Salem Saberhagen

Sabrina: The Animated Series

Salem is an experienced warlock and has over 800 years of knowledge with magic, but does not use it wisely. He often uses it for his own selfish reasons, such as when he lost a cat show. This is how he turned into a cat in the first place, the comics state that "he got greedy thinking he should rule the world." He presumably used magic to attempt this. He mostly resents being a cat, except when it benefits him, as proven in some episodes and the comics.

He also has the tendancy to lie, mainly to impress others or to get out of trouble. Such as This is Your Nine Lives, where he lies about being friends with Amelia Earhart, George Washington, and Captain Jean Lafitte. In reality, they hate him because he tricked them or otherwise caused them problems.

When Sabrina has a problem and wants to fix it with magic, Salem often encourages her, or even supplies her with a magical object to help her fix her problem (origins of how or where he got these are mainly unknown), which usually makes things worse for Sabrina. For example, in "No Time To Be A Hero," he gives her an hourglass that allows her to go back in time. In "Anywhere But Here," Salem gave Sabrina the watch that she uses to fast-forward herself to adulthood. Nonetheless, he has a great big heart and cares for Sabrina.

A black short-haired cat wearing a golden collar with a red gemstone attached and sometimes wears a red and black robe. Salem was turned into a cat by the Witches Council because he was using his magic irresponsibly, plus his magic is now limited.

Bisexual

Witchcraft and immortality

Salem Saberhagen[4] is a black cat who was turned into a cat by the Witches' Council due to some trouble he got himself in (world domination). However, the Toon Disney website states that three young witches he was watching over got to access to a spell they weren't allowed to use and this turned him into a cat. He now resides in Greendale with the Spellman family. He is voiced by Nick Bakay in the first series (who reprised his role from the 1996 sitcom series); Louis Chirillo in Friends Forever, and Maurice LaMarche in Secret Life.

According to This is Your Nine Lives, his birthday is June 11th.