 |
INDEX OF FAMOUS CATS, S-Z |
|
|
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. |
||
| ||||||||||||
|
email misha lunchbox, Keeper of the Lists |
|
THE INDEX...
|
||||||||
= New in March 2000!
= Added in May '99
| S | [ ? ][ # A B C D ][ E F G H I J K L ][ M N O P Q R ] [ S T U V W X Y Z ] ~ [ top ][ key ] ][ credits ] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | SOURCE | SOURCE TYPE | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Saha | La Chatte, Colette, 1933 | Literature | Russian blue focus of this novel | 8 |
| ® Salem | Sabrina the Teenaged Witch | Comic Book / T.V. Show | Title character's black familiar; speaks with a British accent & drives cars. | DMN |
| © Salty | Caroline in the City, 1995 | T.V. Show | Himalayan played by Homeward Bound's Tiki | KSW Mom |
| * ® Sam | Broomsticks, Walter de la Mare | Story | Black cat who becomes and/or consorts with a witch every crescent moon | 8 |
| Sam Spayed | Babes and Bullets, Jim Davis | Cartoon, Literature / Animation, T.V. Show | Detective played by Garfield the cat on T.V. special | MEJ |
| Samson | The Church Mice series, Graham Oakley | Literature | Orange tiger cat from children's books series | CLF |
| © Sarah | What Do People Do All Day? Richard Scarry | Cartoon Character, Literature | Brown flight attendant | |
| ® Sassy | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, Disney, 1993 | Movie | Himalayan cat that crosses country w/ 2 dogs | HLH box |
| Sawdust | What Do People Do All Day? Richard Scarry | Cartoon Character, Literature | Brown carpenter | |
| Sawyer | Cats Don't Dance, Turner, 1997 | Animation, Movie | Voiced by Jasmine Guy (speaking) & Natalie Cole (singing) | JCB |
| © Scarlett | History | Rescued her 5 kittens from a burning building in New York in 1996 | JLS | |
| Scat | The Aristocats, Disney, 1970 | Animation, Movie | Scat Cat; leader of jazz band | TT |
| + © Scat | Ty Beanie Babies® | Toy | "Scat the cat" (gray) | |
| * Scaredy Kat | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Animated kat from Chance's favorite TV show | KiG |
| © Schnookums | Schnookums & Meat | Animation, T.V. Show | ||
| © Schrödinger's Cat | History, Reference | Famous quantum mechanics thought experiment | SGM | |
| © Schrödinger's Cat | Schrödinger's Cat, Robert Anton Wilson | Literature, Reference | ||
| + © Schtinky | Mutts, Patrick McDonnell | Comic Strip | Small & stripey, wears a bow tie | |
| ® Scoots or Scootz | The Cattanooga Cats, Hanna-Barbera, 1970 | Animation, T.V. Show | One of 5 rock musician kitties | 3+9 |
| © Scrappy | Hashimoto / Loyal Royalty, Terrytoons | Animation | Royal cat & good friend of Hashimoto | |
| © Scratchy | The Simpsons, Matt Groening, 1990-99 | Animation, T.V. Show | Co-star of the cartoon-within-the-cartoon, Itchy & Scratchy | |
| + Sergeant Tibbs | 101 Dalmations, 1961 | Animation, Movie | JTB | |
| Sebastian | + Dumbo's Circus, Disney | Animation, T.V. Show | Purple ruckus-causer | MLG |
| ® Josie and the Pussycats, Hanna-Barbera, 1970-72 | Comic Book / Animation, T.V. Show | Actual quadruped cat; voiced by Don Messick | CSM | |
| © Selena Kyle | Batman, the Animated Series, Warner Brothers, 1992 | Animation, T.V. Show / Reference | Catwoman's true identity; voiced by Adrienne Barbeau (see also "Selina Kaye") | |
