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Duchess

Voiced by: Eva Gabor; Michèle André (European French dub); Jodi Benson (House of Mouse); Russi Taylor (storyboards for The Aristocats II); Teresita Escobar (Latin Spanish dub)

A wealthy and high-class cat belonging to Madame Adelaide Bonfamille, the wealthy single mother of three little kittens. When she's made to be an inheritor in her owner's will, the family butler kidnaps her and her children and abandons them in the countryside. With the help of a handsome tomcat named Thomas O'Malley, she and her family start to make their way home.

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• All Girls Want Bad Boys: Duchess points out several times to her children that they are better than alley cats, but seems to have no problem with romancing Thomas. Then again, he was being very charismatic, and he did agree to help them get home.
• Cat Stereotype: She is a white cat and therefore elegant and high class.
• Cool Cat: Of the Proper Lady variety. She also is a connoisseur of music and presumably teaches her kittens to sing and play piano.
• Damsel in Distress: When she's locked in the oven with her kittens.
• Death Glare: Downplayed, but she does throw one at O'Malley when he calls Amelia and Abigail "swans".
• Demoted to Extra: Duchess makes a minor appearance in Miriya & Marie, when Marie introduces Miriya to Duchess. She is seen watching Miriya perform a magic spell that Marie taught her.
• Dub Name Change: Duchess's name was changed to Hercegnő (Princess) in the Hungarian dub.
• Expy: The elegant and refined pet of a rich family, who through inconveniences gets lost in the streets and ends up falling in love with a stray animal? Duchess may be the cat version of Lady.
• Glamorous Single Mother: Naturally, she doesn't stay single. Also, it's easy to be glamorous when Adelaide provides for her and her family's every need.
• Glurge Addict: Though even Thomas admits his praise of Duchess is incredibly cheesy, she loves it.
• Good Parents: She loves her children dearly and wishes nothing but the best for them. Even when she wakes up in an unfamiliar place, her first instinct is to locate the kittens.
• His Name Really Is "Barkeep": She introduces herself to Thomas as Duchess.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Much like Madame, she doesn't believe Edgar would hurt her and her kittens until he puts them in a bag.
• Light Is Good: Duchess is a white cat and is one of the good guys.
• Nice Girl: She is kind and friendly to everyone.
• Not So Above It All: She can't help laughing at Toulouse's portrait of Edgar even while she says they shouldn't laugh at him because he takes good care of them.
• Official Couple: With Thomas O'Malley.
• Parent with New Paramour: And her kittens don't mind in the least, wanting their mother to get together with Thomas.
• Proper Lady: Graceful, elegant, and poised. She is a regal, wealthy cat of refinement and good manners but takes her adventures well and stays level-headed.
• Shaking the Rump: She wiggles her butt for a brief moment during Everybody Wants To Be A Cat. This animation would later be recycled for Maid Marian in Robin Hood (1973).
• She Is Not My Girlfriend: She performs a variant of this trope concerning her and Thomas' relationship—she vehemently assures the Gabble sisters that she and Thomas aren't married, accidentally offending him by belittling their relationship.
• Spoiled Sweet: The pet of an Edwardian-era aristocrat who is nonetheless as sweet as her owner, Duchess easily mixes with her new company on the way back home with a protective eye to her kittens but with grace, ease, and kindness.
• Undying Loyalty: The reason she didn't take Thomas's offer of leaving with him along with the kids was because she couldn't leave Madame alone.
• Uptown Girl: She (a pet of an aristocrat) fell in love with Thomas (a street cat).
• What Beautiful Eyes!: We even get a close-up of them as O'Malley's telling her this, and twice to boot: the first when they met as he works his charm, and the second when they've grown quite a bit closer, with him sounding genuinely mesmerized/awed by them.

Thomas O'Malley

Voiced by: Phil Harris; Claude Bertrand (European French dub), Germán Valdez (Latin Spanish dub)

A shiftless and tough alley cat who has no ties to anyone. He comes upon the Duchess and her kittens while they're lost in the countryside. He takes it upon himself to help the family get home, coming to care about them more deeply as time goes on.

