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{{Infobox episode
|image= [[File:.png|300px]]
|caption= 
|prodno= 
|premiere= [[December 27]], [[1961]]
|run_time= 
|cast= [[Arnold Stang]]<br />[[Maurice Gosfield]]<br />[[Marvin Kaplan]]<br />[[Leo De Lyon]]<br />[[John Stephenson]]<br />[[Allen Jenkins]]
|music= [[Hoyt Curtin]]
|writers= 
|directors= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]
|animation_directors= [[Charles A. Nichols]]
|previous= Hawaii, Here We Come
|next= The Long Hot Winter
}}
'''"The Maharajah of Pookajee"''' is the thirteenth episode of ''[[Top Cat (TV series)|Top Cat]]'' season one. It aired on [[December 27]], [[1961]] on [[ABC]]. It was produced and directed by [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]], the creators of the series and the founders of [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]].

Top Cat disguises himself as a maharajah, fooling Officer Dibble and an entire fancy hotel.

==Detailed summary==
==Memorable quotes==
'''Officer Dibble:''' Five hundred alleys in New York, I gotta have one with a nut in it.

==Characters==
{{CastTop}}
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Top Cat (character)|Top Cat]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Arnold Stang]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Man
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[John Stephenson]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Brain]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Leo De Lyon]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Choo Choo]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Marvin Kaplan]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Benny the Ball]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Maurice Gosfield]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Officer Dibble]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Allen Jenkins]]
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Daniel Webster]]
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Sergeant Flanagan]]
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Gregory Peck]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Spook]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Leo De Lyon
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Fancy Fancy]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| John Stephenson
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Top Cat characters|Hotel manager]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Top Cat characters|Crime boss]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Spike (The Maharajah of Pookajee)|Spike]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Finchley]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Top Cat characters|Maharajah's servant]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Mrs. Dibble|Officer Dibble's wife]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Top Cat characters|Maharajah]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
|-
{{CastBottom}}

==Organizations==
* [[New York City Police Department]]

==Locations==
* [[Earth]]
** [[United States]]
*** [[New York]]
**** [[New York City]]
***** [[Manhattan]]
****** [[Hoagy's Alley]]
****** [[Sherry Plaza Hotel]]
****** [[Finchley Jewelers]] (mentioned)
****** Docks
*** [[Alaska]] (mentioned)
** [[Asia]] (indirectly mentioned)
*** [[South Asia]] (indirectly mentioned)
**** [[India]] (mentioned)
*** [[Pookajee]] (mentioned)
** Middle East (indirectly mentioned)
*** [[Turkey (country)|Turkey]] (mentioned)

==Objects==
* [[Academy Award]] (mentioned)
* [[wikipedia:Oysters Rockefeller|Oysters Rockefeller]] (mentioned)
* Crime boss and Spike's guns

==Vehicles==
* Officer Dibble's car

==Production==
===Development===
===Filming===
==Music==
The music was composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]], who was credited as musical director.

==Release==
Dates are in order of release:

* United States: December 27, 1961 at 8:30 on ABC
* [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]]: [[July 25]], [[1962]] at 5:10 pm on [[BBC One|BBC TV]]

==Behind the scenes==
* Top Cat mentions a TV program called ''Have Gun - Will Shoot'', a parody of ''Have Gun - Will Travel''.
* Top Cat can't swim.

==Errors==
* 

==Everlasting influence==
* Top Cat tries a similar scam with the Maharajah of [[Peekajoo]] in ''[[Top Cat: The Movie (film)|Top Cat: The Movie]]''.

==Critical reception==
==In other languages==
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==Home availability==
* In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
** [[July 1]], [[1985]]: [[The Video Collection]] releases ''[[Top Cat: Volume 1 (1985)|Top Cat: Volume 1]]'' on VHS.
** [[November 3]], [[1986]]: The Video Collection releases ''Top Cat: Volume 1'' on VHS.
** [[June 16]], [[1997]]: [[First Independent Films]] releases ''[[Top Cat: Bumper Edition 2]]'' on VHS.
** [[March 27]], [[2000]]: [[Warner Home Video]] releases ''[[Top Cat: Volume 1 (2000)|Top Cat: Volume 1]]'' on VHS.
** [[October 8]], [[2007]]: Warner Home Video releases ''[[Top Cat: The Complete Series]]'' (HMV exclusive) on DVD.
** October 8, 2007: Warner Home Video releases ''[[Top Cat: Volume 1 (2007)|Top Cat: Volume 1]]'' on DVD.
** [[April 1]], [[2008]]: Warner Home Video releases ''Top Cat: The Complete Series'' on DVD.
** [[May 28]], [[2012]]: Warner Home Video releases ''[[Top Cat and Friends]]'' on DVD.
** [[2019]]: Warner Home Video releases ''Top Cat: The Complete Series'' (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
* In the United States:
** [[July 3]], [[2001]]: Warner Home Video releases ''[[Cartoon Crack-Ups (DVD)|Cartoon Crack-Ups]]'' on DVD.
** [[December 7]], [[2004]]: Warner Home Video releases ''Top Cat: The Complete Series'' on DVD.
** [[January 10]], [[2017]]: [[Warner Archive Collection]] releases ''Top Cat: The Series'' on DVD.
** [[June 6]], 2017: Warner Home Video releases ''Top Cat: The Complete Series'' (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.

==References==
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