With their cover blown by the dogs knowing they've got cats with them, the gang and Dibble escape through a sewer hole arriving at Strickland's HQ. The gang apologizes for their doubts about Top Cat. Big Gus leads them through an underground passage to the dog jail and leaves. Dibble escapes to pass this to Top Cat's gang, but Trixie is captured by the police robots.Īfter Dibble tells the gang what really happened, they all head for Big Gus to help them break Top Cat out of prison, as he owes Top Cat. However, Strickland arrives and reveals his true intentions to Dibble, and that he's not the old chief's son-in-law. Tired of Strickland's tyranny, Trixie quits her job and turns to Officer Dibble, showing him evidence that a robot Top Cat was sent by Strickland robbed the orphanage, proving Top Cat's innocence. Strickland abuses his authority and starts coming up with ridiculous laws to take absurd amounts of money off people for everything they do, intending to spend it on making himself even more 'handsome'. As for Top Cat's gang, they are struggling and begin to express their disbelief in him, which Top Cat notices from one of the security cameras.
Meanwhile, Top Cat tries to keep a low profile in dog jail but later becomes popular having turned the jail into a paradise for the convicts. With the arrest of Top Cat, Strickland is granted the Mayor's funding and establishes a robot police army and a major scale surveillance camera system that restricts privacy for the city.
#Cartoon topcat trial#
Top Cat returns to the alley getting shunned by his gang, arrested by police and after a very brief trial (due to the judge having seen the false evidence before), convicted to the Dog Jail on a charge of stealing money from an orphanage. Upon discovering that they met, Strickland uses Trixie to keep Top Cat away from the alley while he carries out his revenge plan. Top Cat thwarts Strickland's attempt to evict him, preventing Strickland from getting the Mayor's funding for a robot police army. Strickland has replaced the staff with robots which he believes are more competent. The next morning, Officer Dibble is summoned to the police station to work for the Chief's son-in-law Strickland, who is taking over for the retired Chief. While the gang distracts Officer Dibble who is the Maharaja's escort, Top Cat makes a bet with the Maharaja and gets out of him a Maharaja Talk 5000 device with many functions, as the Maharaja hasn't any rubies. The gang steal his tickets and get him sent away. Top Cat and his gang head to the Connity Hall to meet the Maharajah, running into an obnoxious man named Lou Strickland. While she finds him amusing, an alley cat isn't her type.Īt the alley, Top Cat catches news of the Maharajah of Peekajoo, known for his generosity and his rubies are just what Top Cat needs to impress Trixie. Excusing himself, Top Cat quickly runs after the female cat, interrupted by Griswald, but soon gets him out of the way and meets up with the female cat, who introduces herself as Trixie. ĭuring lunch with Benny, Top Cat spots a female cat walking by them. Ī computer-animated prequel to the film and the series, titled Top Cat Begins, was released on October 30, 2015. The film grossed a total of $112.25 million pesos domestically and $14.7 million worldwide. The film was a major commercial success, earning $43.5 million pesos on its opening weekend at the domestic box office and held the record as one of the biggest box-office openings in the Mexican cinema history. The film later received a limited release in the United States on 2 August 2013 by Viva Pictures, with the voices of Rob Schneider and Danny Trejo as Lou Strickland and Griswald respectively. The film was later released in the United Kingdom on 1 June 2012, distributed by Vertigo Films, where it grossed £2.8 million, making it the highest-grossing Mexican film in the region. Produced by Ánima Estudios and Illusion Studios, the film was first released to theaters in Mexico on September 16, 2011, in 2D and 3D formats, distributed by Warner Bros.
#Cartoon topcat movie#
Top Cat: The Movie (known in Spanish as Don Gato y su Pandilla, " Top Cat and His Gang") is a 2011 Mexican-Argentine-American animated family action comedy film based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, Top Cat, which originally ran from 1961 to 1962 on ABC in the United States.
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