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List of fictional cats and other 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 "Ma ...
and includes notable large feline characters that appear in various works of fiction. This list excludes hybrids such as ligers and tiglons.


Literature


Film

*Baby, a tame leopard in the film '' Bringing Up Baby'' starring
Cary Grant Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one o ...
*Charlie, a cougar raised in captivity and grown to be wild in the film '' Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar'' *Duma, a cheetah in the film ''
Duma A duma (russian: дума) is a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions. The term ''boyar duma'' is used to refer to advisory councils in Russia from the 10th to 17th centuries. Starting in the 18th century, city dumas were for ...
'' and
Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...
's live-action film ''
Cheetah The cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus'') is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal, estimated to be capable of running at with the fastest reliably recorded speeds being , and as such has evolved specialized ...
'' *
Elsa the Lioness Elsa the lioness ( 28 January 195624 January 1961) was a female lion raised along with her sisters "Big One" and "Lustica" by game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy Adamson after they were orphaned at only a few days old. Though her two sister ...
, raised by Joy Adamson in ''
Born Free ''Born Free'' is a 1966 British drama film starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood, and released her in ...
'' *Kumal and Sangha, two separated and reunited tigers in the 2004 film '' Two Brothers'' *Joe and Janet, two lions at the Franklin Park Zoo in ''
Zookeeper A zookeeper, sometimes referred as animal keeper, is a person who manages zoo animals that are kept in captivity for conservation or to be displayed to the public.Hurwitz, Jane. Choosing a Career in Animal Care (World of Work). New York: Rosen Gr ...
'' *Clarence, a lion in the 1965 film ''
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion ''Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion'' is a 1965 light comedy-adventure film, produced by Ivan Tors, Leonard B. Kaufman, and Harry Redmond Jr., directed by Andrew Marton, and starring Marshall Thompson and Betsy Drake. The film was shot at Soledad ...
'' *Proxima, Frank Wolff's pet jaguar in the 2021 film ''
Jungle Cruise (film) ''Jungle Cruise'' is a 2021 American fantasy adventure film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra from a screenplay written by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, and Michael Green. It is based on Walt Disney's eponymous theme park attraction. Produced by ...
''.


Television

*Agapito, lion from '' Carrascolendas'' * Daniel Striped Tiger on ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (sometimes shortened to ''Mister Rogers'') is an American half-hour educational children's television series that ran from 1968 to 2001, and was created and hosted by Fred Rogers. The series ''Misterogers'' deb ...
'' *Drooper, lion from the ''
Banana Splits ''The Banana Splits'' is an American television variety show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and featuring the Banana Splits, a fictional rock band composed of four costumed animal characters in red marching band hats with yellow plumes. ...
'' *Ludicrous Lion, peddler character from ''
H.R. Pufnstuf ''H.R. Pufnstuf'' is a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-sized-puppet program (not including their previous work with the Hanna-Barbera program ''The Ba ...
'' *Clarence, lion from ''
Daktari ''Daktari'' ( Swahili for "doctor") is an American family drama series that aired on CBS between 1966 and 1969. The series is an Ivan Tors Films Production in association with MGM Television starring Marshall Thompson as Dr. Marsh Tracy, a vete ...
'' based on the film ''Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion'' *Cleopatra, Theo, Lionel and Leona from ''
Between the Lions ''Between the Lions'' is an American animated/live-action/puppet children's television series designed to promote reading. The show was a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mis ...
'' *Shiva, a Bengal Tigress from '' The Walking Dead'' *Cruise, a cheetah in ''
Power Rangers Beast Morphers ''Power Rangers Beast Morphers'' are the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh seasons of the American television program ''Power Rangers''. The first season premiered on Nickelodeon on March 2, 2019, while the second season premiered on February 22, 20 ...
'' serving as Devon's Beast Bot partner