| * ® Selima | Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes Horace Walpole, 1748 | Poem | Walpole wrote the poem after his tortoiseshell tabby drowned in a goldfish bowl | 8 |
| * ® Selina Kaye | Batman | T.V. Show | Catwoman's true identity (see also "Selena Kyle") | 9 |
| * ® Séraphita | La Ménagerie Intime, Théophile Gautier | History, Literature | She was pure white & loved perfume; mothered 3 black kittens w/ Don Pierrot | 8 |
| * ® Sergeant Tibbs | 101 Dalmatians, Disney, 1961 | Animation, Movie | 7 | |
| * ® SH III | Fancy Feast / The Jerk, Scrooged | Advertisement / Movies | Chinchilla Persian actor | 9 |
| Shampoo | Ranma 1/2, 1989 | Animation, T.V. Show | A girl who turns into a cat when splashed with cold water | MJL |
| © Shingen | Usagi Yojimbo, Stan Sakai, Fantagraphics Books | Comic Book | In The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy Series, the Neko Ninja Usagi teamed up with (neko = "cat") | |
| © Shnelly | Mutts, Patrick McDonnell | Comic Strip | What Moochie calls his sweetheart (her real name is Nelly) | |
| © Shnooky | Mutts, Patrick McDonnell | Comic Strip | Shnelly's sister | AJP |
| © Si | Lady & the Tramp, Disney, 1955 | Animation, Movie | One of the 2 mean Siamese cats | MMM box |
| * Sillabub | Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Broadway Musical | Name is a combination of "silly" and "Beelezabub" | CGK |
| ® Simpkin | Tailor of Gloucester, Beatrix Potter | Literature | 2 | |
| * ® Sinh | History | Founding father of the Birman breed; legend says he was the pet of High Priest Mun-Ha, whose soul he absorbed when the man was killed | 8 | |
| * ® Sir Green-Eyes... | The Dandy Cat, Laura E. Richards | Literature | Sir Green-Eyes Grimalkin de Tabby de Sly | 9 |
| © Sizzle | The Puzzle Place, 1994 | T.V. Show | Catty calico puppet; voiced by Alice Dinnean | |
| ® Skimbleshanks | Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot / Cats, Andrew Lloyd Weber | Literature / Broadway Musical | The Railway Cat | SGM |
| Slinky Malinky | various titles | Literature | Children's books series' title character; always getting into trouble | LKF |
| + © Sludge | Yogi's Space Race, Hanna-Barbera, 1978 | Animation, T.V. Show | Clean Cat's alter-ego;The Phantom Fink's brown sidekick | |
| ® Smelly Cat | Friends, Warner Brothers, 1994-98 | T.V. Show | Title namesake for song/video by Phoebe Buffay | HLH |
| * ® Smieragatto | Laplandian Folklore | Legendary protector & provider; a.k.a. The Butter Cat and Para | 8 | |
| © Snagglepuss | Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | "Exit, stage left" | |
| * ® Snaggletooth | Hanna-Barbera cartoons | Animation | Snagglepuss' twin brother | 7 |
| © Snarf | Thundercats, 1985 | Animation, T.V. Show | Lion-O's nursemaid/guardian; voiced by Robert McFadden | |
| ® Sneaky Pie Brown | Mrs. Murphy books, Rita Mae Brown | Literature | Pet & co-author to Rita Mae Brown | CLA |
| © Snicklefritz | The Big Comfy Couch, 1992 | T.V. Show | Granny Garbonzo's puppet-cat | |
| + © Snip | Ty Beanie Babies® | Toy | "Snip the cat" (Siamese) | |
| + © Sniz | Kablam! / Sniz & Fondúe Nickelodeon, 1999 | T.V. Show | Fondúe's best friend, has a green mohawk | |
| © Snooper | Snooper and Blabber, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Feline half of detective team | MEJ |
