History Franchise / HelloKitty

* YesVirginia: The ChristmasEpisode of ''Hello Kitty and Friends'', titled "Santa's Missing Hat", has Kitty and Mimi get into an argument with their friends over whether Santa exists. Then the hat on their school's Santa decoration gets blown off, and Kitty and Mimi get lost as they go out to find it. Santa appears to them and gives them a magic reindeer sled toy to get back home; they meet their friends after Christmas Eve mass and tell them what happened, but they still don't believe Santa is real until they see him flying in his sleigh that night.

-->'''Mimmy:''' Fifi went home, Kitty. she says maybe we can play later.\\

* DarkerAndEdgier: The [=OVA=]s that were released in the '90s had a lot of recognition over the character's development. Some of them goes to the line on Kitty and Mimmy barging into adult matters.

* SuddenDownerEnding: In episode 4 of ''Hello Kitty Stump Village'', she gets her heart broken by her friends...literally.

** ''Hello Kitty Seasons'' (2011) for the Wii

** She has her own ''UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast'', which came in both blue and pink.

** ''Hello Kitty's Flower Shop'' and ''Hello Kitty World'' for the Famicom
** ''VideoGame/HelloKittyRollerRescue'' for the Gamecube
** ''Hello Kitty Seasons'' for the Wii

** FreeRangePet: Charmmy, her pet cat, has also been shown roaming around with no supervision, particularly in her [[=OVAs=]] . In fact, Charmmy and Kitty are almost never seen together.

** Played straight in ''Ringo no Mori'' and ''Supercute Adventures''

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Kitty is supposed to be British and living in London, but many official works and merchandise show her engaging in American and Japanese cultural traditions, such as wearing a kimono during New Years', celebrating Independence Day and Thanksgiving etc. English dubs of Kitty's anime give her an American accent instead of a British one.

* FreeRangeChildren: Kitty has been shown in various works doing things such as walking around town, running stores and cafes, hosting carnivals and amusement parks, and [[VideoGame/HelloKittyRollerRescue even saving the world from an invasion of evil block aliens]], all while being a little girl.

* PottyEmergency: In "Going to the Bathroom" from ''Growing Up with Hello Kitty''. Her PottyFailure is not onscreen, but you can tell because, in the next scene, her clothes are in the washer. Mimmy and Fifi only do the first, as both go to the bathroom when they need to.

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* ''WesternAnimation/HelloKittysFurryTaleTheater'' ran for 13 episodes back in '87. The series was also the only western-produced work featuring Hello Kitty and other Sanrio Characters until This show made the voice acting debut of Creator/TaraStrong.

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter The Ur-Chibi.]] ]]

* Kitty has starred in various Sanrio [=OVAs=] in both the '80s and the '90s. 13 of these [=OVAs=], including two from the ''Sanrio World Masterpiece Theater'', would air in the US and Canada as a TV series called ''Hello Kitty & Friends'' These were released in Video and DVD in Japan.

* ''Hello Kitty's Paradise", a children's variety series. It aired in Japan between 1999 and 2011. The animated shorts from the third season were dubbed in English and released in North America.

* ''Hello Kitty: Ringo no Mori'', a series about Kitty and Mimmy's adventures in the apple forest. It had three seasons called Fantasy, Mystery, and Parallel Town respectively. It originally aired between 2006 and 2007 in Japan. The third and final season, Parallel Town, was dubbed in Spanish, Italian, and Arabic.
* ''The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends'', an AllCGICartoon produced by Sanrio Digital and Hong Kong company Dream Cortex in 2008. Like "Growing Up with Hello Kitty'', it was also about teaching kids life lessons. It was promoted frequently on the [=SanrioTown=] website.

** VideoGame/HelloKittySeasons for the Wii
** ''VideoGame/HelloKittyOnline'', an MMORPG that was created in 2009, but stopped updating in 2012 and shut down in 2017.

* ''WesternAnimation/HelloKittysFurryTaleTheater'' ran for 13 episodes back in '87. The series is also the only western-produced work featuring Hello Kitty and other Sanrio Characters. This show made the voice acting debut of Creator/TaraStrong.

* Kitty has starred in various Sanrio [=OVAs=] in both the '80s and the '90s. 13 of these [=OVAs=], including two from the Sanrio World Masterpiece Theater, would air in the US and Canada as a TV series called ''Hello Kitty & Friends'' These were released in Video and DVD in Japan.

* ''Hello Kitty Stump Village'', a 2005 StopMotion Japanese/South Korean co-production. What sets it from other series starring Kitty is that there is no dialogue between the characters; instead a narrator describes the events of the episodes

* Kitty has starred in various Sanrio [=OVAs=] in both the '80s and the '90s. 13 of these OVAs, including two from the Sanrio World Masterpiece Theater, would air in the US and Canada as a TV series called ''Hello Kitty & Friends'' These were released in Video and DVD in Japan.