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• Batman Gambit: His stunt with the milk truck shortly after meeting Duchess and her kittens for the first time. As Duchess points out, he could have been killed.
• Boisterous Bruiser: For a cat, Thomas is really tough.
• Butt-Monkey: He takes his turn when he encounters the Goose Sisters. They drive Mr. Carefree straight into Deadpan Snarker territory.
• The Casanova: A cat version who loves to flirt.
• Cats Are Snarkers: Especially toward the Gabble sisters and later Uncle Waldo. Since the former two were complete jerks to him, the audience can sympathize.
• Character Development: At first, Thomas is obviously a little turned off upon learning that Duchess had children. However, Thomas quickly grows to love Duchess's kittens (who return the sentiment), and he becomes like a father to them.
• The Charmer: All a part of being a Casanova. He's got a certain way with the ladies and knows how to smooth-talk them, though this part of him's pretty quickly downplayed.
• Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like: After being saved from drowning by the Gabble sisters. It's not surprising he feels this way, seeing as the sisters mistook his attempts to get out of the water for swimming lessons and almost drowned him themselves trying to "teach" him.
• Conscience Makes You Go Back: When he first meets Duchess, he starts to bail when he learns about the kittens, but quickly repents and goes back to help them.
• Cool Cat: Of the street cat variety.
• David Versus Goliath: Taking on a pitchfork-wielding Edgar at the film's climax.
• Distressed Dude: He jumps into a river to save Marie, which quickly backfires because he really can't swim.
• A Dog Named "Dog": The classic "tomcat named Thomas" pun.
• The Drifter: Doesn't really want to stay in one place.
• Friend to All Children: Played with. Initially, he is slightly put off when he learns Duchess has children, but then he starts bonding with all three and becomes protective of them. And all of Duchess's children genuinely admire him.
• Heroic Build: The Gabble sisters say he has one, but once they find out he's not actually married to Duchess, they point out every last one of his physical flaws. That said, he is physically well-built.
• Hidden Depths: He actually really wanted to settle down.
• "I Am" Song: He introduces himself into the story with one of these.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: His decision to say goodbye to Duchess because she can't leave Madame.
• Last-Name Basis: To everyone except Duchess.
• Let's Get Dangerous!: In the climax. He manages to be impressive even in a comedy film.
• Lovable Rogue: A cat version. Thomas O'Malley comes off as a smooth-talking, streetwise cat who relishes his life of freedom out in the open with no rules and no responsibilities.
• Nice Guy: He's introduced as The Charmer who sees Duchess and immediately starts flirting with her, only to balk when he finds out she has three kittens... but it takes him less than a minute to feel guilty at balking and resolve to help the family out any way he can. From then on he's consistently characterized as heroic, selfless, kind, caring, and fatherly.
• Odd Name, Normal Nickname: His name is Abraham De Lacy Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley, but it's shortened to just Thomas or just O'Malley.
• Official Couple: With Duchess.
• Overly Long Name: Zigzagged. The name he uses in his introductory song - Abraham de Lacy Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley - is this, but he also simply refers to himself as "J. Thomas O'Malley" immediately afterward.
  Duchess: Why monsieur, your name seems to cover all of Europe.
• Parental Substitute: He becomes one for Duchess's kittens. They even lampshade it at one point.
• Papa Wolf: Soon enough. Thomas adores Duchess and her three kittens, and he fights quite ferociously to prevent Edgar from shipping them to Timbuktu. He also dives into a river to rescue Marie from drowning when she falls off the train bridge.
• Pigeon Holed Voice Actor: In the original version, he was voiced by Phil Harris, who also did Baloo in The Jungle Book (1967). Thomas is more of a sophisticated, suave, and adult version of Baloo, albeit still a friendly, laid-back partier.
• Redhead In Green: When he is adopted by Adelaide at the end of the movie, he gains a collar in the form of a green bow tie. Bonus points since his last name is Irish.
• Second Love: To Duchess since her first husband is nowhere to be seen and isn't even mentioned.
• Street Smart: Since he's a street cat.

Toulouse, Marie, and Berlioz

Left to right: Toulouse, Marie, and Berlioz.

Voiced by: Gary Dubin (Toulouse), Liz English (Marie) and Dean Clark (Berlioz); Vladimir Vinitzki (Toulouse), Isabelle Germain (Marie) and Mark Lesser (Berlioz) (European French dub); Rocío Brambila (Marie), Arminda Hernández (Berlioz), Pili González (Toulouse) (Latin Spanish dub)

Duchess's kittens, a trio of children who, like their mother, are kidnapped and abandoned by Edgar when they're made the inheritors of their owner's will. While generally all well-behaved, they all have the makings of adorable troublemakers, particularly the boys of the three.

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All Three

• Anthropomorphic Shift:
  • In the cancelled TV series, the kittens were going to be teenagers judging by the concept art and given more anthropomorphic designs compared to the original film. The kittens were also going to look more cartoonish and had the ability to walk on two feet (similar to the "Everybody Wants To Be A Cat" musical number).
  • The trio are bipedal in the 2022 graphic novel series The Aristokittens ^note  Not to be confused with the Gold Key comics of the same name. by Jennifer Castle. The series focuses on Marie, Toulouse, and Berlioz reopening an abandoned animal cafe called "Parisian critter café". The series depicts the kittens standing on two legs and using their arms to hold things, but they aren't anthropomorphic compared to the cancelled animated series.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Marie (white), Berlioz (dark), and Toulouse (orange).
• Color-Coded Characters: They each have the same color fur as the adult cats they most take after (Toulouse and O'Malley, Marie and Duchess, Berlioz and Scat Cat.)
• Cute Kitten: All three of them, of course, particularly Marie, who's been seen on quite a bit of merchandise in recent years.
• Disappeared Dad: There's no mention of who their biological father is or what happened to him.
• Distressed Dude: All three kittens end up in trouble alongside their mother near the end.
• Exact Eavesdropping: After the kittens are tucked into bed, Marie wakes up and decides to secretly listen to Duchess's and O'Malley's conversation about a potential romantic relationship. She is secretly listening but gets saddened when her mother says that they should return home over a romantic partner. Marie is later joined by her two brothers who also decide to listen to their conversation. The next morning, the kittens are saddened when reminded that O'Malley is leaving before they return home.
• Intergenerational Friendship: All three of them take to O'Malley, especially Marie. Of course, he does save her life at least once.
• My God, What Have I Done?: In the first Aristokittens book "The Great Biscuit Bake-off", after Toulouse and Berlioz's frequent disagreements over retheming "Parisian critter café" starts escalating. They caused Marie to forget about leaving the oven on, causing all her Puffs to get burned. Seeing their little sister crying and thinking of quitting her dreams of an animal café, the two brothers apologize to her and promise to work together more.
• The Kids Are American: They have British (Marie) and American (Berlioz and Toulouse) accents respectively despite being natives of Paris and having a mother with a Hungarian accent.
• The Load: They can be seen this way — none of them really do anything useful for the story aside from Marie occasionally providing a chance for the initially reluctant O'Malley to play the Papa Wolf.
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: A trio of cute kittens.
• Shipper on Deck: For Duchess and O'Malley, not necessarily because they're a fan of the romance (at least in the case of Toulouse and Berlioz) but because they want O'Malley as a father. Marie is the most notable of the kittens who really want the two to get together.
• Sibling Rivalry: Throughout the film, Toulouse and Berlioz are shown to have a strong rivalry with each other. Their rivalry was expanded in The Aristokittens novels where the duo frequently disagree or butt heads when it comes to suggestions and ideas on what to do with the "Purrfect Paw-Tisserie". They usually settle their disagreement by racing from Madame's bedroom to downstairs.
• Theme Naming: Toulouse and Berlioz. It's even referenced in their respective hobbies — Toulouse is named after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and is seen paw-painting, while Berlioz is named after Hector Berlioz, and is shown playing his scales and arpeggios on the piano.
• Young and in Charge: In The Aristokittens books by Jennifer Castle, the trio are in charge of running "Purrfect Paw-Tisserie'' after years of being abandoned. Marie is in charge of running the cafe, Toulouse as the cafe's painter (mainly the cafe's mural), and Berlioz as the cafe's pianist.

