Top Cat (character)


 * This article is about the main title character. For the TV series, see Top Cat (TV series). For other uses, see Top Cat.

Top Cat, often abbreviated to T.C., is an anthropomorphic cat and the smooth-talking main title character of Top Cat. He was voiced by Arnold Stang using a similar Phil Silvers impression to Daws Butler.

TV series

 * Top Cat
 * Yogi's Treasure Hunt
 * Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
 * Jellystone!

Specials

 * Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration (no lines)

Movies

 * Yogi's Ark Lark
 * Top Cat: The Movie
 * Top Cat Begins

Harvey Birdman Represents
In the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Mindless," Top Cat crashes at Harvey's place after being neutered. He was arrested for money laundering just outside Harvey's house.

Behind the Scenes

 * Top Cat bares some similarities to Hokey Wolf, who came the same year in 1961, because both create schemes to get what they want and both have similar voices, despite them being voiced by two different people.
 * Although interestingly enough, Daws Butler represented the voice of Top Cat in the TV movie Yogi's Ark Lark, pilot of the Yogi's Gang TV series, as Arnold Stang wasn't available at the time. Since Daws was using a similar-sounding voice to Hokey, Hokey had no dialogue in the film, and this issue could have also been the main reason Top Cat didn't appear for the series.
 * According to a 1982 calendar, he was born on May 29.
 * On British merchandising, he's called "Boss Cat" instead of "Top Cat" because of a popular British cat food with the same name as "Top Cat" during the time.
 * Top Cat is very popular in Mexico under the name "Don Gato y su pandilla" (Mr Cat and his Gang), so much so that both Top Cat: The Movie and Top Cat Begins were produced by Mexican animation companies and was distributed by Warner Bros. Mexico.