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OrwellwasRight

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43. Although Asta and Benji were pretty amazing,

Reply to The Blue Flower (Original post)

Sat Aug 30, 2025, 06:01 PM

Aug 30

I propose for honorable mention the following cats:

Jake from The Cat from Outer Space (https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0077305/). Incidentally, unlike much Disney fare from this era, this holds up. If you have Disney+, give it a try.

and

The cat from Early Edition (https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0115163/?ref_=tttrv_ov_bk). Not quite as amazing an actor at Jake, but the series was great. I wish it were available on streaming somewhere.

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