* ''The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends'', an AllCGICartoon produced by Sanrio Digital and Hong Kong company Dream Cortex in 2008. Like "Growing Up with Hello Kitty'', it was also about teaching kids life lessons. It was promoted frequently on the SanrioTown website.

* ''Hello Kitty: Ringo no Mori'', a series about Kitty and Mimmy's adventures in the apple forest. It had three seasons called Fantasy, Mystery, and Parallel Town respectively. It originally aired between 2006 and 2007 in Japan.

* ''Hello Kitty: Ringo no Mori'', a series about Kitty and Mimmy's adventures in the apple forest. It had three seasons called Mystery, Fantasy, and Parallel Town respectively. It originally aired between 2006 and 2007 in Japan. [[NoExportForYou Only Parallel Town was released outside of Japan, and even then only in Spanish, Italian, and Arabic. ]]

* Kitty has starred in various Sanrio [=OVAs=] in both the '80s and the '90s. More notable ones would be the Sanrio World of Animation [=OAVs=] (in which were compiled into a TV series in the US during the '90s. The Hello Kitty [=OVAs=] were released in Video and DVD in Japan. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes But as of 2012, they're all out of print. Good luck looking at the original episodes in Japanese online.]]
* In 2011, she surfaced in a two-DVD set called ''Growing Up With Hello Kitty'' that aims to teach children about things such as good manners, playing nicely with friends and other pro-social lessons, and is an English dub of the second wave of ''Hello Kitty To Issho'' educational videos (the earlier wave, released in 1994, never recieved an English dub). It's actually both reasonably good and fairly well-reviewed, and employs tropes such as GoodAngelBadAngel as part of its stories.

** ''VideoGame/HelloKittyOnline'', an MMORPG.

* Kitty has starred in various Sanrio [=OVAs=] in both the '80s and the '90s. More notable ones would be the Sanrio World of Animation [=OAVs=] (in which were compiled into a TV series in the US during the '90s. The Hello Kitty [=OVAs=] were released in Video and DVD in Japan. But as of 2012, they're all out of print. Good luck looking at the original episodes in Japanese online.

* ''WesternAnimation/HelloKittysFurryTaleTheater'' ran for 13 episodes back in '87. This show made the voice acting debut of Creator/TaraStrong.

* In 2011, she surfaced in a two-DVD set called ''Growing Up With Hello Kitty'' that aims to teach children about things such as good manners, playing nicely with friends and other pro-social lessons. It's actually both reasonably good and fairly well-reviewed, and employs tropes such as GoodAngelBadAngel as part of its stories.

** {{Takarazuka}} + Hello Kitty + [[Theatre/{{Elisabeth}} a dark, depressing musical about Austrian historical figures]] that got the LighterAndSofter treatment = Hello Kitty in Crown Prince Rudolf's [[https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Be8Buv7iMwI/UG1TlrFWMwI/AAAAAAAACOo/rHZuIXASS6M/s640/blogger-image-1747711795.jpg costume.]] For the anniversary of the Mayerling Incident, which was the date [[spoiler: Rudolf killed himself and his 17-year-old mistress Mary Vetsera in a MurderSuicide pact.]] Fun.

One of the most heavily merchandised things on the planet, creating all forms of insane craze in Singapore and Philippines when Hello Kitty dolls were attached to Happy Meals. Strangely enough, [[ButNotTooForeign her biography states that she was born and raised in London]]. Then again, the character was originally a British fashion label. At the time of her creation, foreign countries like Britain were trendy in Japan, so her backstory depicted her as a 3rd grade student living outside London.

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* IdenticalTwinIDTag:Kitty and Mimmy are both twins, well [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins rather identical to be exact]]. The only difference to tell them both is their ribbons.

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* In ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', China is fond of Shinatty-chan, a Hello Kitty rip-off.
* Kitty also starred in various Sanrio [=OVAs=] in both the '80s and the '90s. More notable ones would be the Sanrio World of Animation [=OAVs=] (in which were compiled into a TV series in the US during the '90s. The Hello Kitty [=OVAs=] were released in Video and DVD in Japan. But as of 2012, they're all out of print. Good luck looking at the original episodes in Japanese online.
* Also, she appears in the eyecatches of ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody''.

* She had a brief cameo in ''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico''.

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* Parodied in the "Swell" issue of the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Season 8'' comic series, which has "Vampy Kitty" dolls that are actually part of a demonic TheWormThatWalks gestalt entity, with a huge misogynistic streak.

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* In ''Literature/LonelyWerewolfGirl'', Agrivex (a young fire demon) has a number of Hello Kitty clothes, and [[RummageSaleReject wears Hello Kitty pyjamas to go shopping]] in Camden Market. Her fashionista Aunt is suitably horrified by this.

