Capitol Critters: Max Goes to Washington- part 1

[okonh0wp]

huh? cartoon network didn't exist in 1995, did it?

[dudecool320]

boring as grass, I totally understand why it was cancelled

[MissLinish]

I dunno what made me thought of this show xD.. anyone remember the Speed Addiction episode?

[desertrose1022]

This show was definitely before it's time. Real life in a cartoon.

[indianidol15]

Max - Neil Patrick Harris. :)

[Gundamknight100]

holy crap! It's a Tiger cat! RUN!

[BlueFire516]

I used to love this show way back when I was 8 or 9. I never got to watch all of it though.

[machina21]

lol, Berkley's voice is also Ayeka's from Tenchi Muyo

[demonicspire1]

lol failed shows.

[Johnlindsey289]

I was 9 years old when this show aired and watched it since this aired. I also remembered the 95 episodes as well/

[battybuddy]

My god, this was a pretty horrifying way to start the series. Mouse genicide...

[Johnlindsey289]

@battybuddy

I know very sad. Were you 9 or 10 when you saw this show when it aired on ABC? they re-ran this show on Cartoon network with never shown episodes as well. Did you had the Burger King stuff too?

[Hethrin]

2:45 Okay, what moron tries to shoot MICE with a RIFLE? That's like trying to kill a mosquito with a blowdart!

[Johnlindsey289]

@Hethrin

Rednecks

[Dragonstorm787]

About the beginning....Uhhhh....that was...dark...

[prideofclouds]

I watched it when I was like 6

[wysoft]

I loved this show when it came on, I was 8. It stopped being aired and I waited desperately for it to come back. I think up until that point I didn't even understand that shows on TV could be canceled.

[CLDavi1983]

I was actually surprised when this show was broadcast in Australia. The Ten Network ended up showing it in a weekday morning children's timeslot. And I thought, Huh? Despite being of a mature brew, they thought of it as a children's show? No wonder it wasn't a huge success. The themes just went over the heads of its audience, because it was really meant for young adults. Talk about being colossal noobs!

[Gaz00ks]

There should be a Capital Critters

for this administration, they would have

TONS of raw material!

[freddyp82]

did i just see a mouse brothel????

[Gaz00ks]

@freddyp82 000h Kinkie!

[DeepSpace8andahalf]

@freddyp82

Would you believe a Rodent Cat House?

[DarkwingDork]

Wow, the cartoon opens with the main character's family being viciously murdered? Makes me wish I had watched it back in the day...

Poor, poor Doogie Mouser...

[Scentless]

Nazi Milkmaids in Alcapulco?

[Scentless]

Hahaha! That Berkley mouse was responsible for all of Bush I's vetos?

[Darkstar1484]

I remember seeing this when I was a kid, I also remember how sad I was when it got cancelled.

[animationeer]

wow...what a way to start off a cartoon series for kids...by having the main protagonist's entire family wiped out before his very eyes...both sad and twisted...

[lazyslaker]

This show was aimed towards adults. I believe it aired during prime time.

[Biggieman2k6]

because this wasn't a cartoon for kids.....it was a prime time cartoon trying to capitalize of the adult nature of the simpsons back in 1991-1992~!!!

[animationeer]

I know cartoons were much darker back then since they had more mature themes and subject matter.... but if what u say is true then i seriously wonder what was going on in the minds of network execs. They seriously thought adults would be interested in watching a cartoon about Washington DC and talking mice?

[freddyp82]

@Biggieman2k6 I think this shwo was trying to bidged the gap as a primetiime cartoon for childeren and parents

[Johnlindsey289]

@Biggieman2k6

Do you remember HBO's Spawn? that was another awesome adult animated show but meant for HBO. I watched that when i was 15/16/17 on it's 3 seasons because i was a fan of the comics.

[999Cerberus]

i been looking for this cartoon since it came out and I'm 25 now lol thanks for posting it

[Quietschquatsch]

One of the mice sounds like Buster Bunny. Is it the same voice actor?

[MWolfL]

Jammit? Yeah he was voiced by Charlie Adler (found out on wikipedia).

[Threetails]

A fun little easter egg: the names on the chauffeurs' cards at the airport are the names o the crew (ending with the director's name).

