History Main / CuteKitten

[[caption-width-right:320:Note: We do not recommend using kittens as toilet paper. It's very scratchy. And mean.]]

* In the ''Literature/{{Cat Who|Series}}...'' series of books by Lillian Jackson Brown. There is a cast of several Kitties, but the main stars are the Psychic cat Koko, and his partner Yum Yum.

* In the ''Cat Who'' series of books by Lillian Jackson Brown. There is a cast of several Kitties, but the main stars are the Psychic cat Koko, and his partner Yum Yum.

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' has a small box full of them present to Mei to test her ability to control her transformations. The CutenessOverload nearly does get to Mei.

* The Advertising/{{Progressive}} commercial "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfdIuMRN8Y0 A Pet Too Far]]" has lots of cute little animals, but Mittens the kitten is the most popular one.

* Creator/CraigFerguson's version of ''Series/TheLateLateShow'' always ends with the feature "What did we learn on the show tonight, Craig?", which is introduced with an animated kitten.

* ''Series/VRTroopers'' had one episode where Ryan Steel and J.B Reese rescue a kitten from a tree. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1P4LBh9tG0 A very cute kitten.]]

* ''One Day At A Time'' reveals that whenever Penelope has an anxiety attack, Schnieder sends her cute pictures of cute cats in wigs!

* There is also Music/FatboySlim's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgk9ouBuj-4 music video]] to his cover of [[Music/SteveMillerBand "The Joker"]], which shows only kittens doing cute things.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'':

* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' averted this trope in the cartoon "Triplet Trouble" when Mammy Two Shoes adopted three kittens who turned out to be complete brats that terrorized Tom and later went after Jerry. It was one of the few times Tom and Jerry teamed up against a greater foe.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes'', Sylvester makes the trope.
* The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/BattleKitty'' is both [[BadassAdorable a badass and a cute kitty]].

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':

* Shamisen in ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' series, owned by Kyon's family after participating in the movie the SOS Brigade made. Unusually, it's a male calico. A [[ContemplateOurNavels talking, philosophical]] male calico.

* The Cat from ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys''. Once he warms up to Mr. Wolf, he fully qualifies as this in his interactions with the Bad Guys, whether it's nibbling his fingers or rubbing against him.

* Creator/HPLovecraft was a KindHeartedCatLover. He only owned one cat in his lifetime, but fed and named every alley-cat he found. His Dreamland story "Literature/TheCatsOfUlthar" explains the chilling reason why "In Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, no man may kill a cat". The Ulthar cats return in his longest work, ''Literature/TheDreamQuestOfUnknownKadath'', where they respect and aid the hero because he loves little black kittens. HPL also wrote an essay on [[http://www.psy-q.ch/lovecraft/html/catsdogs.htm why cats are better than dogs]]. [[UnfortunateNames (Just don't ask what his cat's name is...)]]

* ''Animation/AKittenNamedWoof'': Woof is a stray colourpoint kitten living in an attic of an old house. [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Very cute]] and quite naive.

[[caption-width-right:320:Note: We do not recommend using kittens as toilet paper. It's very scratchy.]]

* Creator/HPLovecraft was a KindHeartedCatLover. He only owned one cat in his lifetime, but fed and named every alley-cat he found. His Dreamland story "Literature/TheCatsOfUlthar" explains the chilling reason why "In Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, no man may kill a cat". The Ulthar cats return in his longest work, ''Literature/TheDreamQuestOfUnknownKadath'', where they respect and aid the hero because he loves little black kittens. HPL also wrote an essay on [[http://www.psy-q.ch/lovecraft/html/catsdogs.htm why cats are better than dogs]].

* The [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2558-j pufferkittens]], classified as Euclid owing to their ability to generate enough '''''d'awww''''' to disrupt normal staff activities.

* Subverted by [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2559-j SCP-2559-J]] which is a gigantic oncoming mass of kittens who crushed a researcher and her assistants when they tried to open a portal to an alternate Nazi universe, but instead ripped open another dimension known as the "Plane of Infinite Kittens" which is apparently where all kittens come from. The mass of kittens, or kitten pile as it's commonly called, are proven to be invulnerable to conventional weapons and can exist without harm from extreme temperatures and pressures.

