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As the title suggests, this is an Index of Famous Cats throughout history, both in reality and in fiction. This is not to be considered a complete list, nor can i account for the accuracy of all the information here (just some of it). We have lots of improvements planned; if you'd like details please click "newsletter" in the menu below. |
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= New in March 2000!
= Added in May '99
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| © #4 | Earthworm Jim | Animation, T.V. Show, Video Game | Bob the Goldfish's henchcat | |
| ® 17 | Dr. Shrinker, 1976 | Movie | 1977 PATSY Award winner | NVM |
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| NAME | SOURCE | SOURCE TYPE | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Abasambo, The | Ethiopian Folklore | a.k.a. Ikimizi, Bung Bung, Bakanga, & Ntarargo | 8 | |
| + © Abby the Olympic Tabby | The Simpsons, Matt Groening, 1990-99 | Animation, T.V. Show | Homer's mascot idea, Snowball covered w/ papier-mâchée; episode #AABF16, The Old Man & the C Student | |
| * ® Al E. | Archie | Comic Book | Veronica's pet | 7 |
| + © Al E. Kat Gold | Ty Kitty Klub Collection® | Toy | Tabby | |
| ® Alexander Furby | Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings, Ursula LeGuin | Book | Friend of winged kittens from children's book series | CLA |
| * ® Alpha | Cat Women of the Moon, 1953 | Movie | Leader of the title characters, played by Carol Brewster | 9 |
| © Alshain | Fusion, Eclipse Comics | Comic Book | ||
| © Am | Lady & the Tramp, Disney | Animation, Movie | One of the 2 mean Siamese cats | MMM box |
| ® Amber | The Cat from Outer Space, 1978 | Movie | One of the 2 Abyssinians (brother & sister) who played title character | NVM JTB |
| * ® Andy | History | Pet of Sen. Ken Myer (FL) & record-holder for longest non-lethal fall: 16 stories | 8 | |
| + Angus | Jinxed!, 1982 | Movie | JTB | |
| ® Ann Gora | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Reporter for Kats Eye News | CSM |
| © Annabelle | Eek!stravaganza | Animation, T.V. Show | Eek's portly girlfriend | |
| Annoying Customer | Clerks | Movie | Yak | |
| * ® Ariel | The Tiger in the House | History, Literature | "Orange Persian" pet of author Carl Van Vetchen | 8 |
| © Arlene | Garfield, Jim Davis | Comic Strip, Animation, T.V. Show | Garfield's girlfriend | |
| * ® Artemis | History | Turned herself into a cat & hid in the moon so Typhon wouldn't find her & chase her into Egypt | 9 | |
| © Artemis | Sailor Moon, Bandai / DIC Entertainment | Animation, T.V. Show | The white cat | |
| * ® Arthur | Spillers Pet Food (UK) | Advertisement | Appeared in 309 ads, scooping food out of a can with his paw | 8 |
| Asparagus, or Gus | Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot / Cats, Andrew Lloyd Weber | Book / Broadway Musical | The Theater Cat | DSE SGM |
| © Atilla | Mother Goose & Grimm, Mike Peters | Comic Strip | ||
| ® Austin | Summon the Keeper, Tanya Huff | Book | Black & white tom familiar of main character, Clare | CLA |
| ® Autocat | The Cattanooga Cats / Autocat & Motormouse, Hanna-Barbera, 1970 | Animation, T.V. Show | Voiced by Marty Ingels; may be spelled Auto Cat | 3+9 |
| + Ayatollah | Diva, Jean-Jaques Beineix, 1981 | Movie | Black & white shorthair that lives with the hero | MLK |
| Ayesha | Phantom, Susan Kay | Book? | The little stray siamese kitten Eric finds during the seige | PLE |
| © Azraël | The Smurfs, Peyo | Comic Book / Animation, T.V. Show | Gargamel's cat | |
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| NAME | SOURCE | SOURCE TYPE | NOTES | WHO |
| + Babe | Enemy of the State, 1998 | Movie | JTB | |
| * ® Bakanga, The | Central African Republic Folklore | a.k.a. Ikimizi, Bung Bung, Abasambo, & Ntarargo | 8 | |
