Cat Oliver

Oliver is brave, caring, friendly, kind, and cute. At one point, Dodger feels Oliver is disloyal to the gang since he tells them he wants to return to Jenny's house, where he is loved and has a comfortable life, instead of staying with them despite admitting that he likes his dog friends.

Despite his external goodness, he is capable of getting angry, mostly when he feels betrayed, such as when he gets conned by Dodger out of some sausages that he helped steal and, therefore, to which he thought he was owed some of them as compensation. He is also shown to be very loyal and protective of those he cares about, as he jumps from Fagin's cart onto Sykes' car and bites the villain's hand after he grabs Jenny.

Additionally, he is shown to be rather intelligent and resourceful. During the opening scene with Dodger, he climbs up onto a girder, walks across it, and jumps down onto a no-pass barrier while Dodger is busy looking behind him. Also, he manages to get on several vehicles during the scenes on the streets with his dog friends just as they do, proving that he is a considerably fast learner.

Physical appearance

Oliver is a small and slender orange Tabby kitten with more long hair between his ears, three dark orange stripes on his back, and a white muzzle. About half-way through the film, he acquires a blue collar with his name and the address he lives at on a gold tag, thanks to his new wealthy owner, a kind and pretty little girl named Jenny Foxworth.

Oliver & Company

Oliver is first seen in a box in New York City on a street corner of 5th Avenue with eight other kittens who need homes, with the person selling them offering $5 for each one. 

The other kittens are bought quickly by several interested customers, be they children or adults, but Oliver is left in the box alone, even when the person lowers the price and then even offers to sell Oliver for free. 

One rainy night, after the seller has gone home to get some sleep and to get out of the storm, Oliver gets out of the box, after it gets filled up with water from a rain gutter next to it and torn into pieces due to the cardboard design getting so waterlogged, almost sending Oliver into a storm drain. 

After nearly getting splashed from a passing car hitting a large puddle of rainwater as it roars down the street, scaring him, Oliver flees to find a dryer spot in an alley to sleep until the storm passes, but then, he comes across some vicious alley dogs who begin to chase him. Still, he manages to escape by jumping over a big chain-link fence. After which, he finds a dry place to sleep on the top of a Ryder rental truck's rear wheel.