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9->'''Michelangelo:''' Remember all that yarn we got for her when she was trying to figure out new stuff she could make to sell in her store, and how it just kinda disappeared?\
10'''Raphael:''' You're kidding.\
11'''Michelangelo:''' She was rolling around in a giant pile of the stuff.
12-->-- ''Fanfic/ShardsOfAMemory'', "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2417540/chapters/11378782#workskin Chapter 18: Permission to Cry: Reprise]]"
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14Cat Folk are [[FantasticSapientSpeciesTropes Fantastic Sapient Species]] that are based on felines. They generally have a body type resembling felines to one degree or another, and are sometimes named after RealLife feline species. They can be science-fiction aliens or fantasy races. In terms of appearance, they can fall anywhere on the SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism from fully animal looking to barely non-human, however they must be sapient, non-human, and a distinct species from RealLife animals. Unlike {{Catgirl}}s, Cat Folk have no particular tendency toward being female.
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16While Cat Folk have been depicted with a variety of behavioural and cultural characteristics, it is common to base at least some of their behaviour on feline AnimalStereotypes. Cat Folk based on large predatory cats, such as [[PantheraAwesome lions, tigers, and panthers]][[note]][[Film/TheWizardOfOz Oh my!]][[/note]] are generally depicted as being exceptionally strong and aggressive, with a ProudHunterRace culture. Those based more around domestic cats are often depicted as [[CatsAreMean selfish, arrogant and vain]], with their fighting styles bent more towards dirty fighting, speed and agility. Sometimes, both types are depicted as [[SexyCatPerson highly sexual]].
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18This is closely related to IntelligentGerbil (science fiction aliens are commonly based on animals), BeastMan, and LittleBitBeastly. There can be overlap between this trope and CatGirl, however only examples of Cat Folk that fall under LittleBitBeastly should also be listed under Cat Girl; Cat Girl examples should only be listed here if they represent an entire distinct species.
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20Feline therianthropes and humans who shapeshift into cats are [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werecats]]. Humans that are dressed as cats have on an AnimalEaredHeadband. Cartoon {{Funny Animal}}s and {{Talking Animal}}s are not this trope, as they are intended to depict RealLife animals, however anthropomorphic they may be.
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26* ''Anime/{{Catnapped}}'' has anthropomorphic cats from the planet Banipal Witt.
27* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
28** Leomon and various related (read PaletteSwap) subspecies all resemble half-naked anthropomorphic lions that wear leather pants with a sword attached to the belt. [=BanchoLeomon=] is a slight variation that's dressed up as a stereotypical Japanese hooligan including a tattered school uniform jacket, and [=GrapLeomon=] is in a full cybernetic armor. The only exception is [=SaberLeomon=] who is a [[PantheraAwesome quadrupedal sabertooth cat]].
29** Regulumon of ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'' is a much bulkier Leomon with chest armor and a cape. [[spoiler:Thus far, he's the only one of these characters [[TheyKilledKennyAgain not to die at least once by series' end]].]]
30** ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' features [=MadLeomon=], a purple berserker version of Leomon whose mane changes color depending on what he [[FusionDance DigiXroses]] with. [[Manga/DigimonXrosWars The manga]] instead has [=MachLeomon=], a lighter PaletteSwap of [=MadLeomon=] with SuperSpeed.
31** Apollomon, whose first anime appearance is in ''Anime/DigimonFusion'', is a heavily-armored lion-man with ThePowerOfTheSun. He's the final evolution of the feline and mostly anthropomorphic Coronamon line.
32** In ''Anime/DigimonUniverseAppMonsters'', Dokamon's ultimate-grade form Oujamon is a blue, multi-armed lion-man.
33** Meicoomon's evolutions in ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' are humanoid housecats and are [[TheBerserker extremely aggressive]] thanks to TheCorruption [[spoiler:which she is the source of]]. Her final evolution [[spoiler:Raguelmon is a feline FallenAngel]].
34* One of the many species inhabiting the Earth of ''Franchise/DragonBall''. Notable examples include Puar and Karin. We have also Beerus (from Universe 7) and his brother Champa (from Universe 6), Destroyer Gods from ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''.
35* ''Manga/{{Dreamland}}'' has the Cat Kingdom. Most of its people specialize in trade and marketing, with one or two {{Mega Neko}}s for AsskickingLeadsToLeadership and a cute little cat with a mustache as a King.
36* The Exceed from ''Manga/FairyTail'' are a race of big-headed, often AmazingTechnicolorWildlife cats with bird wings. Strangely for a race based on cats, they [[WhaleEgg lay eggs]].
37* ''Manga/FightingFoodons'' has Clawdia, an anthropomorphic cat with pink fur and is a skilled chef. [[spoiler:She [[WasOnceAMan was once a human]] but was cursed and became the feline that she is at the beginning of the series.]] That being said, she is the only anthropomorphic cat in the series.
38* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' has the panther youkai. They resemble humans but have panther tails. However, their ruler looks like a giant, humanoid panther in its true form.
39* In ''Anime/MacrossDelta'', the LittleBitBeastly natives of the planet Voldor are descended from felines modified by the Protoculture.
40* The first such example of Cat Folk in ''Manga/OnePiece'' is Pekoms, a crew member of on of the four pirate emperors, Big Mom. He is a lion-man with a Devil Fruit ability which allows him to become a turtle. Pekoms comes from Zou, an island full of {{Beast M|an}}en called minks which includes several Cat Folk, such as the Jaguar mink Pedro of the Treetops and Boss Cat Viper, a large feline who co-leads the nation alongside Duke Dogstorm.
41* The Ctarl Ctarl from ''Manga/OutlawStar'' are a race of cat-people who can shapeshift into big alien feline beasts. They are depicted as being a particularly passionate and often violent species.
42* ''Anime/SpaceDandy'''s Meow is technically called a Betelgeusian, but everybody he meets just calls him a "space cat". Meow isn't his actual name, but [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Dandy and QT]] couldn't be bothered to pronounce his real one.
43* In ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure'', Planet Rainbow is populated by aliens who resemble cats walking on two feet. All of them have the natural ability to shapeshift, as well. Yuni, a.k.a. Cure Cosmo, belongs to this race, though she prefers to stay in her more humanoid CatGirl form (she keeps the ears and tail when she shifts). One of the villainous Notraiders, Aiwarn, [[spoiler:accidentally turned the rest of Planet Rainbow to stone, leaving Yuni as the last of her kind. Her primary goal for the series is the recover the Star Color Pens that will allow her to return the planet's people back to normal]]. Aiwarn's BattleButler, Bakenyan, additionally resembles a [[BakenekoAndNekomata bakeneko]]. [[spoiler:This is Yuni in disguise infiltrating the Notraiders, though she based the disguise on another cat person, named Hakkenyan.]]
44* ''Anime/UsagichanDeCue'' introduces Nekoi Koshka at the end of chapter one. She's a CatGirl with feline ears, swishy tail, sharp claws and vertical pupils amid golden irises. Koshka tends to refer to herself as a cat, although she's a "merged being," that is, a fusion of an orphan girl with a black kitten. Her fighting style is also catlike, with slashing claws and pouncing.
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48* ''Animation/WhiteCatLegend'': The main protagonist, Li Bing, is a cat demon serving under empress Wu Zetian of the Tang dynasty. According to legend, a cat grows a new tail every 9 years until it has nine of them. When it passes the age of 81, they grow into a cat demon capable of devouring humans and taking on their form at will.
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52%%* ''ComicBook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars'': The Aldebarans.
53* ''Franchise/TheDCU'':
54** Among the humanoid animals in the future of ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'' are a race of honor-driven tiger people; ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' ties their culture's origins to the ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' character and proud Cat Fellow Mr. Tawky-Tawny, "the Civilized Tiger".
55** The potion-transformed Desmond Farr, otherwise known as Tiger-Man.
56** ComicBook/{{Starfire}}'s people, the Tamaraneans, are "descended from cats" (according to ComicBook/{{Batman}} in ''ComicBook/SwampThing''), but this isn't obvious from their appearance. However, one ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' story featuring the first Corps members millennia in the past includes a Tamaranean warlord who looks much more cat-like.