| * ® Barton Stone | Amazing Man, 1938-39 | Comic Strip, Reference | The first hero known as "Cat-Man" | 7+9 |
| * ® Bast | Egyptian Mythology | Alternate spelling of Bastet; also spelled Ubasti or Pasht | 8 | |
| © Bastet | Egyptian Mythology | History | Egyptian cat-goddess of women, children, & the sun; also spelled Ubasti, Bast, or Pasht | |
| © Bat Cat | Saban's Samurai Pizza Cats | Animation, T.V. Show | ||
| Beans Cat | Warner Brothers | Animation | anon | |
| * ® Beerbohm | The Globe (Gielgud) Theater, London | History | London's longest-serving theater mouser; a tabby | 8 |
| Beeswax | Her Alibi | Movie | SAO | |
| ® Begemot | Master and Margarita, M.A. Bulgakov, circa 1920 | Book | Devil's black cat jester from Russian novel said to outsell the Bible there | SP |
| © Benny the Ball | Top Cat, Hanna-Barbera, 1961 | Animation, T.V. Show | A member of Top Cat's gang; short, round, and blue | |
| ® Berlioz | The Aristocats, Disney | Animation, Movie | The gray kitten; i've also seen it spelled "Berliez" | TT KAD |
| + ® Bettleheim | Dr. Dolittle, 1998 | Movie | Voiced by Chad Einbinder | |
| © Bill the Cat | Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed | Comic Strip | Occasionally dead. "Ack! Phht!" | |
| Binks | Hocus Pocus, Disney, 1993 | Movie | Boy who was turned into an immortal cat by three witches | LKF |
| * ® Binky | All I Need to Know I Learned From My Cat, Susan Becker | Literature | Pet & mentor of the author | 9 |
| * ® Biscuit | Pillsbury | Mascot | Pet of Poppin' Fresh, the giggling doughboy | 7 |
| + Bismark | Redzinger Classic Bicycle Race | Pet of the owner & namesake for the Morgel Bismark criterium | Ran | |
| * ® Blackberry | History | The first munchkin cat; a female | 8 | |
| + Blackjack | Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential, 1987 | Movie | JTB | |
| Bloomberg | Franny & Zooey, J.D. Salinger | Book | The Glass family's "very large mottled-gray 'altered' tomcat" | SP |
| Blue Kitty | Voltron, 1984 | Animation, T.V. Show | Evil witch Haggar's mohawked familiar | CNH |
| Bob | One Fine Day, 20th Century Fox, 1996 | Movie | MEJ | |
| * Bobo | Ernie, Bud Grace | Comic Strip | Doris's cat | Ola |
| * ® Boche | Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank, 1947 | History, Literature | Cat the Franks found in the attic when they arrived; derogatory slang for "German" | 8+9 |
| Bombalurina | Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot / Cats, Andrew Lloyd Weber | Book / Broadway Musical | DSE KAD |
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| © Bonkers | Bonkers, Disney | Animation, T.V. Show | Nutty 'toon cop | |
| Bonkers | All My Children, ABC | T.V. Show | anon | |
| + ® Boo | Funky Phantom, 1971 | Animation, T.V. Show | The ghost cat | |
| © Boo-Boo Kitty | Laverne & Shirley, 1976-1983 | T.V. Show | Shirley Fini's black stuffed animal | KAS |
| + © Boots | Ty Kitty Klub Collection® | Toy | Black & white | |
| * ® Bouhaki | History | Long argued (incorrectly) to be the "first cat known to have had a name." | 8 | |
| Bowser | Mr. Magoo | Comic Strip / Animation, T.V. Show | Mr. Magoo thought he was a dog | MEJ |
| © Brain | Top Cat, Hanna-Barbera, 1961 | Animation, T.V. Show | This member of T.C.'s gang didn't live up to his name | MSE |
| * Brassel | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | One of Abi's assistants | KiG |
| * ® Brobdingnagian Cat | Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift | Literature | A gigantic domestic cat, "three times larger than an ox" | 8 |
| * ® Brownie | History | Became one of the richest cats in the world when owner Dr. William Grier left him $415,000 | 8 | |
| Bubastis | The Watchmen, Alan Moore | Book | Mutant feline pet named for Bastet's sacred city in ancient Egypt | Jim |
| * ® Bung Bung, The | Cameroon Folklore | a.k.a. Ikimizi, Abasambo, Bakanga, & Ntarargo
