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6[[caption-width-right:320:Note: [[ContentWarnings We do not]] recommend [[KickTheDog using kittens as toilet paper]]. [[CaptainObvious They're very scratchy]]. [[AndThatsTerrible And it's a mean thing to do]].]]
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8->''"Side note: Kittens make everything better."''
9-->-- [[http://youtu.be/z0hq4bBnYIM Sauza Tequila]]
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11...admit it, how long did you spend looking at the example picture before you started reading this article? Looking at the picture with automatic Bambi eyes setting in, with brain geared to [[CutenessProximity "Such wee small biddy kitties? Whosa cute kitty? Sleepy kitty."]]
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13Kittens seem to provoke an automatic pleasure/protective/affection reaction in many (if not most) people. For this reason, they are often used by creators to arouse those feelings toward a character as well. Want to show that someone is a softy despite their [[KnightInSourArmor crusty exterior]]? Have them [[PetTheDog rescue a kitten]]! Want to indicate that they're evil instead? [[KickTheDog Torturing or killing a kitten will do it.]] Want to lighten a mood that's gone DarkerAndEdgier? Add a kitten or two.
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15Kittens increase the cuteness factor exponentially. Examples on this page should be limited to works where this is deliberately used with kittens or cats, not simply "this work includes a kitten," or "this work includes a cute little animal."
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17CatGirl can be a SisterTrope if you're creative enough. See also TheInternetIsForCats.
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19Compare CoolCat, FunSize, MegaNeko, PreciousPuppy, BigFriendlyDog, KindheartedCatLover, CutenessProximity, BunniesForCuteness, PantheraAwesome, GreatWhiteFeline, and HighKoalatyCuteness.
20Contrast with CatsAreMean, HairRaisingHare and MisterMuffykins. (Except when CuteIsEvil, in which case they go hand-in-hand.) In most cases, though, kittens are portrayed as more friendly and likable than adult cats, hence the contrasting tropes of RightHandCat and IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten. In fact, when a dog is chasing an adult cat, the dog is usually portrayed as the hero but when a dog is chasing a kitten, [[BewareOfViciousDog the dog is often the villain]].
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27%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aUhzddiVOQ This Ikea advertisement]]
28* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctZxEcNUi_I This Nexus S 4G Advertisement. Featuring a cameo of Nyan Cat!]]
29* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZYrB8Ws7Y This Bouygues Telecom commercial]] with live kittens as office workers.
30* Every advert for cat-related products, such as cat litter (one UK advert involved a white kitten searching the house for the litter tray with a child-like voice over) and cat food. They also tend to appear on the packages of said products (especially for food that's specifically designed for kittens).
31* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcMfj3Nszg This advertisement for Sauza Tequila]], in which a fireman (who has just rescued a kitten from a burning building) teaches you how to make a margarita. With the kitten's help.
32* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessie_(mascot) Chessie]], the mascot of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. She was introduced in 1933 to promote the railway's overnight trains, and soon took over C&O advertising. The railway added two kittens (Nip and Tuck) and a husband ([[PunnyName Peake]] the tomcat). In 1972, when the C&O merged with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Western Maryland Railway, Chessie became the mascot for the entire Chessie System. You can still see her silhouette on boxcars.
33* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxXZ_uEVr9c This advert for Chocolate Digestive Biscuits.]]
34* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu9K3wboSLc This commercial for Pampers diapers]] may contain a lot of adorable animal babies, but the different feline cubs shown surely attract the most attention and adoration, and it's likely no accident it ends with a lion cub.
35* In ''[[https://youtu.be/G4Sn91t1V4g Dear Kitten]]'', a [=BuzzFeed=] viral ad campaign for ''Little Friskies'' brand cat food, an older cat explains the facts of life to a new kitten, combining '''Cute Kitten''' with CatsAreSnarkers.
36* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJj5GoJNREg This commercial]] for the Swedish air-travel website Flygresor.Se, featuring a whole group of kittens wearing little airplane costumes. It got popular enough to warrant several "sequel" ads with the same concept.
37* The Advertising/{{Progressive}} commercial "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZKBTEDills A Pet Too Far]]" has lots of cute little animals, but Mittens the kitten is the most popular one.
38-->'''Jamie:''' She's a diva.
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41[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
42* Creator/OsamuTezuka
43** ''Atom Cat'': In a world where Manga/AstroBoy is just a cartoon show, a bullied Astro Boy-obsessed kid is forced to take his little tomcat away from home. When a group of aliens disguised as humans accidentally run over him and his pet cat, they try to cover it up by healing both the boy and cat up and erasing their memories of the event. However, because they have never seen a cat before, they unwittingly give the near-death tomcat all the powers of Astro Boy based from their readings of the injured boy's memories. With the ability to speak, lift heavy objects and fly, Astro Cat spends the rest of the series saving his sweetheart, Mink, or his owner from danger, both mundane and supernatural. Subverted by one of Astro Cat's enemies, Mephisto, a devil-like feline with supernatural powers who's lived since Egyptian times, who attempted to make Mink his bride.
44** ''Anime/KimbaTheWhiteLion''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin No points for guessing who the main character is.]] This even extends to his {{Love Interest|s}} and future wife Kitty/Laiya.
45** ''Yuusha Dan'', a young Ainu native, Kotan, who's a FriendToAllLivingThings befriends a white tiger after it escapes from a train carrying him to the zoo. Together they fight off villains while searching for a fantastic treasure.
46** ''Manga/{{Unico}}'': [[Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico The 1981 movie]] and original manga has a cute kitten named [[https://img17.shop-pro.jp/PA01167/688/product/111100823.png?cmsp_timestamp=20161216144821 Chao/Katy the Cat]] (renamed [[AdaptationNameChange "Chloe"]] in ''Manga/UnicoAwakening''). She's a black kitten that Unico first meets after accidentally falling into her basket. She reveals to Unico that she was abandonded by someone and dreams on becoming a "Cat Witch" [[DaydreamBeliever due to reading a book about fairy tales.]] Chao/Katy later wishes to become a human after believing an old lady to be an actual witch (much to to confusion of Unico) [[HumanityEnsues which the titular unicorn temporarily grants the next morning.]] While Unico reveals to her that he granted he wish, Chao/Katy doesn't believe him until she suddenly turns back into a cat. After saving the old woman from drowning with Unico's help, she permanently becomes a human girl.
47* [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1NXVE_czBfM/Ta54UIT-XEI/AAAAAAAAARo/x5zay-N9_1M/s320/president%2Barias.JPG President Aria]] from ''Manga/{{ARIA}}''.
48* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
49** Greece is shown as a diehard cat lover. And China has an obsession with [[strike: Hello Kitty]] Shinatty-chan?
50** See also: [[http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/7471185.html The world CAT-ference]], [[http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/8315905.html#cutid1 Nekotalia]], and EVEN MORE nations as kittens.
51** Sometimes cats just show up in random scenes for no purpose other than to be adorable. A strip where Italy practices his training on a cat, for instance, or where Japan pets one while delivering some [[BreakingTheFourthWall exposition.]]
52* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'':
53** Kamineko and Mayaa, the latter of which is actually an Iriomote cat cub. Kamineko only plays it straight only when luring Sakaki in for the kill. Otherwise, [[CatsAreMean he's an evil little bastard]] (or {{alternative|CharacterInterpretation}}ly possibly just acting like a real feral cat and averting AllAnimalsAreDomesticated... Or just [[AnimalsHateHer hates Sakaki]]).
54** Additionally, Chiyo in a cat costume in Sakaki's imagination. Awwwww!
55** And if that weren't enough for you, Sakaki likes to fawn over Nekokoneko ("neko" meaning "cat", and "koneko" meaning "kitten"), a pair of white cats with BlankWhiteEyes (more accurately, a kitten [[HeadPet resting on top of a cat's head]]). In fact, Sakaki fawns over ''any'' cat. [[AnimalsHateHim Even though they usually run away or get violent with her]].
56** Then there's also the [[ArtShift very, very realistically-drawn]] newborn kitty that Yukari tries to hand off to the girls, and those in photos from Sakaki's ''Cat Fancy''-style magazine. It was the ArtShift that made them realistically ''adorable''.
57* Would you believe this trope is used in ''Manga/BattleRoyale''? The island the students fight on seems to have a lot of kittens. Shuya and Noriko get a literal CatScare moment, a kitten is cruelly killed by a maddened student and there is a whole FlashBack sequence about one guy who took to his class a very young kitten. All those kittens are realistically drawn.
58* WHENEVER Sebastian from ''Manga/BlackButler'' finds a cat (cue Ciel calling him a ''neko-baka'', cat-obsessed idiot. Even if it's true when he sees one). Yes, cats are cute enough even to make demons gush over them.
59* Yoruichi from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has the ability to turn into a black cat, which for some reason makes [[ViewerGenderConfusion her voice sound male]]. Rather amusingly though, one of Yoruichi's first appearances consists of Urahara [[LampshadeHanging perhaps succumbing to this trope]], and tossing her up and down in the air in a playful manner, while saying [[CutenessProximity something nonsensical]].
60-->'''Urahara:''' Upsy daisy! Upsy daisy! ''[tossing Yoruichi up and down]''
61* [[FairyCompanion Keroberos]] and his "EvilCounterpart" Spinel Sun in ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' are pretty darn cute in their power-conserving size. Kero's BigEater tendencies and love of sweets, and what happens to Spinel when he eats sugar, only add to the delight.
62* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
63** Sphinx, the cute little kitty Index smuggled home. She was so taken by his cuteness she'd named him shortly after she saw him.
64** Also, MISAKA. Aw, she's taking care of the kitty and [[spoiler:oh shit [[MoodWhiplash Accelerator just ruptured all her veins by making her blood flow backwards]]]].
65* [[http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/26200000/chi-is-happy-chis-sweet-home-chis-new-address-26237237-1408-1116.jpg Chi]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20111011215326/https://www.fqpai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/16.jpg from]] ''Manga/ChisSweetHome'' is a cute, friendly kitten.
66* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': Power's cat Meowy (Nyako) is a cute, friendly furball 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.
67* Umibozu of ''Manga/CityHunter'' fame has a debilitating fear of cats, particularly if they're [[SickeninglySweet adorably cute kittens]]. This is mainly used for hilarity ensues 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]]).
68* The [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil Student Council]] mascot Arthur in ''Anime/CodeGeass''. He enjoys biting Suzaku, his unofficial owner, but he's much nicer toward pretty much everyone else in the show. WordOfGod says that Arthur ''does'' like Suzaku. His bites are supposed to be his way to show his affection, which is TruthInTelevision, as cats may bite or otherwise nibble on the object of their affection.
69* ''Manga/ComicGirls'' has Kaoruko's cat Nyaos, which is adored by most of the cast (except Tsubasa), especially when she has that beret on her head.
70* Yune of ''Manga/CroiseeInAForeignLabyrinth'' has a knack for finding cats wherever she goes, and she just can't... help... petting... them-- '''scuse me, gotta chase a cat!'' Even the ending theme and mid-episode transition cards feature her with cats.
71* Gatomon/Tailmon from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02''... which makes it even funnier when [[LightningBruiser she kicks your ass]].
72* He doesn't look much like one, but Manga/{{Doraemon}} is a robot cat. He had cat ears once upon a time, but they were chewed off by a mouse when he was sleeping. Poor guy is now [[EekAMouse terrified of them]]. His sister Dorami invokes this trope full force.
73* Bulma's father in ''Manga/DragonBall'' has a gigantic soft spot for animals, and takes in stray cats, dogs, and dinosaurs (yes, dinosaurs) and lets them have free roam of Capsule Corporation. His favorite is a small, black, seemingly never-aging cat that spends almost all of its time perched on his shoulder. The cat is named Tama in the Japanese version and Scratch in the American dub. One of the very few times it moves off his shoulder is to rest in Android 16's hand and nuzzle into it in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. And that's not even getting into Yamcha's best friend Pu'ar, a sentient, floating shapeshifting cat; well, more of a cat-like thing, but still...
74* In ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'', there's Ura the armor cat. Why does El-Hazard have an armored vest that happens to be a talking cat? Because he's ''adorable''.
75* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', Natsu has Happy, Wendy has Carla, [[spoiler:and Gajeel has Pantherlily. Sabertooth's Dragon Slayers Sting and Rogue have Lector and Frosch, respectively]].
76* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':
77** Not only can Kyo turn into a cat when hugged by a girl, but he even attracts cats to him, like a pied piper of cute. He's just chilling in class, minding his own business, when [[OffscreenTeleportation BAM!]] a dozen cats are suddenly draped all over him.
78** Kisa turns into an adorable tiger cub. When Tohru first meets Kisa in her tiger form, she mistakes Kisa for a cat while proclaiming how cute she is.
79* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
80** 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/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' (bear in mind, Al is an animated suit of armor).
81--->'''Ed:''' Come on Al, don't run! Think of the kitten!\
82'''Al:''' I know, I'm the only one who is! ''[[HypocriticalHumor [Cut to the kitty holding on to Al for dear life]]]''
83** In another omake even Scar loves them, then things got weird...