Marie

• Adaptational Badass:
  • In the Disney Marie book by Kitty Richards made in 2007. Marie actually looks very threatening when she successfully scares off a stray kitten from eating Roquefort Jr. alive.
  • The same can be said for the manga Miriya & Marie where Marie serves as a Mentor to Miriya (A character exclusive to the manga) and does more stuff that you would never imagine when it's a spin-off to the original film. In the manga, she is able to use the ribbon around her neck as a form of Time Travel and Teleportation.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: Outside the film, if you find any Disney merchandise featuring Marie (with or without her brothers). She is always seen looking very sweet, friendly, and acting cute. While Marie was like this in the film, you hardly see Disney showing any merchandise or modern pictures of Marie where she's annoyed or acting spoiled with the exception of showing Marie's sassy side.
  • In The Aristokittens graphic novel series, she's in charge of running the "Purrfect Paw-Tisserie" animal cafe. In the series, Marie is very playful, responsible, and sweet with others around her. Her originally bratty and her urgency to tattle were toned down to make her friendlier and helpful with other animals and her brothers. Although she can occasionally make snarky comments to her brothers and other animals depending on her patience.
• All Girls Want Bad Boys: Marie is easily impressed by O'Malley's flirty Casanova attitude. Justified because she's a child and innocently thinks he is so romantic. But then there's this dialogue:
  Abigail: (about O'Malley) Obviously a philanderer who trifles with unsuspecting women's hearts.
  Marie: How romantic!
• Attention Whore: Out of all of Duchess's kittens, Marie loves getting her mother's attention, much to the annoyance of Toulouse and Berlioz. She even calls her mother whenever Berlioz or Toulouse starts messing with her or when they do something very mischievous.
• Beware the Nice Ones: In the 2007 book Disney Marie, written and illustrated by Kitty Richards, Marie actually looks threatening when she sees a stray mean kitten attempting to have Roquefort Jr. as his lunch. She starts out by politely asking him to let him go, but quickly turns from sweet to scaring the stray cat off.
• Big Sister Instinct: While Marie is only a kitten, she plays the big sister role in the Kitty Richards book with Roquefort Jr. In the book, Marie decides to travel around Paris for the day with Roquefort Jr. as a bodyguard and companion. However, Marie spots Roquefort Jr. about to get eaten by a stray kitten. She tries to nicely ask him to leave Roquefort Jr. alone, but when that doesn't work, she hisses at him, scaring the kitten away and saving the mouse's life.
• Breakout Character: You're unlikely to find merchandise of any of the characters except Marie in Asia. She would later start becoming the solo representation of the film in the U.S. starting as early as 1996/1997 including starring in two books such as Disney Marie! by Kitty Richards where she and Roquefort Jr. are visiting various places in Paris to a musical CD which also came with a Purse book called A Is For Adorable where the book's theme from the CD is talking about how perfect and cute Marie is. She also stars in The Aristokittens graphic novels alongside her two brothers.
• Break the Cutie:
  • In the 2012 book The Aristocats: The Runaway Kittens ^note  (known in Sweden as "Marie på rymmen", "Marie on the run") Marie accidentally becomes a stray kitten after losing the ribbon around her neck and the bow on her head, getting dirty in the process. She befriends an orange kitten named Teo who's homeless and gives her a tour of the poorer parts of Paris◊. After Marie learns that being a wild cat isn't as fun as she thought, she suddenly breaks down crying, while Teo watches on in confusion◊ due to never having lived a rich and wealthy lifestyle as she did.
  • In the first Aristokittens novel "Welcome to the Creature Cafe", she briefly starts crying after discovering she accidentally burned all her Puffs due to Toulouse and Berlioz's distraction. She almost gives up her dream of running a café until her brothers apologize to her.
• Butt-Monkey: She runs into trouble more than everyone else (like falling from a truck and later falling into a river) and sometimes gets teased by her brothers.
  Toulouse: Gee, Marie! Why'd you have to fall off the bridge?
  (Marie sticks her tongue out at Toulouse)
• Cats Are Magic: Marie has magical powers in Miriya & Marie. She even uses the ribbon around her neck to transport Miriya back in time to 1910 Paris and is able to communicate with humans.
• Character Catchphrase: "Mama" or "Mama Mama", mostly when she's around Duchess.
• Character Development: In The Aristokittens novels (set after the events of the movie), Marie no longer acts bratty alongside her habit of tattling Berlioz and Toulouse. She behaves more polite, kinder, and actually acting ladylike.
• Damsel in Distress: Marie is put through a fair bit of peril throughout the film.
• Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: Marie is a self-proclaimed "lady", she acts prissy, loves romance, and tries to mimic the elegance of her mother. But she still does enjoy the occasional tumble with her male siblings.
  Duchess: Marie, you must stop that. This is really not ladylike.
• Little Miss Snarker: She is frequently seen making snarky and sarcastic comments to her brothers throughout the film. This aspect was carried over to The Aristokittens novels, where she makes similar comments from time to time.
• Nightmare Face: In the Kitty Richards book, Marie uses this as a scare tactic in order to rescue Roquefort Jr. from a stray kitten.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Marie is inspired from the famous child actress, Shirley Temple.
• Pink Means Feminine: Marie is very feminine (at least, she tries hard to be ladylike), and has a small pink bow on her head that matches her neck ribbon.
• Pride: Most of the time, mainly when she tries getting her mother's attention, much to the annoyance of her brothers.
• Prone to Tears: In the Gold Key Aristokittens comic series, Marie is frequently seen crying either out of fear, sadness, or frustration.
• Riches to Rags: She temporarily experiences this in the book The Aristocats: The Runaway Kittens, where she ends up becoming a stray kitten after getting dirty and losing her bow and ribbon in the process. As a result, other cats and animals don't recognize her and mistaken her as another stray kitten without an owner. Thankfully, her brothers alongside her mother find her after searching across Paris with the white kitten finding her bow and ribbon again.
• Spoiled Brat: She is a bit spoiled, often wants her mom's attention, and is quick to tattle on her brothers when things don't go her way. This aspect was toned down in merchandise and various books starring or co-starring her.
• Spoiled Sweet:
  • Similar to her mother, Marie is depicted as a sweet-natured, compassionate, and less-arrogant kitten in tons of merchandise, spin off material, books, and theme park appearances.
  • She's depicted as this in The Aristokittens graphic novels where she no longer acts bratty and tattling with her brothers. Instead she's more independent and determined to make "Purrfect Paw-Tisserie" become popular with animals across Paris.
• Sweet Baker: Since Marie's spoiled personality was toned down in The Aristokittens novels. In the series, she works as Pâtisserie's lead baker of pastries and bread with some help from Monsieur Midnight. She's very sweet and kind to customers who visit the Pâtisserie.
• Sweet Tooth: In The Aristokittens novels, she's shown to be very fond of making sweets and pastries to animals. Not only was shown put in charge of running "Purrfect Paw-Tisserie", but insisted on working as the Pâtisserie's baker.
• Talking in Your Sleep: In Chapter 3 of "Welcome to Creature Cafe" from The Aristokittens novels, Marie dreams of herself running a Pâtisserie for animals. While sleeping, she murmurs "Coming right up!" as she's dreaming of taking orders to other animals.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: While her brothers frequently teased Marie and making her an easy target in the original film. In The Aristokittens novels, Duchess encourages her kittens to work together (especially with Toulouse and Berlioz) more often instead of arguing and fighting. Taking their mother's advice, Marie is treated much nicer with Toulouse and Berlioz helping her out throughout the series.
• Wise Beyond Their Years: In Miriya & Marie, Marie is very intelligent and gives information about being a witch and a warlock to Miriya.

