History WesternAnimation / TopCatBegins

* OriginStory: For the Top Cat franchise as a whole.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Quite a few female characters are at the receiving end of some physical comedy that would otherwise guarantee an AmusingInjury or two.

* BadassBiker: [[spoiler: Spook]].

* DisneyDeath: Top Cat, when [[spoiler: Mr. Big's men start shooting in the box he was in. He's fine because his pleading voice was only provided by a tape recorder inside of it]].

* FatBastard: Mr. Big.
* ForegoneConclusion: It seemed like the end of TC when [[spoiler: Mr. Big's goons start shooting at his box. Whether or not he was thought to be dead, he turns out fine because if it weren't for him, there would be no Top Cat series to make a prequel of in the first place]].

* InMediasRes: See HowWeGotHere.
* LargeAndInCharge: Again, Mr. Big.

* MisterBig: The main villain here is so-named but [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] the ironic nature of the trope as he is a fat alligator that towers over everyone.
* MysteriousStranger: The dark helmeted character in biker gear who follows the gang. [[spoiler: It was none other than Spook]].

* PrecisionFStrike: Yes, you ''do'' hear [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnbh871OSus TC drop the F-bomb]] [[CensoredForComedy bleeped several times]], [[BleepDammit clumsily]]. ''On a film that's supposed to be for the entire family''!

* SavingTheOrphanage: TC forces himself to do this at the end when he saw the pair of orphaned children he had met earlier planting a tree in order to live under it. [[spoiler: He gives them the diamond he buried underneath a pile of dirt]].

* StunnedSilence: Choo Choo when [[spoiler: Mr. Big and his cohorts shot at the box that TC was in.]]

* MisterBig: The main villain here is so-named but averts the {{subverted}} expectations of the trope as he is a fat alligator that towers over everyone.

* PrecisionFStrike: Yes, you ''do'' hear TC drop the F-bomb that they [[CensoredForComedy bleeped several times]], [[BleepDammit clumsily]]. ''On a film that's supposed to be for the entire family''!

'''''Top Cat Begins''''' (known in Spanish as '''''Don Gato: El Inicio de la Pandilla''''', literally '''''Top Cat: The Start of the Gang''''') is a 2015 animated film made in Mexico. On that note, it is a {{prequel}} to the [[WesternAnimation/TopCatTheMovie first movie]] and to some extent, [[WesternAnimation/TopCat the original series]]. It is an origin story, explaining how Top Cat met Benny and how he created his gang.

* AdaptationDyeJob: What with the CGI designs, TC and most of his gang are given eye colors (since having sclerae but only black pupils would look uncanny). Top Cat, Fancy-Fancy, and Brain have brown eyes, Choo-Choo has blue eyes, and Spook has green eyes. Only Benny the Ball's {{black bead eyes}} remain.

* AdaptationDyeJob: What with the CGI designs, TC and most of his gang are given eye colors (since having sclerae but only black pupils would look uncanny). Top Cat, Fancy-Fancy, and Brain have brown eyes, Choo-Choo has green eyes, and Spook has blue eyes. Only Benny the Ball's {{black bead eyes}} remain.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

%% * BigBad: Mr. Big.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Attempting to retrieve the diamonds, Benny the Ball follows Furletta du Chat to her dressing room where he actually watched her undress and the scene plays it out conspicuously. She even threw her ''brassiere'' and ''panty'' at his face, along with his obviously satisfied reaction shortly after. Jeez...
** The biggest and probably ''the'' most transparent attempt of all time is TC thinking of a better line to say to Mr. Big after he gets foiled. See PrecisionFStrike.

* {{Adorkable}}: Choo Choo.