“Okey-doke! We're off! But first, we're going to need...(type of vehicle)!”
―Poppy Cat's catchphrase
“(meow)”
―Poppy in the beginning of the series
“Would you like to play?”
―Poppy asking Egbert
Penelope Joanna "Poppy" Cat (or Poppy for short) is the main protagonist of the book series of the same name and its animated adaptation and is the leader of the group and the niece of Big Cat. She is an anthropomorphic, feisty, imaginative, cheerful and happy-go-lucky young orphaned orange soft plush toy pussy kitten girl with a big white face, small black freckles and long whiskers and wears a multi-colored checked neckerchief that takes her and her friends who are stuffed animals on big extraordinary adventures through locations of imagination and wonder by every vehicle they need. She is Lara's favorite stuffed animal and best friend amongst them. Her catchphrases are "Oh, Zuzu!", "Yippee!", "Okey-doke!", "Okey-doke, we're off!", "But first, we're going to need...(type of vehicle)!", "That's a great idea!", "Would you like to come along?", "Would you like to play?", "Come on, everybody!", "Peek-a-boo!", "Hoop-dee-doo!" and "Hooray!". She is voiced by Joanna Page and Jessica Ransom in the UK version and Cake Charles in the US version.
Poppy is a kitten who is Lara's favorite stuffed animal and best friend amongst them. In the series, she walks upright and she talks to her stuffed animal friends with her trademark neckerchief on in the stories. She loves to dance, has a great big imagination and has great adventures. She is an imagineer, adventurer, dreamer and devoted friend. She is the bravest, adventurous youngest kitten heroine in the whole wide world. Her friends are Mo the mouse pup, Zuzu the Dalmatian puppy, Alma the bunny kit and an owl named Owl, except the villainous badger, Egbert. Poppy has an uncle called Big Cat and her favorite stuffed animal and best friend is a blue teddy bear named Bear. On her birthday treasure hunt, she wears a pink hat and serves as the Birthday Captain Poppy. In the first Disney movie, their grand finale at the Snowy Circus is her dance routine called "Happy Dancing" because she loves to tap dance while humming really softly. Poppy loves to send purrs and meows to her friends all over the world. Her laugh sounds like a loud, funny witch’s or jester’s cackle. In the winter, she wears a yellow winter hat with green pompoms on it. Poppy Cat’s favorite instruments are a pair of bongos and a recorder. During the end credits of the 2013 Disney film The Poppy Cat Movie: Poppy's Big Extraordinary Adventure, we hear her and Alma play their recorders on Joanie Bartels' hit single "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
Appearance[]
Poppy has orange fur, red stripes, big white face, black freckles, long whiskers, pointy ears, white tip on her tail, black nose, two split mouths, and wears a multi-colored neckerchief.
Cameo appearance[]
Poppy Cat makes a cameo appearance as a new owner of the New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, after the evil tomcats, Meowcent, Jinkquade and Aldoof are defeated and made into statues in the 2017 Disney film, A Big Day at the Fair.
