List of fictional felines
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Cats and other felines have often been used as characters in literature and in other forms of media.
The following is a list of fictional cats.
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Legendary, mythological and fairytale cats
- Bast (or Bastet), Egyptian goddess with the head of a cat; see also Sekhmet, Bast's guise as the goddess of lions
- Cait Sidhe, a fairy creature from Celtic mythology
- "Chessie" of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (later Chessie System Railroad) Sleep like a kitten and arrive fresh as a daisy on the C&O
- The cat was the animal of Libera, the Roman mythological personification of Liberty, because it hates to be constrained
- Freyja's horse-sized winged cats, who draw the Norse goddess's chariot
- Maneki Neko, the lucky beckoning cat of Japan
- Patripatan, the cat that climbed into the sky to praise its master to the gods in South-East Asian Indian mythology
- Puss in Boots
- Dick Whittington's Cat
- The cats in A Book of Cats and Creatures, a fairy-tale compilation by Ruth Manning-Sanders
Cats in advertising
- Jaguar Cars, the automobile manufacturer whose mascot is a jaguar
- Lionel Electric Trains' lion mascot
- Mercury Cougar, a car made by Mercury which uses a cougar as its emblem
- The Exxon Tiger to "put a tiger in the tank"
- Kellogg's Frosties' Tony the Tiger
- Morris the Cat the 9-Lives mascot
- Chester Cheetah, from the Cheetos commercial
- The lion which represents General Motors Holden vehicles
- Rap Cat, a puppet cat featured in several Checkers and Rally's fast-food restaurant commercials.
Cats and felines in literature
See also Cat-like aliens for that specific kind of fictional cat.
- Aineko, a talking robot cat (later a talking software cat) in the "Accelerando" series of science-fiction short stories (and novel) by Charles Stross
- Aslan the lion in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and other Narnia stories by C. S. Lewis
- Baby, Ayla's hand-reared cave lion in the Earth's Children books
- Bagheera the panther in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book
- Bastet, matriarch of a line of Egyptian cats in the Amelia Peabody series of mystery novels; followed by Anubis, Horus, Seshat, Sekhmet, and The Great Cat of Re
- Behemoth (Begemot, Russian: Бегемот), the huge, trolley-riding, Satanic black cat in Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita
- Belle Aude, La Bergère, Chatte Grise, Domino, Fanfare, Fossette, Jeune Bleue, Moune, Musette, La Noire, Poucette, La Toutouque, etc.—to mention just a few of Colette’s felines
- Birdie, cat of forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in Kathy Reichs' novels
- "The Black Cat" named Pluto in Edgar Allan Poe's short story, a study of the psychology of guilt and death
- Blackmalkin, Greymalkin, and Nibbins, witches' cats in The Midnight Folk by John Masefield
- Broccoli from The Broccoli Tapes by Jan Slepian
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- The Cat with the fiddle who played hey-diddle-diddle in Tolkien's The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late
- Tolkien's poem named "Cat" usually known by its first verse: The fat cat on the mat
- The Cat That Walked by Himself in Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories.
- The cat who ran away with the pudding string in the nursery rhyme
- Carbonel, King of the Cats, in Barbara Sleigh's Carbonel trilogy
- The Cheshire Cat in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, based on the folk saying, "grinning like a Cheshire cat"
- Chester, the cat in Bunnicula and sequels by James Howe
- Church, the cat who comes back to life in Stephen King's Pet Sematary
- Clarence, a pacifist library-dwelling cat who sleeps on the photocopier in Clarence the Copy Cat by Patricia Lakin
- C'mell, a humanoid cat, one of the animal-derived 'underpeople' in stories by Cordwainer Smith
- The Cowardly Lion, from the Wizard of Oz series
- Crookshanks, Hermione Granger's cat in the Harry Potter novels
- Damn Cat, hero of the Gordons' Undercover Cat, who returns from a nightly prowl with a kidnapped woman's bracelet around his neck...But where has he been? Later adapted as the Disney film That Darn Cat
- Dinah, Alice's pet cat, featured in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and his Through the Looking-Glass
- Dragon, the farmer's cat in Robert C. O'Brien's Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
- Dulcie, a tabby farm cat who appears briefly in "Grimbold's Other World" by Nicholas Stuart Gray, and helps (or hinders) the main characters. It is suggested that she may have some kind of relationship with Grimbold, the cat from the book's title.
- Edgewood Dirk, the "prism cat" in the Landover novels by Terry Brooks
- Eureka, Dorothy's cat in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, also known as the Pink Kitten
- Eurydice, three-legged cat featured in the Whitby Witches trilogy by Robin Jarvis
- Mrs Figg's cats in Harry Potter
- Faithful in the Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness series
- Fireheart, Graystripe, Tigerclaw, and very many other characters in the Warriors saga by Erin Hunter.
- Francis the feline detective in the novels Felidae and Felidae on the Road by Akif Pirinçci
- Fritti Tailchaser, along with companions Eatbugs and Pouncequick and a host of both supporting feline characters and mythical felines in the Tad Williams novel, Tailchaser's Song.
- The fiddle-playing cat in the nursery rhyme where the cow jumped over the moon
- The cat and her kittens in the traditional song "Froggy would a-wooing go"
- Gareth, Jason's cat in the book Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander.
- Ginger, the yellow tomcat who kept shop with Pickles the dog in Beatrix Potter's Ginger and Pickles
- Gingivere, Tsarmina's brother in the Redwall book Mossflower, who helped the woodlanders free Mossflower Woods from Tsarmina.
- The Glass Cat, a cat made of glass in The Patchwork Girl of Oz
- Gobbolino in Gobbolino, the Witch's Cat by Ursula Moray Williams. Her other books with eponymous feline protagonists include:
- Good Fortune, the cat who goes to heaven in the award-winning story by Elizabeth Coatsworth
- Graybar, the black, mouse-hating stray cat in the book Ragweed by Avi and Brian Floca, part of the Poppy Books series.
- Graymalk, Jill the Witch's familiar and accomplice of Snuff, from the novel A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny. This is a variation on Grimalkin, the name of the witch's cat in MacBeth by Shakespeare (a graymalkin or grimalkin is an old or evil-looking she-cat)
- Grimbold, a black "prince of cats" who shows a young goatherd the way to the Night World and leads him into many strange adventures in "Grimbold's Other World", by Nicholas Stuart Gray.
- Grimalkin, cat that adopted Sham and Agba in King of the Wind, by Marguerite Henry
- Greebo, a witch's cat (in Terry Pratchett novels: see Discworld characters)
- Guenhwyvar, Drizzt Do'Urden's mystical black panther from R. A. Salvatore's "The Dark Elf Trilogy". (see Guenhwyvar (cat))
- Gummitch the superkitten, in Fritz Leiber's Space-time For Springers
- The Hungry Tiger, the Cowardly Lion's closest friend, introduced in Ozma of Oz
- I Am a Cat by Natsume Soseki, a cat describing his owner in Japan
- Imelza and her kittens in The Alchymist's Cat by Robin Jarvis
- Itty in Hugh Lofting's Dr Dolittle's Return
- Jennie, of the Paul Gallico children's book Jennie, released in the U.S. as The Abandoned
- Jenny Linsky, a small black cat and her brothers, Checkers and Edward along with her cat friends Pickles, Florio and Macaroni from Esther Averill's children's books.
