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{{Infobox episode
|image= [[File:Pastmaster opens another time portal.png|300px]]
|caption= 
|prodno= 0182-9303
|premiere= [[September 11]], [[1993]]
|run_time= 22:34
|cast= [[Charlie Adler]]<br />[[Barry Gordon]]<br />[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />[[Gary Owens]]<br />[[Jim Cummings]]<br />[[Keene Curtis]]<br />[[Linda Gary]]<br />[[Earl Boen]]<br />[[Frank Welker (actor)|Frank Welker]]
|music= [[Matt Muhoberac]]<br />[[John Zuker]]
|writers= [[Glenn Leopold]]
|storyboards= [[Ric Estrada]]<br />[[George Booker]]
|directors= [[Robert Alvarez]]<br />[[Kris Zimmerman]] (voices)
|animation_directors= [[Joanna Romersa]]<br />[[Rick Bowman]]<br />[[Ken Southworth]]<br />[[Allen Wilzbach]]<br />[[Joan Drake]]<br />[[Frank Andrina]]
|previous= The Pastmaster Always Rings Twice
|next= The Giant Bacteria
|title_card= [[File:SK 101 title card.png|300px]]
}}
'''"The Pastmaster Always Rings Twice"''' is the first episode of ''[[SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (TV series)|SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron]]'' season one. It aired on [[September 11]], [[1993]] on [[TBS]]. It was written by [[Glenn Leopold]], and directed by [[Robert Alvarez]].

The ancient evil wizard, the Pastmaster, is accidentally released from his grave, which acted as an 800-year-old prison sentence. Now in the present, he wishes to revert Megakat City to the Dark Ages.
 
==Detailed summary==
==Memorable quotes==
==Characters==
{{CastTop}}
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Jack and Tom|Jack]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Earl Boen]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Jack and Tom|Tom]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Charlie Adler]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Pastmaster]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Keene Curtis]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[T-Bone]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Charlie Adler
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Razor]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Barry Gordon]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Doctor Abby Sinian]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Linda Gary]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Deputy Mayor Callie Briggs]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Tress MacNeille]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed SWAT Kats characters|Museum guard]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Frank Welker (actor)|Frank Welker]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Cat the Ripper]] (statue)
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed SWAT Kats characters|Zombie sabertoothed tiger]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Commander Ulysses Feral]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Gary Owens]]
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Mayor Manx]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Jim Cummings]]
|-
{{CastBottom}}

==Organizations==
* [[Enforcers]]
* [[SWAT Kats]]

==Locations==
* [[Earth]]
** [[Megakat City]]
*** [[Megakat City Historical Site]]
*** [[Megakat City Tar Pits]]
*** [[Megakat City Museum of History]]

==Objects==
* [[Kitty Kola]] (logo)
* [[Tome of Time]]

==Vehicles==
* ''[[Turbokat]]''

==Production==
===Development===
Jack was originally going to be named Mac, as referred to in Glenn Leopold's final draft.<ref>[https://swatkats.info/entries/jack/ "Jack"]. ''SWATKATS.info''. Retrieved [[July 24]], [[2021]].</ref> Although, he was only called Jack in storyboards dated [[April 23]], 1993.<ref>[https://swatkats.info/episodes/the-pastmaster-always-rings-twice/story-boards/ "Story Boards - The Pastmaster Always Rings Twice"]. ''SWAT Kats.info''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref>

===Filming===
The episode was copyrighted in 1993.

==Music==
The theme song and music were composed by [[Matt Muhoberac]] and [[John Zuker]]. The director of music production was [[Bodie Chandler]]. The music edited were [[Three Rivers Editorial]] and [[Charlie King]].

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

* [[United States]]: September 11, 1993 on TBS

==Crew credits==
* Producer: [[Davis Doi]]
* Executive producer: [[Buzz Potamkin]]
* Story editor: Glenn Leopold
* Storyboard supervisors: [[Barrington Bunce]], [[Vic Dal Chele]]
* Storyboard artists: [[Ric Estrada]], [[George Booker]]
* Animation directors: [[Joanna Romersa]], [[Rick Bowman]], [[Ken Southworth]], [[Allen Wilzbach]], [[Joan Drake]], [[Frank Andrina]]
* Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
* Talent coordinator: [[Jill Ziegenhagen]]
* Supervising recording engineer: [[Edwin Collins]]
* Recording engineer: [[Alvy Dorman]]
* Visual stylizations: [[Christian Tremblay]], [[Yvon Tremblay]]
* Design coordinator: [[Lance Falk]]
* Designers: [[Tony Sgori]], [[Pat Agnasin]], [[Eric Clark]], [[Butch Hartman]], [[Scott Hill]], [[Eugene T. Mattos]], [[Jim Stenstrum]]
* Design supervisor: [[Bob Onorato]]
* Design artists: [[Dana Jo Granger]], [[Barbara Krueger]], [[Jesus Rodriguez]], [[Donna Zeller]]
* Background layout supervisor: [[Drew Gentle]]
* Background layout key artists: Pat Agnasin, [[Ted A. Blackman]], [[Gerald Forton]], [[Craig Kemplin]], [[Gary Mouri]], [[Ron Roesch]]
* Background artists: [[Al Gmuer]], [[Leonard Robledo]], [[Robert Kalafut]], [[Gerald Loveland Jr.]], [[Timothy Maloney]], [[John Rice]]
* Color key artist: [[Suzette Darling]]
* Ink and paint supervisor: [[Alison Leopold]]
* Xerographist: [[Star Wirth]]
* Animation checking supervisor: [[Jan Adams]]
* Animation checkers: [[Beth Goodwin]], [[Sarah Bleick]]
* Post production supervisor: [[Tom Gleason]]
* Supervising editor: [[Pat Foley]]
* Editor: [[Gil Iverson]]
* Post production coordinator: [[Jeannine Roussell]]
* Track readers: [[Kay Douglas]], [[Jim Hearn]], [[Carol Iverson]], [[Kerry Iverson]]
* Sound editors: [[EFX Systems]], [[Tom Gedemer]]
* Re-recording mixers: [[Terry O'Bright]], [[Bill Freesh]]
* Negative consultant: [[William DeBoer, Jr.]]
* Production executive: [[Catherine Winder]]
* Program executives: [[Ellen Cockrill]], [[Karen Malach]], [[Margot McDonough]]
* Production supervisor: [[Debby Hindman]]
* Unit production supervisor: [[Victoria McCollum]]
* Production assistants: [[Sandy Benenati]], [[Valerie Mink]], [[Linda Moore]], [[Gail Prewitt]]
* Animation services: [[Mook]]
** Overseas animation director: [[Kunio Shumamura]]

==Behind the scenes==
* The episode title is named after both the [[1946]] and [[1981]] films ''The Postman Always Rings Twice''.
* The partially seen exhibit of Cat the Ripper is a parody of Jack the Ripper.

==Errors==
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==Everlasting influence==
* In the ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (TV series)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' episode "Balloonenstein," when the portal first appears, it is stock footage of the Pastmaster's portal.

==Critical reception==
==In other languages==
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==Home availability==
* In the United States:
** [[December 14]], [[2010]]: [[Warner Archive Collection]] releases ''[[SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron: The Complete Series]]'' on DVD.
** [[January 19]], [[2012]]: Warner Archive Collection releases ''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron: The Complete Series'' on DVD.

==References==
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