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* Meow in ''Anime/KazemakaseTsukikageRan'' has very fetching cat-like moves when she fights.

* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'': Atalanta has lion ears and a tail, likely a reference to how in her myth she was eventually turned into a lion.
* ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'' has quite a few of these. The first of these is Rin's MagicalGirl getup, which adds cat ears and a tail to her costume. The second, and by far more (in)famous example is the "[[{{Stripperiffic}} Beast Mode]]" costumes for Illya, Miyu, and Kuro, featured in the specials of the first season and ''2wei herz'', which are essentially fanservice-y costumes conjured by [[TalkingWeapon Magical Ruby and Magical Sapphire]] featuring cat's ears, tails, and paw gloves and slippers.

* ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} has been WonderWoman's nemesis over at least four incarnations; two [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 pre-Crisis]] costumers and two ComicBook/PostCrisis cat people.

** An episode had Selena Kyle, aka Catwoman, kidnapped by a Dr. Moreau wannabe who turned her into...you get the picture. It should also be noted that the episode also had a cat-man (man-cat?) who liked how she was and wanted Selena to stay. [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, he gives her the cure, but doesn't take it himself.]]
** Another episode, "The Demon Within", had ComicBook/KlarionTheWitchBoy's cat, Teekl, transform into a catgirl to fight Batman and ComicBook/{{Etrigan}}. She also has this ability in the comics.

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan'':

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire's'' homeroom teacher, Nekonome-sensei is the homeroom teacher of a school filled with monsters, where they learn to disguise themselves and hide their species. She can't hide her cat ears or tail, and professes a love of raw fish. Also fanservice-heavy, but ''everyone'' is MsFanservice in that show. To be more specific, her ears can at least be written off as part of her hair as long as they don't stand out too much, but in both the anime and manga she has a LOT of trouble hiding her tail, to the point of RunningGag.

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'':

** ComicBook/EmmaFrost's early student, "[[Characters/NewMutants Catseye]]", who can turn into either a housecat or a fairly terrifying Were-pather. This was later {{retcon}}ned by creator Creator/ChrisClaremont into her being ''[[DorkAge a mutant cat who could turn into a human]]''. Re-retconned back into her being a human mutant by Marvel's editorial, who hated the idea.[[note]]Creator/StanLee had done the same thing years earlier, when Chris Claremont had originally hinted that Franchise/{{Wolverine}} might be a mutant wolverine.[[/note]]

* Most of the main cast of ''VisualNovel/{{Nekopara}}'', aside from Kashou and Shigure, are all catgirls, since this visual novel is about catgirls. [[spoiler:It even get better as by the end of Volume 1, the bakery gets renamed to [[TitleDrop Neko Paradise]] as nearly every employee is a catgirl.]]

* All of the main characters in ''Manga/FreeCollarsKingdom'' are actual cats, but for the most part they appear as catgirls/boys.

The entire concept is OlderThanTheyThink, with the first recorded mention of a modern catgirl (as opposed the the monsterlike ''nekomata'' and ''bakaneko'') dating to a sideshow-like fair where there was a catgirl as one of the crew[[note]]Almost certainly someone in {{Cosplay}}.[[/note]] in 1769! In fact, visualization of anthromorphic cats as mostly-human women is a trope that dates back all the way to Myth/EgyptianMythology, making this trope OlderThanDirt.

The entire concept is OlderThanTheyThink, with the first recorded mention of a catgirl (as opposed the the monsterlike ''nekomata'' and ''bakaneko'') dating to a sideshow-like fair where there was a catgirl as one of the crew[[note]]Almost certainly someone in {{Cosplay}}.[[/note]] in 1769! Making {{catgirl}}s OlderThanRadio.

** Among the many outfits Tomoyo [[IWantMyBelovedToBeFashionable makes Sakura wear]] when capturing the Clow Cards, at one point she has Sakura wear a cat girl costume. To be more specific, a cat girl {{Meido}} costume [[DressedAllInRubber made of rubber]], since she was fighting [[ShockAndAwe The Thunder]] at the time. This became [[IconicOutfits one of her most popular outfits]] (not least because the outfit is just adorable).

** Tomoyo once placed 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.)

* Madeline Zargosty from [[{{Voidskipper}} In Pursuit of Bark's Finest]] invoked this trope, favoring a morph with several distinctly feline traits such as ears, a tail, and the ability to purr.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'': Roll's [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/d/d2/AlleyCatRoll.jpg Alley Cat Roll]] costume has her wearing a cat-eared AnimalEaredHeadband, a costume with a fake tail, and cat's paw gloves and boots.

* ''Anime/AllPurposeCulturalCatgirlNukuNuku'', although despite the title, Nuku Nuku doesn't have any cat ears or tail; instead, she's a cyborg with a cat's brain that still makes her act very catlike.

The entire concept is OlderThanTheyThink, with the first recorded mention of a catgirl (as opposed the the monsterlike ''nekomata'' and ''bakaneko'') dating to a sideshow-like fair where there was a catgirl as one of the crew[[note]]Almost certainly someone in {{Cosplay}}.[[/note]], in 1769! Making {{catgirl}}s OlderThanRadio.

->''"Here, kitty, kitty. Wish I was playing hide-and-seek with [[ComicBook/MarvelComicsBlackCat Black Cat]]. I ''so'' prefer my felines female."''

->''"Here, kitty, kitty. Wish I was playing hide-and-seek with ComicBook/MarvelComicsBlackCat. I ''so'' prefer my felines female."''

->''"Here, kitty, kitty. Wish I was playing hide-and-seek with ComicBook/BlackCat. I ''so'' prefer my felines female."''

* In the ''Manga/MaiOtome'' manga, Mikoto is a VoluntaryShapeshifting catgirl, [[VerbalTic nya]].[[note]]This contradicts her characterization in Manga/MyHime, which is chronologically earlier.[[/note]]