History WebVideo / KittenAcademy

The Kitten Academy is a kitten-fostering organization run by a couple in Connecticut. Christopher ([[FanNickname Mr. A]]) and Deepa ([[OnlyKnownByInitials DJ]]) Jansen are [[KindHeartedCatLover Kindhearted Cat Lovers]] who've turned a couple of rooms in their house into "classrooms" where kittens can [[BuffySpeak learn how to cat]]. They also host a Website/YouTube livestream that runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in both rooms (provided they have enough kittens to populate both), and on most Saturdays at 10 a.m. [[FunWithAcronyms KATZ]] (Kitten Academy Time Zone; that is, Eastern Time) they host a special Mailbag show where they open up letters and gifts sent to the kittens by their dedicated fans.

* AffectionateNickname: Mr. A gives the faculty cats, momcats, and kittens [[AffectionateNickname Affectionate Nicknames]], usually by appending "bean" to the end of the cat's name. Examples are Loganberry being Loganbean or Loganbunny, and Custard being Custaru. DJ names them; Mr. A nicknames them.

The Kitten Academy is a kitten-fostering organization run by a couple in Connecticut. Christopher ([[FanNickname Mr. A]]) and Deepa ([[OnlyKnownByInitials DJ]]) Jansen are [[KindHeartedCatLover Kindhearted Cat Lovers]] who've turned a couple of rooms in their house into "classrooms" where kittens can [[BuffySpeak learn how to cat]]. They also host a Website/YouTube livestream that runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in both rooms (provided they have enough kittens to populate both), and on most Saturdays at 10 a.m. [[IncrediblyLamePun KATZ]] (Kitten Academy Time Zone; that is, Eastern Time) they host a special Mailbag show where they open up letters and gifts sent to the kittens by their dedicated fans.

* {{Retool}}: In the summer of 2019, the Academy moved from Illinois to [[IncrediblyLamePun Connecticat]].

* CuteClumsyGirl: Bessie (Bespoke), from the 2020 “Hipster Weebops” class, was basically the feline version of this due to having cerebellar hypoplasia (aka “Wobbly Cat Syndrome”), and became a big fan favorite as a result.

* BoardingSchool: The WebVideo/KittenAcademy is themed like this, with the kittens being the students and the academy fosters' pets being the faculty. The kittens graduate after they receive their spay/neuter, first shots, and microchips.

The Kitten Academy is a kitten-fostering organization run by a couple in Connecticut. Christopher ([[FanNickname Mr. A]]) and Deepa ([[OnlyKnownByInitials DJ]]) Jansen are [[KindHeartedCatLover Kindhearted Cat Lovers]] who've turned a couple of rooms in their house into "classrooms" where kittens can [[BuffySpeak learn how to cat]]. They also host a Website/YouTube livestream that runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in both rooms (provided they have enough kittens to populate both), and on Saturdays at 10 a.m. [[IncrediblyLamePun KATZ]] (Kitten Academy Time Zone; that is, Eastern Time) they host a special Mailbag show where they open up letters and gifts sent to the kittens by their dedicated fans.

The Kitten Academy is a kitten-fostering organization run by a couple in Connecticut. Christopher ([[FanNickname Mr. A]]) and Deepa ([[OnlyKnownByInitials DJ]]) Jansen are [[KindHeartedCatLover Kindhearted Cat Lovers]] who've turned a couple of rooms in their house into "classrooms" where kittens can [[BuffySpeak learn how to cat]]. They also host a Website/YouTube livestream that runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in both rooms (provided they have enough kittens to populate both). On Saturdays at 10 a.m. [[IncrediblyLamePun KATZ]] (Kitten Academy Time Zone; that is, Eastern Time) they host a special Mailbag show where they open up letters and gifts sent to the kittens by their dedicated fans.

* FourthWallMailSlot: The Saturday morning Mailbag sessions.

The Kitten Academy is a kitten-fostering organization run by a couple in Connecticut. Christopher ([[FanNickname Mister Academy]]) and Deepa ([[OnlyKnownByInitials DJ]]) Jansen are [[KindHeartedCatLover Kindhearted Cat Lovers]] who've turned a couple of rooms in their house into "classrooms" where kittens can [[BuffySpeak learn how to cat]]. They also host a Website/YouTube livestream that runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in both rooms (provided they have enough kittens to populate both). On Saturdays at 10 a.m. [[IncrediblyLamePun KATZ]] (Kitten Academy Time Zone; that is, Eastern Time) they host a special Mailbag show where they open up letters and gifts sent to the kittens by their dedicated fans.

* AffectionateNickname: Mr. Academy gives the faculty cats, momcats, and kittens [[AffectionateNickname Affectionate Nicknames]], usually by appending "bean" to the end of the cat's name. Examples are Loganberry being Loganbean or Loganbunny, and Custard being Custaru. DJ names them; Mr. Academy nicknames them.

