About this season
The setting is a Japanese looking village named "Little Tokyo" where the Pizza Cats run a pizza fast food business. Little Tokyo is populated by all kinds of animals. The official governor of the town is the Emperor, but since he has gone bananas a council takes care of the well-being of the village. One of the members of this council is called Seymour "Big" Cheese, who secretly wishes to take over control of the village. The pizza take away restaurant is merely a cover for their true job... Whenever evil is afoot, the Pizza Cats are launched towards the danger from the gun-lookalike clock tower that emerges from the top of their restaurant.
Episodes (54)
1. Stop Dragon My Cat Around!
10.0Aired 1 February 1990 • 25 min
Speedy is serving a pizza to Lucille but then Guido pops up and steals the Pizza to deliver it Lucille. As they continue to reach their destination, they continuously steal the pizza from each other. When Speedy gives it to Lucille, Guido says that Lucille and he are in love, and the two get into a brawl. Lucille stops them by blow them up. Bad Bird sends out a giant, robotic dragon and it wreaks havoc on Little Tokyo. Speedy and Guido notices Ninja Crows inside the Dragon and they decide to defeat this machine before it demolishes every structure in the city.
2. If You Knew Sushi Like I Know Sushi
8.0Aired 8 February 1990 • 25 min
Lucille's brother, a sushi-maker named Wally, is walking home with his eyes closed and is captured by the Ninja Crows.
3. Underground, Underwater, Undercooked
9.0Aired 15 February 1990 • 25 min
On her way to the mall, Lucille notices that the subway train she is on is comandeered by Bird Bird and the Ninja Crows.
4. The Great Golden Cluck
Aired 22 February 1990 • 25 min
A flying demon emerges in Little Tokyo but is finally recognized as a giant gold chicken with Bad Bird as the pilot. He announces that his robot can tell the future and grant wishes - for a price.
5. Let The Cellar Beware
Aired 8 March 1990 • 25 min
There have been reports of strange noises in the palace, and a nightwatchman has been hired to investigate and discovers a giant bug and runs in terror. Meanwhille, Princess Vi decides to quit school as Speedy has a slight cold. The Council Members believe that there is a ghost amongst them while Princess Vi is excited and wants to meet this spirit. Working on his latest scheme, Cheese wants his minions to create a giant carousol that would spin Little Tokyo. When the workers are tired, they order pizza and Francine wonders why the group wants so many pizzas and discovers that it is the Big Cheese. The Pizza cats decide this is a chance to investigate the cellar of the palace. When Speedy rushes into the palace, he bumps into Princess Vi and the two discover a robotic bug and try to escape. The robotic bug continues to find and attack them and it is finally destroyed in a room full of machines, and exposes Big Cheese's plan with the carousol.
6. Singing Samurai Sensai-tion
Aired 1 March 1990 • 25 min
A man who calls himself Charlie Bird enters the Parlour, revealing he is a talent agent and thinks that Polly and Lucille could be big music stars.
7. The Nuclear Potato
Aired 15 March 1990 • 30 min
Bad Bird's robots are attacking the city but are disposed by the Pizza Cats. Cheese successfully has Emperor Fred let his friends dump their toxic potato peelings in Little Tokyo.
8. Kind of a Drag
Aired 22 March 1990 • 25 min
Big Cheese is embarrassed when walked in on, and he wants revenge.
9. Double Trouble For Princess Vi
Aired 29 March 1990 • 25 min
The Pizza Cats are busy preparing for the Little Tokyo Arts Festival. When Al Dente receives a message that Princess Vi is going to the festival disguised, he asks the Pizza Cats to protect her.
10. Samurai Pizza Cats: The First 9 Episodes in 30 Minutes
Aired 3 April 1990 • 25 min
A clip show with scenes from the first 9 episodes.
11. Hot and Kold Kitties
Aired 10 April 1990 • 25 min
A dark cloud fires a ray that freezes a bunch of kids solid in ice. Seconds later, it melts them, and then flies off, unnoticed. At the Pizza Parlour, a bunch of kids are pushing Professor Ohm's son. A fight commences between Speedy and the kids but are interrupted by Francine. The boy explains that his father is out late and that his dad invented a device that can increase the power of any machine.
12. Candid Kitty
Aired 17 April 1990 • 25 min
The Bad Guys gather in a movie theater to watch their past mistakes and look for the Pizza Cats' weakness.
