Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater

Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater is a Japanese-American-Canadian co-produced animated series based on the Japanese character, Hello Kitty. The series involved her and her friends doing their own version of popular fairy tales and stories. Each of the 13 episodes consisted of two 11-minute cartoons, for a total of 26 “shows”; each show was a spoof of a well-known fairy tale or movie.
==Characters==
*Hello Kitty (Voiced by Tara Strong) - The kind and cheerful director of the theater. In many tales she is the protagonist or a supportive fairy.
*Mama Kitty (Voiced by Elizabeth Hanna) – Kitty's mother, who plays motherly roles in the tales.
*Papa Kitty (Voiced by Len Carlson) - Kitty's father who plays fatherly roles in the tales.
*Grandma Kitty (Voiced by Elizabeth Hanna) - Kitty's grandmother.
*Grandpa Kitty (Voiced by Carl Banas) - Kitty's grandfather.
*Tuxedo J. Orville Sam (Voiced by Sean Roberge) - The stage helper of the theater.
*My Melody (Mairon Bennett) - A feisty white and red-hooded bunny supporting actress and Kitty's best friend. 
*Chip (Voiced by Noam Zylberman) - A boisterous white seal supporting actor.
*Catnip (Voiced by Cree Summer Francks) - A green Siamese Cat. She often takes the role of the antagonist in the tales.
*Fangora (Voiced by Denise Pidgeon) - A violent purple Siamese Cat and Catnip's mother. She sometimes fills in for the role of a secondary antagonist in the tales.
*Grinder (Voiced by Greg Morton) - A ferocious and rude bulldog who often takes the role of a secondary antagonist or a bumbling accomplice to Catnip. He is like her minion.
*Mouser (Voiced by Fred Savage) - A trickster mouse.
==Format==
Each cartoon opens with the theater filling up with patrons, and usually a look at some comical goings-on backstage. The play then begins (with Hello Kitty or Tuxedo Sam saying “Once upon a meow”) and the stage transforms into whatever setting the story calls for (outer space, the American Old West, etc.). Each show is a lighthearted takeoff of a children’s story and a popular movie. At the end, the stage returns to normal, and the actors take their bow.
One exception to this format is the cartoon “The Phantom of the Theater,” which begins after the actors have finished a show (specifically "Robin Penguin"); all the action in this story takes place backstage.
==Episode list==
Ep.	Cartoon 	Spoof of: 	Release Date
1 	The Wizard of Paws 	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 	September 19, 1987
1 	Pinocchio Penguin 	Pinocchio 	September 19, 1987
2 	Cinderkitty 	Cinderella 	September 26, 1987
2 	The Pawed Piper 	The Pied Piper of Hamelin 	September 26, 1987
3 	K.T. the Kitty Terrestrial 	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 	October 3, 1987
3 	Peter Penguin 	Peter Pan 	October 3, 1987
4 	Kittylocks and the Three Bears 	Goldilocks and the Three Bears 	October 10, 1987
4 	Paws, the Great White Dog Shark 	Jaws 	October 10, 1987
5 	Cat Wars 	Star Wars 	October 17, 1987
5 	Tar-Sam of the Jungle 	Tarzan 	October 17, 1987
6 	Sleeping Kitty 	Sleeping Beauty 	October 24, 1987
6 	Kitty and the Kong 	King Kong 	October 24, 1987
7 	Kitty and the Beast 	Beauty and the Beast 	October 31, 1987
7 	Little Red Bunny Hood 	Little Red Riding Hood 	October 31, 1987
8 	Snow White Kitty and the One Dwarf 	Snow White 	November 7, 1987
8 	Frankencat 	Frankenstein 	November 7, 1987
9 	Catula 	Dracula 	November 14, 1987
9 	Paws of the Round Table 	Knights of the Round Table, The Sword in the Stone	November 14, 1987
10 	Rumpeldogskin 	Rumpelstiltskin 	November 21, 1987
10 	Robin Penguin 	Robin Hood 	November 21, 1987
11 	Hello Mother Goose 	Mother Goose 	November 28, 1987
11 	Crocodile Penguin 	Crocodile Dundee 	November 28, 1987
12 	The Ugly Quackling 	The Ugly Duckling 	December 5, 1987
12 	Grinder Genie and the Magic Lamp 	Aladdin, One Thousand and One Nights 	December 5, 1987
13 	The Year Scroogenip Swiped Christmas	A Christmas Carol, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!	December 12, 1987
13 	The Phantom of the Theater 	The Phantom of the Opera 	December 12, 1987
==Availability==
Two VHS videocassettes were released March 24, 1998, and another one VHS in April 14, 1998 of K.T. The Kitty Terrestrial, Catula and Paws: The Great White Dog Shark, are each containing four cartoon shorts, as well as the opening and closing sequences.
In 2003, five DVDs were released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, each containing five cartoon shorts; the only one of the 26 not to be included was “How Scrinchip Stole Christmas.” The opening and closing sequences are not included.
===Home video===
*Hello Kitty: Kitty and the Beast (also includes “Grinder Genie and the Magic Lamp,” “Hello Mother Goose,” and “Little Red Bunny Hood”)
*Hello Kitty: Wizard of Paws (also includes “Snow White Kitty,” “Sleeping Kitty,” and “Peter Penguin”)
*In 1989, episodes from "Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater" were in a VHS from Burbank Video called Hello Kitty and Friends Get Along
===DVD list===
*Hello Kitty Becomes a Princess (February 4, 2003), (Cinderkitty, Kittylocks and the Three Bears, Sleeping Kitty, Kitty and the Beast, Snow White Kitty and the One Dwarf)
*Hello Kitty Goes to the Movies (February 4, 2003), (K.T. The Kitty Terrestrial, The Wizard of Paws, Kitty and the Kong, Cat Wars, Paws: The Great White Dog Shark)
*Hello Kitty Saves the Day (February 4, 2003), (Peter Penguin, Tar-Sam of the Jungle, Paws of the Round Table, Crocodile Penguin, Grinder Genie and the Magic Lamp)
*Hello Kitty Plays Pretend (February 17, 2004), (The Phantom of the Theater, Frankencat, Catula, The Pawed Piper, Rumpeldogskin)
*Hello Kitty Tells Fairy Tales (February 17, 2004), (Robin Penguin, Hello Mother Goose, The Ugly Quackling, Pinocchio Penguin, Little Red Bunny Hood)
===iTunes===
In 2008, all thirteen episodes were made available to download on iTunes for $1.99 an episode or $21.99 for the entire series. To promote the series, iTunes offered the episodes "Wizard of Paws and
Pinocchio Penguin" as a free download for a limited time.
===Hulu===
In 2010, all 26 half episodes were made available to watch on hulu.
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