Foe Paws

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"Foe Paws"
What was the point of this pilot? It's just a carbon copy of Nickelodeon's CatDog.
Air Date: July 7, 2000 Writer: Chris Savino Director: Chris Savino Previous episode: Nikki Next episode: Prickles the Cactus

Foe Paws was a short created by Chris Savino, showrunner for the last two seasons of Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls, and creator of Nickelodeon's The Loud House, and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Cartoon Network. The short premiered on Cartoon Cartoon Fridays on July 7, 2000, as one of ten contenders for Cartoon Network's Big Pick, the winner of which would become the next Cartoon Cartoon. The short did not win The Big Pick and was not picked up by Cartoon Network to become a full-length series. It was rejected in favor of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and for good reason.

Plot

A wise-guy cat and a goodhearted dog are taken home from a pet shop by a lonely woman with a burlesque Italian accent.

Faux Pas Qualities

1. This pilot was just Cartoon Network's attempt to copy Nickelodeon's CatDog, especially since both Dog and Rolo share the same voice actor: Tom Kenny.
   • It even had what MrEnter claims to be the most overused plot of a cat and dog in cartoons: a stuck-up cat and a stupid dog.
2. That disturbing scene involving "Rolo" and "Vivian" eating spaghetti with their mouths open.
3. Terrible writing.
4. Mama Mia is obviously the pilot's worst character.
   • She's an Italian stereotype.
   • She's overly obsessed with tiny living beings, including the cat and dog she got from the pet store.
   • She was the one who named the cat Vivian, wanting him to be a girl, when in reality, the cat is male.
   • She clearly fails to understand the facts of life.
5. It's very mean-spirited.
6. Average soundtrack that mostly consists of a cheesy stereotypical Italian music that sound completely rushed.
7. Stilted Animation, despite being animated by Genndy Tartakovsky and Rough Draft Studios.

Good Qualities

1. Decent looking art style, that is similar to the art style The Loud House uses. In fact, Chris Savino himself created those shows.
2. Passable voice acting, despite one from Mama Mia.

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