Season 1
8.9/1018 votesHow Sagwa Got Her Colors
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2001
Sagwa accidentally spills ink over the Foolish Magistrate's law, so everyone thinks it's okay to sing even though he said not to.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty
- 9.5/109 votes
The New Year's Clean-Up / Firefly Nights
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/3/2001
A rat convinces Sagwa to let her stay in the palace; Dongwa is tired of being a kitten.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, Michael F. Hamill, Lienne Sawatsky, Dan Williams
- N/A/100 votes
Royal Cats / Acrobat Cats
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/3/2001
Dongwa announces he does not like history; Sagwa wants to be an acrobat.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, Matthew Cope, Jacques Bouchard
- N/A/100 votes
Tung, the Singing Cricket / Sagwa's Lucky Bat
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/3/2001
Tai-Tai gets rid of the foolish magistrate's singing cricket; Sagwa meets a bat.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, Anne-Marie Perrotta, Tean Schultz
- N/A/100 votes
Cat Burglar / Sagwa's Good Deed
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/7/2001
The kittens try to catch a burglar; Sagwa helps a new cat.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Anne-Marie Perrotta, Tean Schultz, Gerard Lewis
- N/A/100 votes
Harvest Festival Race / The Foolish Magistrate's New Robes
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/10/2001
Dongwa cheats during his race with Sagwa; tailors for the Foolish Magistrate claim to make robes invisible to foolish people.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, Michael F. Hamill
- N/A/100 votes
Fur Cut / Magistrate Loses His Post
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/6/2001
Sagwa tells a story to explain her haircut; the foolish magistrate loses his job.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Michael F. Hamill, Stephen Ashton
- N/A/100 votes
Tribal Cats / Sagwa's Swan Song
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/12/2001
Sagwa and a new cat compete with each other; Tai-Tai learns to see things from a different point of view.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Gerard Lewis, Stephen Ashton
- 9.4/107 votes
Cat and Mouse / Stinky Tofu
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/5/2001
The alley cats tease Sagwa for playing with mice; Sagwa learns about direct communication.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, Andrew Chappell
- N/A/100 votes
The Foolish Magistrate's Aching Tooth / Sheegwa and the Blizzard
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/14/2001
The Foolish Magistrate's toothache disturbs the household; Sagwa searches for Sheegwa when she runs away.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, Michael F. Hamill, Stephen Ashton
- N/A/100 votes
Treasure Hunters / By the Light of the Moon
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/17/2001
Sagwa and Fu-Fu get lost in a cave; Mama Miao is upset that the family is too busy to spend time together.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Matthew Cope, Gerard Lewis
- N/A/100 votes
Fraidy Cats / The Tortoise and the Cat
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/4/2001
Sheegwa believes there is a ghost in the house; Sagwa learns to appreciate her environment.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, Stephen Ashton, Don Arioli, David Ka Lik Wong
- N/A/100 votes
Alley Night Opera / Cats of a Different Class
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/10/2001
Baba and Mama argue; Sagwa realizes the positive in her life.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, Matthew Cope
- N/A/100 votes
Sagwa, Fu-Fu and the Whistling Pigeon / Princess Sheegwa
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/7/2001
A musical pigeon named PingWing arrives at the palace; Sagwa's jealous when a dignitary claims Sheegwa is a princess.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Matthew Cope, Anne-Marie Perrotta, Tean Schultz
- N/A/100 votes
Sagwa Rules / Ciao, Meow!
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/6/2001
The kittens imagine what it would be like without rules; the kittens keep their family together.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, Stephen Ashton
- N/A/100 votes
Explorer's Club / Time For Everything
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/24/2001
Sagwa wants to join Dongwa and the Alley Cats' Gamester's Club, but they won't accept her.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Anne-Marie Perrotta, Tean Schultz, Gerard Lewis
- N/A/100 votes
Comic Opera / Not-So-Purrfect Patient
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/20/2001
Sagwa ruins Sing Bad's libretto, but with the help of Fu-Fu, is able to repair it; Dongwa enjoys being waited on after he gets injured.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, Anne-Marie Perrotta, Tean Schultz, Gretchen Schields
- N/A/100 votes
Panda-monium / Festival of Lanterns
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/26/2001
Sagwa, Sheegwa and Dongwa want to be heroes; lantern contest.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, Gerard Lewis, Gretchen Schields
- N/A/100 votes
Snagged by a Thread / Master of Mistakes
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/10/2001
Sagwa argues with his aunt's cat; learning from mistakes.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Michael F. Hamill, Lienne Sawatsky, Dan Williams
- N/A/100 votes
Collar of Time / The Birds, the Bees and the Silkworms
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/28/2001
Sagwa buries a family heirloom when everyone teases her about wearing it; Tai-Tai banishes all the animals he considers ugly.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Michael F. Hamill, Sarah Musgrave, Jason Bogdaneris
- N/A/100 votes
Dongwa the Sailor / Invention By Mistake
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/17/2002
