JetCat

JetCat is a young female superhero who "flies like a jet, and fights like a cat", created by Jay Stephens (of Tutenstein and The Secret Saturdays fame), who first appeared in the weekly comic strip "Oddville!" beginning in 1994. The character resurfaced as the star of the 1997 Dark Horse Comics mini-series, "The Land Of Nod", which was later collected as the multiple Eisner-Award nominated The Land Of Nod Rockabye Book. Jetcat next appeared in four animated shorts that aired in the final two seasons of Nickelodeon's KaBlam!.,[1] which was nominated for an Annie Award.[2] In 2001, Jetcat starred in a new comic book miniseries for Oni Press titled 'Jetcat Clubhouse',[3] and returned to her original town of Oddville in the weekly comic strip series, 'Welcome to... Oddville!', which ran in the Toronto Star's Brand New Planet from 2003-2007. This was later collected into the complete 'Welcome to... Oddville!' book by Adhouse Books.

For the class of ferries formerly operating in Sydney, see Sydney JetCats.

Characters
  • Melanie McCay (later Melanie Ilk after her mother's remarriage): An elementary school girl who is best friends with Tod Johnson, and can transform into a feline superhero named JetCat. In the KaBlam shorts she is voiced by Ashley Michelle.
  • Tod Johnson: Melanie's best friend who threatens to tell everyone about her Jetcat identity. In the KaBlam shorts, he is voiced by Grady Larkin.
  • Two-Fisted Five: An Oddville-based superhero team that JetCat belongs to. Also includes Snakefist, Teen Idol, Neon Varmint, and the Suburbanaut.
  • Jumbo Head: Star of a cartoon series that both Melanie and Tod adore. A live-action movie was spun off in the last Kablam short but Melanie didn't think the actor would be Jumbo-Head to her.

Villains
  • Vicky Von Verman: An unspecified insect-like pest with an Eastern European accent who planned to transform JetCat into a were-moth. Voiced by Susan Silo in the short “I Was a Grade School Weremoth.”
  • Bella Kiss: A diminutive monster man who was teased a lot in his childhood and speaks in a Transylvanian accent. He also seems to own hyenas as pets. He is voiced by Paul Eiding in the short “Project Evil”
  • Moby Doc: A mad whale/human hybrid scientist that tried to steal the water from the Wetpark and all of Oddville but was thawed out by JetCat. He claims to be endangered. Voiced by Paul Eiding in the short “Lunchtime.”

Episodes
No.TitleOriginal release date
1"Sacred Identity"September 4, 1998 (1998-09-04)
Tod finds out Melanie's alias as JetCat and threatens to squeal unless she does everything he says. The short was originally supposed to feature the Two Fists Five but they were cut at the last minute for time limits despite having the final vocal tracks.
2"PROJECT - EVIL"October 2, 1998 (1998-10-02)
Melanie refuses to reveal her secrets to Tod on JetCat for his report so Tod meets Bella Kiss and decides to write a report on a super villain but Bella Kiss demands Tod to tell him about JetCat's secrets which Tod had advertised in order to contact him.
3"Lunchtime"December 18, 1999 (1999-12-18)

JetCat tries to stop a whale/human hybrid scientist named Moby Dock from swiping all the water in Oddville during her lunchtime. Tod is also protecting Melanie's mother's homemade chocolate chip cookies from any trouble while she fights crime.

Note: This short aired in the KaBlam banned episode "Timeless".
4"I Was a Grade School Weremoth"January 1, 2000 (2000-01-01) (New Year's Day)

Vicky Von Verman accidentally turns Tod into a weremoth.

Note: The final JetCat animated short in January 2000 before KaBlam! was cancelled shortly after. This short aired at the second-to-final episode of KaBlam.

References
  1. Hal Erickson. Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia. McFarland & Co., 2005. p. 875. ISBN 0786422564.
  2. "The Urbz". GameZone. October 29, 2004. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. Beau Yarbrough (November 1, 2001). "Crazy Cat: Jay Stephens' 'Post-Ironic' 'Jetcat'". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
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