Welcome. This page is primarily for
the "beginner CATS obsessee". If you're an old hand,
it will all be very obvious! Although, then again, if you're like me, you're
probably just randomly browsing anything Jellicle-related, so
bien venue to you as well.
This is page of all the cats
in the video (yes, just the video - it tends to be most
obsessees' first introduction after all) along with their names,
what they do or sing in the show... basically so you can identify
them easier! It may seem to strange to think back that far, but
I do remember that it took me a few watchings of the end of the
video to get unconfused about certain characters... I mean, on
the first viewing I even thought Demeter and Jemima might be
the same cat!
This is NOT character info
as such, just a VERY basic "Who's Who?"
More info/controversies/misc
below....
...and if I've done anything insanely
stupid like miss someone out, email me (jesta.ariadne AT gmailDOT
com) right now and tell me!!!!
Electra. Kitten. Seen with
other kittens, especially Etcetera.
Etcetera. Kitten. Rather noticably
obsessed with Tugger. Commonly seen with other kittens, esp.
Electra.
Jemima. Kitten. Solos in Memory (and The Moments of Happiness.) Often seen with other
queen kittens.
Victoria. Kitten. Does amazing
dance after The Naming, and is the first to touch
Grizabella.
Munkustrap. "Narrator".
Sings lots - inc. Old Gumbie Cat, Old Deuteronomy, Pekes and
the Pollicles. Fights Macavity.
Cassandra. Just a few solo
lines in Jellicle Songs and Invitation. Often alone and posing :)
Tantomile and Coricopat (in
that order) Always together and in sync.
Alonzo. Just a few solo lines
in Jellicle Songs & Invitation. Fights with Macavity.
Asparagus. One of the "older"
cats. (see below for situation with Gus & Asparagus...)
Bombalurina. Solos in The Old
Gumbie Cat, Rum Tum Tugger and Macavity. Flirts with... a lot
of cats...
Demeter. The one who always shouts "MACAVITY!"
Solos in Jennyanydots (Old Gumbie Cat) and Macavity.
Jellylorum. Solos in Jennyanydots,
(big) solo in Gus.
Tumblebrutus. Tom kitten. Very
acrobatic. (Or is he Bill Bailey? See below.)
Pouncival. Tom kitten. Very
acrobatic. (The Carbucketty story? See below)
Plato. Dances with Victoria
in Jellicle Ball. Actor plays Macavity (see below)
Exotica. No solos, very few
times when she's actually even seen... (see below)
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Macavity (not that you missed
him...) Erm, doesn't sing anything - he says "Muahahahaha!!!!!",
catnaps Old Deuteronomy, attempts to catnap Demeter.
Mister Mistoffelees. Sings in
Invitation, and a line in Rum Tum Tugger. Does a lot of magic and
dancing in his own song.
The Rum Tum Tugger. Sings in
Old Deuteronomy, The Rum Tum Tugger, Mister Mistoffelees. Oh,
and he also plays bag pipes in the Pekes and the Pollicles! Very popular
among the young queens, and certain of the toms :)
Gus. The Theatre Cat. Sings...
you guessed it.
Grizabella. Sings Grizabella
and Memory...
Old Deuteronomy (a.k.a. The
Walking Rug!) Sings some of Old Deuteronomy, The Moments of Happiness
and the Ad-dressing of Cats.
Mungojerrie. In Mungojerrie
& Rumpelteazer... Usually with Rumpelteazer.
Rumpelteazer. In Mungojerrie
& Rumpelteazer! Usually with Mungojerrie. She also sneezes
in Skimbleshanks!
The Great Rumpus Cat! (left) and Admetus (right), May or not be the same cat, but the same actor!! ...I'm just making them share a box so everyone fits on the table, I'm sorry! Rumpus is fairly noticable-- Admetus quite the opposite. More elusive even than Exotica! Go here for help if you can't find him...
Jennyanydots. Sings & dances
in her own song, also (in her more "normal" costume) in Bustopher
Jones - he gives her the rose at the end.