| Snow's Cat | Early Edition, 1996 | T.V. Show | The cat who brings the paper; played by Panther the orange tabby | KSW |
| © Snowball | The Simpsons, Matt Groening, 1990-99 | Animation, T.V. Show | Either of 2 of Lisa's white and/or black cats, alive and/or dead | |
| * ® Snowdrop | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll | Literature | Dinah's white kitten | 8 |
| * ® Snowy | Spillers Pet Food (UK) | Advertisement | A.k.a. "Arthur II;" appeared in ads scooping food out of a can with his paw | 8 |
| * ® Snowy | Utica & Mohawk Cotton Mills, 1930's & 40's | Corporate Symbol | White & fluffy | 9 |
| * ® Solomon | You Only Live Twice, 1967 | Movie | Blofeld's pampered Chinchilla | 8 |
| © Sonia | Heathcliff, 1980 | Animation, T.V. Show | Heathcliff's girlfriend | NR |
| © Sourpuss | Animation, T.V. Show | |||
| © Speedy Cerviche | Saban's Samurai Pizza Cats, 1991 | Animation, T.V. Show | The "leader" of the Pizza Cats; voiced by Terrence Scammell | |
| + © Spice | Ty Kitty Klub Collection® | Toy | Brown & stripey | |
| ® Spiffy | The Oddball Couple, Depatie-Freleng Enterprises, 1975 | Animation, T.V. Show | Feline Felix Unger | RJT MEJ |
| © Spook | Top Cat, Hanna-Barbera, 1961 | Animation, T.V. Show | Member of T.C.'s gang | MSE |
| * ® Spooky | Spooky | Comic Strip | Fenwick Flooky's cat | 7 |
| Spot | © Hong Kong Phooey, Hanna-Barbera, 1974-75 | Animation, T.V. Show | Phooey's striped sidekick | box DP |
| © Star Trek: The Next Generation, Paramount, 1987-94 | T.V. Show | Data's cat | SGM | |
| © Spritz T. Cat | Saban's Samurai Pizza Cats, 1991 | Animation, T.V. Show | ||
| ® Squintina | Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan, Beatrix Potter | Literature | 2 | |
| ® Steele | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Lieutenant at Enforcer HQ | CSM |
| * ® Steven Dimitri Georgiou | History, Reference | Cat Stevens' real name | 9 | |
| © Stimpson J. Cat, or Stimpy | Ren & Stimpy, Nickelodeon, 1991 | Animation, T.V. Show | Voiced by Billy West | |
| ® Streaky | Superman, Action Comics | Comic Book | Supergirl's supercat | DP |
| * ® Sugar | History | His family, the Woods, left him behind when they moved; he left his new owners & found the Woods' new house 1500 miles away | 8 | |
| ® Sumo | Mother Goose & Grimm, Mike Peters | Comic Strip | Fat cat | SGM |
| © Sumyu | Sanrio | Cartoon Character | Pochacco's kitty friend | |
| ® Susan | Tale of Little Pig Robinson, Beatrix Potter | Literature | 2 | |
| + Sweetie | Fifth Element, 1997 | Movie | JTB | |
| * ® *** | ... | ... | ||
| © Sylvester P. Pussycat | Looney Toons, Warner Brothers | Animation, T.V. Show | First appearance was Life with Feathers, 1945 | box 7+8 |
| ® Syn Cat | The Incredible Journey, 1963 / That Darn Cat, 1965 | Movies | Played Tao in the former, D.C. in the latter | NVM 7+9 |
| T | [ ? ][ # A B C D ][ E F G H I J K L ][ M N O P Q R ] [ S T U V W X Y Z ] ~ [ top ][ key ] ][ credits ] | |||
| NAME | SOURCE | SOURCE TYPE | NOTES | WHO |
| ® T-Bone | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Pilot of the TurboKat; real name = Chance Furlong | CSM |
| ® T'Chebbi | Sholan Alliance series, Lisanne Norman | Literature | Female member of a cat-like race of aliens | CLA |