84* In ''Manga/GAGeijutsukaArtDesignClass'', a [[AlternateCharacterReading misreading]] of the word for "sketching" inspires Kisaragi to draw cats in her croquis book and on a pasteboard where a cat who's "looking for a girlfriend" has been drawn; she later finds the same pasteboard with a bunch of kittens on it.
85* ''Manga/HanamaruKindergarten'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckJc2qazNkU Pa-pa-pa-pa Panda Neko!]] Hinagiku is also playing with a kitty in the eighth ending.
86* Tama & Shiranui of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' invoke this trope when they show up. Isumi even comments on Shiranui being a cute kitten, before he starts his evil plan.
87* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' has Kirara the two tailed demon cat. In her 'rest' form, she is an adorable little kitten.
88* ''Toys/{{Jewelpet}}'' has Garnet, Sango, Alex, Tour, Kaiya, Lapis, Diana and Dian. Being a Creator/{{Sanrio}} franchise, it's to be expected.
89* Neko's cat form in ''Anime/{{K}}'', especially when she's with [[{{Moe}} Shiro]], sitting [[ParrotPetPosition on his shoulder]], and they blink in unison, or she waves her tail at the same time as his hand (''throughout'' the first episode).
90* Piro in ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}''. Despite being allergic to cats, Nayuki [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZKNsaANU8 loves the little guy.]]
91* Komaneko the cat from the 2009 Japanese stop-motion series "Komaneko: The Curious Cat".
92* An episode of ''Manga/KOn'' has Azusa taking care of a little bitty kitten that actually belongs to Jun. Azusa is uncertain due to her inexperience, but relaxes for a bit after the kitten climbs into her lap and lies down there.
93* No wonder why ''Manga/LuckyStar'' has a kitty mascot, who turns out to be Kagami Yoshimizu's AuthorAvatar. The character is sometimes referred to as Nyamo.
94* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
95** [[ThoseTwoGuys Suzuka's]] house in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' is filled with lots and lots of cute kitties, including one that got its wish to become a [[MegaNeko bigger kitty]].
96** ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' later increases its usage of RuleOfCute by introducing Asteon, Einhart's Device which Hayate, Rein, and Agito made in the form of a snow leopard cub.
97** ''Anime/VividStrike'': Being Einhart's apprentice, Fuka's device Huracan is also in the form of a kitten.
98* Episode 21 of ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'', in which Godai has to look after a cat called Kyoko.
99* ''Manga/AManAndHisCat'': Fukumaru gets jealous when Kanda says that he saw cute kittens on the train to work. Then Kanda says that no cat is cuter than his.
100* Shamisen in ''[[Literature/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.
101* ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'' has an entire episode revolve around a kitten. Merfolk regard cats as their natural enemies, so when Nagasumi picks up a stray kitten, he finds out he can weaponize it and reduce hardened gangsters to gibbering wrecks. Everybody else at his school is just awed at the cuteness.
102* Mikoto Minagi from ''Anime/MyHime'' has two pet cats that follow her around. Mikoto from ''Anime/MyOtome'', on the other hand, ''is'' a cat. [[spoiler:Well, one of the Mikotos is, anyway. The other one is a cat-themed god with the sleeping habits of a cat.]]
103* While not a kitten, Manga/{{Naruto}} gets help from an adorable cat named Ishi in completing the first step of the [[SphereOfDestruction Rasengan]].
104* {{Ridiculously Human Robot|s}} Chachamaru in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has an AnimalLover 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]].
105** Meanwhile, the AlternateContinuity series ''Negima!?'' includes a kitty character in the form of Shichimi. While the cat may be annoying at times (although not as annoying as Motsu), Shichimi also has her share of cute moments (especially when said moments involve Nodoka in some way).
106* Even ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is cuter with kittens, until the manga version of Kaworu murders them with his bare hands.
107** The fourth ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movie contains a scene where [[spoiler: Rei is fascinated by a mother cat with kittens in the Fourth Impact survivors' camp]].
108* Sakamoto-san from ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}''. As a TalkingAnimal (thanks to a scarf invented by the professor), he demands respect and hates being treated as cute, and becomes embarrassed when he finds himself giving into stereotypical endearing cat behavior.
109* In ''Manga/NyanKoi'', the main character Junpei, has been cursed to understand cats which he has an allergy to. To cure the curse (which will turn him into a cat over time), he has to grant 100 wishes to the cats he meets. Meanwhile, he's surrounded by a growing harem who likes cats.
110* The main characters from the anime and manga series ''Anime/NyanpireTheAnimation''.
111 * ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'': Ryoma's adorable cat Karupin exists to show that he's [[SugarAndIcePersonality not a complete]] JerkAss. Said cat had a ''whole'' episode dedicated to him. It's a mix of funny and heartwarming from the start to the end.
112* A black cat named Amy in the opening of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. Other than a drama CD, [[CoversAlwaysLie she doesn't exist anywhere else.]] [[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Amy According to the PMMM wiki]], Gen Urobuchi admits that he was not aware of any cat and that he was surprised when he saw it at the storyboard of the OP. Amy was never part of the original storyline as she was fabricated by SHAFT for the OP of the Anime to mislead viewers and fans with a RedHerring. However, SHAFT approached Urobuchi for the Drama CD and asked him to include the cat in it, so Urobuchi accepted and she was included in the drama CD. [[spoiler: Amy is actually the reason why Madoka was a MagicalGirl in the third timeline; her wish to Kyuubey was to save the kitty's life when she was seriously injured.]]
113* Shampoo from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is cursed to turn into a cute kitten with pale pink fur and violet socks and ears. One of the more adorable transformations, but unfortunately a trigger for Ranma's number one phobia.
114* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' stars Luna, Artemis, and in later seasons, their [[KidFromTheFuture Kitten From The Future]] Diana.
115* In the twelfth episode of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', Giroro takes a liking to a white kitten he finds in the rain (the Creator/FUNimation dub gives her a name -- Miss Furbottom). She goes on to become a recurring character.
116* ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}''. Sora would love to take one of the strays as her own.
117* Blair in ''Manga/SoulEater''. [[WorldOfBadass True to the series form]], she actually kicks a lot of ass as a magical kitten!
118* The cat-like fairy mascot from ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'', Hummy.
119* All five of ''Anime/SuperSonico'''s cats. There's even an episode that focuses on them!
120%%* [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111103145556/prettycure/images/9/9e/Ham_img01.jpg Hummy]] the mascot of ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure''.
121* [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation This short anime made in 1947]] called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_nN0_DZPHw "Suteneko Tora-chan"]] (''Abandoned Cat Little Tora'') follows a family of anthropomorphic cats who adopts a homeless kitten.
122* Japanese electronics giant {{Creator/Sony}} owns a franchise called ''Anime/TamaAndFriends'', which features plenty of cute kitties. For example, an OVA based on the frachise features the title character [[CuteApproachesCamera walking up to his owner]] (with a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2020_02_20_at_90428_pm.png close up of his face]]) and licking him - only to find out the human owner has transformed into a cat. This turns out to be AllJustADream.
123* Ryo-Ohki from ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''. Nyaa~. [[MixAndMatchCritters She's technically a cat]], but close enough. She combines the cuteness of kittens with the cutness of bunnies, for a massive cuteness overload.
124* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': When the main heroine Ichigo Momomiya gets excited, the extreme result is turning into an adorable black kitten.
125* A "small black cat" appears, randomly and inexplicably, in each episode of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''. Her name is Kuroneko-sama and you ''will'' refer to her as such! [[note]]Kuroneko-sama means "esteemed black cat".[[/note]]
126* An ''Manga/UshioAndTora'' OVA had an animated short called "Tora and the Kitten". It's just as adorable as it sounds.
127* ''Manga/VampireGame'' has Duzell, a deadly [[VampireMonarch vampire king]] reincarnated a century after his defeat to wreak brutal vengeance on his foe. In the form of a kitten. Specifically, an orphaned baby fantasy wildcat adopted by a RebelliousPrincess. It’s not exactly the most dignified revenge narrative.
128* ''Anime/WindyTales'' has massive amounts of cats. Everywhere. And they can ''fly''.
129* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Okay, Pharaoh was pretty amusing at times, but in all its seriousness ''[[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds 5Ds]]'' manages to [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/PDUTogepi/plzbeadoptingkitten.jpg top him.]]
130* Early in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Kuwabara is being blackmailed by a random thug who is holding his kitten hostage. That's right - the character who looks most like a normal street thug is a kitten lover.
131* Nya from ''Manga/ZatchBell''. Sadly, this is a filler Mamodo.
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134[[folder:Card Games]]
135* Even ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' isn't safe from kittens and their cuteness. Meet [[http://www.ygo-card.de/result_pic.php?htm_nr=CP05-EN015 Rescue Cat]], [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Catnipped_Kitty Catnipped Kitty]], [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Cat%27s_Ear_Tribe Cat's Ear Tribe]] and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Naturia_Extrio Naturia Extrio]]. The last one looks like a tiger kitten.
136** [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Chrysalis_Pantail Chrysalis Pantail]]. It's a baby panther! In a shimmery, [[RealMenWearPink pink]] shell!
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139[[folder:Comedy]]
140* Averted by, of course, Creator/GeorgeCarlin:
141-->"You attack a baby, he cries. Attack a puppy, he cowers. Attack a kitten, he fights! ''One day old'' and he's lookin' for some shit!"
142** Anyone who has seen the milkbar fights at Tinykittens HQ or any of the other live cat rescue channels can attest to this, including with kittens ''one hour old''.
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146* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}: Nermal likes to boast that he's "the world's cutest kitten". To Garfield, [[SickeninglySweet nauseatingly so.]] Subverted in that some strips imply he is [[OlderThanTheyLook an adult]] that pretends to be cute.
147* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' agrees with this trope, underlining how he's an AntiAntiChrist.
148* [[Franchise/GreenLantern Dex-Starr]] uses this to his advantage by being a) aggressively adorable and b) adorably aggressive. Then he blows your head off with his [[TheBerserker Red]] [[MyBloodRunsHot Lantern]] powers. His [[StartOfDarkness tragic]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds backstory]] just makes him more desire-to-hug inducing.
149* The (not so) pious Helene (a story by Creator/WilhelmBusch) has one. Though the trope gets subverted when [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150428191755/http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/gutenb/wbusch/helene/bilder/helen703.gif her cat and]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150428130405/http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/gutenb/wbusch/helene/bilder/helen705.gif another one (a tom)]] first [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150501194209/http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/gutenb/wbusch/helene/bilder/helen704.gif kill Lene's canaries]] and then wreak havoc in the house.
150* In ComicBook/AstroCity story "Pastoral", Cammie, however grudgingly, admits the farm has cute kittens. This proves a plot point later when [[spoiler:she is wrestling with CuriousQualmsOfConscience, goes off to play with them instead, and [[FollowTheWhiteRabbit follows one to learn a crucial point]]]].
151* The titular heroine of ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' is an anthropomorphic cat girl who was this in her younger days, [[spoiler:the same goes with her baby son]]. Also, her younger brother, named Tasak, was also this when he was a kid.
152* Salem in the early (i.e. 1960's) ''ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' stories. He was small enough to fit in Sabrina's hands.
153* ''ComicBook/TheSnowCatPrince'': Syv, the youngest of seven cat princes, who looks like [[https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/026/223/017/3fe1a91bb07c99ef7b0dcd3f1c7a9110_original.jpg?ixlib=rb-2.1.0&w=680&fit=max&v=1566485418&auto=format&gif-q=50&q=92&s=3915f7781ce053fa22b610d4df53e7e4 this]].
154* ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage'': Lunk, a stray kitten Michaelangelo found and adopted one Christmas Eve, as shown in the ''Michaelangelo #1'' one-shot from the late 80's.
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158* ''Animation/AKittenNamedWoof'': Woof is a stray colourpoint kitten living in an attic of an old house. [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Very cute]] and quite naive.
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162* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7208415/1/The_Adventures_of_James_Vega_and_Sergeant_Whiskers The Adventures of James Vega and Sergeant Whiskers,]] a ''Franchise/MassEffect'' story done as a takeoff of a forum meme postulating that Vega likely owns a cat.
163* [[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")
164* 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.
165* One look at a cute kitty in the distance in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'', and Italy rushed toward it at full-speed. Poor Japan nearly died as he was on Italy's back ''while the latter was speeding''. The cuteness of Pookie helped make things better though.
166* ''Fanfic/{{Game Theory|LyricalNanoha}}'' has Vesta, an adorable eight-week-old kitten. [[spoiler:Although after Nanoha makes her a {{Familiar}}, she's a CatGirl or a PantheraAwesome much of the time.]]
167* ''Fanfic/MallRats'' sees Lincoln and Leni Loud from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' renting a movie and wanting something cute so Lola would enjoy it. Frank picks out a movie with a cute little kitten called Archie.
168* In ''Fanfic/MassEffectEndOfDays'', an Asari named Phaos gets a kitten as a present, and remarks it should be illegal for an animal to be that adorable.
169* ''Fanfic/TheNutdealerExpandedUniverse'': "Unrelated" cements its status as a BreatherEpisode by focusing on Nathan and Tommy petting stray cats in a park.
