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{{trope}}
[[File:blofeld_5403.jpg|link=You Only Live Twice
{{quote|''"[[That Makes Me Feel Angry|That makes me angry]], and [[Third Person Person|when Dr. Evil gets angry]], Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset. And when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset... people '''DIE!'''"''|'''Dr. Evil''', ''[[Austin Powers]]: International Man of Mystery''}}
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In real life, this is almost entirely untrue. Famous cat ''haters'' throughout history have included Caligula, Nero, Bonaparte, Hitler, and Stalin. Oddly, [[Pet the Dog|all of the above were fond of dogs]], perhaps because of their obedient, worshipful nature. (Alternately, for a psychopath terrified of assassination, a German Shepherd is a little more comforting than a tabby.)
However, [[wikipedia:Cardinal Richelieu|Cardinal Richelieu]] was a famous cat-lover (he owned 14 cats at the time of his death) and he got a [[Historical Villain Upgrade]] since [[Alexandre Dumas]]' ''[[The Three Musketeers (
Pirate captains will have a [[Pirate Parrot]] instead. See also [[Feather Boa Constrictor]], [[Right-Hand Attack Dog]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Giovanni with his Persian, from ''[[Pokémon (
* In ''[[
* Djibril pets his black cat in ''[[
* In the manga of ''[[
* Parodied in a ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* In ''[[
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== Films -- Animation ==
* In Disney's version of ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'', Cinderella's stepmother has a cat named -- I kid you not -- ''Lucifer''. He is intelligent enough to understand that Cinderella is unfairly put-upon with the chores, and mean enough to complicate them at one point in the movie. His opposite number is Bruno, a nice dog who sleeps in the basement.
* Junkman in the ''[[The Incredible Crash Dummies]]'' (a 1993 half-hour CG movie) has the Hubcat.
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* Ernst Stavro Blofeld, from the early ''[[James Bond (
** ''[[
{{quote| '''Blofeld:''' Right idea, Mr. Bond...<br />
'''Bond:''' But wrong pussy. }}
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** Dr. Evil, a parody of Blofeld, with Mr. Bigglesworth. Starts as a Persian, becomes a Sphinx cat after the cryogenic revival.
** Mini-Me, in turn, has a Mini-Bigglesworth (a Sphinx kitten).
* ''[[
* Auntie in the Japanese horror film ''[[Hausu]]'' has Shiro, a white Persian, who the heroines discover provides Auntie with her immortality and magic abilities. {{spoiler|It turns out Auntie lied and even killing Shiro won't stop her. Not to mention, Shiro is immortal, too.}}
* In the Japanese [[Ninja]] movie ''Shinobi no Mono'', [[Oda Nobunaga]] is shown petting cats in several scenes. Notably, [[Roald Dahl]] saw the film while writing the script for ''[[
* In the modern film verson of ''[[Hairspray]]'', Velma von Tussle gets a fluffy white Persian to stroke in one scene.
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* Etienne Galant, the [[Big Bad]] in ''The Corpse in the Waxworks'' by John Dickson Carr, is seen stroking a white persian. The book was published in 1932.
* In the ''[[Novels of the Change]]'', [[Chessmaster]] Sandra Arminger pets her Persians as an aid to concentrating on her schemes.
* She doesn't hold her cats in her hand, but [[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Characters|Dolores Umbridge]] from ''[[Harry Potter (
* Averted: Harry Dresden lives with a gigantic grey cat named "Mister," whom he (Harry) rescued from a dumpster as a kitten.
== Live-Action TV ==
* 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 ''[[
* 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]].
* Mick of ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'' is the pet cat of [[The Don]]/[[Big Bad]] Ryubee Sonozaki. Mick also happens to be one of the high ranking villains: the [[Mega Neko|Smilodon Dopant]].
* Another non-villainous example: [[
* ''[[Star Trek:
** "Assignment Earth". Gary Seven has a black cat named Isis that appears to be intelligent. At the end of the episode it's revealed that Isis is actually a beautiful humanoid female who can take cat form.
** "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 ''[[
{{quote| '''Gatehouse:''' People don't do bad things just because they want to stroke a white cat.}}
== Radio ==
* Dr. Blackgaard with Sasha, from ''[[
== Tabletop Games ==
* The cover to the ''[[Paranoia (
* Intentionally invoked [http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44544 on this forum] as a suggestion for a good use for a template that creates an undead made from a taxidermied skin that can pass for a living creature to all but the most keen-eyed of observers... until they look into its eyes and see the inside of its scalp, or it deflates and slithers away.
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[
{{quote| ''"NO! A curse upon you, interlopers! The armies of the Lich King will hunt you down! You will NOT escape your fate!"''}}
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts (
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[The Brick Testament]]'', the evil pharaoh of Egypt in ''[[The Bible
* ''[[Dr. Nonami]]'': Dr. Mechano has Destroyer, an adorable little kitty who he insists is a vicious killing machine.