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* In ''Film/IronMan3'', Tony proudly wears a Hello Kitty wristwatch loaned to him from a young friend. Smooth as ever, he chats up women with his "limited edition" watch.

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* In ''Series/BreakingBad'', when Saul gives Jesse a Hello Kitty-designed phone in Season 5B.
--> '''Jesse''': Seriously, Hello Kitty?\\
'''Saul''': Seriously? It's free.

[[AC:Music]]
* Nekomura Iroha, a Music/{{Vocaloid}} from AH-Software, was created in cooperation with Sanrio for its 50th anniversary. Iroha's costume is Hello Kitty-themed, and she is described as a Hello Kitty fangirl.
* Was the namesake of a 2013 Music/AvrilLavigne song about her OccidentalOtaku-ness...that became extremely controversial (and critically panned overall) due to debates on where to draw the line at cultural appropriation when it comes to Japanese culture (particularly UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}}) and female Western celebrities.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Her own series of video games, including VideoGame/HelloKittyRollerRescue for the Gamecube, VideoGame/HelloKittySeasons for the Wii, and HelloKittyOnline, an MMORPG.

* ''[[http://monchil.jp/ Monchil: Mega Monster Cosplay Collection]]'' developed by Creator/{{Cave}}, complete with a variant of Kitty whose face is melting off
* There are a few kiddie ride designs featuring Hello Kitty that was released in Japan, and two designs released in Europe.
* As a ShoutOut, [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]] has a Skitty Poké doll called Hi Skitty.
* She appears in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' as an unlockable Mystery Mushroom costume added via one of the game's event courses along with My Melody.
* She (alongside various other Sanrio mascots) appears as a GuestFighter in ''VideoGame/PuchiguruLoveLive'' as part of a large-scale {{Crossover}}. She also appears alongside Chika Takami in both a Chika/Hello Kitty puchiguru and a Card.
* Hello Kitty and Mimmy appear as special "cookies" in a 2018 crossover event in VideoGame/CookieRun

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* ''Webcomic/HelloCthulhu''. ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Hello Kitty'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft. (Turns out, she's [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth Too]] TastesLikeDiabetes [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth For Yog Sothoth]].)
* The King of Town in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' dresses as Hello Kitty for [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/ween08.html Halloween 2008]]. "I dressed up as my favorite candy!"
-->"Uh, I'm pretty sure those were erasers."
* One of the ongoing problems with Jade in the Literature/WhateleyUniverse is her intense love for all things HelloKitty. A bit much. Since she's 14.
* ''[[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Hello Kitty 40,000]]'': [[http://onastick.net/sitz/images/HK40K.jpg In the grim future of Hello Kitty, there is only war.]]
* Like her other fellow Sanrio characters, her products show up in ''WebOriginal/SanrioBoys''.

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* Mentioned in the original ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' webcomic. 4000-year-old China takes a Hello Kitty head from Japan home, thinking it's cute, and shows it to his boss...who promptly declares she doesn't have a mouth and tries to draw one on it. China's [[BerserkButton reaction]] is hilarious. Later, a Hello Kitty ripoff in China would become "Shinatty-chan".
** Himaruya mentioned that he'd seen Hello Kitty ripoffs in China, and not only did they have visible mouths...the smiles were oddly nihilistic. "It's like Hello Kitty if she had murderous intent."
* The monster in the darkness of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' uses a Hello Kitty umbrella.
* The handbag given to Sniper to [[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest aid him on his quest]] in ''Webcomic/RomanticallyApocalyptic'' bears a suspiciously similar design. It turns out not to be much use.

* ''WesternAnimation/HelloKittysFurryTaleTheater'' ran for 13 episodes back in '87. This show made the voice acting debut of the one and only Creator/TaraStrong.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode ''Make Love, Not Warcraft'', Butters mentions "Hello Kitty Island Adventure" as his favorite computer game.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode 'Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo', a Hello Kitty factory can be seen (and heard) from the family's room.
** In the MMORPG episode, Marge decorates Bart's dungeon with Hello Kitty merchandise via expansion pack, which causes him to kill Marge's character.
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has a parody called Sayonara Pussycat.
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-->'''Mimmy:''' Fifi went home, Kitty. she says maybe we can play later.
-->'''Kitty:''' [[BigWhat WHAT?!]] Ah!!

A long running CashCowFranchise mascot in Japan.

Created by Yuku Shimizo and licensed by Creator/{{Sanrio}}, this little cat has been marketed in America just as long as she has been in Japan. For many of us, this was our first taste of anime [[SuperDeformed chibi]] art, and we didn't even know it yet. Unlike American cartoon animal mascots (like Snoopy, Garfield, or Mickey Mouse), she ''started out'' as a marketing icon, with actual media (including quite a few cartoons and VideoGames, including an MMORPG) all coming later.