The Cat with the fiddle is a character from Hey Diddle Diddle to appear in Mother Goose: Rhymes To The Rescue.
Background[]
Hey, diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
This country cat sure has a musical talent when it comes to playing his violin. With the cow that jumps over the moon, the little dog, the dish, and the spoon by his side, he can stand up to the Ill Wills. When he's not playing his fiddle, it sure comes in handy for other things. This fiddling feline sure knows what he's doing.
The Cat is a brown and white cat with a red collar around his neck. He wears blue overalls and a straw hat with a green band. He carries his fiddle around wherever he goes.
Appearances[]
In the movie, the Cat's rhyme is mentioned by Old MacDonald. Later, he and his friends are greeted by Old Mac. The Cat and his friends even sing their rhyme as part of "The Nursery Rhyme Medley".
As soon as the Ill Wills take control of Rhymeville, the Cat is no longer allowed to play his fiddle even though he keeps taking it with him wherever he goes. He, the Cow, the Little Dog, the Dish, and the Spoon team up with Old MacDonald, Hickory Dickory Dock, the Itsy Bitsy Spider, Mrs. Pumpkin-Eater, Mary with her little lamb, Little Jack Horner, Humpty Dumpty, the Lion and the Unicorn as they make it past every obstacle the Ill Wills set up for them with the Cat, the Little Dog, the Dish, and the Spoon riding on the Cow.
When the gang decides to rest for the night while realizing that they must believe in themselves to save their home, the Hey Diddle Diddle characters act out their rhyme so that the Cow, the Dish and the Spoon can spread the word.
When Mary is captured by the Ill Wills, Old Mac and his gang follow her lamb to find the paper fortress. To get inside, Mrs. Pumpkin-Eater knits a giant centipede costume from wool, which Old Mac tells the Cat not to play with (but the Cat says he doesn't like playing with wool anyway); once inside, the rhymesters take off their disguise and free their friends.
But before they can escape, the Ill Wills trap them refusing to let them continue their rhymes since the Wills hate rhymes and children. While Mother Goose goes after Commander Will, the Rhymesters take on the other Wills. The Cat hits the papers with his fiddle.
As soon as all the Ill Wills are gone, Mother Goose decrees that she and her Rhymesters shall continue to do their rhymes. The Cat is even seen at the celebration party in Old King Cole's castle; after the party, the Cat and his friends return home to continue acting out their rhymes. In the end, the Cat and the other Rhymesters wave goodbye to the viewers.
Video Games[]
The Cat appears in the video game as a playable characters once he and his pals are freed from imprisonment in Hey Diddle Diddle Valley. His abilities are to play his fiddle and use it as a weapon.
Trivia[]
- The Cat with the fiddle is the only cat that can talk and walk on two legs in the movie, unlike the cat of the Crooked Man.
- The Cat is not imprisoned in the movie, he is in the video game until released.
- He and the Ill Wills share the same voice actor: Fred Tatasciore.