History WesternAnimation / JosieAndThePussycats

** TheBigGuy: Alan. Also see TheSmartGuy.

* ArtsyBeret: Exploited by Alexander Cabot III while Josie and the Pussycats are hiding from two mooks in a fashion studio by posing as the couturier (fashion designer) Charles of the Bowery. Alex's wardrobe is already eclectic, but gets pushed to absurdity with a huge bow tie and an oversized beret. The mooks are skeptical but withhold their aggression. Then the real couturier appears: a middle-aged, balding man dressed like a proper banker.

* ShrunkInTheWash: Subverted in the episode '"A Greenthumb Is Not a Goldfinger." All six protagonists have been captured by Amazon basin natives, who plan to shrink the Pussy Cats' heads in their potion cauldron. To prove that Pussy Cat magic is stronger than the natives' magic, Alexandra dunks her brother's shirt into the potion, which has no effect. Alexander's shirt was the only one guaranteed not to shrink.
* ShrunkenHead: Having fled the mansion of the MadScientist, The Pussy Cats are soon captured by a tribe of Amazon natives. Alex wonders what the natives will do with their captives. Valerie shows him some shrunken heads, and replies, "Do these answer your question?" Fortunately, the Pussy Cats are able to use the natives' superstition to effect an escape.

* SkunkStripe: Alexandra has this to denote her TokenEvilTeammate role.

* ShrunkInTheWash: Subverted in the episode '"A Greenthumb Is Not a Goldfinger." All six protagonists have been captured by Amazon basin natives, who plan to shrink the Pussy Cats' heads in their potion cauldron. To prove that Pussy Cat magic is stronger than the natives' magic, Alexandra dunks her brother's shirt into the potion, which has no effect. Alexander's shirt was the only one guaranteed not to shrink.

* LoveTriangle: Josie, Alan, Alexandra. In the comics, Alexander is less cowardly and more devious, and has a crush on Josie, creating a Love Quadrangle.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sebastian. He's an often [[CatsAreMean mean-spirited]] prankster who finds other people's pain and humiliation hilariously funny, but he ''does'' care about his humans, particularly Alexandra, and will provide aid and support when needed.

* {{Fainting}}: Alexander is prone to this, whether out of fright or by ForeignQueasine.

** Can also be interpreted as AdaptationalWimp; in the comics, though Alexander is far from being a heroic and noble character, he isn't nearly as cowardly as his animated version.

* LoveTriangle: Josie, Alan, Alexandra. In the comics, Alexander (who was much less cowardly and much meaner) had a crush on Josie.

* {{Expy}}: The show being heavily inspired by ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', Alan and Alexander have been {{ReTool}}ed into fairly obvious expies for Fred and Shaggy. The change is most noticeable with Alexander, whose comic-book counterpart is an {{Expy}} of [[ComicBook/ArchieComics Reggie Mantle.]]

* * JustEatGilligan: You really do have to wonder why they even put up with Alexandra, who is nothing more than TheLoad ''and'' TheMillstone to the group. In the outer space series, they could have gotten home if they had just pushed her out the airlock or left her on the next planet they landed (this would've been wildly out of character for the main trio, but still).

* {{Expy}}: The show being heavily inspired by ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', Alan and Alexander have been {{Re Tool}}ed into fairly obvious expies for Fred and Shaggy. The change is most noticeable with Alexander, whose comic-book counterpart is an {{Expy}} of [[ComicBook/ArchieComics Reggie Mantle.]]

* SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: A second-season episode has the team flying into outer space and encountering a [[SmallAnnoyingCreature dog-bird alien]] named Bleep, who communicates as follows: "Bleep bleep bleep." Melody, the Ditz, says, "Bleep bleep bleep, bleep bleep?" Bleep responds, "Bleep bleep bleep, bleep." Melody then gives an English translation.

-->'''Josie:''' Alexandra, it's you!
-->'''Alexandra:''' Of course it's me! Who were you expecting? Scooby-Doo?

Although based on an Franchise/ArchieComics publication, this series was produced by Creator/HannaBarbera rather than Creator/{{Filmation}} and aired from 1970 to 1971. The all-female rock [[PowerTrio trio]] comprised guitarist Josie [=McCoy=], tambourinist Valerie Brown, and drummer Melody Valentine. Valerie is BlackAndNerdy, Melody is a DumbBlonde and Josie is of average intellect.

* {{Expy}}: The show being heavily inspired by ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', Alan and Alexander have been {{Re Tool}}ed into fairly obvious expies for Fred and Shaggy. The change is most noticeable with Alexander, whose comic-book counterpart is an {{Expy}} of [[Franchise/ArchieComics Reggie Mantle.]]

* MilesGloriosus: Alexander will gladly take credit for foiling the {{villain}}. However, in "Plateau of the Apes Plot", he has this to say at the end - this was after he had been transformed into a gorilla and had to be rescued from the pound:

Although based on an Franchise/ArchieComics publication, this series was produced by Creator/HannaBarbera rather than Creator/{{Filmation}}. The all-female rock [[PowerTrio trio]] comprised guitarist Josie [=McCoy=], tambourinist Valerie Brown, and drummer Melody Valentine. Valerie is BlackAndNerdy, Melody is a DumbBlonde and Josie is of average intellect.

It had a successor series, ''Josie and the Pussycats [[RecycledInSpace in Outer Space]]''. While posing for a photo shoot in front of a space ship, Alexandra accidentally makes the group stumble into the ship and it blasts off. By the time they get the ship under control, they are hopelessly lost in space. A woolly creature named Bleep joined the cast, whom Melody could communicate with. Each episode had the group fly the space ship, trying to find Earth, only to stumble upon a planet with some kind of problem, usually a dictator or invaders, and fix it. The series was cancelled without the group making it home.

* RapidAging: The plot of "Don't Count on a Countess". Affects most of the cast except Valerie and the villans of the episode