Sports Cartoons
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Sports Cartoons was an animated series, produced by Lamb-Perlman Productions in 1985. The series featured various sports being played by anthropomorphic animals, including cats, dogs, pigs, and hippopotami. Some of these sports included ice hockey, shot put, soccer, American football, and table tennis.
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[edit] Screening
The episodes were short in length, ranging from 40 seconds to two minutes. Roughly 45 episodes were created, many of which were played during commercial breaks on Nickelodeon in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Visually speaking, Sports Cartoons bear resemblance to other series' animated in the National Film Board of Canada style. The series was issued on video cassette by Family Home Entertainment.
[edit] Characters
Sports Cartoons typically featured several of the same four characters in each episode. However, in episodes involving teams, the team was usually made up of numerous identical versions of the same character (for example, a football team of cats, or a hockey team of hippopotami).
[edit] Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus is calm and usually emerges as the victor. The hippo is the most frequent opponent of the cat. The hippo remains peaceful and collected, unless a smaller helpless creature (such as a butterfly or a flower) is threatened, in which case he becomes highly protective.
[edit] Cat
The cat is the antagonist who, for the most part, does not play fair. He frequently faces off against the hippo, wherein he tries to interrupt, distract, or otherwise throw off the hippo's efforts. Usually this backfires, as the hippo always wins. Another variation of the cat is the Big Cat, which is a larger, burlier rendition of the small cat.
[edit] Pig
The pig appears less frequently, and along with the hippo, competes against the cat (or cats). Like the hippo, the pig always comes out on top, though usually through dumb luck.
[edit] Dog
The dog is rarely seen, and usually portrays the referee/judge.