- Joe Grey, Dulcie and Kit, cats able to speak to humans and who solve murder mysteries in books by Shirley Rousseau Murphy.
- Jonesy, 'A Story of Crouch End'.
- Jupiter, the evil cat-god in the Deptford Mice books by Robin Jarvis. The son of Imelza (see above)
- Kater Murr (Tomcat Murr), in E.T.A. Hoffmann's "The Life and Opinions of Kater Murr" (1819-1821)
- Keeshah, the sha'um (a horse-sized, ridable cat) in the Gandalara Cycle
- Kitty, the Ingalls family mouser in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books
- Koko and Yum-yum, James Qwilleran's two Siamese cats in the The Cat Who... mystery novels by Lilian Jackson Braun Named for two Japanese characters from Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado.
- Little Cats A through Z, from Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
- Lipshen, the grand high witch's cat in Roald Dahl's The Witches
- Maisie, the Morningside cat, and her friends and family in the series of children's books by Aileen Paterson
- Mrs Norris, Filch's cat in Harry Potter
- Professor McGonagall who can shapeshift into a tabby cat in Harry Potter
- Beth March's kittens in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women
- Matroskin (Russian: Матроскин, from "матрос" (matros), "sailor"), in Eduard Uspensky's Uncle Fyodor, His Dog and His Cat
- Maurice, star of The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
- Mehitabel, from archy and mehitabel, a dialogue between a melancholy cockroach and a heedless cat, by Don Marquis
- Midnight Louie, 20 pound (9 kg) tomcat companion to (and fellow investigator with) amateur sleuth, Temple Barr, featured in a series of romantic mystery novels by Carole Nelson Douglas; occasionally assisted by his sire 3 O'Clock Louie, his Ma Barker and her 24th Street gang, and his kit Midnight Louise.
- Minnaloushe, from William Butler Yeats' poem The Cat and the Moon.
- Mogget, a magical entity in the form of a cat, in the fantasy novels Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix
- Mog who starred in the Meg and Mog series of children's books by Jan Pienkowski
- Mog (who was also in a children's series) by Judith Kerr first published in 1970.
- Mottyl, the cat in Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley
- Mowzer, the singing cat from Antonia Barber's book 'The Mousehole Cat,' which is inspired by the Cornish legend of Tom Bawcock.
- Mrs. Murphy, a cat who helps her human, Mary Minor 'Harry' Haristeen, solve mysteries, in a series of novels by Rita Mae Brown. Her cat, Sneaky Pie Brown, is credited as co-author.
- Mrs. Norris, cat belonging to Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.
- O'lal, monitor of Earth in Alan Dean Fosters Cat-A-Lyst
- Orlando (The Marmalade Cat) is the eponymous hero of a series of illustrated children's books written by Kathleen Hale.
- Pelle Svanslös (Peter No-Tail), the good-hearted and often naïve cat, written by Gösta Knutsson
- Petronius Arbiter, Pete in Robert A. Heinlein's The Door into Summer.
- Pixel in Robert A. Heinlein's novel To Sail Beyond the Sunset, and appearing briefly in other Heinlein stories. Despite the name of the book and Pixel's unique ability to cause an interdimensional cat-door to appear in any surface, the novel The Cat Who Walks Through Walls is not about Pixel.
- Pixel, the feline companion of P.C. O'Data in the syndicated comic strip PC and Pixel by Thach Bui.
- Pounce, Beka's feline companion in Beka Cooper -Terrier by Tamora Pierce. A black cat with purple eyes and high intelligence who makes himself an auxiliary member of the police force.
- Powder, the albino Siamese from uncommon children's series Powder The Cat
- Pussy-Cat, the Owl's fiancée in Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
- The pussycat who went to London to see the queen, in the nursery rhyme.
- Pyewacket, in Rosemary Weir's 1967 children's book of the same name.
- Rathais the female leader of the Named prehistoric cat-clan in Ratha's Creature and its sequels by Clare Bell. These books are also known as the Named series
- Rhiow, Saash, and Urruah, and other feline characters of The Book of Night with Moon by Diane Duane
- Ribby, the cat who serves Duchess the dog a traumatizing pie in Beatrix Potter's The Pie and the Patty Pan
- Richard Parker, the 450 pound Bengal tiger from Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi
- Rotten Ralph, the very bad cat in Jack Gantos's book
- Sam The Cat Detective, main character of the Sam The Cat Mysteries.
- Sampson in the Church Mice series by Graham Oakley
- In reference to Schrödinger's Cat:
- Schrödinger's Cat is a science fiction story by Ursula K. Le Guin in 1974.
- The Schrödinger's Cat trilogy is the name commonly given to a trilogy of science fiction/conspiracy theory novels written by Robert Anton Wilson
- Shere Khan the tiger in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book
- The Shy Little Kitten of the children's book written by Cathleen Schurr and illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren
- Silversides, the white, mouse-hating cat in the book "Ragweed" by Avi and Brian Floca, part of the Poppy Books series.
- Simpkin in Beatrix Potter's The Tailor of Gloucester
- Sinbad, a kitten rescued by the Walker children off the Dutch coast in the Swallows and Amazons novel We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea by Arthur Ransome.
- Slinky Malinki, a cat featured in a series of books by Lynley Dodd
- Solembum, a werecat from the Inheritance Trilogy books by Christopher Paolini.
- Spiegel, from Spiegel the Cat by Gottfried Keller
- Spit McGee, the central figure in Willie Morris's My Cat Spit McGee
- Squire Julian Gingivere, barn cat who Matthias meets on his quest to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior in the novel Redwall.
- Svartalf , a big black witch's familiar in Operation Chaos by Poul Anderson
- The three little kittens who lost their mittens in the nursery rhyme
- Tabby, the cat of Mildred in The Worst Witch.
- Tao, the Siamese cat from Sheila Burnford's novel The Incredible Journey.
- Tibert the cat, from the French medieval fable Reynard the Fox.
- Tiger the vegetarian cat and others in the movie An American Tail
- Tigerishka, from Fritz Leiber's novel "The Wanderer"
- Tigger in Winnie the Pooh
- Tobermory the talking cat, protagonist of a short story by the satirist Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)
- Tobias, a tall black talking cat with significant magical powers in the Tim and the Hidden People series by Sheila McCullough. Father of Sebastian, who is affectionate towards his "owner" Tim who saved him from drowning. Sebastian is a Strange One (neither part of the Hidden People nor a normal cat).
- Tomasina, a ginger cat owned by Mary MacDhuie, in the Paul Gallico book later made into a Disney movie of the same name (The Three Lives of Thomasina)
- Tom Kitten, a curious but disobedient young cat in the children's stories "The Tale of Tom Kitten" and "The Roly Poly Pudding" by Beatrix Potter; also Tom's mother, Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, and his siblings Moppet and Mittens.
