Right-Hand-Cat: Difference between revisions

* While she wasn't a villain ''per se'', Mrs. Pynchon, the (cold and typically unlikable) newspaper publisher (and everyone's boss) in the TV series ''[[Lou Grant]]'', has a cat who resides on her desk at her office.

* Conan O'Brien's impression of an [[NBC]] executive involves [[Biting the Hand Humor|talking in an "evil" voice and miming petting a cat in his arms]].

* Another non-villainous example: [[Cee Lo Green]] strokes a white cat in this fashion during Season 2 of ''[[The Voice (TV series)|The Voice]]''.

* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' used this a few times.

* Referenced in the finale of ''[[The Shadow Line]]'':

{{quote|'''Gatehouse:''' People don't do bad things just because they want to stroke a white cat.}}

== Radio ==

== Comic Books ==

* The ''[[Dirty Harry]]'' parody ''[[Sledge Hammer]]'' has one episode where a crime boss is always seen with a cat and ends up throwing the cat out of the window when he is upset. It is not surprising when Sledge [[Karmic Death|kicks him out the window]] at the end of the episode (and even more ironically, the cat lands safely on the crime boss' chair).

* ''[[Scrubs]]''

{{quote|'''Janitor:''' So, you don't want to know the ending of something. I can relate to that.

'''Dr. Cox:''' What is that in your lap?

'''Janitor:''' Leonard. Half-kitten, half-monkey. }}

* Creepily subverted in the play ''[[Woyzeck]]'' (as well as the opera and rock opera based thereon). Although [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|the Doctor]] has a pet cat, he [[Kick the Dog|throws it out the window]] [[For Science!|just to see whether it lands on its feet.]]

* In a version of ''The Pink Wasp and Yellow Jacket'', the villain has a cat that he would periodically forget he was holding and accidentally throw into the air. At one point, Yellow Jacket, played as a asian stereotype, picks up the cat and tries to eat it.

* An inverted example, since those involved are good guys: Telma the barmaid, in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'', has one of these in Louise. Unbeknownst to her human, Louise considers herself an active part of the Resistance movement that Telma herself helps to run, and even assists Link when he's in wolf form.

* With her talents at summoning chimerae and piloting a ''[[Humongous Mecha]]'', Perrault of ''[[Boktai|Lunar Knights]]'' is not only the Right-Hand Cat of [[The Dragon]], but also his [[Battle Butler]].

* In ''[[Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective|Ghost Trick]]'', {{spoiler|Sissel was this to Yomiel for ten long years, as well as being his only friend since the Temsik incident. Although Yomiel isn't really evil, just [[Go Mad From the Isolation|driven crazy from solitude.]]}}

* Referenced in the commentary of [http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0275.html this strip] of ''[[Darths and Droids]]''.

* In ''[[Scandinavia and The World]]'', any of the characters (notably, Russia) can appear stroking a white cat while in "evil mastermind" mode.

* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4291 the World Domination Manual prescribes getting a pet and petting it menacingly as the first step.] Lil' E tries.

* Subverted in the ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' [[Five Episode Pilot]], wherein Fat Cat debuts as Chlordane's Right-Hand Cat, only to become a villain in his own right for the rest of the series (while Chlordane is never heard from again). Even during the pilot, after helping Chlordane steal a ruby, Fat Cat steals the ruby from Chlordane for his own purposes, making sure to return it before its absence is noticed.

* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "That Darn Katz!", a grumpy professor named [[Meaningful Name|Katz]], who rejects Amy's proposal for harnessing the Earth's rotation for energy, has a white cat in his lap. It is later revealed that Katz {{spoiler|was really a puppet operated by the cat, who (like all cats, as it turns out) is actually an intelligent alien who wants to use Amy's device to stop Earth's rotation and transfer it to his homeworld.}}

* In ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' episode where Timmy wished that life was an action movie, Jorgen turns villain complete with pet cat, who he accidentally abuses so much it does a [[Heel Face Turn]].

* Parodied in the ''[[Total Drama Action]]'' episode "Dial M for Merger". As a parody of spy movies, Chris introduces the challenge wearing an [[Eyepatch of Power|eyepatch]] and petting a white cat. Afterwards, [[Animals Hate Him|the cat attacks him]].

* Cardinal Richelieu ([[The Three Musketeers (novel)|His]] [[Historical Villain Upgrade|Actual Villainy]]) was famously fond of cats, once (anecdotally) excusing a failure to stand up at the entry of an aristocratic visitor because he did not wish to disturb the kittens sleeping on his lap. Isn't that ''sweet''?

