British Shorthair - Famous British Shorthairs

Famous British Shorthairs

• Smokey in Columbia Pictures' "Stuart Little" was a British Blue. However, In the film adaptation of the novel, Smokey is a Russian Blue.
• A British Shorthair silver tabby appears on many packages and adverts of Whiskas brand cat food.
• In Terry Pratchett's Humour/Fantasy series Discworld, the Lancre Witch Nanny Ogg's cat Greebo (also known as "The Terror of the Ramtops") is often depicted in art as resembling the British Blue.
• Winston Churchill (Church) from Pet Sematary was a British Blue.
• Happycat (arguably known as the first "lolcat", and also known as the "I Can Has Cheezburger?" cat), a meme started on the Something Awful forums. The original picture of a British Shorthair came from the front page of happycat.ru, a Russian cat food company.
• Toby, a fictional cat on the ABC prime time drama Desperate Housewives, is a British Shorthair.
• Arlene, a blueish grey British shorthair, as displayed in Garfield: The Movie
• Mick, from Kamen Rider W, is a British Shorthair who can turn into the Smilodon Dopant.
• Dex-star, of the Red Lantern Corps, is suggested to be a blue British Shorthair.
• Cheshire Cat in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll is a British Shorthair.
• Ruby in the film adaptation of the memoir "Girl, Interrupted" by Susanna Kaysen was a British Blue.