Talk:List of fictional cats

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Help me out here--the "appalled with two Ps cat"--? Berke Breathed character? Orange, frazzled, sits splay-legged, whiskers crimped and haywire... If I could name what I can see.... --KQ

Bill the Cat. - Montréalais

Thanks! That's been nagging me for days. --KQ

Would the Pink Panther count as a cat for this list?? -- Anonymoues 09:33 Oct 27, 2002 (UTC)

Why not? Hobbes is a stuffed tiger/real tiger. --KQ

Should we list Schrödinger's cat (or have we solved the paradox)?  ;-) --KQ

Is Midnight the Cat, a character on TV's Smilin' Ed McConnell and His Buster Brown Gang and later Andy's Gang, from the late 1950s, whose voice was provided by June Foray, later the voice of Rocky the Squirrel (and a host of others) too obscure for this list? Probably so :( . Pluck your magic twanger, Froggie! -- Someone else 05:00 Oct 28, 2002 (UTC)

I couldn't say. I haven't heard of about 1/3 of the cats listed already.  :-( --KQ

In that case I am emboldened to mention Puff, Sally's cat from the "Dick and Jane" series of reading primers (presumably US only?) of about the same time :) -- Someone else 05:09 Oct 28, 2002 (UTC)

There's surely some overlap between "Animation, comics, puppetry" and "Cats on TV"/"Cats on film", unless the latter two are intended to only include cats played by actual cats, in which case Bagpuss, the Pink Panther and others are misclassified. Ditto for dogs. Anyone sure what the intention was? Bagpuss 18:30 Jan 9, 2003 (UTC)

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If anybody can remember the name of the cat from the Bunnicula series, he should probably be added. Tuf-Kat

Was it Chhester? -- Zoe

ooh, sounds right, but I'm not sure enough to add it right now. Tuf-Kat

I am. It was definitely Chester. Now, who remembers what the dog was called?

--Paul A

That one I remember -- Harold. Tuf-Kat

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What, no spoiler warning on the St. Ives bit? ;-) -- JohnOwens 07:02 Mar 26, 2003 (UTC)

It did actually cross my mind. But this is a work of information after all! user:sjc

Rags is a tiger, not a cat. -- Zoe

So, are tigers not cats, now? -- JohnOwens

Felis tigris vs. Felis familiaris -- Zoe

We have a few of the "big cats" (Tony the Tiger, Kitty, Tigger, Pink Panther, Simba, Rags) so I think it's cats in a broad sense... --- Someone else 07:28 Mar 29, 2003 (UTC)

So is this a list of big cats as well as smaller cats (if so, we can get rid of lions & tigers on the other lists). Or maybe we should break them up into sub-lists so that you can actually find them, instead of having to look thru the whole list?
~ender 2003-09-20 08:47:MST

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To whom it may concern: Please feel free to visit Wikipedia:WikiProject Dog breeds/Categories because I think that structuring Cat articles and Dog articles could take a similar tack--would be nice to use same subcategories for consistency. Elf | Talk 04:11, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Confirmation required 2 CATS cats 3 Cats of Tailchaser's Song 4 Cats on the Internet 5 Cat-like Species 6 Repetive Listing of Mr. Tinkles of Cats and Dogs 7 'Miss Cat Ears' not a cat.

[edit] Confirmation required

In the Cats in song section I'm quite sure the Bike (by Pink Floyd) entry is wrong, there's no mention of a cat in it --Mattyw 17:42, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Someone added the following to the article:

• The multi-legged "bedcats", six-legged wildcats that evolved from bedbugs, that appear in the Paul Bunyan legends

I can find no reference to these anywhere else. google:bedcat elicits only stories about cats sleeping on their staff's beds; googling for bedcat bedbug garners no hits at all; ditto for bedcat bunyan. --Phil | Talk 08:34, Sep 21, 2004 (UTC)

You could argue that they aren't actually cats anyway, and should appear in the fictional species/creatures (I forget the actual article name) if they are in fact mentioned in these strange legends. violet/riga (t) 09:53, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] CATS cats

In the listing of cats for OP's Book of Practical Cats, it was mixed somewhat with the musical as well. For instance, Victoria is a cat from the musical, not the book. (Victor is in the book, however). Quaxo is either the same as Mistoffelees (as a name he is referred to by before his appearance), or a separate cat (this issue seems undecided amoung fans). However, Quaxo in the book is in no way related to Misto (who also has never been known as the Magical Tuxedo Cat as far as I know). Grizabella is not from the book. She is from a poem that T.S. Eliot chose not to include because he considered it too mature for children. She is, however, a very important character in the musical.

Regardless, I've attempted to make the separation between book and musical more accurate by removing cats not mentioned in the book, and correcting a bit of slightly off information along the way (for instance, we don't know Munkustrap is a protector from the book. Only the musical). Also, there's a separate list for the cats in the musical CATS that are not in OP's Book of Practical Cats. And for kicks, I've also added more cats not listed currently (even though most of them, we know nothing about except they're cats).

