Katastrophe
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Katastrophe is the thirteenth episode of the animated television series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, as well as the finale for season one. Written by Glenn Leopold, based on a script, Blowout, by Lance Falk (see below). Directed by Robert Alvarez. First aired Saturday, December 4, 1993. Produced by Davis Doi. The overseas animation was done by Studio Mook, making Katastrophe the fourth and final season one episode animated by Mook (the other three were The Pastmaster Always Rings Twice, Night of the Dark Kat and Metal Urgency).
[edit] Plot summary
After being beaten by the SWAT Kats because they were too busy fighting each other, Dark Kat and Dr. Viper decide to team up and unite against their common enemies. They recruit the Metallikats to their cause, forming the Invincible Alliance of Evil, whose only purpose is to kill the SWAT Kats once and for all. Kidnapping Mayor Manx and Callie, the villains give the SWAT Kats an ultimatem - surrender by sunrise or risk the deaths of the hostages. Can the SWAT Kats find a way to rescue Manx and Callie without giving themselves up? And will Commander Feral lend a helping hand?
[edit] Cast
Charlie Adler as T-Bone / Selby's Friend
Tress MacNeille as Callie Briggs
Jim Cummings as Mayor Manx / Enforcer Sergeant / Selby
Frank Welker as Dr. Viper / Mushroom Monster / Smitty
[edit] Trivia
Falk's script entitled Blowout followed much the same story except that Dark Kat's hideout was in an abandoned amusement park, and some of the order of events are different (for instance, the Creeplings steal the Metallikats' heads from the Enforcer lockup before Dr. Viper breaks into Megakat Biochemical). It also contained a sequence that never made it into the final cut of the episode as written by Glenn Leopold, set aboard Dark Kat's mobile command center, the Fear Train.
