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User talk:2601:18D:4700:72A0:11EE:4F8D:6E7:99F5

2023-10-08T22:33:01Z

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== Continuing editing issues ==

"''''Boofus''' is a furry who is married to Boofus."... Really?, this is the fifth article with this type of error... and, again, do '''NOT''' use [[Twitter]], which has been superseded by [[X (social media)|X]]. Continous exact behavior could indicate [[ED]] style vandalism, so, don't. - [[User:Spirou|Spirou]] ([[User talk:Spirou|talk]]) 18:17, 8 October 2023 (EDT)

== Edit fix ==

I fixed the [[CoyHuggins]] page just now.

CoyHuggins

2023-10-08T22:30:42Z

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'''CoyHuggins''' is a furry who is married to [[Boofus]]. Her [[fursona]] is a [[Wikipedia:Norfolk Horn|Norfolk Horn]].<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/coyhuggins CoyHuggins's profile] on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved October 8, 2023.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/coyhuggins CoyHuggins] on [[Fur Affinity]]

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CoyHuggins

2023-10-08T21:38:55Z

2601:18D:4700:72A0:11EE:4F8D:6E7:99F5: Created page with ''''Boofus''' is a furry who is married to Boofus. Her fursona is a Norfolk Horn.<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/coyhuggins CoyHuggins'...'

'''Boofus''' is a furry who is married to [[Boofus]]. Her [[fursona]] is a [[Wikipedia:Norfolk Horn|Norfolk Horn]].<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/coyhuggins CoyHuggins's profile] on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved October 8, 2023.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/coyhuggins CoyHuggins] on [[Fur Affinity]]

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Boofus

2023-10-08T21:35:34Z

2601:18D:4700:72A0:11EE:4F8D:6E7:99F5: Created page with ''''Boofus''' is a furry who is married to CoyHuggins. His fursona is a Hamiltonstövare.<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/boofus Boo...'

'''Boofus''' is a furry who is married to [[CoyHuggins]]. His [[fursona]] is a [[Wikipedia:Hamiltonstövare|Hamiltonstövare]].<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/boofus Boofus's profile] on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved October 8, 2023.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/boofus Boofus] on [[Fur Affinity]]

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LunaLeopard

2023-10-08T21:25:00Z

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'''LunaLeopard''', also known as '''Luna''' is an American [[fursuiter]], streamer, and hobby [[artist]]. She is known for her content creation and open support for the [[transgender]] and broader [[LGBTQIA+]] community, of which she is a part of.

== Fandom Involvement ==

LunaLeopard first joined the [[furry fandom]] in 2016, posting to social media sites like Amino, and later became more active in the community on both [[Twitter]] and Discord servers.

==== Fursona ====

Her [[fursona]] design is a white [[snow leopard]] with black and gold spots, was originally created by the [[fursuit maker]] [https://twitter.com/DeliriousCorgi DeliriousCorgi].

==== Convention Attendance ====

* [[Furality]] Sylva - 2023

== External links ==

*[https://twitter.com/_LunaLeopard_ LunaLeopard] on [[Twitter]]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/luna_leopard LunaLeopard] on [[Twitch]]

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LunaLeopard

2023-10-08T21:24:02Z

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LunaLeopard

2023-10-08T21:23:44Z

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Toofthey

2023-10-08T21:08:09Z

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'''Toofthey''' is a non-binary furry artist. Their [[fursona]] is a [[Smilodon]].<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/toofboy Toofthey's profile] on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved October 8, 2023.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/toofboy Toofthey] on [[Fur Affinity]]
*[https://twitter.com/SabertoofThey Toofthey] on [[Twitter]]
*[https://toyhou.se/toofthey Toofthey] on [[Toyhou.se]]
*[https://t.me/ToofThey Toofthey] on [[Telegram]]
*[https://www.weasyl.com/~toofthey Toofthey] on [[Weasyl]]
*[https://itaku.ee/profile/sabertoofthey Toofthey] on [[Itaku.ee]]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/toofthey Toofthey] on [[Twitch]]

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Toofthey

2023-10-08T21:07:48Z

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'''Toofthey''' is a non-binary furry artist. His [[fursona]] is a [[Smilodon]].<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/toofboy Toofthey's profile] on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved October 8, 2023.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/toofboy Toofthey] on [[Fur Affinity]]
*[https://twitter.com/SabertoofThey Toofthey] on [[Twitter]]
*[https://toyhou.se/toofthey Toofthey] on [[Toyhou.se]]
*[https://t.me/ToofThey Toofthey] on [[Telegram]]
*[https://www.weasyl.com/~toofthey Toofthey] on [[Weasyl]]
*[https://itaku.ee/profile/sabertoofthey Toofthey] on [[Itaku.ee]]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/toofthey Toofthey] on [[Twitch]]

