History Main / CuteKitten

* ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011'': Young {{Catfolk}} Wilykat and Kit are cute {{Cheerful Child}}ren, but also experienced [[TheArtfulDodger Artful Dodgers]] who very [[DeliberatelyCuteChild deliberately]] [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this trope when searching for [[TheCon marks]] to pickpocket. When they try to convince TheHero Lion-O to let them [[TagAlongKid tag along]] with his team of Thundercats, they CatSmile, FauxPaw and employ kittenish mewling to play on their sympathies.

* UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} in general tend to consider cats as clean and playful animals, and Prophet Muhammad, a KindheartedCatLover, took care of cats and kittens with respect. Also, as they are ritually clean in addition to adorable and playful factor, they are allowed to keep as pets and enter mosques and homes.

* Polish book series Literature/KiciaKocia (Kitty Kotty) is all about missadventures of a white cute antropomorphic kitten.
* ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck'': Tuck was pretty much the only one in his family not to be smitten by Cheddar Underfoot, mainly because cats are yet one more thing the he's allergic to. Unfortunately for him, given just [[KickTheDog was being done to the kitten]] when Brian saved its life in the first place, there wasn't any way that the cat was going to go.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManV'' for UsefulNotes/GameBoy introduced players to Tango, a cute, green robotic cat that meowed endearingly when summoned -- and then [[BadassAdorable sprouted spikes and rolled menacingly into enemies]]! ''VideoGame/MushroomKingdomFusion'' brought him back as one of Roll's weapons.

* The UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS ''VideoGame/{{Nintendogs}}'' games are named "Nintendogs + Cats". They add kittens to the roster, though the main focus still goes to the puppies. The kittens aren't terribly active, can't learn tricks, and are hard to gain money from but at least they're cute.

* The entire premise of ''VideoGame/PurrPals'', a ''Nintendogs'' clone for the DS and Wii.

* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': Power's cat Meowy (Nyako) is a cute, friendly cat that also acted as her Morality Pet. Back when Power was a wild Fiend wandering the woods, she found Meowy as an emaciated cat and took it in. Initially merely intending to fatten up Meowy and eat it, Power ended up bonding with the kitty and becoming true companions with it.

* In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series, Kirsty has a kitten named Pearl.

* KeeKee the main protagonist from the book series [[http://keekeesbigadventures.com/ "KeeKee's Big Adventures"]] which has her travel around the world.

Sarah Girl 1998's fanfic, "[[VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld Cat Mario]]," has Mario wearing the Cat Suit. Once he shows it to [[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Lumpy]] and [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants SpongeBob]], they [[CutenessProximity just about fall in love with its cuteness]]. Apparently trying to ignore their affection, Mario offers them some Super Bells, which give them Cat Suits of their own, to their joy. When [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio Meowth]] arrives and sees the characters wearing their Cat Suits, however, he finds them more ridiculous than cute, leaving Mario to decide not to let Lumpy and [=SpongeBob=] wear the Cat Suits anymore.

** ''Anime/KimbaTheWhiteLion''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin No points for guessing who the main character is.]] This even extends to his LoveInterest and future wife Kitty/Laiya.

* Umibozu of ''Manga/CityHunter'' fame has a debilitating fear of cats, particularly if they're [[SickeninglySweet adorably cute kittens]]. This is mainly used for HilarityEnsues purposes, but it also lead to a few serious scenes, such as, in one story, one of Umibozu's worst enemies knowing this weakness, and cornering him with it (but is ultimately [[BigDamnHeroes saved by Ryo]], [[MoodWhiplash who immediately after bursts into laughing at this scene]]).

** Cute kittens seem to be all over omakes. Al taking in a stray is probably part of the reason "Flame vs. Fullmetal" is a fan-favorite in ''Anime/FullmetalAlcehmist2003'' (bear in mind, Al is an animated suit of armor).

* The section of ''WesternAnimation/AllegroNonTroppo'' set to Sibelius' ''Valse Triste''. Watch [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xc1ifm this]] without tearing up at least a little. Bet you can't. No other animal would have worked as well as the cat. Not even a puppy.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', after the guest star psychiatrist told JD about "Takotsubo cardiomyopathy" (broken heart syndrome), where the heart muscle weakens due to emotional stress, JD wonders how he's supposed to treat emotions. Cue an ImagineSpot where he dumps a box of kittens over a patient having a heart attack ("Get me a box of kittens! Stat!") and then [[SideEffectsInclude lists the possible side-effects of kittens]]. Namely, allergies, tiny scratches, and erectile dysfunction.
** Just to make you go "Awwww!", here's a [[http://youtu.be/Z2XJx3mpDU8 link]].

