Felix the Cat

Felix the Cat,
The wonderful, wonderful cat!

Ha! Ha!

Felix the Cat is a cartoon character from the silent-film era. His black body, white eyes, and giant grin, coupled with the surrealism of the situations in which his cartoons place him, combined to make Felix one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world

Sourced

• Ha! Ha!
  • Typical response to many situations in the film shorts.

• I'll buzz this guy for a job catching mice for him.
  • First lines of the second comic-strip appearance of Felix (1923).

• "Alrightio!" or some variation of this spelling was uttered by Felix whenever he was in violent agreement with someone.
  • Throughout the television version of Felix' cartoons.

• Felix the Cat,
  The wonderful, wonderful cat!
  Whenever he gets in a fix
  He reaches into his bag of tricks!
  • Theme song (1958) by Winston Sharples

• I mean who is this duke of zill anyway? He's the one that's gotten me into this pickle. "ZILL PICKLE!" Get it?
  • Felix the Cat: The Movie (1988/1991)

Dialogue

Felix Saves the Day (1922)

Felix is up and down a tail in the ball.

Felix: I wonder what the score is?

( gasps )

Felix: Get to the polo grounds as quick as you can!

Felix is look up around and roll the eyes.

Felix All Puzzled (1924)

Felix: How about my milk?

Felix shakes his head and he is angry point the finger.

Felix: All I found in Russia was trouble!

Bold King Cole (1936)

( thunder claps )

Felix: Let me go! Take your hands off me! Stop it!

( light blub off )

( door taps, thunder rumbling, door slams and piano plays )

Felix: Hooray! We win!

( axe clicks )

( music ends )

The End

The Goose that Laid The Golden Egg (1936) Rainbow Parade Cartoon

Felix: Don't thanks me. Thank you goes to lays the golden eggs. Look out! It's Captain Kidd!

( goose quacks )

( door closes )

Felix: Quick, Goldie! Run for your life!

Captain Kidd: Sure! I'm Captain Kidd and I want that goose!

Felix: Open the door, let me in! Open the door!

( door wind slides )

Felix What do I do?

Captain Kidd: Come on, dozen eight.

Goldie: Eight?

Captain Kidd: You better hurry with those eggs!

Golie: No eggs.

Captain Kidd: All right, then! I'll help, myself!

Goldie: Sword?!? ( goose quacks )

( light cracks )

( Felix gasps and water splashing )

Captain Kidd: Okay, go, get him, man!

( sword snaps and no audio )

( black ball snaps )

The End of a Rainbow Parade Cartoon

External links

• The Official Felix the Cat Website
• Research on the origins of Felix
• David Gerstein's Classic Felix the Cat Page
• Toon Tracker's Felix the Cat Page
• Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Felix the Cat
• Felix: The Black and White Catalogue
• Review of Bosko Video's "Presenting Felix the Cat" DVD by Brian Cruz
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2004, "Rewind: Felix the Cat" Concerns the dispute over who created the character.
• Felix the Cat: The Movie