There seems to be a misconception that I’m somehow involved in the decision about a third season I have absolutely nothing to do with it. It’s up to YTV and Disney XD if there will be any further episodes, and at this moment there doesn’t seem to be much interest in continuing the series.

That would mean «Kat Went Back» is the series finale, and I’m OK with that. In fact, we were kind of prepared for it. But I realize that some fans weren’t happy with some choices we made in the finale, so I thought I’d offer my thoughts on that:

First, let me explain that we knew before we started writing season two that we’d end it on Kat’s planet. We planned the season so it would build to that big moment, writing episodes throughout the season that dealt with an escalating full-on invasion. The problem for me was that this was also changing the series in a way I wasn’t always comfortable with.

It may be a surprise to some fans, but the stories directly involving Kat’s planet are not my favorites. I prefer what I call the «selfish Kat / selfish Coop» stories basically where Kat/Coop wants something stupid that directly conflicts with everybody else. A good example of this is «Bringin’ The Heat» Kat is simply cold, so he goes to extreme lengths to warm up by magnifying the sun’s rays. This affects Coop not only because it’s uncomfortably hot, but because he doesn’t want to share his dad’s childhood trauma of seeing OLM in a bikini. The story is silly, hilarious, and there’s only the slimmest connection to a larger Kat Invasion story. Another good example is «Never Cry Sheep», where Coop’s prized knitted scarf from Fiona is endangered by Kat’s sudden addiction to playing with wool. We took full advantage of Kat being an alien in that episode, but it had nothing to do with a larger full scale invasion.

By the time we made it back from Kat’s planet, Millie, Lorne and Harley joined Coop, Dennis and Fiona in knowing that Kat is an alien agent scouting earth for an impending invasion. If the series were to continue from that point, I was concerned that it would be harder and harder to tell the kind of simple stories that I liked so much. Stories where it’s mostly just Coop and Kat bashing each other around while everyone else wonders why they dislike each other so much. Stories that wouldn’t involve a larger team of kids tracking Kat’s activities.

The big question I keep hearing is «but why Fiona?!» Well, here’s another surprise: I’m not the biggest fan of Fiona. (I think Phoebe is a much funnier, much more interesting character) I liked what Fiona added to the show and to Coop’s character, but I didn’t think it would be a bad thing to make Coop work a little harder for her attention if the series were to continue. And as I explained to one fan: just because Fiona doesn’t remember Kat is an alien, it doesn’t mean she suddenly dislikes Coop!

That’s all for now. My thanks to everyone who supported Kid vs Kat. We are nominated for three Gemini Awards this month (Best Animated Series, Best Direction in an Animated Series and Best Musical Score in an Animated Series), so keep your fingers crossed! And everybody is invited to follow me on Twitter: https//twitter.com/#!/RobBoots I’ll try to answer all questions in 140 characters or less.

Rob Boutilier. The Big Message, August 19, 2011

The series has since ended with the episode «The Kat Went Back (Parts 1 & 2)».

Reception

Awards and nominations

Kid vs. Kat won an award for «Best Program or Series» in 2009, and was nominated for the other three awards.

2010

Kid vs. Kat won an award for «Best Program or Series» in 2010, and was nominated for the other three awards.

2011

Kid vs. Kat won an award for «Best Program or Series» in 2011, and was nominated for the other three awards.

Rob Boutilier

Rob Boutilier is the Creator and Co-Director of Kid vs Kat. Boutilier went to Vancouver Film School in 1996, as well as the University of King’s College. He is also a employer of DHX Media Vancouver.

Born in 1971 in Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Rob Boutilier was always known for his drawing ability. At Tantallon Jr. High and Sir John A. MacDonald High School Rob contributed cartoons and caricatures to many student newspapers, yearbooks, and similar projects. His friend and fellow cartoonist Andrew Bowers was a student at St. Mary’s University in Halifax, so both artists published work in the SMU Journal for several years. Boutilier didn’t start with aspirations in animation. “All I ever wanted to do was a daily comic strip. I got sidelined to animation because I thought it would be good discipline. After a one-year art program in 1996 following Vancouver film school, Boutilier started storyboarding for AKA Cartoon, working on BBC’s Aaagh! It’s the Mr. Hell Show and Cartoon Network’s famous Ed Edd & Eddy series He was enlisted at Studio B in 2001. “I was a storyboard artist or storyboard supervisor on virtually every project since,” he says.

As for Kid vs Kat, «I created the characters in 2003,” says Boutilier. “After eight years of marriage, my wife and I bought a hairless cat, and I was always amazed by people’s reaction to it – these cats are very alien-like. I had the idea that if this cat was truly evil he’d probably try to do me in at some point, and that’s what the cat is doing to the boy.” They still own the Sphinx cat, and Boutilier notes, «there has never been an attempt on my life to date, but perhaps she’s biding her time.»

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Rising Stars of Animation Interview

Rob Boutilier
Creator, Studio B’s Look What My Sister Dragged In

A strange-looking hairless cat is the real-life inspiration behind Rob Boutilier’s new series Look What My Sister Dragged In, which started its life as a Studio B short and now is in development with Canada’s YTV cabler. The show centers on an evil hairless cat who torments a young boy named Coop, whose sister is completely unaware of the feline’s nefarious motives. “I created the characters in 2003,” says Boutilier. “After eight years of marriage, my wife and I bought a hairless cat, and I was always amazed by people’s reaction to it – these cats are very alien-like. I had the idea that if this cat was truly evil he’d probably try to do me in at some point, and that’s what the cat is doing to the boy in the short.”

Boutilier didn’t start with aspirations in animation. “All I ever wanted to do was a daily comic strip. I got sidelined to animation because I thought it would be good discipline.” After a one-year art program in 1996 following Vancouver film school, Boutilier started storyboarding for AKA Cartoon, working on BBC’s Aaagh! It’s the Mr. Hell Show and Cartoon Network’s famous Ed Edd & Eddy series He was enlisted at Studio B in 2001. “I was a storyboard artist or storyboard supervisor on virtually every project since,” he says.

First conceived for Studio B’s in-house development program, B-Hive, Look What My Sister Dragged In has traveled to festivals around the world and was one of the top 15 projects at last year’s MIPCOM Jr. pilots.

“It’s loony in the classic style of old chase cartoons, but it’s becoming much more than that,” says Boutilier. “It’s storyboard-driven, not script-driven. The artists are encouraged to go crazy with their art.” He adds, “I prefer the real simple stories of chaos spinning off something really simple and really silly. That, I think, is good storytelling.”

Kid vs Kat

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Главный герой — 10-летний мальчик по имени Куп Бартонбёргер. После того, как его младшая сестра приносит домой лысого кота по имени Мистер Кэт, Куп вынужден постоянно вести с ним борьбу, ведь он на самом деле хочет захватить мир, чтобы его сородичи переселились на Землю. Также он должен отправить на родную планету огромное количество кошачьего корма.

Кот хочет уничтожить Купа, так как тот все время мешает ему воплотить его планы в жизнь и захватить нашу планету. Куп и его лучший друг Дэннис вынуждены вдвоем противостоять Коту, так как все доказательства инопланетного происхождения мистера Кэта тем или иным образом пропадают, а рассказам Купа никто не верит.

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Kid vs. Kat можно увидеть на Disney XD и Disney Channel по всему миру.