History Main / CatsAreMagic

The mystical associations that a cat has can be partially explained by the cat's general behavior: they tend to have much more subtle emotional cues than that dogs have, they hang out in the weirdest places, and are infamous for looking at the space in front of them or at a wall and meowing. That said, cats ''do'' hear and see more than humans do thanks to them being both predator ''and'' prey.

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* ''Fanfic/AeonEntechyEvangelion'': When the Dreamlands still existed, cats were skilled and proficient dreamers who spent the majority of their time sending their souls out to travel in unimaginable realms, and relied on their human servants to tend to their physical bodies. In the present, they are still very sensitive to abnormal influences, and are used as detectors for supernatural influences.

* ''Fanfic/ShrinkinLincoln'': Lola claims that her toy cat Duchess put a magic spell on her doll's garden.

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfics that Jon Snow manages to end up in Kings' Landing and the Red Keep, Balerion the black cat of his murdered older half-sister Rhaenys tends to recognize him and take a shine to him immediately.
** ''Fanfic/LostGirl'' Jon Snow is Joanna Snow in this case.
** Also in the fanfic 'A Bastard's Journey' ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10638453/chapters/39737238#workskin]]'' , Rhaenys' ghost is the one that leads Balerion to console her brother while he is being kept hostage in the Red Keep.

->''For the cat is cryptic, and close to strange things which men cannot see. He is the soul of antique Aegyptus, and bearer of tales from forgotten cities in Meroe and Ophir. He is the kin of the jungle's lords, and heir to the secrets of hoary and sinister Africa. The Sphinx is his cousin, and he speaks her language; but he is more ancient than Art/TheSphinx, and remembers that which she hath forgotten.''

** Black cats are a symbol of good luck and considered highly magical, which is how they became associated with being witches familiars in modern folklore. Other folklore includes the superstition that a woman with a cat, especially a black one, will have more suitors, while it was considered a good idea for sailors to own a black cat; as long as their black cat was kept happy and healthy at home, they would have fair voyages and always return home safely. In celtic regions, black cats brought prosperity (Scotland) or health (Wales) to the households they visited or lived with. A black cat given as a wedding present was believed to bless the marriage, making it a long and happy one.

* In ''[[VideoGame/QuiltsAndCatsOfCalico Quilts & Cats of Calico]]'', the Kingdom of Scratchington is home to the most magical cats, which bring good luck and prosperity.

* In ''Western Animation/Gabby's Dollhouse'' all the Gabby Cats are well.. cats and they are all magical on different levels. The most visible is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysInTheTin Kitty Fairy]] who uses "Garden Magic" to help her friends. [=MerCat=] can use magic potions in a "scientific" way, DJ Catnip can stretch her limbs freely, [=CatRat=] has frighteningly flexible bones and can pass through any space no matter the size, Carlita is a shapeshifter who can change shape into any type of vehicle, the list keeps growing.

* Hermeowne from ''VideoGame/NekoAtsume'' is a little black cat named after [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione Granger]] and sports a little witch hat and cape. Her memento is a bottle of magic powder, that when tapped, summons cats to an empty yard.* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':

->''"For the cat is cryptic, and close to strange things which men cannot see. He is the soul of antique Aegyptus, and bearer of tales from forgotten cities in Meroe and Ophir. He is the kin of the jungle’s lords, and heir to the secrets of hoary and sinister Africa. The Sphinx is his cousin, and he speaks her language; but he is more ancient than Art/TheSphinx, and remembers that which she hath forgotten."''
-->-- '''Creator/HPLovecraft''', ''Literature/TheCatsOfUlthar''

* Although it's more ambiguous, cats also seem to have a connection to Selina Kyle's rebirth as Catwoman in ''Film/BatmanReturns''.

* At one point in ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}'', a normal cat that Evelyn brought with her on the adventure is able to ward off [[BigBad Imhotep]] because "cats are the guardians of the underworld". This is demonstrated once, and exploited only a single time following that, because Imhotep completes his regeneration soon after and becomes immune to whatever the cat would supposedly have done to him. It's still a Crowning Moment of Awesome, as [[http://mummy.wikia.com/wiki/Cleo Cleo]] gets in on the act.

* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'':

* In episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E15FreshBones Fresh Bones]]" of ''Series/TheXFiles'', Chester Bonaparte, a young Haitian boy, disappears very suddenly near a pier as Mulder is chasing him, and only a black kitten is seen meowing at the end of the pier. The black kitten appears at the climax of the episode, implying the kitten is Chester who has been DeadAllAlong.

* Chuchu from ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'' is occasionally cast this way. In ''Stranger Cat'' she uses her psychic powers to shut the monster (DD wearing a headdress) in the closet. In ''Welcome to Kitty Tarot Shop'' she is cast as the fortune teller, complete with a wizard's hat.

** She's fond of this trope, as it also appears in several of her short stories "What the Cat Told Me" and "Little Dot", as well as the ''Literature/{{Chrestomanci}}'' chronicles with the Asheth Temple Cats in ''Literature/TheLivesOfChristopherChant'', the powerful tomcat in ''Literature/TheMagiciansOfCaprona'', and the Pinhoes' family cat in ''Literature/ThePinhoeEgg''.