# Your Favorite Fictional Cat(s) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 28, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761 "2014-08-28T16:15:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/21 "2014-08-28T20:15:22Z")
Maurice, from _The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents_ - also by Terry Pratchett. Tabitha Twitchett - from Beatrix Potter. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/22 "2014-08-28T20:15:47Z")
Speaker to Animals ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/23 "2014-08-28T20:18:07Z")
Heathcliff ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/24 "2014-08-28T20:24:31Z")
Bagheera and Shere Khan from _The Jungle Book_. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/25 "2014-08-28T20:39:57Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The first to come to mind are Greebo, Pixel and Havoc (Pratchett, Heinlein and Martin respectfully.) All three have been names of cats residing at Casa Silenus. Definitely Havoc, from George R.R. Martin’s _Tuf Voyaging_. Or Dax, a big, sleepy long-haired cat with a psionic link to Tuf, warning him when others are untrustworthy or about to attack. Tuf also has cats named Mushroom, Havoc, Suspicion, Doubt, Hostility, Ingratitude, and Foolishness. Here he is with some of them: [http://georgerrmartin.com/gallery/art/tuf05.jpg](http://georgerrmartin.com/gallery/art/tuf05.jpg) I’ve also always had a soft spot for McDermott, the titular feline in Robert Lawson’s _Captain Kidd’s Cat_, a semi-retired, somewhat surly pirate’s cat with a ring in his ear and a taste for rum in his daily dish of milk: [https://catunes.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/1344204.jpg](https://catunes.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/1344204.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/26 "2014-08-28T20:54:38Z")
HOBBES! (You people do realize tigers are cats.) Also Krazy Kat. Who went on to inspire both the above AND the below… The Cat in the Hat! ---
**Author:** ![callander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@callander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callander)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/27 "2014-08-28T20:56:24Z")
Fritz the cat. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/28 "2014-08-28T21:14:11Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > And\* Mister\* from Dresden Files. How could I forget Mister! Also, Arabella, Jenny, and Mr. President from the children’s book _Jenny and the Cat Club_, and Snowball (I - V) from _The Simpsons_. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/29 "2014-08-28T21:25:26Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > HOBBES! (You people do realize tigers are cats.) Also his cousin, Tigger. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/30 "2014-08-28T21:54:00Z")
Cringer Lion-O Hobbes ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/31 "2014-08-28T22:02:25Z")
For the slightly larger felines, I’m also fond of the much-put-upon Jorin, from Hodgell’s Kencyrath novels. Jorin is a hunting ounce (a domesticated cat about the size of a serval) psychically bonded to a roving disaster disguised as a young woman. Blind from birth, he uses her eyes to observe whatever mess she’s gotten them into and occasionally deigns to let her use his senses of smell and hearing. Of course, since she’s rarely looking at him when things get busy, he’s forever getting his paws and tail stepped on, being tripped over, bouncing off walls, and so forth. Also, his mistress makes a very restless pillow. What’s a cat to do? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/32 "2014-08-28T22:06:36Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > The Cheshire Cat.Bucky B. Katt, from the comic strip [Get](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/tribu/GetFuzzy-4-4.jpg) > [Fuzzy](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/tribu/GetFuzzy-4-4.jpg). Ah, you’ve chosen the infamous censored strip… 🙂 (Some editions changed “beaver” to “marmot.”) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/34 "2014-08-28T22:51:57Z")
[Simon’s Cat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuf61OjvoPQ). CheshireKat makes me purr–and I’m a mutt! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/35 "2014-08-28T22:55:01Z")
Snuffles from Pears Before Swine. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/36 "2014-08-28T23:29:04Z")
Duchess the Cat from **Babe**. [Beware the bad cat bearing a grudge.](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-L_8b2ntb4hbJmm/babe_1995_a_cat_with_a_grudge/) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/37 "2014-08-28T23:54:53Z")
Dr. Henry Metzger, from Thomas Perry’s heist novel “Metzger’s Dog.” I liked him so much I named our [cat after him](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=711970). ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/38 "2014-08-29T00:38:09Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Bucky B. Katt, from the comic strip [Get Fuzzy](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/tribu/GetFuzzy-4-4.jpg). Good choice. My nomination is [Catbert](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0qjoR1fquJo/TMTFFVVopWI/AAAAAAAAAAU/-TFPe-L5l7w/s1600/catbert+vacation+policy.gif). ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/39 "2014-08-29T01:40:54Z")
Lots of my favourites have been mentioned, so I’ll add some Kiwi cats … [Scarface Claw](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Thc3ysiQtZY/TVnIq0Ww4HI/AAAAAAAAASc/kkY62cJbXRQ/s1600/hairy9.jpg) - the toughest tom in town From _Hairy MaCleary_ (Lynley Dodd) with an honorable mention for [Slinky Malinki](http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/v4/89/29/83/892983fe-cfb9-299d-f42e-5ab5aea1b1fc/screen480x480.jpeg) [Horse](http://rs712.pbsrc.com/albums/ww124/Pixerella/Cartoons%20comics%20etc/Footrot%20Flats/FFHorsecat.gif~c200) - from _Footrot Flats_ (Murray Ball) We were naming our new cat just a few weeks ago, and my son and I ran through a bunch of Pratchett names, and completely missed _Greebo_. Ah well, we settled on **Gimli** ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/40 "2014-08-29T01:57:53Z")
_Mewsette_ and _The Money Cat_ from “Gay Purr-ee.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-cat-s/696761/41 "2014-08-29T02:02:10Z")
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