170* ''Fanfic/AllMixedUp'': Oscar's personal anagrammed form is a basket of kittens with orange stripes. He ends up turned into this form by Mariana Mag at the end of Chapter 9 before she even has a chance to land on the platform of the Language Room, showcasing her agility and high speed.
171* ''Fanfic/ForeverAndAMile'' introduces the younger and more tame versions of spider-cats, known as spider-kittens. They reside in gaps in Precinct 13579's ball pit.
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175* ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'': Many.
176** Figaro from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', who was spun off into his own series of short cartoons. Figaro is now canonically WesternAnimation/{{Minnie|Mouse}}'s cat.
177** Dinah from ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland''.
178** Duchess's three kittens [[https://i.pinimg.com/600x315/69/d6/f8/69d6f896d2355dab1f02fff40f36caf6.jpg Toulouse, Marie, and Berlioz]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'' from 1970. One must wonder why it took so long for Marie to make her appearance at Ride/WaltDisneyWorld, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff considering Japan's equivalent just had to have one of the kitties appear at]] [=Tokyo Disney Resort=]. Out of all the characters in the film, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150409123529/http://blog.opovo.com.br/bancadoanime/wp-content/uploads/sites/56/2015/03/adesivo-parede-decorativo-gata-gatinha-marie-infantil-menina-11031-MLB20038223399_012014-F.jpg Marie seems to be the character]] [[JustHereForGodzilla that people would mostly remember when they think of the film]]. She even has her own merchandise line in Japan and America. [[http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Miriya_%26_Marie She's even got her own manga called "Miriya & Marie"]] that was first released in Japan and Brazil in March 2015. The manga later gained an english translation by Creator/TokyoPop and made it's western release in Summer 2018.
179** ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' is ''Literature/OliverTwist''... only the main character's a kitty.
180** ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': Villainess Yzma gets dosed with a vial of her own transformation serum and turns into an evil, terrifying... floofy little kitten.
181** Many people find Mittens from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' cute.
182** ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' has the the Hamada family's calico cat. Even Baymax finds him adorable.
183* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', the ultimate test for Mei's control of her red panda transformation is ''The Kitten Box'': five absurdly cute kittens crawling all over her, purring affectionately. The CutenessOverload nearly does get to her.
184* ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}'': Sox, Buzz Lightyear's RobotBuddy, has the shape of a cute little cat, to help provide better psychological help and well-being to Star Command space rangers once they go back from missions.
185* Kitten-like proportions and demeanor contribute a large part to the appeal of Toothless the Night Fury in ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon''.
186* Puss-in-Boots in ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'', the [[CuteBruiser cutest badass]] ever. He knows it and uses it to his advantage.
187** In his spin-off film ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots2011'', a flashback shows Puss when he was an actual kitten.
188** A tie-in short film features Puss running into the Diablos, three adorable kitten siblings who are assassins for hire.
189* The Cat from ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022''. 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.
190* Jiji from ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' is so sweet he can cause a sugar high! In the English dub, he's voiced by Creator/PhilHartman, so you get cute ''and'' [[DeadpanSnarker snarkiness]].
191* ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' got a short film sequel, ''Anime/MeiAndTheKittenbus'', that plays exclusively in the Studio Ghibli museum. And if anything on earth is cuter than a Catbus, it's a Kittenbus - cuddly-looking just like the bigger Catbus, but smaller.
192%%* 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.
193* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'' has Pangur Ban, the white cat of Brother Aidan of Iona.
194* ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'' has Pig -- a small, chubby cat who's put through some slapstick.
195* ''WesternAnimation/LuckyAndZorba'' has Yoyo, an adorable ginger kitten.
196* ''Anime/TheCatReturns'' exists solely because of this trope. It's about a girl who's taken to the magical world of cute, talking kitties and then herself begins to transform into a cute, talking kitty.
197* ''Anime/CatSoup'' uses kittens as the "cute" half of GrotesqueCute.
198* Edmund from ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle'' gets turned into a cat by the evil owl because he finds kittens "more digestable."
199-->"Jeepers, I'm all furry!"
200* ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'':
201** You really can't blame the MisaimedFandom for thinking Tai Lung from the [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1 first film]] is awesome -- after all, he's incredibly badass and [[EvilIsCool cool]] and [[UnintentionallySympathetic oddly sympathetic]] -- but the real clincher comes when we see Shifu's flashbacks to raising him from a kitten. [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter A rambunctious, big-eyed, fluffy-tailed, eager-to-please, kung-fu-lovin' kitten]]. The [[WordOfGod creators themselves]] admitted that they may have gone a bit too far in trying to avoid a one-note villain.
202** The same applies for DefrostingIceQueen Tigress. While some found her behavior in the first movie grating, seeing her as a sad young kitten trying to earn the approval of a man incapable of giving it did astounding things for her popularity.
203** Goes even further in the spin-offs, in the Orphanage, the directors and other kids were terrified of her because she was so strong despite all she wanted to do was play and have friends. And it got to the point where every time she asked an innocent question like "Why is the sky blue?" or "Why is soup hot?", the directors would openly ridicule her for "being stupid", alienating herself further from others.
204* In ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', Flint uses WebOriginal/LOLCats to distract Sam. It is amazingly effective.
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208* ''Film/TheSalesman'': A cute kitten is a resident at the apartment complex, providing random moments of cuteness. This may be because the mood of the rest of the film is rather bleak.
209* In the French comedy ''The Closet'' the hero's quasi-mentor figure owns an adorable kitten. [[spoiler:In fact, it was because the main character found the kitten on the terrace of his apartment that he ended up meeting his gay neighbor who helps him.]]
210%%* {{Subverted|Trope}} / {{Inverted|Trope}} depressingly in ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}''. That's right, they subverted cute kittens.
211* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfMiloAndOtis'' has this in spades, doubled with {{Precious Pupp|y}}ies.
212* In universe example: Leo Spitz of ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' started off his conspiracy website by selling kitten calendars. Later, Sam uses them as his MadnessMantra.
213--> "[[MemeticMutation KITTEN CALENDAR KITTEN CALENDAR KITTEN CALENDAR]]!"
214* Horribly, horribly subverted in ''Film/TheBrothersGrimm''. The most infamous part in the movie is when a small, adorable white kitten is walking along the floor during an absurd scene where a woman is being threatened with a large, spinning blade. When the torturer sees the animal, he gets startled and (read at your own risk) [[spoiler:kicks it in the air, where we see it hit the blade and get chopped up into pieces as its flesh flies everywhere]].
215** CrossesTheLineTwice: [[spoiler:the evil General then takes the kitten's eye that's been splattered to his coat, and eats it like a rare delicacy -- a TakeThat at French food]]?
216** Similar horrible, horrible subversion in ''Film/PetSemataryTwo'': at one point the evil, reanimated dog is shown in a kennel at a vet's office, growling at another kennel with three adorable tabby kittens in it. The kittens hiss back. Cut to the next morning, where we see an excited little girl being led into the room by her mom who tells her that she can pick whichever kitten she wants, [[spoiler:only to scream in horror at the sight of the dog's busted-open kennel and the kittens' busted-open kennel ''caked with blood and gray fur'']].
217* ''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'''s film counterpart likes kittens even more than his comicbook version, keeping entire litters of kittens in his room. In the first film's moment of awesome, he whups a baddie while ''simultaneously'' rescuing a basket of itty-bitty kitties.
218* Invoked in the DVD commentary of ''Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' where Daniel Handler, assuming his Lemony Snicket persona, spends most of the movie [[SnicketWarningLabel trying to convince viewers to watch something else]]:
219--> You know what I really like? A basket of kittens. I think everyone watching this film should just go out and buy, or otherwise procure, a basket of kittens.
220* Several kittens appear in ''Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers''. Strangely enough, Michael, who is known to kill dogs, completely ignores the kittens.
221* Jonesy in ''Film/{{Alien}}''. Not even the xenomorph can resist thinking the cat is cute.
222* ''Film/TheSpirit'' establishes that the main character likes cats, and The Octopus the villain pretends like cats and introduces us to a cute kitten, Muffin, "his favorite" who he then proceeds to... [[KickTheDog melt to death.]]
223* In ''Film/LicenceToKill'', the Hemingway House where Film/JamesBond meets up with M has some kittens wandering about (used for a MythologyGag -- the mysterious figure stroking one of them turns out to be Bond's boss, not a Blofeld-like character with a RightHandCat).
224* When Creator/BruceLee fights Creator/ChuckNorris in the climactic battle in the Colosseum in ''Film/WayOfTheDragon'', they are surrounded by adorable baby kittens.
225* ''Film/{{Keanu}}'', the feline star of the film of the same name, who is so adorable that a ''gang war'' is fought over him. Just look at the film's page image!
226* Thunder the cat from the 2013 French-Belgian film ''WesternAnimation/ThunderAndTheHouseOfMagic''.
227* ''Film/CatsAndDogs The Revenge of Kitty Galore'' uses this to thoroughly stomp out the last remnants of the first film's AlwaysChaoticEvil stance on {{cats|AreMean}} that Catherine (the heroic cat agent) haven't already removed -- the kittens (Catherine's nieces) are cute and ''very'' friendly, being only excited and happy to hang around and play with a dog.
228* ''Film/UpsideDownMagic'': Most of Nory's animal hybrid forms have some part of a kitten, such as the body of a kitten with dragon wings (a Dritten), the head of a kitten on a badger's body and the feet of a kangaroo, and the head of a panda on the body of a penguin with kitten ears.
229* ''Theatre/TheWinterGuest'' has two roughcut adolescent boys who smoke, swear and talk crudely about sex, adult life and whether GrowingUpSucks. You know their hearts are good when they immediately take up the abandoned kittens they find and plan to adopt them, thus introducing themselves to mature responsibility. And cuteness.
230* ''A Kitten For Hitler'' is a short created by Creator/KenRussell where a little Jewish boy travel to Germany to give Hitler one of these for Christmas hoping it will give him a change of heart. It almost works, until he notices the boy's Swastika shaped birthmark and Star of David necklace. Can you tell that the film was intentionally made to shock and appall?
231* ''Film/TheElectricalLifeOfLouisWain'': Invoked. Louis and Emily adopt an adorable kitten, and Louis's art based on said cat become incredibly popular. Though the notion of cats as pets had already existed, it became more popular after his art became widespread. In part thanks to Louis, people now see cats as cute housepets rather than as vermin-catchers.
232* French movie titled ''A Cat's Life'' (original title: ''Mon chat et moi, la grande aventure de Rroû'') is about a kitten's adventures in the wild and his owner, a little girl named Clémence. Adapted from a novel named ''Rroû''.
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236* ''Literature/CatsVsRobots'' has Stu and Scout, a pair of kitten siblings that Max brings home after saving them from the river in "This Is War". Obi recruits them to retrieve the Singularity Chip for him.
237* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
238** You (yes, that's her name), in the novel ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}'', even softens Granny Weatherwax. Slightly. Deny it though she may. Nanny Ogg's angelically challenged tomcat Greebo [[BlatantLies (he's a big softy, really)]], on the other hand, found an encounter with her [[BewareTheNiceOnes somewhat disquieting, to say the least.]]
239** Greebo himself was apparently once a fluffy kitten. Now, he's an absolute menace feared across the Disc, and with good reason - he's known to have killed two vampires (he ''ate'' one) and at least one elf, and terrorises every normal animal in sight. He's seen cornering a full-grown bull and trying to play with it like a mouse, causes bears to climb trees in his presence, and brings in dead wolves the same way other cats bring in mice. The only things that consistently scare him are the Nac Mac Feegle, Legba (Mrs Gogol's decidedly uncanny cockerel), and You.
240** Death, who is normally dispassionate (though [[DontFearTheReaper kind, in a detached sort of way]]), has a soft spot for cats and gets really upset when he has to collect a bunch of kittens at once because someone drowned a sack of them in a rain barrel.
241*** In ''Literature/TheLastHero'', he also had a few things to say about Schrödinger's famous thought experiment.
242*** In ''Literature/ReaperMan'' he is buying chocolates as part of a venture into human courtship, and finds one box decorated with pictures of cute kittens. He asks in menacing tones, "Are they cat-flavoured?"
243*** And then there's this exchange from ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'', on a diorama of stuffed kittens.
244---->'''Susan:''' I wonder what happened when the man who did this met [[TheGrimReaper my grandfather]].\
245'''Lobsang:''' Would he have met your grandfather?\
246'''Susan:''' Oh, yes. And my grandfather is rather fond of cats.
247* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
248** One of the ways it's [[PetTheDog made clear]] that Tommen Baratheon isn't bad is that Tommen is given a trio of kittens, of whom he becomes very fond. This is in contrast to his older brother Joffrey, who was once told that a cat was pregnant with kittens, so he [[KickTheDog cut them out of her with a knife]]. And if you think that this series could never be cute, just listen to the names Tommen picks: Ser Pounce, Lady Whiskers and Boots. After four books full of endless grim tidings, betrayals and suffering, this is exactly what the audience needs.