57** The Karnans are a subjugated race of cat folk in the Vega System, the same system the Tamaraneans hail from. ComicBook/OmegaMen member Tigor, whose actual name is Toghurrhu, is a Karnan. The males look more alien but the females creep towards LittleBitBeastly.
58%%** Tomcat/Tomas Bronson turns into a werepanther.%%And?
59%%** Cheetah from ''ComicBook/WonderWoman''.%%Is what?
60* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
61** The Cat People, who were created from house cats by ancient sorcerers. ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' character Tigra got her powers from them.
62** In the BadFuture of ''ComicBook/EarthX'', ComicBook/BlackPanther has been transformed into a humanoid panther by Terrigen Mists. He's still largely the same personality-wise.
63** In one ''ComicBook/XMen'' issue, Beast meets a feral mutant who is half human and half feline in appearance. Despite appearing to be about twenty years old, she also shows signs that she's dying of old age. After Jean Grey probes her mind and is unable to find any sort of human-like intelligence, Beast realizes that she was, in fact, a cat who'd mutated to be humanoid rather than a human who'd mutated to have a more feline appearance. [[BittersweetEnding He released her so that she could live her remaining days in the wild that she'd always known]].
64** ComicBook/{{Sabretooth|MarvelComics}} is a somewhat more human example, but still. Although his mutation is quite similar to Wolverine's, he has distinctly more cat-like features. His fangs are quite reminiscent of those found in many felines, including saber-toothed tigers, and unlike Logan's claws, Victor Creed's retractable claws are found on each of his fingertips, very much like a cat's claws. He also tends to run on all fours and usually wears a fur around his neck, which resembles a lion's mane.
65* ''ComicBook/{{Monstress}}'': The cats of the setting are sapient and, more often than not, eccentric and obsessed with poetry. Some are multitailed, which is a feature related to mystical power, such as speaking to spirits and other beyond-the-grave abilities. These particular cats are, fittingly, called 'nekomancers'.
66* ''ComicBook/{{Nexus}}'': The Felim are a race of LittleBitBeastly aliens, who also qualify for CatGirl.
67* ''ComicBook/{{Shakara}}'': Valentine, a swaggering alien ProfessionalKiller, recalls how he hooked up with a feline FemmeFatale client in his memoirs.
68* ''ComicBook/StarWarsInvasion'': The IntrepidReporter Cianba belongs to a species resembling humanoid felines covered in thick black fur, with large ears, slitted yellow eyes and prominent fangs.
69* ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'': Orube has feline-like features. This is a relatively common characteristic on her homeworld of Basiliade (the second inhabitant of Basiliade to appear, Luba, is even more cat-looking than her), but not universal, as shown by the very first of them to appear, [[spoiler:the Oracle Himerish]], being externally identical to humans.
70* ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'': Cougar is a HalfHumanHybrid: his father was the king of an isolated African civilisation of cat people, and his mother is human.
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74%%* ''Fanfic/DiariesOfAMadman'': The cats are just one of many species that populate the world.%%Regular cats, or humanoid ones, or what?
75* ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone'': The Svenjaya are described as a cross between elves and cats, and are a SlaveRace on the [[FloatingContinent Flying Island of Tipaan]]. Except for being furry and hissing in anger once in a while, they don't seem to have many catlike traits. The four, George in particular, love them for being smart, dryly humorous, and musical.
76* ''Fanfic/MrAndMrsGold'': In spite of the name, Werecats are nothing like werewolves. They are a cat-like humanoid species with magical capabilities, most notably their magic nine lives. Katja the Literature/PussInBoots is one such werecat.
77* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': The Wild Ones are wild tribes with feline features, like the furs, the claws, and the [[UnusualEars huge ears]], [[MightMakesRight respecting strength above all]].
78* ''Fanfic/NobledarkImperium'': The Felinids are genetically modified humans that were created during the Dark Age of Technology to colonize Carlos [=McConnell=], a humid world whose continents and islands are covered by dense temperate and tropical rainforests. Since areable land is very scarce and there aren't any native animals useful as large livestock, it was decided to create colonsists who could live directly off of the wilderness' small fauna and move through the dense growth with ease. Cats were a major source of genetic material, although a fair amount was also derived from primates like marmosets. Modern felinids have mostly human faces, with enlarged teeth, protruding pointed ears, manelike hair, and feline eyes. Their bodies are much hairier than baseline humans', their fingers are tipped with retractable claws, and their feet are very apelike, with opposable big toes and flexible ankle joints for gripping tree branches; they also have tails, for balance when climbing. Their homeworld is split between islanders that mostly fish for their food and primitive hunter-gatherer tribes in the continents. In the Guard, they're very poor at regimented tactics and worse at holding a position, but make excellent scouts, skirmishers and wilderness troops. They have an unfortunate habit of taking enemy bones to make trophies with.
79* ''Fanfic/ShardsOfAMemory'': Master Shard/Tang Shen was turned her into a cat-person via mutagen.
80* ''Fanfic/StarTrekPhoenix'': Preta R'el is a caitian, a species of feline humanoids. She often purrs when talking, and Twilight's first reaction to meeting her is to gush about how adorable she looks -- much to her embarrassment, as that's usually how humans react to meeting ''her''.
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84* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'': Capper, one of the main secondary characters, is an Abyssinian, the franchise's version of humanoid cat people. Generally, he resembles an upright cat more than he does a catlike humanoid -- besides his hair and hands and a broadly anthropomorphized face, his body is mostly catlike; he even has fully digitigrade legs and claws at the tips of his fingers.
85* ''Animation/NeZha'': Shen Gongbao was a leopard spirit, and when revealing this to Ao Bing briefly turns into a humanoid leopard.
86* ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'': Amelia's species is a bit of an odd example: going by the ending, the females of the species are somewhat alien-looking cat people, but the males (like [[spoiler:Dr. Doppler]]) are [[BizarreSexualDimorphism dog people instead]].
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90* The blue-skinned Na'vi from ''{{Film/Avatar}}'' look distinctly cat-like with their pointed ears, large eyes, triangular noses and sharp canines. Neytiri is even shown hissing threateningly several times.
91* ''Film/CoolCatSavesTheKids'' features its main character and their mother, who is in a [[InterspeciesRomance relationship with the human Derek]]. Interestingly, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight this seems to be accepted within their world]].
92* All three official adaptations of ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' -- ''Film/IslandOfLostSouls'', ''Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1977'' and ''Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1996'' -- feature humanoids created from various mammals including large felines. A sole, otherwise human-looking CatGirl is prominent in all three films.
93* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
94** ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' has two feline-looking Caitians attending the courtroom scene: a red-furred Admiral and a black Commodore.
95** ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'' has a triple-breast catlike female stripper who meows and yowls exactly like a cat.
96** According to WordOfGod, the two girls who Kirk spends the night with in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' are this universe's version of the Caitians, though their tails are the only feline features seen.
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101* Creator/AndreNorton:
102** The People in ''Breed to Come'' are a race of sapient cats descended from modern Earth cats.
103** Yasa from the ''Literature/WarlockSeries'' novel ''Forerunner Foray'' is from a feline-evolved race; she is sensitive to scents, purrs, and totally self-absorbed albeit very practical about it.
104** The Salariki, who progress with astonishing rapidity from being primitive {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s (''[[Literature/SolarQueen Plague Ship]]'') to sophisticated members of the interstellar community (''Literature/AndroidAtArms'').
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106* The tarrie-cats of ''Literature/{{Abarat}}'' are a species of oversized, intelligent speaking tabbies.
107* ''Literature/AllTomorrows'': The Killer Folk, one of many HumanSubspecies, convergently resemble felines with their saber teeth, muzzle-like jaws, pointed ears, spotted body hair, and possibly paw-like feet.
108* ''Literature/BlackDestroyer'' has a cat-like alien named Coeurl.
109* In ''Literature/BoneSong'', these are featured among the inhabitants of [[CityNoir Tristopolis]]; in particular, when the protagonist is wounded and {{brainwashed}}, he recovers with the help of a catwoman nurse.
110* Karina's race in ''Cat Karina'' by Michael G. Coney. They are one of several races on a future Earth genetically engineered by humans from animal species.