- Tug, the cat given by Ged to Alder to protect him from nightmares, in The Other Wind by Ursula Le Guin
- "The Cats of Ulthar", who take revenge upon the murder of a kitten in H. P. Lovecraft's story of that name: from that day, it was forbidden to harm a cat in that city.
- "The Unadulterated Cat" by Terry Pratchett and Joliffe Gray
- Mr. Underfoot in Robert A. Heinlein's Friday
- Ungatt Trunn in the Redwall book Lord Brocktree. A Wild Cat (possibly European subspecies) who was the only Redwall villain who could conquer Salamandastron due to military strength and tactical supremacy.
- Upgraded cats in Reginald Bretnor's "Genius of the Species" take over the Soviet Union
- Whiskers, black and white cat with wings, who is the familiar of Jhary-a-conel, the Eternal Companion who aids various heroes in Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion series.
- Wolsey, a {tabby} cat which travelled with the Doctor in the Doctor Who Virgin New Adventures novels.
- The yellow tom on the ship "Pound of Candles," who helped Little Pig Robinson escape being dinner, and who was engaged to a "snowy owl of Lapland," in Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
- Zoom, in Tim Wynne-Jones' series of children's books, e.g. Zoom at Sea (ISBN 0-88899-021-9)
- Windrusher, the lead character in the Windrusher series of books by Victor DiGenti.
T. S. Eliot Cats
- Cats from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, in alphabetical order:
- Admetus
- Alonzo
- Augustus
- Bill Bailey
- Bombalurina
- Bustopher Jones
- Cat Morgan
- Coricopat
- Demeter
- Electra
- George
- Gilbert
- Great Rumpus Cat, The
- Griddlebone
- Growltiger
- Grumbuskin
- Gus (a.k.a. Asparagus)
- James
- Jellylorum
- Jennyanydots
- Jonathan
- Macavity
- Mr. Mistoffelees
- Mungojerrie
- Munkustrap
- Old Deuteronomy
- Oopsa Cat (aka James Buz-James)
- Peter
- Plato
- Quaxo
- Rum Tum Tugger, The
- Rumpelteazer (Note: spelled "Rumpleteazer" in the musical)
- Skimbleshanks
- Tumblebrutus
- Victor
Cats in books by Andre Norton
- Cats and felines abound in books by Andre Norton
- The Beast Master
- Lord of Thunder
- Beast Master's Ark
- Beast Master's Circus
- Catseye
- Gate of the Cat
- The Mark of the Cat
- Fur Magic
- Octagon Magic with Sabrina, the black cat
- Star Ka'at
- Star Ka'at World
- Star Ka'at and the Plant People
- Star Ka'at and the Winged Warriors
- Lura the cat in Daybreak:2250 A.D. (aka Star Man's Son)
- Also, in Sci-Fi anthologies compiled by Andre Norton
- Noble Warrior - CATFANTASTIC
- Hob's Pot - CATFANTASTIC II
- Noble Warrior Meets With a Ghost - CATFANTASTIC III
- Noble Warrior, Teller of Fortunes - CATFANTASTIC IV
- Noble Warrior and the Gentleman - CATFANTASTIC V
- Three-Inch Trouble - A CONSTELLATION OF CATS
Cats and felines in plays
- The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats which is based on the above poetry collection: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, but introduces several additional characters, such as:
- Asparagus (a.k.a. The Other Cat. Not the same as Gus: The Theatre Cat)
- Carbucketty (Previously in London and Broadway productions. No longer there.)
- Cassandra
- Etcetera
- Genghis (also spelled "Dschinghis")
- Grizabella
- Jemima (a.k.a. Sillabub)
- Moushi (The Diary of Anne Frank)
- Pouncival
- Pyewacket (Bell, Book & Candle)
- Tantomile
- Victoria
Cats and felines in film
- Alex the Lion, in Madagascar animated movie (2005)
- The Aristocats - much of the cast of the Disney animated film
- Baby, the leopard in the Bringing Up Baby
- "BAd Luck" black cat which appeared as the comic relief in They Were Expendable.
- Blofeld's unnamed white Persian cat from the James Bond movies, which has inspired a number of imitations and spoofs (see Mr. Bigglesworth, Madcat, and Nero). Other white Persians include Mr. Tinkles in Cats and Dogs and the "Cat Man do" episode of the Powerpuff Girls. An episode of The Simpsons showed the sinister Montgomery Burns looking for a left handed can opener for his white cat. Fancy Feast Cat Food commercials feature a white Persian cat. A black Persian Cat "Catzilla" acted like "Tom" while the mouse acted like "Jerry" {i.e. Tom and Jerry} in movie Mouse Hunt. A black Persian cat was kept by Catwoman in Batman. A white Persian{?} cat is seen in comedy Safety Last.
- The film Cats & Dogs postulates an ongoing war dating back to ancient times between cats and dogs. The most notable cat is a spoilt Persian called Mr. Tinkles who is also an evil genius intent on world domination.
- Cat, Holly Golightly's cat in Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Cat, pet of Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element
- The Catbus (or Nekobus), a shapeshifting feline mode of transport from My Neighbour Totoro.
- Charlie, the Lonesome Couger from the Disney movie of that name
- Clincker, cat client of Perry Mason in 1936 film The case of the Black Cat.
- Clovis, a shorthair tabby seen in the film Sleepwalkers
- Coco, the white Persian in Jungle 2 Jungle
- Cosmic Creepers, an ugly, suspicious-looking black cat in the 1971 Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- Danny cat and Sawyer cat-hero and heroines of Warner Bros. Cats Don't Dance.
- That Darn Cat, Disney's adaptation of the book Undercover Cat
- Diego, the sabre toothed tiger from Blue Sky Ice Age
- Dinah, Alice's roly poly kitten from Alice in Wonderland
- Duchess, from the 1995 film Babe (film). {Is Babe's implacable enemy after being put out in the rain}.
- Duma, the cheetah from the Disney movie Cheetah
- Elsa the lioness, raised by Joy Adamson in Born Free
- Gatto, Mr D and Tweed in Cat City (Macskafogó)
- General, cat hero in movie Cat's Eye(1985).
- General Sterling Price, from the movie Rooster Cogburn.
- Jake, The Cat from Outer Space
- King Leonidas of Naboombu, a lion, the world's greatest soccer player, in Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- Kovu, Kiara, Zira, Nuka, Vitani and other lions in Disney's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
- Leo the Lion, mascot of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio.
- Lucifer, Cinderella's stepmother's cat in Disney's Cinderella (1950 film)
- Major, the lion from the movie Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
- Midnight, an Egyptian Mau seen in the film Catwoman
- Milo in The Adventures of Milo and Otis
- Mr. Bigglesworth, Dr. Evil's cat from the Austin Powers films, in homage to the unnamed cat of Bond's Blofeld
- Mr. Jinx, a Himalayan cat from Meet the Parents and its sequel Meet the Fockers.
