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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 [[Felinae|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.

[[File:Cheshire Cat Tenniel.png|thumb|200 px|left|Cheshire Cat from ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'']]
===In books===
{{Main|List of fictional cats in literature}}
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!Earliest Appearance
!Notes
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|[[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.
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|[[Crookshanks]]
|''[[Harry Potter (film series)|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|date=August 2013}} which she said looked like it had run face first into a brick wall, most likely a [[Persian cat|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]],<ref name="Rowling">{{cite web|last=Rowling |first=J. K. |author-link=J. K. Rowling |title=J. K. Rowling's Official Website |work=Crookshanks |url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=10 |access-date=30 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916173905/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=10 |archive-date=16 September 2011 }}</ref> an intelligent, cat-like creature who can detect when they are around untrustworthy people, explaining his higher than normal cat intelligence and stature.
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|[[Pete the Cat]]
|''[[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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/amazon-orders-kids-series-pete-the-cat-costume-quest-1201910175/|title=Amazon Greenlights Kids Series 'Pete The Cat' & 'Costume Quest'|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=February 13, 2017|website=Dateline|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref>
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|The Cat in the Hat
|''[[The Cat in the Hat]]''
|The Cat in the Hat is a tall, [[anthropomorphism|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.
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|[[List of Stuart Little characters#Snowbell|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.
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|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.
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|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.
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===In comics===
{{Main|List of fictional cats in comics}}
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!Origin
!Notes
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|[[Garfield (character)|Garfield]]
|''[[Garfield]]''
|[[Garfield (character)|Garfield]] is an orange [[tabby cat]] born in the kitchen of an Italian restaurant (later revealed in the television special ''[[Garfield: His 9 Lives#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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1984/ga841213.gif|title= Garfield|date=December 14, 1984|publisher=Garfield.com|access-date=July 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite video|people=Phil Roman (Director), [[Lorenzo Music]] (Voice)|title=Garfield: His Nine Lives [Television production]|medium=Television (Original), VHS|publisher=[[Fox Home Entertainment]] }} 1988 (television), 1993 (VHS)</ref> 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.
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|[[Heathcliff (comic strip)|Heathcliff]]
|''[[Heathcliff (comic strip)|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.<ref name="Rovin_3">{{cite book|title=The Illustrated History of Cartoon Animals|last=Rovin|first=Jeff|publisher=Prentice Hall|location=New York, USA|year=1991|isbn=0-13-275561-0|page=117}}</ref>
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|[[Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes)|Hobbes]]
|''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''
|A plush Bengal tiger and best friend of [[Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes)|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.
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|[[Krazy Kat#Krazy Kat|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 [[Krazy Kat#Ignatz Mouse|Ignatz Mouse]] even though Ignatz constantly plots against her.
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|[[Get Fuzzy#Bucky B. Katt|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.
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|[[Pearls Before Swine (comics)#Minor characters|Snuffles]]
|''[[Pearls Before Swine (comics)|Pearls Before Swine]]''
|A [[Himalayan cat|Himalayan White Cat]] who likes to hold [[grenade]]s and throw them everywhere. He is owned by [[Pearls Before Swine (comics)#Zebra|Zebra]] and is best friends with [[Pearls Before Swine (comics)#Guard Duck|Guard Duck]] who likes to make armies and use guns. 
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===In legends, myths, folklore and fairy tales===
[[File:Lechatbotte4.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Puss meets the ogre in a nineteenth-century illustration by [[Gustave Doré]]]]

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!Notes
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|[[Maneki-neko]]
|nowrap|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 cat|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.
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|[[Puss in Boots|Puss]]
|''[[Puss in Boots]]''
|Originally titled {{Lang|fr|Le Maître Chat}} or {{Lang|fr|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.
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|[[Cat-sìth]]
|nowrap|Various folk-stories
|A fairy creature from [[Celtic mythology]], said to resemble a large black cat with a white spot on its breast.
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|[[The White Cat (fairy tale)|The White Cat]]
|''[[The White Cat (fairy tale)|La Chatte Blanche]]''
|The White Cat is a character of the Animal Bride cycle of stories ([[Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index|ATU]] 402). It is present in a variant of the story: French literary fairytale {{Lang|fr|La Chatte Blanche}}, penned by [[Madame d'Aulnoy]]. The character also features as a cameo in Tchaikovisky's ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]]'', during Aurora's wedding in Act III.
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|[[Señor Don Gato]]
|Children's [[Señor Don Gato|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.
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==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|List of fictional cats in film}}

