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[[File:CatInTheHat.jpg|thumb|350px|The Cat in the Hat steps in on the mat.]]
{{quote|"Whoever heard of a six-foot cat!?"
|'''Mr. Krinklebine''', the [[Animated Adaptation]]}}
'''''The Cat in the Hat''''' is a children's storybook written by [[Dr. Seuss]] in 1957, that started off his series of books for beginning readers. The story opens on two children who are stuck inside their house due to rain while their mother is out, when they suddenly get a visit from the titular character, a six-foot-tall cat who wears a [[Nice Hat|tall striped hat]]. The Cat offers to entertain them by performing various tricks, with help from his funny-looking assistants, Thing One and Thing Two, despite the objections from the kids' pet fish. Eventually, after the Cat and the Things end up making a mess of the house, the kids take control of the situation, and the Cat makes up for it by cleaning the place on his way out right before the mother returns.
The Cat became one of Dr. Seuss' most enduring characters, returning the following year in a [[Sequel]] titled ''The Cat in the Hat Comes Back'', in which he leaves a "cat ring" in the bathtub and spends the rest of the book spreading the spot around in an attempt to get rid of it. In addition, he hosted three other books by Seuss and also served as the narrator for the otherwise unrelated ''Daisy-Head Mayzie'' (published after Seuss' death).
Outside of the printed world, the original book was adapted as a television special by DePatie-Freleng Studios in 1971, featuring [[Allan Sherman]] as the voice of the Cat. In order to fill a half-hour timeslot, [[Adaptation Expansion|the storyline was expanded]] so that the Cat enlists the kids in helping him find his missing "[[MacGuffin|Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Gradunza]]", and [[Named by the Adaptation|the fish is given the name]] [[Alliterative Name|Carlos K. Krinklebine]]. It was followed up with ''[[Dr. Seuss]] On the Loose'' (in which the Cat introduced animated adaptations of ''[[
He was also portrayed by Mike Myers in [[The Cat in the Hat (film)|a live-action film]] in 2003. It was not well received by critics and fans, but especially the Geisel Estate, who effectively stopped production of any future live action adaptation.
There is apparently an animated reboot [http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/dr-seuss-the-cat-in-the-hat-get-new-life-at-chris-meledandris-illumination/ in production] at [[Despicable Me|Illumination]] [[The Lorax (film)|Entertainment]], effectively putting the live action film under [[Canon Discontinuity]].
{{tropelist|The original book(s) contain examples of:}}
* [[Constrained Writing]]: It was written using a specific constrained vocabulary consisting only of words you'd expect a six-year-old to know.
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* [[MacGuffin]]: The one he is searching for is his "moss-covered, three-handled family gradunza"... whatever that means.
** When the mother returns, she notes that she saw the Cat in the Hat passing by, with said [[MacGuffin]] in his hands. It's assumed that the item was actually his ''moss-green colored umbrella''. Which would explain the expression of the kids when they hear it.
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