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Kat Nipp

Other Names

Tom Cat

First Appearance

The Opry House (1929)

Original Publisher

Disney

Created by

Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks

Origin[]

Kat Nipp, whose name is a play on the word "catnip", is a antagonistic anthropomorphic cat. Kat Nipp is an often-drunk countryside tough guy who is a rival of Mickey Mouse. He is similar to Pete.

Nipp made his debut in the 1929 animated short The Opry House, in which he posed as a snake for a snake-charming act—continuing to smoke his pipe all the while. Nipp's other two appearances in animation also came in 1929, in When the Cat's Away, he played a woodsman whom left his house on a hunt leading mice to play around in his house.

The Karnival Kid, Kat Nipp was a barker advertising Minnie Mouse's shimmy dance at the carnival and got annoyed by Mickey's heckling as he was selling hotdogs nearby. Later that night, Katt Nipp is awoken by Mickey and a pair of cats serenading Minnie in a nearby wagon, the angry Nipp quiets Mickey by tossing an entire bed at him. The cartoon introduced Nipp's habit of physically abusing Mickey, hereby stretching out Mickey's nose to a ridiculous length.

Public Domain Animated Appearances[]

  • The Opry House
  • When the Cat's Away
  • The Karnival Kid

Gallery[]

Notes[]

  • Kat Nipp appears in the video game Kingdom Hearts III (2018), appearing in the minigame "The Karnival Kid" with his appearance from the short film of the same name, among the characters who order menus from Sora.

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