Someone mentioned the old 80's cartoon "The Raccoons". That got me thinking about another old cartoon I used to watch as a kid.

It involved some orange feline (and crew) in a captain's outfit. Basically it involved taking part in numerous storybooks. The cat would spawn in as either the main character (usually the hero) or a bit character playing along side the hero. Usually if the main person was human, the cat would retain his feline form, but would be in appropriate attire, or if the character was an animal, he would play as that animal but kept the hat (To remind the viewer which guy was the cat).

The only reason I remember this cartoon (A 5 second fragment of it) was of one peticular episode where the cat was commenting on how horrible a person the wolf was in Little Red Riding Hood. He somehow spawns in that story, but with a twist, now HE is the Big Bad Wolf. Mind you, the cat keeps his personality whenever he spawns into any story, but this was a first for our hero.

He does his level best to stay good, but at key moments in the story, his character (The wolf) is in conflict with his concious. He would get the urge to do something really evil, and he would try to resist that urge the best he can. For example, at Grandma's house, he fought the urge to eat her, so instead he throws her into a closet and locks the door (Anything to get her out of the picture).

Our hero dons grandma's garb and plunks himself down into the bed. The next scene is one we all know too well. Red shows up and goes through the whole "why grandma..." routine. At the part where she asks about the teeth, the cat (As the wolf) fights the urge to eat Red tooth and nail. He tries to explain to her to stay away, he isn't so bad, he doesn't want to eat here, etc...

This scene is what stuck to my head, Red is a bit perturbed by all this, but she soldiers ahead to follow the storylines inspite of the hero's strange behavior. She knows she is supposed to be eaten, tries to get close, even surrenders herself to him. But the hero (still a wolf) keeps resisting inspite of the constant urge. Finally Red gets fed up and lays it on the line to the cat (wolf). She explains this is how the story goes, that even villians serve a function, that "A good story has a good bad guy." (The one line I remember clearly), and the story will not end (Trapping him there) as long as she is alive.

I don't remember if he did get around to eating her though. I wish I knew what was the name of that cartoon, then I could run a search on google.

Thanks! That's been bugging me for the last couple of days. I just wanted to know if he ate her or not.

No, you're right, mike, that is most definitely OG Readmore. I used to watch that show on Saturday mornings, it was one of those vaguely educational crap shows that the channels were compelled to air before the good stuff.

You know there was also a pseudo-muppet version of him, right?