[DaSurreal1da]

Hey I know that voice, That's Niel Patrick Harris.

[DaSurreal1da]

I remember this!! I also remember being traumatized by the death of Max's family at the hands of the exterminator. That terrible touch of reality made me a fan of the show because death in cartoons just didn't happen. It made the show unpredictable and bittersweet.

[Johnlindsey289]

@DaSurreal1da

Were you 8 or 9 when this show aired?

[DaSurreal1da]

@Johnlindsey289 yes , around that age.

[Johnlindsey289]

@DaSurreal1da

9 here and almost any 80's/early 90's kid remembers this show when it aired. Do you also remember other cool 90's adult animated shows like Spawn on HBO ( i was 15 when it first aired and watched it every friday night), Family Dog, Fish Police, The Head, Aeon Flux, The Maxx etc.? i did, i was 14 when Aeon, Head and Maxx first aired 16 years ago.

[DaSurreal1da]

@Johnlindsey289 Hell Yeah I remember all those too cool for T.V. show when they aired. I had to get the whole dvd collection of Spawn for HBO. I used to love the Maxx and the " I'm not sure any thing I' watching in the shows real" atmosphere. I remember Liquid TV on Mtv, Bravestar , Visionaries, Sailormoon,Ronin Warriors( DOOOAAAA CHIIIIII)Cowboy bebop later, Pirates of Dark Water, Outlaw star,Tattoed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills......I live for the cult hit shows of my youth.

[Johnlindsey289]

@DaSurreal1da

Me too. I grew up on Sailor Moon when it first aired in 95 when i was 13 and had the hots for the girls including wild fantasies as a teen and watched it on Toonami and dragonball as well. I did had experience with adult animation movies in 93 with Heavy Metal, Vampire Hunter D, Rock and Rule, American Pop and Robot Carnival on TBS, remember those? Liquid TV i grew up with when i was 11 and Maxx when i was 14 with Aeon Flux and The Head.

[mangoacid]

I think it's longevity can be attributed to it's strong subject matter. Still an amazing show, sad it went away.

[DawgPound85]

A true classic series!

Why this was shortlived is beyond me!

[texjoy86]

lol, dumb Dan Quayle cat is dumb

[sonicandrotor]

This Reminds me of Fievels American Tales from 1992/1993. :) :P

[smavie]

I rememember this episode traumatizing me as a kid..

[DemonQueen75]

No kidding. I had to be about twelve when I first saw this and remember being devestated within the first several minutes. My mom had a big problem with this show just from the first episode.

[smavie]

@DemonQueen75 My Mom hated it too. XD

[peachking86]

wow, thanks for the memories!

[wackko300]

Wow! It's been almost 2 decades since this show first aired! I like it!:)

[GodaiGamer]

the hippy mouse was also the voice of irma in tmnt and ayeka in tenchi muyo

[KurtmanJP]

First time watching this. So far, I like Max and the hippie girl mouse the best. Hehe, I'm actually from Nebraska just like Max, only I lived in Lincoln and Omaha. I was almost born in Gothenburg.

[ancalites]

not as good as I remembered :/

[blindrabbit2003]

I watched this show like clockwork. Charlie Alder does the voice of Jammit. There is an episode where Muggle actually cursed at Max for looking like !@#$ comming out of the microwave. I had this episode on tape but my brother erased it. One day it will be all on DVD.. (Drools)

[wackko300]

Actually, he said that to Jammit. It was an episode that they were looking for Max.

[XDogSoldier]

I watched the original airing of this show in the 90's. I couldn't remember the name but wow...it's all coming back to me..this series was short lived just for the reason of time slots and an unsure demographic. Another series that should be revived for the new era. the other, Justice League..

[godofrock2004]

The Voice of Jammet is also the voice of buster bunny on tiny toons

[sonicsuks]

man this show is wharped for a children's cartoon this can almost pass as a adult swim cartoon lol

[thnzxc]

yeah when this cartoon aired on ABC, it came on at night, I guess it was trying to compete with the likes of the simpsons

[thnzxc]

yeah when this cartoon aired on ABC, it came on at night, I guess it was trying to compete with the likes of the simpsons

[DarthMink]

i remember one scene where there was a book or something in the back ground that said biker sluts on it

[gundamredframe]

Nazi milkmaids? lol

[Energywitch]

Man, liked this show it was really fun...

