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A list of fictional cats and other felines.

Legends, myths, folklore and fairy tales

In advertising

  • The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (later the Chessie System Railroad) used a logo with a sleeping kitten "Chessie" and the slogan "sleep like a kitten and arrive fresh as a daisy on the C&O". Later, Chessie went on to become part of the logo of Chessie System...in what most railroaders and railfans call the "Chess-C".
  • Eveready, "nine lives" battery logo.
  • Frank the cat aka the Big Kahuna on Whiskas cat food commercials
  • Rap Cat, a puppet cat featured in several Checkers and Rally's fast-food restaurant commercials
  • Felix from the Nestlé Purina/Friskies Felix cat food ads.
  • Baxter, the cat in Meow Mix commercials.
  • Hikonyan, a samurai cat mascot at Hikone castle
  • Morris the mascot for 9-Lives cat food.

In literature

Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  • Jeffy, the Burglar's Cat and
  • The Nine Lives of Island Mackenzie

Unnamed cats

T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

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
  • The Zero Stone - Eet is a telepathic Alien cat, constant companion of Murdoc Jern
  • Genetically ehanced, humanoid cats in A Breed to Come
  • 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

In theatre

  • Asparagus (a.k.a. The Other Cat. Not the same as Gus: The Theatre Cat)
  • Carbucketty
  • Cassandra
  • Etcetera
  • Genghis
  • Grizabella
  • Jemima
  • Sillabub (alternate name for Jemima)
  • Pouncival
  • Tantomile
  • Victoria

In film

On television

In animation, comics and puppetry

Felix the Cat
  • 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
  • George Tom's cousin , in a Tom and Jerry cartoon
  • Heathcliff, comic strip character. Other felines from the strip include:
  • Boopsie Meow, his waitress girlfriend[28]

Pokémon

The following is a list of feline-based creatures featured in Pokémon:

Yu-Gi-Oh

  • Pharaoh, the cat of Prof. Lyman Banner.

The following is a list of feline-based Monsters featured in Yu-Gi-Oh:

  • Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat
  • A Cat of Ill Omen
  • Neko Mane King
  • Cat's Ear Tribe
  • Dark Cat with White Tail
  • Rescue Cat
  • Catnipped Kitty
  • Nekogal #1
  • Fusionist
  • Magicat

In video games

In radio

In song

In science

Geography (Cat City)

  • Kuching (pronounced: Koo-ching), a city in Malaysia is nicknamed Cat City because in the Malay language, "kucing" means cat. The origin of the name of the city is still unclear, whether it really refers to the animal or not.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Shakespeare, written circa 1603-1606; first folio published 1623. See folio image in Wikipedia article on Macbeth
  2. ^ General Sterling Price at IMDb
  3. ^ Rovin, p. 295.
  4. ^ Rovin, p. 26.
  5. ^ Rovin, p. 112.
  6. ^ Rovin, p. 185-186.
  7. ^ Rovin, p.13.
  8. ^ Rovin, p. 15.
  9. ^ a b Rovin, p. 174.
  10. ^ Rovin, p. 22.
  11. ^ Rovin, p. 33.
  12. ^ Rovin, p. 198.
  13. ^ a b Rovin, p. 269.
  14. ^ Rovin, p. 211.
  15. ^ Rovin, p. 100.
  16. ^ Rovin, p. 27-28.
  17. ^ Rovin, p. 195.
  18. ^ Rovin, p. 32.
  19. ^ a b Rovin, p. 117.
  20. ^ Rovin, p. 37.
  21. ^ Rovin, p. 247.
  22. ^ a b c Rovin, p. 45.
  23. ^ a b c Rovin, p. 47.
  24. ^ a b c Rovin, p. 213.
  25. ^ a b Rovin, p. 57.
  26. ^ Rovin, p. 20-21.
  27. ^ Rovin, p. 38.
  28. ^ Rovin, p. 143
  29. ^ Rovin, p. 41.
  30. ^ Rovin, p. 29.

References

  • Rovin, Jeff. The Illustrated History of Cartoon Animals. New York: Prentice Hall, 1991, ISBN 0-13-275561-0.