Big Cheese is aided by his inept minions: trusted adviser Jerry Atric and Bad Bird, the leader of an army of ninja crows.

Unknown to the prime minister, council member and palace guard commander "Big" Al Dente has learned of his designs on leadership, but is unable to prosecute him for treason because of the plausible deniability he maintains.

Instead, Al Dente enlists the services of Speedy Cerviche, Polly Esther, and Guido Anchovy, three cyborg cat samurai who work in the city's pizzeria, along with their operator, Francine.

[citation needed] In keeping with the parodic nature of the show, the lyrics of the new theme song make a number of references to American pop culture.

The theme song also contains the line "As soon as someone finds the script, we might begin the show", a reference to the lack of proper translations given to Saban for production on the American version.

[10] Michael Airington, a writer for the series, also sang the theme song (using a voice very similar to actor Paul Lynde), being credited as "Singing Sensation: Googie Gomez".

[citation needed] According to the producer Andy Thomas, Airington had a few drinks before the recording session for the song started, and as a result, accidentally stuttered on one line ("this cat gets down down with a love hangover"); that mistake was kept in the final version of the theme.

[14] The series was broadcast on Australian television on the weekday Seven Network morning kid's wrapper programme Agro's Cartoon Connection, from April 1992.

Samurai Pizza Cats has been broadcast in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Colombia, India, Spain, Finland, Trinidad and Tobago, France, Italy, Poland, Greece, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, Chile, Peru, Panama, Hong Kong, Thailand, Mexico, Brazil, Israel, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sweden, Armenia, the Philippines, the United States, Portugal, Nigeria, and Russia from 1991 onwards.

[citation needed] In 1991, Tecmo published a platform video game based on Kyatto Ninden Teyandee for the Famicom (NES) in Japan.

Speedy is also playable with Guido and Polly as supports in the arcade version of the game Jitsu Squad that was unveiled in Amusement Expo 2024 in Las Vegas.