Henry's Cat (character)

## Henry's Cat

### Aliases

Professor Henry's Cat (The Secret Weapon)Captain Henry's Cat (The Good News Day)

### Affiliation

Henry (formerly)Chris Rabbit
Douglas Dog
Pansy Pig
Sammy Snail

## Physical description

### Eye color

Black

**Henry's Cat** is the title character and protagonist of the *Henry's Cat* TV series. As his name suggests, he used to be owned by a human named Henry. However, Henry later moved away, but Henry's Cat had forgotten to move with him. Henry's Cat would later not only forget about Henry, but also his own name, which is why he is known today as Henry's Cat.

He lives in a thatched cottage in the middle of England.

## Biography

Henry's Cat formerly lived with Henry in their thatched cottage together. Henry would later move away, but Henry's Cat forgot to board the moving van with Henry, and even forgot where their new address was to be. So, Henry's Cat started waiting for Henry to come back and pick him up, but Henry never came. So, the old cottage became Henry's Cat's home from then on.

Later, Henry's Cat, being the forgetful cat he is, ended up forgetting what his actual name was. He told this to Pansy Pig, who became so frustrated with how forgetful Henry's Cat was that she refused to tell Henry's Cat what his real name was, wanting Henry's Cat to remember it himself instead. Henry's Cat still does not remember what his actual name was, which lead to Pansy Pig then refusing to use Henry's Cat's actual name and simply calling him "Henry's Cat" until he could remember what it was, and would tell everyone else to do the same.

Henry's Cat was rather embarrassed to have everyone stop using his real name, and couldn't bring himself to tell Chris Rabbit that he had forgotten it; instead telling him that he wanted to change his name. Chris Rabbit suggested 'Ebeneezer' as a name, but Henry's Cat decided 'Ebeneezer' sounded more appropriate for a rabbit than a cat, thinking he would get carrots for his birthdays due to everyone mistaking him for a rabbit.

The day after this happened was Henry's Cat's first birthday where his real name was not used; instead every parcel and present was addressed to "Henry's Cat", as Pansy Pig had instructed.

Henry's Cat was also briefly a cartoonist; tasked with creating an advertisement for Wibbles Wobbly Jelly, his drawing for the animated advertisement were mixed up with drawings for other cartoons, which would produced a mixed-up result that was so well-liked by the Film Academy, it was nominated for an Academy Award, won the Nobel Prize for Animation, and was declared an 'experimental film' that was an 'entirely new artform' and 'totally beyond human comprehension'. Henry's Cat does not know much about art.

## Personality

Henry's Cat is a laid back, lazy, daydreaming cat with a great passion for eating. He doesn't like water, work or exercise, and spends most of his time on his rocking chair, watching television programmes and/or pondering. Although lazy, Henry's Cat is very philosophical.

Henry's Cat's great passion for eating goes beyond simple enjoyment and satisfaction; in the series 3 episode *The Day of Terrible Jokes*, a three-headed dragon stole some food from Henry's Cat, which ultimately lead to its defeat within the episode.

## Behind the scenes

### Name

Henry's Cat's real name is never actually said in any episode of the cartoon. However, creator Stan Hayward confirmed in a bonus feature on the Henry's Cat Special Edition 2000 DVD that he had written down Henry's Cat's real name on a piece of paper, but that he couldn't find it at the time. All current evidence suggests it was either never found, or that nobody requested to know Henry's Cat's real name to get the paper found.

### Voice

The voice of Henry's Cat was inspired by Bob Godfrey's own cat, and how he imagined said cat would sound if it were to talk.

Character Voice
 Bob Godfrey (series 5) | TBA