{{quote|"I like de kits and boids. I'll beat up any guy dat gets gay wit' a kit or a boid in my neck of de woods." }}

* [[Rush Limbaugh]] has not only owned cats, but has also had <ref>Punkin, an Abyssinian who would likely have the post due to seniority</ref> featured in [[PSA|PSAs]] for [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/04/rush-limbaugh-obama-dog-bo.html The Humane Society].

* 4chan users, often perceived as somewhere between [[Chaotic Neutral]] and [[Chaotic Evil]], are also associated with fondness for cats, even to the point where some 4chan users [[Even Evil Has Standards|helped track down cat abusers]]. The notion that 4channers care more about abused cats than about abused humans is [[media:cat4chan_3625.jpg|referenced in this comic.]]

* Deadmau5, a Canadian house artist popular for performing with a giant mouse head on, is very fond of his cat, Professor Meowingtons, going so far as to name one of his tours the Meowingtons Hax Tour.

=== Right-Hand Cat Substitutes ===

* In ''[[Read or Die]]'', {{spoiler|The Gentleman}} has a turtle instead.

== Comic Books ==

* The comic book version of ''[[The Thrawn Trilogy]]'' often depicted Grand Admiral Thrawn cradling and stroking a [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ysalamiri ysalamiri], a nearly vegetative lizard creature, like it's a cat, when in the books, he carried one in a nutrient frame strapped to his back or connected to his command chair. Ysalamiri [[Power Nullifier|negated the powers]] of his [[The Starscream|psychotic dark Jedi ally]], and occasionally, he reached up and stroked it to remind C'baoth that he couldn't be choked, electrocuted, or [[Charm Person|charmed]], but he didn't carry one around in his arms or on his lap. You can't really do that with ysalamiri. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Plus, they smell]]. Still, the depiction is universal enough that it's practically an extension of his [[Memetic Outfit]].

** It should be noted that said [[Memetic Outfit]], while not being the same as Blofeld's, certainly resembles it

* In ''[[Twice Upon a Time]]'', Synonamess Botch has a pet armadillo named Ratatooie.

* Early on in ''[[Megamind]]'', the title villain uses one of his Brain-bots for this purpose.

* He doesn't actually have a cat, but Mola Ram, the villain from ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'', is briefly shown holding his ''helmet'' and stroking it like a cat.

* Jabba the Hutt from ''[[Star Wars]]'' has Salacious Crumb, a mischevious "Kowakian monkey-lizard" which officies as jester in the crime lord's court.

* In ''[[A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!|A Fairly Odd Movie Grow Up Timmy Turner]]'', the villain, Hugh J. Magnate, has {{spoiler|an evil bunny rabbit who even giggles evilly}}. It lures {{spoiler|[[Friend to All Living Things|Tootie]] into a trap}}

* In ''[[Skippy the Bush Kangaroo]]'', one of the recurring villains has a right hand ''koala''.

== Tabletop Games ==

* In the ''Red Steel'' setting for ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' 2nd ed., there were several [[Humanoid Animals]] PC races. So the monster book had a tamable primate that looked like a little human (or dwarf, elf, etc, dependent on breed), to enable the evil cat person to have a [[Inverted Trope|Right-Hand Human]].

* Chen Yakumo qualifies to some extend. A cat youkai at the service of [[Reality Warper|Yukari Yakumo]] from ''[[Touhou]]''.

* ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]]''. K.Rool has a Right-Hand Klaptrap for the cutscenes of ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. In a manner ''very'' reminiscent of [[Inspector Gadget|Dr. Claw,]] no less.

* ''[[ReBoot]]'':

** Hexadecimal, as an insane anthropomorphism of a computer virus, somewhat inexplicably, has a small round cute thing with a feline face called Scuzzy as a pet. In one episode, Bob and Mike the TV find to their horror and sorrow that Scuzzy also doubles as Hexadecimal's [[Right-Hand Attack Dog]]: one that [[Make My Monster Grow|can grow impossibly large]], [[Super Speed|move very fast]], has [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family|very sharp teeth]], and [[Doppelganger Attack|can clone itself as necessary]].

* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'':

** Suzy Johnson (Jeremy's [[Devil in Plain Sight]] sister) has a Right-Hand ''Poodle'' whom she has trained to attack Candace.

* In ''[[Beast Wars]],'' Megatron's Right-Hand Cat is his... actual hand. In two of the three forms he uses over the series ([[So Last Season]] at work), his beast-mode head is his robot-mode arm. He actually pets it at times, and at one point, when he's "asleep", the head-hand is looking around on its own. Near the end of the series, he turns from the monitor he's watching, the head-hand turns toward it, and tracks back and forth as things happen onscreen. He also has his [[Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate|rubber ducky]].

* Dr. Robotnik from ''[[Sonic Sat AM]]'' has a pet robotic bird named Cluck.

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