ALF hypnotizes Lucky to make him think he is a bagel.
Lucky (1978-1989) was a recurring character and the first Tanner family pet in the ALF TV series. After ALF came to live with the Tanner family, Lucky's existence became somewhat more precarious, since cats are a culinary delicacy on Melmac.
Biography[]
In the pilot episode, ALF tried to eat Lucky. The frightened cat ran away from the kitchen.
Once during a feeding frenzy, ALF was believed to have eaten Lucky, but the cat was later found. ALF ran off, looking in the outside world, but he was caught by a rescue shelter worker who didn't know what kind of creature ALF was. The alien from Melmac tricked the rescue shelter worker into releasing him so that he could grab the cat that looked like Lucky to bring home. Although it turned out the cat that ALF grabbed wasn't Lucky, he still was not allowed to eat the cat he just took from the shelter. ALF actually tried to hypnotize the cat the same way he did to Lucky at the beginning of the episode (Episode: Looking for Lucky). Lucky ate in the kitchen even if ALF was there with him.
Lucky passed away in the fourth season (Episode 4x09 "Live and Let Die"), and the Tanners got a new cat and named it Lucky II.
Trivia[]
- Throughout the series, ALF was warned not to try to eat Lucky. In the first episode (A.L.F.), he asked, "Do you have a cat?" when he was requested if he would like anything to eat. In Looking for Lucky, he tried to hypnotize Lucky into thinking he was a bagel, but Willie caught him in the act. In Something's Wrong With Me, ALF said that one of the only ways to cure Melmacian hiccups is to drink cat juice. When the Tanners gave ALF some (placebo) cat juice, ALF thought that the Tanners sacrificed Lucky, only to be told that it was a stray. In the same episode, Kate had said to ALF, "Anything you do to this cat, I'll do to you."
- ALF seems to have befriended Lucky to some degree, at one time showing the cat slides from a family vacation, and another time saying that he would not make a meal out of Lucky. These events show that he valued the trust the Tanners had in him not to do anything untoward with their cat.
- Lucky's breed is American short-hair.
- ALF's nickname for Lucky was "Luck-meister."