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* Ernst Stavro Blofeld, from the early ''[[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]'' films, as pictured above. His ever-present fluffy white cat is probably the [[Trope Codifier]], being responsible for most, if not all, of the parodies and references listed below.

** ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]'' plays with this a little, when Bond confronts Blofeld and his double. Unsure of which is which, Bond kicks the white Persian in the room and shoots the Blofeld it jumps to for safety. Sadly, it doesn't work, as there's more than one cat too.

'''Bond:''' But wrong pussy. }}

* ''[[Austin Powers]]'':

** "Catspaw". Korob has a pet black cat. Since he's dressed (and acts) like a wizard, Spock assumes that the cat is his familiar. Later on the cat changes into the form of a beautiful woman, and it turns out that she's really the episode's [[Big Bad]].

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

 

== Video Games ==

* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', Kel'thuzad, [[The Dragon]] of the [[Evil Overlord|Lich King]], has a cat named Mr. Bigglesworth after Dr. Evil's cat in his dungeon. If it is killed, Kel'thuzad gets quite upset with the players and threatens to send the Scourge to hunt them down.

* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'', Maleficent has [[Pete]], who is a large anthropomorphic cat. Just replace the stroking with yelling at how he always screws up.

 

* Catwoman didn't start with one, but ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' provided her with Isis, proving this trope fits on her pretty well.

* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'': Dr. Claw has Mad Cat, his constantly laughing cat that would endure all the abuse that happened when his master would suddenly pound his table (which he apparently liked to do, even when it wasn't necessary), rub his fur a little too hard, or simply whack him because he was in the way or because he did something he didn't like.

* Roger, the bully from ''[[Doug]]'', has a Right-Hand Cat called Stinky, whereas Doug has a reliable, intelligent dog called Porkchop. One episode gives him [[A Day in the Limelight]] when Roger makes Doug look after him while Roger's away. He trashes the house, and eats pizza and ice cream, and is generally [[Cats Are Mean|nasty]]. Then, he gets sick and Doug freaks out, thinking that this is because he let the cat get its own way, and worries about what Roger will do...turns out, he was neither sick nor a "he". [[Your Tomcat Is Pregnant|She was pregnant]].

* An episode of ''[[Goldie Gold and Action Jack]]'' has a villain with one.

* ''[[Scrubs]]''

** After having sworn revenge against Dr. Cox and then overheard something that would aid him in said revenge, the Janitor turns around in a swivel chair, stroking the nonexistent Leonard.

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

** Dr. Cox also makes use of this trope when confronting a pediatric physician in his office full of toys (sorry, collectibles), by stroking a plush white Persian cat.

* 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''?

* Mob big shot Monk Eastman was fond of cats and pigeons and ran a pet store.

* [[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.]]