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Toofthey

2023-10-08T21:07:30Z

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'''Toofthey''' is a non-binary furry artist. His [[fursona]] is a [[Smilodon]].<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/toothboy Toofthey's profile] on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved October 8, 2023.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/toofboy Toofthey] on [[Fur Affinity]]
*[https://twitter.com/SabertoofThey Toofthey] on [[Twitter]]
*[https://toyhou.se/toofthey Toofthey] on [[Toyhou.se]]
*[https://t.me/ToofThey Toofthey] on [[Telegram]]
*[https://www.weasyl.com/~toofthey Toofthey] on [[Weasyl]]
*[https://itaku.ee/profile/sabertoofthey Toofthey] on [[Itaku.ee]]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/toofthey Toofthey] on [[Twitch]]

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Toofthey

2023-10-08T21:06:10Z

2601:18D:4700:72A0:11EE:4F8D:6E7:99F5: Created page with ''''Toofthey''' is a non-binary furry artist. His fursona is a Smilodon.<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/toothboy Toofthey's profile] on Fur Affinity. Retrieve...'

'''Toofthey''' is a non-binary furry artist. His [[fursona]] is a [[Smilodon]].<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/toothboy Toofthey's profile] on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved October 8, 2023.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/toothboy Toofthey] on [[Fur Affinity]]
*[https://twitter.com/SabertoofThey Toofthey] on [[Twitter]]
*[https://toyhou.se/toofthey Toofthey] on [[Toyhou.se]]
*[https://t.me/ToofThey Toofthey] on [[Telegram]]
*[https://www.weasyl.com/~toofthey Toofthey] on [[Weasyl]]
*[https://itaku.ee/profile/sabertoofthey Toofthey] on [[Itaku.ee]]
*[https://www.twitch.tv/toofthey Toofthey] on [[Twitch]]

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Silkyfur

2023-10-08T20:53:13Z

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'''Silkyfur''' is a [[furry musician]] who lives in Sweden whose [[fursona]] is a [[Cow|Holstein Friesian]].<ref>[https://furaffinity.net/user/Silkyfur Silkyfur's profile] on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved October 16, 2018.</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==

* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/Silkyfur Silkyfur] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://www.twitter.com/silkyfur1 Silkyfur] on [[Twitter]]

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LillyMoo

2023-10-08T20:49:15Z

2601:18D:4700:72A0:11EE:4F8D:6E7:99F5: Created page with ''''LillyMoo''', also known as '''LillyVaine''', is a furry artist who lives in Canada. Her fursona is a cow.<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/lilyvaine LilyMoo's p...'

'''LillyMoo''', also known as '''LillyVaine''', is a furry artist who lives in Canada. Her [[fursona]] is a [[cow]].<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/lilyvaine LilyMoo's profile] on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved October 8, 2023.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/lilyvaine LilyMoo] on [[Fur Affinity]]
*[https://www.twitter.com/LillyMooArt LilyMoo] on [[Twitter]]
*[https://ko-fi.com/lillymoo LilyMoo] on [[Ko-fi]]
*[https://lilly-moo.deviantart.com/ LilyMoo] on [[DeviantArt]]
*[https://www.patreon.com/Lillymoo LilyMoo] on [[Patreon]]

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Klaus Doberman

2023-10-08T20:25:24Z

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'''Klaus Doberman''' is a [[furry artist]] from the United Kingdom, now currently living in Germany whose artwork is primarily [[non-morphic]] and [[erotic]]. His personal [[fursona]] is a [[Wikipedia:Doberman Pinscher|Doberman Pinscher]]. He is best known for his [[furotica|furotic]] [[fan art]] of many movies and series, including:

* ''[[101 Dalmatians]]''
* ''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]''
* ''[[Balto]]''
* ''[[Bambi (movie)|Bambi]]''
* ''[[Brother Bear]]''
* ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]''
* ''[[Wikipedia:Oliver & Company|Oliver & Company]]'' (especially the Doberman Pinscher characters Roscoe and DeSoto)
* ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]''
* ''[[The Fox and the Hound]]''

Klaus reported having received a threatening cease and desist-type letter from the corporation owning ''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'', and he quickly pulled all of his fan art furotica offline, posted several messages requesting it never be reposted nor redistributed anywhere, and gradually replaced them with more original and generic pieces, and a few lightly disguised fan art pieces.

Klaus described himself to [[Chibiabos]] as having been inspired by [[Tim O'Rourke|TOR]] and aspiring to match TOR's mastery for non-morphic furry art, then retire from making furry art.

As of 2023, he is now taking a break from the fandom, possibly indefinitely.<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10519330] on [[Fur Affinity]]. Retrieved April 6, 2023.</ref> However, he later returned.