249** It is mentioned that Princess Rhaenys also had a black kitten which she named [[DeathbringerTheAdorable Balerion]] after the ginormous historical dragon of that name, who was incidentally also called "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Black Dread]]". After her death, it is implied that little Bale grew up fending for itself to become a true Fire-and-Blood Targaryen; it is the toughest, meanest old cat currently in the Red Keep, and one well able to give Arya Stark the complete run-around in the maze of secret passageways. Martin has even basically confirmed [[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Jeyne_Poole_and_the_Black_Cat/ this]]
250* In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' and ''The Malloreon'' series by Creator/DavidEddings, Kal Zakath, the "evil" emperor of Mallorea, is foreshadowed as turning out to be a decent guy at heart by his affection for his striped tabby cat and her kittens. A RunningGag soon develops where 'Zakath is constantly trying to give the kittens away to people, as his cat keeps having so many of them.
251* ''Literature/WarriorCats''. They manage to even make ''Tigerstar and Scourge'' look adorable when they're written/drawn as kittens. And of course, fan artists will always fall back on this trope when it comes to drawing chibis.
252* In the ''Literature/{{The 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.
253* In T.S. Elliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" and the musical based off of it called ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'', there's a couple dozen, and a subversion: Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, is now quite old and ugly.
254* In ''Literature/KafkaOnTheShore'', [[AxCrazy Johnnie Walker]] murders cats and saws off their heads, cutting out their "cute little hearts" and EATING them.
255* Subverted by Umbridge in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''. Just because she likes (moving!) pics of kittens and decorates her office with them, [[SugaryMalice this doesn't mean she's one of the good ones]].
256* ''Literature/GarrettPI'': In ''Whispering Nickel Idols'', Garrett acquires a bucketful of kittens whose very presence seems to radiate feelings of happiness, contentment, and party-time good cheer. It turns out that they're [[spoiler: disguised lesser avatars of a goddess of merriment and the night]].
257%%* Subverted by the kitten trees in ''Literature/{{Cetaganda}}''.
258* 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 [[https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/cd.aspx why cats are better than dogs]]. (Just don't ask what his cat's name is...)
259* In ''Literature/TheWitchOfBlackbirdPond'', Hannah's cure for sad children is blueberry cake and a kitten. It never fails.
260* There is an entire subgenre of mystery books called the CozyMystery in which the protagonists very often have a pet cat, who may even help in solving the murder.
261* [[UsefulNotes/DichterAndDenker German philosopher]] Oswald Spengler wrote in ''Literature/TheDeclineOfTheWest'' this: "A peacock is indubitably speaking when he spreads his tail, but a kitten playing with a cotton-reel also speaks to us, unconsciously, through the quaint charm of its movements." Even cultural pessimists think everything's cuter with kittens!
262* ''Literature/LettersBackToAncientChina'' has the narrator/protagonist often talking about his Shiao-shiao and how misses her.
263* ''Literature/RainbowMagic'':
264** Kirsty has a kitten named Pearl, whom she adopted during the second series and named after [[Literature/RainbowMagicPearlTheCloudFairy Pearl the Cloud Fairy]].
265** [[Literature/RainbowMagicKatieTheKittenFairy Katie the Kitten Fairy]] owns a kitten named Shimmer, who can transform into a tiger when needed. Her magic protects all the kittens of the world.
266* [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61EL6HR8wXL._SS500_.jpg Yoko the cat]] from Creator/RosemaryWells's "Yoko" series from the [[Literature/{{Yoko}} late 90's.]] She's a sweet-natured and kindhearted [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic]] Japanese kitten who loves sushi and is very friendly with others. She is also one of the main characters in ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool''. Another character that shows up in the Yoko series is a Spanish kitten named Juanita.
267* ''Literature/TheTaleOfTomKitten'' and ''Literature/TheTaleOfSamuelWhiskers'' by Creator/BeatrixPotter all have cute kittens.
268* The fire kittens from ''Literature/TheBadUnicornTrilogy'', especially [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Moki]]. Subverted with [[SixthRangerTraitor Loki]], who, despite being a fire kitten as well, is pretty evil.
269* In ''Black Sunday'' the first published novel by Creator/ThomasHarris (who went on to write more books featuring one Hannibal Lecter) one way the main character is established as being a real monster is that he puts his wife's kitten down the garbage disposal when she makes him angry.
270* Huckle and his sister Sally from the Busytown series by Creator/RichardScarry are cute kittens.
271* [=KeeKee=] the main protagonist from the book series [[http://keekeesbigadventures.com/ "KeeKee's Big Adventures"]] which has her travel around the world.
272* ''Literature/MyNewKitten'': The white kitten seen in the story does the typical cute things you would see.
273* In ''Big Little Kitty'' by Jan Biggers, Karen Kay (who is four and a little bit more) is a farm girl with a beautiful orange Christmas kitten called Muffin, who in springtime jumps onto a train to see the outside world. She explores happily in the city, while Karen waits and prays. Months pass, until early winter brings Muffin back to Karen's farm -- along with her own kittens.[[note]]''Please spay and neuter your cats, people.''[[/note]]
274* Findus the cat from Swedish children's book series ''Literature/PettsonAndFindus'' (''Pettson och Findus'' in Swedish) is a friendly brown and white kitten [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK35T4Mr20I who's able to talk to his owner Findus.]] He later [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal gains green clothing and a green hat]] and is frequently seen walking on two legs and sometimes on all fours.
275* ''Literature/StickDog'': In "Stick Dog Chases A Pizza", Stripes becomes distracted by the sight of a pair of paws inside the passenger seat of a delivery truck, which compels her to save the creature inside. Then they see that the paws belong to a kitten, which Stripes immediately becomes enamoured with. She decides she wants to make the kitten a part of their group, and wants to take it out of the truck. [[spoiler:Then it's revealed that the kitten was actually adopted by a truck driver, and was excited to see him coming back. Stripes is disappointed to have to say goodbye.]]
276* The Polish book series Literature/KiciaKocia (Kitty Kotty) is all about the misadventures of a cute white anthropomorphic kitten.
277* ''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 he's allergic to. Unfortunately for him, given just [[KickTheDog what 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.
278* ''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.
279--> '''Carmilla''': "No hurting the cute kitty!"
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283* Comedians Hale & Pace can't resist [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten playing]] with this trope. Enter Hale with some really, REALLY cute kitten on his shoulder. Cue to Pace revealing a big [[HilarityEnsues microwave]]...How will THAT end? [[spoiler: After much talk and zig-zagging, they finally open the microwave to reveal an already microwaved cat. Plastic, of course.]] (Note: This gave them instant infamy to the point that even the Other Wiki mentions the sketch.)
284* German TV station hr3 used to play [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXmFDRwEpv0 segments of this video]] during programme breaks. Probably the only case in history where you were annoyed at the break ending.
285* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-tpZO2W1cU Mimsie]], the adorable kitten in the MTM Enterprises VanityPlate. And if the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20031004155303/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kwgow/crossovers.html Tommy Westphall Snow Globe]] didn't piss off the audience in the final episode of ''Series/StElsewhere'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fce6tlwwjQo the end credits certainly did]]. Ironically, the poor kitty really did pass away the same year.
286* Even Creator/KeithOlbermann is not immune. The "sanity break" at the middle of his show often had one or more adorable kitten videos. Keith would occasionally interrupt himself to squee "Ooo, a kitty!" Unfortunately, he's allergic to cats. (He does have two adorable Maltese dogs, though. They're hypoallergenic.) To this day, he features adoptable kitties and puppies on his Twitter feed.
287* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', the normally aloof Sheldon Cooper turns to the comfort of cats when distressed. And of course his lullaby in times of extreme distress, for which he usually conscripts any nearby female friend to play the role of Momma/Mee-Maw:
288-->''Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur;''\
289''Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr....''
290:: This song, whose real title is "[[https://web.archive.org/web/20170314055143/https://treasuryislands.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/warm-litty.jpg Warm Kitty]]," was written by schoolteacher Edith Newlin in 1937. It was published by Willis, a company that produced song books for children. It also appears in the 1940s edition of ''Childcraft''. The producers of ''Big Bang Theory'' had permission from Willis to use the song, [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/12/28/lawsuit-claims-big-bang-stole-soft-kitty-song/77989574/ but not from Newlin's heirs]], who [[https://www.tmz.com/2015/12/28/big-bang-theory-lawsuit-poem/ filed a lawsuit.]]
291* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': In "Terry's Kitties", we find out that Terry's old bullies back at the Six-Five send him a kitten every year to remind him of his screwup twenty years ago. (ItMakesSenseInContext, but the short version is: Terry thought he'd cracked his first case, when it turned out he was wrong, he accused a cat of being an accomplice in desperation.) Terry understandably doesn't find it cute, and keeps insulting the kittens, but Jake adores them.
292-->'''Jake:''' ''(whispering to the kittens)'' Don't listen to him. You're a part of something much bigger than yourselves. ''(blows kisses)''
293* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
294** [[AllWitchesHaveCats Willow and Tara]] decide to get themselves a kitten. Not as a {{familiar}}, but just so they can make it do cute things like playing with string.
295--->'''Willow:''' I keep thinking, okay, that's the cutest thing ever, and then she does something cuter and completely resets the whole scale.
296** Miss Kitty, incidentally, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappears]] after only a few appearances. We're never told exactly what happened to her; all we know is that [[NoodleImplements a crossbow was somehow involved]].
297** Spike takes Buffy out for a night of gambling with his demon buddies. In a VisualPun the 'kitty' is filled with actual kittens ("[[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten They're delicious!]]") being used for currency. Eventually Buffy gets annoyed and upends the kitty, letting them escape.
298* ''Series/TheChasersWarOnEverything: The Hamster Wheel'''s "UsefulNotes/AustralianPolitics, as told through Website/YouTube videos of cats" segments play on this.
299* ''Series/TheCloser'' provides a possibly deliberate example in introducing Joel, Brenda's new kitten, given that the case the episode revolves around is particularly draining emotionally.
300* ''Series/TheColbertReport'':
301** On March 5, 2009, Creator/StephenColbert discussed the imploding U.S. economy with CNBC analyst Jim Cramer while videos of kittens and puppies played in the background. [[SchmuckBait Well, I sure feel better about the economy!]]
302** Also BlackComedy in the form of Colbert challenging a guest to debate him on the subject of throwing kittens in a wood chipper.
303** In the 21-February-2012 episode, he challenged a fake anti-Colbert TV ad's claim that he doesn't like kittens by holding a kitten in each hand. "I love these two little kittens," he said, "And I will continue to do so until the moment they become cats."
304* One infamous moment on ''Series/{{Countdown}}'' had Jimmy Carr trying to distract the panel (from, appropriately enough, ''Series/EightOutOfTenCats'') with two baskets of kittens. This failed miserably... because the kittens promptly made a break for it, leaving him in the unenviable role of trying to keep them in line.
305* ''Series/TheDailyShow'':
306** The healthcare debate had the great toss-up between healthcare and a video of kittens playing in an empty tissue box.
307--->'''Jon Stewart''': Healthcare is today's hot-button issue, but... how did the kitten get in the box?
308** Stewart tried using pictures of cute kittens as a form of BrainBleach on the segment about [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/s1ewpc/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-pope-opera cover-ups of child molestation in the Catholic Church]]. They didn't take.
309** Not even [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/1fhjer/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-america-s-next-tarp-model Professor Butterscotch]] can keep John from losing it over the bank bailouts.
310* ''Series/DocMartin'': Even the AllDevouringBlackHoleLoanSharks love cute kittens, they keep one in their van.
311* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Not even the Doctor is immune to the power of kittens, as [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E3Gridlock "Gridlock"]] shows.
312* ''Series/{{House}}'': Death Cat. How can something so cute be an omen of your doom? BasedOnATrueStory of a cat in a nursing home that predicted the deaths of residents. See [[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959718/?GT1=10150 article about Oscar]].
313* Extremely subverted in ''Series/{{Hyperspace}}'', where anyone who is sentenced to their equivalent of rehab gets put in a room where all they see is kittens, and a voice saying stuff like, "Look at the kitten. The kitten obeys authority. The kitten is happy. Be like the happy kitten. Obey authority and be like the kitten." Everyone who goes in comes out brainwashed, although it does appear to wear off, otherwise the entire show would be full of people wandering around singing silently.
314* Invoked in ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'', where the narrator shows the audience footage of cute cats when confronted with heavy subject material on a few occasions.
315* This is the point of the ''Kitten Bowl'', Hallmark Channel's equivalent of the ''Series/PuppyBowl''. It's cute kittens playing around in an American football stadium play-area. There is also the spinoff ''Meow Madness'', which is essentially the same thing but with basketball.
316* ''Series/LateNight:'' 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]].
317* ''Series/TheLateLateShowWithCraigFerguson'' always ends with the feature "What did we learn on the show tonight, Craig?", which is introduced with an animated kitten.
318* In the Creator/DiscoveryChannel documentary ''Mega Predators'', a kitten is shown when the narrator is introducing the felid relative ''Barbourofelis'', interacting and jumping up on a skull of it. It doesn't really serve a purpose beyonf RuleOfCute.
