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Cats Are Snarkers

Calvin: From now on, the world's going to know exactly what I think of it!
Hobbes: Yes, you've certainly been the model of self-restraint and understatement up until now.
Calvin: Well, no more. (beat, as he turns to glare at Hobbes) And I've also resolved not to put up with sarcastic tigers.
Hobbes: If I see any, I'll tell 'em.

— Calvin And Hobbes

Many traits associated with cats, including cleverness and contemptuousness (among others), tend also to be associated with Deadpan Snarkers — coming mainly from the association with cats as being aloof, unaffected, coming off as superior, and being associated with sense and grace. As such, it only makes sense that some works would have some cats be among their most sarcastic characters, whether as verbally-sarcastic talking cats or as Silent Snarkers. This could sometimes involve a cat as a Snarky Non-Human Sidekick.

Note that this trope isn't JUST about domestic cats, or even about cats that look like domestic cats either. It could apply to bigger cats as well.

Examples

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Anime & Manga

Both Luna and Artemis from Sailor Moon are masters of snark, especially when dealing with their respective less-than-devoted proteges.
Yoruichi from Bleach is quite sarcastic in her cat form... and her human form. Let's just call her a Deadpan Snarker in general.
Pok�mon: Meowth, of course.
Carla from Fairy Tail.
While the title character from Kimba the White Lion is an Ideal Hero, he occasionally says a snarky line when he's talking with his enemies.
Bella Dona: Now tell me, Kimba: What happened to that turtle?! If you don't tell me where that turtle is, I'm going to... I'm going to...
Kimba: You're going to be punished by Tonga for letting him escape? (smiles)
Toyed with in the "Nekotalia" strips of Axis Powers Hetalia. There are all kinds of cats there, but the only one who really fits in is Tama a.k.a. Japaneko... and that's when he's not ranting about tuna.
Mao from Darker than Black. Mostly because he misses being human.
A lot of the cats in Cat Paradise are like this, including the main character's cat, Kansuke. Kaen is just plain mean, though.

Comic Books

Salem from Sabrina the Teenage Witch in several adaptations.
Hairball from Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers.
John Blacksad, in tandem with his Film Noir Private Detective persona.

Fan Works

Light's Familiar Cleo from No Hoper:
Light: You know what? I'm going to name you.
Cleo: 'Name me'? What do I need a name for? I am the best, how can anyone not know who I am? And you, what do you need a name for? You are so recognisable, you are unforgettable!
Light: And what's that supposed to mean?
Cleo: Nothing. I just think names are stupid. All you need to know is that you are a can-opener, and I am the Great-I-Am!
Light: Well, you deserve a name, you know, one that doesn't invoke cries of 'blasphemy'.

Films — Animation

Jiji, from Kiki's Delivery Service.
Scar from The Lion King:
Simba: I'm gonna be king of Pride Rock!
Scar: Oh goody.
Simba: My dad just showed me the whole kingdom! And I'm gonna rule it all!
Scar: Yes. Well, forgive me for not leaping for joy, bad back you know.
Simba: Hey uncle Scar! When I'm king, what'll that make you?
Scar: A monkey's uncle.
Mittens, from Bolt, is the character in the page image.
Bolt: I will Super-Bark you out of that tree!
Mittens: Go nuts. Let's see how that works out for ya.
(Bolt barks)
Mittens: Oh, the super-bark. Scary, scary.
The Jungle Book
- Bagheera the panther is also a big-time snarker.
Baloo: Oh, stop worrying, Baggy, stop worrying, I'll take care of him!
Bagheera: Yes, like you did when the monkeys kidnapped him, did you?
- As is Shere Khan
The cat from Coraline fits this trope in both the film and the book.
Diego from Ice Age.
- He is voiced by Denis Leary.
Cat R. Waul and Miss Kitty from An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Pangur Ban from The Secret of Kells never speaks, but her expressions speak volumes.
Francis and Bluebeard in Felidae.

Films — Live-Action

Sassy from Homeward Bound The Incredible Journey.
Binks from Hocus Pocus has moments of this.
Cosmic Creeper, Ms. Price's familiar in Bedknobs And Broomsticks, is a Silent Snarker. Especially in the scene where she's learning to fly.

