• Info about SWAT Kats in general
• Info about SWAT Kats stuff (& how to find)
• Info about the Fan Art Page
• Info about the SWAT Kats RPG

1. "What is SWAT Kats?" --- SWAT Kats is a cartoon show made by Hanna-Barbera from 1993-1995. It was cancelled, likely due to some bad treatment (impossible airtimes and crappy merchandise.) It was about two humanoid cats (called "kats") who fly around in a jet (the Turbokat) and fight supervillains. Also featured in the series are a police/military force called the Enforcers, headed by Commander Feral, and a gutsy Deputy Mayor, Callico Briggs.
2. "When will there be new episodes?" --- General opinion is that the show 's premise was not of extremely high quality- or popularity- and thusly has an infinitesimally small chance of being revived. So for those of you wanting to know when new episodes of SK are coming out... they aren't and probably never will. Sorry.
3. "Where can I find more info about the SWAT Kats?" --- There are a huge number of SWAT Kats websites out there (probably due to the fact that SK was a likeable if shallow cartoon) and almost all of them have some info about the show. Your best bets for general SWAT Kats information are the SK Xtreme site and Klawz's SWAT Kats Devotional. To find files and other "computer stuff" about SWAT Kats, there is a large amount of hard-to-find files here on Strike's SK Zone. Other good sites for this sort of thing all depend on what sort of files you are looking for - most SK sites are specialized. See the SK Links page to narrow down your choices.
4. "When does SWAT Kats come on?" Cartoon Network shifts their schedules around a lot, but SWAT Kats has stayed on a basic routine schedule for the past three years or so. I feel pretty safe posting this- CTN will probably do just as it always has regarding airtimes and dates.
• Most of the year, they show SWAT Kats on a Saturday afternoon. The specific time switches from year to year, but it's usually around 2 to 4 pm EST. They once tried shifting it to a Sunday morning, but I guess that didn't work too well because they never did it again.
• Around the end of March/beginning of April, they show a SuperChunk (3-hour block, Saturday afternoon) of SWAT Kats. Sometimes they show another one in October or November.
• CTN begins showing SWAT Kats regularly during the summer, after June Bugs programming is over. It is usually on weekdays, early in the afternoon- before Toonami. (It is usually the show just before. It actually used to be a Toonami show, but they shoved it out in favor of Thundercats, when they got that show.) They usually stick with the Saturday afternoon episode, too. They generally show the episodes in order- excluding the Sat. afternoon one.
• They stop airing SK on weekdays in October or November. (Since there are only 24 episodes, they rerun them all through three or four times.) They usually keep the Saturday afternoon episode, but sometimes they'll drop it for a couple of months and put it back later.

1. Posters. By far the hardest SK item to find. Sold for a short time in California K-Marts. I believe there are two posters, however, I might be wrong- there might only be one. The Tremblays (the brothers who originally thought up SWAT Kats, and sold the idea to Hanna-Barbera) were, at one point, offering an original SK animation cel, in return for an SK poster... if anyone could find one.
2. Action Figures. One of the easier items, but it gets harder to find them the longer you wait to look. Four figures: T-Bone, Razor, Dr. Viper, and Dark Kat. Sold through Toys R' Us and Kay-Bee Toys (Kay-Bee is now out of business.) I doubt they have them on display shelves any longer, but you might get lucky. Try looking in bargain bins. If you're desperate, try looking on toy resale sites, or toy newsgroups.
3. Videos. There are 3 tapes, each featuring two first-season episodes. I have no idea what their specific names are, but if you go to Blockbuster or Hastings, you may luck out. (If they search their databases, they should be listed under "SWAT Kats.") They will probably not have any copies on hand, but more likely than not will be able to order them from their suppliers. However, animation companies tend to put their videos on "moratorium" - making the video completely unavailable for a long period of time. (Disney, the most notorious offender, keeps their videos on moratorium for 8 years.)
4. Video Game. Probably the easiest thing to find. The video game was made for Super Nintendo (yeah, that old thing!), and actually came out AFTER the show had been cancelled. Thus it didn't sell too well, and there are plenty of copies still lying around. Mostly they were sold through Toys R' Us, but I doubt you'll find a copy there. The most likely place you're going to find them will be at video game resale businesses like FunCoLand or Video Game Trading Post. Even pawn shops will deal in video games, sometimes. You may not get the box or the instruction book, but most of the moves can be figured out. (It's not a very complicated game.) If you're looking to rent, Hastings and Blockbuster (and other movie rental places) sometimes keep a few SNES games around, until they break or get lost. They also usually keep a bargain bin of previously-played games. Sometimes if you find a rental copy, the manager of that outlet will be willing to sell you the game at a previously-played price. (They're out to make money, remember.)
5. Books or Comics. There are no SK books or comics. The rumor that the TV show was based on a comic book is wrong. The original drawings (by Christian and Yvon Tremblay) have a comic-book style, but that's it.
6. Miscellaneous junk. The hardest stuff to find (aside from posters) and will probably be the most valuable. (However small that value may turn out to be- SK was not a very popular show when it was new.) Restaurant "happy meal" giveaways such as whistles shaped like the Turbokat. Toy "SWAT Kats" handcuffs. Stuff like that.
7. Animation Cels/Lithographs. I was wrong, THESE are the most valuable. These are extremely hard to find and are generally very expensive. (I found one a few years ago, at it was priced at almost $400.00) The only place that would carry these are the Warner-Brother's stores. (WB owns H-B.) Usually they don't sell them, though, since cels from shows like the Jetsons, Flintstones, and Scooby Doo have a much greater chance of being bought. So your best bet would be to look in large stores (the one I found was in the Washington DC area, in the Tyson's Corner mall. I don't believe that the store is there any longer) and cross your fingers. Occasionally the stores can order cels. However, the availabilty of special-ordering depends entirely on the corporation's whim, and if they say "maybe we can get it" it is almost certainly a "no." A better place to look would be an animation cel newsgroup, or auction want ads like e-bay.
8. You will almost always have better luck using online companies to find your SWAT Kats merchanidise. Auction sites such as E-Bay and Yahoo! Auctions will often have someone trying to sell an SK video or action figure. They may be used, and not in the packaging, but the price is usually right (and who wants to keep action figures in the packaging, anyway?) Other places like specialized newsgroups (for toy buyers, cel buyers, etc) are generally a good place to look, also. Online movie merchants (Reel.com is a good one) can sell you the SK videos....
9. Lastly- I reccommend that if you DO find any of this stuff, BUY it (with the exception of the cels.). There are tons of SK fans on the internet who have been trying to find some of this stuff for years. If you find two T-Bone action figures, and post a notice to the newsgroup or mailing list, you will get offers from people to buy them from you. You might even make a profit!

The SK Fanart Archive is no longer hosted with the SK Zone. I will post a link here once it is ready to open and accept new submissions.

The SK RPG is no longer hosted with the SK Zone. I will post a link here once it is ready to open and accept new members.