13. The Pizza Cats Are Only Human (1)
Aired 24 April 1990 • 25 min
After discovering the Pizza Cats are solar powered the Big Cheese has a satellite launched that will block out the sun. The Pizza Cats try to stop the launch but come up against the Rude Noise.
14. The Pizza Cats Are Only Human (2)
Aired 1 May 1990 • 25 min
The Pizza Cats turn to Guru Lou in hopes that he can help them to defeat the Rude Noise.
15. Those Transformin' Felines
Aired 8 May 1990 • 25 min
The Pizza Cats have been getting a big reputation in Little Tokyo. The Big Cheese, now jealous, decides to build his reputation by sending a robot out to attack, but make the Big Cheese look like the hero instead of the Cats.
16. The Case of the Bogus Billionaire
Aired 15 May 1990 • 25 min
The Big Cheese gets a picture of a potato farmer who looks mysteriously like Emperor Fred. Al Dente then sends the Pizza Cats to find the nanny that raised the Emperor, in hopes that she can identify the true Emperor. However, Big Cheese knows of the plan and sends the Ninja Crows and the Rude Noise to get her first.
17. The Big Cheese's I.Q. Corral
Aired 22 May 1990 • 25 min
The Big Cheese is having scientists kidnapped to be forced to work on his secret weapon. Now the Ninja Crows are after Guru Lou.
18. Field of Screwballs
Aired 29 May 1990 • 25 min
The Bad Guys use a mind controlling robot on a popular baseball player Princess Vi has a crush on. To impress her, they challenge the Pizza Cats to a baseball game.
19. Speedy's Double-Time Trick
Aired 5 June 1990 • 25 min
Speedy makes a date with Lucille but he forgets that he also made a date with Polly to run some low level missions. He decides to zip back and forth between his engagements. Between dates he uncovers the Big Cheese's plan to attack Little Tokyo with a giant Hot Tub robot.
20. Samurai Charm School
Aired 12 June 1990 • 25 min
Polly decides she needs to be less temperamental so she goes to a model school, which is really a front for the Big Cheese's plan to hire some women warriors.
21. Drummin' Up Trouble With a Big Bad Beat
Aired 19 June 1990 • 25 min
Big Cheese builds a robot that can bang out a hypnotic drum beat, thus enslaving the town.
22. Pizza Bird Delivers!
Aired 26 June 1990 • 25 min
The Big Cheese is short on cash and can no longer afford to pay his minions. As a result, the Ninja Crows have to go find day jobs. Bad Bird takes a job at the Pizza Cat pizzeria.
23. Big Cheese Shows His Filmy Substance
Aired 3 July 1990 • 25 min
Princess Vi wants to make a movie so the Big Cheese, Guido and Speedy run an obstacle course which will determine the male lead.
24. Son of Big Cheese
Aired 10 July 1990 • 25 min
Francine is in love with a deer named Bucky, but her responsibilities with the Pizza Cats cause problems with the relationship.
25. Gender Bender Butterflies!
Aired 17 July 1990 • 25 min
Francine's date with a deer named Bucky is ruined when the Bad Guys release a swarm of butterflies that can make people act like the opposite gender.
26. Pizza Cat Performance Review
Aired 7 August 1990 • 25 min
Big Al isn't satisfied with the Pizza Cats' work, so he sends them to the suburbs, while the Rescue Team Cats take over the main shop.
27. Cold and Crabby in Little Tokyo
Aired 24 July 1990 • 25 min
Emperor Fred comes down with a bad cold. Big Al Dente summons the Pizza Cats to go to Mount Coochie to bring back the CooCoo bird which will restore Emperor Fred's insanity and cure his cold. But the Big Cheese also has a cold and he sends Bad Bird to get the CooCoo bird first.
28. The Terror of Prisoner Island
Aired 31 July 1990 • 25 min
There is a flaw in the palace. The Pizza Cats are sent to find the architect, who has been banished to an island by Princess Vi, but the Ninja Crows are after him too.
29. Destructo Robots at Popular Prices
Aired 14 August 1990 • 25 min
The Rude Noise spy on the Pizza Cats to try to find a way to beat them.
30. No Talent Guido
Aired 21 August 1990 • 25 min
Guido feels left out when Polly, Lucille, and even Speedy become music stars. But now it's up to him to save the city from Big Cheese's singing.
