Cat (Mario's Time Machine)

Cats are an uncommon species in the Mario series. People like keeping cats as pets but cats are seen even less than dogs. Francis seems very fond of cats as he has robotic versions of cats all over his fort as maids, security and attacking. There are cat related creatures such as Cat O' 9 Tails, Galley Pushy and Mellow Kitties Francis' robot cats, Gaos and Blittys. Cats also appear in many microgames in WarioWare games. Despite rarely appearing in games there's a suit based on cats called the Cat Suit.

WarioWare Series
Cats appear in multiple microgames in the WarioWare Series such as Sleep! and Poke! a humanoid cat named Spitz is a recurring character throughout the series with his dog partner Dribble as taxi drivers. The Legendary Cat Dancers appear along with Jimmy T. in his story. Jimmy is walking when he sees a cat in the rain partly behind a trash can, he then gives it his umbrella which causes the cat and a few others to follow him and dance with him into Club Sugar. Once its all over every cat and Jimmy T. leave Club Sugar then after that the cat with Jimmy's umbrella returns it to him. The Cat Dancers have dog counterparts who are called The Legendary Dog Dancers who go with Jimmy P.