List of fictional felines

This is a list of fictional cats and felines and is a subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. It includes a limited selection of notable felines from various works, organized by medium. More complete lists are accessible by clicking on the "Main article" link included above each category. For fictional large felids such as lions and tigers, see List of fictional big cats.

In literature

This section deals with notable cat characters that appear in literature works of fiction including books, comics, legends, myths, folklore, and fairy tales. Any character that appears in several pieces of literature will be listed only once, under the earliest work.

Cheshire Cat from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

In books

Main article: List of fictional cats in literature

Character	Earliest Appearance	Notes
Cheshire Cat	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Sometimes raises philosophical points that annoy or baffle Alice. It does, however, appear to cheer her up when it turns up suddenly at the Queen of Hearts' croquet field, and when sentenced to death baffles everyone by having made its head appear without its body, sparking a massive argument between the executioner and the King and Queen of Hearts about whether something that does not have a body can indeed be beheaded.
Crookshanks	Harry Potter	The pet cat of Hermione Granger. He is described as having a "squashed face", which was inspired by a real cat Rowling once saw,[citation needed] which she said looked like it had run face first into a brick wall, most likely a Persian. Hermione buys Crookshanks from a shop in Diagon Alley out of sympathy, as nobody wants him because of his behaviour and his squashed looking-face. Rowling has confirmed that Crookshanks is half Kneazle,[1] an intelligent, cat-like creature who can detect when they are around untrustworthy people, explaining his higher than normal cat intelligence and stature.
Pete the Cat	Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes	Pete started as a book series, and later became an inspiration for a song and its own television series on Amazon Prime.[2]
The Cat in the Hat	The Cat in the Hat	The Cat in the Hat is a tall, anthropomorphic cat who wears a red and white-striped hat and a red bow tie. The Cat creates chaos when he shows up at the house of Sally and her brother while their mother is out. The children and the fish become very alarmed. Just before the children's mother arrives home the Cat uses a machine to clean up the mess, and then disappears.
Snowbell	Stuart Little	Snowbell is a cat belonging to the Little family, of which Stuart is the youngest son. Snowbell has a malevolent attitude toward Stuart, though her behavior is tempered by her familial obligations. When the Little family adopt a bird named Margalo, Snowbell plots to kill her, predicating her departure. Stuart follows, and his pursuit comprises the second half of the story.
Speaker-to-Animals	Ringworld and Man-Kzin Wars book series	Member of the Kzinti race of anthropomorphic felines in the Larry Niven collection of books. One of the few to have earned the right to bear a name.
Conrad the Cat Detective	The Cat Who Caught A Killer	Conrad is a male calico cat who talks and helps Lulu Lewis, his chosen human who is a retired police officer and lives on a canal boat, to solve murders.

In comics

Main article: List of fictional cats in comics

The first panel from the comic strip Jon, that would later become Garfield.

Character	Origin	Notes
Garfield	Garfield	Garfield is an orange tabby cat born in the kitchen of an Italian restaurant (later revealed in the television special Garfield: His 9 Lives to be Mama Leoni's Italian Restaurant) and immediately ate all the pasta and lasagna in sight, thus developing his love and obsession for lasagna.[3][4] As an adult he is fat and lazy but extremely intelligent and fond of wisecracks in thought bubbles, with his owner Jon Arbuckle serving as a comic foil for him.
Heathcliff	Heathcliff	A boisterous and chubby but athletic tabby cat prone to wisecracks, causing physical mischief, chasing mailmen, and overturning garbage cans. Other felines from the strip include: The Catfather.[5]
Hobbes	Calvin and Hobbes	A plush Bengal tiger and best friend of Calvin, Hobbes is perceived by Calvin as being a live tiger, but by every other character as a stuffed toy. Hobbes, whose name is an allusion to the English political philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, often tries to be the voice of reason for Calvin during their numerous adventures.
Krazy Kat	Krazy Kat	One of the first cats to star in a comic strip; the protagonist of the eponymous strip by George Herriman. Sweet and good-natured and simple, adores the scheming, wily, antisocial Ignatz Mouse even though Ignatz constantly plots against her.
Bucky B. Katt	Get Fuzzy	A sarcastic Siamese cat with an inflated ego, Bucky lives in an apartment with his human owner Rob Wilco and a dog named Satchel. Bucky's obsessions include becoming famous, inflicting harm on his roommates for perceived injustices and feuding with Fungo, a ferret who lives next door. Bucky is always drawn with his ears folded back, as if he is constantly in a state of aggressiveness or agitation.
Snuffles	Pearls Before Swine	A Himalayan White Cat who likes to hold grenades and throw them everywhere. He is owned by Zebra and is best friends with Guard Duck who likes to make armies and use guns.

