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Supporting characters were Alan Mayberry, an ex-country singer who became the Pussycats' roadie and Josie's love interest; Alexandra Cabot, who continually competed with Josie for Alan's affections; Alexander Cabot III, Alexandra's cowardly twin brother and the Pussycats' manager, and Sebastian, Alexandra's snickering cat. In the successor series, ''Josie and the Pussycats [[Recycled in Space|in Outer Space]]'', a woolly creature named Bleep joined the cast.

 

It was adapted into [[Live Action Adaptation|a live-action film]] in 2001. For information on that, click [[Josie and the Pussycats (film)|here]].

* [[Animated Adaptation]]: It started in Archie Comics, after all.

** [[Adaptation Displacement]]: Though some people don't realize that.

* [["Everybody Laughs" Ending]]: Usually because of some tragedy befalling Alexandra.

* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Once the series was recycled in Space, this became the only option for our heroes finding their way home. Even if some benevolent aliens pointed them in the right direction, Alexandra would inevitably accidentally bump into something, throwing them off course (which is how they got lost in space in the first place).

* [[Five-Man Band]]:

** [[The Hero]]: Josie.

** [[Team Pet]]: Sebastian.

* [[Genius Ditz]]: As dumb as Melody is, she plays the drums professionally.

* [[Glurge Addict]]

* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Though he's not [[The Hero]] (he fits as a sort-of Lancer), Alan would rather have Josie than Alexandra.

* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Sebastian, and Bleep in outer space.

* [[Power Trio]]: Josie, Melody, Valerie.

** For that matter, a pair of shoes was accidentally mixed up for another pair of shoes that were intelligence-gathering devices.

** Valerie turned out to be a dead ringer for a princess from India, and agreed to act as a decoy to catch a villain who was after her.

* [[Rock Trio]]: A pop version that swapped the bass guitar with a tambourine.

* [[Shout-Out]]: From the debut episode "Greenthumb Is Not A Goldfinger" after the others find Alexandra, Alexander and Sebastian hiding in plants:

'''Alexandra:''' Of course it's me! Who were you expecting? [[Scooby Doo]]? }}

* [[Skintone Sclerae]]

* [[Strictly Formula]]: Similar to a lot of Hanna-Barbera mystery shows - The gang shows up in a new town, stumbles onto some great crime or mad plot, solves the mystery, and then everyone laughs as Alexandra's attempt to steal Alan screws up.

* [[Suddenly Fluent in Gibberish]]: A second episode has the team flying into outer space and encountering a [[Small Annoying Creature|dog-bird alien]] named Bleep, who communicates as follows: "Bleep bleep bleep." Melody, the Ditz, says, "Bleep bleep bleep, bleep bleep?" Bleep responds, "Bleep bleep bleep, bleep." Melody then gives an English translation.

* [[There Are No Adults]]: Teenage musicians just wander around performing in strange places with no parents, or chaperones, or other authority figures...and everyone's okay with this.

** Averted in the show; they appear to be in their 20s.

 

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[[Category:The Seventies]]

[[Category:Music Stories]]

[[Category:The Sixties]]

[[Category:Western Animation]]

[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]