** When you fight [[spoiler:Ozzie as part of Magus' sidequest, you hit a switch and fall down a pit. After heading back, everyone prepares for battle, then stops and they all watch as a cat randomly wanders in and presses the switch that kills Ozzie, then leaves.]]

* ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'': [[PlayerCharacter Sissel]] turns out [[spoiler:to have been a stray kitten during the fateful day ten years before the game's present in Temsik Park. During the prime timeline, he grew up to be a CoolCat as the BigBad's quite literal MoralityPet, with Yomiel even naming him after his fiancee who killed herself to be TogetherInDeath with him. And during the altered timeline created during the game's climax, he stayed a kitten as the Temsik Meteorite fragment was now lodged in his body instead of Yomiel's body.]]

* {{Subverted|Trope}} by the fan encyclopedic wiki of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', Lexicanum -- the mentions of the species of [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Cat cats]] existing in ''Warhammer 40,000'' in its article is promptly followed up with the mentions of a pet cat of an astropath, who was apparently killed by the [[Film/ApocalypseNow Exterminatus]] of the planet it was on. GrimDark.

* For Creator/CartoonNetwork's Fridays block from 2003-2007, they would have a short skit called "Whiskers, the Kitten Who Can Name Fruit" which was exactly what it says on the tin. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRwtt85A67c Here's a collection]] of all the fruits said by the kitten. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K79-Yq7Sl7U And here's an even longer collection]]

** Inverted in the episode "Anger Mismanagement". The counselor asks Grim Mandy and Skarr to imagine their happy place. Grim's is a cemetery, Skarr's is beating a man erecting a giant Skarr statue, (Mandy's only shows white noise). The counselor then asks them to think of "fuzzy cute kittens". Grim imagines a pet cemetery and Skarr has the kitten raising his statue instead.

* [[Literature/TheSagaOfTuck Tuck]] was pretty much the only one in his family not to be smitten by Cheddar Underfoot, mainly because cats are yet one more thing the he's allergic to. Unfortunately for him, given just [[KickTheDog was being done to the kitten]] when Brian saved its life in the first place, there wasn't any way that the cat was going to go.

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': in the Timeless stories, James has a pet kitten even though you're not supposed to bring pets to SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy. It's so cute that even EldritchAbomination Carmilla finds it adorable.
--> '''Carmilla''': "No hurting the cute kitty!"

* ''Series/TheLateShow:'' In the episode before the 2018 Midterm elections, Creator/AmberRuffin [[https://youtu.be/BhBqMbXOQZ0?si=qK4JGEPQzMV7JCFx performed a song]] in her signature cheerful style with an adorable kitten named Liberty, telling the audience to vote or [[LyricalDissonance else the cat will meet a grisly demise]].

* ''Series/OneDayAtATime1975'' reveals that whenever Penelope has an anxiety attack, Schnieder sends her cute pictures of cute cats in wigs!

* Creator/SarahGirl1998's fanfic, "[[VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld Cat Mario]]," has Mario wearing the Cat Suit. Once he shows it to [[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Lumpy]] and [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants SpongeBob]], they [[CutenessProximity just about fall in love with its cuteness]]. Apparently trying to ignore their affection, Mario offers them some Super Bells, which give them Cat Suits of their own, to their joy. When [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio Meowth]] arrives and sees the characters wearing their Cat Suits, however, he finds them more ridiculous than cute, leaving Mario to decide not to let Lumpy and [=SpongeBob=] wear the Cat Suits anymore.

* ''WebOriginal/PusheenTheCat'' is a pastel-colored series of {{Iyashikei}} webcomics, web videos and other paraphernalia about the life of titular chubby Pusheen and her family and RidiculouslyCuteCritter friends.

** The ninth generation starter is [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIXFamilies Sprigatito]], a Grass-type kitten. Its ''Violet'' Pokedex entry states that it has a sweet scent that mesmerizes those around it. The scent grows stronger when its under the sun.

* The video game ''VideoGame/{{Stray}}'' marketed itself on being able to play as an adorable orange moggie wandering through a cyberpunk style world, complete with the ability to meow, jump, and solve puzzles by knocking stuff off ledges.