Toulouse

• Bratty Half-Pint: He's often mischievous, especially towards Marie.
• Cassandra Truth: He is the only character who suspects Edgar from the beginning.
  Toulouse: I was having a funny dream.... Edgar was in it. And we were all riding and bouncing along... (hears a frog croaking) Frogs? (realizes something awful) Uh-oh, it wasn't a dream! Edgar did this to us!
• Child Prodigy: Toulouse's painting skills were shown off at the very beginning of the film and the "Scales and Arpeggios" musical number. For a kitten, his painting skills are decent (mainly his portrait of Edgar). The Aristokittens novels expanded on his capabilities as a painter where he works as Purrfect Paw-Tisserie's painter and artist. He even dreamt of making the café into an art restaurant. He can play a fair bit of piano as well.
• Evil-Detecting Baby: Toulouse is an Evil Detecting Kitten towards Edgar.
• Fiery Redhead: Toulouse has his moments. O'Malley even nicknames him "Tiger."
• I Just Want to Be Badass: He is always ready to take on the entire world and tries to convince everyone he's a "tough alley cat." Being a tiny kitten, he doesn't have much success.
• I Warned You: After Duchess and the kittens are recaptured by Edgar, Toulouse berates them for not listening to his early warning about Edgar, much to his siblings' exasperation.
  Toulouse: I told you it was Edgar!
  Berlioz: Oh, shut up, Toulouse!
• Knew It All Along: Toulouse suspects that Edgar is behind their kidnapping, and is proven right when Edgar traps them and tries to ship them to Timbuktu. He even lampshades this to his family, only to end up being
• Mythology Gag: O'Malley refers to Toulouse as "Tiger". While he calls him that because of his orange-coloured fur, it's also a reference to Toulouse's original character design where he resembled a tiger cub.
• Named After Someone Famous: Named after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and is seen paw-painting in one scene.
• Terrible Artist: Okay, considering that he's a cat, it's impressive that he manages as well as he does... but his approach to art is rather aggressive, slapdash, and above all messy, with most of the paint ending up everywhere but the canvas. To quote John Grant (no, not that one) in the book Encylopedia of Walt Disney's Animated characters:
  A charitable art critic might take the view that his style displays energy; a less charitable one might recommend Duchess let him seek a career in the ring.
  • In The Aristokittens novels, Toulouse's painting skills have started to improve after the events of the film. To the point that he became the cafe's lead painter and worked on Purrfect Paw-Tisserie's mural.

Berlioz

• Bratty Half-Pint: He's often mischievous, especially towards Marie.
• Deadpan Snarker: Can be very snide towards both his siblings.
• Hidden Depths: While briefly shown during the "Everybody Wants To Be A Cat" musical number, Berlioz is very fond of Jazz. The Aristokittens series reveals that he prefers performing Jazz music on a piano and dreams of owning a Jazz Club for animals.
• The Generic Guy: Apart from his sarcastic streak, he gets the least characterization of the three kittens. The 2022 graphic novel series The Aristokittens decided to flesh him out more where he's fond of Jazz music and a talented pianist. In the second book, he decides to help advertise the cafe to the various animals in Paris.
• Named After Someone Famous: Named after Hector Berlioz, and is shown playing his scales and arpeggios on the piano.

Allies

Scat Cat

Voiced by: Scatman Crothers; José Germain (European French dub), Flavio Ramírez Farfán (Latin Spanish dub)

The leader of a gang of swinging alley cats and a friend of Thomas O'Malley, who meets the Duchess and her kittens while the alley cat is taking them back home.

