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** [[EvilIsSexy Grimmjow]] gets ''{{panther|aAwesome}}'' ears in his Ressurecion form...

A catgirls' ears and tail don't have to be that of a housecat. They can be that of any cat species, big or small.

A catgirls' ears and tail don't have to be that of a housecat. They can be that of [[PantheraAwesome any cat species, big or small]].

[=Catgirls=] can also have other minor feline features, such as a cat tail, CuteLittleFangs, cat-like AnimalEyes, FemmeFatalons or [[NaturalWeapon actual claws]]. She often has personality traits that conform to feline AnimalStereotypes. She might also have a VerbalTic that imitates the sound of a cat. They might demonstrate a FauxPaw.

A Catgirl is a character that looks mostly like a human but she has [[UnusualEars the ears]] of a cat. A [=Catgirl=] is not furry, and should still have human skin, human hair, a human face, a completely human nose, and a human skull and torso structure. The [=Catgirl=] is stereotypically female, though examples of [=Catboy=] can also be found.

Catgirls can also have other minor feline features, such as a cat tail, CuteLittleFangs, cat-like AnimalEyes, FemmeFatalons or [[NaturalWeapon actual claws]]. She often has personality traits that conform to feline AnimalStereotypes. She might also have a VerbalTic that imitates the sound of a cat. They might demonstrate a FauxPaw.

Some catgirls are biologically Catgirl, either because of some degree of non-human ancestry or because of a change brought upon by MagicAndPowers or AppliedPhlebotinum. Examples do not have to be defaultly Catgirls. They can be normal humans who [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting have been turned into]] Catgirls. These catgirls would be a subcategory of UnusualEars and LittleBitBeastly.

Other Catgirls merely wear [[CatEaredHeadband cat-themed costumes]], sometimes as part of feline themed AnimalMotifs. These Catgirls would be a subcategory of AnimalEaredHeadband. Faux kitties will wear at least fake ears, and often a fake tail. Sometimes they wear gloves resembling cat paws.

* Catgirls may also be an AnimalThemedSuperbeing, particularly in Western SuperHero fiction.

* Carrie Kelly in ''TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' is ''named'' Catgirl.

* Creator/FritzLeiber's ''The Wanderer'' has a Sexy Alien Catgirl from a SuperiorSpecies teach the hero about Sexy Catgirl Sex. It's notable that this is a Western novel from [[TheSixties the 1960s]].

* "Catgirl" is a ''monster'' in the ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'' spoof card game. The Munchkin catgirls are just as adorable as their anime counterparts, but also happen to be vicious cannibals who love to eat male adventurers. Most of the catgirl's attacks are standard ''Tabletopgame/DungeonsAndDragons'' attacks, with cutesy names-"Pounce" becomes "Pouncy-Poo", while "Rend" becomes "Rendy-Wendy".

* And if you find yourself angry with catgirls, you can always go ahead and [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31216 Whack a Catgirl]],

* "You Show Me Yours and I'll Show You Mine" was the title of a thread on the ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' message boards. The topic? Catgirl characters. Just about everyone has one, it seems, and with the versatility of the game's costume editor, they go from ears-and-tail to scary-feral. Some people have several. Especially male players. Or so the [[MemeticMutation joke goes]]. The canon [=Catgirl=] is Mynx, though, who glib speedster Synapse apparently found rooting through garbage one day, or some such. [[{{Fanservice}} She cleans up pretty good]], to her credit.

--> ''[[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp01192004.shtml A message from Something Positive]]''': Please, for love of all that is decent, [[AC:Spay/Neuter Your Catgirl]].

A Catgirl is a character that looks mostly like a human but she has [[UnusualEars the ears]] of a cat. A CatGirl is not furry, and should still have human skin, human hair, a human face, a completely human nose, and a human skull and torso structure. The CatGirl is stereotypically female, though examples of CatBoy can also be found.

* HumanoidFemaleAnimal, FunnyAnimal, TalkingAnimal, SpeechImpairedAnimal, PartiallyCivilizedAnimal, PettingZooPeople, CivilizedAnimal, and NearlyNormalAnimal characters do not qualify as CatGirl, and should be listed under the appropriate trope instead.

* {{Fantastic Sapient Species|Tropes}} resembling felines should be listed under CatFolk. There can be overlap between CatFolk and CatGirl, however only LittleBitBeastly of examples of CatFolk should also be listed under CatGirl, and CatGirl examples should only be listed in CatFolk if they represent an entire distinct fictional non-human species.
* Werecats that turn into cats but do not have a LittleBitBeastly cat-eared human form should be listed at OurWerebeastsAreDifferent. Humans that can magically turn into cats, but are not {{Werecat}}s and do not resemble a CatGirl should be listed under {{Animorphism}}.

* Ichigo from ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' is a MagicalGirl CatGirl with infused cat DNA. Although she does not have cat ears full time, they are real.