111* ''Literature/CatPlanetCuties'' has the Catians, an alien race of creatures resembling {{Cat Girl}}s. Females enter their first heat at the age of 16. They are enemies with a [[AnimalJingoism race of dog-eared people]].
112* The ''Literature/ChanurNovels'' have the Hani, a species who are essentially bipedal intelligent terrestrial lions.
113%%* The ''Literature/{{Darkover}}'' stories have the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin cat-men]] (or cat-people).
114* ''Literature/TheDeathGateCycle'': Tiger-men, some of the many kinds of monsters native to the Labyrinth, resemble outsized tigers capable of walking on their hind legs and provided with opposable thumbs. They're capable of dropping to all fours when running and are skilled climbers, but rarely enter forests due to their long-time enmity with the local SavageWolves. They're also enthusiastic hunters and capable of crafting tools and using simple magic, but they rarely use this for more than crippling their prey -- they prefer to kill their targets with their own fangs and claws.
115* A major focus of ''Literature/{{Destroyermen}}'' is on the fight for the Lemurian, anthropomorphic cat-monkeys, survival. The Lemurians are first called cat-monkeys and monkey-cats (depending who you asked aboard the ship) before the term 'Cat is agreed upon as the appropriate diminutive. This species resembles cats so much that in the fifth book, ''Rising Tides'', [[spoiler:the humans in the Isles of New Britian (roughly where Hawaii should be) treat them as felines with the males showing disdain on the whole, and females lovingly cooing and stroking their fur]].
116* ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse''
117** ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'':
118*** The Besiddians in ''[[Recap/EighthDoctorAdventuresDreamstoneMoon Dreamstone Moon]]'' have five rows of teeth, but are otherwise described very much as humanoid cats, including purring when they're happy.
119*** The tigers in ''[[Recap/EighthDoctorAdventuresTheYearOfIntelligentTigers The Year of Intelligent Tigers]]'' are just intelligent tigers who have BizarreAlienBiology, lay eggs, and have two opposable thumbs on each paw.
120** ''Literature/DoctorWhoMissingAdventures'': The Cat People in ''Invasion of the Cat People''. According to the book, offshoots of this race include the Cheetah People from "Survival", the Killer Cats of Gin-Seng from the unmade Fourth Doctor serial "Killers in the Dark", and more surprisingly, the [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries Caitans]], the [[Literature/KnownSpace Kzinti]], and the [[Franchise/FlashGordon Lion-Men of Mongo]].
121* The Hrrubans in the ''Literature/{{Doona}}'' books are very much cat-like, other than being bipedal and having thumbs.
122* The brownies in ''Literature/DragonRider'' are described as humanoid catlike beings who love mushrooms and are experts in cultivating them. The same also applies to [[spoiler:their four-armed Asian cousins, known as the Dubidai]].
123* ''Sharazad'' from Louise Searl's short story collection ''Literature/TheDreamEatersAndOtherStories'' features sapient, bipedal lions.
124* The ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' books have Treecats, a six-legged telepathic species resembling Terran cats.
125* ''Literature/HumanxCommonwealth'': The natives of Tran-Ky-Ky, from the ''Icerigger'' trilogy, have a number of feline anatomical features, although these are somewhat obscured in the Tran due to additional adaptations for [[BizarreAlienLocomotion skate-sailing across the ice fields]] with their ''dan'' and ''chiv''. [[spoiler:The natives' hot-weather alternate phase, the Golden Saia, lack such membranous sails and oversized skating-claws, so appear more conventionally cat-like than their Tran relatives.]]
126* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in Creator/CordwainerSmith's ''Instrumentality of Mankind''; most [[UpliftedAnimal Underpeople]], including catfolk, appear almost indistinguishable from humans, but vary greatly in how much of the non-human ancestry comes through, and at least one Lion underperson shows up in [[JeanneDArchetype "The Dead Lady of Clown Town"]] who has fur, a mane, and claws.
127* ''Literature/IntoTheLookingGlass'' features the Mreee (pronounced the way a cat yowls when you stomp its tail) who look like three-foot tall anthropomorphic house cats and whose native language sounds like "cats stuck in a barrel".
128* Cyantropes in ''Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' are a race of cat-based beastmen. Like all beastmen in this series, they are LittleBitBeastly, which measn they are effectively a species on {{Cat Girl}}s.
129* One of the races in the ''Literature/{{Kadingir}}'' series is the Tidnums, eight-foot tall anthropomorphic felines who devote their lives to war, food and naps. They have excellent [[TheEmpath empathy senses]], to the point that they can easily ''feel'' enemies nearby, but they aren't very adept at other [[PsychicPowers mental abilities]] such as telepathy.
130* The Kzinti in ''Literature/KnownSpace'' are an aggressive alien species resembling bipedal [[PantheraAwesome big cats]] in looks and personality -- or at least, their personality is derived from cat stereotypes. They are not strictly speaking bipedal cats -- their physical features include a naked rat-like tail, ears resembling "pink parasols" or cocktail umbrellas and an almost ferret-like torso with ribs down to the pelvis, but the overall impression is catlike, and that's what they're most often compared to in the books.
131* The Toralii in ''Literature/{{Lacuna}}'' are distinctly catlike, with a side order of {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}}.
132* The Chelgrians in ''Literature/LookToWindward'' are described as resembling predatory jungle cats with humanoid upper bodies and roughly centaur-like feline lower bodies.
133* Nohar Rajastan, from the ''Literature/MoreauSeries'' is an anthropomorphic tiger, and the setting includes 'moreaus' based on several other felines.
134* The Klees of Eelong in ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'' are giant, bipedal cats, and [[HumansAreNotTheDominantSpecies the dominant species in that world]].
135* ''Literature/PerryRhodan'' has the Kartanin, who start out as a "plucky new species" making trouble for the at the time somewhat united races of the Milky Way galaxy when both sides are after the same {{unobtainium}} which for the Galactic species is at the time mostly a new curiosity while to the Kartanin it's vital to the functioning of their society and their defense efforts against their enemies (it provides female Kartanin with {{psychic powers}}) and are eventually revealed to be descended from [[spoiler:advance scouts from another ''universe'' trying to lay the groundwork to one day transfer their entire home galaxy -- where those of their species left behind still live in the then-present day -- into ours to escape an artificially accelerated heat death in theirs]].
136* Councilman Broft in ''Literature/PlayPlaces'', who has claws, orange fur, PointyEars, and a tail.
137* The Sekoi of ''Literature/RelicMaster'' are very feline in appearance and mannerism, save that they are obligate frugivores. "Cat-" is used as a slang prefix regarding their culture.
138%%* ''Literature/TheRogueKing'' has the katess.
139* ''Literature/{{Sekhmet}}'': The Kanjis are a race of this, along with being a {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}}.
140* ''Literature/SholanAlliance'' has (often psychic) humanoid cat-people as one of the main races of the setting, alongside humans and [[LizardFolk lizard-people]]. As they manage to be biologically compatible with humans, there are several [[HalfHumanHybrid interspecies pregnancies]] as a result of the frequent alien-human-alien [[{{Polyamory}} three-way relationships]].
141* The [[Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy Togorians]], Trianii, Cathars, Felacatians, Farghul, and Catumans (among others) of ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends''. The Ghorfas (more famously known as [[DesertBandits Sand People or Tusken Raiders]]) have been reported to look ''slightly'' catlike under their bandage-masks; other than being savage, however, they do not correspond at all to pantherine creatures. The Bothans are also sometimes described as feline but look more like civets (small, weasel-shaped carnivores that are closely related to cats).
142* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'': The Cait Sith race of Alfheim Online are designed intentionally this way, complete with feline ears and tail. Fittingly enough, if literally translated their name means "Cat Fairy". Another parallelism of the franchise with ''Literature/{{Otherland}}'', in which there is a race with elvish/feline features called Sith.
143%%* The Solaricans from ''Literature/TheirsNotToReasonWhy'' are a fairly standard example.
