List of fictional big cats

Literature

Film

• Baby, a tame leopard in the film Bringing Up Baby starring Cary Grant
• Charlie, a cougar raised in captivity and grown to be wild in the film Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar
• Duma, a cheetah in the film Duma and Walt Disney's live-action film Cheetah
• Elsa the Lioness, raised by Joy Adamson in Born Free
• Kumal and Sangha, two separated and reunited tigers in the 2004 film Two Brothers
• Joe and Janet, two lions at the Franklin Park Zoo in Zookeeper
• Clarence, a lion in the 1965 film Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
• Proxima, Frank Wolff's pet jaguar in the 2021 film Jungle Cruise.

Television

• Agapito, lion from Carrascolendas
• Daniel Striped Tiger on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
• Drooper, lion from The Banana Splits
• Leonie Löwenherz, and her brothers Lambert Löwenherz and Ludwig Löwenherz. A German television series about an anthropomorphic lioness.
• Ludicrous Lion, peddler character from H.R. Pufnstuf
• Clarence, lion from Daktari based on the film Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
• Cleopatra, Theo, Lionel and Leona from Between the Lions
• Shiva, a Bengal Tigress from The Walking Dead
• Cruise, a cheetah in Power Rangers Beast Morphers serving as Devon's Beast Bot partner

Comics

• Adolar, a lion in the pantomime comic Der Löwe Adolar by Becker-Kasch.
• Battle Cat, in the Masters of the Universe franchise.
• Dr. Lion, the headmaster of the school in Jungle Jinks and its spin-off Dr. Lion's Boys, a British comic strip by Arthur White and Mabel F. Taylor.
• Dr. Lion, the doctor in Rupert Bear's stories.
• Galileu, a jaguar in Turma do Pererê
• Herrmann, lion of Jimmy van Doren in Stephen Desberg and Daniel Desorgher's Jimmy van Doren.
• Hobbes, an anthropomorphic stuffed tiger and best friend of Calvin in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes
• Joe le Tigre, a tiger in Mic Delinx and Christian Godard's La Jungle en Folie.
• Jiba, a tiger in Shinmai Fukei Kiruko-san
• Leo the Friendly Lion, a comic strip by Bert Felstead.
• King Lionel, a lion in Lionel's Kingdom
• Lyle and Lana from Animal Crackers comic strip
• Max, a bobcat companion of G.I. Joe pointman Spearhead in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
• Meo, a tiger in History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi.
• Moloch, Corentin's pet tiger in Paul Cuvelier's Corentin.
• The nameless lion who is the sidekick of the nameless shepherd's dog in Le Génie des Alpages by F'murr.
• Nelson, a very old, one-eyed, toothless lion appearing in Western Circus, the 36th album of Belgian comic series Lucky Luke.
• Richie, from the manga One Piece
• Shiva, a tiger in The Walking Dead.
• Tammananny Tiger, character in Walt Kelly's Pogo.
• Tawky Tawny, an anthropomorphic tiger who appears as a supporting character of DC Comics' Captain Marvel.
• Tiger Tim, a tiger created by Julius Stafford Baker.
• Lying Cat, a Somewhat sentient feline, Who detects lies, from Saga.

Video games

• Big the Cat, a supporting character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series
• Bubsy, a bobcat from the eponymous series
• Carol Tea, a wildcat and playable character from Freedom Planet
• Charr, from Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2
• Clawroline, an anthropomorphic leopard who is a member of the beast pack, from Kirby and the Forgotten Land
• El Jefe, from Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
• Fes from Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble
• Gado, Shina, Long and Shenlong, from Bloody Roar
• Guenhwyvar, a magical black panther from the astral plane, in the fictional universe of the Forgotten Realms
• Hunter the Cheetah, from the Spyro series
• Katt and Tiga, from Breath of Fire II
• The Khajit, a race of humanoid cat people, from the Elder Scrolls franchise
• Leongar, an anthropomorphic lion who is the leader of the beast pack, from Kirby and the Forgotten Land
• Neon Tiger, a Maverick from Mega Man X3
• Neyla and Rajan, from Sly 2: Band of Thieves
• Octavio, from Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
• Pura, from the Crash Bandicoot series
• T'ai Fu, from T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger
• Trap Shadow, a black and purple tiger armed with bear traps who can turn invisible, from Skylanders: Swap Force.
• Tuff Luck, a tigress armed with Traptanium-forged warblades and good luck, from Skylanders: Trap Team.
• Suku, Awilix's jaguar from ''Smite''

Legends

• Dawon, tiger from Hindu mythology
• Maahes, Egyptian lion god of war, son of Bast
• Panther, panther with sweet breath in Medieval Bestiary
• Sekhmet, a goddess in Egyptian mythology with the head of a lioness
• Underwater panther, in Native American mythology
• Were-jaguar, shapeshifting jaguar spirit in Olmec mythology
• Byakko, white tiger in Japanese mythology
• The Yali, a mythical lion from Hindu mythology

Mascots and others

• Aubie, mascot of the Auburn University American football team
• Chester Cheetah, mascot of Cheetos
• Exxon tiger, mascot for ExxonMobil
• Leo, mascot of film and television studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer
• Pouncer, mascot of the University of Memphis American football and basketball teams.
• Ritche, mascot of the Rochester Institute of Technology.
• Roary, mascot of the Detroit Lions American football team.
• Paws, mascot of the Detroit Tigers baseball team.
• Tony the Tiger, mascot of Frosted Flakes
• Willie the Wildcat, mascot of the Kansas State University Wildcats.
• Who Dey, mascot of the Cincinnati Bengals American football team.