319* In the "Charlie" episode of ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'', Naboo advises Howard to look at a picture of kittens in a barrel to soothe himself whenever he feels himself getting too angry. The kittens in a barrel reappear during the end credits of the episode, apparently entirely for the viewer's benefit.
320* In ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' season three, P.C. -- short for Park Cat -- who was actually [[PunnyName Kat]] under Rita's spell to spy on the Rangers.
321* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': Crow had a tendency to exclaim "Kitties!" with delight whenever a kitten showed up in a movie...or any kind of cat...or, well, pretty much any animal at all, especially if it happened to be deadly.
322* ''Operation Kitten Calendar'' on Creator/VH1 was an extreme example of this trope. It's basically a spot-on parody of ''Series/TheApprentice'' except people are competing to make the best kitten calendar, not work for Donald Trump.
323* ''Series/OddSquad'':
324** "Not OK Computer" has the "[[ComputerVirus virus cat]]" that Olympia unintentionally infects her computer with, which manifests as a cat meowing rhythmically and dancing, and rapidly multiplying. Olympia originally opened it because she thought it was a file photo of a kitten sneezing.
325** In "Odd Squad in the Shadows", while the Van Computer drives the Mobile Unit van to Mr. Sides' restaurant, Opal, Orla and Oswald spend time looking through the many pictures of kittens in the workbooks that the latter has made and printed, and [[CutenessProximity react accordingly.]]
326* ''Creator/AnimalPlanet'' uses footage of kittens at play as the "half-time show" for its annual ''Series/PuppyBowl''.
327* ''Series/RedDwarf'' starts when Lister doesn't want to give up on his cat.
328** In an alternate universe, Kochanski discovered Lister's kitten when he smuggled it on board, and its [[PuppyDogEyes Kitten Eyes]] convinced her not to disintegrate it.
329* 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]].
330* Data's cat, Spot, in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Possible subversion swinging back towards a straight play when Barclay's Protomorphosis Syndrome causes her to de-evolve into an iguana and then have a litter of perfectly normal kittens.
331* ''Series/TheTonightShowWithConanOBrien'' puts puppies and this trope together and gives us [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/92561/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien-puppies-dressed-as-cats Puppies Dressed As Cats!]] (Note: link is from Hulu and may not work in all regions. Sorry.)
332* There's a show on Creator/AnimalPlanet called ''Too Cute! Kittens'' that looks at litters of various cat breeds from birth to a few months old.
333* An episode of ''Series/TopGearUK'' has Jeremy discussing the finer points of twin turbocharged engines, but before he launches into his explanation, he remarks that some people in the audience tend to find such explanations boring, "so here's some soft little kittens for you to look at." The screen splits halfway between Clarkson and a mound of cuddly little kittens.
334* ''Series/VRTroopers'' had one episode where Ryan Steel and J.B Reese rescue [[CatUpATree a kitten from a tree]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1P4LBh9tG0 A very cute kitten.]]
335* Earlier on in their run, ''Series/XPlay'' sometimes [[RelaxOVision censored scenes of horribly gory, mangling violence with poorly cropped photos of kittens]]. In one instance when the censored violence escalated even further, said kitten's eyes bulged out with a startled yowl.
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339* In the song ''Wretch'' by the Canadian band Protest The Hero, there is meowing at 3:31.
340* "Jakdo" by pinknruby has purring most of the way through. The band made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyY9Y7XUCRU a stop-motion animation of the first 30 seconds featuring the sleeping cat and some scrunched up paper]].
341* There is also Music/FatboySlim's music video to his cover of [[Music/SteveMillerBand "The Joker"]], which shows only kittens doing cute things.
342* "Black Cat" by Music/GentleGiant has the band making various cat meows with guitars and violins.
343** On that same note, Music/{{Queen}} did a song called "Delilah", which Freddie Mercury wrote about his favourite cat. It includes a guitar solo filtered to sound like mewing.
344* Subverted by Music/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica's song "Kitty." After a few verses of petting the kitty,[[spoiler: it scratches]].
345--> "[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck you]] kitty, you're gonna spend the night OUTSIDE!"
346* The song [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130708025237/https://thefump.com/fump.php?id=1653 "Kittens for Sale"]] by TV's Kyle goes on at length about the cuteness of kittens.
347* Music/{{Mew}} is a name of a band.
348* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwH9YvhPN7c The music video]] for Music/EltonJohn's original version of [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 "Circle of Life"]] naturally shows an adorable lion cub toddling about and exploring in the background. At the end of the video, Elton even got to hold him!
349* Cell-Phone ringtone company Jamster (best known for creating Music/CrazyFrog and Music/{{Schnuffel}}), who is well-known for the creation behind [[BunniesForCuteness Snuggle Bunny]] (Schnuffel Bunny in German). Also created a female cat character named "Pussycat Tiger" in 2009. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ganUAmDaM3A The character starred in her own music video where she has a crush on a male cat]]. The music video itself is cute, [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles very sparkly]], [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything and oddly suggestive when you read the lyrics.]] Another feline character made by Jamster is a tiger named [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxYNseMvCoc "Tiger Boo"]] a cute tiger cub.
350* On October 8th, 2020 Sanrio and [[Creator/{{Sega}} Sega Toys]] teamed up to create new [[Music/{{Beatcats}} 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.]]
351* Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/{{Thriller}}'' has a tiger cub used as this in [[https://personaunesp.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1.jpg the gatefold]] and [[https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/770x0/4f2653a9a17342f8a67e6d034371a446.jpg the cover of a re-edition]].
352* Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Express Yourself" has her black cat wandering through the rain-drenched ''Film/{{Metropolis}}''-like environment. The [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sopping wet cat]] comes to the singer's male friend (played by Cameron Alborzian), who takes him and brings him back to her. It's implied she sent the cat on purpose to him as an invitation to spend the night.
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356* In the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' ''Franchise/HarryPotter''-themed game ''Hogwarts: The New Class'', Josh adopts a stray kitten in Diagon Alley that he names Geno. It ends up inhabiting his robes most of the time.
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360* [[http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1406976/thumbs/o-PRIVATE-EYE-570.jpg?6 An October front cover]] of the ''Magazine/PrivateEye'' was entitled the "Press Regulation Special" showed four kittens singing praises of politicians and [[TakeThat Hugh Grant's new film]].
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364* Swords and Scorcery Creature Collection - Moon cats. Magical kitties that appear after moonrise. Those who encounter them get good luck afterwards. Although sought by mages believing them to hold access to powerful magical energy, there are no known instances of them being captured. The rare times a moon cat has been caught, it vanished by sunrise.
365* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', The World Eaters, despite being [[BloodKnight blood knights]] in the service of Khorne, are quite fond of khittens.
366** It's something of a RunningGag among the fandom that the World Eaters are less psychotic in their downtime. [[MemeticMutation And that Kharn is a hell of a guy.]]
367** 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 Astropath'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]].
368** There are also Gyrinx - cat-like creatures used by some [[OurElvesAreDifferent Eldar]] and human [[PsychicPowers psykers]] as {{Familiar}}s, enhancing their psionic abilities. These kitties have a strong telepathic link with their owners and are very loyal to them, which is unusual for cats.
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372* ''VideoGame/SeventhDragon III: Code VFD'' has you get involved making a cat cafe at one point, the completion of which requires you to go into the Tokyo Underground and rescue some cats. Offering cat food to the cafe lets you rest there, restoring all parties' LF and MN and giving everyone some SP. For the rest of the game, you can occasionally find stray cats to recruit for the cafe.
373* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'': There are cats hiding in some areas. Upon picking a cat up, it will go back to the village. Normally you can't do anything with them (aside from [[VideogameCrueltyPotential hitting them to make them freak out]]), but if you have a particular glyph, you can transform into a CatGirl and talk to them to get some hints. Also, the cats are all [[ThemeNaming named after various ingredients]] (like Soybean, Flour and Tofu), which makes them all the more cuter. Holding the stylus on the screen while one of the cats is present will cause a toy mouse to appear, allowing you to tease the cats with it and make them jump after it.
374* ''VideoGame/CatPlanet'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin of course!]]
375* ''VideoGame/CatQuest'': As one could expect, almost its ''entire cast'' consists in Cute Kittens.
376* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'':
377** The main character has a cat, and he can win more kitties at the fair (as well as a supply of food!). [[spoiler:Later on, we learn Magus used to have a cat named Alfador... and if you have Magus in your active party and go where the cat is, he'll follow his owner around the area!]]
378** 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]].
379* ''VideoGame/CookieClicker'': Kitten Helpers, Workers, Engineers, and Overseers are all upgrades you can purchase. Their effectiveness increases as you accumulate more milk[[note]]Itself earned by unlocking achievements[[/note]]. Notable for being among the few things you can do that doesn't [[BlackComedy make the world a significantly worse place]].
380* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
381** Subverted in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' "The Stone Prisoner" DLC. Kitties aren't nearly as cute [[spoiler:when possessed by demons]].
382** Played straight in ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Awakening]]''. You can give Anders a cute little kitten that he will immediately gush over, naming it "Ser Pounce-a-lot". Anders' love of cats has a tragically hilarious backstory: [[spoiler:the only fond memories he had of his time in the Circle Tower were the times he played with a cat that lived in the Tower named Mr. Wiggums. Sadly, Mr. Wiggums somehow became possessed by a Rage Demon and had to be put down -- but not before Mr. Wiggums ''killed three Templars by himself'']]. Also, sadly Anders had to give up Ser Pounce-A-Lot after he nearly gotten him killed during an expedition to the Deep Roads (though he still has a deep love for cats).
383** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' Leliana and Sten have a conversation about Leliana catching the 'fierce Qunari warrior' playing with a kitten. Sten of course justifies it as 'training'. (As in, giving 'warrior training' ''to the cat''. No one believes it for an instant.)
384* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'':
385** Talk to a cat while Madchen is in the party, and Party Chat with her afterward. Nine times out of ten, she'll be delighted.
386** Saber looked an absolutely adorable golden-and-red furball as a cub. People are shocked that Sabrecats can even be tamed.
387* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'': Dwarves are susceptible to this trope, often adopting the fort's ludicrous supply of cats. This can be very bad for your framerate. The main developer, Toady One, has his own feline companion, [[http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Scamps Scamps]], and the update log often includes lines such as "Scamps fell asleep on my shoulder like a very tired parrot today." Awwwwwwww...
388* ''VideoGame/EiyudenChronicleHundredHeroes'': [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rabbitandbearstudios/eiyuden-chronicle-hundred-heroes The Kickstarter campaign]] has used the abundance of cats as a marketing point, and a golden one is available as backer-exclusive DLC. There was also a reward for premium backers to have their own cats appear in the game, but that sold out within just the first hour or so.
389* ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'': Cats are a frequent appearance, owing to its creator, Matt Roszak, [[AuthorAppeal being a big fan of them]]:
390** A limbless cat named [=NoLegs=] appears in every installment -- first appearing as ''[[VideoGame/BrawlRoyale Brawl Royale's]]'' first opponent, then appearing atop ''[[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy1 Epic Battle Fantasy 1's]]'' first boss, [[KingMook King Slime]]. All subsequent installments have him as an ally, with him being a playable character in ''VideoGame/BulletHeaven'', ''VideoGame/BulletHeaven2'' and ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy5''.
391** Similar limbless cats appear as an enemy type starting from ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy2''.
392** [[WebAnimation/NCHProductions NCHProductions']] mascot, a pale yellow cat named Meow Meow, also cameos in the series -- first appearing as one of Natalie's [[SummonMagic Summons]] in [=EBF2=], as a sidequest-giving NPC and a skill in [=EBF3=], and as the Meow Meow Badge in [=EBF5=].
393* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'': "Save Cat" in the [=DLC=] mission ''The Assignment''. When you save the game, a black cat with a red ribbon round its neck appears for Kidman to stroke.
394* ''VideoGame/ExoptableMoney'': The player can buy a cat that he is she can send out to collect money, with visible hearts pouring out of the kitten each time it comes back. [[spoiler:Don't get too attached to it, as Madame Sinclair takes notice and skins it so you can make more money off its fur.]]
395* ''VideoGame/FragileDreamsFarewellRuinsOfTheMoon'' relies heavily on this. Not only can you feed and play with stray cats, but there are three mandatory quests that involve Seto following or befriending a cat. Part of Ren's motif is her strong friendship with the cats. Cats are arguably the one thing in the game that is ''happy'', put there to cheer the player up.
396* The ''VideoGame/FreeSpace2'' GameMod ''VideoGame/BluePlanet'' has a bit where the "Meditation Widget" in Noemi's computer displays an adorable animated kitten picture, after [[WhamEpisode the mission where the GTVA attacks]] [[spoiler:Earth]].
397* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': Diona is a playable Catfolk who is of the small girl model, and thus comes across as a kitten and has the Tsundere attitude one expects from a cat. She works at Mondstadt's Cat's Tail Tavern, where patrons come to drink while in a bar full of cats; said patrons usually start off thinking Diona is just wearing something to fit the gimmick, but are surprised to find out she is indeed catfolk.
398* ''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]].
399* ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'': A number of heart areas have kittens about, notably at the Snow Leopard shrine in the norn starting area. You can progress these areas by killing enemies, helping the priests... or playing with the kittens.