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| © Bungle | The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Frank L. Baum | Book | "The Glass Cat;" knick-knack brought to life by magic powder | SGM box |
| + ® Burbank | Lethal Weapon, 1987 | Movie | Danny Glover's pet | MLF |
| ® Burke | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Voiced by Mark Hamill, he & Murray are always annoying heros Jake & Chance | CSM |
| ® Bustopher Jones | Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot / Cats, Andrew Lloyd Weber | Book / Broadway Musical | Cat-about-town | SGM |
| * ® Butter Cat, The | Scandinavian Folklore | Legendary protector & provider; a.k.a. Para and Smieragatto | 8 | |
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| ® Cab Cat | Nat the Rat, Miami Linguistic Reader | Book | MEJ | |
| * ® Cactus Cat, The | American Folklore | 19th-century frontiersmen once told tall tales of this bespined animal | 8 | |
| + Cagney | Gargoyles, 1994 | Animation, T.V. Show | Elisa Maza's cat | CNH |
| * ® Cait Sith | Scottish Folklore | Fairy cat believed to be a transformed witch; black w/ white spot on its breast | 8 | |
| © Cait Sith | Final Fantasy VII, Squaresoft | Video Game | Housecat-like "toysaurus" from Sony Playstation game. | |
| ® Callie Briggs | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Deputy Mayor | CSM |
| © Captain Jack | The Adventures of Captain Jack, Mike Kazaleh, Fantagraphics Books | Comic Book | Feline con artist | |
| © Captain Salty | What Do People Do All Day? Richard Scarry | Cartoon Character, Book | The Calico captain of the ship "The Irish Pennant" | |
| + Carbonel | Carbonel, King of the Cats, Barbara Sleigh | Literature | Black cat who reclaims his title after being rescued from servitude | EPR |
| * ® Cassandra | Az Prijde Kocour, a.k.a. That Cat, Cassandra Cat, or When the cat Comes, 1963 | Movie | "Wears magic glasses through which it sees deceptive and cautious people in their true colors;" from Czechoslovakia | 9 |
| Cat | Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote / Paramount, 1961 | Book / Movie | Audrey Hepburn's stray with whom she reunites in the rain @ the end | LPK NEG |
| * © Cat | Cat & Milkman / Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon | Animation, T.V. Show | ||
| * © Cat | CatDog, Nickelodeon, 1998-99 | Animation, T.V. Show | The feline half, voiced by Jim Cummings | |
| ® Cat | Red Dwarf | T.V. Show | Humanoid descended from cats | SGM |
| + Cat | Watership Down, Richard Adams / Nepenthe Productions, 1978 | Literature / Movie, Animation | JTB | |
| Cat Gut | Pound Puppies | Toy / Animation, T.V. Show / Cartoon Character, Book | Pet of Supervisor Bigelow (the owner of the pet shop) | CAT |
| © Cat in the Hat, The | Dr. Seuss | Book, Cartoon Character / Animation, T.V. Show | Famous Cat in stripey Hat. | |
| ® Cat R. Waul | An American Tale: Fievel Goes West, Universal, 1991 | Animation, Movie | Bad guy voiced by John Cleese | JCB |
| * ® Catarina | The Black Cat, Edgar Allen Poe | History, Literature | The author's tortoiseshell pet & inspiration for this story | 8 |
| * ® Catasauqua | Letters from the Earth, Mark Twain | Literature | Female manx invented in a bedtime story for Twain's daughters | 8 |
| + © Catastrophe | SpyDogs, Haim Saban, 1998 | Animation, T.V. Show | Villain | |
| © Catbert | Dilbert, Scott Adams | Comic Strip | Evil Human Resources Director | Bro box |
| * Catbus | My Neighbor Totoro | Animation | He's a cat, he's a bus, and he's definitely a boy | |
| Catrina | My Little Pony | Animation, T.V. Show | Villainess | KSW |
| Catrina | Pound Puppies, 1986-88 | Animation, T.V. Show | DLT | |
| * © Catrina | Ty Attic Treasures Collection | Toy | White | |
| + © Catzilla | Mouse Hunt, 1997 | Movie | He was brought in to catch the pesky title character | MEJ box |