- Mr. Tinkles, the main cat villain from Cats and Dogs.
- Orion, from Men in Black
- Pearl, a Maine Coon cat seen in the film Assassins
- Pink Panther, movie eponym, cartoon character
- Puss-in-Boots, a cat with the voice of Antonio Banderas in Shrek 2
- Pyewacket, the Siamese cat and witch's familiar in the romantic-comedy play and film Bell, Book and Candle
- Ratha, a prehistoric big cat from the Ratha's Creature episode of CBS Storybreak. Based on the novel by Clare Bell
- Rhubarb, a cat that inherits a professional baseball team from its owner, in the 1951 film Rhubarb, based on the novel by satirist and parodist, H. Allen Smith
- Rufus, the cat from The Rescuers
- "Sergeant Tibbs" a barn cat in Walt Disney Film One Hundred and One Dalmatians {The novel The One Hundred and One Dalmatians has a white Persian cat who helps the dalmatians take revenge on Cruella De Vil's house. In the 1996 movie 101 Dalmations there are a few scenes of a barn cat. No white Persian cat but a skin of a white tiger is seen}.
- Si and Am, the two Siamese cats from Lady and the Tramp
- Simba, Nala, Mufasa, Scar, Sarabi, Sarafina and other lions in Disney's The Lion King
- Snowbell, the cat in the film version of Stuart Little
- Spot, Data's orange shorthair tabby seen in Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: Nemesis (the original Spot seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation was a Somali)
- Tamala, a one-year-old kitten in the 2002 film Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
- Tao, a Siamese cat in the 1963 film The Incredible Journey, based on the novel of the same title.
- Sassie, a Himalayan cat in the 1993 remake of the 1963 film Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
- Sebastain, of Josie and the Pussycats
- Thackery Binx, the boy-turned-black-cat in Hocus Pocus
- Unnamed tiger on the island in Swiss Family Robinson, where it fought two Great Danes and got trapped in a pit.
- Tonto-cat in Movie Harry and Tonto".
- The unnamed cat mascot seen in 1933 movie Hell Below.
- The unnamed cat seen in 1949 movie Malice in the Palace.
- The unnamed cat seen on top of telephone swithboard in 1955 movie Kiss Me Deadly.
- The unnamed cat that Don Corleone has in his lap in the first scenes in The Godfather
- The unnamed cat seen in The Getaway (1972 and 1994 remake) with a hitman (Al Lettieri in the original, Michael Madsen in the remake)
- The unnamed cat owned by Lila, seen late in the Peanuts animated movie "Snoopy, Come Home"
- The unnamed black cat that Neo sees a déjà vu of in The Matrix
- The unnamed lions who eat the Three Stooges in the short subject You Nazty Spy, which ends with a burping lion wearing the Reichsführer's hat
- The unnamed cat in 1996 movie The Adventures of Pinocchio.
- Zoom, in Tim Wynne-Jones's series of children's books, e.g. Zoom at Sea (ISBN 0-88899-021-9)
- Thomasina, the orange tabby cat who dies and comes back (a couple of times) in The Three Lives of Thomasina, a 1964 Disney film.
- The Ghost and the Darkness, two historical man-eating lions from the 1996 film of the same name.
- Winky, black cat owned by the Malone children in Escape to Witch Mountain
Cats and felines in television
- Annabelle and Eek! the Cat from Eek!stravaganza and Eek! the Cat
- Bonkers-cartoon cat in Bonkers
- The Cat, character descended from cats played by Danny John-Jules in BBC TV sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf (see Frankenstein, below)
- Cagney, Elisa's cat in Disney's Gargoyles
- "Clarence, the cross-eyed Lion" from the TV series Daktari
- "Coltrane", Lisa's fourth pet cat on "The Simpsons"
- Fat Cat, from the series, Fat Cat and Friends
- "Fluffy"-Brady Girls cat on The Brady Bunch. Appeared only on the premier episode.
- "Fluffy"-unseen cat rescued by Sheriff Andy Taylor from a roof on an episode of The Andy Griffith Show.
- "Fluffy"-cat held by shell-shocked soldier in MASH 3/6.
- "Fluffy"-Angelica's cat on Rugrats and All Grown Up.
- Frankenstein, the pregnant cat Lister sneaks onboard the Red Dwarf
- Henrietta Pussycat, Daniel Stripèd Tiger, and Grandpere from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Isis, Catwoman's cat in Batman, the Animated Series
- Isis, trained black cat that accompanies Gary Seven in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, Assignment: Earth; the cat also accompanies Seven when he beams from location to location. And the cat can change form to a human.
- Jenji, a mystical cat genie, from Power Rangers: Mystic Force
- The killer kitties of The X-Files "Teso dos Bichos" episode
- Kimba from Kimba the White Lion
- Kit (later human Katrina), the Halliwell witch-sisters' familiar in Charmed
- Kitty, pet lion from the 1960s TV series The Addams Family
- The Lion family (Theo, Cleo, Lionel, and Leona) on Between the Lions.
- Lucky, the Tanners' cat in TV series ALF, who weekly escaped being devoured by the wisecracking Alien Life-Form
- MADcat, Doctor Claw's pet cat in the cartoon Inspector Gadget.
- Meow Mix Cat, commercial mascot for Meow Mix cat food.
- Miss Kitty Fantastico, (deceased) pet cat of Willow and Tara in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Minerva, the cat belonging to Connie Brooks' landlady Margaret Davis on Our Miss Brooks
- Modigliana from The Ferals, ABC
- Morris the Cat, commercial mascot for 9 Lives Cat Food, voiced by John Irwin
- Mr. Kitty, Cartman's pet cat on South Park (which, despite its name, is actually a female cat)
- Mr. Piddles, Dana's cat on The L Word
- Mrs. Slocombe's "pussy" named Tiddles, a largely unseen character and the source of many innuendoes in Are You Being Served? The cat was seen on occasion when Mrs. Slocombe brought it to the store, but only its tail was visible through its cat carrier.
- Neelix, Lieutenant Reginald Barclay's cat, from Star Trek: Voyager
- Olivia (orange female cat) and unnamed, white female cat in the crime series Cold Case. Both are pets of Detective Lilly Rush. In season 1, Detective Rush's boyfriend Kite nicknamed Olivia "Cyclops" as she only has one eye, and the white cat "Tripod" as she only has three legs. Both cats are recurring characters and appear in multiple episodes and seasons.
- PC, Kimberly's pet cat on Power Rangers
- Prince Myshkin, in the episode, "Stray Cat," from Noir (named after the main character in Dostoevsky's The Idiot).
- "Rusty"-cat used by the Mission Impossible team in one episode. (The same cat kept by Elly May (Donna Douglas) on Beverly Hillbillies).
- Salem Saberhagen, talking black cat from the comic book, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and television series of the same name, as well as the Sabrina: The Animated Series.
- Schrodinger- cat that Capt. Carter gave Narim on Stargate SG1; appeared in the episodes Enigma and Pretense.
