21 Big Cat Memes for When You Have Big Cat Feelings

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

Jul 7, 2026 10:15 AM EDT

Every cat person knows the big cat feels.

When you feel like you have to nap in every place, comfortable or not, in this instant, right meow - that's a very big cat feeling. When you feel like you have to bite something, anything, doesn't matter what, just bite the nearest cardboard box or couch handle - that's some huge cat feeling. When you feel like you have to run in the middle of the night, like when the zoomies take over every fiber of your being - that's undeniably cat of you. And every cat person knows these feelings very well - they're not random, we know they come from our cats.

And when you have such big cat feelings, what better way to process them than with big cats? Such big cat feelings don't belong to your house cat alone (even if you have a whole clan of cats living with you). And besides, when these big cat feels hit, your cat becomes too small for them… yes, that can happen. And that's where big cats enter the picture. Tigers, lions, leopards, even bobcats - they're all basically big cats.

If you're not a casual visitor, but know a thing or two about how we deal with things here, you already know that the answer given to almost anything in the I Can Has Cheezburger HQ is "look at some cat memes". But since big cat feels require big cat attention, we got that covered with some big cat memes. The meow more, they roar it all out, and they're basically your average domestic cat in a large suit.

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It also works both ways. We all know it's not a secret that your cat thinks they're a big cat themselves, and reality will not stop them.
Some cats think they're lions - maintaining a mane with some mane character energy. All they do is sleep in sunny spots, waiting for someone else to fetch them their food. So if you have a cat like that, you're basically their lioness.
Other cats are sure they're tigers - walking heavily like they're a king on display. Magnificent-looking, regal-acting, and very much aloof. They don't want to hear anything you have to say, because they know they're right.
There are some cheetah-like cats as well - all they do all day is wait until it's 4 AM, so they can run at 200 MPH after an imaginary prey in the savannah. And then they keep on running, and running, and running…
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