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Cats and other felines have often been used as characters in literature and in other forms of media. This is a list of fictional cats.

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
• 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
• Freya'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 give a good word for his human to the gods in South-East Asian Indian mythology
• Puss in Boots
• Dick Whittington's Cat

Cats and felines in literature

Aineko, a talking robot 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
Bagheera the panther in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book
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 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 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... mystery novels written by Lillian Jackson Braun and featuring the detective James Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats Koko and Yum-yum
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
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
Mrs Figg's cats in Harry Potter
Fireheart, Graystripe, Tigerclaw, and other feral cats 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
Galia Tyranth in The Kingdoms and the Elves books by Robert Stanek rides a giant cat called a king cat. She is one of many Cat Patrollers.
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 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:
Jeffy, the Burglar's Cat and
The Nine Lives of Island Mackenzie
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)
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
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.
Kater Murr (Tomcat Murr), in E.T.A. Hoffmann's The Life and Opinions of Kater Murr (1819-1821)
Kitty, the Ingalls family mouser in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books
Little Cats A through Z, from Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
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 ( my bite's worse than any dog's ) and her 24th Street gang, his kit Midnight Louise, his goad Karma and his eyes and ears, on the street Sassafrass and over the street Ingram; introduce yourself with The Las Vegas Quartet, followed by Catnap, thenPussyfoot, then voyage from Be ta Zed ( A ? - don't ask - and beware the lethal Hyacinth).
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
Mottyl, the cat in Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findlay
Mrs Norris in Harry Potter
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Rotten Ralph, the very bad cat in Jack Gutos'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
Spiegel, from Spiegel the Cat by Gottfried Keller
Squire Julian Gingivere, barn cat who Matthias me 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
Tao, the Siamese cat from Sheila Burnford's novel The Incredible Journey.
Tiger the vegetarian cat and others in the movie An American Tail
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).
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
Upgraded cats in Reginald Bretnor's Genius of the Species take over the Soviet Union
The main and supporting characters in the book series Warriors are all cats.
Wolsey, a {tabby} cat which travelled in Dr.Who's TARDIS during the Virgin Books Adventures
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)

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 Dschingis )
  • Grizabella
  • Jemima (a.k.a. Sillabub)
  • Pouncival
  • 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
Mr. Bigglesworth, Dr. Evil's cat from the Austin Powers films, in homage to the unnamed cat of Bond's Blofeld
Blofeld's unnamed cat from the James Bond movies, which has inspired a number of imitations and spoofs (see Mr Bigglesworth, Madcat, and Nero)
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.
Cat, Holly Golightly's cat in Breakfast At Tiffany's
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
The Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz
That Darn Cat, Disney's adaptation of the book Undercover cat
Elsa the lioness, raised by Joy Adamson in Born Free
Figaro, of Disney's Pinocchio.
Gatto, Mr D and Tweed in Cat City (Macskafogó)
Jake, The Cat from Outer Space
Jones, the cat in Alien
King Leonidas of Naboombu, a lion, the world's greatest soccer player, also 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.
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. 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
Rademenes,the cat from Polish TV serial from 80’s „Siedem Życzeń” (Seven Wishes)
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
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)
Tao, a Siamese cat in the 1963 film The Incredible Journey, based on the novel of the same title.
Sassy, a Himalayan cat in the 1993 remake of the 1963 film The Incredible Journey
Sebastain-cat in Josie and the Pussycats
Thackery Binx, the boy-turned-black-cat in Hocus Pocus
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 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
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.
Waffles the cat in Disney's Goof Troop

Cats and felines in television

Annabelle and Eek from Eek!stravaganza
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
Frankenstein, the pregnant cat Lister sneaks onboard the Red Dwarf
Henrietta cat and Daniel Tiger from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Iris, Catwoman's cat in Batman, the Animated Series
The killer kitties of The X-Files Teso dos Bichos episode
Kit (later human Katrina), the Halliwell witch-sisters' familiar in Charmed
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
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
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?
Neelix, Lieutenant Reginald Barclay's cat, from Star Trek: Voyager
Spot, pet cat of Data, from Star Trek: The Next Generation
Prince Myshkin, in the episode, Stray Cat, from Noir (named after the main character in Dostoevsky's The Idiot).
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 cereals Frosted Flakes and Frosties
Vienna, Rigsby's cat in the sitcom Rising Damp