- "Sam"-wrongly named female cat who has kittens in end of an episode of Bonanza.
- Sebastian cat-appeared in cartoon Josie and the Pussycats.
- Sizzle, a pet cat puppet on The Puzzle Place
- Spot, pet cat of Data, from Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Tony the Tiger, commercial spokestiger for the breakfast cereals Frosted Flakes and Frosties
- Unnamed tabby cat owned by the Beckett family in Threads
- Unnamed chinchilla (white-silver) Persian cat in Fancy Feast cat food Commercials.
- Unnamed cat who gets a free sandwich in Miracle Whip commercials
- Vienna, Rigsby's cat in the sitcom Rising Damp
- Whiskers, the Kitten Who Can Name Fruit, seen on Cartoon Network's 'Fridays' block
Cats and felines in animation, comics and puppetry
- Abraham de Lacy Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley, O'Malley the alley cat from The Aristocats
- Aeris, from the webcomic VG Cats
- Alice, also known as Admiral from the TV anime Stratos 4
- Alley-Kat-Abra, feline magician formerly with the Zoo Crew.[1]
- Ambrose the robber cat, from 1935 Walt Disney cartoon of the same name.[2]
- Apathy Kat
- Artemis, The white cat in Sailor Moon.
- Attila, the cat in the comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm.[3]
- Autocat, race-car driving cat from cartoon Motormouse and Autocat.[4]
- Azrael, pet of Gargamel on the TV show The Smurfs.[5]
- Babbit and Catstello, Warner Brothers cartoon characters.[6]
- Baby Puss, pet tiger cat of Fred Flintstone who locks Fred out of the house at end of each episode
- Baggypants, Chaplinesque happy cat and lead character of 1977 NBC cartoon Baggypants and Friends.[7]
- BALIDAM, character from comic strip titled "Gugun et Balidam" written by Gugun Arief Gunawan from Indonesia. He is an alien in the shape of cat. He stays with Gugun, an earth citizen (the character is based on the artist himself), in a little house. They have strange neighbours. Visit www.geocities.com/gugunbalidam or just click here [1] to read the comic!
- Bagpuss, British TV cat
- Battlecat (aka Cringer) of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- Baudelaire in Phantom 2040 (obviously named after the French poet)
- Baron, The Cat Returns (Neko no Ongaeshi) 2002 Japanese animated film directed by Morita Hiroyuki and produced by Studio Ghibli.
- Bat-Cats - batwinged cats from Mighty Mouse cartoon Gypsy Life.[8]. Other cats from the series include Cattenstein,.
- Beans, Warner Brothers cartoon character, early colleague of Porky Pig.[9]
- Beardless Breeder-Reactor Boxing Bobcats - one of the comics that drove Boris the Bear over the edge.[10]
- Bella, female cat of Sergeant Louise Luggs from comic strip Beetle Bailey.[11]
- Belphegor, companion of the anti-conscience Asmodeus in Megatokyo.
- Benny Cat, Sylvester's dimwitted friend in the Warner Brothers' cartoons.
- Benny the Ball, one of the gang from Top Cat.[12]
- Bete Noire, cat from the comic strip Gordo.[13]
- Beverly, neighbor cat chased by dog Fumbles in Where's Huddles cartoon.[14]
- Big Cat, campus cartoon character often sighted in graffiti and newspaper columns
- Bill the Cat, mascot and presidential candidate in Berke Breathed's Bloom County.[15]
- Binka and friends.
- Black Pete, Disney cartoon villain, nemesis of Mickey Mouse
- Blue the cat, cat from comic strip U.S. Acres who regularly terrorized the other characters.[16]
- Bob the cat, from Neptune Circle
- Boo-cat on The Funky Phantom 1971 television cartoon.[17]
- Boom Boom Pussini, wrestler cat interested in Sonja from the comic strip Heathcliff.[18]
- The Brain, cat from Top Cat's gang.[19]
- Brave Heart Lion, a Care Bear cousin
- Brutus - lion pet of Holiday family from cartoon The Roman Holidays.[20]
- Buchi, the cat in RahXephon
- Bucky Katt, cartoon cat from Get Fuzzy comic strip
- Buyo, Kagome's family's pet cat, and Kirara, Sango's pet cat demon/nekomata in InuYasha
- Captain Amelia, humanoid feline in Disney's Treasure Planet
- Captain Amerikat, from Marvel Tails comic book.[21]
- Cap'n Catnip, alter ego of Petropolis millionaire Cheshire A. Catt and foe of the Jet-Pack Cats in Charlton Bullseye #2.[22]
- Captain Jack, gray furred cigarette smoking captain of a spaceship from The Adventures of Captain Jack comic book.[23]
- Caramel, Betty Cooper's cat in the Archie Comics
- Casual T. Cat, Claymation bipedal cat whose tail is stuck in an electrical outlet in the 1989 PSA The Shocking Adventures of Casual T. Cat.[24]
- "Cat" -pet of Dragon {TV Show}
- "The Cat"-The Jetsons family cat {First series episode. ALso same feline Astrochases at the end {?}}.
- Catastrophe, villain in Spy Dogs
- Catbert, the evil human resources director in the Dilbert comic strip
- The Catbus, a living cat with the size, shape, and function of a bus, in the anime My Neighbor Totoro
- CatDog, star of the Nickelodeon TV show of the same name. CatDog's feline side. See also List of fictional dogs
- Catgut, a feline from the Pound Puppies.[25]
- Cat Jacob, a Swiss cat who provides his readers with a humorous little philosophical "poke" along their way.
- The Cattanooga Cats, singing group from Hanna-Barbera animated series.[26]
- Cat Town, a web-based 'show' by R. Noyes starring cats from CatPrin, a Japanese tailor for felines.
- Catula, from Hello Kitty Furry Tale Theatre.[27]
- Cat pet of alien "Grandma Taters" in Jimmy Neutron episode
- Chaos cat deites agrabah Aladdin
- Chaos, a Muppet cat on Sesame Park
- Charlemagne, a cat from the Pound Puppies.[28]
- Cheetor, a Maximal Transformer who takes on the form on a cheetah. Character in Beast Wars and Beast Machines.
- Chester, Minnie the Minx's cat in the British Beano comic
- Chococat a Sanrio character
- Choo-Choo Bear, the boneless and oozy pet cat of Davan, in the Something Positive comic
- Chubby Huggs, oversized, overaffectionate cartoon cat from Get Fuzzy comic strip
- Clarisse Cat, Flip's girlfriend in some animations by Eric W. Schwartz (Has also had a cameo in Sabrina Online) Very sharp hearing, in "The Dating Game" she can hear Flip nodding on the phone!
