List of catgirls
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This is a list of catgirls in notable fictional works.
[edit] Catgirls who always have real cat ears and a tail
- Chaton and Merilo from MÄR
- Thunder Nyan Nyan, thunder type Duel Monster, Lady Panther, Beast-Warrior type Duel Monster and Nekogal # 1, beast type Duel Monster from Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Leonmitchelli Galette des Rois and all the Galette member from Dog Days.
- Soo-katoa in the Trigun series in episodes over a period of about 3 seasons. She derives pleasure from yarn, and shows other signs of being a catgirl, even though she is discreet and tends toward avoiding making waves and generally being the focus of attention.
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- Nina from Words Worth. In addition to cat ears and tail, some parts of her body are covered with fur.
- Yuiko Hawatari and Hitomi Shinonome from Loveless
- Haineko (Spirit Form) from Manga/Anime Bleach
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[edit] Nekomusume
Nekomusume (猫娘?), (literally "cat-daughter") meaning "cat-girl".
- Shunran, Karan and Toran panther demon from InuYasha
- Nekonneru one of the Daimon created in Sailor Moon
- Yoriko from Da Capo (a cat turned into a human)
- Natsuki Sasahara from Hyper Police. She is the daughter of Egyptian Goddess Bast.
- Gurfina Gurfball, a mid-tier and sardonic nekomusume denizen of Gridania in Final Fantasy XIV
- Miriana from Fairy Tail
[edit] Catgirls who always have real cat ears
[edit] Girls who transform into catgirls
- Haru Yoshioka from the Studio Ghibli anime The Cat Returns transforms into a cat when she is brought to the Cat Kingdom.
- Kisa Sohma from Fruits Basket transforms into a tiger from the zodiac when hugged by a guy or whenever her body is under a lot of stress.
- Minea from Vassalord is an android maid who can transform into a Persian cat. She spends most of her time in her cat form, only transforming when necessary to carry out her duties around the house or to attack someone.
- Rose from +Anima, a Cat +Anima; her fingernails turn into claws and she gains catlike speed. She also has two tiger-like stripes on her cheeks and a stripe on her forehead.
- Shampoo from Ranma ½ transforms into a cat when splashed with cold water.
- Starfire from Teen Titans transforms into a cat in the comics when hit with a ray that causes evolutionary regression, suggesting that her race evolved from cats, or cat-like extraterrestrial creatures; additionally, she becomes a cat in the anime in the episode Bunny Raven.
- Uriko from Bloody Roar 2 and subsequent games (not a catgirl in the first game).
- Yoruichi Shihouin from Bleach has the ability to transform herself into a black/dark blue cat as a matter of will (ironically, she is often mistaken for a male in this form as a result of her cat form's deep voice).
- Ichigo Momomiya from Tokyo Mew Mew transforms in her Mew Mew form, which gives her black cat ears and a black cat tail, and her ears and tail pop up when she gets extremely excited, or is under immense stress. She transforms into a cat when she is kissed.
- Tsubasa Hanekawa from Bakemonogatari transform when Sufficient amount of stress is accumulated.
[edit] Girls who are seen wearing catgirl costumes regularly
[edit] Catboys
[edit] Western catgirls
- Sue Ellen Armstrong, in Arthur
- Black Cat from Spider-Man
- Cassandra Cat from Slylock Fox
- Catra from She-Ra: Princess of Power can transform into a panther and has telepathic control of cats
- Catwoman (Selina Kyle), Alley-Cat, and Cyber Cat from the DC Comics mythos
- C'Mell, from the 1962 science-fiction short story The Ballad of Lost C'Mell, may be the original catgirl.
- In The Destroyer book 32, 'Killer Chromosomes' and then again in book 117, 'Deadly Genes', Remo Williams, the destroyer, faces off against a female mastermind who has genetically modified herself with tiger DNA with plans on similarly transmuting the entire human race.
- Felina Feral and the rest of her species from SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
- Hellcat from Avengers (comics) (this Hellcat is an alternate reality version from the "Hero's Reborn" limited series)
- Hepzibah from the X-Men early spin off The Starjammers
- Doctor Paula Hutchison from Rocko's Modern Life
- Intress from Chaotic
- Josie and the Pussycats
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[edit] Live action catgirls
[edit] Webcomic catgirls
[edit] Others
- Bast aka Bastet, Ubasti, and Pasht The Egyptian goddess of cats. Sometimes she is depicted as an ordinary cat or a woman with the head of a cat.[2]
- Black x Pink, an online catgirl drawing wearing a black and pink cropped jacket by Naru Nanao
- Blaze the Cat from Sonic Series
- Brittany Diggers from Gold Digger
- Bobcat, a super villain from the City of Heroes online role playing game.
