History Main / CatGirl

* ''Literature/DungeonCrawlerCarl'': Though they don't show up in person, it's mentioned that Donut could have chosen to become a Cat Girl upon race selection (other options included a Werecat, a Shadowcat, and a Saber-Toothed Void Leopard). Donut is affronted at the mere name, and immediately decides to remain as an ordinary UpliftedAnimal cat.
-->'''Donut:''' ''What'' in the world is a ''cat girl?''

** Critter herself has a belt-on tail and AnimalEaredHeadband with cat-like ears. They interface with her natural telekinesis to enhance her focus, and can provide additional capabilities of their own: The ears help her to focus her abilities, and extend the reach of her senses. On at least one occasion, they allow her to hear despite the fact that her eardrums have been blown out by a villain's sonic attack. The PrehensileTail is very handy for grabbing bad guys, and also automatically helps her balance when she's not deliberately controlling it. She often perches on top of a wall or ledge on the balls of her feet and {{FauxPaw}}s in a "sitting cat" pose.

** Lynette is another cat girl, although it is unknown if she has a connection to the Kätzlein bloodline. Her twin brother Lyney has no cat body parts, suggesting that Lynette's feline features comes from recessive genes.

* ''Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}}'': Cat-themed cat burglar/sometime love interest for Franchise/SpiderMan.

** Kirara is a ''nekomata'' ''youkai'' from Inazuma who enjoys boxes, climbing on things, scratching up furniture to sharpen her claws, and catching fish, birds, and squirrels. She keeps her twin tails and cat feet even in her more human form.

* In WebVideo/{{Saberspark}}s video about TransformationFiction, he gives Sabie a cat-ear headband to wear in order to promote his Sabie plush, and the scene cuts to Sabie reluctantly dancing as a catgirl.

* WebVideo/{{Contrapoints}} has a recurring character of Tabby, the anti-fascist anarchist catgirl.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'':

* ''Anime/DogDays'', featuring a race of cat-person and [[BoobsOfSteel an overly busted and very strong cat princess]] as {{Friendly Enem|y}}ies of a dog-person race.

* Most famous video game example: Felicia from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' would be considered the heart and soul of this trope. [[MsFanservice Having]] [[BoobsOfSteel a]] [[HartmanHips seductive]] [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure body]], cat ears, a PrehensileTail, a {{Stripperiffic}} FurBikini, and can go from cat to catwoman form in a heartbeat, it speaks volumes.

* ''[[Characters/PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat Hellcat]]'':

* The Firran race in ''VideoGame/Archeage'' are this, complete with ears and tail. They even get a unique race-specific appearance to the foot slot of their armor, have a unique sprinting animation, and their racial abilities consist of one skill to increase climbing speed on ladders and trees, and another to make them immune to falling damage.

* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': In the splash page for Chapter 76, both Kusuri and Yaku dress as cat girls.
** An invoked example appears in Chapter 141. Tama Nekonari wears cat ears, a cat tail, and a sweater with cat paws on the sleeves, as she believes life as a cat is better than being a human. Art-wise, she looks indistinguishable from an actual cat girl, with her ears and tail responding like they would if they were real.

** 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 [[IconicOutfit one of her most popular outfits]] (not least because the outfit is just adorable).

* ''Webcomic/NotAVillain'' has Kleya Smith's avatar [[ADogNamedDog Kat]], a pink-and-yellow catgirl who wants everyone to [[CatchPhrase be nice]].

* ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'':
** Sixshot appears to be somewhat of a catgirl fanboy, as in one episode he's seen reading a manga with pictures of catgirls in it.
** The [[BizarroEpisode Special Dream Match episode]] featured actual (robot) catgirls as the announcers for the matches. One appeared to favor Megatron while the other fancied Optimus Prime. [[spoiler:Since Sixshot was either controlling or hacking the Special Dream Match's fighter simulation, these two facts are actually connected.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chaotic}}'': Intress, Attacat, and Tangath Toborn seems to be part of a race of cat people that are part of the Overworld tribe. Tangath Toborn seems to have performed a HeroicSacrifice. However with the current season's trips through time, the possibilities for new cat characters are there.

* [[Creator/AdamWest Adam]] [[AdamWesting West]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' is known as [[BatmanParody Catman]] (a nod to the 1960's {{Series/Batman|1966}}) who is a superhero crimefighter who is part man part cat. Same thing with his female counterpart, [[TropeNamer Catgirl]].

* Creator/AdamWest in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' is known as [[BatmanParody Catman]] (a nod to the 1960's {{Series/Batman|1966}}) who is a superhero crimefighter who is part man part cat. Same thing with his female counterpart, [[TropeNamer Catgirl]].

* Merle, later Nariya and Eriya, in ''Anime/VisionOfEscaflowne'' have cat ears and tails but otherwise appear to be human women. Nariya and Eriya are depicted as having experienced prejudice as a result of these features.

** Diona from ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' is a Kätzlein (although her in-game profile says she's only "inherited trace amounts of non-human blood"), evidenced with her feline ears and tail. When she stretches her body, she does so like a cat. Her bloodline makes her and her father skillful hunters. The bar patrons at Cat's Tail once thought the ears and tail were just her gimmicks for her job, but to their surprise, they found out that they're real.

* Common in film adaptations of ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'', despite there being no such character in the book.
** ''Film/IslandOfLostSouls'' (1932) introduced a puma-woman (with minimal feline traits) to the story.

* Diona from ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' is a Kätzlein (although her in-game profile says she's only "inherited trace amounts of non-human blood"), evidenced with her feline ears and tail. When she stretches her body, she does so like a cat. Her bloodline makes her and her father skillful hunters. The bar patrons at Cat's Tail once thought the ears and tail are just her gimmicks for her job, but to their surprise, they found out that they're real.

* Chibi-Neko from ''Manga/TheStarOfCottonland'' is one of the earliest known examples and is widely considered to be the TropeCodifier, as the manga was first published in 1978. While Chibi-Neko is actually just a regular kitten, she [[BecomeARealBoy wants to become human]] so much that she envisions herself as a human girl with a cat's ears and tail; while the human characters treat her like a normal cat, [[StylizedForTheViewer she's only ever depicted as a cat girl to the audience]].

* Chibi-Neko from ''Manga/TheStarOfCottonland'' is one of the earliest known examples and is widely considered to be the TropeCodifier, as the manga was first published in 1978. While Chibi-Neko is actually just a regular kitten, she [[BecomeARealBoy wants to become human]] so much that she envisions herself as a human girl with a cat's ears and tail; while the human characters treat her like a normal cat, [[StylizedForTheAudience she's only ever depicted as a cat girl to the audience]].