Beverly Hills 90210 – “Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas”

Original Air Date: November 1, 1995

Directed by: Burt Brinckerhoff

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode!

Synopsis: A Halloween themed episode covers a party at the Peach Pit while Toni (Rebecca Gayheart) and Dylan (Luke Perry) hand out candy to trick or treaters while working out their problems.

Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Toni brings Halloween decorations home and instructs Dylan to hang a skeleton on the front door. When he opens the door, he finds a scraggly, female, polydactyl black kitten standing outside. “Oh, look out! Look out! Trouble!” Dylan says.

Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble on doorstep
Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble on doorstep
Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble outside front door with Dylan Luke Perry animated gif

Toni is immediately smitten. Dylan is concerned, worried that the black kitten will bring them bad luck but Toni dismisses this notion. They name the kitten Trouble.

Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble held by Toni Rebecca Gayheart with Dylan Luke Perry
Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble held by Toni Rebecca Gayheart with Dylan Luke Perry
Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble being loved by Toni Rebecca Gayheart with Dylan Luke Perry animated gif

Later Dylan and Toni attempt to give the kitten a bath. As soon as Toni tries to put Trouble in the bath she gets scratched (this supposedly happens just off camera).

Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble held by Toni Rebecca Gayheart with Dylan Luke Perry
Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble being handed by Toni Rebecca Gayheart to Dylan Luke Perry
Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble held by Dylan Luke Perry

Dylan sends Toni into the bathroom to find some disinfectant but she accidentally finds his gun in the first aid kit. Dylan enters the bathroom with the kitten and tries to explain.

Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble held by Dylan Luke Perry in bathroom

Still later, Bruno (Cliff Weissman) visits and tells Toni that Marchette wants to meet with her. Bruno is holding Trouble at the beginning of the scene.

Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble held by Bruno Cliff Weissman

Dylan is playing with Trouble when Toni returns from a meeting with her father and notes immediately that she is upset.

Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble playing with with Dylan Luke Perry
Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble playing with Dylan Luke Perry

On Halloween night, Dylan is handing out candy to trick or treaters while Toni sulks on the couch. Trouble climbs up on her.

Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble on top of Toni Rebecca Gayheart with Dylan Luke Perry
Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble climbing on top of Toni Rebecca Gayheart with Dylan Luke Perry animated gif

Toni moves Trouble aside and Dylan points out that the kitten is just playing. This was the first appearance of Trouble in the series.

Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble on Toni Rebecca Gayheart with Dylan Luke Perry
Beverly Hills 90210 - Gypsies, Cramps and Fleas - black kitten Trouble held by Dylan Luke Perry with Toni Rebecca Gayheart

Final Mewsings: To cat lovers, kittens are no trouble at all!

Many thanks to Margaret for letting us know about the kitten in this series.

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