List of fictional cats

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Cats and other felines have often been used as characters in literature and in other forms of media.

Table of contents

1 Legendary, mythological and fairytale cats

2 Cats and felines in literature

3 Cats and felines in film

4 Cats and felines in television

5 Cats and felines in animation, comics and puppetry

6 Cats in computing

7 Cats in song

8 Cats in science

9 See also

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
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

Cats and felines in literature

Aineko, a talking robot cat in the "Accelerando" series of science-fiction short stories (and yet-unpublished novel) by Charles Stross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.

Cats and felines in film

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

Cats and felines in television

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

Cats and felines in animation, comics and puppetry

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

Cats in computing

Alleycat
Catz and Catz II virtual desktop pets
Links, an Office Assistant in Microsoft Office

Cats in song

"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.

"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

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). There is a book by John Gribbin called Schrodinger's Kittens.