History WesternAnimation / NatureCat

''Nature Cat'' is an American animated kids' EdutainmentShow that runs on Creator/PBSKids. The show is a co-production of Spiffy Pictures, 9 Story Media Group, and WTTW Chicago, the latter of which serves as the show's presenting station. It follows the escapades of Fred the house cat, who, when his family leaves for the day, becomes an adventurer named [[CharacterTitle Nature Cat]] who is always ready to explore the natural world around him. That is, if he knew the first thing about exploring nature, which winds up getting him into all sorts of situations. Accompanying him are a multitude of other animal friends, including the energetic but dimwitted Hal the dog, the sassy though kind Squeeks the mouse, and the knowledgeable rabbit Daisy. Each episode focuses on a single aspect of life or earth science, with a running plot to go alongside it.

''Nature Cat'' is an American animated kids' EdutainmentShow that runs on Creator/PBSKids. The show follows the escapades of Fred the house cat, who, when his family leaves for the day, becomes an adventurer named [[CharacterTitle Nature Cat]] who is always ready to explore the natural world around him. That is, if he knew the first thing about exploring nature, which winds up getting him into all sorts of situations. Accompanying him are a multitude of other animal friends, including the energetic but dimwitted Hal the dog, the sassy though kind Squeeks the mouse, and the knowledgeable rabbit Daisy. Each episode focuses on a single aspect of life or earth science, with a running plot to go alongside it.

** A few episodes apparently fall prey to MountainsOfIllinois.

* {{Expy}}: Nature Dog in the "Ocean Commotion" episode. She's Nature Cat's female, canine, Russian counterpart. One amusing fact is that while Nature Cat's voiced by Taran Killam, Nature Dog's voiced by his wife, Creator/CobieSmulders.

* FatCat: Ronald. Becomes the focus of "The Legend of the Gold Gardens" where he proves to be too out of shape to climb a mountain, and only barely gets past the obstacles before it.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[Music/MichaelBuble Michael Bluejay]]. Brooks the Baltimore Oriole was named after baseball player Brooks Robinson.

** Nature Cat actually says "Why did it have to be snakes?" in "Cold-Blooded".

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[Music/MichaelBuble Michael Bluejay]].

* UncannyFamilyResemblance: In "The Return of Bad Dog Bart", One-Eared Winnie looks a lot like Nature Cat. Its even lampshaded by the characters. [[spoiler: Its later revealed that One-Eared Winnie, is, in fact, Gwendolyn, Nature Cat's long-lost sister]].

* BigBad: Ronald. He also serves as both an ArchNemesis and TheRival thoughout the show.

* NothingCanStopUsNow: In "No Bird Left Behind", Nature Cat says this word-for-word, but then trouble arises when it starts raining.

* TheMovie: The show had one in the form of ''Nature Cat: Ocean Commotion'', which premiered in June of 2017. Nature Cat and his pals go on an aquatic adventure to save Hal's favorite chew toy. Along the way, they learn that all waterways are interconnected and meet up with a new special friend named [[DistaffCounterpart Nature Dog who helps them navigate the oceans.]]

* ShoutOut: In "Wild Batts", despite that episode being a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts'' and featuring the Kratt brothers as Chris and Martin Batt, Nature Cat also mentions that the other neighborhood bats are named [[WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood Daniel Bat]], [[WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat Peg + Bat]], [[WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge George the Curious Bat]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheCatInTheHatKnowsALotAboutThat The Bat in the Hat]].

* BreakingTheFourthWall: In ''Water Woes'', Nature Cat, once again, calls Hal a genius and kisses him, and Hal remarks that it's the first time he's called him a genius this season.

* SequelEpisode: "Return to Mighty Mountain" is the sequel to "Mighty Mountain Climbers"

* AnimalTalk: No, duh! Although only some of the extras can talk; which ones can and which ones can't seem to be completely up to whether it's more convenient to have them talk at that moment or not. This becomes confusing when one episode is dedicated animal communication; when Hal "discovers" that different species can communicate, it's treated like a huge discovery despite the fact that ''the main characters are different species who regularly communicate''

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Literally in "Moth Frolic-Fest". One of the moths says that he can camouflage to look like bird poop.
** In "Stop and Hear the Cicadas", the gang learns that the cicadas make their noise to attract females.
** Some of the lyrics in Michael Bluejay's song in the episode "Love You, Michael Bluejay" are "Take your beak, kiss me on my cheek, oh yeah!". Not something you would expect to hear from an EdutainmentShow on PBS.

* NeverSayDie: Averted in ''Let's Talk Turkey Vulture''.
-->'''Daisy''': I know it's natural, but it always makes me sad when the growing in my garden stops and the plants die.

* AgonyOfTheFeet: Ronald gets a disco ball dropped on his foot in "Winter Dance Party." He hops up and down clutching it, but has no problem chasing after the ball with the rest of the gang afterwards.

* AnimalTalk: No, duh! Although only some of the extras can talk; which ones can and which ones can't seem to be completely up to whether it's more convenient to have them talk at that moment or not. This becomes confusing when one episode is dedicated animal communication; when Hal "discovers" that different species can communicate, it's treated like a huge discovery despite the fact that ''the main characters are different species who regularly communicate''.
* ArchEnemy: Nature Cat's neighbor, Ronald, is the series' main antagonist.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: More like [=GIFs=] always spoil. [[https://giphy.com/pbskids On PBS Kids' official Giphy channel]], there are many spoilers for the upcoming special ''The Return of Bad Dog Bart'' in the form of [=GIFs=].

''Nature Cat'' is an American animated kids' EdutainmentShow that runs on Creator/PBSKids. The show follows the escapades of Fred the house cat, who, when his family leaves for the day, becomes an adventurous anthropomorphic talking cat named [[CharacterTitle Nature Cat]] who is always ready to explore the natural world around him. That is, if he knew the first thing about exploring nature, which winds up getting him into all sorts of situations. Accompanying him are a multitude of other animal friends, including the energetic but dimwitted Hal the dog, the sassy though kind Squeeks the mouse, and the knowledgeable rabbit Daisy. Each episode focuses on a single aspect of life or earth science, with a running plot to go alongside it.

* SpeechImpediment: When Nature Cat was a kitten, he used to have 2 speech impediments. He had a lisp and rhotacism so his catchphrase "Tally Ho" would sound like "Tawwy Ho". This is heard in the episode "Call it a Night".

* AnimalTalk: No, duh! Although only some of the extras can talk; which ones can and which ones can't seem to be completely up to whether it's more convenient to have them talk at that moment or not. This becomes confusing when one episode is dedicated to the main cast finding out whether animals can communicate with each other; when Hal "discovers" that different species can communicate, it's treated like a huge discovery despite the fact that ''the main characters are different species who regularly communicate''.

* AnimalTalk: No, duh! Although only some of the extras can talk; which ones can and which ones can't seem to be completely up to whether it's more convenient to have them talk at that moment or not.