Cats: Significant animal character

Cat, Gato, Neko, Chat...no matter how it's portrayed, the cat is a common element consistently seen in cartoons. There are many characteristics of a cats appearance and behavior that lend inspiration to the creation of a character. Common cat qualities that are exhibited throughout many cartoon characters include: devious, vicious, curious, agile, and intelligence. One of the earliest cartoon cat characters to gain popularity  and is now recognized as an icon from the 1920s, is a cat named Felix. Since then, the cartoon world has become saturated with many variations of cat characters. Although they all display different appearance characteristics, they all share similar personality qualities. For example, a common personality trait that is demonstrated throughout these characters is that they are sneaky and they always seem to be after something. Tom ( Tom and Jerry) and Sylvester (Looney Tunes) are two cats in which exhibit this theme well. In Sylvester's case, his deviance is always getting him in trouble because of his infatuation with capturing Tweety, a yellow canary. Another deviant, Tom, is much like Sylvester because he also continuously tries to obtain his prey, a mouse character named Jerry. This cat burglar theme is also illustrated by notorious comic book villain, Cat Woman. Cat Women is an intelligent and agile burglar which involves herself in high stakes theft. The list goes on as there are endless cat characters in the world of cartoons. The cat has and always will be a fundamental character in cartoons and animation.