Rat in a Hot Tin Can

"Rat in a Hot Tin Can" is the eleventh episode of What a Cartoon! It aired on July 2, 1995 on Cartoon Network. It was written and directed by Jerry Reynolds, and voice directed by Kris Zimmerman. It was an unsuccessful backdoor pilot to a fully realized O. Ratz with Dave D. Fly spin-off series created by Reynolds and Russ Harris.

A rat and his fly companion try to find someplace warm during the winter--anywhere but the trash can they are forced to keep returning to.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| O. Ratz
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Harvey Korman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Restaurant owner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Harvey Korman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dave D. Fly
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Marvin Kaplan
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| O. Ratz's mother
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Woman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Nancy Dussault
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| O. Ratz's mother
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Woman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Nancy Dussault
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Woman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Nancy Dussault

Organizations

 * The Daily News (mentioned)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * What's Yours is Wine (and Cheese) Shop
 * Homeless shelter
 * Antarctica (indirectly mentioned)
 * The Moon

Objects

 * The Daily News newspaper

Vehicles

 * Snowplow

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1995.

Music
The What a Cartoon! theme song was performed by Gary Lionelli. The episode's main music was composed by its co-creator, Jerry Reynolds. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Crew credits

 * Executive producer: Buzz Potamkin
 * Supervising producer: Larry Huber
 * Producer: Michael N. Ruggerio
 * Line producer: Yves Laniel
 * Unit production supervisor: Sylvia Edwards
 * Unit production coordinator: Rachel Rutledge
 * Animators: Charlie Cooper, Andy Kuhn, Kyle Hayworth
 * Background stylist: Andy Friz
 * Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
 * Talent coordinator: Cindi Lyn Peltier
 * Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
 * Recording engineer: Preston Oliver
 * Ink and pain artists: Rachel Rutledge, Aszura Taylor
 * Executive in charge of post production: John Forrest Niss
 * Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
 * Camera and film editor: Russ Harris
 * Post-production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
 * Post production coordinator: Gail D. Silvers
 * Sound services provider: Editel
 * Re-recording engineer: Brian Reed
 * Video services provider: Modern Videofilm
 * Production manager: Debby Hindman
 * International production coordinator: Brooke Williams
 * Production assistants: Erin Vernon, Sandra Benenati, Linda Moore, Jeffrey Collins
 * Production liaison: Heather Kenyon
 * Executive in charge of production: Joe Mazzuca
 * Development executive: Janet Mazzotti
 * Produced in association with: Perennial Pictures

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: July 2, 1995 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a reference to the 1958 film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😢