* TheFaceless: Mr. Academy, when he does the mailbags on Saturday mornings. In order to keep the focus on the gifts and the kittens playing around him, we usually only see him from the mid-chest down.

* POVCam: The "Kitten Close Up" streams, in which Mr. Academy narrates short (usually 20 minutes or so) videos of the kittens taken with his smartphone.
* PungeonMaster: Mr. Academy is capable of unleashing some real doozies when narrating the Close Up and Mailbag videos. Often followed by [[LamePunReaction audible groaning]] from DJ.

* SigningOffCatchphrase: At the end of every Kitten Close Up video, Mr. Academy reminds viewers, "If you want to keep watching these kittens, you can tune in to the regular Kitten Academy livestream right here on Website/YouTube."

** Mr. Academy typically provides off-camera narration for the Kitten Close Up streams.

* BaldOfAwesome: Mr. Academy.

* FakePregnancy: Occasionally the Academy will bring in a supposed "momcats" who turns out to not be pregnant at all. These will jokingly be referred to by the viewers as “pregnots”.

* FakePregnancy: In late 2017, the Academy had a rash of supposed "momcats" who turned out to not be pregnant at all. One (Filbert) was actually male, while a couple of others (Cashew and Quiche) were just pudgy. Still another never even made it onto the livestream before the ruse was discovered. KA fans went along with the fun, claiming that the Academy was [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments so much fun that cats were faking pregnancies to get in]].

** Not to mention the mice, birds, squirrels, rabbits, and other wildlife that occasionally turn up outside the house. (Or ''in'' the house, in the case of mice. Yes, mice have occasionally [[TooDumbToLive made their way into a house packed with felines]]. Mr. A typically catches them in a humane trap and then releases them back into the outdoors.)

** Not to mention the mice, birds, squirrels, rabbits, and other wildlife that occasionally turn up outside the house. (Or ''in'' the house, in the case of mice. Yes, mice have occasionally [[TooDumbToLive made their way into a house packed with felines]]. Mr. A typically catches them in a humane trap and releases them back into the outdoors.)

** Not to mention the mice, birds, squirrels, and other wildlife that occasionally turn up outside the house. (Or ''in'' the house, in the case of mice. Yes, mice have occasionally [[TooDumbToLive made their way into a house packed with felines]]. Mr. A typically catches them in a humane trap and releases them back into the outdoors.)

** Not to mention [[https://www.aristokatzvet.com Dr. Katz]] (yes, the name is real; no, not [[WesternAnimation/DrKatzProfessionalTherapist that one]]), who serves as the Jansens' vet in Connecticut.

** Not to mention [[https://www.aristokatzvet.com Dr. Katz]] (no, not [[WesternAnimation/DrKatzProfessionalTherapist that one]]), who serves as the Jansens' vet in Connecticut.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The kittens, of course! And the momcats. And the faculty cats. And Elsie, when she was around. And the mice, birds, squirrels, and other wildlife that occasionally turn up outside the house. (Or ''in'' the house, in the case of mice. Yes, mice have occasionally [[TooDumbToLive made their way into a house packed with felines]]. Mr. A typically catches them in a humane trap and releases them back into the outdoors.)

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The kittens, of course! And the momcats. And the faculty cats. And Elsie, when she was around.

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** "[[Series/TheOfficeUS Why are you the way you are]], (cat's name)?": Used when a cat is acting especially silly.

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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The kittens, of course! And the momcats. And the faculty cats. And Elsie.

The Kitten Academy is a kitten-fostering organization run by a couple in Connecticut. Christopher ([[FanNickname Mister Academy]]) and Deepa ([[OnlyKnownByInitials DJ]]) Jansen are [[KindHeartedCatLover Kindhearted Cat Lovers]] who've turned a couple of rooms in their house into "classrooms" where kittens can [[BuffySpeak learn how to cat]]. They also host a Website/YouTube livestream that runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in both rooms (provided they have enough kittens to populate both). On Saturdays at 10 a.m. [[IncrediblyLamePun KATZ]] (Kitten Academy Time Zone; that is, Eastern Time) they host a special Mailbag stream where they open up letters and gifts sent to the kittens by their dedicated fans.

The Kitten Academy is a kitten-fostering organization run by a couple in Connecticut. Christopher ([[FanNickname Mister Academy]]) and Deepa ([[OnlyKnownByInitials DJ]]) Jansen are [[KindHeartedCatLover Kindhearted Cat Lovers]] who've turned a couple of rooms in their house into "classrooms" where kittens can [[BuffySpeak learn how to cat]]. They also host a Website/YouTube livestream that runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in both rooms (provided they have enough kittens to populate both). Saturdays at 10 a.m. [[IncrediblyLamePun KATZ]] (Kitten Academy Time Zone; that is, Eastern Time) they host a special Mailbag where they open up letters and gifts sent to the kittens by their dedicated fans.