| ® Tabby Kitten | Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, Beatrix Potter | Literature | 2 | |
| ® Tabitha Twitchit | Various Titles, Beatrix Potter | Literature | 2 | |
| * Tabor | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Queen Callista's bodyguard | KiG |
| © Tachibana | Hashimoto / Honorable Cat Story, Terrytoons | Animation | Sumo wrestler who defeated by mice using Ju Jitsu | |
| * ® Taffy | In Honor of Taffy Topaz, Christopher Morley | Poem | Morley's theiving pet commemorated in this 1929 poem | 8 |
| Tailspin | Space Cat | Literature | Flyball & Moofa's kitten, 1 of the 2 first cats born on the moon | JAK |
| Tanya O'Tabby | Babes and Bullets
| Cartoon, Literature / Animation, T.V. Show |
|
MEJ |
|
| ® Tattoo | Pinkle Purr, A.A. Milne | Poem | Title character's mother | JAA |
| ® Tao | The Incredible Journey, Sheila Burnford | Literature / Movie | Siamese played by Syn Cat | 7 |
| * ® Tarawood Antigone | History | Brown Burmese who holds the records for the most kittens in one litter (19) | 8 | |
| ® Thelma | Catwings series, Ursula LeGuin | Literature | Winged kitten from children's book series | CLA |
| * ® Thomas Hewett Edward Cat | T.H.E. Cat | T.V. Show, Reference | Title character; was an aerialist who became a cat-burglar, then a bodyguard; played by Robert Loggia | 7+9 |
| Thomas O'Malley | The Aristocats, Disney, 1970 | Animation, Movie | The alley cat; full name is Abraham Delacey Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley | TT MDM |
| ® Thomasina | Thomasina: The Cat Who Thought She Was God, Paul Gallico, 1957 / The Three Lives of Thomasina, Disney, 1963 | Literature / Movie | Ginger cat who survives being "put to sleep" & therefore thinks she is an Egyptian cat goddess / voiced by Elspeth March | LAH 8 |
| ® Three O'Clock Louie | Midnight Louie Mysteries, Carole Nelson Douglas | Literature | Midnight's father, a retired seafaring cat who hangs out with the human "Glory Hole Gang" | CLA |
| * ® Tib | The Hundred and One Dalmatians, Dodie Smith, 1956 | Literature | Female barnyard tabby who helps find the stolen puppies | 8 |
| * ® Tibbald | Mush u Gurba, Obaid-e Zakani, 14th century | Persian/Iranian Folklore | Children's story/poem about a duplicitous cat that causes a huge war between mice & cats | 8 |
| * ® Tibert | Reynard the Fox, 1100's | Literature | "One of the victims of the wily fox in [this] twelfth-century epic" | 8 |
| + Tiddes | You Only Live Twice, 1967 | Movie | Played Blofeld's Cat | JTB |
| © Tiddles | Monty Python's Flying Circus, 1969-74 | T.V. Show | From skit "Interesting People;" "She flies across the studio into a bucket of water..." | |
| © Tiffy | Barbie(tm), Mattell | Toy, Public Nuisance | "Tag Along Tiffy" (1993) | anon |
| ® Tiger | An American Tale: Fievel Goes West, Universal, 1991 | Animation, Movie | Voiced by Dom DeLuise | 1 |
| * ® Tiger | Guiness Book of World Records | History, Literature | Former record-holder for heaviest domestic cat, a long-haired part-Persian weighing 43 lbs. | 8 |
| * ® Tiger | Son of Rhubarb | Book | Rhubarb's son in the sequel to Rhubarb | 7 |
| * Tiger Conklin | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | President of MegaKat Metallurgical Company | KiG |
| * ® Tigrette | The Hammer of God, Arthur C. Clarke | Literature | Domesticated mini-tiger | Jim |