| * ® Ccoa | The Quechua Tribe, Peru | Peruvian Indian Mythology | Believed to be a demon who brings hail & lightning to destroy crops | 8 |
| ® Chance Furlong | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Pilot of the TurboKat; alias = T-Bone | CSM |
| + © Charlemagne | Anatole, CBS, 1999 | Animated Cartoon, T.V. Show | Madame Duval's gray cat, Anatole's enemy | |
| * ® Chat D'argent | French Folklore | "Cat of gold (money);" what people in Brittany call the Matagot, a black cat w/ magical powers to attract wealth | 8 | |
| + Checkers | Jenny Linsky books, Esther Averill, 1960 | Literature | Jenny Linsky's brother | JFD |
| © Cheshire Cat, The | Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll | Book, Movie, Animation | Insane cat who could disappear | |
| Chessie or Cheesie | The Cattanooga Cats, Hanna-Barbera, 1970 | Animation, T.V. Show | One of 5 rock musician kitties | 3+9 |
| ® Chessie | Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (1930's), Chessie System (60's) | Advertisement, Logo | Once-popular mascot of railway company(s); slogan was "sleep like a kitten;" can sometimes still be seen on freight cars | GTP |
| © Chicken | Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist, Giant Ass Publishing | Comic Book | Hothead's talking cat | PMN |
| * ® Childebrand | La Ménagerie Intime, Théophile Gautier | History, Literature | "A splendid gutter-cat, striped black and tan ... with a distinct tigerish look." | 8 |
| + © Chip | Phish & Chip / What-A-Cartoon Show, Cartoon Network | Animation, T.V. Show | Feline member of bomb squad team; he speaks with a Scottish accent & wears bunny slippers | |
| + © Chip | Ty Beanie Babies® | Toy | "Chip the cat" (calico) | |
| © Chococat | Sanrio | Cartoon | MJL | |
| © Choo Choo | Top Cat, Hanna-Barbera, 1961 | Animation, T.V. Show | A member of Top Cat's gang | |
| + Chuck | Heart Condition, 1990 | Movie | Played by a cat named Felix | JTB |
| © Church | Pet Semetary, Steven King | Book, Movie | Returned from the dead | |
| © Claude | Mouse Wreckers, Warner Brothers | Animation | Hubie & Bertie (mice) plot to rid their house of him | |
| + © Clean Cat | Yogi's Space Race, Hanna-Barbera, 1978 | Animation, T.V. Show | Sludge's alter-ego; Captain Good's fluffy white sidekick | |
| + Cleavis | Sleepwalkers, 1992 | Movie | JTB | |
| Cleo | Heathcliff, 1980 | Animation, T.V. Show | Riff-Raff's girlfriend | KEM |
| * ® Cléopatre | La Ménagerie Intime, Théophile Gautier | History, Literature | Eponine's tawny-black daughter, liked to stand on three legs | 8 |
| * ® Clovis | Sleepwalkers, Stephen King / Columbia, 1992 | Literature / Movie | Tabby who rescues the virgin victim of title character | 8 |
| + Coco | Jungle 2 Jungle, 1997 | Movie | JTB | |
| ® Commander Ulysses Feral | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Works for Enforcer HQ; doesn't like the SWAT Kats | CSM TuF |
| Conrad Cat | The Bird Came C.O.D., (1942) Warner Brothers | Animation | anon | |
| Cool Cat | Cool Cat, 1967, etc.; Warner Brothers | Animation | anon | |
| + © Cool Cat | Pee-Wee's Playhouse, 1986 | T.V. Show | White-furred member of the beatnik Puppet Band, voiced by Ric Heitzman | |
| Coricopat | Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot / Cats, Andrew Lloyd Weber | Book / Broadway Musical | DSE | |
| * ® Coste | French Folklore | What people in Marseilles call the Matagot, a black cat with magical powers to attract wealth | 8 | |
| ® Country | The Cattanooga Cats, Hanna-Barbera, 1970 | Animation, T.V. Show | One of 5 rock musician kitties | 3+9 |
| * ® Courageous Cat | Courageous Cat, Bob Kane, 1961 | Animation | Feline spoof of Batman | 8 |
| Cownose | InQuest, Wizards of the Coast | Book, Periodical | Rick Swan's big fat cat | CNH |
| Crazy Shirley | Heathcliff, 1980 | Animation, T.V. Show | Had a crush on the title character | MEJ |
