Counterfeit Cat

**Counterfeit Cat** is an British-Canadian television series directed by Ben Marsaud and produced by Sarah Mattingley. The show is based on characters created by Andrew Lavery.

## Story

The show revolves around Gark, an alien that crashlanded on Earth who disguises himself as a cat, and Max, a cowardly real cat who acts as his mentor. The two live with elderly lady Betty in her apartment and often end up in misadventures either on Earth or on distant planets in the universe.

## Development

The show began development at Aardman Animations as early as 2010, at some point the show was handed over to Wildseed Studios who eventually went on to create the finished product. The pre-production of the show is handled by Wildseed Studios while the animation is provided by Canadian company Atomic Cartoons. The designs for the show were provided by Antoine Birot and Raphael Chabassol based on original designs by Nick Edwards.

The show premiered on Disney XD on May 12, 2016 in the UK and on June 20, 2016 in the US respectively. In Canada, the series premiered on Teletoon on November 1, 2016.

A Halloween special called "Nightmare on Cat Mountain / Jackson 5" premiered on October 31, 2016 and a Christmas special called "Merry Christmax / Low Resolutions" premiered on December 3, 2016 in the United States on Disney XD.

## Characters

### Main characters

Max (voiced by Marc Wootton) is an egocentric old house cat who leads a cozy life in Betty's house. Max often finds himself embroiled in dangerous and frightening adventures with Gark - adventures that he hates to participate in. Despite taking advantage of Gark's powers, it is shown several times throughout the series that he still cares about his best friend. His full name is Maximilian Fluffibottom III.

Gark (voiced by Alex Kelly) is a young, fearless alien disguised as a purple knitted cat. His dangerous abilities and curiosity lead him and Max into misadventures, because he actually thinks that Max is a tiger, the bravest species in the world.

Betty (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is a kind-hearted but awkward elderly woman who owns Max and Gark. In "Jackson 5", she is told that she had Jackson and Max (before Gark came to Earth) when she was younger. She has a daughter named Jeanette and several deceased husbands, as shown in the episode "Humanoid".

Throckmorton (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is the artificial intelligence of Gark's ship, he overprotects Gark and acts like a father to him, although when it comes to Max, their relationship diverges.

### Recurring characters

The Staring Dog is a dog with big eyes and grayish-brown fur, he constantly looks at Max, which makes him uncomfortable and scared. He made his debut in "Bin Juice" in a cameo role.

Ranceford (voiced by Katherine Ryan) is a white, odd-eyed Persian cat. Max is in love with her, but like other animals, she prefers Gark to Max. She is the leader of the "Sunshine Circle of Cats" and denies Max's membership.

The Kid (voiced by Kyle Soller) is a squirrel who lives in the park next to Betty's apartment and is Nelson's best friend.

Squirrels (voiced by Kyle Soller) - three squirrels who also live near Betty's apartment.

Nelson (voiced by Katherine Ryan) is a dumb and fat green pigeon who is the Kid's best friend.

Cutter (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is a light green-blue cat with yellow eyes and purple hair. His voice is strangely mannered. His name is revealed in the "Cat Box of Fear".

Anton (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is a green dog with black hair. In his first appearance, he is a bully for Max, but in later episodes does not pose a threat.

The cat in the trash can hat (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is a cat with disheveled fur, he believes in wild conspiracy theories and is homeless.

Chico (voiced by Sandra Dickinson) is a bounty hunter disguised as a puppy. She wants to kidnap Gark because there's a bounty on his head for steering the ship too fast.

Zaxos (voiced by Sandra Dickinson) is a Vartian bounty hunter intent on capturing Gark along with Chico. She later appeared in "Zaxos Returns" and claims to have changed her lifestyle, but is actually trying to steal Betty's cheeks.

The Cat Toy God (voiced by Kayvan Novak) - Max's nemesis and ruler of an alternate dimension found under Betty's sofa.

Jackson (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is a light green, one-legged street cat with torn ears. He continues to die and recover from the dead, he blames Max for his death and tries to kill him, but, like Anton, does not pose a threat in later episodes.

Wilma (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is an old woman who owns a Staring Dog and one of Betty's friends.

Jeanette (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is Betty's cat-obsessed daughter, she sometimes takes care of Max and always brings costumes with her, which Max hates.

### Minor. Characters

Flargle (voiced by Sandra Dickinson) is a purple three-eyed alien who writes on a blog about how bad planet Earth is, which infuriates Gark. He collaborates with Chico and Zaxos in the episode "Gark has Talent". He made his debut in "Mere Mortals".

Chameleon (voiced by Kerry Sheil) - a chameleon who turned into the supervillain Garkom in "The Gark Knight Rises". He was paired with Anton and Starring Dog in the episode "Gark's Got Talent".

jibbo (voiced by Alexa Kahn) is a green-yellow alien, one of the saviors of Baa-Bu-Raa. She was introduced in the second part of "Gone Gark".

Baa-Boo-Raa (voiced by Reginald D. Hunter) is a sensei who chose Gark to save the universe by joining the Saviors for training. He was introduced in "Gone Gark".

Jock (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is an alien made of meat from the Planet Mithead. He is also one of the saviors. He debuted in the second part of "Gone Gark"

1. ↑ https://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/12/03/aardman-and-disney-teaming-up-for-counterfeit-cat