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* In a surprisingly not-over-the-top example from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', select special characters have pets that accompany them onto the battlefield. [[KnightTemplar Inquisitor Torquemada]] and Space Wolves' Njal Stormcalle both have android eagles. The Chaos Lord [[SpacePirates Huron Blackheart]] has his [[CoolPet Hamadrya]], a demonic {{Familiar}}, and some Chaos Sorcerors also take them as well. These are actually [[JustifiedTrope reasonably logical]] in the setting.

Pirate captains will have a PirateParrot instead, while MisterMuffykins for yappy lap dogs. See also FeatherBoaConstrictor.

* PlayedForLaughs in the ''Series/{{Glee}}'' with Hunter Corrington, the Warblers' new captain, who is presented petting a white cat.

Pirate captains will have a PirateParrot instead, while MisterMuffykins for yappy canine lap dogs. See also FeatherBoaConstrictor.

See KindheartedCatLover for heroic examples when a character's fondness for cats shows they're a good person, or at least [[PetTheDog not all bad]], and MisterMuffykins for horrible little dogs owned by horrible people.

Pirate captains will have a PirateParrot instead. See also FeatherBoaConstrictor.

See KindheartedCatLover for heroic examples when a character's fondness for cats shows they're a good person, or at least [[PetTheDog not all bad]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'': Dr. Calico, the villain of the ShowWithinAShow, has two cats. The feline actors who play them love to torment Bolt (who thinks the show is real) by going to his trailer and make threats in character. After Bolt is lost, he mistakes stray alley cat Mittens for one of the Right-Hand Cats and tries to get her to take him back.

* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'': Dr. Claw has Mad Cat, his constantly laughing cat that endures all the abuse that happens when his master suddenly pounds his table (which he apparently likes to do, even when it isn't necessary), rub his fur a little too hard, or simply whack him because he is in the way or because he did something he doesn't like.

* ''WesternAnimation/KiddVideo'' has the BigBad Master Blaster, a mix of a Music industry CorruptCorporateExecutive and a ''Film/JamesBond'' Villain, his cats, the Copycats, are both his pets and his minions.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}'' episode "In Dutch" has Miles Mayhem conspire with a nameless villain who carried around a white cat.

* In Creator/RaymondChandler's short story "Finger Man", the corrupt politico (and BigBad of the story) Frank Dorr has a large, black Persian cat on his desk, which he pets and plays with throughout his conversation with the HardboiledDetective protagonist. The cat actually plays a role in the plot besides just characterizing the villain: [[spoilers:when negotiations go south, the detective grabs the cat and throws it at Frank Dorr, then grabs Frank's gun during the resulting confusion.]]

** Ernst Stavro Blofeld, from the early films, as pictured above. His ever-present fluffy white cat is probably the TropeCodifier, being responsible for most, if not all, of the parodies and references listed on this page.

* Played with in the ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' manga and OVA with the [[BigBad Major]] and Schrödinger, a CatFolk subordinate fond of sitting on the floor next to his superior's [[CoolChair chair]] with his head at convenient scratching height.
* In ''Anime/ReadOrDie'', [[spoiler:The Gentleman]] has a turtle instead.
* Kurara Tendou, the BigBad of ''Anime/ReleaseTheSpyce'', gets her nickname "Sparrow Woman" by keeping a pet sparrow named Chichi.

* The demonic Lord Arux from ''ComicBook/{{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 ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' 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 [[PowerNullifier negated the powers]] of his [[TheStarscream psychotic dark Jedi ally]], and occasionally, he reached up and stroked it to remind C'baoth that he couldn't be choked, electrocuted, or [[CharmPerson charmed]], but he didn't carry one around in his arms or on his lap. You can't really do that with ysalamiri. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Plus, they smell]]. Still, the depiction is universal enough that it's practically an extension of his IconicOutfit. Said IconicOutfit, while not being the same as Blofeld's, certainly resembled it.
* Adrian Veidt from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' has Bubastis, some kind of bright-red mutant lynx-thing. Until [[spoiler:he disintegrated it]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'': Lady Tremaine has a cat named ''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.

* ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1921}}'', Richelieu, the EvilChancellor plotting to destroy both the Queen and the Musketeers, has a cat that he holds and pets.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** Lord Vetinari has a right-hand ''dog'': an elderly, wheezing, farting, terrier. On the death of Wuffles, he is replaced by [[Literature/MakingMoney Mr Fusspot]], whose favourite chew-toy is a rubber sex aid. In both cases, interviewees have their train of thought acceptably derailed.
** Vetinari's aunt Meserole, from whom he learned much, had an actual pet cat, although it was rather less elegant than the traditional example and had a tendency to fart.

* ''Series/SpittingImage''. A spoof of the ''Spycatcher'' scandal "The Spy Who Lived In Australia" had Margaret Thatcher stroking the requisite Persian cat, plus she had a giant fish tank with Norman Tebbit swimming around in it as Jaws!

* ''Series/Titans2018''. Lampshaded in Season 3 when [[spoiler:Jason Todd]] becomes a BigBadWannabe. When he wires Hank to a bomb and demands a ransom in gold bars hijacked from a Gotham bank, instead of the [[BoringButPractical money being wired]] to a SwissBankAccount, Hank sarcastically wonders if he's stroking a white cat as well.

