1 | '''Basic Trope''': A female character with some feline body parts - specifically almost always a pair of ears and a tail to match. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Cora the cute Catgirl has a mostly human body, but also has a pair of cat ears and a cat's tail.. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Cora has a pair of cats ears and a tail. She also has a naturally growing FurBikini, CuteLittleFangs, AnimalEyes and can only speak a few words of what would otherwise be her native language - the rest are mewling sounds. |
4 | ** Cora is capable of communicating with actual cats. |
5 | * '''Downplayed''': Cora hasn't got a tail, she just has a rare condition which give her a small set of cat ears. |
6 | * '''Justified''': |
7 | ** Cora was a normal human, but somewhere along the line of her adventures [[AWizardDidIt she was cursed]]. |
8 | ** Cora's wearing a costume. |
9 | ** Cora got some [[LEGOGenetics gene mods]] for cosmetic purposes. |
10 | ** Cora is actually a [[CatFolk felinoid alien]]. |
11 | ** InterspeciesRomance isn't a taboo in the society Cora is living in, and it's not uncommon for humans to fall in love with cats... |
12 | * '''Inverted''': Cora is a cat with human-like eyes. |
13 | * '''Subverted''': |
14 | ** Bob has his life saved by Cora. He comments on her feline nature - at which point she removes her AnimalEaredHeadband. |
15 | ** Cora reveals she does have animal ears... but they're those of a dog. |
16 | * '''Double Subverted''': Cora is a catgirl, but she uses a magical illusion to hide it. At the same time she still feels uncomfortable with human ears, so she makes it seem like she's wearing a headband and deactivates the illusion whenever she can. |
17 | * '''Parodied''': Whenever Cora sees a mouse, she's compelled to chase it. |
18 | ** Cora can be pacified by threatening her with a [[CatsHateWater spray bottle.]] |
19 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Cora grows up really wanting to be a catgirl and wearing her cat-ears headband all the time. Then she gets [[CursedWithAwesome cursed to be a real catgirl]], but realises how impractical it would be. Eventually she finds a cure, but at the last moment decides she wants to be a catgirl after all. Then she wakes up in bed and it was AllADream. [[OrWasItADream Then she sees her tail]]. |
20 | * '''Averted''': There are no catgirls in the work. |
21 | * '''Enforced''': "We need a cute character! Give her cat ears and a tail!" |
22 | * '''Lampshaded''': 'Why a cat? Why can't the girls be rabbits or something? Why always cats? I hate cats!' |
23 | * '''Invoked''': Cora makes a wish on a shooting star to become a catgirl, and subsequently does. |
24 | * '''Exploited''': Cora makes the above wish because she knows catgirls are really common, so it's likely to be granted. |
25 | * '''Defied''': Bob knows Cora wants to become a catgirl, but prevents her from doing so by warning about about the myriad impracticalities. |
26 | * '''Discussed''': 'Did you know Cora actually has cat ears? It's true! She keeps them hidden under that hood, but I've seen them.' |
27 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
28 | * '''Implied''': Cora is always wearing a hood and full-body gown, so we never see if she has the appropriate body parts. But all the characters talk about her [[BuffySpeak felinity]]. |
29 | * '''Deconstructed''': Cora becomes the victim of FantasticRacism due to her cat ears and tail. She hides them out of shame, but those who saw them [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten never let her forget]]. She's eventually DrivenToSuicide. |
30 | * '''Reconstructed''': However, after a HappilyFailedSuicide, Cora concludes that she's fine with being a catgirl and start fighting back the racists. |
31 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Cora transforms herself irreversibly into a catgirl without thinking. HilarityEnsues as she finds out just how impractical having a tail (especially one which responds acutely to your emotions) really is. |
32 | * '''Played For Drama''': |
33 | ** Cora is slowly transforming into a catgirl against her will - at the same time, losing her human mind. Right in front of her TrueCompanions, who can see her changing but are utterly powerless to stop it. |
34 | ** Cora is [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman considered not to be a human deserving of certain rights by the authorities]] and is treated at best like a pet, which is insulting at minimum to Cora and her friends. And then they get word there's some mysterious group that wants to study Cora's biology -- [[TheyWouldCutYouUp more thoroughly than anyone would be comfortable with]]. |
35 | ** In a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic world]], the human society is gradually overrun by catgirls, a race of humanlike feral beasts that feed on humans. Bob, a HunterOfMonsters, dedicates his entire life to cull the catgirls while facing against those who mistake him for a murderer. |
36 | ** Cora gets infected with rabies and it becomes a race against time to find a cure before she loses control of herself and become a threat to her friends. |
37 | * '''Gender Inverted''': It's a cat boy instead. |
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39 | Nya - I mean, back to CatGirl? Heh... |
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