* In ''[[
* In [[
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== Western Animation ==
* Mildly [[The Parody|parodied]] in ''[[
* Even Angelica, the [[Devil in Plain Sight]] on ''[[
* Skeletor with Panthor, from ''[[He-Man and
* Catwoman didn't start with one, but ''[[Batman: The Animated Series
* ''[[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.
{{quote| '''Claw:''' Why are you laughing? I'm the one who did all the work!}}
* 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
* An episode of ''[[Goldie Gold and Action Jack]]'' has a villain with one.
* Baudelaire, Max Madison's cat in ''[[
* One of the ''[[
* Geraldine has one in the ''[[
* Ravage from ''[[
=== [[Subverted Trope|Subversions]] and [[Playing
== Anime & Manga ==
* [[Double Subversion]] in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (
* In ''[[
* Tailmon (Gatomon in the dub) of ''[[
* The anime ''[[Now and Then Here
* Played with in ''[[
* What the hell the fat cat in ''[[
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== Fan Works ==
* Goldentusk's video for the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc17zmeMlSI James Bond Theme Song] parodies plenty ''[[James Bond (
== Films -- Animation ==
* Ratigan from ''[[
* On ''[[
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* Inverted in ''[[
* In one of ''[[The Cannonball Run]]'' films, a Mob boss is seen stroking a cat. Then he looks down...and says (quietly and with no special tone), "This cat is dead. Bring me another cat." The mooks do.
* Inverted in ''[[The Spirit (
* In ''[[
== Literature ==
* Gregor Brastov in [[Kim Newman]]'s alternate-history vampire novel ''[[Anno Dracula|Dracula Cha-Cha-Cha]]'' (a.k.a. ''Judgment of Tears'') is a Blofeldish cat-stroking archvillain who turns out to be {{spoiler|just a puppet manipulated by the real archvillain -- his cat. [[Captain Ersatz|Hamish Bond]] should have remembered that some vampires have [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]].}}
* ''[[
** Parodied in the series, when Lord Vetinari, a [[Magnificent Bastard]] dictator who began as a sort of Blofeld spoof, had an old terrier called Wuffles, even though other characters and the narrator had him pegged as the "white cat stroking type".
** In the [[Time Travel]] [[Prequel]] ''[[Discworld
** Played with in that the Evil Lord Harry Dread, who would like to be the kind of villain that has a white cat, is allergic to them and has to settle for a pet Hamster instead.
* In the book ''1633'' (in which an American town is transported to 17th-c. Europe), the people of Grantville send Cardinal Richelieu a Siamese cat as a "diplomatic offering". He takes it and strokes it in exactly the way described here. (Persians evidently were introduced in Europe in 1620 according to T.O.W., so one of them wouldn't have been quite as impressive a gift, though a modern Persian's appearance is evidently very different-looking to those times'.)
* In the ''Malloreon'' saga by David Eddings, Kal Zakath has a cat that serves more as an opportunity for quiet humor than a villainous icon; the (seemingly) ruthless and cold-hearted emperor of all Mallorea frequently attempts to pawn off newborn kittens to heads of state, the main characters, and whoever else seems likely to claim a cat. Of course, the frequent [[Pet the Dog|Pet the "Dog"]] moments only foreshadowed Kal Zakath's eventual [[Heel Face Turn]] from not-quite-villain antagonist to ally of Belgarion. Even if he did make one of his primary reasons for turning face. "You know, Garion, I've just realized that you're ''functionally omnipotent''. So how's about I just give up and make peace before you eventually kill me?"
* Subverted in ''[[The King in Yellow]]''. Evil psychopath Mr. Wilde has a cat. At the end, it tears out his throat, thus [[Spanner in
* Billingford in ''[[The Laundry Series|The Jennifer Morgue]]'' by [[Charles Stross]] has a classic Right-Hand Cat {{spoiler|as part of his Bond-based destiny trap}}, which eventually turns out {{spoiler|to be posessed by the [[Eldritch Abomination]] he's working for}}.
* A rare heroic example: [[
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Star Trek:
** Gary Seven with Isis in the episode "Assignment: Earth" is initially thought to be a villain, but this is [[Subverted]] at the episode's end when Gary Seven is revealed to be trying to save the human race from a nuclear war, and Isis is revealed to be a shapeshifter.
** Also, in the episode "Catspaw", the villain Korob has a black cat, who turns to be another shapeshifter, Sylvia, who later turns into a ''giant'' black cat.
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** The Boss is first shown via a Blofeld-style lap-cam, until he gets tired of this and leans down to speak directly into the camera.
* 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).
* ''[[
** 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.
{{quote| '''Janitor:''' So, you don't want to know the ending of something. I can relate to that.<br />
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** 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.
* ''[[La Femme Nikita]]'': A villain is shown holding a white Right-Hand Cat, before demonstrating nerve gas on him for buyers.
* [[House (TV series)|House]], in one episode of season 4, deals with [[Evil-Detecting Dog|Death Cat]]. To confuse his team, he puts it on his lap, plays with a [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking|cigar]], and says, "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die." More than one Bond fan has noted that this was said by [[
* The "Spy Car" episode of ''Ultimate Car Buildoff'' gives us co-host Lou Santiago playing the part of a foreign spymaster with, get this, a bobcat.