In legends, myths, folklore and fairy tales

Puss meets the ogre in a nineteenth-century illustration by Gustave Doré

Character	Origin	Notes
Maneki-neko	Various folk-stories	A common Japanese sculpture, often made of ceramic, which is believed to bring good luck to the owner. The sculpture depicts a cat (traditionally a calico Japanese Bobtail) beckoning with an upright paw, and is usually displayed—many times at the entrance—in shops, restaurants, pachinko parlors, and other businesses. Some of the sculptures are electric or battery-powered and have a slow-moving paw beckoning.
Puss	Puss in Boots	Originally titled Le Maître Chat or Le Chat Botté, this French fairytale is about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master.
Cat-sìth	Various folk-stories	A fairy creature from Celtic mythology, said to resemble a large black cat with a white spot on its breast.
The White Cat	La Chatte Blanche	The White Cat is a character of the Animal Bride cycle of stories (ATU 402). It is present in a variant of the story: French literary fairytale La Chatte Blanche, penned by Madame d'Aulnoy. The character also features as a cameo in Tchaikovisky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty, during Aurora's wedding in Act III.
Señor Don Gato	Children's song	A cat who is sitting on a roof when he discovers that his true love has agreed to marry him. In his excitement, he falls off and injures himself. The veterinarian is unable to save him and he dies. However, as his funeral procession passes through the market, the scent of fish from the market is so strong that he returns to life.

In media

This section deals with notable cat characters that appear in media works of fiction including film, television, animation, and puppetry. Any character that appears in several pieces of media will be listed only once, under the earliest work.

In film

Main article: List of fictional cats in film

Character	Origin	Notes
Mr. Bigglesworth	Austin Powers	A parody of Blofeld's cat from James Bond films
DC	That Darn Cat!	A wily, adventurous Siamese tomcat who lives with two young women, suburbanite sisters Ingrid and Patti Randall, whose parents are traveling abroad at the time of the story. In the 1997 remake the cat is a grey and white tabby.
Filby	Primer	Aaron’s cat. When missing, called by name by Aaron and Abe during the fountain scene.[6] Filby is most likely named after a character in the science fiction novel, The Time Machine, written by H.G. Wells in 1894.[6][7]
Jake	The Cat from Outer Space	A cat-like alien. His real name is Zunar-J-5/9 Doric-4-7.
Puss in Boots	Shrek 2	A cat from the Shrek franchise, voiced by Antonio Banderas in English, Italian, and Spanish in the following films: Shrek 2 and Far Far Away Idol in 2004, Shrek the Third (2007), Shrek Forever After (2010), Puss in Boots (2011), Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012), and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). Puss was voiced by Eric Bauza in the six-season series The Adventures of Puss in Boots, and by Andé Sogliuzzo and Christian Lanz in the video games. Sogliuzzo also voiced Puss in the series of one-minute web videos by DreamWorkstv in which Puss gives advice to viewers, NEW Puss in Boots! by Peacock Kids on YouTube.[8]
Pyewacket	Bell, Book and Candle	Siamese cat and familiar of Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak), who is a witch
Smarf	Too Many Cooks	An anthropomorphic cat puppet used in the short, a parody of various other puppets used in sitcoms.