| * ® Crinkle | Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes, 1914 | Advertisement | Gray cat who appeared on boxes in the arms of a child, with the words "For Kiddies, not Kitties" | 9 |
| + © Crystal | Ty Kitty Klub Collection® | Toy | White | |
| Curly | Garfield's 9 Lives, Jim Davis | Cartoon, Book, Comic Strip Anthology | One of the 3 exterminator stooges | MEJ |
| * ® Custard | Strawberry Shortcake | Animation, T.V. Show / Toy | Pet of the title character | BCM |
| * ® Cyprian Cat, The | The Cyprian Cat, Dorothy L. Sayers, 1940 | Literature | Antagonist of the cat-fearing protagonist | 8 |
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| ® D.C. | That Darn Cat, Disney | Movie | Title character; Siamese crime-solver | |
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Dalton the Wonder Cat |
My Litter Box Was Dirty... / The Cat Company | Book / T.V. Show | Author & T.V. show co-host who has been featured on many networks | IGC |
| + Dandilo | The Fly, 1986 | Movie | JTB | |
| © Danny | Cats Don't Dance, Turner, 1997 | Animation, Movie | Dancing lead voiced by Scott Bakula | |
| ® Dark Kat | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Bad guy | CSM |
| * David Litterbin | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Jake's favorite late-night comedian | KiG |
| * ® David Merrywether | Cat-Man Comics, Charles Quinlan, 1941-46 | Comic Strip, Reference | Title superhero; he was rescued by a family of cats after an attack by Burmese bandits | 7+9 |
| + Demeter | Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot / Cats, Andrew Lloyd Weber | Book / Broadway Musical | Sings with Bombalurina; she's very scared of Macavity; nervous and jumpy | CNH CGK |
| + Desdemona | Mutt & Jeff | Comic Strip | GEC | |
| Diana | Sailor Moon, 1995 | Animation, T.V. Show | Artemis & Luna's "grayish-purple" daughter | Aq |
| * ® Dick Marino | MTM | Trademark | The MTM kitten (i used to have "Dick Turpin" who, it turns out, was a British outlaw, not a kitten) | 7 |
| ® Dinah | Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll | Book | Alice's pet | MSE 7 |
| * ® Dinky | Felix the Cat*** | Comic Book | Felix's nephew | 7 |
| * ® Don Pierrot de Navarre | La Ménagerie Intime, Théophile Gautier | History, Literature | Pure white, liked to steal the author's pen as he wrote; fathered 3 black kittens | 8 |
| Donald Trump | Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed | Comic Strip | Bill the Cat was called this while he had Trump's transplanted brain in his head | MEJ |
| ® Doraemon | Doraemon | Animation, T.V. Show / Comic Book | Robotic cat w/ no ears & a magical pouch | RAD |
| © Dotty | The Crayon Box | T.V. Show | Calico puppet from children's show; shown as a short after Bananas in Pajamas | |
| ® Dr. Leiter Greenbox | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | The young and ultimately corrupt inventor kat | KAD |
| ® Dr. Abi Sinian | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Curator of the MegaKat museum of history | CSM KAD |
| Dr. Video | Kelly & Duke | Comic Strip | MEJ | |
| ® Dr. Viper | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Mutated kat-lizard villain who wants to turn the world into a swamp | KAD |
| ® Dr. Zyme | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Purvis' old partner | KAD |
| Dragon | The Secret of Nimh, Don Bluth, 1982 | Animation, Movie | The cat they had to drug | SMI |
| + Dulcie | Joe Grey cat mysteries, Shirley Rousseau Murphy | Book | Joe Grey's tabby girlfriend | SLE |
| + ® Dusty | History | She holds the record for the most kittens in one lifetime - 420 | box 8 |
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| ® Duchess | The Aristocats, Disney, 1970 | Animation, Movie | The white momma cat | HLH 8 |
| © Dutchess | Babe, 1995 | Movie | The nasty gray housecat | |
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