Catwatching 🐾

🐱 Olga, gray tabby, shorthair, found as a kitten in a parking lot and seen again as an adult, appears at two different moments in Agnes's life. Cat actor: Noochie

📍 Spotted alone in an empty parking lot, picked up by Agnes who tells her "I guess I love you" approximately thirty seconds after meeting her, hidden inside Agnes's jacket at the grocery store while Agnes denies her existence to the cashier with the kitten visibly leaning out of the zipper, in bed with Agnes, and later as an adult on the dresser, on the kitchen table eating, and offscreen leaving a mouse on the bed as an unsolicited gift

😼 The cat distribution system knows what it's doing. Eva Victor also made a video reassuring audiences that no cat will ever come to harm in her films, a promise one hopes will become its own cinematic genre

✅ TW: CAT IS FINE (she eats, sleeps, hunts, brings gifts. Olga is the only one in this film who has it figured out)

🐱 Magoo, Persiano pelo lungo bianco crema, occhi verdi, espressione permanentemente seccata, anche in versione miniaturizzata!

📍 Avvistato sul letto con l'aria di chi possiede la casa, sulle scale con il maglione natalizio, nel plastico del villaggio di Natale come se fosse Godzilla e in formato mignon ma sempre scocciatissimo

😼 Quando Lindy Littlejohn viene ridotta a sei pollici di altezza per un incidente domestico, Magoo passa automaticamente da gatto di famiglia a minaccia esistenziale.

✅ TW: IL GATTO STA BENE (ma l'opinione sulla propria famiglia non è ai massimi livelli)

🐱 Chester, ginger and white shorthair, "Bro" to his first owner Trevor, renamed Chester by Detective Baxter using criteria that are entirely his own

📍 Spotted in @pawyouneedislove TikTok videos where he appears in a bow tie, in Trevor's bed at three in the morning, and finally in a blue carrier brought to the hospital by Gonzalez in the season finale

😼 He belonged to Trevor, who simply called him "Bro." After spoiler Detective Baxter retrieves him from the shelter and decides he deserves a real name: he goes with Chester because he is a "sexy beast." Detective Gonzalez responds with her signature deadpan that in her opinion that's the name of a cat who died a virgin

🐱 Mochi, tricolor Japanese Bobtail, Aunt Cass and Hiro's cat, a male calico which makes him statistically one in three thousand

📍 Spotted on the couch when Cass calls him after lecturing the boys, in the hallway purring against Hiro who uses him as an excuse to cover Baymax's sounds, then thrown upstairs and found in the bedroom cradled in Baymax's arms being called "hairy baby" with perhaps excessive therapeutic intensity, and finally back on the couch with Cass watching Frankenstein

😼 Soft, lazy, and largely indifferent to everything happening around him until he gets dragged into it. An early design gave him rockets on his paws, later removed for reasons no one has adequately explained

✅ TW: CAT IS FINE (even after being thrown up the stairs by Hiro, which is not exactly the best way to thank someone for their purring)

🐱 Thackery Binx, black shorthair, immortal by curse and deeply annoyed about it

📍 Spotted in the Salem cemetery, on the streets on Halloween night, in Dani's arms, on doorsteps, and wherever someone needs guidance from a person who has technically known what's going on since 1693

😼 He was a 17th-century boy who tried to save his sister from the Sanderson Sisters and was turned into an immortal black cat as punishment. He then spent roughly three hundred years waiting for someone to light the wrong candle. Eight real black cats took turns playing the role (Stimpy, Felix, Mad Cat, Clyde, Killer, Rio, Tom-Cat and 'Fraidy Cat), while complex expressions and dialogue were handled through a combination of an animatronic puppet, CGI and voice acting by Jason Marsden

🐱 Lucio, Maine Coon long tabby coat. Eyewitness unavailable to testify

📍 Spotted in the Rome apartment where Tom takes refuge, on the desk, on the hall bench, on the stairs, eyewitness to deaths and schemes with the expression of someone who has seen everything and has no intention of discussing it

😼 Steven Zaillian cast him deliberately: an impassive, judging witness who knows exactly what is happening in that apartment but who, for obvious reasons, cannot be called to the stand. The cat actor's name is King, chosen specifically for his calm nature and his ability to remain completely unbothered by whatever happens on set

✅ TW: CAT IS FINE (the same cannot be said for everyone else)

🐱 Moses, grey shorthair, bright blue eyes. Laura's cat, 10 years old, shy but curious with a meow that does not go unnoticed

📍 Spotted at home with Laura, defenestrated by Cherry — how dare she! — reported missing while Laura plasters the St John's Wood neighborhood with flyers to find him, and finally reappears in the last episode: hungry, but alive and happy to be home

😼 Moses gets thrown out of a window in the middle of a psychological thriller and still finds his way back. Cherry underestimated the cat

✅ TW: CAT IS FINE (he was out living his life while everyone else fell apart, and also solved a mystery)

🐱 Lucifer, polydactyl Siberian. Lady Tremaine's cat, official antagonist of mice and anyone else unfortunate enough to cross him

📍 Spotted mainly on Lady Tremaine's bed with the air of someone who has nothing to do but is already planning something, on the stairs chasing Jaq and Gus, and wherever an opportunity arises to be particularly insufferable

😼 Lazy by vocation but reliably present the exact moment he can cause harm: walks muddy paws across Cinderella's freshly cleaned floor, manipulates poor Bruno the dog by scratching him to make him look aggressive, turns mouse-hunting into a personal crusade. His real-life inspiration? Feetsy, animator Ward Kimball's actual cat, described as plump, aristocratic, and equally obnoxious

🐱 No name · black shorthair · familiar of the Owens family, decidedly not a background detail