400* ''VideoGame/HiddenCity'' has Snowy, a fluffy orange cat with big eyes who somehow wanders into the City, prompting his human family to come looking for him. The game certainly milks his cute charms by featuring him as a bonus avatar in various events, and in the 2021 Halloween event, he is featured in a mini-game which the player can play every 12 hours in exchange for artifact assemblers and other rewards. The Detective describes him as "the City's favourite cat".
401* In ''VideoGame/HundredDays'', Satoshi has a pet cat named Baric at his bar. Emma [[CutenessProximity squees and pets Baric]] the first time she visits the bar.
402* ''[[VideoGame/{{Parodius}} Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius]]'' has Mike and Ran, flying cats that shoot balls of yarn. Mike's "force field" power is hiding under various furniture, and Ran's shield is a paper bag.
403* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': The 144th champion is Yuumi the Magical Cat, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin who is exactly what her title describes her as]]. While she [[TalkingAnimal speaks]] and has an arsenal of [[WhiteMage supporting magic]] as she rides around on a flying SpellBook, she otherwise possesses every [[AnimalStereotypes cute cat stereotype]] in the books, making her one of the most utterly adorable members of the cast.
404* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
405** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'':
406*** There are quite a few cats in the game, 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.
407*** There's also the minigame late in the game where you explore the Hidden Village as a wolf in order to find and talk to 20 cats, all of whom want to be friends!
408** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'': Remlits look cute and innocent, but only during the day. [[CatsAreMean At night...]]
409* ''VideoGame/MegaManV'' for Platform/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.
410* In ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'', you Mii can '''be''' cute kittens, as it is a ''Class'' that focuses on dishing out damage with WolverineClaws and restore MP to teammates by cuddling them.
411* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' has kittens made of blocks and they are ''still'' adorable. They are also one of the game's only defenses against the kamikaze [[DemonicSpiders creepers]] which won't go within 16 metres of one.
412* ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'': [[TokenMiniMoe Laury Callwell]] gets a few scenes where she finds three cute kittens abandoned, adopts them, and later lose them, leading to the protagonist helping her to search for them. The latter scene also draw to this trope the tough as nails [[OreOnna Gene Petromolla]] and [[spoiler:[[PetRat Sam Burston]]]], revealing them as adorable {{Kindhearted Cat Lover}}s.
413* ''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/MonsterHunterFreedom2 Monster Hunter Freedom Unite]]'', 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.
414* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': While Kintaro would normally be classified as PantheraAwesome, if you manage to pull off a Babality on him in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', you wind up turning him into a cute kitten version of himself, complete with kittenish mewling and purring and him drinking from a saucer of milk.
415* ''VideoGame/NekoAtsume: Kitty Collector'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as its title implies]], has you collecting kittens. More specifically, you use cat food and toys such as balls and scratching posts to attract cats to your yard. However, like real-life cats, the cats in this game are a bit shy and [[PaintingTheMedium will only come to your yard]] [[IdleGame while the game app is closed]].
416* The Platform/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.
417* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'':
418** First game:
419*** Jeane the cat, the closest thing to family our homicidal hero Travis has in Santa Destroy. The player can interact and play with her by selecting the "Jeane" option in Travis' living room. There is absolutely nothing gained by doing this. Try to stop yourself doing it every time you're in the room.
420*** One of the jobs in the first game has Travis wondering around picking up cute runaway cats.
421** ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'': Jeane the cat returns in this game, much chubbier. A major sidequest is to bring her back down to [[CutenessProximity brainshattering cuteness]], which also nets a nice extra.
422** ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroesIII'': Jeane gave birth to several adorable kittens prior to the events of the game, and Travis is asked by her to retrieve them all.
423* In ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'', Eggie visits your shop to show you her pet cat Guylian, who looks at you with adorable, big green eyes. She also tells you to give Guylian a warm smile whenever you see the latter after work, and doing so will eventually have her dropping by your shop to rest. Your customers fawn over how cute she is and give you donations or ask for simple item recommendations, to HUE's jealousy.
424* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' also provides lots and lots of cats to feed in the game's strangely endearing "Animal Feeding" mini-quests. The game went as far as to reinstate the Cat as a Chinese Zodiac constellation, and this Brush God gets along quite well with Amaterasu despite the latter being a canine.
425* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
426** There are plenty of stray cats to feed and befriend in ''VideoGame/Persona3''. One of Elizabeth's Requests is to feed one in particular. When you do feed it, it comes back looking larger and healthier.
427** ''VideoGame/Persona4'' has them too, including one you can spend time playing with to increase a social stat.
428** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' has Morgana, a BadassAdorable anthropomorphic cat (or cat-like creature, it's unclear) who tags along with the protagonists in their quest to help those who abuse their power reform.
429* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'': The musk cats are cute kittens that talk! In the first game, one is even a playable character!
430* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
431** There are several kitties in the series, many of them are sweet and loyal to the trainers, though getting into the evolutions may take too long for some. Meowth, Glameow, Purrloin, Espurr and especially Skitty are the proper kitten Mons (though, in Purrloin's case, [[TheFakeCutie it uses its natural cuteness to its advantage]] in order to get away with stealing things and to lower the guard of its opponents).
432** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' introduces a cat named Litten as the fire starter. Its fur is oily and highly flammable so it can attack with flaming hairballs.
433** The ninth generation starter is [[Characters/PokemonGenerationIXFamilies Sprigatito]], a Grass-type kitten. Its ''[[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Violet]]'' Pokedex entry states that it has a sweet scent that mesmerizes those around it. The scent grows stronger when its under the sun.
434* In ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'', Zeke's pet black cat Kipps is a furry bundle of joy to everyone in Moonbury, ironic since she's [[CatStereotype supposedly believed to be a harbinger of misfortune.]]
435* The entire premise of ''VideoGame/PurrPals'', a ''VideoGame/{{Nintendogs}}'' clone for the DS and Wii.
436* The ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' series has a pair of cute twin Siamese cats named Cait Sith.
437* ''[[VideoGame/QuiltsAndCatsOfCalico Quilts & Cats of Calico]]'' is a cozy puzzle board game where you sew quilts to attract adorable cats. Some of them roam the board and can be petted, although you can make them go to sleep on one side.
438* ''VideoGame/RuneScape'': During one quest, [[RelaxOVision certain gruesome scenes (such as a brain transplant) are censored with animations of kittens performing adorable actions such as playing with yarn or wearing pirate outfits]].
439* ''VideoGame/ShadowOfDestiny'': Doing an extra side quest can result in the library being filled with cute cats. [[spoiler:You just go back into the past and give the little girl there a kitten. Back to the future, and bam. The place is filled with its descendants.]]
440* ''VideoGame/TheSims'':
441** In ''VideoGame/MySims'', the cat statue ground flair adds 3% to a building's cuteness.
442** In ''VideoGame/{{The Sims 3}}'', a Sim who uses the "Awwww" interaction on a kitten will receive the +10 moodlet "Kittens!" for one Sim hour. A cat that had just given birth to a litter of kittens will give herself and her family the +80 moodlet "New Kittens" for one Sim day. All the same things work with {{Precious Pupp|y}}ies, too.
443* ''[[VideoGame/{{Something}} Something Else]]'': Cat Beach has Luigi collecting 75 kittens for a cat before he allows Luigi to move onto the next level. The cat even does a cute smile at Luigi when Luigi completes this task.
444* ''VideoGame/Stray2022'' 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.
445* Subverted with ''Sukeban Shachou Rena'' for Wii, which, despite being based around a premise of cat love, ended up being the [[http://www.destructoid.com/insane-cat-game-becomes-worst-selling-wii-title-ever-153921.phtml worst-selling Wii game]] at 100 copies sold.
446* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
447** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' has a CollectionSidequest in which Bowser collects Blitties, kittens made out of coin blocks by sucking them out of an enemy. Collecting all of them grants him his ultimate attack: The [[AngryGuardDog Broggy]] Bonker, which if performed perfectly will have Broggy lead the blitties in a blitzkrieg against the foe.
448** ''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 ([[BrainwashedAndCrazy who turn evil when Fury Bowser shows up]]) and [[CatsAreMean not-so-friendly enemies with]] [[AnimalMotif cat-like features]].
449* ''VideoGame/TheTalosPrinciple'': There's one on the cover art, and you can free one in level B7. [[spoiler:If you do, it changes the "free will" ending slightly, with you character picking up and holding a kitten at the ending.]]
450* ''VideoGame/TinkerQuarry'': Although he resembles an adult cat, Whiskers has a cheerful personality, and is quite the NiceGuy, invoking this.
451* ''[[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Tokimeki Memorial 2]]'': The resident {{Kindhearted Cat Lover}}s, [[BornUnlucky Miyuki Kotobuki]] and [[BrokenBird Kaori Yae]], have positively adorable scenes revolving around cats: you can see in Childhood Mode a young Miyuki with her kitten Mii-chan in the front pocket of her dungarees, playing with her; and Kaori has a post-[[HesBack She's Back]] scene where she finds and happily plays with a kitten. In addition, Kaori has a beautiful ImageSong named "Tsukiyo no Koneko" ("Moonlight Kitten").
452* ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' has the Rent-A-Cat Coupon level-up gift, which allows the Mii possessing it to play with a kitten, whether by themselves or with their friends.
453* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': [[CatGirl Chen]] is sometimes depicted in fanart as having cat subordinates. And her animal form, as part of her [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekomata nekomata]] shtick, is a two-tailed cat. She canonically ''tries'' to have cat subordinates. They don't listen to her and only hang around because she feeds them.
454* ''VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari'': In under certain circumstances the PlayerCharacter might find one during a rainy day. If he does, he can keep it hidden in his apartment or not. [[spoiler:She's actually a CatGirl... sort-of.]]
455* ''VideoGame/WarioWareSmoothMoves'' has ''disco dancing kitties'' in Jimmy T's stage.
456* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': Even Kel'Thuzad has [[MoralityPet a cat]]. And he gets [[BigNo angry]] if [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential it's killed]] (however, rumors about doing so making him harder to kill or altering the {{Random Drop}}s have been proven false).
457** On the other hand, an undead questgiver has nothing better to do with her kitty than using it as a guinea pig for experiments with demonic substances.
458** With pet battles, now there are many different cats to collect as vanity pets, including Kel'Thuzad's cat, Mr. Bigglesworth, now a reward if you collect certain pets that drop from older raids. Unlike most cats in the game, he's classified as undead and has ice attacks.
459* You can easily buy kitten 'companions' (pets) in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', provided you have enough gold.
460* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' series: Nia, Mio and Milton are all cute, young CatFolk characters that show some kitten-like behaviors. Mio is even called a "kitten" by one of the antagonists.
461* ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'': Jibanyan is the series mascot and is a cute, talking cat.
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463
464[[folder:Web Animation]]
465* There's [[HeelFaceTurn Good Kitty]] in the ''Arfenhouse'' [[VideoGame/{{Arfenhouse}} games]] and [[WebAnimation/{{Arfenhouse}} movies]].
466* ''WebAnimation/ASDFMovie'':
467** From ''WebAnimation/ASDFMovie[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKB4h9gvmm0 ASDF Movie 2]]'':
468--->'''Man 1:''' KITTEN FIGHT!\
469'''Man 2:''' No! Wait! ''I'm allergic to adorableness!''
470** [[spoiler:Subverted]] in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l425bfmdMBs [asdfmovie] Deleted Scene]]''. [[spoiler:"Body slam!"]]
471* The 2015 student film [[https://vimeo.com/124256124 "The Casebook of Nips & Porkington"]] by Melody Wang, has Nips the Cat a cute detective who tries to recover a stolen egg. His sidekick is a middle age pig named "Porkington".
472* ''WebAnimation/CatsingCall'': All the cats are adorable in their designs and mannerisms, although the black kitten and Osiris' servant are the only ones who are clearly kittens.
473* ''WebAnimation/{{Cyriak}}'': Even ''[[ZombieApocalypse utterly hopeless zombie apocalypses]]'' are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNwCojCJ3-Q better with kittens]]. (Warning; gore and disturbing imagery).
474* ''WebAnimation/GoodbyeKitty'' has White Kitty. His rival Black Kitty, however, [[{{Jerkass}} is a completely different story]].
475* ''WebAnimation/OllieAndScoops'' has many cute cats, but Scoops stands out with how affectionate he is towards Ollie.
476* The main cat character from ''WebAnimation/SimonsCat'' and also the kitten from the episode Catnap.
477* ''WebAnimation/TrueTail'': The main character is a young orphan cat named Caleb Lightpaw... yes, that is his last name.
478[[/folder]]
479
480[[folder:Webcomics]]
481* Random kitties go [[http://rufftoon.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-Finale-6-5-Epilogue-46688187 here.]]
482* ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'', being a comic about anthropomorphic cats (and dogs!) has Molly, Abbey's cheerful younger sister. Fanart of hypothetical offspring is also a fan favorite, and the [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/candybooru/post/view/6181?search=Taeshi_%28Artist%29 author herself sometimes gets into it.]]