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!Notes
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|[[Mr. Bigglesworth]]
|''[[Austin Powers (film series)|Austin Powers]]''
|A parody of Blofeld's cat from James Bond films
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|[[That Darn Cat! (1965 film)#Plot and cast|DC]]
|''[[That Darn Cat! (1965 film)|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 [[That Darn Cat (1997 film)|remake]] the cat is a grey and white tabby.
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|Filby
|''[[Primer (film)|Primer]]''
|Aaron’s cat. When missing, called by name by Aaron and Abe during the fountain scene.<ref name=universe >{{cite web|author1=Tim S|title=The Primer Universe: The Time Machine|url=http://theprimeruniverse.blogspot.com/2009/05/thw-time-machine-2002.html|website=The Primer Universe|access-date=9 July 2015|date=5 May 2009}}</ref>  Filby is most likely named after a character in the science fiction novel, ''[[The Time Machine]]'', written by H.G. Wells in 1894.<ref name=universe /><ref>{{cite web|title=Free Study Guide for The Time Machine by H. G. Wells-Book Summary (Characters)|url=http://thebestnotes.com/booknotes/Time_Machine/Time_Machine02.html|access-date=11 August 2016}}</ref>
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|Jake
|''[[The Cat from Outer Space]]''
|A cat-like alien. His real name is Zunar-J-5/9 Doric-4-7.
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|[[Puss in Boots (Shrek)|Puss in Boots]]
|''[[Shrek 2]]''
|A cat from the [[Shrek (franchise)|''Shrek'' franchise]], voiced by [[List of Antonio Banderas performances|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 film)|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 [[André Sogliuzzo|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.<ref name=":4" />
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|Pyewacket
|''[[Bell, Book and Candle]]''
|Siamese cat and [[familiar spirit|familiar]] of Gillian Holroyd ([[Kim Novak]]), who is a witch
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|[[Smarf]]
|''[[Too Many Cooks (short)|Too Many Cooks]]''
|An anthropomorphic cat puppet used in the short, a parody of various other puppets used in sitcoms.
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===In television===
{{Main|List of fictional cats in television}}

[[Puss in Boots (Shrek)|Puss in Boots]] is the orange, domestic shorthair tabby cat who is a DreamWorks character from ''[[Shrek 2]],'' and ''[[Puss in Boots (2011 film)|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)|''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)|''Shrek'' franchise]], who is also the protagonist of ''[[Puss in Boots (2011 film)|Puss in Boots]]'' (2011).  Puss in Boots was voiced by [[List of Antonio Banderas performances|Antonio Banderas]] in English, Italian, and Spanish in the following films:&nbsp;''[[Shrek 2]]'', and ''[[Far far away idol|Far Far Away Idol]]'' in 2004, ''[[Shrek the Third]]'' (2007), ''[[Shrek Forever After]]'' (2010), ''[[Puss in Boots (2011 film)|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 [[André Sogliuzzo|Andé Sogliuzzo]],<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Andre-Sogliuzzo|title=Andre Sogliuzzo|publisher=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=April 8, 2023}}</ref> and Christian Lanz<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Christian-Lanz/|title=Christian Lanz|publisher=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=April 8, 2023}}</ref> 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.[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMdKMaqxA079x7zFHSjzBEZwC6K6CMlt4]<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=NEW Puss in Boots! |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMdKMaqxA079x7zFHSjzBEZwC6K6CMlt4 |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=YouTube |language=en}}</ref><!--Please DON'T add any characters here, this table should only include the top 2-3 most notable characters, any others should be added to the sub-article. Thanks!-->
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!Notes
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|[[Cat (Red Dwarf)|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]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom]].
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|[[Spot (cat)|Spot]]
|''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
|[[Data (Star Trek)|Data]]'s [[Somali (cat)|Somali]] cat seen in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]].''<ref name=FK>{{citation|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQMQQyIaACYC&pg=PA106|title=The Greenwood encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy|volume=1 |author=Fiona Kelleghan|chapter=Cats| pages=105–107|isbn=978-0-313-32951-7|year=2005|publisher=Greenwood Press }}</ref> 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 (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Genesis]]" and gives birth to a litter of kittens. Spot is a male in ''[[Star Trek Generations]]''.
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===On stage===
{{main|Jellicle cats}}
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The stage [[musical theatre|musical]] ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' features many feline characters known as Jellicle cats.