- Claude Cat, Looney Tunes character
- Cool Cat, star of six 1960s Warner Brothers cartoons.[29]
- Copy Cat seen on Staples commercial
- The Copy Cats, She-Lion, Cool Kitty, and Fat Cat, villains on 'Kidd Video'
- Courageous Cat, part of Bob Kane's Batman spoof Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse. Other cats from the series include:
- Black Cat[30]
- Custard, nemesis of Roobarb in the BBC cartoon series
- Cyborg Kuro-chan, a robotic cat who is a spoof on Astro Boy
- Danny, the main character in the movie Cats Don't Dance
- Diego and the other sabertooth cats in Ice Age and Ice Age 2
- From Digimon: Gatomon (and variants BlackGatomon and Mikemon) and Bastemon resemble cats; there are also digimon such as Leomon (and variants GrapLeomon, LoaderLeomon and BantyoLeomon) which are lion-based.
- Dinah, Alice's cat in the Disney movie Alice in Wonderland.
- Doraemon, a feline robot from the future. From the Japanese cartoon and animation series of the same title.
- Drooper, lion from the Banana Splits.[31]
- Ele, a cynical cat-like creature from the Non Sequitur comic.
- Ebenezer and Snooch from the Webcomic Two Lumps
- Elsie the Cat from "Stanley"
- Evil The Cat (and occasionally a reverse clone, Good The Cat), one of the numerous nemeses of Earthworm Jim
- Faron - cat which appeared briefly in a few Peanuts cartoons - belonged to Frieda
- Fat Cat, chief nemesis of the rodent heroes of Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers, and Mepps, one of his henchmen.
- Fat Freddie's Cat in the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers by Gilbert Shelton
- Felicia, cat from The Great Mouse Detective, enforcer for the villain Ratigan.[32]
- Felix the Cat, pioneer cartoon character
- Fleshy, pink cat in the comic strip Monty
- Fluffy, evil cat genius in Darkwing Duck comic stories.
- Fritz the Cat, creation of Robert Crumb, changed considerably by Ralph Bakshi in his cartoon, killed later in retaliation by Crumb.
- Furrball the Scaredy Cat; Tiny Toon Adventures character
- Gaffer, backstage cat on The Muppet Show
- From the comic strip, Garfield:
- Arlene
- Garfield
- Nermal
- Sam Spayed, the detective played by Garfield
- Ed the Wonder Cat T.v. character in Garfield
- Cast of animated film Gay Purr-ee
- A Gata e O Gato (the female and the male cat), a couple in the comics by Laerte Coutinho
- Heathcliff, comic strip character. Other felines from the strip include:
- The Catfather.[33]
- Hector-cat who appears on Heathcliff cartoon Cats & Co.
- Hello Kitty, popular Japanese character marketed extensively by Sanrio
- Henry's Cat
- Hershey the Cat, black and white cat from Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, who would later become Geoffrey St. John's spy partner and wife.
- Hobbes, Calvin's pet stuffed tiger from the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
- Horse, the invincible tomcat from the comic strip Footrot Flats, by Murray Ball
- Hot Dog on Dennis the Menace
- Jasso-kissa
- Jenny, an Aldebaran witchcat and one of the main characters in Bucky O'Hare.[34]
- Jess, the eponymous Postman Pat's black and white cat of the title song in the BBC children's TV series
- Jiji, the black cat in Kiki's Delivery Service
- Jingoro, the Kasuga family's cat from Kimagure Orange Road
- Mirage (Aladdin) cat evils these Aladdin
- Mr. Jinks, featured with mice nemeses Pixie and Dixie in Hanna-Barbera's Huckleberry Hound Show
- Kamikaze Cat, and other characters, including:
- Boopsie Meow, his waitress girlfriend[35]
- Kamineko, from Azumanga Daioh
- Karupin, the free-spirited Himalayan cat owned by wonder tennis player Ryoma Echizen from the anime series The Prince of Tennis
- Katnappe, a female human with cat like abilities that is a recurring villain on Xiaolin Showdown
- Katy the Kitty Witch (or Chao, her original name) in The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
- Thomas Kemper, Tycho and Gabe's cat in Penny Arcarde, who has advanced computer skills and might even be an MSCE; he is named after the Thomas Kemper brand of soft drinks.
- Kimba the White Lion
- Kirara in InuYasha
- Kisa, female black panther raised by Jedda Walker in Defenders of the Earth
- Kitty the Kellog's Smacks
- Kittycat, cat from The Family Circus.[36]
- Klas Katt, the main character in Swedish author Gunnar Lundkvists dark, existentialist comics
- Kleo-girlfriend cat of Riff-Raff of Heathcliff cartoon "Cats & Co.
- Konyako, a teenaged catgirl in the anime Edens Bowy, she is the niece of Miss Nyako, dictator of Yuneas. Konyako's name is a contraction of "Koneko" (Japanese for "kitten") and "Nya" (Japanese for "meow").
- Kuroneko-sama from the anime Trigun. Roughly translated, the name simply means Lord Black Cat.
- Krazy Kat, surreal cartoon by George Herriman
- Krosp, Emperor of All Cats, of Girl Genius
- Kyaa in Please Save My Earth
- Kyo Sohma, a boy who transforms into a cat when hugged by a member of the opposite sex in the anime/manga series Fruits Basket
- Leo, from the webcomic VG Cats
- Leo the Lion, Beaky Buzzard's prey from the cartoon The Lion's Busy.[37]
- Lion, the lion from Boner's Ark.[38]
- Looshkin, the psychotic cat from the comic book Bear.
- Luca, Amy's cybernetically enhanced cat in IGPX
- Lucifer, the wicked stepmother's cat in the Disney movie Cinderella.
- Ludwig, from the comic strip Arlo and Janis.
- Luna, Artemis, Diana and Sailor Tin Nyanko in Sailor Moon
- Lyle and Lana from Animal Crackers comic strip.[39]
- Madcat, Dr. Claw's pet, from cartoon series Inspector Gadget
- Maha, from the anime .hack//SIGN, an AI who is assigned to monitor the protagonist Tsukasa.
- Matroskin, from animated film Three from Buttermilk Village and its sequels
- Mayaa, from Azumanga Daioh.
- Merle (Meruru) and the twin sisters Nadia (Nariya) and Elisa (Eriya), the three cat girls in Tenkuu no Escaflowne.
- Mike, from Noriko Sasaki's Dōbutsu no o-isha-san (動物のお医者さん, "Mr. Veterinarian")
- Miss Nyako, a tuxedo-wearing catgirl who is the dictator of robot town Yuneas in anime Edens Bowy. Her name is a contraction of "Nya" (Japanese for "meow") and "Neko" (Japanese for "cat").
- Moggy Malone, an apparently "upper-class" cat from Roobarb and Custard Too.
- Mooch, the cat and one of the main characters in the comic strip Mutts.
- Mr. Blik Gordon Waffle, from Catscratch
- Mungo-one of Heathcliff cartoon "Cats & Co]].
- Myu Myu, Naota's old fat cat in FLCL
- Napoleon, black cat owned by the Hale sisters in W.I.T.C.H.
- Necoconeco, a fictional corporate mascot in Azumanga Daioh; a kitten on the head of an identical, but adult, cat.