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• Any Last Words?: He asks Roquefort this when he's about to eat him.
• Big Fun: Funny, friendly, and fat cat.
• Cats Are Mean: Briefly played straight when he tries to eat Roquefort.
• Chekhov's Gunman: Along with his gang, they turn into Big Damn Heroes by the climax.
• Cool Cat: The swingin' hep cat Scat Cat is just as cool as O'Malley.
• Dub Name Change: For the Latin Spanish dub, he's named Gato Jazz (lit. Jazz Cat).
• The Leader: Of the alley cats.
• Nice Guy: Yes, he and his gang did try to eat Roquefort in one scene, but once they found out he was sent by O'Malley to come find them, Scat Cat and his gang do apologize for any harm they may have caused. Aside from that one scene, Scat Cat has been nothing but kind, friendly, and charming to everyone he comes across. He also comes across as brave, helpful, and loyal as he and his gang instantly rush to help their friends when they are in trouble.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: The part was originally written for Louis Armstrong, and his design and the way he played trumpet was modeled after him. When he was unavailable, they told Crothers to simply "pretend you're Satchmo".

Scat Cat's Gang

Left to right: Billy Boss, Hit Cat, Shun Gon and Peppo.

Voiced by: Lord Tim Hudson (Hit Cat), Paul Winchell (Shun Gon), Thurl Ravenscroft (Billy Boss) and Vito Scotti (Peppo); Steve Gadler (Hit Cat), Henri Tallourd (Shun Gon), Michel Seldow (Billy Boss) and Albert Augier (Peppo) (European French dub); Francisco Colmenero (Hit Cat and Billy Boss), Arturo Mercado (Shun Gon) and Agustín López Zavala (Peppo) (Latin Spanish dub)

A group of alley cat musicians who play jazz with Scat Cat. They help rescue Duchess, O'Malley, and the kittens at the climax of the film.

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• Adaptation Name Change: If you accept the names given at Wikipedia and The Disney Wiki (which are used here) as official, all the alley cats have different names in the Spin-Off comic O'Malley and the Alley Cats (Hit Cat becomes Cyril, Shun Gon becomes Chino, Billy Boss becomes Boris and Peppo becomes Luigi). In the movie, the characters are No Name Given.
• Alliterative Name: Billy Boss.
• Anachronism Stew: Hit Cat is a late 60s hippie — in 1910.
• Asian Buck Teeth: Shun Gon has buck teeth and is stereotypically Chinese/East Asian.
• Big Fun: Billy Boss, like Scat Cat, is also hefty and a fun-loving musician.
• Cats Are Mean: Downplayed. Along with their leader, the alley cats taunt Roquefort while preparing to eat him—until he tells them that Thomas, Duchess, and the kittens are in danger. They immediately rush to the rescue, allowing Roquefort to lead them, and even apologize for being about to eat him.
• Celebrity Resemblance: Hit Cat resembles Elton John. Probably a coincidence, since EJ was only beginning to make his commercial breakthrough when the film was released.
• Chekhov's Gunman: All of them count; they're introduced as O'Malley's friends, only to turn into Big Damn Heroes by the climax.
• Cool Shades: Hit Cat wears them.
• Dynamic Entry: Scat Cat and the gang jump Edgar with enough force they force open the barn door when he tries to keep them out.
• Hot Blooded Sideburns: Peppo has them.
• Interchangeable Asian Cultures: Shun Gon is Chinese, but he is a Siamese cat which is a Thai breed.
• Out-of-Character Moment: They do threaten to eat Roquefort in one scene. This trope is downplayed as cats do actually eat mice but it does feel out of character for a group of characters who are nothing but friendly, charming, and helpful to anyone they come across.
• Multinational Team: Hit Cat is English, Shun Gon is Chinese, Billy Boss is Russian and Peppo is Italian.
• National Stereotypes: Their personalities are largely defined by the stereotypes associated with their home countries.
• True Companions: To each other, to Scat Cat, to O'Malley, and eventually to Duchess and the kittens. O'Malley lampshades this: "They're kinda rough around the edges, but if you're ever in a jam, wham! They're right there."

Roquefort

Voiced by: Sterling Holloway; Roger Carel (European French dub); José Manuel Rosano (Latin Spanish dub)

A small mouse that knows the Duchess and her kittens from their time at home; once the kittens go missing he does what he can to find them, before also becoming involved in stopping Edgar from getting rid of the cats completely.

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• Black Bead Eyes: His eyes are all black, and they are small.
• Chekhov's Gunman: He more or less saves the day by the film's final act, but wasn't particularly useful before then.
• Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Not introduced like this, but he wears a red deerstalker hat (a la Sherlock Holmes) and coat for most of the film.
• Meaningful Name: A mouse named for Roquefort cheese.
• Nice Mice: He's good friends with Duchess and the kittens.
• Overshadowed by Awesome: Roquefort risks his life several times to save his friends, and takes quite a beating. He is a tough and brave little amateur detective in the Mouse World (who, in retrospect, appears to anticipate The Great Mouse Detective) in his own right. Still, in a cat's world with a human villain, there's only so much a little mouse can do...
  • Even among the animals, Roquefort is crucial to resolving the plot... but not entirely by himself. His primary role in the climax is letting O'Malley know that Edgar's trapped the cats again, then sending the word to Scat Cat that O'Malley needs help rescuing Duchess. He also manages to successfully pick the lock on the chest Edgar uses to send the cats to Timbuktu, but most of the heavy work of actually defeating Edgar is done by O'Malley and Scat Cat's gang giving him enough time to actually pick the lock without Edgar disturbing him.
• Predator-Prey Friendship: Roquefort, a mouse, is friends with Duchess and her family and with O'Malley and his gang later on, who are cats. Normally cats hunt mice and mice fear cats, but that isn't the case here.
• Uncanny Family Resemblance: Roquefort becomes a father in the Disney Marie book by Kitty Richards, which takes place after the events of the film. The book introduces a new character named "Roquefort Jr.", who is his son. Roquefort Jr. looks exactly like Roquefort, but with a different fur color and much smaller. Roquefort Jr. serves as Marie's companion and bodyguard throughout the book.
• Undying Loyalty: To Duchess and her kittens, even to the point of risking his life to ask alley cats for help in saving them.

