The Cat Came Back

1988 animated short by Cordell Barker
Movie short_film Q1680385
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Summary

The Cat Came Back is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (671 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Animated Short[3]
  • Director: Cordell Barker[4]
  • Screenwriter: Cordell Barker[5]
  • Genre: comedy film[6]
  • Based on: The Cat Came Back[7]
  • Cast member: Richard Condie[8]
  • Producer: Richard Condie[9], Cordell Barker[10]
  • Production company: National Film Board of Canada[11]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[12]
  • Color: color[13]
  • Country of origin: Canada[14]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1988[15], June 22, 1988[16], October 14, 1988[17]
  • Distributed by: National Film Board of Canada[18]
  • Main subject: cat[19]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[20]
  • Title: The Cat Came Back[21]
  • Different from: The Cat Came Back[22]
  • Duration: 8 minutes[23]
  • Fabrication method: traditional animation[24]
  • P14449: 115705[25]

Why It Matters

The Cat Came Back has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

FAQs

What awards did The Cat Came Back receive?

Honors received include Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Animated Short[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'ru']
    Ampas collections film id → W069411
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W069411, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 4w ago · MrRobertman · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Senscritique work id → 480070
    Rotten tomatoes id → m/the-cat-came-back-chat-colla-le
    Publication date → +1988-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1988-06-22T00:00:00Z, +1988-10-14T00:00:00Z
    Douban film id → 1457626
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Publication date: 22 June 1988, Added via Tricorder v4.1"
  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → cat
    Fabrication method → traditional animation
    Based on → The Cat Came Back
    Aliases → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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