Counterfeit Cat

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Counterfeit Cat is an

The series revolves around the adventures of Max (Marc Wootton), a lazy yellow housecat, and Gark (Alex Kelly) a blue alien who disguised himself as a purple-knitted cat. Gark crashed his spaceship on Earth, landing in the laundry room of Betty (Kayvan Novak), a klutzy yet kind old woman who is Max's owner. Gark believes that Max is a tiger, the bravest species on Earth, despite Max's cowardice. The two often find themselves in surreal and dangerous situations due to Gark's unstable, bizarre powers, which Max often uses to his own advantage without thinking of the consequences.

Episodes

Characters

Main

• Max (voiced by Marc Wootton) is one of two main protagonists of the series. He is a yellow Manx cat who lives a cushy life in Betty's home. He often gets dragged along into dangerous and frightening adventures with Gark—adventures that he hates getting involved in. Despite taking advantage of Gark's powers it is shown several times throughout the series that he still cares for his best friend. His full name is Maximillian Fluffybottom III.
• Gark (voiced by Alex Kelly) is one of two main protagonists of the series. He is a blue tentacled alien who is being disguise himself as a purple knitted cat. He has dangerous powers, and curiosity get him and Max into misadventures because he actually thinks Max is a tiger, the bravest species in the entire world.
• Betty (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is a kindhearted but klutzy old lady who owns Max and Gark. In "Jackson 5", She is revealed that she had Jackson and Max (before Gark came to earth) when she was younger. She has a daughter named Jeanette and several deceased husbands as revealed in the episode, "Humanoid".
• Throckmorton (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is the artificial intelligence of Gark's ship, he is overprotective of Gark and acts like a father-figure to him, though when it comes to Max their attitudes clash.^[8]

Recurring

• Staring Dog is a Maltese dog with big eyes and greyish brown, shaggy fur, he constantly stares at Max which makes him uncomfortable and frightened. He made his debut in "Bin Juice" in the form of a cameo.
• Ranceford (voiced by Katherine Ryan) is a Persian cat whose eyes are odd-eyed and his fur is white. She is the leader of The Sunshine Circle of Cats and denies Max membership. Max harbors a crush on her, but like the other animals, she prefers Gark over Max.
• The Kid (voiced by Kyle Soller) is a brownish flying squirrel who is buck-toothed. She lives in the park next to Betty's apartment and he has a sidekick named Nelson.
• The Squirrels (both voiced by Kyle Soller) are a trio of squirrels. They also live next to Betty's apartment.
• Nelson (voiced by Katherine Ryan) is a breeded green
  pigeon
  . He is The Kid's sidekick.
• Cutter (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is a cyan British Shorthair with yellow eyes and a purple hair. His voice is freakishly campy. His name is revealed in "Cat Box of Fear".
• Anton (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is an olive green pug with black hair. In his first appearance he is a bully to Max, but in later episodes isn't a threat.
• Trash Can Hat Cat (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is a stray cat with scruffy olive green fur and he only wears a trash can hat. She believes in wild conspiracy theories and is homeless.
• Zaxos (voiced by Sandra Dickinson) is a bounty hunter from the race of Wart who set out to capture Gark along with Chico. She later appeared in "Zaxos Returns" and claims to have changed her ways, but is actually out to steal Betty's cheeks.
• Chico (voiced by
  chihuahua
  . She wants to kidnap Gark because there is a bounty on his head for driving his ship too fast.
• The Cat Toy God (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is a pink cat-like alien who is Max's nemesis and the ruler of an alternate dimension found underneath Betty's sofa.
• Jackson (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is a single-legged, ear-torned, one-eyed street cat. She usually keeps dying and coming back from the dead, he blames Max for his deaths and tries to kill him but, like Anton, isn't a threat in later episodes.
• Wilma (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is an old lady who owns Staring Dog and one of Betty's friends.
• Jeanette (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is Betty's daughter, she occasionally looks after Max and always brings costumes, something Max hates.

Supporting

• Flargle (voiced by Sandra Dickinson) is a purple three-eyed rabbit-like alien who posts on a blog about how bad of a planet Earth is, which causes Gark to be mad. He partners with Chico and Zaxos in the episode, "Gark's Got Talent". He makes his debut in "Mere Mortals".
• Chameleon (voiced by Kerry Shale) is a green chameleon who turned into a super villain by Gark in "The Gark Night Rises". He paired with Anton and Staring Dog in the episode, "Gark's Got Talent".
• Jibbo (voiced by Alexa Kahn) is a green and yellow alien who one of the saviors of Baa-Boo-Raa. She is introduced in the second part of "Gone Gark".
• Baa-Boo-Raa (voiced by Reginald D. Hunter) is an alien Sensei who chose Gark to save the universe by joining the saviors for training. He is introduced in "Gone Gark".
• Jock (voiced by Kayvan Novak) is an alien who is made of meat that came from Planet Meathead. He is also one of the saviors. He makes his debut in the second part of "Gone Gark".

Production

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Development

On December 3, 2010,

The designs for the show were provided by Antoine Birot and Raphael Chabassol based on original designs by Nick Edwards. The series is directed by Ben Marsaud and produced by Sarah Mattingley. The first season consisted of 52 episodes at ten minutes each and coincided with 11 two-minute shorts.^[9]

Ben Marsaud (who is the director of the series) was a former storyboard artist of seasons 1–3 and 6 of

Animation

The animation services for the series is handled by Atomic Cartoons. The animation company also been known for Atomic Betty, Captain Flamingo and as well currently as the sixth and seventh seasons of Max & Ruby and Angry Birds Toons. The animation is made on Adobe Animate.

Broadcast

In the United Kingdom, the series debuted on Disney XD on May 12, 2016.