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
Apathy Kat
Atilla, the cat in the comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm
Azrael, pet of Gargamel on the TV show The Smurfs
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.
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
Binka and friends.
Black Pete, Disney cartoon character, originally the nemesis of Mickey Mouse then Goofy
Brave Heart Lion, a Care Bear cousin
Buchi, the cat in RahXephon
Bucky Katt, cartoon cat from Get Fuzzy comic strip
Buyo, Kagome's family's pet cat in InuYasha
Captain Amelia, humanoid feline in Disney's Treasure Planet
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. See also List of fictional dogs
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
Cat Town, a web-based 'show' by R. Noyes starring cats from CatPrin, a Japanese tailor for felines.
Chaos, a Muppet cat on Sesame Park
Chester, Minnie the Minx's cat in the British Beano comic
Chococat a Sanrio charecter
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
Courageous Cat, superhero friend of sidekick Minute Mouse
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
Doraemon, a feline robot from future. From Japanese cartoon and animation series of the same title.
Evil The Cat (and occasionally a reverse clone, Good The Cat), one of the numerous nemeses of Earthworm Jim
Fat Cat, chief nemesis of the rodent heroes of Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers
Fat Freddie's Cat in the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers by Gilbert Shelton
Felina Furr/Alley-Kat-Abra, in Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew
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
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
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
Gatomon, from Digimon. Although not technically a cat, she does appear 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
Horse, the invincible tomcat from the comic strip Footrot Flats, by Murray Ball
Jasso-kissa
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
Mr. Jinks, featured with mice nemeses Pixie and Dixie in Hanna-Barbera's Huckleberry Hound Show
Kamineko, from Azumanga
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
Klas Katt, the main character in Swedish author Gunnar Lundkvists dark, existentialist comics
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
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
Looshkin, the psychotic cat from the comic book Bear.
Lucifer, the cat in Disney's Cinderella.
Luna, Artemis and Diana in Sailor Moon
Madcat, Dr. Claw's pet, from cartoon series Inspector Gadget
Matroskin, from animated film Three from Buttermilk Village and its sequels
Mayaa, from Azumanga.
Meowth in Pokémon and its evolved form Persian.
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 ).
Meruru, the feline character in Tenkuu no Escaflowne
Moggy Malone, an apparently upper-class cat from Roobarb and Custard Too.
Nero, a fluffy white caterpillar (but does the role of a cat), pet of the villainous toad Silas Greenback, from the cartoon series Danger Mouse—a spoof of Blofeld's cat (see above)
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
Omaha the Cat Dancer, erotic furry comic book character
Pasi, B. Virtanen's cat
Peekaboo from Rose Is Rose
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
Proud Heart Cat, a Care Bear cousin
Puar, a flying, shapeshifting cat from the Dragon Ball manga and anime
Pussyfoot, Looney Tunes character
Ragland T. Tiger, aka Rags, on Crusader Rabbit
Rajah, the pet tiger of Jasemine in Aladdin
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
The Samurai Pizza Cats, cartoon characters
Scrapper, the one-eyed cat of Mrs. Wicket in the 2002 Mr. Bean animated series.
Scratchy in The Itchy & Scratchy Show, the show-within-a-show on The Simpsons
Sagwa and friends, Siamese cats
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
Snagglepuss, Hanna-Barbera TV cartoon character
Snowball (white) (deceased) and Snowball II (black), The Simpsons' house cats
Solange from 9 Chickweed Lane
Spider Jerusalem's two-headed chain-smoking alley cat, from Transmetropolitan
Spinner Sun, also known as Spi-chan from the TV anime Cardcaptors
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
The Thundercats, cartoon characters who are feline humanoid aliens
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
Twisp, from Penny Arcade. Not to be confused with Catsby, Twisp's imp counterpart.
Ura in El-Hazard
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!)
Wildcat, Donald Rooum's anarchist cat, featured in Freedom newspaper
Winston, the Janitor's cat in the Beano comic strip The Bash Street Kids
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

Cats in electronic/video games

Alley Cat
Big the Cat, from Sonic Adventure.
Blaze the Cat, from Sonic Rush
Blinx: The time swrppring cat from Blinx: The Time Sweeper
Bubsy Bobcat
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.
Delcatty, Skitty's evolved form from Pokémon
Evil the Cat, one of many villians 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 Monroe from Star Fox 64/Lylat Wars.
Links, an Office Assistant in Microsoft Office
Myau, the Musk Cat and Party Member of Phantasy Star.
Meowth, from Pokémon
Nifta, from Wizball
Persian, Meowth's evolved form from Pokémon
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
Skitty, from Pokémon
Spitz, from Wario Ware
Tango, in the Game Boy game Mega Man V/Rockman World 5

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 Bought Me a Cat by Aaron Copeland
I Am Your 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 - link
Moses, the cat in Jessie by Joshua Kadison
Cats, the musical
The Cat in the Window, sung by Petula Clark
The cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon, in Harry Chapin's song Cat's in the Cradle
Black Cat by Janet Jackson from the 1989 album Rhythm Nation 1814
Black Cat by Gentle Giant from the album Acquiring the Taste .
Brownie the Cat by The Brilliant Green
Monsterpuss by The Vaselines
My Cat's Name is Maceo by Jane's Addiction
Lucifer Sam by Pink Floyd
Smelly Cat , song made for TV Sitcom Friends
Bike by Pink Floyd
Phenomenal Cat by The Kinks
Dude The Cat by The Leaving Trains
Delilah by Queen from the 1991 album Innuendo, the song dedicated to Freddie Mercury's fave cat
Cosmic Charlie by the Grateful Dead
Kittty by The Presidents of the United States of America (band)

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.

Cats and felines on the Internet and in IT

Mittens and Snowdrop, animated cats which star in a series of humorous animations at Matazone.co.uk
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.
Several Neopets characters resemble cats.
The Mona mascots (including Giko Cat), starring in 2channel.
Longcat , BIKECAT and other cats that have become famous inside image forums such like 2chan, 4chan and iichan. These cats are considered part of the internet meme culture.

See also

• List of historical cats

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