Before Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat was the biggest thing in animation. But behind the success of the cartoon cat, his creator lived a controversial and tragic life.

But Felix the Cat must bravely save Princess Oriana and restore order once again, from her terrible Uncle Zill and his smoke-belching mechanical troops before he can put his sinister plot into action!

Naturally, I was unaware of the legacy of Felix the Cat—never really processing that I actually had a VHS with a couple of the old cartoons on it prior to my seeing him on TV. Of course ...

Trying to prove he can be as sloppy as the next guy, Felix prepares to ... Tigger to vocal life), and a cat named Spiffy ...