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List of fictional cats
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Cats and other felines have often been used as characters in literature and in other forms of media.
- Bast (or Bastet), Egyptian goddess with the head of a cat; see also Sekhmet, Bast's guise as the goddess of lions
- The cat was the animal of Libera, the Roman mythological personification of Liberty, because it hates to be constrained
- Puss in Boots
- Dick Whittington's Cat
- The multi-legged "bedcats," six-legged wildcats that evolved from bedbugs, that appear in the Paul Bunyan legends
- Aineko, a talking robot cat in the "Accelerando" series of science-fiction short stories (and yet-unpublished novel) by Charles Stross
- Aslan the lion in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and other Narnia stories by C.S. Lewis.
- Bagheera the panther in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book
- "The Black Cat" in Edgar Allan Poe's short story, a study of the psychology of guilt
- Blackmalkin, Greymalkin, and Nibbins, witches' cats in The Midnight Folk by John Masefield
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- The Cat That Walked by Himself in Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories.
- The Cat Who... mystery novels written by Lillian Jackson Braun and featuring the detective James Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats Koko and Yum-yum.
- Cats from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, in order of appearance:
- The Old Gumbie Cat
- Growltiger
- Rum Tum Tugger
- Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
- Old Deuteronomy
- Mr. Mistoffelees
- Macavity: The Mystery Cat
- Gus: The Theatre Cat
- Bustopher Jones: The Cat about Town
- Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat
- Cat Morgan Introduces Himself
- The musical Cats is based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, but introduces several additional characters—most notably Grizabella
- 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
- Clarence the Copy Cat, pacifist library-dwelling cat who sleeps on the photocopier
- 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 Caroll's Alice in Wonderland and his Through the Looking-Glass
- Graymalkin, Jill the Witch's familiar and accomplice of Snuff, from the novel A Night In The Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny, (a graymalkin or grimalkin is an old or evil-looking she-cat)
- Greebo (in Terry Pratchett novels: see Discworld characters)
- Gummitch the superkitten, in Fritz Leiber's Space-time For Springers.
- Francis the feline detective in the novels Felidae and Felidae on the Road by Akif Pirinçci
- 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 and his daughter Midnight Louise, feline companions and fellow investigators of amateur sleuth Temple Barr, featured in a series of mystery novels by Carole Nelson Douglas
- Mogget, a magical entity in the form of a cat, in the fantasy novels Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix
- Mr. Underfoot in Robert A. Heinlein's Friday
- Petronius Arbiter, Pete in Robert A. Heinlein's The Door Into Summer.
- Pixel in Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Cat Who Walks Through Walls.
- Upgraded cats in Reginald Bretnor's "Genius of the Species" take over the Soviet Union
- Behemoth, the huge, trolley-riding, Satanic black cat in Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita.
- O'lal, monitor of Earth in Alan Dean Fosters Cat-A-Lyst
- Sebastian, son of Tobias (see below). Affectionate towards his "owner" Tim who saved Sebastian from drowning. Sebastian is a Strange One (neither part of the Hidden People nor a normal cat).
- Shere Khan the tiger in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book
- Simpkin in Beatrix Potter's The Tailor of Gloucester.
- Fritti Tailchaser from Tad Williams' Tailchaser's Song.
- 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.
- 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 Owl's fiancée in Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
- "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.
- Powder the albino siamese from uncommon children's series Powder The Cat.
- Leo the Lion, mascot of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio.
- much of the cast of the Disney animated film The Aristocats.
- Figaro, of Disney's Pinocchio.
- 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.
- Blofeld's unnamed cat from the James Bond movies, which has inspired a number of imitations and spoofs (see Mr Bigglesworth, Madcat, and Nero)
- 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
- Pink Panther, movie eponym, cartoon character
- That Darn Cat, Disney's adaptation of the book Undercover cat
- Pyewacket is the witch's familiar in the romantic comedy film Bell Book and Candle
- Simba, Nala, Mufasa, Scar, Sarabi, Sarafina and other lions in Disney's The Lion King
- Kovu, Kiara, Zira, Nuka, Vitani and other lions in Disney's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
- Cosmic Creepers, an ugly, suspicious-looking black cat in the 1971 Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- Rhubarb, a cat that inherits a professional baseball team from its owner, in the 1951 film Rhubarb
- Snowbell, the cat in the film version of Stuart Little
- Tao, a Himalayan cat in the 1963 film The Incredible Journey (named "Sassy" in the 1993 remake)
- The unnamed cat that Don Corleone has in his lap in the first scenes in The Godfather
- Jones, the cat in Alien
- The Cat, character descended from cats played by Danny John-Jules on BBC TV sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf (see Frankenstein)
- "Clarence, the cross-eyed Lion" from the TV series Daktari
- Frankenstein, the pregnant cat Lister sneaks onboard the Red Dwarf
- Henrietta Pussycat and Daniel Tiger from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Kitty, pet lion from the 1960s TV series The Addams Family
- Lucky, the Tanners' cat in TV series ALF, who weekly escaped being devoured by the wisecracking Alien Life-Form
- Miss Kitty Fantastico, pet cat of Willow and Tara in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Morris, commercial mascot for 9 Lives Cat Food, voiced by John Irwin
- Mrs. Slocombe's "Pussy", an unseen character and the source of many innuendoes in Are You Being Served?
