Sanrio: Hello Kitty is not a cat

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What is this.

http://laist.com/2014/08/27/sanrios_shocking_reveal_hello_kitty.php

"I was corrected — very firmly," Yano said. "That's one correction Sanrio made for my script for the show. Hello Kitty is not a cat. She's a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She's never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature. She does have a pet cat of her own, however, and it's called Charmmy Kitty."

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:48 (ten years ago)

mind blown

Mordy, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:49 (ten years ago)

this is goofy + pluto level context shift

Mordy, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:49 (ten years ago)

Non-shockah really

rip van wanko, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:51 (ten years ago)

Wait people thought she was a cat?

Jesus Christ people

, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:51 (ten years ago)

she has cat ears and whiskers! is it meant to be a mask? an aspect of her spirit??

j., Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:56 (ten years ago)

is snoopy a dog?

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:56 (ten years ago)

as long as Chococat still gets to be a cat I'm cool

Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:57 (ten years ago)

http://38.media.tumblr.com/7234b1e61628bdc5d38f6d9d2a718bc0/tumblr_mgc6obbIRE1s0h75mo1_500.gif

Welcome to my spooooooky carnival! Hope I don't... blow your mind! (Phil D.), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:57 (ten years ago)

This is some uncanny valley of Goofy-vs.-Pluto meta shite.

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:06 (ten years ago)

or what Mordy said.

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:07 (ten years ago)

Hello Kitty is not a cat. She's a cartoon character.

says all that's necessary

difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:08 (ten years ago)

Paging Mr. Scarry... Would Mr. Richard Scarry please pick up a blue courtesy phone...

I only listen to Vantablack Metal (snoball), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:22 (ten years ago)

she has cat ears and whiskers!

OTM. But what's the story with Goofy and Pluto?

EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:48 (ten years ago)

Pluto is not a planet.

Visions of Mojo Hannah (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:49 (ten years ago)

but it's round and it's revolving thru space around the sun

j., Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:52 (ten years ago)

it's a dwarf planet

Mordy, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:53 (ten years ago)

Whereas Goofy....

Visions of Mojo Hannah (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:53 (ten years ago)

This still doesn't explain Angel Hello Kitty.

tokyo rosemary, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:19 (ten years ago)

UGO.com listed Toad on their list of "The Cutest Video Game Characters," stating "Once you get over his misleading name, you’ll find Toad to be quite the adorable mushroom."[55]

a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 22:16 (ten years ago)

Trivia

Through some people think that Toad is a Mushroom, they are wrong because the Mushroom on his head is only a hat.

a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 22:17 (ten years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/ToadTV-NoCap.png

a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 22:18 (ten years ago)

augh!

difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 22:19 (ten years ago)

ok that's disturbing

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 23:58 (ten years ago)

Hahaha Im loving that Toad reveal more than this hello kitty thing :D

the Bronski Review (Trayce), Thursday, 28 August 2014 01:41 (ten years ago)

There's some sort of infinite regress with Charmmy Kitty going on. Does Charmmy Kitty have a pet rabbit (or teddy bear). And what pets to they have?

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/quiz/910000/910731_1344355279025_347_303.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t6k2glIG0kk/SQKWjv_9pWI/AAAAAAAAAEY/rpevxLlfYGo/s1600/charmmykitty029dk.jpg

panic disorder pixie (Sanpaku), Thursday, 28 August 2014 01:52 (ten years ago)

its a cat don't encourage this publicity stunt

nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 August 2014 07:12 (ten years ago)

This doesn't surprise me. The basic assumption with most sapient anthropomorphic animals who lead a human-like life seems to be that they are actually human, they've just been drawn like animals for one reason or another. (Characters like Bugs Bunny who admit to being animals and have some animal-like characteristics are the exception.) Though it gets a bit weird when they interact with "real" animals. This article at TVTropes covers a lot of cases like this, it can get pretty confusing at times, like when Donald Duck is eating turkey for Christmas:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FurryConfusion

Tuomas, Thursday, 28 August 2014 07:25 (ten years ago)

Okay, this is definitely not right!

http://disneyweirdness.blogspot.fi/2009/11/this-only-leads-to-further-questions.html

Tuomas, Thursday, 28 August 2014 07:32 (ten years ago)

i find this troublesome. hello kitty's appeal is largely dependent on the idea that she is a cat. cats are cute, small and weirdly aloof, just like hello kitty. they often come equipped with bags and sunglasses and suchlike. the charmm dissipates somewhat if she's just a strangely formed friend. i mean, her surname is "kitty", hello. this has to have been noticed by her brand managers.

Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Thursday, 28 August 2014 11:17 (ten years ago)

MARIO IS NOT ACTUALLY A PLUMBER.

Three Word Username, Thursday, 28 August 2014 11:37 (ten years ago)

Ceci n'est pas un chat.

the one where, as balls alludes (Eazy), Thursday, 28 August 2014 12:07 (ten years ago)

Just remember Toad is not a toad, but he's not a mushroom either. He is a reptilian busker who devolved into a primeval fungus. With a mushroom hat.

a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Thursday, 28 August 2014 12:17 (ten years ago)

ppl who invent backstories for the hallucinogen they've just ingested are the worst

nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 August 2014 13:42 (ten years ago)

http://www.wonderlandblog.com/photos/uncategorized/cecinestpasunepipe.jpg

odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Thursday, 28 August 2014 14:36 (ten years ago)

The present king of France is not bald. Or a cat.

ledge, Thursday, 28 August 2014 14:59 (ten years ago)

There has been some investigation.

http://kotaku.com/dont-be-silly-hello-kitty-is-a-cat-1627820750

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 August 2014 15:17 (ten years ago)

Schrödinger's Hello Kitty

tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 28 August 2014 15:25 (ten years ago)

Refuse to read anything by Brian Ashcroft

, Thursday, 28 August 2014 18:36 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az_GCJnXAI0

Visions of Mojo Hannah (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 August 2014 02:57 (ten years ago)

Hello Kitty doesn't fit into your neat little boxes. Deal with it. And then buy some neat little boxes with Hello Kitty printed on the side of them.

erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 29 August 2014 03:36 (ten years ago)

http://marshallandmagnes.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/hello-larry.jpg

Visions of Mojo Hannah (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 August 2014 03:52 (ten years ago)


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