Tuggerina

Tuggerina is the het ship between Rum Tum Tugger and Bombalurina from the Cats fandom.

Rum Tum Tugger
Like many of the other cats, Bombalurina is instantly interested in Tugger once he shows up for the Jellicle Ball. She calls him a curious beast and he dances with her for bit. She then tries to get him to respond more to her, placing herself so that he holds her. He says that he only likes what he finds for himself, and drops her to the ground. She then tries to dance with him again, but he just bumps her away and smirks.

Fanon
Tuggerina is a relatively popular ships in the Cats fandom. Mostly due to it having some canonicity within the show itself. As there are very few canon relationships in Cats, so it makes it easier for casual fans to latch onto. The ship is often shipped alongside Demestap and Platoria. It is the rival ship to Tuggoffelees and Demelurina. The ship is often a background ship in fan fic, but is also often used as a previous relationship in fiction. Even in fics where the relationship doesn't have focus, it is often mentioned that the two have hooked up, or Bomba's constant flirtation with Tugger.

The ship is often used in a lot of Human - AUs. Often the ship is portrayed as a more casual relationship. That it's nothing serious and instead just a bit of fun for the two. Often fics of this nature have the two realize that they have feelings that aren't just physical for each other, and become mates. Many have the latter events happen after the ball, but the physical aspect happening before.

On AO3, Tuggerina is the second most written ship for Bombalurina and third most written for Tugger. It is also the tenth most written ship in the Cats - All Media Types tag and the eighth most written in the Cats (2019) tag. There are currently 40+ written works.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION

Triva

 * Richard Lloyd King (Tugger; London 1983-96) and Heather Robbins (Bombalurina; London 1987-89) are married.

Variations

 * Bombatuggoffelees refers to the ship between Mistoffelees, Tugger and Bombalurina