Not everyone is a “cat person,” but some famous cats have won over pop culture fans. Cats have received recognition for their quirky personalities, from Grumpy Cat to Garfield, who loves lasagna.
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That means many wonderful creatures need homes. Check out these pop culture cats before adopting. Cat lovers should see these 40 adorable kitten napping photographs.
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Grumpy Cat (Tardar Sauce) got millions of followers with her constant frown. Her images from 2012, when Tardar Sauce was a kitten, went viral on Reddit, with many relating with her unimpressed appearance inspiring many a meme.
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Tardar Sauce isn't sad, says her human, Tabatha Bundesen. “She really isn’t grumpy,” she wrote on Grumpy Cat’s website. "She is a cute, cuddly cat who loves being held and rubbed!" Sadly, Tardar Sauce died in May 2019. Cat owner for the first time? Cat owners should avoid these blunders.
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Salem Saberhagen, a controversial fictional black cat, was present long before his 1996–2003 run on ABC's Sabrina the Teenage Witch. The show was based on Archie Comics Sabrina, which debuted Salem in 1962.
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Salem was generally played by a puppeteer on the show, but Melissa Joan Hart was upset when a real cat was used. “The Salem cat was too close, and the set was covered in cat food,” she told Vulture. “I can’t do cats anymore.”
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Garfield, the comic strip cat with a large appetite, will eat lasagna, so hide it. The first Garfield cartoon appeared in U.S. newspapers in June 1978, according to his website. Two years later, his debut book topped the NYT bestseller list.
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He released several books, had a TV special, and finally started a weekly Saturday morning cartoon in 1988—a decade after his debut. His comic strip was the most distributed in 2002, setting a Guinness World Record. That warrants lasagna.
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