In television

Main article: List of fictional cats in television

Puss in Boots is the orange, domestic shorthair tabby cat who is a DreamWorks character from Shrek 2, and Puss in Boots of 2011 who appears in the streaming television series, The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015-2018). Puss was voiced by Eric Bauza in this six-season series that streamed on Netflix as a spin-off of the 2011 movie, and the Shrek franchise. The series was also cablecast on a kids network. The DreamWorks' Puss in Boots speaks English with an endearing Spanish accent.

On television, the movie, Puss in Boots (2011) was streamed on both Amazon and Netflix. The DreamWorks version of Puss in Boots is a cat from the Shrek franchise, who is also the protagonist of Puss in Boots (2011). Puss in Boots was voiced by Antonio Banderas in English, Italian, and Spanish in the following films: Shrek 2, and Far Far Away Idol in 2004, Shrek the Third (2007), Shrek Forever After (2010), Puss in Boots (2011), Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012), and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022).

Puss was voiced by Eric Bauza in the six-season series that appeared on Netflix, and cable tv, The Adventures of Puss in Boots. Puss was voiced by Andé Sogliuzzo,^[9] and Christian Lanz^[10] in the video games, and in the series of one-minute web-videos by DreamWorkstv wherein Puss gives advice to his fans, called NEW Puss in Boots! by Peacock Kids on YouTube.^[8]

Character	Origin	Notes
The Cat	Red Dwarf	A Felis Sapiens which evolved from a domestic housecat, is played by Danny John-Jules in the BBC TV science fiction sitcom.
Spot	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Data's Somali cat seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation.[11] Later appearances of Spot show an orange mackerel tabby with no reason given for the significant change. Spot's gender is usually given as male, but Spot is a female in the episode "Genesis" and gives birth to a litter of kittens. Spot is a male in Star Trek Generations.

On stage

Main article: Jellicle cats

The stage musical Cats features many feline characters known as Jellicle cats.

In animation

Main article: List of fictional cats in animation

Character	Origin	Notes
Artemis	Sailor Moon	A white cat who is a close friend of Princess Serenity and Sailor Venus and their subsequent reincarnations, and the lover of Luna and the father of Diana
"Baby Puss"	The Flintstones	A saber tooth tiger housecat that is seen in the beginning of the episodes going with the Flintstones and Dino to the movies; a running gag is at the end of the episode Fred puts the cat out, who runs back inside and puts Fred out. Rarely seen outside this role in the series except three episodes.
Cake	Adventure Time	A gender/species swapped version of "Jake the dog" from the Cartoon Network show Adventure Time
Felix	Felix the Cat	A black cat and "one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history."[12]
Gumball Watterson	The Amazing World of Gumball	A 12-year-old anthropomorphic blue cat, who is the titular character
MC Skat Kat	Opposites Attract	Anthropomorphic cat rapper and leader of the Stray Mob that sings and dances with Paula Abdul.
Leo	Blinky Bill’s Extraordinary Balloon Adventure
Luna	Sailor Moon	A black cat who is a close friend of Princess Serenity and her reincarnations, and the lover of Artemis and the mother of Diana
Susie McCallister	Summer Camp Island
Stimpy	The Ren & Stimpy Show	A dimwitted and happy-go-lucky rotund Manx cat with red and white fur, white gloves, a large blue nose.
Sylvester	Looney Tunes	Black and white cat who commonly carries out predatory schemes on Tweety and Speedy Gonzales.
Tom	Tom and Jerry	A gray/blue cat who has a love-hate relationship with Jerry Mouse.

In video games

Main article: List of fictional cats in video games

There are several Puss in Boots video games based on the 2011 film and others. Various actors did the voice.

• Puss in Boots, a video game based on the film, developed by Blitz Games, and published by THQ on October 25, 2011 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Nintendo DS. It features support for Kinect and PlayStation Move on the respective platforms.
• Fruit Ninja: Puss in Boots, a Puss in Boots-themed Fruit Ninja video game, which was released on October 20, 2011, on the iOS App Store, and was released for Android devices on November 28, 2011, on the Amazon Appstore.