| © Tiki | Homeward Bound, 1993 / Caroline in the City, 1995 | Movie / T.V. Show | Himalayan actress | Mom |
| Timorell | The Catswold Portal, Shirley Rousseau Murphy | Literature | Melissa's mother | CNH |
| * ® Timothy | For Timothy / War Cat, Dorothy L. Sayers | Poems | Sayers' white pet & subject of these poems | 8 |
| * ® Tinker Toy | History | As of 1997, the smallest domestic cat ever; a male blue point Hamalayan 2.75" tall, 7.5" long | 8 | |
| + Tiny | Unlawful Entry, 1992 | Movie | JTB | |
| © Tish | Mutts, Patrick McDonnell | Comic Strip | Shnelly's sister | AJP |
| + Tom | Jenny Linsky books, Esther Averill, 1960 | Literature | Star of a book that may have been titled The Hotel Cat | JFD |
| © Tom | Tom & Jerry, MGM | Animation, T.V. Show | Gray tomcat; debut was Puss Gets the Boot, 1939. | box 8 |
| ® Tom Kitten | Tale of Samuel Whiskers & Tale of Tom Kitten, Beatrix Potter | Literature | 2 | |
| ® Tom Murphy | Mrs. Murphy books, Rita Mae Brown | Literature | Mrs. Murphy's ex-husband | CLA |
| * ® Tom Quartz | Roughing It, Mark Twain, 1872 | Literature | Dick Baker's pet, accidentally blown up (non-fatally) in a quartz mine | 8 |
| * ® Tommy | Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank, 1947 | History, Literature | Cat the Franks found living in the attic when they arrived in 1942 | 8 |
| © Tomoe Ame | Usagi Yojimbo, Stan Sakai, Fantagraphics Books | Comic Book | Usagi's lady Samurai friend (a cat) | |
| ® Tonto | Harry & Tonto, 1974 | Movie | Harry's (Art Carney) orange tabby | DeD |
| © Toonces | Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1975-99 | T.V. Show | The Cat Who Could Drive a Car | AJP |
| © Top Cat | Top Cat, Hanna-Barbera, 1961 | Animation, T.V. Show | The leader of a gang of alley cats; based on Sergeant Bilko; voice = Arnold Stang | box 8+7 |
| Toulouse | The Aristocats, Disney, 1970 | Animation, Movie | The brown kitten | TT anon |
| * ® Towser | Guiness Book of World Records | History, Literature | As of 1997, this tortoiseshell held the record for most mice killed: 28,000+ | 8 |
| + Tullia | Eye of the Cat, 1969 | Movie | Cat actor | JTB |
| * Tumblebrutus | Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Broadway Musical | He's "brown/white in colour" | CGK |
| ® Turmoil | SWAT Kats, Hanna-Barbera | Animation, T.V. Show | Female villian in Cry Turmoil | KAD |
| + Tybalt | Romeo & Juliet, William Shakespeare | Literature, Reference | Name of Romeo's friend, but also a popular name for cats at the time; Capulet tells Tybalt he wants to "take one of [his] nine lives" | SDV |
| + Tyler | The War of the Roses, 1989 | Movie | Played Kitty Kitty the cat | JTB |
| U | [ ? ][ # A B C D ][ E F G H I J K L ][ M N O P Q R ] [ S T U V W X Y Z ] ~ [ top ][ key ] ][ credits ] | |||
| NAME | SOURCE | SOURCE TYPE | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Ubasti | Egyptian Mythology | Alternate spelling of Bastet; also spelled Bast or Pasht | 8 | |
| + Unsinkable Sam | The Bismarck, HMS Cossack, HMS Royal Ark, 1930's | History | The most famous British Naval mascot ever; was aboard (& rescued from) all three craft when they sank | GeM |
| V | [ ? ][ # A B C D ][ E F G H I J K L ][ M N O P Q R ] [ S T U V W X Y Z ] ~ [ top ][ key ] ][ credits ] | |||
