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The Catbus is a transporting animal bus-looking character in My Neighbor Totoro. He is met by Mei, Satsuki and Totoro. (though Totoro could have known him for years since he already knows to take it to get back to his home under the camper tree).

Film

The Catbus appears on the road of the forest, when Mei, Satsuki and Totoro waiting for Tatsuo Kusakabe's bus to arrive. After the bus speeds a bit too fast and then backs up, it meows with its glowing carlight eyes and smiles like the Cheshire Cat (when he spots the girls), the girls make a random noise in surprise.

Trivia

The Catbus is very similar to the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland due to both being fictional cats with a wide smile and it having stripes on similar areas.
When a passenger wants to go on The Catbus (mostly Totoro and the girls), its sides droop down (not like a normal bus door that slides on the side but in the movie's real bus, the doors are open with a lady standing there due to it being the era of the 50's and it being in Japan they probably didn't have buttons to open the doors like today).
In the end credits, you'll see a scene where Mei is drawing the Catbus with chalk, Mei however draws Catbus with more than twelve legs.

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+{{Character
-{{Infobox_Character
-|image = Catbus.jpg
+|image=Catbus.jpg
-|name = Catbus
+|name=Catbus
+|species=Cat
-|gender = Male
+|status=Alive
-|species = [[Catbus (Species)|Catbus]]
+|haircolor=Brown
-|status = Vanishing the his dream
+|eyecolor=Yellow
-|haircolor = Brown
+|appearance=My Neighbor Totoro
-|eyecolor = Yellow
-|appearance = [[My Neighbor Totoro]]<br>[[Mei and the Kittenbus]]
+|2nd appearance=Mei and the Kittenbus
-|voiceactorjp = [[Naoko Matsui]]
+|voiceactordis=[[Frank Welker]]
-|voiceactordis = [[Frank Welker]]
+|voiceactorstr=[[Carl Macek]]
+|voiceactorjp=[[Naoko Matsui]]
-|voiceactorstr = [[Carl Macek]]}}
+|role=Supporting character
-'''The Catbus also known as '''''(''' '''''<span style="font-weight:normal;">ネコバス ''Nekobasu''<sup class="t_nihongo_help noprint" style="line-height:1;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(0,0,238);font:normalnormalbold80%/normalsans-serif;text-decoration:none;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0.1em;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0.1em;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets ?]</span></sup>'')''</span>'' (referred to in the film as ねこのバス, ''''Neko no basu'''')'' is a transporting animal bus looking character in [[My Neighbor Totoro]], He is met by [[Mei]], [[Satsuki]] and [[Totoro]]. (though Totoro could have known him for years since he already knows to take it to get back to his home under the camper tree).
+|kana=ネコバス
+|roumaji=nekobasu
+}}
+[[File:Carbus and Everyone.jpg|thumb]]
+The '''Catbus''' is a transporting animal bus-looking character in ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]''. He is met by [[Mei]], [[Satsuki]] and [[Totoro]]. (though Totoro could have known him for years since he already knows to take it to get back to his home under the camper tree).
 ==Film==
-The Catbus appears on the road (mostly the bus stop), of the forest when [[Mei]], [[Satsuki]] and [[Totoro]] were waiting for their father's bus.... the girls mistake it for their father's bus but in the dark it erratically jumps up and down, confusing the girls. After the bus speeds a bit too fast and then backs up... it meows with it's glowing carlight eyes and smiles like the Cheshire cat....  (when he spots the girls), the girls make a random noise in surprise.
+The Catbus appears on the road of the forest, when [[Mei]], [[Satsuki]] and [[Totoro]] waiting for [[Tatsuo Kusakabe]]'s bus to arrive. After the bus speeds a bit too fast and then backs up, it meows with its glowing carlight eyes and smiles like the Cheshire Cat (when he spots the girls), the girls make a random noise in surprise.
-[[File:Neighbor-totoro-catbus_645700.jpg|thumb|Catbus stops when [[Satsuki]] after her help by [[Totoro]] during she search for [[Mei]]]]
 ==Trivia==
-*The Catbus is similar to the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland. (due to it's smile and it having stripes on the same areas).
+*The Catbus is very similar to the Cheshire Cat in ''Alice in Wonderland'' due to both being fictional cats with a wide smile and it having stripes on similar areas.
-*When a passenger wants to go on (mostly Totoro and the girls), it's sides droop down.... (not like a normal bus door that slides on the side.. but in the movie's real bus the door's are open with a lady standing there.. due to the it being the era of the 50's and it being in Japan they probably didn't have button's to open the doors like today).
+*When a passenger wants to go on The Catbus (mostly Totoro and the girls), its sides droop down (not like a normal bus door that slides on the side but in the movie's real bus, the doors are open with a lady standing there due to it being the era of the 50's and it being in Japan they probably didn't have buttons to open the doors like today).
-*In the end credits you'll see a scene where Mei is drawing the catbus... but adding extra legs or skin windows....
+*In the end credits, you'll see a scene where Mei is drawing the Catbus with chalk, Mei however draws Catbus with more than twelve legs.
-*The only dialog you'll get is from the rodents above it, (most bus's don't have a voice intercom outside of the bus,... maybe in Japan,... but not sure since the bus in the movie didn't say anything so it could be they don't have an intercom or, didn't wanna add one, but the Catbus is the only one who has an outside intercom),... it could be the rodents talking or the Catbus.
-*There is a reference to the Catbus in the Game persona 5.
-*here's more on this critter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catbus.
+==See Also==
-[[it: Gattobus]]
+* [[wikipedia:Catbus|Catbus]] on Wikipedia
-[[Category:Characters]]
-[[Category:Male Characters]]
+[[de:Katzenbus]]
-[[Category:My Neighbor Totoro Characters]]
-[[Category:Sidekicks]]
-[[Category:Animals]]
-[[Category:Non-Speaking Characters]]
-[[Category:Vehicles]]
-[[Category:Studio Ghibli Short Characters]]
 [[Category:Cats]]
-[[Category:Mei and the Kittenbus]]
+[[Category:My Neighbor Totoro characters]]
-[[Category:Fathers]]
+[[Category:Mei and the Kittenbus characters]]
-[[Category:Tritagonists]]
+[[Category:Characters]]
-[[Category:My Neighbor Totoro]]
+[[Category:Supporting characters]]
-[[Category:Mei and the Kittenbus Characters]]