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==Supporting characters==

=== Henry ===

Prior to his pairing with Katnip, Herman teamed up in several cartoons with the henpecked [[Chicken|rooster]] Henry. Henry's nemesis is his domineering wife, Bertha (a.k.a. Chicken Pie), who makes him do all the work around the house. Bertha is deathly afraid of mice, however: always "bawking" in shock every time Herman scares her. With Herman's help, Henry tries to manipulate Bertha into treating him more fairly. The title cards for the team-up shorts read "Featuring Herman and Henry"; the first such short was ''Henpecked Rooster'' (1944), and the last ''Sudden Fried Chicken'' (1946).

Under the new name Hector, the rooster was featured in Dell Publishing's ''Animal Comics'' #7-17 (1944–1945), with Herman as ongoing co-star, and artist [[Walt Kelly]] (''[[Pogo (comic strip)|Pogo]]'') drawing several of the later stories.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} In ''Sudden Fried Chicken'', the cartoons also adopted the name Hector, though the "Featuring Herman and Henry" title card remained unchanged for unknown reasons.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

=== Herman’s cousins, nephews ===

Herman the mouse had several identical cousins who appeared in various shorts. These cousins include Reuben, Dubin, and Louie. In addition to these, other unnamed mice also appear as Herman's cousins and relatives in earlier shorts, the mice were occasionally by various actors like [[Jack Mercer]] and [[Mae Questel]]. In every plot of the shorts, the mice are shown as victims, trying relaxing in a place, steal food, etc, when their usual nemesis Katnip shows up with intent of making certain that no mouse in the area enjoys anything, only when Herman arrives with the intent of violence against the cat, to protect his cousins. They also frequently appeared in [[Harvey Comics]]’ Herman and Katnip comic books in the 1950s to the 1970s.

Herman also had three nephews introduced in ''Of Mice and Menace'' (1954). In the shorts he takes his nephews to place like a penny arcade, a circus or a museum unaware that Katnip is on patrol. They only appeared in 3 cartoons together. One of the nephews, Murgatroyd made his final appearance in the ''Cat in the Act'' (1957).

Katnip would also have a kitten nephew named Kitnip who appeared in ''Felineous Assault'' (1959), Where he’s trying to teach Kitnip, the facts of feline life, especially the art of catching mice.

===[[Buzzy the Crow|Buzzy]]===