* For ''Pinball/AustinPowers,'' Dr. Evil is shown holding Mr. Bigglesworth on the playfield. Also, a small, easy-to-miss plastic model of Mr. Bigglesworth is screwed to the inside of the cabinet, near the upper-right corner.

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* [[http://www.villainsource.com/misc.html This website sells them.]]

** In the TimeTravel {{Prequel}} ''Literature/NightWatchDiscworld'', the young Vetinari's aunt has a Right-Hand Cat, but it's a borderline-feral and rather flatulent moggy, which Vetinari feels isn't really appropriate. He [[LampshadeHanging even thinks]] it should be a long-haired white cat.

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* ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussyCats'' has Sebastian the cat as the TeamPet. Sebastian is usually handled by Alexandra Cabot, the TokenEvilTeammate. His fur is a black-and-white mix. Sebastian isn't really evil, just snickering and subversive, much like Alexandra.

* Played with in the ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' manga and OVA with the [[BigBad Major]] and Schrödinger, a CatFolk subordinate fond of sitting on the floor next to his superior's [[CoolChair chair]] with his head at convenient scratching height.

* In ''Fanfic/TheFlashSentryChronicles'', when everyone discovers Pinkie's Party Cave during "Party Pooped", Wild Smile does a ChairReveal and strokes Gummy as if he were a cat while welcoming everyone.

* In the Literature/CaptainFuture novels by Creator/AllenSteele, Ul Quorn discovered a shapeshifting alien creature called Oog that gets adopted by the Futuremen for a while. In ''The Guns of Pluto'' the Futuremen are captured by Ul Quorn who takes back Oog for himself. While he's stroking Oog on his lap, Ul Quorn complains that he used to be able to get Oog to shapeshift into a white Persian cat, but [[EvilDetectingDog it doesn't seem to want to anymore]]. Captain Future then sends a telepathic command to Oog to shapeshift into a porcupine, making the BigBad shout in pain and distract everyone at a crucial moment.

* ''Series/HannahMontana'': When Miley goes to ask Jackson for help in solving her CreditCardPlot, Jackson puts on a robe and pets a ''stuffed'' cat while [[EvilGloating gloating]] [[Franchise/JamesBond in a British accent]] just to tease her. Miley is not amused.

* K. Rool has a Right-Hand Klaptrap (a small bitey crocodile) for the cutscenes of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', in a manner ''very'' reminiscent of [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Dr. Claw,]] no less.

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* In a surprisingly not-[[UpToEleven over-the-top]] example from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', select special characters have pets that accompany them onto the battlefield. [[KnightTemplar Inquisitor Torquemada]] and Space Wolves' Njal Stormcalle both have android eagles. The Chaos Lord [[SpacePirates Huron Blackheart]] has his [[CoolPet Hamadrya]], a demonic {{Familiar}}, and some Chaos Sorcerors also take them as well. These are actually [[JustifiedTrope reasonably logical]] in the setting.

** In the same film, a {{subversion}} when Bond is cornered by armed men and brought to their cat-stroking leader -- who turns out to be Bond's superior M.

* ''Series/Titans2018''. Lampshaded in Season 3 when [[spoiler:Jason Todd]] becomes a Gotham BigBadWannabe. When he demands a ransom in gold bars instead of the [[BoringButPractical money being wired]] to a SwissBankAccount, Hank sarcastically wonders if he's stroking a white cat as well.

* ''Series/Titans2018''. Lampshaded in Season 3 when [[spoiler:Jason Todd]] becomes a Gotham BigBadWannabe. When he demands a ransom of gold bars instead of the [[BoringButPractical money being wired]] to a SwissBankAccount, Hank sarcastically wonders if he's stroking a white cat as well.

* Completely averted in Tamora Pierce's fantasy novel ''Wolf Girl'' (book 2 of ''Literature/TheImmortals''). The villain HATES cats.

* In ''Film/TheGodfather'', the title character is seen stroking a cat in the opening scene, as a kind of PetTheDog moment, establishing him as both a deadly gangster and a devoted and loving family man. [[JustifiedTrope This was not in the book or script]]; Marlon Brando just made friends with a cat that was wandering around the set and they decided to ThrowItIn Humorously, the cat was "villainous" for the production as well--it purred so loudly during Brando's opening speech that his dialogue had to be redubbed.

* In the Literature/CaptainFuture novels by Creator/AllenSteele, Ul Quorn discovered a shapeshifting alien creature called Oog that gets adopted by the Futuremen for a while. In ''The Guns of Pluto'' the Futuremen are captured by Ul Quorn who takes back Oog for himself. While he's stroking Oog on his lap, Ul Quorn complains that he used to be able to get Oog to shapeshift into a white Persian cat, but [[EvilDetectingDog it doesn't seem to want to anymore]]. Captain Future then sends a telepathic command to Oog to shapeshift into a porcupine, making the BigBad shout in pain and distract everyone at a crucial moment.

* ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'': A villain is shown holding a white Right-Hand Cat, before demonstrating nerve gas on him for buyers.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/GoldieGoldAndActionJack'' has a villain with one.

* In Creator/NeilBreen's movie ''Film/TwistedPair'', the villainous Koos carries around a small bowl of diamonds that he strokes as if it were an example of this trope.