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Top Cat, also known as T.C, is a character in Top Cat.

About Top Cat

T.C. is the titular leader of the gang. He is a cat with yellow fur and a white muzzle. He usually wears a Tyrian purple vest and a matching pork pie hat with a black band. The hat seems to have holes for his ears to poke through. His cheeks hold two strands of fur curved up and away from his face, similar to Benny. Though his eyes are colored stylistic black, he implies in the episode "The Case of the Absent Anteater" that the color of his eyes is golden by comparing it to that of a phone extension.

Top Cat is a smooth-talking, witty cat. He has a great sense of humor cracking jokes throughout the show. He also has great determination, in that, instead of getting a job, he searches for opportunities to get rich quick and creates elaborate plans for such, often paying no regard to the consequences of his actions. Though his attempts at making fast profit often lead him to trouble, T.C. can nevertheless get out of it. He is quite clever and can easily trick most people, including Officer Dibble, as he frequently falls prey to Top Cat's flattery. His gang also tend to be fooled by T.C. In "Top Cat Falls in Love", he urges the gang to leave Benny at the hospital until he sees Nurse LaRue. In "Dibble's Birthday", T.C. tells the gang to get presents for Dibble's birthday party, later revealing his ulterior motive of keeping the presents for himself and the gang.

Though he tends to be mean and harsh to them, Top Cat still respects and cares for his gang, and he is especially fond of Benny, since he, according to Benny in "The Unscratchables", had known him since the Boy Scouts. In "Hawaii Here We Come", when Benny reveals that he has a ticket to Hawaii, T.C. calls the gang so they all travel to Hawaii together. In "A Visit from Mother", after discovering that Benny told his mother he is the mayor of New York and that she is visiting, Top Cat arranges the city with the gang to make him look like the mayor, even going as far as using Officer Dibble's car instead of washing it as Dibble told them and temporarily pausing traffic. In "The Tycoon", when T.C. acquires luxury, he does not hesitate to share it with his gang.

Relatives

  • Grandma Cat is Top Cat's grandmother. He has told her that he is a police cat.
  • Myra is Top Cat's sister, mentioned in the Big Golden Book Top Cat story. T.C. thinks that she is a worrywart, and he tells her that he is rich and lives in a mansion because he fears that she would never sleep again if she knew the truth.
  • Sheldon is Myra's son and Top Cat's nephew. He looks up to Top Cat quite a bit. T.C. is a little protective of the kitten, and is saddened by the idea of letting Sheldon down. When Top Cat thinks he is in trouble, he asks Sheldon not to think too harshly of him.
  • Cousin Shifty is Top Cat's cousin and ex-coworker. Top Cat doesn't seem to like Shifty very much. When T.C. is informed that Shifty is coming to visit he gets somewhat upset. While Shifty is excited to see his cousin, T.C. is just irritable and impatient.
  • Cousin Wilber is a practical joker.
  • Uncle Felineus is a successful businessman.

Appearances

TV Series

  • Top Cat (1961–1962)
  • Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985–1987)
  • Wake, Rattle & Roll – "Fender Bender 500" (1990–1991)
  • What a Cartoon! – "Buy One Get One Free" (1996)
  • The Powerpuff Girls – "Catastrophe" (2000)
  • Duck Dodgers – "K9 Quarry" (2004)
  • Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law – "Mindless" and "The Death of Harvey Birdman" (2005, 2007)
  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends – "Cheese-A-Go-Go" (2007)
  • Wacky Races – "Off Track" and "Super Wacky" (2017)
  • Jellystone! (2021–present)
  • Teen Titans Go! – Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary (2023)

Films and Specials

Shorts

Books

Magazines

Comics

See list of Top Cat comics

Music

Video Games

Voice Actors

Trivia

  • In "Top Cat Falls in Love", Choo-Choo says, referring to Top Cat, that "his birthday is next week". T.C. later says that "Christmas is five months away". The two statements affirm Top Cat's birthday to be in July.
  • Top Cat appears to be interested in sports, with him shown playing golf and baseball in the respective episodes "Top Cat Falls in Love" and "Griswald".

Quotes

"Oh, boy." --Multiple episodes

"We'll never gonna make any money if you keep getting jobs!" --"The $1,000,000 Derby"

"Now that's what I call a pip of an entrance!" --Multiple episodes

Gallery

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