- Boo Cat from Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose
- Catreece and her sister Mimi from Reality Check (comics)
- Captain Amelia from Treasure Planet
- Cheetah (comics) from Justice League Unlimited
- Chibi-neko from The Star of Cottonland is a physically a cat but is always drawn as a catgirl; this 1979 work is credited with popularizing the catgirl character type[3]
- Chinami and Yuriko from Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan
- Clawdia from Fighting Foodons
- Feral (comics) from X-Force
- Kagaya-hime from the novel Fudoki by Kij Johnson (a tortoiseshell cat that transforms into a woman and assumes the role of a warrior)
- Kami Osbank, a Turkish woman who is secretly a member of a hidden feline humanoid race known as the Pride, who possess tails, retractable claws, heightened senses, strength and agility, and leopard-like tracks of spots running along their limbs and torsos. Their prehensile tails possess cartilage and muscle rather than bone, and thus with practice can retract to the base of the spine and allow the Pride to live hidden among humans (The Pride, by Edie Bingham)
- Khajiit (both male and female) from Morrowind and Oblivion
- Maggie the Cat from Gargoyles
- Max from Dark Angel (TV series) (she looks human but is spliced with feline DNA, as are the other members of the X-5 group)
- Lt. M'ress, a Caitian communications officer (voiced by Majel Barrett), from Star Trek: The Animated Series
- Mynx, a super hero from the City of Heroes online roleplaying game.
- Nei from Phantasy Star II
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- Neko (a staff member) and the species Kera'sha from the book series Dragon Tamers
- Neko from Keroro Gunso is a cat that transforms into a catgirl in two episodes and the cat humanoid alien Space Kumiko Watanabe
- Nekoko from Kannazuki no Miko
- Norn from Atelier Iris
- Nuku Nuku (also known as Atsuko Natsume), title character of All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (a cat/human Android powered by a cat brain)
- Miss Nyako and her niece, Konyako, from Eden's Bowy
- Odd Della-Robbia from Code Lyoko (while not technically a cat/human hybrid, Odd's form on the virtual reality Lyoko includes over-sized 4-fingered paw-like hands and a prehensile tail - he also displays cat-like-reflexes and mannerisms, has called himself 'a giant purple cat' and has been seen to meow)
- Para-dice from Ōban Star-Racers (a biomechanical-looking catlike alien)
- Rena, or Reena, from Genesis of Aquarion Even though she is not a catgirl in the usual sense, she has cat-like teeth, and the ribbon she wears in her hair resembles cat ears.
- Sekhmet (also spelt Sachmet, Sakhet, and Sakhmet; Greek name: Sacmis), The Egyptian goddess of war and protector of the Pharaoh. She was envisioned as a fierce lioness, and in art, was depicted as such, or as a woman with the head of a lioness, dressed in red, the colour of blood.
- Taokaka from BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. She has a real cat tail and is always wearing a large coat that obscures her true face, only exposing red eyes and a row of teeth.
- Teekl from the Batman mythos (a cat who can transform into a hybrid humanoid form, familiar of Klarion the Witch Boy)
- Thornn from X-Force
- Tigra (Marvel)
- Tiger Cub from Night Watch (2004 film)
- Ropponmatsu model 2 from Excel Saga
- A race of sapient genetically engineered catpeople has appeared in several episodes of the newest Doctor Who series in the episodes dealing with the setting of New New York
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[edit] References
- ^ Chapman, Edgar L. (1984). The Magic Labyrinth of Philip José Farmer. Wheeling, IL: Whitehall Company. pp. 42. ISBN 0-89370-158-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=j7o9Cb-CzR8C&lpg=PA42&ots=ylQBBB9Hlj&dq=philip%20jose%20farmer%22%20%22stone%20god%20awakens%22%20characters%20%22Ulysses%20Singing%20Bear%22&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ^ Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo (2002-08-30). Cats Don't Always Land on Their Feet. pp. 8–9. ISBN 9781573247214. http://books.google.com/?id=_noQIiX_X7sC
- ^ Jaqueline Berndt (1995) (in German). Phänomen Manga. Berlin. p. page 111. ISBN 3-86124-289-3.