- Nero, a fluffy white caterpillar (but does the role of a cat), pet of the villainous toad Silas Greenback, from the cartoon series Dangermouse—a spoof of Blofeld's cat (see above)
- Atsuko Natsume aka Nuku Nuku which is an android created in an effort to safe a dying pet cat
- Nya, Shia's companion cat from the TV anime Pita-Ten
- Oggy, from Oggy and the Cockroaches
- Oil Can Harry from Mighty Mouse
- Oliver Wendell McDuffy, feline assistant of Bulldog Drumhead.[40]
- Omaha the Cat Dancer, erotic "furry" comic book character
- Doctor Paula Hutchison in Rocko's Modern Life
- Pasi, B. Virtanen's cat
- Peekaboo from Rose Is Rose
- Penelope Pussycat, the black cat who is perpetually chased by (and occasionally chases) Pepé Le Pew
- Percival, the feline part in Sinfest's cat and dog duo
- The Pink Panther, movie eponym, cartoon character
- Plottigat, Disney cartoon character, an evil mad scientist who is an enemy of Mickey Mouse
- Precious, cat who almost takes over the world in Pinky and the Brain
- Proud Heart Cat, a Care Bear cousin
- Pu'ar, a flying, shapeshifting cat from the Dragon Ball series. The name refers to a type of tea. Karin is another a magical cat in the series.
- Pussyfoot, Looney Tunes character
- Ragland T. Tiger, aka Rags, on Crusader Rabbit
- Rajah, the pet tiger of Jasemine in Aladdin
- Red, the villain in All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
- Rhonda, a tiger in Kevin and Kell
- Riff-Raff-cat who appears on Heathcliff cartoon "Cats & Co"
- Rita, part of the cat-dog couple Rita and Runt in Animaniacs
- Ruac Lycia, an anthropomorphic cheetah in the webcomic Bristled
- Rubbish, the star of Rubbish, King of the Jumble.
- Ruff, of Hanna-Barbera's Ruff and Reddy
- Sagwa and friends, Siamese cats
- The Samurai Pizza Cats, cartoon characters
- Scrapper, the one-eyed cat of Mrs. Wicket in the 2002 Mr. Bean animated series.
- Scratch, cat from The Biskitts, lives in a cave and likes to eat dogs.[41]
- Scratchy in The Itchy & Scratchy Show, the show-within-a-show on The Simpsons
- Sebastian of Josie and the Pussycats.
- Shampoo, girl who transforms into a cat in the anime/manga series Ranma ½
- Si and Am, the sinister and mischievous Siamese cats owned by Aunt Sarah in the film Lady and the Tramp
- The Sinister Felines from Atop The Litterbox; one of the few non-human antagonists from the animated series Codename: Kids Next Door
- Snack 'the mafia cat', Katie Harbournes faintly evil cat in the Wicked Winchester series of comics.
- Snagglepuss, Hanna-Barbera TV cartoon character
- Snicklefritz, Granny Garbonzo's cat on Big Comfy Couch
- Snowball I (white, deceased) and Snowball II (black, deceased), Snowball III (brown, deceased), Coltrane (white, deceased), Snowball V (black, current cat, renamed Snowball II), The Simpsons' house cats.
- Solange from 9 Chickweed Lane
- Spider Jerusalem's two-headed chain-smoking alley cat, from Transmetropolitan
- Spinel Sun, also known as Suppi from the anime and manga series Cardcaptor Sakura
- Stimpy, from the cartoon series Ren and Stimpy
- Streaky the Supercat, from Supergirl comics
- SWAT Kats characters T-Bone, Razor, Calico Briggs, and other residents of MegaCat City
- Sylvester the Cat; Warner Bros. cartoon character
- Sylvester Jr; Sylvester's Son
- Tabbe Le Fauve from the furry comic book, Xanadu
- Ta-kun, the little black cat Mamimi rescued in FLCL
- Tama-neko, Mitsukake's pet from Fushigi Yuugi
- The cat in Cowboy Bebop Session 20.
- The Thundercats, cartoon characters who are feline humanoid aliens
- Sergeant Tibs, Colonel's faithful assistant in One Hundred and One Dalmatians
- Tom, from the cartoon series Tom and Jerry
- Toonces, the driving cat (from Saturday Night Live)
- Top Cat and his band of alley cats, Hanna-Barbera TV cartoon characters
- The Totem forms of the Visionaries characters Leoric and Witterquick, a Lion and a Cheetah respectively
- In the Transformers cartoon and comic books, Ravage was the evil Decepticon robot cat who transformed into a cassette tape and Steeljaw was the heroic Autobot robot cat who transformed into a cassette tape
- Twisp, from Penny Arcade. Not to be confused with Catsby, Twisp's imp counterpart.
- Ura in El-Hazard
- Waffles-the Goofs cat in Disney's Goof Troop.
- Wannyan (a.k.a. Bow-Meow), the half-dog half-cat alien baby-sitter from the anime UFO Baby (a.k.a. Da! Da! Da!)
- Watchcats, feline spoof of Watchmen, in which Gus, Hatrack, Professor New York, and Carrie are stalked by a killer.[42]
- Wildcat, Donald Rooum's anarchist cat, featured in Freedom newspaper
- Winston, the Janitor's cat in the Beano comic strip The Bash Street Kids
- Wordsworth W. Wordsworth-a cat who speaks in rhyme on Heathcliff cartoon show Cats and Co.
- Wondercat, the cat from the educational television series, Wonder World of Science.
- WWII ("World War II"), the infamous "cat next door" that keeps scratching up Snoopy's doghouse in Peanuts
- Yuki, Yoko's cat in Beyond, a sequence in The Animatrix
- Zipper Cat, cat from the Get-Along Gang.[43]
Cats and felines in Yu-Gi-Oh
The following is a list of feline-based Monsters featured in Yu-Gi-Oh:
- Turtle Tiger
- Leogun
- The All-seeing White Tiger
- Lady Panther
- King Tiger Wanghu
- A Cat of Ill Omen
- Zombie Tiger
- Neko Mane King
- Amazoness Tiger
- Cat's Ear Tribe
- Dark Cat with White Tail
- Soul Tiger
- Tiger Axe
- Panther Warrior
- Rescue Cat
- Catnipped Kitty
- Sleeping Lion
- Nekogal #1
- Fusionist
- Little Chimera
Cats in electronic/video games
- Alley Cat
- Alfador, Janus's cat from Chrono Trigger
- Andre, from Shadow Hearts: Covenant
- Big the Cat, from Sonic Adventure
- Blaze the Cat, from Sonic Rush
- Blinx: The time sweeping cat from Blinx: The Time Sweeper (Also notable, Blinx' companions in the Time Factory are all cats)
- Bubsy Bobcat
- Katt, Rei, Cray, and Lin from the Breath of fire series
- Cait Sith, from Final Fantasy VII
- Captain Nathaniel Claw, from Claw (computer game).
- CatBat, the Cat/Bat hybrid enemy from Wario Land 4.
- Catz, in the Petz virtual pets game.
