History Webcomic / ButImACatPerson

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Timothy, both with his natural hair and the wig he wears as Camellia.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Bianca and Jany, unless they're examples of PurpleIsTheNewBlack; Cybele, a RoseHairedSweetie; Bennett, whose dark hair is kind of magenta-ish; Kara Lynn, lavender. Justified in the cases of the Beings.

* {{Meganekko}}: Miranda.

* MulticoloredHair: Patrick, whose blonde hair includes a brown SkunkStripe.

* {{Transgender}}: The nonbinary Timothy/Camellia, who runs a branch of a Catholic hunger-relief charity. Timothy uses either pronoun, except at work due to not being out there.

* ParentalObliviousness: Although Miranda's father is [[spoiler: one of the world's foremost Being researchers]], it doesn't take much effort to convince him that her Being is [https://www.bicatperson.com/comic/chapter-eighteen-page-11/ an ordinary human boyfriend]].

* AprilFoolsDay: [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-eleven-page-04-01/ April 1, 2013]].

** The Beings don't have their own religious beliefs, but you'll still see things like [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-three-page-25/ Lily referencing the Book of Ruth]] or [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-nine-pages-18-19/ Patrick quoting Psalms]].

* BatmanGambit: [[CorruptPolitician Congressman Bennett]] tries to [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-eight-page-5/ pull one of these on Ann Walker]], introducing a bill that will put limits on her with the assumption she will [[CorruptCorporateExecutive attempt to buy him off]] to get special treatment. She [[spoiler: easily turns it around on him, playing on his one-note conservative rhetoric to trap him into inadvertently promising her some benefits]].

* ChristmasEpisode: [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/interlude-one-cover/ The first interlude]], between chapters 4 and 5, consists of holiday-themed flashbacks for several of the characters.

* CombatStilettos: A realistic way to use them: Camellia [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-four-page-21/ rams her narrow heel on a would-be mugger's toes to get him to release her]].

* FacialMarkings: Lightning has [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/character-sketches-16/ dark streaks down the sides of his face]], loosely mimicking the coloring of his Bearded Vulture form.

* HealingFactor: Beings have this, within limits. Food and appropriate treatment will still make a difference in how quickly they recover. After a few thousand years of dealing with injuries, they can be [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-six-page-7/ pretty blasé]] about the gory details.

* HypocriticalHumor: [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-nine-page-15/ Leave your weird fetishes out of this!]]

* JewishMother: Sparrow's mother has traits of this (even as an ethnically Jewish pagan), as does [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/interlude-one-page-10-2/ her mother before her]].

* KickTheDog: Literally, from [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/?p=108 the dog's point of view]].

* LogicBomb: [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-six-page-3/ Tested]]. Turns out Beings do, in fact, have [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} paradox-absorbing crumple zones]].

* MomentKiller: [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-twenty-page-20/ A loud and obnoxious ringtone]] starts blasting just when [[spoiler: Bennett and Cohen]] are about to kiss.

* RichBitch: Also Ann Walker, as seen [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/interlude-two-page-4/ here]].

* ShipTease: Cohen/Bennett. Just look at [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-thirteen-page-16/ this page.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Sparrow and [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-seven-page-21/ her mother Sharon]]. Justified in that Sparrow was conceived via a sperm donor, whom Sharon chose [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-eight-page-24-2/ to look as much like her as possible]].
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Bennett, insisting he [[spoiler: [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-eight-page-2/ doesn't care about Cybele]].]] Later, Sparrow, when asked [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-nineteen-page-24/ if she's noticed that the Dog hasn't been seen recently]].

* TravelMontage: Lampshaded. "I wish we were in an anime or something, so that [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-nine-page-2/ this whole trip could go by in a montage]]."
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Chapter 4 is an extended one of these for Timothy and Reseda. Jany and Kara Lynn get [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-seven-page-7/ a cute little one]]. As of chapter 8, [[spoiler: one for Bennett]] is just starting to be touched on.

** MagicPants: Their outfits are [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-two-page-three/ part of the transformation]], as much as their bodies are.

*** There are background references to the use of certain forms of Beings in [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-two-page-nine/ pornography that would otherwise be illegal]].
*** And again with Kara Lynn, who [[spoiler: has standing orders to earn her Master's family money as an exotic dancer and prostitute, and [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-seven-page-13/ changes form to suit the fetishes of the highest bidder]].]]
*** Again with a Being called Kaguya: [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/interlude-two-page-4/ "She's also a great boon to my film studio."]]

** ShapeshifterShowdown: Depends on the fight. With novice (or nervous) Masters, Beings are more likely to enter battle in a single form and stick with it, sometimes with the Masters [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-four-page-4/ agreeing on that form beforehand]]. With more-experienced or more-daring Masters, or creative Beings whose options haven't been limited, look out for [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-seventeen-page-7/ fast-paced and dramatic changes]].
** TransformationIsAFreeAction: Averted. They're frequently drawn out during quiet moments, but when they need to happen fast, [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-six-page-5/ they happen fast]].
** ShapeshifterWeapon: So far, averted; Beings fight mostly with energy attacks and the natural weapons of their standard forms (fists, claws, etcetera). When Patrick [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-five-page-25/ used his arm as a club]] that one time, it stayed in its usual shape and was damaged accordingly.
** MyInstinctsAreShowing: Usually played for cuteness. The Cat [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-six-page-11/ will curl up in your lap]] for petting; [[spoiler: the Raven [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-five-page-20/ has a hard time managing legs]].]]

* ParentalObliviousness: Although Miranda's father is [[spoiler: one of the world's foremost Being researchers]], it doesn't take much effort to convince him that her Being is [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-eighteen-page-11/ an ordinary human boyfriend]].

* RightHandCat: The Tiger serves as one for Ann Walker in [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/interlude-two-page-9/ this strip.]]

*** Again with a Being called Kaguya: [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/interlude-two-page-4/ "She's also a great boon to my film studio."]] Also GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

''But I'm A Cat Person'' is an original webcomic from ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'' creator Creator/ErinPtah. The official description from [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/ the website]] is "what happens when you take a heap of shounen-power-up and mahou-shoujo tropes, dump them all in a blender, and then [[SubvertedTrope throw the blender away and make a sandwich instead]]."

* HairDecorations: Miranda's omnipresent beads; Bianca's [[http://erinptah.com/catperson/chapter-two-page-17/ butterfly clip]]; Sister Lily's beads and [[FlowersInHerHair flowers (but not lilies)]].

* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Sparrow [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Elbereth]] Applebaum.

* GodBeforeDogma: Timothy/Camellia, thanks to [[spoiler: having spent several of his teenage years in a doomsday cult focused on Reseda]]. Identifies as a Catholic, but has a strong aversion to any imposition of one person's beliefs on another.

* ArmoredClosetGay: As of chapter 20, [[spoiler:Bennett definitely is one.]]

* LessDisturbingInContext: "[[http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-nine-page-23/ I got this list of the names of a bunch of impressionable teenagers]]! It has all their contact information!"

* {{Transsexual}}: The nonbinary Timothy/Camellia, who runs a branch of a Catholic hunger-relief charity. Timothy uses either pronoun, except at work due to not being out there.

* [[spoiler: ArmoredClosetGay]]: As of [[spoiler: chapter 20]], Bennett definitely is one.

* GirlsNeedRoleModels: Ann Walker starts out looking like this: a blind young woman making her way in the sexist, man-dominated business culture of the 1960s. [[SubvertedTrope Later...]] [[TheSociopath not]] [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman so]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive much]].