In advertising and animatronics

Character	Origin	Notes
Chessie	Mascot of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, and later the Chessie System	Appeared with the slogan "sleep like a kitten".
Crusty the Cat	Animatronic character at Chuck E Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre	One of the original Pizza Time Players and was present at the original Pizza Time Theatre in San Jose, California. He was replaced by Mr. Munch in 1978.[13]
Hector the Cat	Mascot created to aid the teaching of road safety to children in Australia	Currently the mascot of Northern Territory Department of Transport to teach road safety to children
Mimsie the Cat	Mascot of the MTM Enterprises logo
Morris the Cat	Mascot for 9Lives cat food	Appeared on packaging and many television commercials.
Walter (AKA Walter the cat)	Star of 3 Chevrolet truck commercials	Played by six gray, domestic shorthair tabby cats, "Walter" appeared in three Chevy Silverado (Trail Boss) TV commercials in 2021 and 2022. The first one, entitled "Cat", aired during the 2021 Summer Olympics. The sequel, called "Walter in Winter," was broadcast during the 2021 NFL playoffs, the 2022 Winter Olympics, and 2022 Super Bowl LVI (in spots of 15-seconds, 30-seconds, and 60-seconds).[14] Ad-makers and reporters say that Walter the cat does things people would expect a dog to do, but he is a cat, so he showed what cats can do. That included herding cows, swimming, fetching a stick from a lake, digging a skier out of the snow, and chasing a mailman. Walter co-starred with John Hoogenakker.[14][15][16][17][18] Walter also appeared with Chris Pratt for the same truck in 2022.[18][19]

The global COVID-19 pandemic started in December 2019. The 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan (Tokyo 2020), was postponed to July 23, 2021 to August 8, 2021. Chevy’s Silverado’s “Cat” commercial aired in 2021. The 2022 Winter Olympics took place in Beijing, China, from February 4 to 20, 2022. Chevy Silverado’s “Walter in Winter” ad aired during the Winter Olympics the same day as the 2022 (LVI) Super Bowl which took place on Sunday, February 13, 2022 on NBC, Telemundo, and Streaming (including Peacock).

The fascinating stories told with cats in commercials contribute to their success.^[20] Played by six different cats, the character of Walter is a silver, domestic shorthair tabby cat that appears in four Chevy Silverado Trail Boss commercials (two co-starring John Hoogenakker, and making two cameos with Chris Pratt). "Cat" is the summer commercial aired during the 2021 Olympics, and the 2021-2022 NFL championship games. First aired in Canada, the sequel to "Cat", "Walter in Winter" premiered in the U.S. on Super Bowl Sunday, February 13, 2022 on NBC during the Winter Olympics before Super Bowl LVI. Ads were shown jointly on NBC, Telemundo, and streaming (including on Peacock). The actions done by the cats include: herding cows, jumping into the truck, chasing cats up a tree, digging out a skier stuck in the snow, jumping off a dock into a lake, swimming back with a stick, running on ice, bursting through a screen door, and looking cute. A scene with Hoogenakker and Walter on the look-out on the ground in the tall grass reminds viewers that the human actor played Matice in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series. The two ads with the cat in the storyline made Walter famous. Walter appears in the back of the truck when Pratt shows the audience how the rear-viewer works. "Walter!" he says. The last Chevy ad with Walter showed him cleaning his paw in the back of the truck. The Walter commercials continue to run on YouTube on the Internet where millions of fans ask, "Where's Walter?" and re-post his work.^[20][14][16]

Unpaid fans, Caroline Jarvis Hopkins (and her husband Mack), replicated the summer commercial word-for-word with their own, orange tabby cat, Marvin. She ended her commercial with a beer that was a nod to a previous, successful ad campaign done by Hoogenakker. Marvin has a fan club too.^[21]

Morris the cat was played by several cats, but the main one lived and worked for a long time. A male actor did a sarcastic voiceover routine. Morris also had many fans, and even got a lot of fan mail (hand-written letters in envelopes) from children.

See also

• List of fictional big cats
• List of individual cats
• List of catgirls and catboys