Herman and Katnip
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Herman and Katnip are a duo of cartoon characters (Herman the mouse and Katnip the cat), who have appeared both separately and together in Famous Studios cartoons from 1943 to 1960. Their cartoon series together is essentially a clone of MGM's Tom and Jerry. The key difference is that, regardless of who personified good or evil (with Katnip being the latter on almost all occasions), Herman always came out on top against Katnip, while Tom won his fair share of comic battles against Jerry.
Herman and Katnip and the other original Famous characters were purchased by Harvey Comics in 1958, who continued to promote the characters under the name Harveytoons. The early Herman and Katnip cartoons were sold by Paramount in 1955 to U.M.&M. T.V. Corp. for television distribution.
Herman spawned a spinoff by teaming up with a rooster named "Henry". Henry's nemises was "Chicken Pie" (aka Chicken Fat). She was a very mean rooster, who her enemy Henry, does not do the work he is supoosed to do. She was afraid of Herman, who always bawks at him everytime Herman scared her. Mostly at the end of each cartoon, Chicken Pie tries to get rid of Herman by throwing a glass at him, using an ax to chop the mouse, uses a gun to kill the mouse, brings out a cat to eat him, or calls Herman's Mom to ask Herman to leave Chicken Pie's Room. Usually, Chicken Pie always uses a roller to punch Henry in the head, uses a gun to kill him, or gets into a fight with Henry. She usually swears to Henry when she got into a fight with Henry like (hell, damn, ruffin).
In 1946, Famous Studios decided to re-create Henry and Chicken Pie. Henry was renamed to Hector, and Chicken Pie remained the same. Hector's Body was changed to yellow, his eyebrows were blue, and he got a new voice. Chicken Pie changed her body to orange, her eyebrows to blue, and a diffrent voice was used.
The Herman and Henry cartoons were rated PG, due to violence (courtesy of Chicken Pie's fights with Henry), and language. Herman and Katnip cartoons are rated G. Only 3 Herman and Henry shorts were existed (Scrappily Married, The Henpecked Rooster, and Sudden Fried Chicken) on public domain DVDs.
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