The Cat Came Back (1988) on Netflix
A stranger leaves a yellow cat with a bow tie at Mr. Johnson's door, interrupting his sousaphone practice. The cat wreaks havoc in his home, and every scheme to remove it fails.
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Plot summary
Mr. Johnson is practicing his sousaphone when the doorbell rings. At the door he finds no caller, only a yellow cat with a bow tie left there by someone anonymous. He takes to the animal at first. Then the cat begins tearing his home apart, and Mr. Johnson sets out to be rid of it. He leaves it deep in the woods and loses his own way. He takes it out to sea and nearly drowns himself. He sends it off in a hot air balloon and is dragged into the sky. He tries a pump trolley on the railway, running over damsels in distress and a cow tied to the tracks. Each time the cat finds its way back and the damage grows.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Cat Came Back (1988)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film was chosen for animation historian Jerry Beck's 50 Greatest Cartoons, placing at #32 and making it the youngest cartoon on that list.
- Mr. Johnson and the cat were later used in two adverts for Hula Hoops, with one of the ads having surfaced on YouTube.
