The series involves Hello Kitty and her friends (and occasionally family) doing their own version of popular fairy tales and stories.

The play then begins (with Hello Kitty or Tuxedo Sam saying "Once upon a meow") and the stage transforms into whatever setting the story calls for, like outer space, the American Old West, the Great Depression or the Middle Ages.

Contrary to popular belief, the series does not verifiably have a Japanese dub, nor was it released in Japan in any other form.

On March 24, 1998, MGM Home Entertainment released two VHS videocassettes each containing three cartoon shorts, as well as the opening and closing sequences.

Becomes a Princess, Goes to the Movies and Saves the Day were all released in September 2004, using the same prints as the US versions without the opening and closing sequences.