== Online art and disputed reappearances ==

Klaus announced in 2004 that he was moving that year to Dubai for a job, and would return after an unspecified amount of time. As part of the move, expressing concern over stringent anti-pornography laws in the United Arab Emirates, he requested all of his artwork (including his original and non-adult pieces) be taken offline. This included the archives of several furotic [[Wikipedia:Yahoo! Groups|Yahoo! groups]] (especially those featuring his works based on characters from mainstream animated films) and [[Yiffstar]].

Since that time, despite Klaus' posted and private requests prior to his disappearance, various furs have re-posted much of his art, especially the fan art pieces Klaus had pulled offline following the Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron cease and desist notice on Yahoo! groups, [[fchan]] and other forums. A few brief re-surfacings purporting to be Klaus Dobermann have been made that other furs, claiming to be still in contact with Klaus, have accused as being unauthorized impersonations. Most of these brief, disputed reappearances used the klausdoberman Yahoo! account, which after the first "reappearance" was believed by some to have been hacked. This has not been confirmed, but despite word that Klaus has been working on new artwork while in the UAE (drawn, just not scanned in nor uploaded anywhere), none of the artwork uploaded to various Yahoo! groups under the klausdoberman Yahoo! account has been new (every piece had already been online in various archives prior to Klaus' move to Dubai), and much of it was fan art Klaus had originally pulled offline after the legal threat from the makers of ''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron''.

A notable "reappearance" happened on Jul 15, 2006, when a person claiming to be Klaus posted a message on a yahoo group in German (I don't think Klaus speaks or writes in German) and claimed to be from '''East Germany''' and that the East German government had very strict internet laws. He was obviously fake seeing as East Germany ceased to exist in 1990, so East Germany and the "modern" internet never existed at the same time.

== September — October 2006 return ==

In a [[Wikipedia:Yahoo! Groups|Yahoo! group]] recreated after Klaus' original group (that was deleted and recreated seemingly by an impostor), AnimalCartoons, a member purporting to be Klaus Dobermann posted a message with the subject line of "ALL NEW NEVER SEEN BEFORE KLAUS ART!" on 24 September 2006, linking to a new group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Klausart/

The post contained a similar claim to a previous post claiming to be the "real Klaus" with new art but instead was just a re-upload of old Klaus art. This new group differs in that it does, indeed, have genuine new art that has not been seen before. While the coloring in some is primitive, the art is described as unfinished sketches at this point, and the line art appears reminiscent of Klaus' talent, style, and subject preferences.

Given there does appear to be new original art in Klaus' style, this reappearance seems to be genuine.

Shortly after the new group was opened with more than two dozen uploads in the first two days, an individual calling themselves "Richard Paine" posted to the group providing a link to an older archive of Klaus' art that included Klaus' erotic fan art of copyrighted characters. The Klaus Doberman who opened the group and uploaded the new, original art responded (after several Yahoo! group users pointed out the archive violated Klaus' requests prior to his original withdrawal from the Internet) that the archive, stamped with Klaus' e-mail and stamp dated 09/22/2005 for the archive (well within Klaus' apparent 2004-to-2006 disappearance), was fraudulently attributed to him. Included in the archive of Klaus' old art is fan art long forbidden by Klaus due to "cease and desist" legal threats made to Klaus by the intellectual property owners of the movies Klaus drew characters from, and in his debunking of the archive against having been uploaded by himself, Klaus re-iterated banishment of fan art he had drawn from being reposted anywhere.

These quotes are from posts in the Klausart group:

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From: "Richard Paine"
To: Klausart@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:06:11 -0000
Subject: [Klausart] here's some pictures

http://www.wwoec. com/[...]
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<div align=right>-- [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Klausart/message/52 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Klausart/message/52]

<font size=1><i>(This is a link to a Yahoo! group post; free membership to Yahoo! Groups and subscription to the "Klausart" required for access)

(Actual URL censored in the quote to avoid conflict with artist's request against such archives and integrity of Wikifur; actual URL is contained in the above-linked original post)</i>
</font></div>Note the extra spaces in the URL in the post, which was in HTML and not plain-text format, was just an anchor tag linked to the site; the actual link contained no spaces.<br>
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From: "klausdoberman2501"
To: Klausart@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:07:21 -0000
Subject: [Klausart] Re: here's some pictures

No, this gallery has got nothing to do with me. I have been away since
September 2004, these were uploaded seemingly just shy of a year later
and I've not been back at any point until now and had access to
an uncensored Internet. As such, I could never have set this gallery up.

Also, I would certainly never have included any of the art I did
featuring that certain horse. I might draw him for myself, but after
my run-in, I'm never going to put them online.

I guess it was naive in many ways for me to assume people would not
stick my art in all sorts of places I wouldn't want it to be, but with
this newer stuff, I would hope people might think before doing so.
Then again, this is the Internet and there are som right fuck-ups out
there.

