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(Spoiler Alert)
Cat is the Cat in the Hat, who in "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" solves one problem by creating another. He takes a spot off a wall by wiping it on mother's dress, and so on. This causes the narrator and Sally to say: "Now what Cat, now what?". Cat never solves the problem until the unveiling of Little Cat Z who sets off a bomb called Voom which sets everything in order.
So, going back to the original post, I suppose Cat would be Z, but I hadn't thought that far into it. But now that I think about it, the Mariners could use some Voom.