The Cat Came Back is a 1988 Canadian short animated comedy film by Cordell Barker, produced by fellow award-winning animator Richard Condie in Winnipeg for the National Film Board of Canada. It is based on the children's song "The Cat Came Back" by Harry S. Miller. It was released in Canadian theaters with Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
In May 2017, the NFB and Canadian publisher Firefly Books adapted the film as a children's book.
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