144* The Sphinx race in Creator/SergeyLukyanenko's ''Today, Mom!'' is a race of feline humanoids living on UsefulNotes/{{Venus}}. In the FilmOfTheBook ''Asiris Nuna'', they look mostly human with slight facial features reminiscent of cats and dreads. Their dress and architecture are reminiscent of Ancient Egypt. Shidla is a Sphinx who figures the most in the book and is the only one seen in the film. He snarls a lot and likes to call everyone "kitty". "Dog" is, apparently, an insult to his people. Like cats, they can see in the dark very well. In the film, Shidla dodges missiles [[Film/TheMatrix Neo]]-style.
145* ''Literature/UhurasSong'' features the Eeiauoans, their relatives the Sivaoans, and the ''Enterprise'''s felinoid security officer Snnanagfashtalli. They are apparently "surprisingly soft" to the touch.
146* ''Literature/UrnBurial'' has the Fefethil, a race of anthro-cats who look like humanoid cheetahs, complete with cat-ears, tails and eyes but human-esque hands and fingers (albeit with retractable claws still).
147%%* ''Literature/TheWanderer'': Tigerishka's species.
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151* The ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E09Deathwalker Deathwalker]]" has Jha'dur, the last warmaster of the Dilgar and last surviving Dilgar in general.
152* ''Series/{{Defiance}}'': The Irathient definitely have some cat-like facial characteristics, although this is less defined than in most examples.
153* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
154** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E5WarriorsGate Warriors' Gate]]" has the leonine Tharils, a once [[KingOfBeasts proud]] race now enslaved by humans.
155** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival Survival]]" has the Cheetah People. They're more cheetah than man, though [[WhatMightHaveBeen the original intention was just the opposite]].
156** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth New Earth]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E3Gridlock Gridlock]]" have an unnamed feline folk species including the Sisters of Plenitude, Thomas Kincade Brannigan and Javit. They're called Catkind in the [[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]].
157** Leandro from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E6TheWomanWhoLived The Woman Who Lived]]" is a humanoid lion, and his species is called the [[MeaningfulName Leonians]].
158** [=Hyph3n=] the holiday rep from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E3Orphan55 Orphan 55]]" has a very feline-looking mouth and ears, as well as a tail that the Doctor [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom takes quite a liking to]].
159--->'''The Doctor:''' Now, are you and your excellent tail going to let me have a look, or am I going to have to bark at you?
160* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': The {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}} of the Venek are lion-like warrior aliens. Also an example of CatsAreMean.
161* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' has both cat-like and lion-like Wesen; the cats are typically [[CatsAreMean cunning and scrappy]] while the lions are [[KingOfBeasts forceful, proud and charismatic]]. They've mostly shown up [[MonsterOfTheWeek as enemies]].
162* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S7E18LionsDen Lion's Den]]", Peter Shotwell is the coach of the Lewisborough High School wrestling team, which is in the middle of a major losing streak. His old friend Jon gives him a [[FantasticDrug supposedly all-natural performance enhancing drug called Neuroflex 500 which has yet to receive FDA approval]]. When Peter gives the drug to his team (including his son Morris), their strength and stamina dramatically improves. However, the drug has serious side effects and the team begin to exhibit animal characteristics such as fangs, sharp claws and eyes similar to those of a cat. These physical changes are accompanied by a marked increase in their aggressive tendencies. When Peter presses him for more information, Jon admits that Neuroflex 500 is laced with the DNA of a big cat and that it is not supposed to be having this effect. He speculates that the boys' transformations have been so dramatic because of the increased hormonal activity in teenagers compared with adults.
163* ''Series/RedDwarf'': The ship's cats evolved over the eons into a LittleBitBeastly species of very vain humanoids, one of whom is a main character.
164* ''Series/UltramanLeo'' has the Magma, brutal aliens with ShapeshifterWeapon powers who destroy Leo's homeworld of L77 at the beginning of the series and quickly become known as among his most infamous foes.
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168* [[Myth/CelticMythology Irish mythology]] has multiple cat folk characters, many of whom are fittingly titled or named "Caitcheann" (pr: ''Caht Kahn''/''Caht Kyown'') meaning "Cat Head".
169** The first is Cairbre Catcheann, a Milesian tyrant who usurped the high king and ruled for a time before being overthrown.
170** The second is named either "Cat Head" or "Pus An Chuine (Cooneh)" and is the son of a hag. He, his brothers (who [[RandomSpeciesOffspring do not share his morphology]] ), and his mother, battled Fionn Mac Cumhaill during the latter's early adventures and were ultimately defeated by him.
171** The third was Catcheann, a general serving under Daire Donn, the so called "King of the World", and led an entire nation of cat folk in battle, and was defeated by the combined efforts of Fionn's Fianna and the Tuatha De Danann.
172** Tailc son of Treon is another cat-person warrior who clashed with the Fianna. When a woman who had been forced to marry him fled to the Fianna for protection, Tailc brought an army with him and challenged the warrior band to hand her over or die. Tailc and his army slew 2,000 of the Fianna before Oscar, Fionn Mac Cumhaill's grandson, challenged him to a duel that lasted 5 uninterrupted days before Oscar finally decapitated the beast.
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176* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', the Itica are cat people who live in the jungles of Eastern Aison.
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180* ''TabletopGame/{{Alkemy}}'': The Khaliman Republic is a Middle-Eastern-style nation populated entirely by anthropomorphic cat people.
181* ''TabletopGame/BluePlanet'': Cat hybrids were an early attempt to create {{Super Soldier}}s by adding elements of cat DNA to humans, giving them fur, slit pupils, cat ears, and claws, among other things.
182* ''TabletopGame/{{Chaotic}}'': There are a few humanoid felines in the world of Perim, mostly living in the Overworld. Tangath Toborn and Vidav are a lion and bengal tiger respectively, and are on the more bestial side of the spectrum. Intress looks vaguely tiger-like and is very human-looking, making it unlikely that she is of the same race as the former two, resembling [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Tigra]] or a {{WesternAnimation/Thundercat|s1985}}.
183* ''TabletopGame/TheChroniclesOfAeres'' has the Klovir, a subrace of the [[BeastMan Wilderkind]] with the features of humanoid wildcats.
184* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' :
185** Rakshasas are Lawful Evil [[OurDemonsAreDifferent fiends]] copied from Indian mythology, that are most commonly depicted with bipedal, tiger-like forms and backwards hands (if they lay their palms flat on a surface in front of them, a rakshasa's thumbs will be pointing outward). They are highly skilled at magic, particularly illusions, and like to set themselves up as criminal masterminds on the Material Plane, allowing them to corrupt (and [[ToServeMan prey upon]]) mortals. They can also make for trustworthy, if ruthless, merchant lords.
186** Wemics are a species of [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centauroid lionfolk]], with purely leonine lower bodies and the torsos and heads of humanoid lions. Wemics are excellent hunters and fighters who do not make settled homes, but generally follow the herds they hunt for food in the manner of a lion pride.
187** The [[TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons1stEdition 1st Edition]] ''Oriental Adventures'' {{sourcebook}} introduced [[BakenekoAndNekomata cat hengeyokai]] as a playable character race.
188** ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'':
189*** The tabaxi are a race of leopard people who live in tropical jungles and are driven by an intense curiosity for the world, and have a not underserved reputation for having sticky fingers; they're very good at climbing and hiding, and running very fast. ''TabletopGame/{{Maztica}}'' features a race of jaguar people ''also'' called tabaxi; the name of the leopard-tabaxi from the Realms is pronounced "ta-bax-ee" while that of the Maztican jaguar-tabaxi is pronounced "ta-bash-ee". However, no justification is given to how two different species of cat-people on opposite ends of the world have essentially the same name. They were eventually and unsurprisingly {{retcon}}ed into being two populations of the same race -- in 5th Edition, the ones in the main setting are emigrants who left Maztica for reasons they don't discuss.
190*** Of note is the city of Nathlekh, called the "City of the Cats", entirely populated by werelions, weretigers, and wemics and ruled over by a council of greater lammasu called the Council of Cat Lords. The city is devoted to the worship of Nobanion ([[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Aslan]] under another guise) and Sharess (AKA Bastet), with hidden cults devoted to Malar.
191** The rakasta of ''TabletopGame/{{Mystara}}'' are another species of anthropomorphic cat-people, the most well-known subrace resembling domestic cats with very ''un''-domestic personalities. A ''Magazine/{{Dragon}} Magazine'' [[http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?articleid=14141 article]] features a vast array of rakasta subraces, from alley cats to ocelots to lions to smilodons.
