| “ | I made a boo-boo! I MADE A BOO-BOO! | „ |
| ~ Professor Nutty Nut-Meg aka The Professor. |
The Professor (real name: Professor Nutty Nut-Meg, as seen in his papers, though ironically he admits he cannot remember his own name) was the on-and-off adversary of Felix the Cat and he was first featured in the Felix the Cat cartoons in 1959 - he is not always an outright malicious individual but he sees Felix as a source of constant fascination due to his obsession with Felix's magical bag of tricks.
A mad scientist by trade, the Professor will stop at nothing to steal Felix's bag of tricks and has fought the mischievous feline on numerous occasions, though the two are not always outright enemies. The Professor is the uncle of Poindexter but unlike his nephew, he seems to prefer to use his scientific genius for selfish (sometimes outright evil) means, though The Professor can use his genius for good at times. While the Professor is usually an antagonist to Felix, he ends up becoming a reluctant ally of Felix's in the episodes where Poindexter appears because of Poindexter's friendship with Felix.
Occasionally the Professor and Rock Bottom will try to steal something other than Felix's bag of tricks or commit some other evil deed - a notable example of this was in an episode where Felix somehow created a plant that produced solid gold fruit, The Professor was so impressed by this plant that he stole it for himself: during this episode he was also shown as being very greedy with a desire to be rich.
Movie Appearance
The Professor appeared as the tertiary antagonist turned supporting protagonist in Felix the Cat: The Movie.
He and his nephew Pointdexter went to the magical and technologically-advanced world of Oriana and came to the aid of Felix in helping the benevolent Princess Oriana and her friends in freeing their home from the evil Duke of Zill.
Trivia
- He was voiced by the late Jack Mercer in the 1959 cartoons who was known for voicing Popeye.
- He was voiced in the movie by Chris Phillips who also voiced the heroic Felix and the pompous traitor Grumper.