[superleviathan]

the animation for this could be seemlessly pasted into a Don Bluth movie like The Secret of NIMH or An American Tail. That's not a compliment BTW

[GrandMasterLynx]

poor Max

[Montork]

i think they had toys at mc d's when i was a kid

[honestwolf]

Yep! Cept they were at Burger King LOL. They had Muggle, Jammet, that big orange cat and Max.

[Johnlindsey289]

@honestwolf

I had those as well

[PeromyscusLeucopus]

You are 2 awesome for posting these vids of Capitol Critters! I used to have the show on videotape but the quality degraded and I had to trash the tapes :( I wish they'd bring this out on dvd. I also named two of my pet mice after Max from the show >^.^<

[honestwolf]

Aww, cute! I actually did the same thing last year LOL. I bought 2 female mice from Petco, and I named this brown one after Berkely and this black and white one mouse after Miko. Was your other mouse named after a CC character too or just Max?

[TyVulpine]

I loved this when it was on ABC, and was disappointed when it was suddenly axed...

[honestwolf]

Yeah same here :(

[boru25]

I did fan art of this on deviantart! Type Capitol Critters protest to see it! Ask honestwolf bout it!

[KwestLi]

I feel sorry about the mice that died in my house now.

*sigh*

[boru25]

Your not the only one! Shrek or the Simpsons creaters would probally laugh at this cartoons attempt to act sentamental!

[KwestLi]

Now I feel about the mice that died in my house.

Que cera cera.

[boru25]

Thats really terrible what happened to Maxs parents! Always has to happen to good people! Kinda why this ain't my favourite episode!

[honestwolf]

I know, man, always the good people :( What's your favorite episode since this isn't?

[boru25]

Probally the "Gimmie shelter" episode for now.

I still happy to see this again, thanks!

[honestwolf]

No prob! You'll probably like the next one I'm putting up, Jammet has a bit of role in it.

[boru25]

As Borat would say "NICE"!

[honestwolf]

Who's Borat?

[boru25]

Oh nobody. Just an Oscar nominated comedic character played by Sase Baron Coey! He got sued for saying a lot of insulting things, including mocking the American national anthem! He started life in a show called Ali G> The actors from england.

[UmmSureOk]

This episode in particular was the only one I actually remembered... ...it was soo sad (remember I was 9) Poor Doogie Howser!!!

[UmmSureOk]

Oh thank you SOOO much. I've waited years for someone to upload this stuff onto the net. I was only 9 when it aired prime time in 92, and of those 7 episodes, I only was able to see maybe 3. I had no idea they aired more on cartoon network years later. The even had Burger King toys when the show first came out, which of course, I never was able to get. Can't wait till the full seasons uploaded.

[Johnlindsey289]

@UmmSureOk

I was your age too when i saw this and i too am an 80's/early 90s kid like yourself and i had the burger King toys as well and had this show taped including the CN never before seen episodes. Do you remember Fish Police, The Critic, Family Dog and HBO's Spawn as well?

[MusicBox1986]

My god! It's been damn near 14 years! Thank you so much for posting the episodes. You rock!

[honestwolf]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoy them :)

[MusicBox1986]

By the way, I was 6 when I saw damn near all the episodes in '93.

[honestwolf]

OMG, that's exactly the same age I was when I saw the episodes! Because I remember I was in the first grade when I seen them. I know I remember watching the hamster one, the first episode (that came on a lot :P) and the one when Max fell in love.

[MusicBox1986]

Whoa! Fucking "A"! That's hot! I remember those too.

[honestwolf]

Which episode was your favorite?? I like the one when the mice and roaches lights went out in the basement after that one guy cut their cords.

[MusicBox1986]

My favorite was "The rat to bear arms".