Bustopher Jones (yes, that's
actually a London picture! Buaha. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll cope.) Appears and
sings in.... Bustopher Jones!
Skimbleshanks - Sings in his
own song, for which he puts on a little more costume than the
rest of the show.
General
All cats except Exotica and
the Great Rumpus Cat sing a solo line or part of a line in Jellicle
Songs (I guess you could say Macavity doesn't either, but whoever
his "alter ego" is does) Tant & Cori sing together
and the queen kittens sometimes sing in a group.
A lot of cats get closeups in "The Naming of Cats"... but strangely enough, not when their name is being mentioned! *shakes head* Silly video producers...
All female kittens like the Rum Tum Tugger!! Most
females, period, in fact. You probably noticed. And some males (look closer...)
Most cats dress up variously
in Jennyanydots and Pekes and the Pollicles... you probably noticed
that too :)
This one's not TOO confusing...
First of all, no you didn't miss something - the name "Quaxo"
does not appear on the vid. But he sure seems to hang around
the fandom a lot! In London, that small black & white &
cute tuxedo kitty is called Quaxo except when he's sparkly and
doing magic tricks under the name Mr Mistoffelees. Are they really
two different cats? Is Mistoffelees his second or third name??
That's for you to decide...
The Special Case of Sillabub
Jemima is on the video and
in London, but when relocated to Broadway & various other
places (France, for example, I think) had her name changed to
Sillabub, another of TS Eliot's made up cat names. Her character
is basically the same, but apparently more hyper/mischievous
at times!
Where's Plato? Who's Plato?
Although it's generally accepted
that it is Plato who dances with Victoria on the vid and who
looks like the piccy above, you may have noticed he's not mentioned
at all on the credits. He's also apparently the same actor as
Macavity (as Admetus' actor also plays Macavity in London.) However,
since he looks nothing like the London Admetus and something
like the B'way Plato... that's who we think he is!
Invisible Kitty
Exotica - who is she? Why is
she here? We don't know!!! Well, not really: actually, it's probably
simply because the actress - Femi Taylor - was the original London
Tantomile and they wanted her in vid as something! She does only
appear in the video, and gets absolutely no solos, and very few
close ups. Still, I'm glad she's there; she looks cool and apart
from anything else adds another dimension to fanfiction :)
What's With Asparagus?
We are told that Gus the Theatre
Cat's name "is really Asparagus"... and yet, a totally
different cat in video bears that name. Logically, this is because John Mills, at however old he was, was unsurprisingly not exactly up to all the
dancing!! Although not credited, you could say that their is an
"Asparagus" in London too - it's just Gus out of costume.
The Many Incarnations of
Jenny!
Cats like Jennyanydots and
Skimbleshanks don't wear the costume(s) they wear in their songs
throughout. ...In Jellicle Songs, you also get to
see Tugger, Grizabella and Old Deuteronomy in sort of half costume.
Which is very amusing :D
The Missing Ones
The vid seems mostly based
on London, but here are a few cats who didn't make it in...
Carbucketty... as he is called
in London, is basically Pouncival on the video. They look similar though not identical. I think in Broadway they have (had...) both? (Confirmation?
Sorry, I know next to nothing about the B'way production...)
Carbucketty is also very CUTE!!!
Bill Bailey... similar deal.
He's in London and the one that looks like him on the vid is
called Tumblebrutus. ("Tumblebrutus" is mentioned in
Growltiger's Last Stand...)
Victor... another cute kitten,
just doesn't appear for some reason.
George... like Victor, although
he wasn't in London for a while. I think I'm right in
saying he was only ever played by one person there and the part
went when he did. Some people think that "Admetus" in the video actually looks more like him.
Growltiger & Griddlebone...
The pirate and the drama queen - Gus and Jellylorum dressed up!...
Their whole number was cut from the vid, so surprisingly enough, they're not here!.
Also, in London there were several unnamed swings who take whatever part is needed
and otherwise add to chorus volume etc.
