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I'm like the biggest fan of the KNT version of this episode! The NY Pizza Cats (or Himitsu Ninjatai Yankee) just rock all around! I'm glad the SPC version was relatively untampered with. The concept was kept, and apart from a couple of dialogue changes and some stupid cuts it didn't stray too far from the original.

I think it was a bit pointless changing the names of the NY cats. I mean their names were American to begin with. Ah well, I can live with it. Sundance's voice is, to me, not bad at all. I actually find it very sexy. His attitude is kept intact and he is every bit as lovable as his KNT counterpart. I hate that they cut out his finisher though! I mean what were they fearing, that kids would grab a gun a try imitating it? Isn't flailing around with swords like Speedy about just as bad?

As for the rest of the NY cats, Deedee is the dynamite! Her line "I know you wanna be punished, and my kitty whip will do it" made me smile. Cosmo is... so big! I don't know what kind of cat he's supposed to be, but I want one like that! Abigail, It would've been fun to see more of her.

All in all, awesome episode! Seeing Big Cheesy's relatives was a treat, and when they all exploded it was like... wow! My only gripe about this episode is that it was too short! It should've been a two-parter (although it follows the "Bad Bird Uncaged" two-parter). Or the NY cats should've had some more appearences (other than the cameo at the end of "The Great Comet Caper") during the series! Oh well, I guess it proves a show is good when your only complaint is "I WANT MORE!!!". (And as Burkey said, it leaves room for fan fiction)

Another fun note. I noticed that in the KNT version there were a lot of instances were characters were talking, but their mouths weren't moving (lazy animators! *lol*) . In SPC, they tried "fixing" this... by having characters talk off-screen. Not so outstanding, but I appreciate the effort. ^_^

This also raises the question, what are the Pizza Cats in every other part of the world like?

The world may never know...I've wondered about that as well. Russian Pizza Cats, or Turkish Pizza Cats *grins*

The KNT version of this was actually rushed a bit, causing animation staff to leave a lot of still shots in that should have been animated.  You mentioned the mouths not moving, and there were also a few action scenes that should have been animated more, such as "Honey" (Omitsu's counterpart, Lucinda in SPC) firing her machine gun.

I guess the animatiors had it easier with normal episodes where they could re-use scenes like the launch, and backgrounds of Edoropolis.  By changing the location to New York, they had to make all new backgrounds and a NYPC launch, as well as animate unfamiliar characters, causing them to fall behind on the schedule.

i heard they were also going to put Princess Rabby in the episode, but she too was left out.

That is correct.
But she did get an important role in the NYPC doujin comic.

Oh my god! I'd sure like to learn more about that one!

Well then, I have a special treat coming for you on my web page soon.

One of my least fave episodes.

*Yawn*

Burkey

Care to... elaborate?

BLASPHEMY!! The Micheal shall exert his unholy revenge upon thee!!!

J/K ;)

i never seen one episode and i realy want to

Did anyone else notice how Abigail's rhyme dips into Francene's voice during the first part? She starts off with an accent, then revert back to Francine's voice, then back again...

Also, does anyone know why Sundance's finishing move was cut? Or why a fragment of it was left in?

Other than that, a good episode all round.

can someone give me the link to see it

Discussion on where to download episodes should go in the Episode Downloads (http://www.edoropolis.org/forums/index.php?board=2.0) forum. Just so you know for next time. ;)

But to answer your question; the best places to find episodes are currently Daisensei's server (http://www.edoropolis.org/forums/index.php?topic=218.0) for SPC episodes, and Supersonic's sever (http://www.edoropolis.org/forums/index.php?topic=778.0) for KNT (the original Japanese version of the show) episodes. The episodes on Daisensei's server rotate, but this episode is currently being hosted there. So check out the topic (http://www.edoropolis.org/forums/index.php?topic=218.0), click the link to the server, go to the "spc" folder, and download either the higher-quality WMV, or the lower-quality but smaller filesized RM.

Hope this helps. :)

from what i understand, his finisher was editted since he used a gun. back then, North America had these overprotective parent agencies making Saban cut out the whole sequence.

That sucks. I remember an episode of Pokemon that was cut cause someone was shooting a gun. It was an episode that took place in the Safari Zone and I think it was the one that showed Ash actually capturing all his Tauros's.

Possibly a Maine Coon. Apparently, they can grow pretty big, by the time they're four years old.
I agree, it was a bit silly to cut out the 'Cats Eye Shooting!' scene, but leave the image of the swirling flame flowing into Sundance's holster.

I think you mean "DeeDee" instead of "Abigail"... Abigail is the NYPC's Francine.

Mission in Manhattan was all right, but it was basically a gimmick episode. The funniest parts were Polly's temporary crush and Big Cheese's entire family blowing up.

Well this episode was ok, is basically one of those episodes about differences in Japanese and American culture that just poop out of nowhere in a Japanese show. The KNT version was better, but is still a good episode.

