Berlioz

### Personality

Quiet, mischievous, timid, shy, caring, kind, loyal, handsome, polite, musical, ruckus and playfully cocky (towards his sister), adorable, cute, polite, obedient, sweet, trusting, naive, good-natured, talented

### Loves/Likes

Music, playing the piano, milk, jazz, cream

### Allies

Madame Adelaide Bonfamille, Roquefort, Frou-Frou, Scat Cat and his minions, the Gabble Twins, Edgar Balthazar (formerly), Uncle Waldo

### Fate

Makes it back to the mansion safely and gets rescued along with the rest of his family from Edgar by his future stepfather.

### Relatives

Duchess (mother)Unknown male cat (father)Toulouse (older brother)Marie (older sister)Thomas O'Malley (stepfather)

### Qoute

"But he had a mouth like a 'hippolotamus'!""Ah, shut up, Toulouse.""We were just practicing biting and clawing."

**Berlioz** is a major character in Disney's 1970 film *The Aristocats*. He is a gray-furred kitten, the youngest kitten

of Duchess and the younger brother of Toulouse and Marie.

## Background

### Personality

Berlioz is usually very quiet but mischievous. He enjoys playing the piano, as seen when Duchess asks him to practice his *Scales and Arpeggios* with his sister Marie. He isn't easy to impress and can be annoyed rather quickly, usually he's the first to make a snide look or comment toward things he doesn't like. Still, he's shown to be just as naive and sweet-natured as his siblings.

### Physical appearance

Berlioz has blue eyes, dark gray fur (practically dark green fur) with a lighter stomach. He also wears a small red ribbon around his neck that is tied but sometimes falls apart. Being a kitten, he's fairly small.

## Trivia

* Berlioz was named after the French romantic composer Hector Berlioz.
	+ His Italian name is "Bizet", a reference to the musician/composer Georges Bizet.
* Berlioz resembles a younger version of Scat Cat. However, Scat Cat is grey with white patches around his eyes and nose, and Berlioz is completely grey, but they both wear the same red ribbons.
* In some books, Berlioz is misidentified for his brother Toulouse, and vice versa.
* In a few of the books, Berlioz is referred to as "Berly" for short.
* Berlioz is the only kitten whose name that's never mentioned by Madame. She mentions Marie and Toulouse’s name once each during the film’s opening, but otherwise mostly just refers to all three of them as kittens.
* Berlioz alongside Toulouse and his little sister Marie star in a 2022 picture book and graphic novel series called *The Aristokittens* by Jennifer Castle. The series involves Marie, Toulouse, and Berlioz reopening an abandoned cafe made for animals called Parisian critter café. The series begun April 19, 2022 with the first two books ("Welcome to the Creature Cafe" and "The Great Biscuit Bake-Off") getting released and a third book ("The Fantastic Rabbit Race") releasing October 10, 2022.
* While Berlioz's love of jazz music was briefly mentioned during the "Everybody Wants To Be A Cat" musical number. *The Aristokittens* graphic novel series expanded more on his fondness of jazz (such as dreaming of making the "Parisian critter cafe" into a Jazz Club) alongside the third novel "The Fantastic Rabbit Race" featuring him as the main protagonist.