Due to the fact that listing them in order of appearance makes little sense to me as the order listed by appearance is currently inaccurate anyway, the listing has been modified to be alphabetical which is, while boring, a bit easier to look up cats.

Cat "titles" (such as in Macavity: The Mystery Cat) have been removed for consistency as in the book, cats have many different titles/nicknames which seem unimportant to list. For instance, along with Mystery Cat, you'd have to list Hidden Paw, Napoleon of Crime, etc, etc).

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Giant Tailchaser's Song list removes because it was stupid to have a vast list of unlnkined minor characters in an all-cats story, pasted below.

Dodger 12:19, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cats of Tailchaser's Song

• From Tad Williams' Tailchaser's Song
  • Fritti Tailchaser
  • Beetleswat
  • Blueback
  • Brandyleg
  • Brightnail
  • Brindleside
  • Bristlejaw
  • Brushstalker
  • Cleanwhisker
  • Climbfast
  • Cloudleaper
  • Dandlegrass
  • Dayhunter
  • Earnotch
  • Earpoint
  • Eatbugs (a.k.a. Tangaloor Firefoot)
  • Eyeshimmer
  • Fela Skydancer
  • Fencewalker
  • Firsa Roofshadow
  • Fleetpaw
  • Flickerswift
  • Furscuff
  • Glideswallow
  • Glidefur
  • Grizraz Hearteater
  • Hangbelly
  • Harar Goldeneye
  • Howlsong
  • Hushpad
  • Indez Grassnestle
  • Irao Skystone
  • Jumptall
  • Leafrustle
  • Lungeclaw
  • Meerclar Allmother
  • Mirmirsor Sunback
  • Morningstripe
  • Mudtracker
  • Nightcatcher
  • Ninebirds
  • Pawgentle
  • Pawgrip
  • Pokesnout
  • Pouncequick
  • Quiverclaw
  • Redlegs
  • Rumblepurr
  • Satinear
  • Sleekheart
  • Slipwhisker
  • Smackbush
  • Snagrat (from Hangbelly's Song)
  • Snaremouse
  • Snifflick
  • Snufflenose
  • Softwhisker
  • Sourweed
  • Squeakerbane
  • Sresla Dewtreader
  • Stretchslow
  • Strongclaw
  • Thinbone
  • Tirya Clearsong
  • Treesinger
  • Twitchnose
  • Volenibble
  • Viror Whitewind
  • Wavetail
  • Windflower
  • Windruffle
  • Wolf-friend

Don't longcat and BIKECAT count as real cats? Assuming the photgraphs are real, the cats depicted are quite real as well. --Breathstealer 07:52, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cats on the Internet

Should cats that are in animations or comics on the Internet go under Animations, Comics and Puppetry or Internet? E.g., Mittens and Snowdrop, from Matazone.co.uk are under Internet, but Choo Choo Bear, who is from a web-comic (S*P) is not under Internet but is under Animations, Comics and Puppetry. Any ideas for a rule? - CM

Same with the Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro and Jiji from Kiki's Delivery Service-- should they be under Animation or Film or both? --Galaxiaad 17:24, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cat-like Species

Should the fictional cat list also include such entries as Speaker-to-Animals, or more generally the whole Kzinti race, from Ringworld?

[edit] Repetive Listing of Mr. Tinkles of Cats and Dogs

Mr. Tinkles of Cats and Dogs is listed twice in the section "Cats and felines in film".--Kakurady 10:52, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I see him listed three times. Pendragon39 23:55, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 'Miss Cat Ears' not a cat.

Could someone please stop adding 'Miss Cat Ears' under 'List of fictional cats in IT'? The 'character', if you can call it that, is not a cat - just a girl who wears cat ears.

Furthermore, the only reason it keeps getting added is so that a group of mentally disturbed Britney Spears fans can harass an innocent teenager living in Texas. PrincessDelphine 01:26, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

It doesn't matter if she's "not a cat" - the same could be said about many of the characters in this list. This is about characters who take on the ficticious role of a cat, which could be applied to Miss Cat Ears (thus her name). Please stop reverting this addition - you're not contributing to the article by doing so. SpearsLover 08:05, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Oh, if you're going to discuss this issue, please sign your comments using four tildes. Thanks. SpearsLover 08:09, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes it does matter - the 'character' is not a cat, therefore something that is not a cat should not be in an entry referring to fictional cats. I am contributing to the article by making sure it is correct. The character should be listed in the Catgirl article, as she is a girl who wears cat ears. I also have reason to believe that the inclusion of the character is meant to harass the teenager I first mentioned. PrincessDelphine 01:26, 9 October 2006 (UTC)