| The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats | |
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| Genre | Animation |
| Created by | Dave Edwards |
| Voices of | Dana Hill Jim Cummings Russi Taylor Frank Welker |
| Composer(s) | Ben Heneghan Ian Lawson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
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| Producer(s) | Dave Edwards Mike Young Liz Young |
| Running time | 10 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Dave Edwards Studio Mike Young Productions Rainbow Animation Group STV Productions (Scottish Television) |
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| Original channel | ITV Network (CITV) |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original run | 1995 – 1996 |
The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats is a cartoon series which aired between 1995 and 1996 on ITV kids strand CITV, and was recently shown on Scottish children's programme wknd@stv. The series was about anthropomorphic automobiles that bore resemblances to cats and dogs. The main characters are freedom fighters trying to save their homeworld of Autopia from The Crusher. The show ran for two seasons, each consisting of 26 ten-minute episodes.
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Hot Rod: A dog-car, and the main character of the series. He was on his way to camp when he was captured by The Crusher's forces. He managed to escape and join the resistance movement. He has an attraction to his best friend, Carbs. He was upgraded by the mechanic Gus (see below), gaining larger tires, a cog-firing weapon, and the ability to fly (But only when he needs them). Gus later built an external weaons pack for Hot Rod, equipped with long-range armaments. Both Gus and The Crusher hinted that there was something "special" about Hot Rod, but it was never elaborated on.
Carbs (Short for "Carburetta"): A cat-car, and Hot Rod's best friend. They first met when they were captured by The Crusher's forces. She seems to share the attraction between Hot Rod and herself. She too was upgraded by Gus, gaining high-intensity headlights, tire claws, and an extendable tail. Her sister, Spare Parts, later built her a weapons pack, similar to Hot Rod's.
Dog-Gone: An old and wily dog-car. He often provides reason and wisdom for the group, when he isn't keeping his friend Benz from falling apart.
Benz: A dog-car, and Dog-Gone's best friend. In major disrepair, "Benny" is always falling apart.
Gus: A dog-car, and legendary mechanic. He was the one who built The Crusher, and exiled himself when his creation went out of control. He later outfitted Hot Rod and Carbs with weaponry, to better combat The Crusher's forces.
The Crusher: Originally designed to recycle the junk of Autopia, something went horribly wrong, and he became a power-hungry monster.
Scarhood: A bounty hunter, and The Crusher's main henchman. A mean and nasty Dog-car, he has gained a personal vendetta against Hot Rod for his numerous defeats.
Choppers: Scarhood's idiot henchmen. A band of nasty-looking Cat-cars, equipped with a variety of weapons. They comprise of their leader, Gadget (whose son, Socket, appeared in one episode), Firefur, Carpoon, and One-Eye.
Gridlockers: Autopia's police force, completely under the Crusher's proverbial thumb. They are led by Number One, who is assisted by Number Two.
Sandcat: A junk merchant in the city of Catatonia. His trade was greatly increased thanks to Hot Rod and friends.
Bentley Mercedes: A news reporter. He has an annoying habit of showing up when he's not wanted, and of getting his interviewees name's wrong.
Towhead: A young dog-car who pretended to be a friend in order to infiltrate the resistance. He intended to have them lead him and Scarhood to Gus, but his plan was thwarted by Hot Rod's intervention.
Baby Bumper: A baby dog-car who twice found his way into the hero's camp, leaving Hot Rod and Carbs to care for him.
Spare Parts: Carbs' older sister. She appeared in a couple of episodes. An expert mechanic, on par with Gus, she built Carbs' weapons' pack.
Jag: An evil Cat-car with the ability to hypnotize others. She managed to infiltrate the camp, but was swiftly defeated. She expressed an "interest" in Scarhood.
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The programme was re-aired in 2009 on wknd@stv - a children's television strand on Scottish television channel, STV.