* Somewhat of a subversion: Mikoto from ''{{Manga/Mai-HiME}}'' merely behaves like a CatGirl, while being a regular human in appearance.
** In the ''Manga/{{Mai-Otome}}'' manga, however, Mikoto's a VoluntaryShapeshifting CatGirl, [[VerbalTic nya]].
* In ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'', Yuma's friend Cathy has no real physical cat-like features (she wears her hair in a way to make it resemble cat ears) but she does have a strange ability to communicate and control actual cats, something that has never been explained. Natually, as a duelist, her deck uses cat-themed monsters. (Her two known Xyz monsters, Twin-Tail Cat Lady an Cat Girl Magician, are bona-fide [[CatGirl Cat Girls]] themselves.)
* Not a real catgirl, but ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' once had Tomoyo place the title character in a catgirl costume. To be more specific, a CatGirl {{Meido}} costume [[DressedAllInRubber made of rubber]] (She was fighting [[ShockAndAwe The Thunder]] at the time). For some reason, this became [[MemeticMutation one of her most popular outfits]]. (To be fair, the outfit is just adorable.)

* At one point in ''Anime/{{Shuffle}}'', [[TokenMiniMoe Primula]] {{cosplay}}s as a CatGirl [[{{Meido}} maid]].
* ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'''s Yuma has a CatGirl themed MagicalGirl outfit.

* The "ears" of most life-size Persocoms in ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'' (actually used to contain interface jacks) may be deliberately designed to resemble CatGirl ears.

* MissKitty, in the SpaceWestern ''Film/{{Oblivion|1994}}'' is a CatGirl Madame, played by Julie "Catwoman" Newmar.

* Would YOU expect these to show up in a setting as grimdark as ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''? As of the 6th edition, there are cat people serving the Imperium, with fanart and custom armies portraying them, naturally, as CatGirl amazon brigades.

* ''BladeKitten'' is about Kit Ballard, a young CatGirl with a blade.

* The ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' games have Uriko, who is halfway between CatGirl and a PettingZooPerson. Her head, face, and ears are catgirl like, however her limbs are more animal-like than standard cat girls.

* "You Show Me Yours and I'll Show You Mine" was the title of a thread on the ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' message boards. The topic? Catgirl characters. Just about everyone has one, it seems, and with the versatility of the game's costume editor, they go from ears-and-tail to scary-feral. Some people have several. Especially male players. Or so the [[MemeticMutation joke goes]]. The canon CatGirl is Mynx, though, who glib speedster Synapse apparently found rooting through garbage one day, or some such. [[{{Fanservice}} She cleans up pretty good]], to her credit.

* In ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'' the heroine can turn into a CatGirl by using one of the effects.

* ''TheDragonDoctors'' features a, as Sarin, resident pervert says "The least CatGirl I know."

* [[http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?159 Myshka]] from ''NotQuiteDailyComic'', a regular cat who was accidentally transformed into a "dangerously furry" CatGirl, retains most of her former behavior, somewhat subverting the trope.

* Although not a literal CatGirl, Nepeta from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' seems to be designed to invoke this character type, with her ear-like horns and permanent CatSmile. Plus, she wears a tail and a hat with sort of a cat face, and fights using [[WolverineClaws gloves with claws attached]]. She also roleplays as a cat online, and makes [[PungeonMaster feline-related puns at any pawsible chance]].

* In ''The Official Fanfiction University of {{Redwall}}'', an {{Otaku}} signed up as a CatGirl.

* Ashley, a.k.a. Katnappe of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' seems mostly to be cosplaying a CatGirl, but her tail does twitch, her fangs are real, and her claws retractable. [[MST3KMantra It's best not to think about it]].

** Another episode, ''The Demon Within'', had Klarion the Witch Boy's cat, Teekl, transform into a cat girl to fight Batman and [=Etrigan=]. She also has this ability in the comics.

** Another episode, ''The Demon Within'', had Klarion the Witch Boy's cat, Teekl, transform into a cat girl to fight Batman and {{Etrigan}}. She also has this ability in the comics.

** Another episode, ''TheDemon Within'', had Klarion the Witch Boy's cat, Teekl, transform into a cat girl to fight Batman and {{Etrigan}}. She also has this ability in the comics.

*** Disgaea 2 Dark Hero Days has Death Sabers which are more demonic looking varation. They appear in Disgaea 4 as DLC.

*** There are plans to add playable Male miqo'te. So we'll finally have catboys in addition to catgirls.
*** There will also be a [[CrossOver miqo'te outfit for Lightning]] in ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''.

*** The in game dictionary in ''StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' explains Leon's presence. Expellians are actually a [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrid race]] descended from both [[HumanAliens humans]] and fellpool that were native to Expel. Leon is a genetic throwback that only appears when both parents have the same recessive gene on the twelfth chromosome.

