List of fictional felines

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Someone another (talk | contribs) at 12:34, 11 August 2011 (→‎In video games: Spinning out this section into a separate list for further work, link left to the new list.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Puss in Boots from Charles Perrault's fairytale, here illustrated by Carl Offterdinger

A list of fictional cats and other felines.

Legends, myths, folklore and fairy tales

In advertising

  • The Fancy Feast cat is played by Dearheart Silver Chinchilla Persians in the USA, Cherie-Finesse Chinchilla Longhairs in Europe, and by the Kaamari Katz Australian Tiffany in Australia. All these originated with the chinchilla Persian as a foundation breed.
  • 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
  • Hector the Cat, a mascot for the teaching of road safety to children in Australia
  • 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.
  • Tony the Tiger is the mascot for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes breakfast cereal.
  • Reform Cat is a mascot for the UK Yes to AV Referendum campaign and Electoral Reform.

In literature

Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  • 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 The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
  • Gracie the 'New York Cat' from Ginger Pye & Pinky Pye by Eleanor Estes
  • 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-loo she-cat)
  • Gray-Malkin, the witches' cat in Shakespeare's Macbeth.[5]
  • Great Ghost Cat
  • Grimbold, a black "prince of cats" who shows a young goatherd the way to the Night World and leads him into many strange adventures in "Grimbold's Other World", by Nicholas Stuart Gray.
  • Grimalkin, cat that adopted Sham and Agba in King of the Wind, by Marguerite Henry
  • 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 and other stories.
  • Haohao, the talking cat that becomes a carton star in Li Dawei's novel Dream Collector.
  • Hitler the Cat, in the Robert G. Pielke Alternate history novel You Say You Want a Revolution: Rock Music in American Culture
  • Horace, who along with his human family has many strange adventures on Plowman's Planet in Philip K. Dick's children's science fiction novel Nick and the Glimmung.
  • Harry Cat, a character in The Cricket in Times Square and sequels.
  • Hiddigeigei is a philosophically minded tomcat (Kater) in Joseph Viktor von Scheffel's 1853 German-language verse pageant play Der Trompeter von S?ckingen (The Trumpeter from Sackingen).
  • Homer, a blind cat in Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat by Gwen Cooper.
  • I Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki, a cat describing his owner in Japan
  • Imelza and her kittens in The Alchymist's Cat by Robin Jarvis
  • Itty in Hugh Lofting's Dr Dolittle's Return
  • Jennie Baldrin, 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.
  • Joe Grey, Dulcie and Kit, cats able to speak to humans and who solve murder mysteries in books by Shirley Rousseau Murphy.
  • Jules, the witch cat from the children's book, "Cat Witch"
  • Jupiter, the evil cat-god in the Deptford Mice books by Robin Jarvis. The son of Imelza (see above)
  • Clever Khat from "Midnite: the Story of a Wild Colonial Boy" (1967) by Randolph Stow.
  • Kater Murr (Tomcat Murr), in E.T.A. Hoffmann's "The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr" (1819–1821)
  • Keeshah, the sha'um (a horse-sized, ridable cat) in the Gandalara Cycle
  • Kitty, the Ingalls family mouser in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books
  • Koko and Yum Yum, James Qwilleran's two Siamese cats in The Cat Who... mystery novels by Lilian Jackson Braun Named for two Japanese characters from Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado.
  • Little Cats A through Z, from Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
  • Lipshen, the grand high witch's cat in Roald Dahl's The Witches
  • Luke, from Aaron E. Kates novel "Pet Smart" is a Sphynx cat. However, Luke is very different from the actual cat breed in that he is obese, fearful, and even bratty.
  • Maisie, the Morningside cat, and her friends and family in the series of children's books by Aileen Paterson
  • Manx, from the narrative poem by Michael Zittel titled Manx. Aka Purple Rhinoceros Bird, Poetry fiction
  • Beth March's kittens in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women
  • Marlinspike, Thomas Cromwell's large black tomcat in "Wolf Hall", by Hilary Mantel
  • Martha, is another cat that appears in Aaron E. Kates' Pet Smart, she's an obese blue-point Himalayan cat.
  • Marmaduke Purr Cat, the talking cat in The Adventures of Marmaduke Purr Cat by Celia Lucas
  • Tiger, the wandering tabby cat in "Catwalk A Feline Odyssey", also variously known as Tuffy, Gypsy, Regina, and Kiki.
  • 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
  • Mike, Emily Byrd Starr's cat from Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • 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 and her 24th Street gang, and his kit Midnight Louise.
  • Minnaloushe, from William Butler Yeats' poem The Cat and the Moon.
  • Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling can transform into a tabby cat; better known in the wizard world as an animagus. Minerva McGonagall spies upon Harry's Aunt and Uncle in chapter one of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and does not agree with Dumbledore allowing baby Harry Potter into their parental care.
  • Mogget, a magical entity in the form of a cat, in the fantasy novels Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix
  • Mister from The Dresden Files
  • Mog who starred in the Meg and Mog series of children's books by Jan Pienkowski
  • Mog (who was also in a children's series) by Judith Kerr first published in 1970
  • Moglet, in The Unlikely Ones by Mary Brown
  • In the sequels in the Pet Smart trilogy, Montgomery will be seen as a brown tabby cat
  • Montezuma, the cat who we follow through his nine lives in The Nine Lives of Montezuma by Michael Morpurgo
  • Mottyl, the cat in Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley
  • Mouse, a cat belonging to Judy Moody in the series by Megan McDonald
  • Mowzer, the singing cat from Antonia Barber's book The Mousehole Cat, which is inspired by the Cornish legend of Tom Bawcock.
  • Mr. Peterson, the cat in Jim's Journal, so named before she was discovered to be female
  • 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.
  • Moxie and an unnamed cat in The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
  • Mrs. Norris, cat belonging to Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.
  • Natalie Frost, the blond scraggled cat in the St. John's Wood tales.
  • Niggerman, the cat in several H.P. Lovecraft stories.
  • 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.
  • Pangur Bán, Irish Gaelic for white cat in a poem by an unknown Irish monk, a student of the monastery of Carinthia
  • Pelle Svanslös (Peter No-Tail), the good-hearted and often naive cat, written by Gösta Knutsson
  • Petronius the Arbiter, 'Pete' in Robert A. Heinlein's The Door into Summer
  • Pewter, a fat grey cat who helps her human, Mary Minor 'Harry' Haristeen, solve mysteries, in a series of novels by Rita Mae Brown. She originally belonged to Market Shiflett before being given to Harry as she was eating him out of his business
  • Pickles, protagonist of the children's book The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
  • Piedmont from Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon novels
  • Pinkle Purr, in a poem of that name by A. A. Milne
  • Pinky Pinky Pye by Eleanor Estes
  • Pixel, Random Numbers, Captain Blood, Chargé d' Affaires, and Princess Polly Ponderosa Penelope Peachfuzz in Robert A. Heinlein's novel To Sail Beyond the Sunset, and appearing briefly in other Heinlein stories.
  • Pixel, the feline companion of P.C. O'Data in the syndicated comic strip "PC and Pixel" by Thach Bui
  • the Prariecats from tne Horseclans
  • Powder, the albino Siamese from uncommon children's series Powder The Cat
  • Primplepuss from The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill
  • "Pussycat", the Owl's fiancee in Edward Lear's poem The Owl and the Pussycat
  • The pussycat who went to London to see the queen, in the nursery rhyme.
  • Pyewacket, in Rosemary Weir's 1967 children's book of the same name.
  • Rapa - Fictional Giant legendary puma from Matthew Reilly's "Temple"
  • Ratha is the female leader of the prehistoric cat-clan in Ratha's Creature and its sequels by Clare Bell. These books are also known as the Named series.
  • 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
  • Richard Longtails, the main character from The Adventures of Richard Longtails, by Adam James Montgomery. Little is known about this cat.
  • Richard Parker, the 450 pound Bengal tiger from Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi
  • Rotten Ralph, the very bad cat in Jack Gantos's book
  • Rosebutt, Boo, Sniffers, Cindle, Robertie, Horatio, Billy Wilder, Silly, Jamie, Bogus, Harpo and Mycroft, Lauri, Duncan, Carroll are the 15 cats of Skeffington Scatter in the German Book Skeffington Scatters Katzenärger by Fahr Sindram and Walther Hans
  • Rumor, Walker Boh's pet moor cat in the Heritage of Shannara series by Terry Brooks
  • Russky, William S. Burroughs cat in The Cat Inside.
  • Sam The Cat Detective, main character of the Sam The Cat Mysteries.
  • Sampson in the Church Mice series by Graham Oakley
  • Scarface Claw, The baddie in many of the books written by Lynley Dodd.
  • Saucy Sal, Emily Byrd Starr's cat from the Emily Series written by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • In reference to Schrödinger's Cat:

