Old Deuteronomy

Old Deuteronomy, aka just Deuteronomy, is an aged wise old cat who likes to tell stories and can be very serious, although most of time he is just calm and even has a happy-go-lucky attitude at times. He has shaggy brown fur and is very large, even fatter than Bustopher.

Deuteronomy lives at the vicarage, not so far from the Junkyard. He enjoys Fancy Feast cat food and telling old stories about his relatives and himself. Old Deuteronomy was introduced in the book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and appeared as a major character in Cats the Musical. He appeared in six Sheldon and His Jellicles spoofs: including The Many Adventures of Bustopher Jones, Bustopher's Grand Adventure: The Search for Sheldon Cooper, The Tugger Movie, and Mistoffelees's Big Movie.

He returned in the 2011 spoof called Bustopher Jones.

Old Deuteronomy is very intelligent compared to most of the other feline characters (the other particularly intelligent character being Skimbleshanks), but does not read or spell very well - he spells his own name "Detronommy", writes "A very happy birthday, with love from Bustopher" as "Hipy Papy Bthuthdth Thuthda Bthuthdy" and misreads "School" as "Skull" and "Back Soon" as "Backson".

Internationally

 * In France, Old Deuteronomy's name is Vieux Mathusalem. In French version, he is played by Gilles Ramade, and later, Philippe Ermelier.
 * In Italy, Deuteronomy is called Deuteronomio.
 * In Japan, the character is named オールドデュトロノミー (Ōrudode~yutoronomī) (which translates as "Old Dutro-Nomy") and played by Takanori Yamamoto.
 * In the German version his name is still Old Deuteronomy, and he's played by Walter Reynolds.
 * In Poland, he's called Kot Nestor (Senior Cat).
 * In Norway, he's called Gamle Profetikus, and is played by Thorbjørn Lindhjem.
 * In Danish, he's called Gamle Metusalem, and is played by Aage Christensen.
 * In Finland, Deuteronomy's name is Deutoronomi and he is played by Kosti Kotiranta.
 * In Dutch, his name is Oom Deuteromium, and he's played by Rob van de Meeberg.