*** After working out a few kinks in the catgirl form's design Tedd [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2012-01-10 uses it himself]] ([[GenderBender should not be a big surprise]], coming from him).

* The cover of AliProject's ''[[http://www.jpopasia.com/img/album-covers/1/8357-lavitaromantica-un44.jpg La Vida Romantica]]'' shows Arika as a leopard girl.

* In Neal Asher's ''PoliySeries'', a popular body-modification subculture are those called catadapts, who have modified themselves into a feline appearance.

* Kilgore Trout's ''Venus On The Half Shell'' (ghostwritten by Creator/PhilipJoseFarmer instead of Kurt Vonnegut [[hottip:*: Farmer was mistaken for Vonnegut by critics, which pissed Vonnegut off no end.]]) has a cat-like alien queen who makes love to the hero and grants him immortality.

* Beastmasters in ''{{Disgaea}} 2'' combine standard [[UnusualEars demonic ears]] with not quite as standard lion tails and "mane-like" hair for the appearance of almost-but-not-quite lion girls. The "Kit Cat[[hottip:*:Now called "Nekomata" as of Disgaea 4]]" breed of monsters are so obvious they didn't even get mentioned, with kitty ears, tail, and strategically-placed strips of fur, Felicia-style.

* Subverted in ''SuitePrettyCure''. Siren is a real cat, but her human identity Ellen is completely human. After she became Cure Beat, she is stuck in her human form. In the helloween episode, Ellen wears a black cat costume, similar to Siren's appearance.

* Somewhat subverted in the independent short ''PatGetsACat'' - the protagonist imagines a human girl behaving like a cat, but without the ears, tail or most common traits of the garden-variety catgirl.

* Greebo's human form in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books is very male, ruggedly handsome, and vaguely feline.
** subverted in that the feline traits he shows are much more like a real cat than usual; at one point he drinks milk from a bowl and tries to curl up in a warm place, and he is persuaded into quite a strenuous nights' work on the promise of a kipper
*** he also shows talons and exceptional strength and balance when the occasion requires
**** subverted by his wearing a tabby cat mask to a masked ball, with quite alarming results

* Subverted in ''SuitePrettyCure''. Siren is a real cat, but her human identity Ellen is completely human. After she became Cure Beat, she is stuck in her human form.

* ''Anime/DogDays'', featuring a race of cat-person and [[BoobsOfSteel an overly busted and very strong cat queen]] as FriendlyEnemies of a dog-person race.

* OEL Manga ''Reality Check!'' has Catreece, a hyper-intelligent housecat whose avatar on the virtual-reality Internet is a catgirl of the GenkiGirl variety.

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* From Campbell Soup's [[https://twitter.com/CampbellCares official Twitter feed]]:
-->'''Customer:''' how dare you call this coconut curry a food item
-->'''Campbell's:''' We’re sorry to disappoint you. Is there something we can do to help?
-->'''Customer:''' draw a catgirl
-->'''Campbell's:''' [[https://twitter.com/CampbellCares/status/327911240166957057 Keep in mind we're not artists but we tried.]]

Rook Blonko from Ben 10: Omniverse is confirmed to be cat-like when a villian who can mind-control cats tries to control him.

* KOS-MOS from ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'', a RobotGirl, gained headgear that resembled cat ears after a plot-important upgrade in Episode III. In a comical side story she also got infected with a computer virus that makes her meow randomly at the end of her sentences to boot: this is carried over into her second EndlessFrontier appearance.
** She does it in Endless Frontier 1 too. "Boost, nya"

* Chen (a [[{{Youkai}} nekomata]]) and Rin Kaenbyou (a [[http://hyakumonogatari.com/2012/05/09/kasha-the-corpse-eating-cat-demon/ kasha]] from the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' games. Shou Toramaru the tiger youkai doesn't have any tiger ears or tail, but fanartists often depict her with them anyway.

* Chen and Rin Kaenbyou from the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' games.
** There's also Shou Toramaru, who is a ''tiger'' {{Youkai}} although she doesn't have the ears and tail except in some fanart.

* The Cat was once a costumed heroine who used a powered costume, but a ritual was performed on her, transforming her into the werecat Tigra. She went on to join Comicbook/TheAvengers, eventually giving her old costume to Patsy Walker, who took the name Hellcat. There's a tug-of-war between her human and feline instincts and which has the upper hand tends to depend on the writer. One day she's able to fly interstellar spacecraft, the next she's chasing and eating mice and unable to speak (except in cat noises.)

-->-- '''[[{{TheSpectacularSpider-Man}} Spider-Man]]'''

* ''ComicBook/OmahaTheCatDancer''.

* In {{Vocaloid}} game ''Hatsune Miku - Project Diva 2nd'', one of KAITO's wardrobe name is "Neko Cyber" (Cyber Neko), which is.