- Evil the Cat, one of many villains from the video game Earthworm Jim.
- Felicia, catgirl character from the Darkstalkers series.
- Gina, the weaponsmith in Revenant from Eidos Interactive and Cinematix Studios
- Katt, an anthropomorphic cat who fights using staves in Breath of Fire 2.
- Katt Monroe from Star Fox 64/Lylat Wars.
- Kay from Legend of Kay.
- Links, an Office Assistant in Microsoft Office
- Juliette, a playable character from Fur Fighters.
- Juhani, Cathar (cat/female alien) in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Mao, from Shadow Hearts: From The New World
- Mia from .hack, who appears in the games as a purple-furred catgirl Blademaster with a penchant for Aromatic Grass
- Mia from .hack//G.U., the white cat who accompanies Endrance during the first game.
- Mithra, from Final Fantasy XI.
- Myau, the Musk Cat and Party Member of Phantasy Star.
- Nifta, from Wizball
- Several Pokémon: Meowth, Persian, Skitty, Delcatty, Mew, Mewtwo, Glameow and Purugly, and the electric lion Pokémon,Shinx, Luxio and Rentorer(Luxray). Others such as Electabuzz are at least somewhat feline in appearance.
- Sourpuss, from Pac Man
- Red XIII, from Final Fantasy VII
- Schrödinger, a black cat that takes an interest in the Embryon tribe in Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2
- Strudel, the remote controlled cat from Time Splitters: Future Perfect
- Spitz, from Warioware
- Tango, in the Game Boy game Mega Man V/Rockman World 5
- Tat, in the Playstation 2 game Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil.
- Tiga, an anthropomorphic tiger in Breath of Fire 2. He leads a resistance against but is killed by the followers of St. Eva.
- Various characters from the Animal Crossing series.
- Kai the Cat, Kat the Cat, Mew the Cat, Dark Panther from the MMORPG Lineage II.
Cats in song
- The Cat With Two Heads by the Aquabats
- "The Cat Came Back" (1893) by Harry S. Miller, tells of futile attempts to get rid of a big yellow cat:
- But the cat came back the very next day.
- The cat came back. They thought it was a goner,
- But the cat came back; it just wouldn't stay away.
- The song also inspired an animated cartoon short.
- "Black Cat" by Gentle Giant from the album "Acquiring the Taste".
- "Black Cat" by Janet Jackson from the 1989 album Rhythm Nation 1814
- "Brownie the Cat" by The Brilliant Green
- "Cat Black, the Wizard's Hat" by T. Rex
- "The cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon," in Harry Chapin's song Cat's in the Cradle
- The Cat in the Window, sung by Petula Clark
- "Cat with 2 Heads" by The Aquabats!
- Cats, the musical
- "Cheshire Cat Smile" by Milburn
- "Cleopatra's Cat" by The Spin Doctors
- "Cosmic Charlie" by the Grateful Dead
- "Dude The Cat" by The Leaving Trains
- "I Am Your " by Gong
- "I Bought Me a Cat" by Aaron Copland
- "Kitten is Angry" by Neil Cicierega
- "Kittty" by The Presidents of the United States of America (band)
- "Leave My Kitten Alone" by Little Willie John
- "Lucifer Sam" by Pink Floyd
- "Monsterpuss" by The Vaselines
- Moses, the cat in "Jessie" by Joshua Kadison
- "My Cat's Name is Maceo" by Jane's Addiction
- "Phenomenal Cat" by The Kinks
- "Smelly Cat", song written for TV Sitcom Friends
- "Stray Cat Strut" by The Stray Cats - link
- "The Kitty Cat Song" by The Troggs
- "Tommy the Cat" by Primus
- Unnamed cat in "Nobody's Moggy Now", by Eric Bogle
- "What's New, Pussycat?" by Tom Jones
- "Year of the Cat" by Al Stewart
- "Yellow Cat/Red Cat" by Say Anything
- "The Cat Crept In" by Mud (1974)
- "The Lovecats" by The Cure
- "All Cats are Grey" by The Cure
- "The Ballad of Daykitty" by Lou Barlow
Cats in science
- Schrödinger's cat, hapless victim and lucky survivor of a thought experiment by Erwin Schrödinger illustrating the incompleteness of the theory of quantum mechanics (although Schrödinger himself is historical, the cat is the protagonist in a thought experiment and thus fictional). Surrounding this thought experiment, John Gribbin authored two books, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat and Schrödinger's Kittens.
- A gedankenexperiment involving a cat is attributed to Albert Einstein to explain how telegraph signals can be sent across the country. If you have a very long cat, one need only to tweak the tail of the cat in New York to make it meow in Los Angeles. According to the professor, radio works very much like that, but "...there is no cat." [2]
Cats and felines on the Internet and in IT
- Alistair Katt, the left-wing liberal commentator and part-time weatherman in the webcomic Newshounds.
- BIKECAT, a Japanese cat very popular among users at image boards, such as iichan and mainly on 2chan .
- Bob , The Jagex cat. Jagex is the company that created Runescape and Runescape Classic. There is also the parody of Bob, known as "Evil Bob" who lives in a world called ScapeRune, which is the reverse of Runescape.
- Dexter, the oft appearing culprit of errors omissions and tastelessness on the long running adventure-reality video blog,[44]
- Glitch, a digital cat who appears in various cartoons and comics online.
- Kittyloaf, a cross between a cat and a loaf of bread.
- Longcat (also known as "Nobiru") another popular cat on Japanese and occidental image boards which appears to have an unusual long body, after this image became popular it was edited to make him look endlesly long. Now, a mascot of image boards.
- Tacgnol, a black, diabolical version of Longcat.
- Mittens and Snowdrop, animated cats which star in a series of humorous animations at Matazone.co.uk
- The Mona mascots (including Giko Cat), starring in 2channel.
- Neko, one of the first animated "screen toys," which "slept" on the screen and woke up when one moved the mouse, chasing the mouse cursor.
- Limecat, another mascot in Japanese and occidental image boards. A cat who appears to have a helmet made out of a hollowed out lime and has spawned many copycats such as Lemoncat and Pomelocat.
- Several Neopets characters resemble cats, mainly the pets Acara, Aisha, Kougra (tiger), Wocky, and the petpets Alkenore, Angelpuss, Blooky, Blorbis, Devilpuss, Gathow, Kadoatie, Mazzew, Meowclops, Noil (lion), Slorgclops, Tasu, among others.
- "Uglycat", Something Awful's Cliff Yablonski's cat that can detect when ugly is near.[45]
- CoCo Kitty and KiKi Kitty from Gaiaonline
- Leo and Aeris from VG Cats are anthropomorphic cats.
- Ceilingcat, a cat peering down through a hole in the ceiling, popular on image boards, often accompanied with the quotes "Where is your God now?" or "Ceilingcat is watching you masturbate."
Footnotes
- Rovin, Jeff. The Illustrated History of Cartoon Animals. New York: Prentice Hall, 1991. ISBN 0-13-275561-0
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