192** The guardinals, introduced in ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'', are a race of [[OurAngelsAreDifferent celestials]] who take on the forms of anthropomorphic animals. Their leaders are leonals, or catfolk lions. ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' expanded the race, gave it a new name, and made their leaders draconian creatures, but kept the leonals.
193** The 3E ''Races of the Wild'' rule book introduced the simply-named "cat folk," who lean on the LittleBitBeastly side of this trope, looking more like humanoids with feline features than anthropomorphic cats. They're nomads known for their curiosity, wanderlust, and mercurial temperament.
194** ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' introduced the tibbit race, who are Small humanoids with cat ears and markings as if their skin were fur; they can also turn into a full cats in the manner of a [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werebeast]].
195** In 4th Edition, the [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent shifters]] introduced in ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' gained a new subrace, the decidedly feline-looking "razorclaw shifter," thought to be descended from weretigers.
196** 5th Edition, in a {{crossover}} with ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', adds the leonins below as a playable race.
197* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'':
198** It is not uncommon for beastmen, chiefly in the deserts of the South or the jungles and forests of the East, to resemble felines such as panthers, lions and tigers.
199** The herd guardians, a servitor race created by the Solars of the First Age to serve as ranchers and game wardens for their sacred cattle and hunting preserves, are a downplayed example. They were for the most part fully human, but had the eyes, claws, legs and strictly carnivorous diets of lions.
200* ''TabletopGame/{{Godforsaken}}'': Catfolk are humanoid felines characterized by an isolationist culture that avoids contact with other species. They are quick and agile, are skilled climbers, and can use their claws as impromptu weapons.
201* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' covers this subject in multiple ways in different settings and supplements, as appropriate. For example:
202** ''GURPS Dungeon Fantasy'' simply has cat people as yet another playable race.
203** ''TabletopGame/TheMadnessDossier'' has the lion-headed ugallu, {{Mesopotamian Monstrosit|y}}ies who serve the horrifying Anunnakku as warriors.
204** ''TabletopGame/TranshumanSpace'' has a couple of types of cat-person bioroids (manufactured organic beings), evidently created by or for people with a thing for the idea. (Some are fighters and some are sex toys, and the former get very annoyed at being mistaken for the latter.)
205** ''TabletopGame/GURPSTechnomancer'' has cat chimera, who look like humanoid cats, and half-cat chimera, who are a LittleBitBeastly. Chimera are humans mutated by the magical radiation around the nuclear test site in New Mexico and are therefore based on animals found in that area, so they're actually pumafolk.
206* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': Humanoid cats have appeared throughout the game's history and in multiple worlds. As they go by different names depending on their plane of origin, unlike other in-game races, it's not very clear whether they belong to separate species or just very distinct cultures.
207** The [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=16450 cat warriors]] of Dominaria were the very first Cat Folk to appear in the game. Dominaria is also home to the [[https://magiccards.info/cs/en/102.html Nishoba]], humanoid saber-toothed cats the size of ogres.
208** The leonin are a recurring race of lion-like cat folk who go by the same name on multiple planes. They are usually aligned with White mana -- the color of order, law and structure -- and live in clan-based societies with a strong emphasis on loyalty and honor.
209*** Mirrodin's Leonin inhabited the Razor Fields in a number of proud and warlike clans, and were ruled by [[http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=73569 Raksha Golden Cub]]. Like all other Mirran races, they were left on the brink of extinction after the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Phyrexian]] conquest of Mirrodin.
210*** Leonin are also found in [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Theros]], where they live in disorganized tribes in the wilderness beyond the city-states. They used to be as proud and orderly as other leonin, but were driven away in disgrace due to their support of the tyrannical Archons who used to rule over the plane.
211** Alara, a plane shattered into five shards representing the five colors of magic, is home to a race of cat-people called the Nacatl hailing in the towering jungles of the Green shard, Naya. They resemble a great variety of real-life felids, including lions, leopards, tigers and so on. They used to rule Naya, but a civil war caused them to split into two groups, one that held onto the civilized ways of their ancestors and another than preferred to live like wild animals in the jungle. Once the shards merged again, some nacatl moved into the White shard, Bant, and began to call themselves leonin. [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=174852 Ajani]] is a leonin Planeswalker from Naya, resembling a white humanoid lion.
212** The Asian-inspired plane of Tarkir is home to [[http://magiccards.info/ktk/en/193.html Rakshasas]], anthropomorphic demonic tigers[[note]]In game terms, they have both the Cat and Demon creature types[[/note]] who wield powerful dark magic, based off of a race of catlike demons from Hindu myth.
213* The Southlands, ''TabletopGame/{{Midgard}}'''s version of DarkestAfrica, are home to two separate catfolk races, whose creation myth is that they were the product of a pair of cat-aligned deities who then quarrelled over which ''kind'' of cat to make them resemble before going their separate ways. The Basteti are the "generic" catfolk, resembling any non-leonine feline and being the most widely spread. The Nkosi are lion-featured catfolk with the ability to [[{{Animorphism}} shapeshift into the forms of lions]].
214* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'':
215** Catfolk, known in their own tongue as amurrun, are a race of humanoid cats native to southern Garund, whose wanderlust often leads them to every corner of the world. Their art is notoriously inconsistent, and has portrayed them as everything from long-limbed humans with feline claws, ear and eyes to full-on bipedal cats. This inconsistency was eventually worked into the species' lore; individual catfolk can run the whole spectrum of anthropomorphism, varying wildly between regions and families.
216** Maftets resemble winged humans with feline eyes and big cats' legs -- usually lions', sometimes leopards' and rarely other felines' -- and are believed to be related to sphinxes.
217** Agathions, the NeutralGood outsider race, resemble anthropomorphic animals of various species. Leonals resemble lions, and in personality are fierce hunters of evil beings who relentlessly stalk their targets before taking them down with tooth and claw.
218** ''TabletopGame/{{Starfinder}}'': The pahtra, one of [[TheEmpire the Veskarium's]] subservient races, are cat-like humanoids from the jungle planet of Vesk-6, formerly Pulonis. Shaped by the planet's jungle environment, enormous mountains, and powerful magnetic storms, the pahtra are excellent survivalists and are one of the only races in the Veskarium that have maintained any sort of autonomy.
219* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'':
220** There is an entire city of various types of cat people in South America, rule by three cat people gods.
221** The Emerin are sapient tabbies about six feet tall.
222** Ramen are giant humanoid catfolk that serve Ra.
223%%** The Kirn in the ''Rifts: Manhunter'' supplement.
224%%** Dragon-cats.
225* ''TabletopGame/{{Rym}}'' is home to the Hoomiku, alien cat-people with SuperIntelligence who crashed in the deep deserts of the dying world of Rym centuries ago, and who have been focused on repairing their ship so they can leave ever since.
226* ''TabletopGame/TheSpoils'' has the Mau. Unlike many other examples on this page, the Mau focus on accruing money, controlling banking institutions and similar businesses. Rather than being warriors or sneaks, they're literal Fat Cats.
227%%* ''TabletopGame/{{Starfire}}'' has the Khanate of Orion.
228%%* ''TabletopGame/StarFleetBattles'': Lyrans (lynx) and the Kzinti.
229%%* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' has the Aslan, a race of humanoid lions with a vaguely Roman-themed society best known for being a ProudMerchantRace.
230* ''TabletopGame/TwilightImperium'': Every edition has featured a member of the Emirates of Hacan on the cover, a race of sapient bidpedal Lions. Perhaps unexpectedly they are the mercantile race of the game, focusing on economics, trade and diplomacy, though they can wage war like anyone else.
231* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': While they're never given central focus, mention is made at several points of a race of tiger-men native to the Kingdoms of Ind. They live in the depths of its thick rainforests and are viewed as noble if fickle beings by the people of Ind, who give them offerings of meat and rice and refuse to attack them even when attacked first. The tiger-men themselves are described as being equally likely to defend a village or caravan from attackers as they are to utterly destroy it themselves.
232* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' has the felinids, a rare strain of [[HumanSubspecies abhumans]] constricted to a single planet in the Imperium. They're effectively just a tiny piece of background lore, listed alongside other types of abhumans in a few books. What they look like at all is unknown due to a lack of offical artwork, and exactly how catlike they do (or don't) look is entirely speculative; all that's explicitly been said about them is that felinid soldiers are efficient and ruthless killers.
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236%%* ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'': The Jellicle Cats.
237%%* ''Theatre/TheLionKing'': The lions in the theatrical version.
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241* ''VideoGame/Action52'' features the Cheetahmen, a trio of humanoid cheetahs who act as the game's flagship characters. [[ComicBook/TheCheetahmen The tie-in comic]] explains that they used to be three ordinary cheetah cubs, but were mutated by the evil scientist Doctor Morbis, transforming them into their current "Sub-Human" forms.
242* ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders2TheWizardsThrone'' has a cat-folk race called Tigrans who resemble humans with feline heads, claws and tails. They are allied with other feline creatures, such as [[OurSphinxesAreDifferent sphinxes]] and [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticores]], which they have access to as high-tier units.
243* ''VideoGame/{{Albion}}'': The Iskai look like cat people at first glance, but then not so much. They have a weird and elaborate set of characteristics: tall and thin humanoids with fur, a muzzle like a great cat's, huge eyes, differently-coloured long hair on their heads, digitigrade paws, bony hooks instead of claws, some gratuitous spikes at the elbows, bony ridges on their face, a telepathic forehead organ, four nipples[=/=]breasts, and a PrehensileTail.
244* ''VideoGame/AMCSquad'' has Snowfall, an anthropomorphic cat astronaut who travels through the stars in his CoolStarship, the ''Snowflake''.
245* ''VideoGame/{{Avernum}}'' has the Nephilim, a furry, feline race renowned for their sharp senses and ability to see in the dark.
246* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' has a few examples; the Kaka Clan are essentially an almost always female race of {{Cat Girl}}s who wear hoods. There's also Jubei, whose clan was wiped out by the Black Beast ([[spoiler:and whose DNA the Kaka were genetically engineered from]]) and [[spoiler:his daughter]] [[MadScientist Prof.]] Kokonoe, who's half human (or a half-human-looking MageSpecies anyway).
247%%* ''Franchise/BreathOfFire'' has the Woren.
248* In ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', Catwomen are a CatGirl style of Cat Folk that are their own distinct race of semi-human monsters. One of their more prominent members, Felicia, is a playable character.
249* ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' has the Sabre Cats (later named Lacuni in the lore). According to the manual they are not normally considered aggressive, however have been acting strangely since the Dark Wanderer showed up so now mindlessly attack the player just like everything else in the game.
250* ''VideoGame/{{Dofus}}'': The Ecaflips are cat people and possess some feline traits. They also appear in the sequel game ''VideoGame/{{Wakfu}}'', and in [[WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}} the cartoon of the same name]].
251* ''VideoGame/DustyRevenge'' and its prequel ''VideoGame/DustyRagingFist'' have andromorphic feline bandits as recurring enemies. All of them appear to be [[FemaleFelineMaleMutt women]], for some reason.
252* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'': A number of cat-based animal people -- bobcat, cougar, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, ocelot and tiger men -- in the shape of people with their animal counterpart’s head, tail and coat pattern can spawn in savage biomes. Like all other aboveground animal races, they’re not considered full intelligent races in-game and are essentially bipedal animals, although they can become citizens of an established civilization.
253* ''VideoGame/EarthAndSky'': The BigBad is a member of a catlike alien species.
254* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
255** The Khajiit are a feline race hailing from the deserts of Elsweyr in southern Tamriel. There are seventeen known sub-breeds of Khajiit, referred to as furstocks: a Khajiit's furstock being determined by the phases of the moon under which they were born, and the appearance of the various furstocks can vary wildly.
256*** On one end are the Alfiq, who are the size of house cats and can speak, understand language, and are reportedly powerful spell casters.
257*** Then there are several humanoid varieties of Khajiit, such as the Ohmes and Ohmes-raht (who appeared in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena Arena]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]''), which are commonly mistaken for Bosmer (wood elves) due to their extremely humanoid appearances -- Ohmes-rhat have [[LittleBitBeastly light fur and tails]]; Ohmes straight-up look like slender elves. The Suthay-raht, who appear in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', are still bipedal but much more feline -- they have full fur, digitigrade legs, tails, catlike heads and claws. Other furstocks include the Cathay (much like the Suthay-raht, but with plantigrade legs), as well as other resembling lynxes, jaguars and tigers.
258*** On the other end of the spectrum are the Senche and Senche-raht, who are [[BeastMan quadrupeds with ape-like proportions]] and can be mounted by their comrades as [[BeastOfBattle Beasts Of Battle]].
259*** Further, it's implied that all sub-species are [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction capable of breeding]] with one another. The resulting offspring [[RandomSpeciesOffspring isn't determined by either of the parents' breeds]] and instead depends on the phases of the moons under which it is born. Culturally, the Khajiit (with their cross-continent merchant caravans and propensity for stealth, and being the frequent victims of FantasticRacism) [[FantasyCounterpartCulture draw heavily from the Roma]]. Their language, Ta'agra, [[LanguageEqualsThought has no word for "rules"]], which can obviously lead to issues in the lands of other cultures where the Khajiit's actions may be interpreted as "theft". Finally, as a race, the Khajiit are [[SweetTooth highly susceptible]] to [[FantasticDrug Moon Sugar]] addiction (as well as its more potent derivative, Skooma).
260** The Ka Po' Tun are a race of "tiger folk" hailing from the continent of [[{{Wutai}} Akavir]]. As they have not yet made an appearance in-game, it is unknown to what extent they may be similar to the Khajiit. Their culture is implied to be [[FantasyCounterpartCulture similar to the Chinese]], with their [[CatlikeDragons Tiger-Dragon]] GodEmperor, Tosh Raka, having similarities to UsefulNotes/MaoZedong. They are also obsessed with [[ScaledUp becoming dragons]].
261* ''VideoGame/EverQuest'':
262** The Kerrans have existed from day one. They are a race of tribal, ancestor-worshipping cat-people. Sharing the continent of Odus with the Erudites, despite neither race being inherently evil they intensely detested each other.
263** In the fourth expansion, ''Shadows of Luclin'', the Vah Shir were added to the playable races. They are large cat-people, more advanced than the Kerran, and native to the moon of Luclin.
264** Less important are the Kejekans, a mountain-dwelling subspecies of Kerran.
265** ''VideoGame/EverQuestII'' has the Kerrans, which are not quite the same as ''[=EQ1=]'' Kerrans. In ''[=EQ2=]'''s backstory, the moon of Luclin was destroyed, killing the vast majority of Vah Shir. Those who were in Norrath when the catatostrophe happened began interbreeding with the Kerrans, and over time the Kerrans became larger and stronger like the Vah Shir had been. Their bodies are covered in fur with colors and patterns denoting their lineage.
266* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
267** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': The Ronso are a {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}} of muscular, anthropomorphic feline humanoids from the world of Spira.
268** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'': The Mithra are a LittleBitBeastly race that also qualify for CatGirl.
269** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'': Marquis Ondore's attendants are members of a species called the Rev, tailless cat-like humanoids with very angular features. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' adds a variety of Rev called the Revgaji, which [[LittleBitBeastly look more human-like]] and have horns. The only playable one of these is [[QuicklyDemotedLeader Cid]] and he's treated as a [[MightyGlacier Bangaa]] for the purposes of game mechanics. The games never reveal much about either variety beyond their respective appearances.
270** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' as of its third ExpansionPack features both the Miqo'te, a racial expy of the Mithra, with an option to play as catboys as well as girls, as well as the Hrothgar, another expy of ''FFX''[='=]s Ronso, though only playable as men.
271* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'', the Beast Laguz tribe are based on both variations of cats: the smaller, quicker ones are based on house cats, while the larger ones are based on wild cats.
272* In ''VideoGame/GemsOfWar'', the inhabitants of the Pridelands are often some sort of feline/humanoid combination; the Pride Hunter and Rex Warrior are lion-esque, while the Shadow Hunter is black-panther-esque. (There are also sabertooth lions, but they're just that, not cat folk.)
273* ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'': Mareq's race has BizarreSexualDimorphism, with males that are huge smelly BeastMen and female that are delicate {{Cat Girl}}s. They also have a strong sense of smell, which is an important plot point in the game.
274* ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' has the Charr, who play to the tiger end of the spectrum, as an enemy in the first game and a playable race in the second game. Narrative-wise, they're basically the settings equivalent of [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orcs]]; they are highly disciplined soldiers and the most technologically sophisticated race in the setting, going full bore {{Steampunk}} as opposed to the other races' more traditional fantasy looks and {{Magitek}}. Played with a little in that they aren't just anthropomorphic felines. Most have body structures more reminiscent of a gorilla than a human and they spot unique features such as horns and two sets of ears.
275* ''VideoGame/IronRealms'' has a tiger-like race.
276* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'': Sora in his Monster form in the [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Monstropolis world]] is very cat-like in appearance, with a few elements of [[FishPeople fish]].
277* The ''Knight Cats'' series of {{Hidden Object Game}}s from Creator/ElephantGames is populated entirely with cat people. They walk bipedal, wear clothes, and are essentially human in all but appearance.
278* ''VideoGame/TheLastRemnant'' has the Sovani race: tall, four-armed bipeds with lots of cat-like features.
279* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': Rengar is a leonine humanoid whose backstory and motivations are [[PredatorPastiche more than a little reminiscent of a Predator]]. His Headhunter skin further drives this point home.
280* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroDawnOfTheDragon'': The cheetahs are humanoid felines largely resembling upright panthers with thumbs, and are characterized as fierce and proud, but also seclusive and isolationist.
281* ''VideoGame/LittleTailBronx'': The Felineko are a race of Cat Folk who follow several cat stereotypes, such as being fiercely independent, quite aggressive, moody, calculating, agile, and naturally skilled at magic. They come in several different breeds, from common house cats to tigers.
282* ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourneySaga'' has the Zhid, a catlike humanoid race with yellow fur.
283* ''VideoGame/MasterOfOrion'' series has an entire empire of cat-people, the Mrrshan, which were known for being one of the most aggressive and militaristic races throughout the series.
284* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'':
285** The Felynes are a race of bipedal cats with human-like intelligence who often live and work in human villages, though wild populations can also be encountered. Felynes who are enlisted as Buddies to help hunters fight against monsters are known as Palicos.
286** There's also the Melynx, a black-furred Felyne variant known for having terrible kleptomania and will sometimes chase after the player to steal items.
287* General Shindara in ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'' represents the Tiger in the EasternZodiac, but he behaves like a house cat. He even spices his speech with copious ''nya''s.
288-->'''Shindara:''' Namu Amida Butsu! UTE'''Nya'''!
289* Both ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni'' and [[VideoGame/NiNoKuniIIRevenantKingdom its sequel]] have the grimalkin, a race of cat people, who live in the kingdom of Ding Dong Dell.
290* ''VideoGame/{{Nomad}}'' has the Phelonese, a stuck-up matriarchal race of felines. Unfortunately, you have to deal with them, if you want to get the Quietus missiles, which can OneHitKill almost any ship in the game. They'll bring up their superiority every chance they get. Oh, and don't get in a fight with them, or they'll use those same missiles against you. At this point, it'll depend on other systems, such as thrusters (how fast can your ship turn to get them in front of you), targeting sensors (how fast can you get a lock), and missile loaders (Quietus missiles are notoriously slow to load). Shields at this point are useless, given the nature of the weapon.
291* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'' has the Cait enemies, feline creatures that walk upright and wear jaunty traveling clothes.
292* ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'': Tiberius is a tigron, a warrior from a race of cat-like humanoids.
293* The Orlans from ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'' are a combination of [[OurGnomesAreDifferent gnomes]] or [[{{Hobbits}} halflings]] and this. They are very short stature humanoids with slit pupils, feline-like ears and partially or completely covered in fur depending on their sub-race. "Cat man" is a common [[FantasticSlurs slur]] used against them by the other races.
294* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
295** Incineroar, the final evolution of the Fire starter, Litten introduced in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''. It is a muscular, humanoid wrestling tiger that is based on ''Manga/TigerMask''.
296** Zeraora, the final Mythical Pokémon to be released in ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'' is a bipedal cat Pokémon that resembles Incineroar but is much thinner and has control over [[ShockAndAwe electricity]].
297** In ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Sprigatito, the cat-like Grass starter Pokémon, evolves from a quadruped to Floragato, a bipedal cat Pokémon. The final evolution of Sprigatito, Meowscarada, further resembles a humanoid feline that resembles a magician.
298* The ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series has the Katta, a race of cat-like humanoids. ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryI'' also has the feral Cheetaur, cheetahs shaped like [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaurs]], as strong enemies. It also has the Liontaur people, which are basically lions shaped like centaurs. Rakeesh in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryII'', ''[[VideoGame/QuestForGloryIII III]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/QuestForGloryV V]]'' is a major friend and supporting character of the Hero. Finally, ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIII'' has the Leopardmen, a secretive tribe in the jungle.
299* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': The Lombaxes are bipedal, catlike aliens with a strong affinity for weapons and technology. With an exception or two, such as Ratchet himself, the entire species has been hunted into extinction ([[spoiler:or has fled to an alternate dimension, rather]]) by Emperor Tachyon.
300* ''VideoGame/ShiningForceGaidenGames'': Dantom is a ProudWarriorRaceGuy tiger-person boss.
301%%* ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' has the Fellpool race.
302* ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' has the Caitians and the Ferasians, the latter being copyright-friendly versions of the Kzinti. Their backstory implies they were once the same race, but the Ferasans did extensive genetic modifications.
303* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
304** ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' features the Cathar, a mostly Republic-aligned race of humanoid felines. The first NonPlayerCompanion of the Republic Trooper class is a Cathar trooper Aric Jorgan. Their particular racial traits are SuperStrength due to their claws, an extreme sense of loyalty to their friends and lovers and an [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy natural proficiency in combat]]. DependingOnTheArtist they vary heavily in how catlike they appear, sometimes their bipedal lions and other times they're humans with facial markings and pointy ears.
305** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' also has a Cathar party member with Juhani. The [[PlanetOfHats species hat]] is that they are fierce fighters, loyal to a fault, and tend to run hot and cold emotionally with {{HairTriggerTemper}}s by human standards. If you've made them angry, they'll come at you, claws out. If you get past the prickly exterior and earn their loyalty and trust, they're incredibly sweet. Many of them also speak with accents resembling Slavic.
306* ''VideoGame/ATotalWarSagaTroy'': In Mythos mode, the Corybantes are depicted as hulking humanoid lions, with long, muscular arms and hunched backs; they're mostly intended to be powerful melee damage-dealers. Notably, [[SadlyMythtaken they bear very little resemblance to their original inspiration]] -- the mythological Corybantes were human worshippers of the goddess Cybele.
307* ''VideoGame/TreasurePlanetBattleAtProcyon'': The Felinid species, which includes Admiral Amelia, are a species of HumanoidAliens with cat-like features.
308* ''VideoGame/WingCommander'': The Kilrathi, the primary antagonists through much of the series, are bipedal felinoids evolved up from lion-analogues on Kilrah, with their evolution outlined in broad strokes in ''Voices of War'', the manual for the game ''Wing Commander Armada''.
309* ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' has had Felpurr, humanoid cats descended from house cats, since ''Wizardy 6'' in 1990. They're known for having one of the best stat lines in the game, reaching many elite professions with fewer attribute points than any other race. Particularly favoring speed and personality, they overshadowed even hobbits as the best thieves and bards in the series.
310* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
311** The Tol'vir are a race of centaur-like beings with lion bodies and feline faces, crafted by the Titans from stone (and turned into flesh by the [[EldritchAbomination Old Gods]]).
312** ''Warlords of Draenor'' added the Saberon, a species of bipedal (but with the ability to run on all fours) saber-tooth cat people. They live in various independent tribes and are extremely hostile to everyone, with a few exceptions. At level 100, feral druids can take a talent to transform into one, in place of their standard cat form, with added benefits.
313* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'':
314** The Wrothians in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' are a {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}} of these with a very [[{{Wutai}} Japanese-inspired culture]].
315** The Gormotti in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' are a more anthropomorphized take on the concept compared with the Wrothians, having pointy ears, claws on their fingers and toes (and a resulting preference for open-toed sandals), and some fur on their limbs but otherwise looking like humans.
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319* ''Webcomic/{{Ayuri}}'': Saye, leading to some discomfort when her girlfriend gets a [[FurryConfusion pet cat]].
320%%* Ferals in ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}''.
321* ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}'': A tiger person turns up as a [[http://www.exiern.com/?p=43 background character]] in a spoof of YouAllMeetInAnInn.
322* In ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'', the catfolk are one of the gnolls' many former enemies. The gnolls killed nearly all of the catfolk in a battle, and no catfolk have been seen since.
323* ''Webcomic/{{Holystone}}'': The Felidians. Much like their [[LizardFolk reptilian counterparts]], they're not treated as being too different from anyone else.
324* ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'': Will is persuaded to [[https://irregularwebcomic.net/777.html add a tribe of catgirls]] to his novelization of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' movies.
325* ''Webcomic/TheLawOfPurple'' has an alien race called the Nekojin. It's exactly what the Japanese says.
326* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Tarquin's old adventuring party includes a catfolk rogue named Jacinda, seen several times in flashbacks.
327%%* Tom from ''Webcomic/RubyQuest''.
328* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' has Kathleen "Kat" Vance, who holds a job as a photographer at an art gallery, graduated from college, loves buying clothes, and plays ''Street Figher'' like a boss.
329%%* ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'': Tiger Keidran.
330%%* ''Webcomic/TheWretchedOnes'': [[http://www.thewretchedoneswebcomic.com/?comic=page-104b Nissa]].
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334* ''Literature/ChakonaSpace'': The Chakat species, which are {{hermaphrodit|e}}ic felinoid [[OurCentaursAreDifferent taurs]] genetically engineered to be disease resistant and empathic. They are able to breed with all of the other taurs except Quange, which are horse-based. This is probably because chakats are the best of many species brought together, but none of the used species were equine. It also created a [[MamaBear powerful maternal instinct]] that can manifest as a rage brought on by threatening to harm their children, which one xenophobic vixen discovered the painful way.
335* Tabaxi from ''Dungeons & Dragons'' feature in ''Website/TheEscapist'''s ActualPlay campaign, ''Adventure is Nigh''. So far, the only one we've met is Dabarella Yeetster, party tank and [[DoomMagnet disaster magnet]].
336* ''LetsPlay/{{Mahu}}'': The Ti'Haraan in "Frozen Flame" are a proud race of lion-like people, scattered and weak after the destruction of their home.
337%%* The Stallonians in the ''Monster World'' series by Platform/DeviantArt's [[http://monstermaster13.deviantart.com/ monstermaster13.]]
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341* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', gamma radiation makes Black Panther develop feline features.
342* The ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE42TygerTyger Tyger, Tyger]]" features Tygrus, a feline humanoid created by a MadScientist, who kidnaps Selina Kyle (Catwoman) and converts her to a humanoid cat to serve as Tygrus' mate. Transformed, she is human-sized but naked, furred, pointy-eared, slit-eyed, pink-nosed, whiskered, long-tailed and has (barely visible) fangs.
343%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}}'': The Krang.
344* ''WesternAnimation/{{Egyxos}}'' has Sekhmet and Bastet, both are catlike humanoids with pointed ears, slit-shaped pupils, whiskers and thick fur.
345* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'': The jaquins are a less anthropomorphic take on this trope, being a four-legged race of cats [[MixAndMatchCritter with parrot wings and feathers on their elbows, tail tips, cheeks, and heels]]. Strangely for a race based on cats, they [[WhaleEgg lay eggs]].
346* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': The Ventrexians are a race of human-sized bipedal cats, and Avocato at least yowls like a cat when hurt or surprised and, according to Gary, enjoys milk.
347* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'': The leopard-men look like a race of humanoid leopards. Subverted in that the leopard-men turn out to be normal leopards all along.
348* ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'':
349** In the ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'' episode "Magicats", She-Ra and Catra stumble upon a civilization of magical cats, known as Magicats, that wear clothes and [[VoluntaryShapeshifting can switch]] between humanoid bipedal and fully feline quadrupedal forms.
350** ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' has Catra as a member of the above species, though she now lacks that transformation ability and is permanently a standard Cat Folk. The rest of her race is never brought up, but Squall, an [[AllThereInTheScript unnamed-in-series]] pirate in Admiral Scurvy's crew, appears to be of the same species as Catra.
351%%* ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'': The Lion Men.
352* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials'': The eponymous villain in ''Escape from Catrina'' is an anthropomorphic cat. She looks more like a humanoid with catlike characteristics than an upright cat, with very humanoid anatomy and human hair.
353* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'':
354** In "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E9LookWhosPurging Look Who's Purging Now]]", the duo visits a planet inhabited by humanoid cat aliens who live in an Old West-style culture. Oh, and they experience a night of brutal [[Film/ThePurgeUniverse purging]] once a year.
355** There's also Rick's friend Squanchy, who resembles a scraggly short bipedal cat with a ratlike tail and has the ability to transform into a deadly hulking werebeast-like form with a special serum.
356* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Aku travels to an alien planet populated by a ProudHunterRace of lion-people. He enlists a group of them to hunt down and capture Jack, and they are actually successful, [[WorthyOpponent but they respect any prey who can give them such a test of their hunting skills and let him go right after]].
357%%* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' encounters Brak and Sisto.
358* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
359** ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'':
360*** Lieutenant M'Ress is a Caitian, a catlike humanoid alien species with pointed ears, slit-shaped pupils, whiskers, a tail and thick fur (usually including a mane). In addition to physical traits, Caitians are curious and have a hunter's instinct. Some of the surrounding supplementary materials at the time indicated they were an offshoot of the Kzinti.
361*** The Kzinti in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E14TheSlaverWeapon The Slaver Weapon]]", an adaptation of the Creator/LarryNiven short story "[[Literature/KnownSpace The Soft Weapon]]" (Niven wrote the episode as well) are a species of warlike, aggressive feline humanoids with bat wing-shaped ears.
362** ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'':
363*** Dr. T'Ana is also Caitian. She has a number of {{Furry Reminder}}s, such as dropping on all fours when running and yowling and hissing when angry. So far the species has put up a better showing in the cartoon shows than in anything live action, which would presumably find them [[HumanAlien rather taxing]] [[RubberForeheadAlien on the makeup budget]].
364*** There is an unnamed Kzinti crew member whose ears (at least) are closer to Niven's original Kzinti's than the Earth cat-like ears in ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries''’.
365** ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy'': A little Caitian girl appears on Tars Lamora in the first half of season 1.
366* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' redesigns the Zygerrian race into a race of feline humanoids similar to the Cathar. However, in contrast to the Cathar who were shown to be quite frequently enslaved in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' material, the Zygerrians' [[PlanetOfHats species hat]] is that they built a powerful empire through their slave trade that was demolished by the Jedi during the Old Republic, and [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil they sought to rebuild it by joining the Separatists]].
367* ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'':
368** Certainly the entire population of Megakat City. Most of the characters with names have PunnyName handles involving cat species or features, such as T-Bone and Razor's real names, Chance Furlong and Jake Clawson respectively, Commander Ulysses Feral, more-so with his neice, Lieutenant Felina Feral, Deputy Mayor Callie Briggs (Callie is short for calico) and Mayor Manx.
369** "When Strikes Mutilor" includes a kat-like race of pacifist aliens called the Aquians.
370* The Thundercats in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' and ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011'' -- more so in the latter, in which they've gone from LittleBitBeastly to [[BeastMan Beast Folk]].
371* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' has the Ecaflips, a race of anthropomorphic cat people, whose gimmick is their high luck. Ecaflip [[SemiDivine demigods]] even have the advantage of being able to [[CatsHaveNineLives reincarnate nine times]].
372%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'': While Orube doesn't appear in the animated version, Luba does at the start of season 2.%%And?
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