Frou-Frou

Voiced by: Nancy Kulp, Ruth Buzzi (singing voice); Jacques Provins (European French dub); María Santander (Latin Spanish dub)

Madame Bonfamille's horse and friend of Roquefort and the cats. Edgar takes care of her and confides his guilt to her assuming she can keep a secret.

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• Beware the Nice Ones: She delivered a mean kick to Edgar, and before that, physically restrains him from pushing the trunk with the cats out of the stable.
• Death Glare: Shoots Edgar one after he brags to her how he was the one who catnapped Duchess and her kittens.
• Chekhov's Gunman: Like Roquefort, she wasn't particularly useful throughout the movie...until the climax.
• Cool Horse: She helps the heroes defeat Edgar at the end.
• Nice Girl: She's kind and friendly.
• Pink Means Feminine: In her first scene she wears a pink hat with flowers in it.
• Shaking the Rump: She does this in the finale during the reprise of "Ev'rybody Wants to be a Cat".

Others

Napoleon and Lafayette

Lafayette (left) and Napoleon (right).

Voiced by: Pat Buttram (Napoleon) and George Lindsay (Lafayette); Jacques Dynam (Napoleon) and Roger Carel (Lafayette) (European French dub); Florencio Castelló (Napoleon) and Francisco Colmenero (Lafayette) (Latin Spanish dub)

Two redneck dogs that get into antics throughout the film, particularly causing trouble for Edgar.

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• Accidental Hero: They didn't even know who Edgar was and start messing with him for no reason other than simply trespassing on their turf. However, this is meant to be funny since Edgar is the "bad guy" of the film and he was trying to get rid of the cats, who may have not survived were it not for their intervention.
• Character Catchphrase: "I'm the leader, I'll decide _____" is Napoleon's - followed immediately by a Gilligan Cut.
• Dogs Are Dumb: Downplayed with Lafayette who is the dumber of the two but sometimes proves to be more practical than Napoleon, despite Napoleon staunchly insisting that he is the leader of the farm dogs.
• Fat and Skinny: Lafayette is the fat one and Napoleon is the skinny one.
• Large Ham: Lafayette mostly, though both of them have their moments.
• Named After Somebody Famous: They're named after Napoleon Bonaparte and Marquis de Lafayette.
• Plucky Comic Relief: They don't add much to the plot, but they do make the movie a hell of a lot funnier.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Napoleon is the Blue and Lafayette is the Red.
• Running Gag: Lafayette is constantly tripping over his own ears.
• Small Role, Big Impact: While their involvement in the story amounts to little more than comic relief by means of getting in Edgar's way in his catnapping plot, it is through their actions that Duchess and her kittens go on a long journey back to Paris and gain themselves a new husband and father in the form of O'Malley.
• Spanner in the Works: Edgar most likely would've done away with Duchess and her children without any trouble if Napoleon had not heard his motorcycle approaching his and Lafayette's territory and went after him, unwittingly saving the lives of the cat family.
• Straight Man: Napoleon, being the most serious of the two.
• Super-Senses: Napoleon, with sound rather than smell, surprisingly.
• That's All, Folks!: At the end of the film, Lafayette notices the film has reached its end. Napoleon tells his buddy he'll say when "it's the end". Cue the words "THE END" hitting him, to which he responds by saying it is the end.
• Theme Naming: Named for Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and General Gilbert Lafayette.
• Those Two Guys: Always appear together and have little impact on the outcome of the plot — they don't even meet the Duchess and her kittens.

Amelia and Abigail Gabble

Amelia (left) and Abigail (right).

Voiced by: Carole Shelley (Amelia) and Monica Evans (Abigail); Sylvaine Mathieu (Amelia) and Nicole Riche (Abigail) (European French dub); Maruja Sen (Amelia) and Edith Byrd (Abigail) (Latin Spanish dub)

Two English geese sisters who stumble upon O'Malley in the river and mistakenly assume he's trying to learn to swim.

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• Expy: They're essentially the Pidgeon Sisters from the 1968 version of The Odd Couple... Voiced by the same actresses.
• Gossipy Hens: Or in this case, Gossipy Geese. They're quick to whisper between themselves over how "scandalous" it is for O'Malley to be traveling with Duchess and not be married to her.
• Oh, Crap!: When they realize O'Malley genuinely can't swim and is about to drown, they stop giggling and dive under to save him.
• Sarcasm-Blind: When O'Malley calls them "chicks," they insist that they're geese. When he then sarcastically says he thought they were swans, they reply that he's a flatterer.
• Single-Minded Twins: Aside from the color of their hats, they are the same character.
• Theme Twin Naming: Amelia and Abigail.

Uncle Waldo

Voiced by: Bill Thompson; Jacques Hilling (European French dub); Juan Domingo Méndez (Latin Spanish dub)

Amelia's and Abigail's uncle who meets up with his nieces, O'Malley, Duchess, and the kittens after being thrown out from a restaurant.

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• The Alcoholic: He's drunk when we first meet him, and states he has been "basted in white wine". O'Malley is aware of Waldo's drunken state, as he then says "Basted? He's been marinated in it!"
• Alcohol Hic: Used humorously when he says, "Birds of a feather must [HIC!] together."
• Cloudcuckoolander: Even more than his nieces. In his case, though, his odd behaviour more comes from being drunk.
• Cool Uncle: His nieces Amelia and Abigail are clearly fond of him and trust him since he is where they go to when getting to Paris with Duchess et al..
• Large Ham: His alcoholism certainly brings out this aspect of his personality.
• Off Screen Moment Of Awesome: We do see some of the altercation through the kitchen window, but for the most part we don't really witness how Waldo actually managed to fight off the chef trying to cook him. While wasted.