483* ''Webcomic/BreakingCatNews'' is simply made of this trope. Special shout-out goes to Beatrix, the ever enthusiastic polydactyl intern, who shows up and rearranges the whole station. She sets up the social media accounts, and she's "got a system!"
484* ''Webcomic/CatNine'' of course, which can turn into other animals or {{cat girl}} too.
485* Mike is killed and one of their own is missing. What will make the ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell's'' day better? [[http://crfh.net/d/20080416.html This.]]
486* ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'' has Fluffy, an adorable CloudCuckoolander kitten. [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/12/06/mittens-has-a-cunning-plan/ Just]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/01/03/carry-on-fluffy/ look]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/05/16/spaceouts/ at]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/10/24/press-any-button/ her]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/02/13/desperate-times/ go]].
487* Brittany from ''Webcomic/DomainTnemrot''. Also, her owner.
488* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' nastily subverted this. Kel'Noz gives little Ariel a kitten -- which then gets sick while Ariel is locked in a room for a week with it, and Ariel's abusive older sister Syphile, disgusted, [[KickTheDog kills the kitten in front of her]].
489* Dolly in ''Webcomic/PlusEV''.
490* ''Webcomic/TheGamercat'' manages to do this even though most of the main cast is made of cats: Pixel (a female cat) finds Glitch the kitten adorable, and in a story arc Gamercat himself tries to use Glitch's cuteness to pick up girls.
491* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041011 Krosp]] isn't cute exactly, but he's very good for Agatha.
492* ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'': Marshmallow Cat is genetically modified to be the world's most perfect cat. [[spoiler:She gets pregnant with the scary black cat and has tons of [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter ridiculously cute kittens]].]]
493* ''Webcomic/GronkAMonstersStory'' has Kitty, a little white kitten. Gronk's first instinct to seeing him is to chase him down and hug him.
494* ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'': Gus. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20121229114521/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/408 Jodie is reduced to nigh incomprehensibility in the face of his sheer adorableness]].
495* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'': When the mad scientist has her superintelligent gerbils begin their inevitable rebellion against their creator, she sends in a cute kitten named Sir Pounce. The gerbils' human intelligence causes them to [[CutenessProximity coo and aww]] over the kitten even as he eats them one by one. After his death, Sir Pounce is spotted in Hell.
496-->"You can't sentence Sir Pounce to eternal torment!"\
497"It was an evil kitten. We can't give leniency for cuteness."
498* ''Webcomic/NipAndTuck'': [[http://www.rhjunior.com/nip-and-tuck-0057/ While they are inconvenient in many ways, they are easier to wake up to than a DJ.]]
499* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Mr. Scruffy. In a stick figure comic, his presence never fails to add a sense of levity to the scene. Even when he's disemboweling minor human characters. (A joke about a notorious quirk in the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' game rules.)
500* ''Webcomic/PapiNyang'' is all about cats and that gives us Socks, the newborn who is adorable once they start walking and talking.
501* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'':
502** "[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/09/07/ And every twenty minutes, a kitten comes out!]]", [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/09/10/ though that turned out to be too much of a cute thing]].
503** More recently, the comic pondered the unintended consequences of sending a kitten to college. [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/03/27/ The other students would never accept him. He would always be an outcast.]]
504* ''Webcomic/PixieAndBrutus'': Pixie is designed to be as cute as possible, with big eyes and an innocent demeanor. While Brutus doesn't go into full CutenessProximity, he has a soft spot for her.
505* ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'':
506** [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/extras/ps000032.html Pose with a little white cat because]] SHIT JUST GOT CUTE.
507** Another MSPA example, this time actually in canon and from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160901061445/http://images.wikia.com/mspaintadventures/images/b/b3/Mutie.png Vodka "Mutie" Mutini]]/Dr. Meowgon Spengler
508* ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'': Goblin, Lysistrata's store cat, [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/08182009/ exploits]] [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/03042010/ this]] [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/04212010/ for]] [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/09202010/ all]] [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/05112012/ it's]][[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/08232012/ worth.]]
509* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': The Evil alternate between this and CatsAreMean. Give them their daily milk, and they're [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=021123 the cutest little things around]]. Don't give them their milk, and they'll shred you into tiny little gory pieces.
510* ''Webcomic/ASofterWorld'': "Calm down, guys. We can ride this out. Just convert all our stock to kittens for now. They just get fluffier and fluffier."
511-->'''Alt text:''' [[CutenessOverload BUY BUY BUY HAHAHA OH MY GOODNESS HELLO OH HELLO THERE]]
512** Another strip plays with the idea of "''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice and Kittens''. No. Kittens and Kittens and even more Kittens, oh my goodness, by Jane Austen."
513* ''Squid Row'': [[http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=1442 A good reason to take in a cat: it's really a kitten!]]
514* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'' has the main cast eventually take in a kitten. At some point, the animal causes such a bad case of CutenessProximity in most of the team that they don't notice Lalli has woken up from his two day long DeepSleep until the one person who noticed points it out.
515* ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'': The irascible Ruby acquires a kitten whose cuteness (arguably mostly an InformedAttribute) serves to relieve her HairTriggerTemper; see, for example, [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/sticky-dilly-buns/pet-the-kitty the scene where he's introduced to Amber (who names him "Minow").]] For a BilingualBonus, French-Canadian cats do not "meow" or "miouw". They ''minow''. Hence the name.
516* ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'': Selenium, the kitten that acquires Amanda.
517* ''Webcomic/WeAreTheWyrecats'': The kids like to keep cats around their workspace. K.A.'s father isn't too keen on this, but the team loves them.
518* ''Webcomic/WoodenRose'': [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter2/50.html Oh, aren't they darling?]]
519* As usual, ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/231/ says it all]].
520[[/folder]]
521
522[[folder:Web Original]]
523* [[MemeticMutation "Every time you masturbate, God kills a kitten!"]]
524* The ''Hey! Answerman'' column on ''Website/AnimeNewsNetwork'' has a "Flake of the Week" section where Answerman responds to a stupid e-mail sent to him with a cute baby animal picture. This used to be of kittens only, but now is more varied.
525* Probably one of the reasons WebOriginal/LOLCats is so popular. We haz our own [[http://www.lolcatbible.com bible]] nao.
526* {{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. [[DarkerAndEdgier Grimdark]].
527* Several pictures on [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051213021427/http://www.cuteoverload.com/ Cute Overload]] are this. To say nothing of kitten-only websites such as [[http://www.dailykitten.com/ The Daily Kitten]], ''[[http://thedailykitten.com The]]'' [[http://thedailykitten.com Daily Kitten]], [[http://kittenwar.com/ Kittenwar]], and [[http://www.theittybittykittycommittee.com/ Itty Bitty Kitty Committee]].
528* ''Website/SCPFoundation'':
529** 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.
530** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-529 Josie the Half-Cat]] is a cat without her back half. Other than that, she is a normal kitty, and she is free to roam around the facility.
531** 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.
532** Also subverted by [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-247 SCP-247]], whose codename is (rather aptly) "A Harmless Kitten." It ''looks'' like an adorable orange kitten with black stripes and exudes a psychic effect that makes humans want to pet it. Actually, it is a fully grown tiger that can make itself look like a kitten so it can lure humans in and eat them.
533* [[http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/02/15/ume-neko-moe-assassin/ Ume: Neko Moe Assassin]] is a series of videos of a little kitten doing what he does best, which is... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin being cute]]. Being very very cute.
534* On /b/, every Saturday is "Caturday" and there will be at least one thread involving pictures of cats. In fact, cats serve as /b/'s {{Morality Pet}}s. They absolutely ''hate'' those who abuse kittens, as seen by their efforts to bring Kenny Glenn and Cheyenne Cherry, who did just that ForTheEvulz, to justice.
535* [[https://web.archive.org/web/20111228123605/http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/40-cat-hats Here are another forty cats that think they are hats]].
536* [[http://cuteboyswithcats.tumblr.com Cute Boys With Cats]] and [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160425173752/http://cutegirlswithcats.tumblr.com/ Cute Girls With Cats]].
537* There's even [[http://punxwithkittens.tumblr.com/ Punx With Kittens!]]
538* ''Webcomic/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.
539* [[http://new.livestream.com/FosterKittenCam "Foster Dad John"]] takes in cats that are about to have their litters and [[WebVideo/TheCritterRoom raises them and their kittens in front of a live-streaming webcam for all the world to see]], before adopting them out after they are old enough to be neutered.
540* In Canada, the Langley Animal Protection Society runs a similar livestream known simply as [[http://www.tinykittens.com TinyKittens.com]]. You will never get anything done again.
541* The [[http://blog.geocities.institute/archives/5201 LAL Cat Archive]] may have been the oldest known online repository of cat pictures, being active in 1995.
542[[/folder]]
543
544[[folder:Web Videos]]
545* Website/YouTube:
546** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo "He's the meanest little kitty so we named him Sparta."]]
547** Also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74P0ApB955o&feature=channel_page Loki!]]
548** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49jKeGyUCJE He's a cat (meow) flushing the toilet!]]
549** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaA_cs4WZHM Cat! I'm a kitty cat! And I dance dance dance! And I dance, dance, dance!]]
550** We've heard of cats perched on shoulders, but we've never heard of cats perched on heads. This cat is so comfortable it doesn't mind using his owner's head as a blanket while she rinses and flosses her teeth. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExZ0i04pSeY He's a cat AND a hat!]]
551** New [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je1leMpnNa4&feature=related Earthenware Pot Kittens]] coming to a market near you!
552* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd:
553** He has an adorable "death kitty" named Boo that he unleashes on some of the games he's reviewed.
554** He also has another cat, Yeti, who he playfully sicced on Doug Walker [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWZ-PbzPVmo before they filmed their final battle.]] (at 2:39) "NO, NOT THE KITTEN!"
555* Buzzfeed's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Sn91t1V4g Dear Kitten]] videos, narrated by an adult cat telling the new kitten about life around the house. It is both funny and sweet, especially the adult cat's begrudging love for the kitten (especially in the sequels):
556--> '''Adult Cat:''' Welcome to the household... you'll do just fine.
557%%* 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]]
558* And then there is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8 "Surprised Kitty"]] that has actually been featured in the French Yahoo page because it is so cute it would put you in a good mood for the day.
559** There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW-rlvROfqw&feature=related this one]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2i1eprUnAs&NR=1 this one]]
560* The self-explanatory Youtube video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALrmZCHwlU "Adorable Kitty"]]. WARNING! The following video contains lethal levels of cuteness and should be watched with extreme caution!!
561* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1s68gnXe3Y "Little Kittens"]] is all over this trope. "These cats are the only thing between me and suicide!"
562* Tiny white kitten: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb-oJ5-OreA "Dis bowl is mine! No hooman, this is MY food."]] Someone needs to share with the other kitties...
563* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=muLIPWjks_M Ninja cat comes closer while not moving]].
564* ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' finds kittens can offset [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15767_third-reich-to-fortune-500-five-popular-brands-nazis-gave-us.html some of the evil]] of [[ThoseWackyNazis the Third Reich]].
565* [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall So here's a cute kitten instead!]]
566* He's not technically a kitten, but he's still [[http://sisinmaru.blog17.fc2.com/ Maru!]]
567** If Maru doesn't qualify, his new roommate [[http://sisinmaru.blog17.fc2.com/blog-entry-1489.html Hana]] definitely does.
568* Prepare to have your mind holes blown [[Music/JamProject by]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxcvDakqjmo SKILLCAT]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrIVU4hbz9w GONGCAT]]
569* Creator/BradJones of ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' has several cats, who will on occasion serve as a FunnyBackgroundEvent in his v-logs and reviews, most notably during ''WebVideo/BradTries''. Even ''WebVideo/BradJonesDemoReel'' had a shot of Lloyd.
570* Website/YouTube personality Creator/{{Tobuscus}} has a video clip series called "Cute Win Fail". Needless to say, the "Cute" segment has a disproportionately high number of cats doing absurdly cute things, with babies and [[PreciousPuppy dogs]] as the other favorites.
571* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4 Nyan]] [[MemeticMutation Cat]]
572* While he's better known for his [[VideoGame/{{ARMA}} ARMA]] videos, Dslyecxi from Creator/ShackTactical has a pet cat named Eby. One of his non-ARMA videos told [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLgQZ9sBzuc the tale of how he adopted Eby]] which is a liberal dose of this trope as [[spoiler:the recovered Eby races all around the house, not in the least bit slowed by his missing foreleg nor showing any sign of just how close to death he had come]].
573** Since then, Eby has been the subject of two other videos on his channel. One was really just an update on how he was doing by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfpT5EpO1iY showing him eating various foods Dslyecxi was feeding him]] (namely lettuce and a pretzel) while the second showed that he did not lack the [[CatsAreMean evil side of his feline nature]] as he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSTYZOMyMSU attempts to sabotage his human's attempts to fly a Harrier]].
574* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ljMODw-fXaI corn cat!]]
575* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=krEE_CJGjCM Neko no kimochi!]]
576* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvmijL-eepDVHYSJHDY3d6w Cole and Marmalade]], a pair of youtube-famous cat brothers. While they're fully-grown cats now, there are some videos on their channel from when they were kittens.