Animation


Comics

* Adolar, a lion in the pantomime comic ''Der Löwe Adolar'' by Becker-Kasch. * Battle Cat, in the Masters of the Universe franchise. * Dr. Lion, the headmaster of the school in ''Jungle Jinks'' and its spin-off ''Dr. Lion's Boys'', a British comic strip by Arthur White and Mabel F. Taylor. * Dr. Lion, the doctor in
Rupert Bear Rupert Bear is a British children's comic strip character and franchise created by artist Mary Tourtel and first appearing in the ''Daily Express'' newspaper on 8 November 1920. Rupert's initial purpose was to win sales from the rival ''D ...
's stories. * Galileu, a jaguar in ''
Turma do Pererê Turma do Pererê, or just Pererê, was a Brazilian comic book series created by writer and cartoonist Ziraldo in 1959. The series was originally launched in single-panel cartoons originally published in the pages of magazine '' O Cruzeiro'' that ...
'' * Herrmann, lion of Jimmy van Doren in Stephen Desberg and Daniel Desorgher's ''Jimmy van Doren''. *
Hobbes Thomas Hobbes ( ; 5/15 April 1588 – 4/14 December 1679) was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book ''Leviathan'', in which he expounds an influe ...
, an anthropomorphic stuffed tiger and best friend of Calvin in the comic strip ''
Calvin and Hobbes ''Calvin and Hobbes'' is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Bill Watterson that was syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. Commonly cited as "the last great newspaper comic", ''Calvin and Hobbes'' has enjoyed b ...
'' *Joe le Tigre, a tiger in Mic Delinx and Christian Godard's ''La Jungle en Folie''. *Jiba, a tiger in '' Shinmai Fukei Kiruko-san'' * Leo the Friendly Lion, a comic strip by Bert Felstead. *King Lionel, a lion in ''
Lionel's Kingdom ''Lionel's Kingdom'' (''Turma da Mata'') is a Brazilian comic strip created in 1961 and part of the ''Monica's Gang'' comic strips. The series features anthropomorphic animals who almost all walking on two feet (except for Tim Turtle), wear clot ...
'' *Lyle and Lana from '' Animal Crackers'' comic stripRovin, p. 32. *Max, a bobcat companion of G.I. Joe
pointman ''Pointman'' is a TV movie pilot and TV series on the Prime Time Entertainment Network in 1994 to 1995. The premise of the main character is he is framed and convicted of fraud while he was an investment banker. Eventually cleared, Constantine ...
Spearhead in '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' *Meo, a tiger in '' History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi''. * Moloch, Corentin's pet tiger in Paul Cuvelier's '' Corentin''. * The nameless lion who is the sidekick of the nameless shepherd's dog in '' Le Génie des Alpages'' by F'murr. * Richie, from the manga ''
One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual cha ...
'' *
Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...
, a tiger in '' The Walking Dead''. * Tammananny Tiger, character in
Walt Kelly Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. (August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973), commonly known as Walt Kelly, was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip '' Pogo''. He began his animation career in 1936 at Walt Disney Studios, contr ...
's '' Pogo''. *
Tawky Tawny Tawky Tawny is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic tiger who appears as a supporting character of Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family in superhero/ talking animal comic book stories published by Fawcett Comics and later DC Comics. Publica ...
, an anthropomorphic tiger who appears as a supporting character of
DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
' '' Captain Marvel''. * Tiger Tim, a tiger created by Julius Stafford Baker. * Lying Cat, a Somewhat sentient feline, Who detects lies, from Saga.


Video games

* Big the Cat, a supporting character from the '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' series *
Bubsy ''Bubsy'' is a series of platforming video games created by Michael Berlyn and developed and published by Accolade. The games star an anthropomorphic bobcat named Bubsy, a character that takes inspiration from '' Super Mario Bros.'' and '' So ...
, a bobcat from the eponymous series *Carol Tea, a wildcat and playable character from ''
Freedom Planet ''Freedom Planet'' is a 2D platform video game developed and published by American video game designer Sabrina DiDuro, for her studio GalaxyTrail. The player controls one of three anthropomorphic animal protagonists: the dragon girl Lilac, the ...
'' *Charr, from '' Guild Wars'' and ''
Guild Wars 2 ''Guild Wars 2'' is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSoft. Set in the fantasy world of Tyria, the core game follows the re-emergence of Destiny's Edge, a disbanded guild ded ...
'' *El Jefe, from '' Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time'' * Gado, Shina, Long and Shenlong, from '' Bloody Roar'' * Guenhwyvar, a magical black panther from the Astral Plane, in the fictional universe of the ''
Forgotten Realms ''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as ...
'' *Hunter the Cheetah, from the '' Spyro'' series * Katt and Tiga, from ''
Breath of Fire II ''Breath of Fire II'' is a role-playing video game developed and published by Capcom. First released in 1994 in video gaming, 1994, the game was licensed to Laguna for European release in 1996 in video gaming, 1996. It is the second entry in the ' ...
'' * The Khajit, a race of humanoid cat people, from the ''
Elder Scrolls ''The Elder Scrolls'' is a series of action role-playing video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The series focuses on free-form gameplay in an open world. '' Morrowind'', '' Oblivion'' a ...
'' franchise * Neon Tiger, a Maverick from '' Mega Man X3'' * Neyla and Rajan, from '' Sly 2: Band of Thieves'' *Octavio, from '' Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves'' * Pura, from the ''
Crash Bandicoot ''Crash Bandicoot'' is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console. It has seen numerous installments created by various developers and published on multiple platforms. The series c ...
'' series * T'ai Fu, from '' T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger'' * Trap Shadow, a black and purple tiger armed with bear traps who can turn invisible, from Skylanders: Swap Force. * Tuff Luck, a tigress armed with Traptanium-forged warblades and good luck, from Skylanders: Trap Team. *Suku, Awilix's jaguar from Smite (video game)


Legends

* Dawon, tiger from Hindu mythology * Maahes, Egyptian lion god of war, son of Bast * Panther, panther with sweet breath in Medieval Bestiary *
Sekhmet In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet ( or Sachmis (), also spelled Sakhmet, Sekhet, Sakhet among other spellings, cop, Ⲥⲁⲭⲙⲓ, Sakhmi), is a warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing. She is depicted as a lioness. Sekhmet is a solar de ...
, a goddess in
Egyptian mythology Egyptian mythology is the collection of myths from ancient Egypt, which describe the actions of the Egyptian gods as a means of understanding the world around them. The beliefs that these myths express are an important part of ancient Egyp ...
with the head of a lioness *
Underwater panther An underwater panther, called ' (in Ojibwe syllabics: ) or ' (in syllabics: ) in Ojibwe (), is one of the most important of several mythical water beings among many Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands and Great Lakes region, partic ...
, in
Native American mythology The indigenous peoples of the Americas comprise numerous different cultures. Each has its own mythologies. Some are quite distinct, but certain themes are shared across the cultural boundaries. Northern America There is no single mythology o ...
* Were-jaguar, shapeshifting jaguar spirit in
Olmec mythology The religion of the Olmec people significantly influenced the social development and mythological world view of Mesoamerica. Scholars have seen echoes of Olmec supernatural in the subsequent religions and mythologies of nearly all later pre-Colu ...
* Byakko, white tiger in Japanese mythology *The Yali, a mythical lion from Hindu mythology


Mascots and others

*
Chester Cheetah Chester Cheetah is a fictional character and the official mascot for Frito-Lay's Cheetos brand snacks as well as Chester's Snacks which consists of flavored fries, popcorn and puffcorn. History 1985–2003: Traditional animation Cheetos' orig ...
, mascot of
Cheetos Cheetos (formerly styled as Chee-tos until 1998) is a crunchy corn puff snack brand made by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo. Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin invented Cheetos in 1948, and began national distribution in the U.S. The initi ...
* Exxon tiger, mascot for Enco Extra and Esso Extra gasoline brands introduced in the 1950s * Leo, mascot of film and television studio
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 a ...
*Ritche, Mascot of the
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private research university in the town of Henrietta in the Rochester, New York, metropolitan area. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional ...
. * Roary, mascot of the Detroit Lions American football team. * Paws, mascot of the Detroit Tigers baseball team. * Tony the Tiger, mascot of Frosted Flakes * Willie the Wildcat, mascot of the Kansas State University Wildcats. * Who Dey, mascot of the Cincinnati Bengals American football team. * Pouncer, mascot of the
University of Memphis } The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students. The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering, the Center for Ea ...
American football and basketball teams. * Aubie, mascot of the Auburn University American football team


See also

* List of fictional cats and felines — Mixed list of mostly smaller felines * List of individual cats — Nonfictional cats


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bigcats Lists of cats
Big cats The term "big cat" is typically used to refer to any of the five living members of the genus ''Panthera'', namely the tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard. Despite enormous differences in size, various cat species are quite similar ...