TV CATS : famous cats from television, cartoons and advertising
Famous Cats from Television
- Salem is famous black cat in "Sabrina the Teenaged Witch"
- Orion, was the cat from the movie "Men in Black"
- D.C. was the name of the cat in "That Darn Cat"
- Eric the Cat, was known from "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
- Binks, was the cat in the film "Hocus Pocus"
- General, was the name of the cat in the book and film "The Cat's Eye" by Steven King.
- Fondúe, was the cat from the TV show "Kablam!"
- Lucky was the cat who would not be lunch, on the TV show "ALF"
- Marmalade, was Sam Drucker's cat from the TV show "The Beverly Hillbillies"
- Salty was the cat from the TV show "Caroline in the City"
- Sassy was the cat in the children's movie "Homeward Bound"
- Snicklefritz is the cat from "The Big Comfy Couch"
- Spot was the name of Data's cat from the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
- Sweetie was the name of the cat in "The Fifth Element"
- Tonto, was one of the stars in the movie "Harry and Tonto"
Famous Cartoon Cats
- The Cheshire Cat, from "Alice in Wonderland"
- Azrael, from "the Smurfs"
- Tom, from "Tom and Jerry"
- The Cat in the Hat, from Dr. Seuss' book "The Cat in the Hat"
- Bagheera, from Kipling's "The Jungle Book"
- Figaro, the cute little cat from "Pinocchio"
- Milo, from "Milo and Otis"
- Lucifer, the cat from "Cinderella"
- Si & Am are the two Siamese cats from "Lady and the Tramp"
- Garfield, from the show also named "Garfield"
- Nermal, was the worlds cutest kitten, from the show "Garfield"
- Felix, from "Felix the Cat"
- Jinks the Cat, from "The Huckleberry Hound Show"
- Snagglepuss, from the "Yogi Bear Show"
- Top Cat, or TC to his friends was the cat from "Top Cat"
- Heathcliff, from the comic book and cartoon "Heathcliff "
- Sebastian is Alexandra's pet in the cartoon, "Josie and The Pussycats."
- Tiger is Fievel's constant companion in "An American Tale: Fievel Goes West"
- Custard is Strawberry Short Cake's pet from the cartoon series, called "Strawberry Short Cake"
- Sargent Tibbs helps rescue the Dalmatian puppies, in "101 Dalmations"
- Simba, Kiara, Kimba, Kova, Nala, and Scar - are all famous cats from "The Lion King"
- Catbert is Dilbert's cat from the comic strip and cartoon "Dilbert"
- Sylvester, from "Looney Toons"
- Hobbes, from "Calvin and Hobbes"
- The Pink Panther, from the "Pink Panther Show"
- Tigger, from "Winnie the Pooh"
- Duchess and O'Malley, from "The Aristocats"
- Scratchy, from the Itchy and Scratchy hour on "The Simpsons"
- Luna, Artemis and Diana are the cats from "Sailor Moon"
- Bonkers, was the police cat in "Bonkers"
- Fat Cat, was the tycoon cat from "Rescue Rangers"
- Hot Dog, was the cat's name (yes, really) from "Dennis the Menace"
- Madcat, was the villian cat on the cartoon "Inspector Gadget"
- Oliver was the cat from "Oliver and Company"
- P.J. was the name of the cat on "Goof Troop"
- Sawyer was the cat in the animated film "Cats Don't Dance"
- Snarf was the pet cat in "The Thundercats"
- Stimpy was the name of the cat, in "Ren and Stimpy"
Advertising with Cats
- Hello Kitty, also known as Kitty-Chan, created by a Japanese company called Sanrio for a product line.
- Tony the Tiger is the famous character for Frosted Flakes
- The Esso Tiger represented Esso Oil in the mid-1960s with his trademark catch phrase "Put a tiger in your tank"
- The MGM Lion is MGM's trademark lion mascot (a.k.a."Leo") and is seen at the beginning of every MGM feature film.
- Chessie, was the once-popular mascot of railway company(s); slogan was "sleep like a kitten;" can sometimes still be seen on freight cars. Belonging to Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (1930's), Chessie System (60's)
- Morris was the mascot cat, from 9 Lives Cat Food
- Kool Kat, was the trademark for Desnoe Geddes West Indian Beverages
- Nacho, was the cat used breifly in the Taco Bell commericals