oh, sigh......... isn't tugger really admirable? of course he is egocentric and full of himself, but he shows more than one time he can be kind and loving too. he needs to be in spotlight and to do everything nobody expects of him, must be really strenuous! he isn't a kitten anymore, he just grown up. in my opinion he is he child of old d. and grizabella, she left the tribe right after giving birth to him and tugger was raised by all of the other jellicles together. because of that nearly everybody of the older cats acts like being a parent of him, but all of them love him too! he is just one of many sons of deuteronimy, but i think their relationship is the closest, even closer than to munkustrap. can't help myself, tugger and d. look also very similar to me, don't you think? when old d. was younger he might was kind of tugger-like..... tugger likes to tease his elder half-brother munkustrap of course and his best friend is mistoffelees, even if the magician is not sure about that. but tugger knows, and that's enough. i also think that he and bomblarina are not meant to be. she probably is in love, but he isn't. poor bomby....... - Dragonfly