Humans

Allies

Madame Adelaide Bonfamille

Voiced by: Hermione Baddeley; Denise Grey (European French dub); Rosario Muñoz Ledo (Latin Spanish dub)

A wealthy former opera star who, with no living family left, pours all her love into her pet cats. She makes plans to have them be the inheritors of her fortune, unintentionally sparking the resentment of her butler, Edgar.

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• Cool Old Lady: A Cool Old Proper Lady.
• Graceful Ladies Like Purple: The purple dress she wears when she meets with Georges, complete with a pink feather boa.
• Horrible Judge of Character: First off, she leaves her entire estate to her cats before her butler, Edgar. Honestly, if it wasn't for this one thing, Edgar likely would have used her estate to take care of her house as well as the cats. However, when Edgar overhears this, his entire character changes, and he is motivated to get rid of her cats. She also never once suspects Edgar. However, unlike the audience, she had no idea that Edgar was eavesdropping on her conversation with Georges. Also being a Kindhearted Cat Lover, she always believed that Edgar wanted the best for both her and her cats, and she couldn't imagine that he would do something like that. Still, she should find it a little bit suspicious that her butler doesn't seem to worry about their loss as much as she did.
• Introverted Cat Person: An old rich woman who mostly spends time with her titular cats.
• Kind Hearted Cat Lover: Which she takes too far, at least if you ask Edgar. At the end, she adopts not only O'Malley but also Scat Cat, his gang, and plans to do the same for every alley cat in Paris!
• Meaningful Name: Her surname means "good family" in French, and her first name means "noble".
• Nice Girl: She's nothing but a sweet woman.
• Reused Character Design: Bizarrely, she looks very much like a white-haired Lady Tremaine.
• Shipper on Deck: She supports Duchess's romance with O'Malley.
• Silver Vixen: She aged rather well. Georges certainly finds her attractive. She looks even more beautiful in her nightgown, as best demonstrated when she wakes up in the middle of the night and finds the cats gone.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Her putting the cats first in her will is the drive behind Edgar's decision to get rid of them, effectively kicking off the entire plot.

Georges Hautecourt

Voiced by: Charles Lane; Alfred Pasquali (European French dub); Juan Domingo Méndez (Latin Spanish dub)

Madame Adelaide Bonfamille's eccentric lawyer, who maintains a young and fun-loving attitude despite his staggeringly old age. He helps his client draw up the will to leave her inheritance to her cats.

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• Big Ol' Eyebrows: Has big white eyebrows.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He takes "you're only as old as you feel" to heart despite being genuinely really old, yet Madame loves that about him and has kept him as her lawyer for decades.
• The Charmer: He and Madame like to play this trope off each other for laughs.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Due to his old age.
• Cool Old Guy: Despite his eccentricities due to his old age, he's a friendly guy who gets along with Madame. She also trusts him as a lawyer, a job he seems to enjoy quite well.
• Hypocritical Humor: "That birdcage? Poppycock! Elevators are for old people!" - said by a guy who doesn't look a day under 200.
• Nice Guy: Georges is a very cheerful, charming, larger-than-life, friendly, and just all-around pleasant person.
• Vague Age: We don't know his age, though he states he's older than 80.

Antagonists

Edgar Balthazar

Voiced by: Roddy Maude-Roxby; Jean-Henri Chambois (European French dub); Luis Manuel Pelayo (Latin Spanish dub)

A long-serving butler of Madame Adelaide Bonfamille. After hearing that his employer was planning to leave her inheritance to her cats instead of him, he plots to kidnap the cats and leave them out in the countryside. He creates the plot of the film and remains the central antagonist.