Dongwa is considered a coward when he refuses to follow the alley cats over a gap between two village rooftops.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Michael F. Hamill, Adam Raney
- N/A/100 votes
Cool Fu-Fu / A New Cook in the Kitchen
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/8/2002
Fu-Fu is eager to join a new bat clique; Cook and his brother combine their talents to create a soup.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Lienne Sawatsky, Dan Williams, Sarah Musgrave, Jason Bogdaneris
- N/A/100 votes
Tough Guy Dongwa / The Competition
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1/9/2002
Dongwa wants to help a hurt bird, but the cats tease him; a rivalry almost ruins a calligraphy contest.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Lienne Sawatsky, Dan Williams, Matthew Cope
- N/A/100 votes
Precious Gift / Lord of the Fleas
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/30/2002
Sheegwa finds Tai-Tai's necklace; the kittens and the Sleeve Dogs spend a day in the forest.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Michael F. Hamill
- N/A/100 votes
My Fair Kitty / The Favorite
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/15/2002
Alley cat Mung pretends to be a palace cat to impress his cousin; Sagwa forgets to do her duties for the Dragon Festival.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Anne-Marie Perrotta, Tean Schultz, Gerard Lewis, Alan Silberberg
- N/A/100 votes
Luck Be a Bat / Tea For Two
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 9/4/2001
Fu-Fu learns to appreciate his freedom; Dongwa is jealous of two monkeys.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Lienne Sawatsky, Dan Williams, Matthew Cope
- N/A/100 votes
Sagwa the Stray / ...And Action
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 1/14/2002
Sagwa is mistaken for a straw and is brought on board a houseboat; two directors bring motion pictures to the palace.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Matthew Cope, Anne-Marie Perrotta, Tean Schultz
- N/A/100 votes
Ba-Do and the Lantern Festival / Fu-Fu's Full Moon Flight
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 1/16/2002
A Siamese kitten living in ancient China explores the world around her with the help of an 8-year-old girl.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, David Ka Lik Wong, Adam Raney
- N/A/100 votes
Wedding Day Mess / A Catfish Tale
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 1/9/2002
Tai Tai and the Foolish Magistrate plan a wedding for their niece; Sagwa learns about the importance of family and respect.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Stephen Ashton, Gretchen Schields
- N/A/100 votes
Up, Up and Away / Spreading Rumors
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 1/7/2002
Sagwa, Sheegwa and Sir Richard take an unexpected balloon flight; Sagwa starts a rumor.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Anne-Marie Perrotta, Tean Schultz, Gerard Lewis
- N/A/100 votes
The Jade Rabbit / Dongwa's Best Friend
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 1/8/2002
A rabbit tells Sagwa and Fu-Fu a story about the origins of the mooncake; Dongwa snubs Sagwa and Fu-Fu for the new cat in town.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Lienne Sawatsky, Dan Williams, Gretchen Schields, Alan Silberberg
- 8.7/107 votes
The Zodiac Zoo / The Four Dragons
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 1/11/2002
Mama Miao tells the kittens a story about hard work; the kittens join some mice to act out a Chinese creation myth.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Anne-Marie Perrotta, Tean Schultz, Stephen Ashton
- N/A/100 votes
Lost and Found / Three Graces
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 11/21/2001
Sagwa and Fu-Fu pretend to be treasure hunters; the Reader feels left out when Jun helps the girls study.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Lienne Sawatsky, Dan Williams, Matthew Cope
- N/A/100 votes
All Grown Up / The Cat and the Wind
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 1/14/2002
Baba tries to act young, while Sheegwa tries to be more grown-up; kittens learn about Ming Miao, whose paintings came to life.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, Jacques Bouchard, David Ka Lik Wong
- N/A/100 votes
Too Close for Comfort / Sister Act
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 1/23/2002
Relatives of the Foolish Magistrate stay in the palace after a typhoon; Sheegwa and Sagwa are not getting along.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Lienne Sawatsky, Dan Williams, Adam Raney
- N/A/100 votes
Sick Day / The Name Game
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 1/17/2002
Dongwa and Sagwa must take care of a sick Sheegwa; the kittens ask Nai-Nai to explain the meanings of their names.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Alan Silberberg, Bruce Robb
- N/A/100 votes
Shei-Hu's Secret / Homesick Jun
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 1/16/2002
A mouse village is destroyed because Sagwa does not keep her word; Jun becomes homesick.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Lienne Sawatsky, Dan Williams
- N/A/100 votes
The Return of the Rat / Great Balls of Fire
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 1/10/2002
Sheegwa gets shafted by a rat; Sagwa and Dongwa join Uncle Miao on an expedition to an ancient crater.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Michael F. Hamill, Adam Raney
- N/A/100 votes
Catsitter / On the Run
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 1/15/2002
Catsitter teaches the kittens to believe in themselves; Sagwa and Fu-Fu climb into the wagon of a puppet show.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: Lienne Sawatsky, Dan Williams, Sarah Musgrave, Jason Bogdaneris
- N/A/100 votes
Cha-Siu Bow Wow / Mutt That Would Be King
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 1/21/2002
The kittens meet their adopted dog cousin; Sagwa ignores a stray dog.
Director: Joseph Jacques
Writer: George Daugherty, Michael F. Hamill, David Ka Lik Wong