===In animation===
{{Main|List of fictional cats in animation}}
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!Origin
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|[[Sailor Moon|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
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|"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.
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|Cake
|''[[Adventure Time]]''
|A gender/species swapped version of "Jake the dog" from the Cartoon Network show ''Adventure Time''
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|Felix
|''[[Felix the Cat]]''
|A black cat and "one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cart |first1=Michael |title=The Cat With the Killer Personality |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/31/books/the-cat-with-the-killer-personality.html?scp=10&sq=Felix%20the%20Cat&st=cse |website=The New York Times |access-date=30 November 2019 |date=31 March 1991}}</ref>
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|[[List of The Amazing World of Gumball characters#Gumball Watterson|Gumball Watterson]]
|''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]''
| A 12-year-old [[anthropomorphic]] blue cat, who is the titular character
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|[[MC Skat Kat]]
|''[[Opposites Attract]]''
|Anthropomorphic cat rapper and leader of the [[MC Skat Kat|Stray Mob]] that sings and dances with [[Paula Abdul]].
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|Leo
|''[[Blinky Bill’s Extraordinary Balloon Adventure]]''
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|[[Sailor Moon|Luna]]
|[[Sailor Moon]]
|A black cat who is a close friend of [[Sailor Moon (character)|Princess Serenity]] and her reincarnations, and the lover of Artemis and the mother of Diana
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|Susie McCallister
|''[[Summer Camp Island]]''
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| 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.
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|[[Sylvester (Looney Tunes)|Sylvester]]
|''[[Looney Tunes]]''
|Black and white cat who commonly carries out predatory schemes on [[Tweety]] and [[Speedy Gonzales]].
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|[[Tom Cat|Tom]]
|''[[Tom and Jerry]]''
|A gray/blue cat who has a love-hate relationship with [[Jerry Mouse]].
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===In video games===
{{Main|List of fictional cats in video games}}There are several [[Puss in Boots (video game)|Puss in Boots video games]] based on the 2011 film and others. Various actors did the voice.

* ''[[Puss in Boots (video game)|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 [[App Store (iOS)|iOS App Store]], and was released for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] devices on November 28, 2011, on the Amazon Appstore.

==In advertising and animatronics==
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| [[Chessie (railroad mascot)|Chessie]]
|| Mascot of the [[Chesapeake & Ohio Railway]], and later the [[Chessie System]]
|| Appeared with the slogan "sleep like a kitten".
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|Crusty the Cat
|Animatronic character at [[Chuck E. Cheese's|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Showbiz Pizza.com Crusty the Cat |url=http://www.showbizpizza.com/ptp/characters/crusty.html}}</ref>
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|[[Hector the Cat]]
|Mascot created to aid the teaching of [[Road traffic safety|road safety]] to children in Australia
|Currently the mascot of [[Northern Territory]] Department of Transport to teach road safety to children
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|[[Mimsie the Cat]]
|| Mascot of the [[MTM Enterprises]] logo
|| 
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|[[Morris the Cat]]
| Mascot for [[9Lives (cat food)|9Lives]] cat food
| Appeared on packaging and many television commercials.
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|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 [[List of Super Bowl commercials|Super Bowl LVI]] (in spots of 15-seconds, 30-seconds, and 60-seconds).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Cat Enjoys Dog Days Of Winter For Chevy Silverado, Commonwealth-McCann |url=https://www.shootonline.com/video/cat-enjoys-dog-days-winter-chevy-silverado-commonwealthmccann |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=SHOOTonline |language=en}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite AV media|title=Walter The Cat Chevy Commercial|publisher=WE LOVE CATS & DOGS}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Draper |first=Don |date=2022-05-28 |title=Who is the actor in the Chevy cat commercial? |url=https://advertisingrow.com/advertising-magazine/who-is-the-actor-in-the-chevy-cat-commercial/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=AdvertisingRow.com {{!}} Home of Advertising Professionals, Advertising news, Infographics, Job offers |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://musebycl.io/advertising/walter-chevy-cat-back-and-hes-more-doglike-ever | title=Walter the Chevy Cat is Back, and More Doglike Than Ever }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Chevrolet: 2022 Chevy Silverado - Walter in Winter • Ads of the World™ {{!}} Part of The Clio Network |url=https://www.adsoftheworld.com/campaigns/2022-chevy-silverado-walter-in-winter |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Ads of the World™}}</ref> Walter also appeared with [[Chris Pratt]] for the same truck in 2022.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Putzer |first=Mark |date=2021-09-22 |title=What Do Chris Pratt, a Cat, a Steer, and a Chevy Silverado ZR2 Have in Common? |url=https://www.motorbiscuit.com/what-do-chris-pratt-cat-steer-chevy-silverado-zr2-common/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=MotorBiscuit |language=en-US}}</ref>
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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.<ref name=":6">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmVuWgvug3Y |title=The Internet Is Going Wild Over Chevy's Walter The Cat |date=2022-01-31 |last=SlashGear |access-date=2025-03-15 |via=YouTube}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" />

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.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPHBGjnyXdE |title=Chevy Silverado - Marlin the Cat-Dog {{!}} Chevrolet |date=2022-01-24 |last=Marlin the CAT-DOG - Caroline Jarvis Hopkins |access-date=2025-03-15 |via=YouTube}}</ref>  

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]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last=Rogers|first=Katharine M.|title=The Cat and the Human Imagination: Feline Images from Bast to Garfield|year=2001|publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=978-0-472-08750-1}}

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