📍 Spotted as a kitten on the picnic table during the aunts' magic lessons, then in the kitchen among roses and potions, then on the stairs hissing at Jimmy's ghost (impeccable judgment), and finally in Gillian's arms on the clifftop as everything resolves

😼 Never named. Always there, grows up alongside the sisters, never explained. Whether he's the true keeper of the Owens curse no one says out loud, but he knows

⚠️ Based on the novel "Practical Magic" by Alice Hoffman (1995)

🐱 Furguson Michael Jordan Bishop, Exotic Shorthair tigrato e bianco - alias "Sweatshirt" per la sua famiglia segreta

📍 Presenza fissa nel loft dalla stagione 3 alla 6, sempre pronto a occupare qualsiasi grembo libero

😼 Ha conquistato un'audizione ad Hollywood saltando dentro un bidone della spazzatura, ma Winston lo ha ritirato dallo showbiz: troppo stressante per lui

❌ TW: muore (sereno, di vecchiaia, tra le braccia di Winston, fuori scena) ma un anno dopo riceve la commemorazione che merita: lapide a tema ebraico e citazione di Game of Thrones ("e ora la sua guardia è finita")

🐱 Cosmic Creepers or Brivido Cosmico, scruffy black. Miss Eglantine Price's cat

📍 Sent to Miss Price by Professor Browne as part of her witchcraft correspondence course. She doesn't approve of ridiculous names for animals, but keeps calling him Brivido Cosmico anyway, since that's the name he arrived with. Wary of strangers, hisses at anyone unfamiliar. Looks down with disdain on his owner's attempts to become a witch but, in his own way, helps her along.

😼 A contemporary review described him as: "Cosmic is a mangy, ear-chewed feline with the worst possible disposition, which he displays at all times, along with the brightest eyes. Cosmic has the attitude that humans are stupid but have to be tolerated." To achieve that ragged look, the cat actor underwent specific grooming: fur shaved in places, matted and dulled in others, one bent ear, possibly natural, possibly a prop. Nobody is entirely sure.

⚠️ Uncredited in the titles. Typical.

🐱 Peter, black and white tuxedo. Found in the rain

📍 Found mewing in the garden by Louis and Emily, right after her breast cancer diagnosis. They name him Peter. He becomes their comfort and the source of all of Wain's art.

😼 Wain drew Peter to lift Emily's spirits during her illness, often in anthropomorphic form — dressed, bespectacled, reading newspapers. The illustrations became so popular they helped change the perception of cats in Victorian England, where they were considered hostile and unsuitable as pets. Peter died in March 1898 in Wain's arms. In his own words: "He answered me as of old."

Peter is played by three different cat actors: Norbury Ackland as a kitten, Windsor Wilde as a young cat, Felix Wilde as an adult. Three cats for one soul

✅ TW: CAT IS FINE (for the entirety of his long and happy life)

🐱 Oatmeal, orange tabby. Real name: Louie

📍 Missing for three days at the start of the series. Nadia spots him across the street, runs to grab him, and gets hit by a cab. This is her first loop. Technically it's Oatmeal's fault. Technically.

😼 In the second loop, when Nadia finally finds the cat and holds him, Oatmeal literally disappears from her arms as she pets him. Fan theory: Oatmeal and Horse, the homeless man, are connected and move across the same parallel realities. The cat neither confirms nor denies.

⚠️ Alan knows that the key to Nadia's heart is Oatmeal. Anyone with a cat understands.

🐱 Figaro · black and white tuxedo kitten, Geppetto's cat

📍 Spotted in the workshop, in bed with Geppetto, staring at Cleo the goldfish's bowl with questionable intentions. Accompanies Pinocchio from beginning to end without ever quite understanding what is going on. Same.

😼 Walt Disney loved him so much he turned him into a recurring character — Figaro would go on to become Minnie's cat in several subsequent short films. He was originally planned as a minor character. As often happens with cats, he took over.

⚠️ In Collodi's novel, Geppetto has no cat, while the cat appears as an adult villain — a scheming con artist working alongside the Fox. Disney chose to give the carpenter some company and reimagined him as a tiny innocent kitten instead. Understandable choice.

✅ TW: CAT IS FINE (Pinocchio considerably less so, for most of the film)

🐱 Name unknown, striped tabby scottish fold

📍 Spotted on the sofa, in the kitchen, in the bathroom. In the normal world he belongs to Alex, after the swap he belongs to Damien. Completely unbothered by either version of reality.

😼 Director Thea Sharrock fought hard to include the cat — for her it was something missing from the French original, absolutely non-negotiable. Obviously.

🐱 Masuka, tabby and white, credited in the titles as himself

📍 Spotted from the very first scene. Passes through almost every character's hands in Bad City: Arash, his drug-addicted father, the prostitute Atti, the vampire. Silent witness to everything.

😼 Not originally in the film. The director wrote him in after a camera test where Masuka walked curiously into every unfamiliar space. On set they joked: "if you unzipped his fur, you'd find a dog inside." Online fans have dubbed him the Marlon Brando of cat actors.

😿 In real life, Masuka crossed the rainbow bridge in December 2018. Devastated by the loss of Sina Sayyah, his human, the cat never recovered and passed away shortly after. But he will live forever in our hearts and on our screens.

🐱 George, black and white tuxedo coat. Played by Smudge, award-winning animal actor

📍 Spotted in Dr. Euphronius's lab, on the dining room table, and during the police raid. In that last scene, he settles under a table. Observing.

😼 On set, the police "fired" using claps. To make him look scared, trainers stepped back clapping their hands. He treated every treat like it was his last. Smudge is a rescue cat, trained and rehabilitated by his handler.