31. All You Need is Love
Aired 28 August 1990 • 25 min
Big Cheese decides to marry his way up, so the Bad Guys make a cupid robot to make Princess Vi fall in love with him, but things don't go as planned.
32. Polly's Magical Flute
Aired 4 September 1990 • 25 min
Big Cheese discovers a legend about a flute that can be used to find a treasure, so he collects all the flutes in the city, including Polly's.
33. Close Encounters of the Pig Kind
Aired 11 September 1990 • 25 min
Speedy befriends a pig from space, but this pig's appetite is out of control.
34. Big Cheese's High Definition TV
Aired 18 September 1990 • 25 min
After reviewing their previous encounters with the Pizza Cats, the Big Cheese decides to combine the features from previous robots into one.
35. Pizza Delivery of Doom!
Aired 25 September 1990 • 25 min
Spritz disappears while making a delivery to a lakeside village, where mysterious creatures have been frightening the locals.
36. Youth is for Exploding
Aired 2 October 1990 • 25 min
The city is in terrorized by a group of exploding robot teens. And to make things worse, Guru Lou is testing his new formula.
37. Bad Bird Uncaged (1)
Aired 9 October 1990 • 25 min
Bad Bird is back with powerful new weapons, and challenges Speedy to a battle. Can Speedy defeat him?
38. Bad Bird Uncaged (2)
Aired 16 October 1990 • 25 min
Speedy goes to Guru Lou to learn the secret of the Pizza Cats' power.
39. A Mission in Manhattan
Aired 23 October 1990 • 25 min
The Pizza Cats travel to meet the New York Pizza Cats. The Big Cheese also goes to New York for a crime conference.
40. Unidentified Flying Oddballs
Aired 30 October 1990 • 25 min
A flying saucer appears, and kidnaps Princess Vi. The Pizza Cats have to rescue her.
41. Princess Vi's Hippy-Dippy Mom
Aired 6 November 1990 • 25 min
Princess Vi's mother returns, and gives Vi a gem that the Big Cheese needs for his latest robot.
42. A Wet & Wild Weekend
Aired 13 November 1990 • 25 min
The Pizza Cats go to a spa to protect Emperor Fred and Princess Vi, but Big Cheese and the Ninja Crows are there too, trying to get some rest and relaxation.
43. Kung Fu Kitty Contest
Aired 20 November 1990 • 25 min
Princess Vi holds a martial arts fighting contest to see who is the top fighter in the city. The Pizza Cats, Lucille, Bad Bird and one of Big Cheese's robots are among the entrants into battle.
44. Gone With the Ginzu
Aired 27 November 1990 • 25 min
The bad guys steal the Speedy's magical Ginzu Sword and make a copy of it.
45. A Little Bit'O Luck
Aired 4 December 1990 • 25 min
Jerry and Bad Bird builds a robot that brings luck. It was supposed to be delivered to Big Cheese, but was lost to Speedy instead.
46. Samurai Savings Time
Aired 11 December 1990 • 25 min
The Big Cheese builds a robot that can travel through time. His plan is to travel back in time to stop the Pizza Cats from being formed.
47. Phoney Baloney Cat
Aired 18 December 1990 • 25 min
Big Cheese, Jerry, and Bad Bird dress up like the Pizza Cats to ruin the cats' reputations.
48. The Cheese Who Stole Christmas
Aired 25 December 1990 • 25 min
Big Cheese is having a bad Christmas, so he dress up like Santa and gives kids masks that won't come off.
49. Emperor Fred Does Hard Time
Aired 8 January 1991 • 25 min
Speedy gives Princess Vi's pizza to Emperor Fred, who ruins it. The Princess has a temper tantrum and banishes both of them.
50. Quake, Rattle, & Roll
Aired 15 January 1991 • 25 min
The Ninja Crows build an earthquake creating robot, which terrifies Speedy, and Big Cheese.
51. The very best of Big Cheese's failures
Aired 22 January 1991 • 25 min
A recap on the Big Cheese's greatest failures
52. The Big Comet Caper (1)
Aired 29 January 1991 • 25 min
In a last desperate act the Big Cheese diverts a comet towards Little Tokyo and blackmails the city.
53. The Big Comet Caper (2)
Aired 5 February 1991 • 25 min
Speedy and Bad Bird join forces to save the world from the comet.
54. The Cats Cop Cartoon Careers
Aired 12 February 1991 • 25 min
A look back at some of the character's best moments in the series.