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Capitol Critters is an animated television series about the lives of mice, rats, and roaches who reside in the basement and walls of the White House in Washington, D.C. The series was produced by Steven Bochco and Hanna-Barbera Productions for the ABC Television Network, which aired seven out of the show's 13 episodes from January 31, 1992 to March 14, 1992. Cartoon Network began airing all 13 episodes in 1995.
series began on a Nebraska farm, which was also home to a family of mice, including a young mouse named Max.
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Capitol Critters is an animated television series about the lives of mice, rats, and roaches who reside in the basement and walls of the White House in Washington, D.C. The series was produced by Steven Bochco and Hanna-Barbera Productions for the ABC Television Network, which aired seven out of the show's 13 episodes from January 31, 1992 to March 14, 1992. Cartoon Network began airing all 13 episodes in 1995.
The story
The series began on a Nebraska farm, which was also home to a family of mice, including a young mouse named Max. While Max was outside the farmhouse basement to gather some corn, exterminators had just arrived to eliminate the mice of that basement. Once Max noticed the exterminators from a distance, he quickly returned to the basement only to witness the death of his entire family. Before Max's mother was killed after a failed rescue attempt, she told him to leave for Washington, D.C., where his cousin Berkeley resides. Upon his arrival in the nation's capital Max met a rat named Jammett. who resides along with Berkeley in the White House basement. After meeting Berkeley at last, Max met a former lab rat named Muggle and Jammett's mother Trixie, who allowed him to share her son's room as a place to sleep. When a new set of cats (presidential and vice presidential) were just beginning to be a nuisance for the mice before Max's arrival, the very familiar sight of rat poison returned into the mouse's life at his new home. When death appeared to be Max's fate, a cockroach named Moze came to his aid and brought him outside the White House basement. When Max returned to the basement, the sight of Muggle unconscious brought back terrible memories that caused him to run outside toward a presidential helicopter preparing to take off. Jammett managed to join Max on the helicopter before returning to the White House, giving the two plenty of time to know each other better.
Voice cast
Criticism and Reception
Capitol Critters is widely seen as one of many examples of poorly-received, short-lived primetime animated sitcoms. In the early 1990s, television networks scrambled to emulate the same success in ratings that The Simpsons on FOX garnered. However, shows like Capitol Critters, Family Dog, and Fish Police failed miserably in the Neilsen Ratings. A common reason given for the show's cancellation include the view that it was too "kiddie" in its appearance to appeal to teens and adults, and too heavy-handed in its subject matter to appeal to children. In its short run Capitol Critters dealt with such topics as politics, racial segregation, drug addiction, and mortality. However, through the emergence of the popularity of the internet, Capitol Critters has accumulated a small-yet-appreciative fanbase. Those who enjoy Capitol Critters praise the show's characters, humor, and style. The show has not been seen in re-runs for almost a decade, and as of 2008, has not seen a DVD release.
Episodes
- Max Goes to Washington
- Of Thee I Sting
- The Rat To Bear Arms
- Hat & Mouse
- A Little Romance
- Opie's Choice
- An Embarrassment of Roaches
- Into the Woods
- Gimme Shelter
- The Kilo Watts Riots
- The Bug House
- The Lady Doth Protest Too Much
- If Loving You is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Rat
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