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• Affably Evil: He was a genuinely loyal servant initially, and the opening of the movie and the way the cats seem to view him until the end where they learn the truth seem to suggest that he didn't really mind the cats (and may have even treated them rather well) until he discovered they would inherit the fortune first. Notably, he's seen smiling at them early on. He also shows obvious care for Frou-Frou. He becomes Faux Affably Evil in the later scenes, especially when he pretends to help Madame look for the cats ("Allow me, Madame. Here, kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty!") but acts like a Smug Snake when she's not around.
• All There in the Script: His last name isn't mentioned in the film.
• Anti-Villain: Edgar is one of the few Disney villains who is not truly evil. While he is greedy, he does not seem to be cruel for cruelty's sake. His motivation is also more understandable as why would anyone want to give their inheritance to a group of cats when you have a loyal butler who can use it to take care of themselves and the cats for her? It would have been easy for him to just kill Duchess and her kittens, but instead, he chose to kidnap them and release them into the wild — and when that didn't work, he decides to send them to Timbuktu. He does get more villainous at the end, as he clearly doesn't give food to the cats he wants to send to Africa and he's trying to kill O'Malley and his alley-cat friends.
• Big Bad: Edgar still counts even if he is an Anti-Villain, being the main (and only) antagonist.
• Bond Villain Stupidity: Although it's implied he doesn't have what it takes to actually kill the cats (and even if he did, he wouldn't have tried because he thought that Cats Have Nine Lives).
• The Butler Did It: Although it isn't really much of a secret to the audience.
• Butt-Monkey: Napoleon's and Lafayette's primary purpose in the film seems to be assaulting him, and even before that, he gets clowned around by Georges Hautecourt, and in the climax, he finally gets an Humiliation Conga from the alley cats.
• Card-Carrying Villain: Despite being an Anti-Villain, he takes pride in his callous acts. He even gloats about making the headlines as "The Catnapper".
• Comedic Underwear Exposure: Almost to the point of a Running Gag. They're spotted, too.
• Cut Lex Luthor a Check: He turns to villainy over his own impatience.
  "Each cat will live about 12 years, I can't wait that long."
• Entitled Bastard: Edgar feels so entitled to someone else's money that he kidnaps her beloved, innocent pets to get it. He's lucky Bonfamille included him in her will at all.
• Fatal Flaw: Greed and lack of common sense. Had he not been so eager to get the money and had the common sense to realize he could easily outlive the cats or even just take them to some form of animal shelter after the Madame had passed, or if that wasn't an option, simply devoted a comparatively small amount of money to ensuring the cats were cared for and used the rest as he pleased, he would have gotten everything he wanted in the end and done it completely legally. Instead, he ends up losing everything he wanted, getting written out of the will completely, and either dying from lack of food, air, and water, or at least being sent to a place far away from which he can never return.
• Freudian Excuse: Edgar served Madame Bonfamille faithfully and loyally all his life, and she put the cats first to inherit her fortune. Of course, as the cats' guardian, this would still make Edgar the true beneficiary.
• Gold Digger: A non-romantic example.
• Greed: Not only does he want his employer's inheritance, he wants it so badly that he's willing to get rid of her beloved pet cats so that he'll get everything. That being said, another major driver of what he does is his lack of common sense; even if his ludicrous overestimation of the cats' lifespans was accurate, cats can't exactly manage money, so under the original will, he would've free to enjoy Madame's fortune to his heart's content as long as he made sure they were decently cared for (and even if he didn't want to see to their welfare personally, he could easily have hired somebody to do it for him). Had he taken that into consideration, he would have gotten everything he wanted completely legally.
• Hate Sink: He is dumb & needlessly evil to the cats. Not only that, but his true nature is never exposed to Adelaide Bonfamille nor does he regret kidnapping the cats. Also, his actions were all for nothing as he only became evil when hearing at the will and his poor skills in mathematics.
• Heel–Face Turn: The Spin-Off comic O'Malley and the Alley Cats had him returning to Paris and trying to get his revenge against the cats. His plan fails, and after that, Edgar learns his lesson, finds a job as a butler for another rich aristocratic lady, and while he still dislikes O'Malley and the Aristocats, he leaves them in peace.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: The whole film is this for him. His failed attempts to get rid of the cats when taking care of them meant he was still part of the inheritance backfire and gets him cut from Madame Adelaide's will after he is sent to Timbuktu (she thinks he just got up and quit without knowing about the will). The last part in itself is an example-in-an-example, as he gets locked in the chest he intended to mail the cats to Timbuktu in.
• Human Mail: Happens to him when he's shipped to Timbuktu.
• Humiliation Conga: The climax and a whole bunch of other scenes with his attempts to get rid of the cats lead to him getting bitten, chewed up, and spat out, eventually ending with him getting stuffed in a trunk set for Timbuktu, which leads to him losing any claim to Adelaide's fortune when she thinks he departed her service on his own volition.
• Idiot Ball:
  • If Madame dies, him being the caretaker of the cats would mean he gets her fortune anyway, and he was also part of her will too, to add to the irony. However, he may not have wanted part of it—he probably wanted it all.
  • He literally believes Cats Have Nine Lives and thinks he needs to wait for each cat to die nine times before inheriting Madame's fortune.
  • He sucks at basic arithmetic; he starts with "each cat will live about twelve years", and instead of stopping there, he multiplies it by the number of cats, and then by nine lives each. He also forgets to take into account how old they already are and seems to believe each cat will take turns aging.
• Illegal Guardian: Not originally, but he becomes this once Madame Bonfamille's fortune is mentioned.
• Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Easily one of the most pathetic Disney villains.
• Lack of Empathy: Even if Madame is a very lonely woman and clearly depressed without her cats, he feels no remorse for his actions. If anything, he's proud of what he did.
• Large Ham: While not to the level of hamminess such as the Queen Of Hearts, Cruella de Vil, and Ursula, he does have moments like this, mainly when he's alone.
• Laughably Evil: Due to his Butt-Monkey status.
• Literal-Minded: Edgar does believe Cats Have Nine Lives.
• Meaningful Name: His surname was likely inspired by Romeo's valet, Balthasar, in Romeo and Juliet. Unlike that Balthasar, however, Edgar is not a trustworthy servant.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: Despite his stupidity and bumbling personality, he's still very much capable of being a threat to the cats themselves and is in no way justified for his crimes.
• Smug Snake: Edgar becomes this when he thinks he's gotten rid of the cats for good.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Implied. In a storybook adaptation of the movie, he's fired by Madame instead of being locked in a trunk where he likely suffocated or died of starvation/dehydration.
• Stupid Evil: If Edgar just had enough sense to realize that at the very least Madame has prepared a guaranteed job for him after her death taking care of the cats before he inherits everything, the whole plot would not have happened.
• Tempting Fate: "You're going to Timbuktu if it's the last thing I do!" Guess who ends up going there instead!
• This Cannot Be!: When the cats return and Edgar hears them outside, he does a Spit Take and says "it CAN'T be them!"
• A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: As has been pointed out by many, including the creators themselves, things would have gone a lot smoother for Edgar if he actually took his time and thought things through. He would get part of the fortune whilst he cared for Madame's cats and would get all of it after he outlived the cats, but in the end, he listens to his greed and impatience, which inevitably lead to his Uncertain Doom.
• Tranquil Fury: When he discovers that Duchess, Marie, Toulouse, and Berlioz have somehow found their way back home, he hides his anger behind a façade of niceness, but a few moments of passive aggression hint at his true feelings.
• Uncertain Doom: He's defeated by being locked into a chest and sent to Timbuktu. Without food. Or air holes. So let's just say that unless someone finds him or hears him banging for help during the first steps of the journey, he's dead meat.
• Villainous Breakdown: While it's not in typical Disney villain fashion, Edgar has one when he discovers that the cats have somehow found their way back home. He acts nice around them until he decides to stuff all of them inside a bag and put them into an oven, showing Edgar's true feelings for them. And when that isn't enough, he even tries to suffocate them by stuffing them inside a locked chest while they are still inside the bag. When they try to escape one last time, Edgar utters this gem.
  Edgar: You're going to... Timbuktu... if it's the last... thing I DO!

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