Heathcliff - Snide, sneaky cat (voice of Mel Blanc) on the Saturday morning cartoon series HEATHCLIFF AND DINGBAT/ABC/1980-81 and HEATHCLIFF AND MARMADUKE/ ABC/1981-82. Heathcliff lives with the Nutmeg family whose household includes Grandpa, Grandma, sister Marcy and a youngster named Iggy. The Heathcliff character originally debuted on September 3, 1973 in a comic strip created by cartoonist George Gately. The mischievous cat spawned a variety of spin-offs including a series of paperbacks featuring Heathcliff cartoons as well as the animated film Heathcliff the Movie (1985). When not overturning trash cans, eating seafood, romancing Sonja, his pretty Persian cat girlfriend, or chasing mice, Heathcliff spends his time battling a bulldog called Spike. 

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THEME SONG LYRICS

Heathcliff, Heathcliff
No one should...terrify their neighborhood. 
But Heathcliff just won't be undone
Playing pranks on everyone.
 There's a race to be on top.
The competition doesn't stop.
  Mixing with the ladies fair
Being charming, debonair. 
 The gang will reign supreme
And no one can deny-y-y-y. 
 They’ll make some history
And always have an alibi-i.
  So join in the jubilee
The cats are great, they’ll all agree. 
 Find in each calamity
The cats superiority. 
 Hooo ho ho ho ho hoooo Ho
Hooo ho ho hoooo Ho
 Hooo ho ho hoooo ho ho.
 Heathcliff, Heathcliff
 No one should...terrify their neighborhood. 
 But Heathcliff just won't be undone.
 You should realize he can win it with you!"