577* ''WebVideo/TheSixCatsParade'' has some videos with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYS-DDf2e9g cute kittens]] when Rico, Billy, Manchinha, Pitty and Jessica were kittens and the videos of black kittens playing and fighting.
578* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/shironekoshiro/featured "Basket Cat" Shironeko]], a Turkish van cat with a perpetual relaxed expression. His owner's youtube channel features videos of Shiro and his family relaxing and being one with nature.
579* Tamara Chambers has two cats, Ike and Wendy, that always appear in ''WebVideo/TamarasNeverSeen''. She loves them a lot.
580* A Russian Youtuber [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTZUTvv_1Onm-f-533Hyurw Robin Seplut]] feeds stray cats in his spare time. His videos feature a lot of different cats and kittens, from cute to heartbreakingly injured, yet he [[KindHeartedCatLover tries to help them]] as much as he could, up to renting an apartment as a temporary foster house that helped a number of young kittens and some adult cats to find their new owners. One of the kittens ended up as his own pet, yet even though eventually she grew up into a cute adult cat, this is somewhat compensated by her seemingly [[GenkiGirl endless]] [[BloodKnight aggressive energy]] and her tendency to [[CuteBruiser grapple just about with everything]].
581* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAIGb1lfpBw Mitchiri Neko Marching Band]] features a whole parade of kittens! There's also an odd one out in each group to up the cuteness factor, and the song they play for you is just so darn catchy.
582* ''WebVideo/OutsideXbox'': "[[https://youtu.be/VOXrSTJ6X6k 7 Stupidest Ways Humanity Got Destroyed]]" starts with Ellen saying "There's never a good way for humanity to be wiped out, unless it's some kind of kitten supernova."
583* ''WebVideo/TheSlowMoGuys'' presents [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHdOh90kGHQ Slow Mo Kittens]]. Gavin also filmed his cat Smee [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BKsV2rpFrA running around]] in his yard and as a kitten.
584* Boris of ''WebVideo/LifeOfBoris''-fame adopted one of his babushka's rescue cat's kittens. It is a precious little ball of fluff, named [[{{Literature/Metro2033}} Artyom]]. Of course, some time has passed and Artyom has grown from a kitten into a young cat, but is no less fluffy or precious.
585* ''WebVideo/ColeAndMarmalade'', being a cat video-based channel, has plenty of videos featuring the cats as kittens, usually involving them meowing loudly and playing.
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589* ''WesternAnimation/AbbyHatcher'': Mo and Bo are cat-like Fuzzlies. There's also Melvin's pet cat Elvin.
590* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' runs with this trope in the episode "Box Prince", about a kingdom of kittens living in cardboard boxes.
591* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': The titular character can be cute when he wants to be. "The Origins" shows that when he was age four, he was absolutely adorable.
592* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': The episode "El Secuestro" has Archer finding out that Cheryl, the ISIS secretary, is secretly a heiress with a pet ocelot... and the notably {{Jerkass}} secret agent is instantly smitten with the exotic cat. "Oh my God, you guys! Look at his little spots! And his tufted ears!"
593* ''WesternAnimation/BattleKitty'': The titular character is both [[BadassAdorable a badass and a cute kitty]].
594* ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'': Orange Kitten and Periwinkle are of the TalkingAnimal variety.
595* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' has Spunky ("Catteries Not Included") and [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Boots]] ("Gorilla My Dreams").
596* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': This has been featured in "More Kittens", "WesternAnimation/ThreeOrphanKittens", "WesternAnimation/LendAPaw", and several others. In "Three Orphan Kittens", the very cute kittens manage to wreck a kitchen in a very cute way. In "Lend a Paw", Pluto rescues a cute kitten from drowning in a stream.
597* ''WesternAnimation/CliffordsPuppyDays'': Flo and Zo.
598* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'':
599** Katerina Kittycat, Henrietta Pussycat's daughter. Yes, she's really that sweet.
600** Daniel Tiger since he's a cute and friendly young tiger.
601* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': Mr. Mumbles. Her cuteness is the reason Dan won't get mad at her.
602* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' (and its TV successors): Capitalizing on the comic strips, Nermal declaring himself as the "world's cutest kitten" is often taken to absurd extremes, frustrating Garfield to no end.
603* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Elisa's cat Cagney.
604* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'':
605** 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.
606** Billy's pink cat, Milkshakes.
607* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
608** In one short, Sylvester is an alley cat who gets out of the cold when Elmer takes him in -- then finds his position in jeopardy when an alley kitten gets taken in too. "I can't keep you both... hahaha, baby kittens are ''so cute!''"
609** Sylvester himself is actually portrayed as this in ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes''.
610** Creator/ChuckJones did a very effective [[WesternAnimation/FeedTheKitty series of cartoons]] where an adorable kitten brings out the protective, loving side of a big tough bulldog.
611* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In the episode "May the Best Pet Win", one of the pets involved is an adorable little "putty tat". She makes her glorious return in "Read it and Weep" as part of a group of [[PantheraAwesome large predators]] trying to maul the hero of the ShowWithinAShow.
612* ''WesternAnimation/PipAhoy'' has Alba, who looks, sounds and behaves the part.
613* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pound Puppies|2010}}'': Spoons and Teensy in the episode "Hello Kitten".
614* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'':
615** In the episode "Catastrophe", the Powerpuff Girls have to find one of the kittens for a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant monster]] in order to help him leave Townsville alone.
616** There was also "Sweet 'n' Sour", where a group of {{cute|IsEvil}} animals, including a cat, started robbing Townsville, using their cuteness. They were so cute that the townspeople hated the girls for trying to stop them.
617* ''WesternAnimation/RubyGloom'': Doom Kitty.
618* ''WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow'': Ruff is the brains side of Hanna-Barbera's do-gooding duo.
619* ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' has Sagwa and her siblings.
620* ''WesternAnimation/SheriffCalliesWildWest'': The title character.
621* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy'' makes the absolute maximum emotional hay out of [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishing]] that Gwyn WouldNotHurtAChild and the Diviner and Drednok [[WouldHurtAChild would]] by making the child in question a tiny [[CatFolk Caitian]], sold into slavery in the mines of Tars Lamora.
622* ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' has a pink kitten named Custard.
623* ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperForceGo'': Subverted where the team wipes an invading time-traveling insectoid species from existence, causing an alternate species of "space kittens" that transform into vicious monsters to take their place in the timeline.
624* ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'':
625** In a first-season episode, a botched practical joke leaves Starfire angry at Beast Boy -- who tries to cheer her up by turning into a kitten. It doesn't work the first time, [[MarshmallowHell but the second]]...
626** There are metric tons of fanart where BB is in kitten form -- and being stroked, petted, or otherwise admired by Raven or Terra. Try to guess the obvious DoubleEntendre.
627* ''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.
628* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'': When the Tick was trying to masquerade as a villain to track down another villain, he was asked to prove it by, well, [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten eating a kitten]]. Naturally, he beat all the bad guys and saved the kitten, instead.
629* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': Furrball is portrayed as both this trope and the prime example of TheWoobie.
630* ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'':
631** Averted 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.
632** "The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse" has another interesting variation: Jerry protecting a new kitten from the jealous rage of Tom. In other words, a mouse is protecting a ''kitten'' from a ''cat'', never mind that kittens eventually turn into cats.
633* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersBotBots'': In "(Never) Be Yourself", Dimlit's bot video features him standing completely still with a blank expression followed by stars, 3 pictures of cats, and the text "#KITTENS" appearing over the video. When Burgertron questions this, Dimlit simply responds "Everyone loves kittens!"
634* There are several Creator/VanBeurenStudios cartoons that featured cute kittens as the protagonists, a trio of which were minor recurring characters in their Rainbow Parade shorts, including the kits in "Rough on Rats", "Merry Kittens", "Rag Dog" and "Scottie Finds A Home". WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat also counts in his three shorts produced by the studio.
635* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': Little Bits is this, as well as both CatsAreMean and CuteIsEvil since she uses her cuteness to hypnotize victims by [[BitchInSheepsClothing appearing to be innocent, when in fact she's an evil bounty hunter.]]
636* [[https://i.pinimg.com/236x/f1/4c/1c/f14c1c47e12393d845f6e279c54c4aae--cartoon-cats-vs.jpg Buurpoes the kitten]] from the Dutch children's series ''Woezel & Pip'' is a very cute kitten. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS9IFCznO4k She's close friends with the titural puppy characters]], and [[TrrrillingRrrs mostly purrs out]] [[VerbalTic her sentences and words.]]
637* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': The cat wearing Catwoman wannabe Katnappe uses genetically altered super-kittens as weapons against the Xiaolin.
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641* When the (extremely popular) Sheffield branch of Virgin Megastore finally closed, they left a sign in the window reading "Thank you and goodbye. We love you all. P.S. HMV kills kittens for profit."
642* There's a Japanese train station which never got any service or tourism -- so Tama, a cat, was made station master. The station's now raking in the tourism money, which, according to Creator/StephenColbert, goes to "repairing the horrific accidents that result from having a ''cat'' as station master." [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/11704428/Cat-stationmaster-Tama-mourned-in-Japan-and-elevated-as-goddess.html She was so popular that the moment she passed away, the company officials and the cat's fans decided to elevate her as a goddess during her funeral]].
643* This is closely related to the idea of killing/eating kittens as a definite sign of evilness, as in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Ontario_general_election#%22Evil_reptilian_kitten-eater_from_another_planet%22 this rather elaborate insult hurled at a Canadian politician]].
644* Life subverts itself in that even [[KillerRabbit adorable little kittens are proficient killers]] and learn to hunt as early as three or four weeks of age. It's creepy-cute to see a kitten carrying around a (nearly) dead mouse that looks to be nearly the size of its wee head.
645* UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} in general tends to consider cats as clean and playful animals, and the Prophet Muhammad, a KindheartedCatLover, took care of cats and kittens with respect. Also, as they are ritually clean in addition to being adorable and playful, they are allowed to be kept as pets and enter mosques and homes.
646* Some studies have indicated that having a cat "may" have limited beneficial effects on the health and well-being of people, especially older adults. Also, medical researchers have demonstrated that stroking a purring cat can lower human blood pressure and pulse rate, as well as increase feelings of peace and well-being. That said, pregnant women are advised to not handle cat litter, since it contains germs that, while harmless to adults, can pose a real danger to the fetus.
647* Just search for most popular Website/YouTube videos for "Pets And Animals" and see how many you get featuring cats.
648* Likewise, search for "kitten cam" on Website/YouTube. Tiny Kittens HQ, Kitten Academy, Kitten Cuddle Room, Alley to Attic, WebVideo/TheCritterRoom, Frank Einstein's... Many are the offspring of feral mamas who are spayed after giving birth and then everybody is put up for adoption. (Partly thanks to environmental experiments at Tiny Kittens HQ, we now know that many adult feral cats can be socialized and adopted like any other.)
649* Music/TaylorSwift has designed several greeting cards featuring kittens. She's on record as saying "I feel like kitten cards make everything better, pretty much." [[https://web.archive.org/web/20090913132746/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/pawprintpost/post/2009/09/taylor-swift-kittens-make-bad-times-all-better/1 Here.]] And of course she then went and [[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/taylor-swift-new-cat-benjamin-button_n_5cc47defe4b0fd8e35bcf459 adopted]] one (two, now).
650* Cat cafés are cafés featuring a number of cats that can be interacted with by customers. They started in Korea in about 1997, are rather popular in Japan, and have spread to the U.S., Canada and Australia. The cats frequently come from a shelter and can be adopted.
651* In the spring of 2018, filmmaker [[https://twitter.com/ParisZarcilla/status/1001748442119593984?s=20 Paris Zarcilla discovered an unknown cat with four newborn kittens]] under his bed. She had apparently slipped through his open back door. Overwhelmed with protective emotions, Zarcilla decided he was now a "cat dad" and gave himself completely to their care. The crowning moment was taking the little mother to the vet and discovering that she had no chip, so [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB6Iz0VCQ_E he was able to keep the whole family]].
652--> ''This is too much. I'm approaching nirvana. I legitimately suffer from anxiety attacks and depression and my capacity to deal with it recently has been waning. The Cat Gods have smiled upon me with benevolence and turned the monsters under my bed into kittens.''
653* Some NYC bodegas keep cats to control rodents, and those cats are popular amongst locals who shop at the stores. For many, seeing a cat in a bodega brightens their day.[[note]]Technically, [[http://gothamist.com/2015/06/12/ask_a_native_new_yorker_can_i_tell.php they are illegal]] because of [[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/nyregion/21cats.html?_r=0 city laws]], but since the cost of dealing with rodents are more troublesome, most bodega owners would rather pay the cat fine because they keep away rodents.[[/note]] In fact, when someone complained about a bodega cat on yelp, New Yorkers were [[https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-writes-bad-yelp-review-223102773.html outraged and quickly rushed to the cats' defense.]]
654* Managed colonies of feral cats are used in some cities to get rid of rats and vermin naturally. Because the cats are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap–neuter–return spayed and neutered]], they cannot breed out of control.
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