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Cat City (original title: Macskafogó) is a Hungarian feature-length animated cult film released in 1986, directed by Béla Ternovszky and written by József Nepp. The original title means "Cat-catcher", and the title Cat City was used in the United States distribution. The original Hungarian version contains a number of language jokes which can be hardly rendered in any other edition.

The plot

The movie opens with a Star Wars style text scroll, which tells the main situation: In year 80 after Mickey Mouse
, the mice of Planet X are threatened by humiliation and total apocalypse. The well-organized, fully equipped gangs of evil cats are aiming to wipe out the mouse civizilation totally, not caring for the old conventions between mice and cats. But in the last moment, when the mouse leaders are beginning to consider leaving the planet, a new hope rises...

The film is a parody of several famous feature films, mainly the James Bond series. The main plot is about a special spy who is sent to the city of "Pokyo" to get the secret plan of a machine which could save the mouse civilization. Of course, the cats don't want this to happen, and send some rat gangsters to stop him, who don't always prove as efficient as their presentation showed.

Ranks at IMDb votes

Among IMDb's Top 50 Animation movies by average vote (), this movie was ranked the 2nd in May, 2005, preceding such films as Shrek (1
and 2
), Finding Nemo
, Beauty and the Beast
, and others.
Among Most popular Canadian titles by average vote (), it was also ranked 2nd.
Among Top Rated "Animation" Titles () it was placed 2nd again.
Among Top Rated "1980s" Titles (), this film was ranked 6th.

Language jokes in the Hungarian version

The half-eyed boss cat is named "Mr. Teufel", which is "Mr Devil" in German, but Teufel sounds like tejfel in Hungarian, which is one of the favorite titbits of cats, sour cream.
The secret password for the mice's counsil is "Egy aprócska kalapocska, benne csacska macska mocska" (meaning "A tiny little hat with a silly cat's dirt in it").
The original title "Macskafogó", although literally it means "Cat catcher", comes from the word "Egérfogó" meaning "Mouse trap", changing the word "egér"(mouse) into "macska"(Cat).

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Movies - Cat City

The plot

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Language jokes in the Hungarian version

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