== Theater ==
* Creepily subverted in the play ''[[
* 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.
== Video Games ==
* Video game inversion: General Viggo from ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[Homestar Runner
* An inverted example, since those involved are good guys: Telma the barmaid, in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
* With her talents at summoning chimerae and piloting a ''[[Humongous Mecha]]'', Perrault of ''[[Boktai
* In ''[[Ghost Trick:
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[
* Parodied in [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-02-16 this strip] of ''[[
* Referenced in the commentary of [http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0275.html this strip] of ''[[
* In ''[[
* 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.
== Western Animation ==
* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] to the extreme in ''[[
* Subverted in the ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (
* Played straight at first when Peter meets The Don in an episode of ''[[
* Twisted around in ''[[Earthworm Jim (
* Parodied a couple of times on ''[[The Simpsons (
** In "When Flanders Failed", Homer goes to see Mr. Burns in his office and finds the old man stroking a cat on his lap.
** In "Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie", Bart holds the family cat, Snowball II, in his arms while roasting a 007 action figure in the microwave: "Stick around, Mr. Bond. Things are really starting... to cook."
* Mistress Leevil, the president of BET in ''[[
* In the ''[[
* In ''[[
* 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]].
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* [[The Pope|Pope Benedict XVI]] is apparently [[wikipedia:Pope Benedict XVI#Interests|fond of cats]], not helping rumors of his evil-ness.
* Sultan Abdul Hamid of the Ottoman Empire was reported to have been fond of the rare Van breed of cat. As to whether or not he was evil, well, he ''was'' known as the Red Sultan in the west for a reason.
* Cardinal Richelieu ([[The Three Musketeers (
* Mob big shot Monk Eastman was fond of cats and pigeons and ran a pet store.
{{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." }}
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[
* Played with in the ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* Adrian Veidt from ''[[Watchmen (
* The demonic Lord Arux from ''[[Lucifer (Comic Book)|Lucifer]]'' has an advisor, Praxspoor, also a demon, who chooses to take the form of a panther-size black cat because he finds it helpful to be underestimated.
* 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]].
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== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[Heavy Metal (
* In ''[[Twice Upon a Time]]'', Synonamess Botch has a pet armadillo named Ratatooie.
* In ''[[
* Early on in ''[[
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* Spoofed in ''[[Spice World]]'', where [[James Bond (
* ''[[Dirty Work]]'' (1998): the villain holds his tiny dog a lot. The protagonists speculate that their relationship is not entirely platonic.
* ''[[
* The [[Big Bad]] from ''[[Kiss of the Dragon]]'' has a pet turtle that he keeps in a drawer in his desk.
* He doesn't actually have a cat, but Mola Ram, the villain from ''[[Indiana Jones and
* ''[[Star Trek III:
* Jabba the Hutt from ''[[
* In ''[[A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner
== Literature ==
* Behemoth, from ''[[
== Live-Action TV ==
* Spoofed in the "Secret Service Dentists" sketch on ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
== Tabletop Games ==
* In the ''Red Steel'' setting for ''[[
* In a surprisingly not-[[Up to Eleven|over-the-top]] example from ''[[
== Video Games ==
* Rugal Bernstein and his pet panther Rodem in ''[[
* [[President Evil]] Rufus Shinra in ''[[
* Chen Yakumo qualifies to some extend. A cat youkai at the service of [[Reality Warper|Yukari Yakumo]] from ''[[
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country (
== Web Animation ==
* ''[[
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[
** 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]].
** Her male counterpart, Megabyte, has Nibbles, a slug-like creature that was formerly sentient but reduced to that form after losing a game. Nibbles used to be, in a sense, Megabyte's father. Nibbles is the Null of {{spoiler|Doctor Matrix, the father of Enzo and Dot, and the designer of the Gateway Command.}}
* In ''[[Western Animation/Western Animation|Western Animation]]/DangerMouse'', Baron Silas Greenback's Right-Hand Cat is a furry caterpillar named Nero.
* A few ''[[Kim Possible]]'' villains have [[Playing
** Gemini, the most straightforwardly "Bondish" villain on the show, has a yappy pet Chihuahua named Pepe.
** Camille Leon, who is a parody of Paris Hilton as a shapeshifting villainess, has a Sphinx cat named Debutante, who lives in her designer handbag.
** Ron Stoppable, when he is changed into a villain in "Bad Boy", takes to stroking a confused Rufus in a Blofeld-esque manner during a hand-wringing rant.
* ''[[
** Suzy Johnson (Jeremy's [[Devil in Plain Sight]] sister) has a Right-Hand ''Poodle'' whom she has trained to attack Candace.
** Also, in "Spa Day", Dr. Doofensmirtz adopts a stray kitten he dubs "Mr. Fluffypants", but the mischievous feline proves to be more trouble than he's worth when he accidentally sets off several of Dr. Doofensmirtz's old evil inventions.
* Parodied in an episode of ''[[
* In ''[[
* A mad scientist on ''[[
* Dr. Robotnik from ''[[
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