Chapardeur!

I really like seeing something like this that's not kids themed.

With the getting to choose what happens to the characters based on what you do. Wish it was something that wasn't trivia and, more related to the plot of the actual video.

Similar to, but slightly different to "Bandersnatch" and the "Kimmy Schmidt" episode from a couple of years ago - "Cat Burglar" is an interactive game, as well as a loving homage to the Tex Avery cartoons from decades hence.

Rowdy Cat (James Adomian) is a cat burglar keen to steal a priceless art piece from a museum. As he breaks in, he comes up against Peanut (Alan Lee) a security guard dog - who doesn't have the respect of the museums director (Trevor Devall) so is extra keen to make sure that the art is not taken.

Unlike "Bandersnatch" say, when you made choices that affected the on-screen action - here your asked trivia-based questions, each with a right or wrong answer. Get three questions right and the Cat successful moves on to the next scene but get one wrong at he dies. Once you lose three lives the scene restarts altogether. Upon completion of a version of the story, it resets again and it appears that there are six different pictures to try and collect with a completed playthrough.

I collected two of them and "died" a third time before I decided that, though the art style is good and the nostalgia buzz is palpable, the novelty had worn off and I didn't particularly feel the need to give it any more of my time. It was fun, on the first run through - but the questions start to vary wildly in difficulty after a while, particularly given the short time that the game gives you to answer them.

Fine, and as I say, a nice curio but I don't feel the need to revisit this as I would a proper "choose your own adventure" show.

The Art direction, The gags and the slap stick, the Easter eggs in the background, the entire show is eye candy! If it wasn't for the "interactive" part, you might have to repeat some segments over and over again before you reach the next part because of the tricky trivia questions, but if you manage to have full control over the trivia part, you can get over 90 minutes of content, with uncensored violence and fantastic animation, I thought at first that Rowdy and Peanut are just gonna be another generic comedic duo copying Droppy and Spike but their dynamic surprised me, Peanut doesn't have plot armor and Rowdy is a likeable jerk, I haven't laughed at a traditional old school inspired toon in a long time and some of the deaths here actually made me chuckle, This is a great love letter to one of the best cartoonists of all time with priciest mail stamps printed in gold, OH! And the soundtrack composed by Christopher Willis is so accurate to the ones scored by Scott Bradley it almost scarred me, I highly recommend it if you are a fan of old school cartoons, I loved it!

A Netflix interactive special that is homage to the golden age of animation w/ a Dragon's Lair style twist. This is what our future needs. The characters are likable, the art is amazing and the questions while easy at times can be tricky.

We can use a non-interactive sequel series about this 2 & hope it becomes a franchise if it does well.