| NAME | SOURCE | SOURCE TYPE | NOTES | WHO |
| © Vocal | Cyborg Gerbils, Trigon Comics | Comic Book | Gerbils' crazed antagonist; has one really big eye | |
| W | [ ? ][ # A B C D ][ E F G H I J K L ][ M N O P Q R ] [ S T U V W X Y Z ] ~ [ top ][ key ] ][ credits ] | |||
| NAME | SOURCE | SOURCE TYPE | NOTES | WHO |
| * ® Webster | The Story of Webster, P.G. Wodehouse | Literature | "An imposing, aristocratic feline, large and black" | 8 |
| * © Whiskers | Ty Attic Treasures Collection | Toy | Gray | |
| ® White Nose | The Happy Hollisters | Literature | Pet in children's book series | SGM |
| + Whitey | Stage Door, 1937 | Movie | Played Eve's cat | JTB |
| * ® William | The Cat in the Lifeboat, James Thurber, 1956 | Literature | Egotistical cat who has adventures at sea | 8 |
| ® Willow | Blue Peter, BBC, 1958-98 | T.V. Show | 1/2 Blue Point, 1/2 Balinese; the 1st pet on the show to be "fixed" | PEJ |
| * ® Wimauma ... | Cats Magazine, 1947 | Periodical, History | Wimauma Masterpiece of Chalsu; Blue Persian male, Cats Magazine's 1st "Cat of the Year" | 9 |
| © Winkipinki | Sanrio | Cartoon Character | ||
| ® Wolsey | New Adventures of Doctor Who series | Literature | Tabby adopted by the Dr. in this book series that picks up where the show left off | SGM |
| © Wordsworth | Heathcliff, 1980 | Animation, T.V. Show | Friend of title character, spoke in rhyme | |
| ® World War II | Peanuts, Charles Schulz | Comic Strip | Snoopy's arch enemy, "The Cat Next Door" | SGM |
| Wuggums | Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed | Comic Strip | Bit part | MEJ |
| Y | [ ? ][ # A B C D ][ E F G H I J K L ][ M N O P Q R ] [ S T U V W X Y Z ] ~ [ top ][ key ] ][ credits ] | |||
| NAME | SOURCE | SOURCE TYPE | NOTES | WHO |
| ® Yellow Cat | Tale of Little Pig Robinson, Beatrix Potter | Literature | 2 | |
| YumYum | Lilian Jackson Braun | Sleuthing Siamese | anon | |
| ® Yvette | Midnight Louie Mysteries, Carole Nelson Douglas | Literature | Spokescat for Yummy Tum-tum-tummy cat food & familiar of washed-up actress Savannah Ashleigh | CLA |
| Z | [ ? ][ # A B C D ][ E F G H I J K L ][ M N O P Q R ] [ S T U V W X Y Z ] ~ [ top ][ key ] ][ credits ] | |||
| NAME | SOURCE | SOURCE TYPE | NOTES | WHO |
| ® Zainal | Freedom Trilogy, Anne McCaffrey | Literature | Male member of a cat-like race of aliens, the Catteni | CLA |
| * ® Zapaquilda | The Battle of the Cats, Lope de Vega, 1634 | Epic Poem | Feline hero abducted on her wedding day | 8 |
| Zaza | Hector's House | Animation | Character in 1960's British cartoon | AmW |
| * ® Zeta | Cat Women of the Moon, 1953 | Movie | One of of the title characters, played by Suzanne Alexander | 9 |
| + © Zip | Ty Beanie Babies® | Toy | "Zip the cat" (black) | |
| * ® Zizi | La Ménagerie Intime, Théophile Gautier | History, Literature | Angora who loved to walk up & down the piano keys | 8 |
| * © Zunar J5 / 90 Doric 4-7 | The Cat from Outer Space, Disney, 1978 | Movie | The title character's space-name | 9 |
|
|
email misha lunchbox, Keeper of the Lists |
|
|
ALL the visual & verbal contents of this page and all of its subpages are © 2000 Citizen Lunchbox in perpetuity throughout the universe, except where otherwise noted. This site was created sometime around January 1997 & was last modified 29 March 2001. |
 |
|