The episode opens with a live-action scene in the neighborhood yard. Two cats – Mad Dreamer Waldo and companion Felicia – go about their simple pleasures, sometimes with a third animal companion, when bulldog Tyrone crashes their party, corners one of them, and stuns them into motionless standoff.
At this point, Waldo would envision himself as any of five alter egos based on how he viewed the predicament. The scene transitioned to animated segment, with Tyrone in the role of the arch-villain.
With the defeat of the Villain of the Week, the scene transitioned back to live action, where Waldo would invariably trick Tyrone and watch him get carted off.
Later known as The New Adventures of Waldo Kitty, after Filmation got into legal trouble with the estate of James Thurber (the original Walter Mitty author).
Tropes appearing in this series:
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Tarzan Boy Catzan, with his loincloth.
- Affectionate Parodies: Of Batman, Tarzan, Capt. Kirk, The Lone Ranger, and Robin Hood.
- Batman Parody: Catman, whenever their avian companion is with them; Waldo puts him in the role of Sparrow (a take on Robin).
- Big, Thin, Short Trio: The henchdogs of the antagonist modeled on Tyrone, which are always the same individual fur and builds.
- Bully Bulldog: Tyrone.
- Cowardly Lion: Waldo to a T. In fact, it’s the whole point of the live-action parts.
- Domino Mask: The Lone Kitty.
- Every Episode Ending: Once Tyrone gets his, Waldo and Felicia share a last laugh about the issue they’d just faced.
- Framing the Guilty Party: Waldo tricks Tyrone into a Batman Gambit (chasing him into a trap) which gets the bulldog carted off by the man (or woman) of the house.
- Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Capt. Herc, Catman, and the Lone Kitty. Catzan's antagonists also qualify.
- Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Robin Cat.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Tyrone always gets A Taste Of His Own Medicine in the end.
- Practically Joker: The Jester, in name only. He does not have the signature Joker make-up or costume.
- Sliding Scale of Animal Cast: 3.
- Villain of the Week: Tyrone’s animated counterpart.
