Fraidy Cat is a 1975 comical children's cartoon show that originally appeared as a segment on Filmation's short-lived ABC series Uncle Croc's Block. 18 episodes were planned for inclusion on Uncle Croc's Block; 12 were ultimately made. The remaining six were scrapped due to the show getting removed from Uncle Croc’s Block when the latter was shortened to a half hour. Episodes would be aired in short 6-7 minute story formats. The premise revolves around a nervous cat who is haunted by his eight past forefathers from different time periods. He tries to avoid saying any single digit number (excluding zero), as doing so will cause a spirit from a time period to appear and haunt him. The show was aired in the USA on ABC, Canal+ in France, Junior in Germany, and Super Écran in certain French areas of Canada. Background The show stars Fraidy "Nine" Cat (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer), an unlucky and miserable cat who, like all cats, has nine lives, but has used up eight of them and is on his ninth and last life, where he wants to make it last the longest. The running gag of the series is that as if Fraidy's life was not miserable enough, nearly every time Fraidy inadvertently says out loud any single-digit number (from one to eight), or any word or any part of a word that rhymes with or sounds the same as the number's name in any language, sometimes, a ghost from one of his former life ancestors will appear and mistakenly tend to make things even worse for the hopeless cat. In each episode, Fraidy gets himself into a predicament caused by himself, or something else, such as a dog, or another aggressor. This can include ending up into a sketchy town, a junkyard, or a bird shop, and usually has the character inhabiting said area to rebel in some sort of action against Fraidy. Fraidy always ends up saying a number “one” through “eight” out of pure accident, and each ghost cat corresponding to that number tries to help Fraidy in the situation. Saying “nine” however, summons a short-tempered storm cloud in the shape of the number nine. The spirits include: Elafunt "Cave One" Cat (voiced by Lennie Weinrib) - A prehistoric saber-toothed tiger with a caveman motif. He owns a huge pet brontosaurus named "Ant" (voiced by Lennie Weinrib). Ant is usually a