The New York pizza cats

The occidental counterpart of the SPC, Sundance Kid (the leader), Michael in Japan, his weapon is a gun that can do an special attack of the same power level than Speedy "CAT EYE SLASH", DeeDee (The pretty girl), Madonna in Japan, her weapon is a black whip; And Cosmo (The handsome), Prince in Japan, his weapon is an occidental sword. Their Japanese names make reference to popular USA singers by the time the show was made. We could said that Sundance kid represents baseball and Americans love for guns, Abigail represents the sexy bad girl of some USA movies and Cosmo is the typical "Blue prince" .

*Deleted two posts to put all in a single post and fix errors

It's this episode that makes me believe that only Little Tokyo prefers a more traditional way of life. But then again this is America we're talking about. There's nothing traditional about the U.S.

What I mean is: Little Tokyo runs itself like ancient Japan while U.S is the modernized version of itself. Makes me wonder about other countries. In the SPC Universe, does England do the whole medieval thing? Is Istanbul still called Constantinople?  ?:|

I would guess that England would do the Medievil thing. I used that idea for myself when making my version of the British Pizza Cats (Or the Royal Guard Pizza Cats).

And im guessing France would do the Renacance* Thing.

*Spell Check me on that one...

I'll keep it simple. My most favorite episode so far. I do think they just should've kept the original names. Did anyone notice Sundance Kid doing the Moonwalk?

Ah, the Musketeers Pizza Cats? MPC!

One of my favorite episodes in the entire series. It goes right up there with Candid Kitties, Underground, Underwater, Undercooked, The Nuclear Potato, Pizza Bird Delivers, Gender Bender Butterflies, Bad Bird Uncaged, and of course, the Big Comet Caper.

does anyone know any fanfiction writers that write NYC Pizza Cats stories? =]

I saw that Big Cheese Family Explosion part on a Youtube SPC Funniest Moments Montage. It's a potential setup for the WTF BOMB! Right up there with Jerry Atric exploding for once (forgot what episode THAT was from, though).

But the idea about other parts of the world having Pizza Cat Counterparts must be an idea. I mean, what of the Pizza Cats of Russia, or the Irish Counterparts? OOH! Or how about the Transylvanian Pizza Cats, who would most likely be based on famous vampire hunters, namely the Belmont Clan, and the three Legendary Warriors whom Trevor fought alongside: Alucard, Sypha, and Grant!

Yeah, no necrobump, just not to make anyone mad.
Anyway, I would have to say my favorite is Mission In Manhatten.
The NYPC were actually really cool, :sundance: :cosmo: :deedee: And am I the only one who thought they were
just going to be a pattlet swap of the SPC? :speedy: :polly: :guido: (smiley spam ftw lol) ,and I just thought it was all around good episode. And of
course second best is The Big Comet Caper. Third is Gender Bender Butterflies.
P.S. This is also my 600th post :D

Necrobumps are fine when they're relevant, so I've merged this here.

Funny story about this episode: A long time ago, someone (Hero Boy, I believe) had some of the US cut episodes hosted on his site. I downloaded this one, but I didn't have the right software to play the video, so I just listened to the audio instead. Skip to a few years later, and I obtained a tape with two KNT episodes on it, one of which was the counterpart to this episode. So I heard the audio for the SPC version first, but actually watched the KNT version before I saw the SPC version. As a result, I tend to prefer the KNT version, mostly because the cuts they made in the SPC version were stupid, and I like the music in the KNT version better.

Another fun fact: While you all know about the cuts made to the SPC version, did you know the KNT version has a minor cut scene too? I can only presume this was due to time restraints or budget concerns, the latter likely being the reason why you sometimes saw the characters (notably  :speedy: and :sundance:) talking without moving their mouths on-screen (in SPC this was changed to the other character talking "off-screen"). If you watch KNT 54, the scene with Gennarisai's reaction to Ko'on and his relatives preparing to explode is different. The dialogue in the scene where the Nyanki meet Honey is also slightly different.

I hope you all paid attention during this highly informative trivia session. It will be on the quiz later. ;)

I saw that Yattarou and Michael are not talking in this scene. But never actually wondered why. They do reuse some scenes such as  Launch/Hissatsu but here we see the other side - the scene is missing. DIdn`t know such could actually be done for an anime.

Speedy voice in that scene reminds me of Walkie Talkie.

And that "Hey, bad boy... Oh, no" is surely no comparison to "Hey, you! Bad, bad you are bad"

All of them would continue being named Himitsu Ninja Tai besides their different fighting styles...

That's quite possibly my favorite example of Engrish in KNT. So unintentionally hilarious.


That doesn't make any sense. If they're not a ninja team, why call them one?

Well... That happened with the Yankees although they are a cowboy, a fencer and a girl with a whip...

Hmm, it's something to think about, then. But since the NYPC are supposed to be Americanized counterparts of the Nyanki, we could just say that was why they were also a "Himitsu Ninja Tai". And ninja are supposed to specialize in different skills anyway, so who's to say there can't be ninja sharp-shooters or what have you?

Yes, I'm aware that it's a stretch, but it's as good an excuse as any, right? ^^;

If the people from Naruto can be called Ninjas I guess anybody can have that name...