Pokémon.
 * Dibble and Lou's birthdays are both on December 18th.
 * Modak and Wahua! are parodies of Kodak and Yahoo!
 * In dog jail, one dog sniffs the backside of another dog and says "I'll have what he's having," which may be a paraphrase from a line in the film When Harry Met Sally...

Errors

 * On Mrs. Dibble's boat, "Hers" is misspelled "Her's."

Everlasting influence

 * Top Cat finds a paradoxal-existing DVD of Top Cat: The Movie in the prequel, Top Cat Begins.

Home availability

 * In the United Kingdom:
 * October 15, 2012: Entertainment One releases Top Cat: The Movie on DVD.
 * October 15, 2012: Entertainment One releases Top Cat: The Movie on Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray Disc/DVD.
 * In the United States:
 * September 13, 2013: Viva Pictures releases Top Cat: The Movie on DVD.

Trailers
UK trailer:

US trailer: