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== Anime & Manga ==
* [[Big Friendly Dog|Mr. Tadakichi]] from ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]''.
* Mister Soichiro from ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]''.
* In the English version of ''[[Ranma One Half]]'', Kodachi's pet is "Mr. Green Turtle". And no, it isn't a turtle {{spoiler|but a huge ''crocodile''}}.
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== Comics ==
* B.A.'s cat in ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'' is Colonel Prowler.
* Mr. Bun, Suzie's stuffed rabbit from ''[[Calvin and Hobbes (Comic Strip)|Calvin and Hobbes]]''.
 
 
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* Mr. Bigglesworth from ''[[Austin Powers]]''.
* Mr. Tinkles, the cat villain of ''[[Cats and Dogs (Film)|Cats and Dogs]]''.
* ''[[Big Fat Liar]]'': Movie producer Marty Fox has a stuffed monkey named Mister Funnybones to which he's... [[Cargo Ship|oddly attached]].
* ''[[True Grit]]'': The cat's name is General Sterling Price, after the [[American Civil War]] general of the same name.
* Mr. Smith in ''[[The Awful Truth (Film)|The Awful Truth]]''
 
 
== Literature ==
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'': Filch has a pet cat, Mrs. Norris.
* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Making Money|Making Money]]'', Topsy Lavish (née Turvy)'s dog {{spoiler|and eventual chairman of the bank}} is named Mr. Fusspot.
* [[Peter S. Beagle]]'s ''Tamsin'' features a cat simply named Mister Cat.
* From [[TST. S. Eliot]] ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' (and thus also from ''[[Cats]]''), the magical Mr. Mistoffelees (the only one of all the cats in the book/musical to be named that way).
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', Harry Dresden's cat is named simply Mister.
* [[Pippi Longstocking (Literature)|Pippi Longstocking]] has her little monkey, Mr. Nilsson.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', Tommen has kittens named Ser Pounce and Lady Whiskers (and another named Boots).
 
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** In one episode Alan Brady gets Rob to work on a play he's in that's written by a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] version of [[Capote|Truman Capote]]. "Capote" has a pet German Shepard named Mr. Ben which he takes everywhere and consults for advice.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
** Willow and Tara get a cat and name it "Miss Kitty Fantastico". The cat later [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?|disappears without mention]]. It's brought up later, when Dawn implies in a quick aside that the cat was killed in a household cross-bow accident.
** Drusilla's dog is "Ms. Sunshine."
* Mr. Muggles, the Pomeranian from ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''.
* ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'': Drew and Lewis bribe Oswald into voting to sell Buzz Beer by giving him a bunny. Oswald immediately names it Commander Bun-Bun and starts to act like a [[Diabolical Mastermind]] with a [[Right-Hand-Cat]].
* Brittany on ''[[Glee]]'' has a cat named Lord Tubbington.
* ''[[Sex and Thethe City]]'': Carrie's book reading is interrupted by the appearance of one Mr. Winkle, a real celebrity dog, who has a book of his own, which he's signing (by putting his paw print on it).
* When Leonard is considering getting a cat in ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', one of the names he's thinking about is "Colonel Fuzzyboots".
* ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'': Darnell's turtle is named Mr. Turtle.
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Bio ShockBioshock]]'': Little Sisters call their pet Big Daddy "Mr. Bubbles".
* In ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]]'', Hemlock McGee has a cat named Miss Prettywhiskers.
* If you give Anders a cat in ''[[Dragon Age]]: Awakening'', he names it Ser Pounce-a-lot.
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* In ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' an ancient vampire queen [http://www.eeriecuties.com/d/20091111.html had a kitty named Mr. Boodles.]
* Jarad has a pet [[Pokémon|Gyarados]] named Mr. Fish in ''[[Manly Guys Doing Manly Things]]''.
* ''[[Housepets (Webcomic)|Housepets]]'' has at least 10 cats called Mr Bigglesworth, due to their owner being a [[Crazy Cat Lady]]. They all look the same, though they're not related and some are female. They occasionally mess with other pets who don't know there's more than one.
* John in ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' names Rose's mutant cat Dr. Meowgon Spengler, not knowing that she has already named him Vodka Mutini.
* Mr. Scruffy, Lord Shojo's cat in ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]''. He gained a canine [[Evil Counterpart]] within the Linear Guild with Sir Scraggly.
** There's also Mr. Stiffly, the Monster in the Darkness' name for O-Chul. He counts because he got the name while the MITD was using his paralyzed body like a stuffed animal for his make-believe tea party.
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance (Webcomic)|Sluggy Freelance]]'': After surviving a horrible explosion, Bun-Bun temporarily loses his memory and is adopted by a family that renames him Mr. Fuzbutt.
* Raven's cat in ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' refers to himself as Mr. Fuzzball although according to Raven his name is actually Max.
* At one point, Helen from [[Narbonic (Webcomic)|Narbonic]] tries to control the insane, super-intelligent gerbils she's created with an adorable kitten named Sir Pounce {{spoiler|after eating several gerbils, he gets strapped to a bomb, blown up, and sent to Hell}}.
* Nick's pet raccoon in ''[[Samurai Princess]]'' is named Mr. Fluffycuddles.
 
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''. The Monarch keeps the taxidermied corpse of his old cat, Mister Mostly Mittens, in his dining room. Apparently, it had three white paws and one not-white paw (hence "mostly").
* Mr Cool, the Fonz's dog, from ''[[The Fonz and Thethe Happy Days Gang]]''.
* Ms Lion from ''[[Spider -Man and His Amazing Friends]]''.
* Mr Cat from ''[[Kid VSvs. Kat]]''.
* In ''[[Dan Vs.]]'' "The Animal Shelter", Dan takes home a kitten and names it Mr. Mumbles.
* Mr. Kitty, Eric Cartman's pet cat from ''[[South Park]]''.
** Mr. Garrison's toys/pets Mr. Hat, Mr. Twig, and Mr. Slave.
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* Mr. Pettibone, [[Goofy]]'s pet cat in ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'', ''[[House of Mouse]]'', and ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse]]''
* Mr. Whiskers, the rabbit from ''[[Brandy and Mr. Whiskers]]'' (although not a pet).
* [[Killer Rabbit|Mr. Puffy Fluffy]] from ''[[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]]''.
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''
** Doofenshmirtz took in a cat and named it Mr. Fluffypants, after his uncle Fluffypants.
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