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 (U.S 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[32]

Pokémon

Cats have been listed as one of "The most overused Pokemon designs", but GamesRadar stated that some of them "actually vary greatly in actual design", citing Snorlax as an example.[35] 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 song

In science

See also

Notes and citations

  1. ^ a b c "Legendary Cats", Planet Cat, 2007, p. 12, ISBN 9780618812592
  2. ^ George Davidson (2009), Why Are There No Cats in the Bible?, Arcturus Publishing Ltd, ISBN 9781848371958
  3. ^ John George Wood (1870), "The Cat", Bible animals, p. 36
  4. ^ Macbeth, Cambridge University Press, 1952, p. 110
  5. ^ Shakespeare, written circa 1603-1606; first folio published 1623. See folio image in Wikipedia article on Macbeth
  6. ^ a b c Fiona Kelleghan (2005), "Cats", The Greenwood encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy, vol. 1, pp. 105–107, ISBN 9780313329517
  7. ^ Rovin, p. 295.
  8. ^ Rovin, p. 26.
  9. ^ Rovin, p. 112.
  10. ^ Rovin, p. 185-186.
  11. ^ Rovin, p.13.
  12. ^ Rovin, p. 15.
  13. ^ a b Rovin, p. 174.
  14. ^ Rovin, p. 22.
  15. ^ Rovin, p. 33.
  16. ^ Rovin, p. 198.
  17. ^ a b Rovin, p. 269.
  18. ^ Rovin, p. 211.
  19. ^ Rovin, p. 100
  20. ^ Rovin, p. 27-28.
  21. ^ Rovin, p. 195.
  22. ^ Rovin, p. 32.
  23. ^ a b Rovin, p. 117.
  24. ^ Rovin, p. 37.
  25. ^ Rovin, p. 247.
  26. ^ a b c Rovin, p. 45.
  27. ^ a b c Rovin, p. 47.
  28. ^ a b c Rovin, p. 213.
  29. ^ a b Rovin, p. 57.
  30. ^ Rovin, p. 20-21.
  31. ^ Rovin, p. 38.
  32. ^ Rovin, p. 143
  33. ^ Rovin, p. 41.
  34. ^ Rovin, p. 29.
  35. ^ a b Carolyn Gudmundson (Jul 23, 2010). "The most overused Pokemon designs, Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver DS Features". GamesRadar. Retrieved 2010-08-01.

References

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

Further reading

  • Rogers, Katharine M. (2001). The Cat and the Human Imagination: Feline Images from Bast to Garfield. ISBN 9780472087501.