[UmmSureOk]

Couldn't have been... ...only 7 aired on ABC in 92. The show was cancled early. In 1995 3 additional episodes would air on cartoon network, and the last 3 (total of 13) would air the following year (96) on the same channel

[UmmSureOk]

Unless youre speaking only of those that have been currently posted, then yeah, you did see most of then, as only 2 were aired later. I wonder what time of day CN aired this show... ...I watched CN a lot back then, and I dont remember hearing about it at all... ...not one commercial!

[boru25]

REALLY?! Same here! Excepy I was 12 when I saw this on Nickolodeon UK in August 1993! They stopped showing after it came back in 1996!

[boru25]

Hey I didn't know you watched Capitol Critters! If you'd like to see fan art I did go to devinatart & type Capitol Critters protest! Ask honestwolf about it!

[MusicBox1986]

Thanx, dude!

[boru25]

Your welcome! Just tell me what you think of em!

[monolithsapphire]

the government had some influence in canceling this show. By higher power over tv broadcasting to prepare for the telecommunications act of 1996, right when MTV changed for the worst.

[PictureMeBeautiful]

Good to see that someone has finally put this up on youtube. It would be awesome if they put this show on dvd. I loved this show , and never forgot about it.

Thank you for uploading this.

[honestwolf]

You're welcome :) You ain't kidding though, it can't be that difficult to release a 13 episode series on DVD. So many other shows with less than 13 eps got released, why not this :P

[monolithsapphire]

because cartoons were meant to be political if you look at the definition of a cartoon. why was it canceled so quickly? The episodes insist the ideas of cocaine trafficking; exactly the time our country had that major problem(still is) the Electrical crises; ENRON! when they bought PG&E and crashed the power going to the North!

[monolithsapphire]

The Major changes in Gun Control Laws; that cartoons timing was right on the money since that's the time s.f. city started planning the bill to get rid of guns in their city which is now effective. Immigration: when the U.S. population was booming because of Mexican immigrants being let in, anyone have an embarrassment to roaches come to mind?

[monolithsapphire]

the government had some influence in canceling this show. By higher power over tv broadcasting to prepare for the telecommunications act of 1996, right when MTV changed for the worst. this political act was responsible for distortion of democracy's television, radio, news paper and soon to be internet.

[honestwolf]

Wow, I didn't realize those issues could of have something to do with the cancellation. At first I thought it was because of somebody sueing over the name "Muggle". I forgot where I've read that from though, I just remember I found it somewhere off Google.

[monolithsapphire]

Media Consolidation Threatened Again! <type this under youtube and if you want the whole story about the telecommunication act and it's connection to other threatening American political acts look at the video "Orwell Roles In His Grave" and read the book "The Problem With The Media" or read "EMPIRES WORKSHOP"

[monolithsapphire]

i forgot to mention that ORWELL ROLES IN HIS GRAVE has excerpts on youtube under these tittles> (A Must See Documentary] Orwell Rolls in his Grave (10of11) /and> (A Must See Documentary] Orwell Rolls in his Grave (2of11) and

[monolithsapphire]

if you want to know about major political scandals read "THE OCTOBER SURPRISE" if you know about this incident that happened being what the October surprise is about everyone will think your smart or something but this is really not the kind of info widely known because big media has shunned it, but it is one of the deepest truths of our countries evil

[GodaiGamer]

or maybe the fact that it's too cartoon-y for adults and has humor that kids wouldn't understand meant that it wasn't very popular...? not that it's a bad show or anything, i'm just saying...

[Thorgod3]

this would had made a better movie idea

[Celdrach]

Well whaddya know... you uploaded Capitol Critters! Awesome! Now I can watch it again, and see if I can actually UNDERSTAND the show's political humour this time. I never understood it as a kid. I just giggled.

[RodStewartfan1]

YESSS THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I haven't seen this show since 92!! I LUVED MAX! HE WAS MY FAV!

[badbobbyhughes]

wow, never thought I'd see this again, I had forgotten all about this show.  thanks!!

[honestwolf]

Haha you're welcome, m'friend :) I only have 3 eps up now, but I'll add a couple more this weekend

[russianxtc7]

AH! AAHH! CAPITOL CRITTERS! I fucking LOVE you for this!

[Kttx0283]

You Actually Uploaded Capitol Critters!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

[honestwolf]

Hey no prob at all! This has to be my favorite show ever, I should have more episodes up this week :)