Literature

Maurice, from The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.
Mogget from the Old Kingdom trilogy. Although he's actually a spirit bound into a cat form. The author may have chosen that form for him because of the trope.
The cat in Coraline.
Morwen's cats, from the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, are practically an entire brigade of snarker cats. Morwen even notes that it's a good thing witches can only hear their own cats' comments.
The stray kitchen cat from The Last Unicorn.
Thomas the cat in Reserved for the Cat. He's a victim of an Involuntary Transformation, but there seems to be a certain psychological Morphic Resonance.
Quite a few characters from Warrior Cats.
The cat that lives with Nathan Ridgeway from Old Nathan.
Tualha from the Young Wizards series. Right up to and including snarking in the Lone Power's face.
Faithful in The Song of the Lioness quartet.
Tybalt, who is often referred to "King of Cats", in the October Daye series. He is usually witty and snarky towards Toby.
Edgewood Dirk of Landover.
Khat ("There is nothing romantic about good spelling.") from Midnite.
McGonagall from Harry Potter is pretty snarky when she's speaking to people she doesn't like. Her animagus form is a cat.
- Hermione's pet cat, Crookshanks, counts as well.
Austin from Tanya Huff's Keepers Chronicles series

Live-Action TV

Salem, from Sabrina the Teenage Witch, mentioned in the Comic Books section.

Newspaper Comics

Garfield, of course.
Jon: "You know Garfield, I get the feeling you're a cat with a little cynic in you."
Garfield: "That's not true! I'm a cynic with a little cat around me."
Hobbes the imaginary and/or covertly-real (depending on how you interpret him) tiger from Calvin And Hobbes is arguably the most frequent Deadpan Snarker in the series.^note
Calvin: "Live for the moment" is my motto. You never know how long you've got! You could step into the road tomorrow, and wham, you get hit by a cement truck! Then you'd be sorry you put off your pleasures! That's why I say "live for the moment." What's your motto?
Hobbes: "Look down the road."
Bucky from Get Fuzzy who, like Garfield, has a sidekick who exemplifies Dogs are Dumb.
Palmtop in Safe Havens has more or less settled into this role.

Theatre

Moppet and Poppet in the opera Paul Bunyan are snarkers in a philosophical way, quoting Peer Gynt.

Video Games

Sissel from Ghost Trick is certainly a snarker, though even he doesn't find out he's a cat until the very end of the game.
Sulpher, from Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis, isn't the Mana of Snark, but only because he's actually an ordinary house cat.
The Cheshire Cat from American Mc Gees Alice personifies the snarkishness, although "Snark" in that game has a quite different meaning.

Web Comics

Krosp in Girl Genius. Also a Snarky Non-Human Sidekick.
Charlene and Leonard in Horndog.
Spark of Dominic Deegan mostly prefers to make lame puns.
Vanex from Zoophobia.

Web Original

Sylvester, from this YouTube video.
This is a frequent theme◊ with LOLCats.
Tard the Grumpy Cat, source of many a sarcastic Image Macro. Even better, she just naturally looks that way all the time in Real Life.
"I had fun once. It was awful."

Western Animation

Salem (again!), this time from Sabrina The Animated Series.
Garfield (again!) — but Lorenzo Music's deadpan delivery is what sells it.
Cat from Little Bear.
Azrael in The Smurfs, though he snarks in meows.
Socrates from Adventures From The Book Of Virtues.
Fluffy Lopart from Handy Manny is a non-talking example.
Another non-talking example would be Opal from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The timing of her meows and facial expressions combined give off this trope's feel. This applies especially well to Sweet And Elite, where Rarity keeps talking to Opal about various things and Opal almost constantly responds in a Silent Snarker type way.
- Don't forget the time that Sweetie Belle wonders aloud if she could be good with animals. Opal slices off part of her mane with Audible Sharpness and smirks as if to say "Lol, U mad?"
Rita of Animaniacs.
Custard from the 2003 Strawberry Shortcake version
Sponge Bob Square Pants' pet snail, Gary, who is analogous to a cat.