- Spot, pet cat of Data, from Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Salem, talking black cat from the TV series (and comic book) Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- Sizzle, a pet cat puppet on The Puzzle Place
- Tony the Tiger, commercial spokestiger for the breakfast cereal Frosted Flakes
- Azrael, pet of Gargamel on the TV show The Smurfs
- Captain Amelia, humanoid feline in Disney's Treasure Planet
- Bagpuss, British TV cat
- Jiji, the black cat in Kiki's Delivery Service
- cast of Disney's The Aristocats
- 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
- Black Pete, Disney cartoon character, originally the nemesis of Mickey Mouse then Goofy
- Bucky Katt, cartoon cat from Get Fuzzy comic strip
- 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. See also List of fictional dogs
- Cat Jacob, a Swiss cat provides his readers with a humourous little philosophical "poke" along their way.
- The Cattanooga Cats, singing group from Hanna-Barbera animated series
- Chaos, a Muppet cat on Sesame Park
- Choo-Choo Bear, the boneless and oozy pet cat of Davan, in the Something Positive comic
- Claude Cat, Looney Tunes character
- Courageous Cat, superhero friend of sidekick Minute Mouse
- Doraemon, a feline robot from future. From Japanese cartoon and animation series of the same title.
- Custard, nemesis of Roobarb in BBC2 cartoon Roobarb and Custard
- Fatcat, chief nemesis of the rodent heros of Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers
- Fat Freddie's Cat in the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers by Gilbert Shelton
- Felix the Cat, pioneer cartoon character
- Fritz the Cat, creation of Robert Crumb, changed considerably by Ralph Bakshi in his cartoon, killed later in retaliation by Crumb
- Garfield, comic strip character
- Cast of animated film Gay Purr-ee
- Gatomon, from Digimon. Although not technically a cat, she does appears and act like one.
- Heathcliff, comic strip character
- Hello Kitty, popular Japanese character marketed extensively by Sanrio
- Henry's Cat
- Hobbes, Calvin's pet stuffed tiger from the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
- Jess, the eponymous Postman Pat's black and white cat of the title song in the BBC children's TV series
- Mr. Jinks, featured with mice nemeses Pixie and Dixie in Hanna-Barbera's Huckleberry Hound Show
- Kimba the White Lion
- Krazy Kat, surreal cartoon by George Herriman
- Kyou, boy who transforms into a cat in the anime series Fruits Basket
- Luna, Artemis and Diana in Sailor Moon
- Madcat, Dr. Claw's pet, from cartoon series Inspector Gadget
- Meowth in Pokemon
- Nero, a fluffy white caterpillar, pet of the villainous toad Silas Greenback, from the cartoon series Danger Mouse—a parody of Blofeld's cat (see above)
- Oggy, from Oggy and the Cockroaches
- Omaha the Cat Dancer, erotic "furry" comic book character
- Peekaboo from Rose is Rose
- The Pink Panther, movie eponym, cartoon character
- Pussyfoot, Looney Tunes character
- Ragland T. Tiger, aka Rags, on Crusader Rabbit
- Rhonda, a tiger in Kevin and Kell
- Rita, part of the cat-dog couple Rita and Runt in Animaniacs
- Rubbish, the star of Rubbish, King of the Jumble.
- Ruff, of Hanna-Barbera's Ruff and Reddy
- Diego and the other sabertooth cats in Ice Age
- The Samurai Pizza Cats, cartoon characters
- Scratchy from the fictional show within a show Itchy and Scratchy in The Simpsons
- Sagwa and friends.
- Snagglepuss, Hanna-Barbera TV cartoon character
- Snowball (white) (deceased) and Snowball II (black), The Simpsons' house cats
- Snowy: Cat from TV show "Tin tin".
- Lucifer, the cat in Disney's Cinderella.
- Si and Am, the sinister and mischievous Siamese cats owned by Aunt Sarah in the film Lady and the Tramp
- Solange from 9 Chickweed Lane
- Stimpy, from the cartoon series Ren and Stimpy
- Sylvester the cat, Warner Bros. cartoon character
- 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 Thundercats, cartoon characters
- Wildcat, Donald Rooum's anarchist cat, featured in Freedom newspaper
- Alleycat
- Catz and Catz II virtual desktop pets
- Links, an Office Assistant in Microsoft Office
- "The Cat Came Back" (1893) by Harry S. Miller, tells of futile attempts to get rid of a big yellow cat:
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- 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.
- "Cat Black, the Wizard's Hat" by T. Rex
- "I Am Your Pussy" by Gong
- "Tommy the Cat" by Primus
- "Leave My Kitten Alone" by Little Willie John
- "What's New, Pussycat?" by Tom Jones
- "Year of the Cat" by Al Stewart
- the unnamed cat in "Nobody's Moggy Now", by Eric Bogle
- "Stray Cat Strut" by The Stray Cats - http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/songs/s/stray-stray.htm
- Cats, the musical
- 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). There is a book by John Gribbin called Schrodinger's Kittens.
- List of historical cats
- Lists of fictional animals
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