* The cat-like fairy mascot from ''Anime/SuitePrecure'', Hummy.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' features cat-based outfits for Mario and co. Its UpdatedRerelease adds a campaign called ''VideoGame/BowsersFury'', which centers around [[MagicalLand Lake Lapcat's]] friendly cats (who turn evil when Fury Bowser shows up) and [[CatsAreMean not-so-friendly enemies with]] [[AnimalMotif cat-like features]].

** ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' features cat-based outfits for Mario and co. Its UpdatedRerelease adds a campaign called ''Bowser's Fury'', which centers around Lake Lapcat's friendly cats and not-so-friendly enemies with cat-like features.

''Soft kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr....''

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'': Your character can interact with the simply adorable [[http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Felyne Felyne]], a race of cat people. Starting with ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterFreedomUnite'', keeping one as a partner has beneficial effects such as decreasing damage taken, enhancing the benefits of food consumed, reducing field tool breakage, affecting the size of your bombs, improve cooking results, negating the intimidation effects of some monsters, and much more. But watch out for the [[http://monsterhunter.neoseeker.com/wiki/Melynx Melynx]]; behind their cuddly appearance lies master thieves and pickpockets. In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterPortable3rd'', ''two'' Felynes can accompany you on hunts as Palicoes, helping you fight monsters and gather items. ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterGenerations'' lets you ''play as'' a Felyne hunter.

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' "The Stone Prisoner" DLC. Kitties aren't nearly as cute [[spoiler: when possessed by demons]].

** 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/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime]] (bear in mind, Al is an animated suit of armor).
-->'''Ed:''' Come on Al, don't run! Think of the kitten!\\

** The ninth generation starter is Sprigatito, a Grass-type kitten.

** A fanwiki for it, Lexicanum, [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Cat has an entry for cats in the fourth-first millenium]]. An example is an Astrophat's pet cat, who is described as being killed along with the entire planet's population after the planet it lived on was hit by [[EarthShatteringKaboom Exterminatus]].

** There are quite a few cats in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', who always come up and greet Link (be he human or wolf) with a 'Mew!'. You can even cuddle them! In the Hidden Village you can even play a game where you have go talk to them all, and one of the responses you can get if you talk to cat which you've already talked to is "We're already friends, meow!". Awww. Telma's cat is a very plot important kitty.
** Remlits from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' also count, but only during the day. [[CatsAreMean At night...]]

* On October 8th, 2020 Sanrio and [[Creator/{{Sega}} Sega Toys]] teamed up to create new Sanrio characters called [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/hellokitty/images/4/4c/BB035BAE-46C0-4A58-A0B8-2DBCDD0C5B02.png/revision/latest?cb=20201108193155 "The Beatcats".]] [[VirtualCelebrity A 5-piece Virtual Idol Unit]] starring adorable cats that perform J-Pop created by them. They group even has it's own [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4ILvmsIXsEDIIixvPimcVg Youtube channel where]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPTYcAPeb7s they upload music videos]], merchandise, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9ulVHhEcVU messages to their real life fans.]]

* {{Ridiculously Human Robot|s}} Chachamaru in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has a FriendToAllLivingThings scene when she [[PetTheDog fed the kittens]] (she was supposed to be evil at the time). Yes, it was adorable. Then [[spoiler:Chachamaru gets her artifact: a KillSat with a cute cat motif]].

** ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' has a small box full of them present to Mei to test her ability to control her transformations. The CutenessOverload nearly does get to Mei.

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

* [[http://www.annkniggendorf.de/gr/timeline.html Ann-Kathrin Kniggendorf]] is well-known in ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Galaxy Rangers]]'' fandom for her DarkFic. The main exception to this? A series of vignettes where [[TheLancer Gooseman]] adopts a kitten. (See "Possessor" under "Story Cycles")* 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.