By the way, should anyone fancy colouring these new pics, please feel
free. I have to scan a few more pieces.

KLAU5
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<div align=right>-- [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Klausart/message/62 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Klausart/message/62]

<font size=1><i>(This is a link to a Yahoo! group post; free membership to Yahoo! Groups and subscription to the "Klausart" required for access)</i>
</font></div>Klaus tended to sign in [[Wikipedia:leet|l33t]] prior to his 2004 withdrawal from the Internet.

On 4 October 2006, however, Klaus had returned to Saudi Arabia and his incommunicado status. He did, this time, leave up his new art archive in the Yahoo! group.

Klaus had been visiting England and Los Angeles. He has updated his Fur Affinity and SoFurry pages during this time.

==References==
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== External links ==

* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/klausd KlausD] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://klaus-doberman.sofurry.com Klaus Doberman] on [[SoFurry]]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Klausart3/ Klausart3] - The official Yahoo! group for Klaus' artwork

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Werecat

2023-10-08T19:35:09Z

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'''Werecats''', also written in a hyphenated form as '''were-cats''', (lesser known as '''ailuranthropes'''), are [[feline]] [[Therianthrope|therianthropic]] [[creatures]] of [[wikipedia:folklore|folklore]], [[fantasy]] fiction, [[wikipedia:horror fiction|horror]] fiction and [[wikipedia:occultism|occultism]] that are generally described as [[shapeshifting|shapeshifters]] who are similar to [[werewolf|werewolves]], except that they turn into creatures that are based on some species of [[felidae|feline]] instead of being based on a wolf.

== Etymology ==

Ailuranthropy comes from the Greek root words ''ailouros'' meaning "cat", and ''anthropos'', meaning "human" and refers to human/feline transformations, or to other beings that combine feline and human characteristics, or to other beings that combine feline and human characteristics. Its root word ''ailouros'' is also used in ailurophilia, the most common term for a deep love of cats.

== Folklore ==

Werecat folklore is found on all continents except Antarctica and Australia and is generally based on wild felines native to the area.

=== Europe ===

European folklore usually depicts werecats who transform into domestic cats. Some European werecats became giant domestic cats. They are generally labeled [[wikipedia:witchcraft|witches]], even though they may have just the one magical ability, of self-transformation.<ref name="hamelwitchwerecats">
{{cite book |last=Hamel |first=Frank |title=Human Animals |publisher=[[University Books]] |date=1969 |publication-place=New Hyde Park |pages=7, 103-109}}
</ref> During the witch trials, the official Church doctrine stated that all shapeshifters, including werewolves, were witches.<ref name="hammerwitchesshapeshift">
{{cite book |last=Summers |first=Montague |first2= Heinrich |last2=Kramer |first3=Jakob |last3=Sprenger |title=The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger |publisher=[[Book Tree]] |date=2000 |pages=61-65}}
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=== Africa ===

African legends describe people who turn into lions or leopards. In the case of leopards, this is often because the creature is really a leopard [[W:god|god]] or [[W:goddess|goddess]] masquerading as [[human]]. When these gods mate with humans, offspring can be produced, and these children sometimes grow up to be shapeshifters; Those who do not transform may instead have other powers. In reference to werecats who turn into lions, their ability is often associated with royalty.

Such a being may have been a king or queen in a former life or maybe destined for leadership in this life. This quality of heroic warriorship can be seen in the [[W:Tsavo maneaters|lions of Tsavo]], which were reputed to be kings in lion shape, attempting to repel the invading Europeans by stopping their railroad.

=== Asia ===

Mainland Asian werecats usually become tigers. In India, the weretiger is often a dangerous sorcerer, portrayed as a menace to livestock, who might at any time turn to man-eating. Chinese legends often describe weretigers as the victims of either heredity or vindictive [[W:ghost|ghost]]. Ancient teachings held that every race except the [[W:Han Chinese|Han Chinese]] were really animals in disguise so there was nothing extraordinary about some of these false humans reverting to their true natures. Alternately, the ghosts of people who had been killed by tigers could become malevolent [[W:supernatural|supernatural]] beings, devoting all their energy to making sure that tigers killed more humans. Some of these ghosts were responsible for transforming ordinary humans into man-eating weretigers. Also, in [[wikipedia:Japan|Japan]]ese folklore there are creatures called [[neko (term)|bakeneko]] that are similar to [[Kitsune (mythology)|kitsune]] (fox spirits) and [[tanuki]] ([[wikipedia:Raccoon Dog|raccoon dog]]s).

In both Indonesia and Malaysia, we meet with another kind of were-tiger.<ref name="javaweretigerstuff">
{{cite book |title=Encyclopædia Britannica |edition=11 |publisher=Horace Everett Hooper |date=1911}}
</ref> The power of transformation is regarded as due to inheritance, to the use of spells, to fasting and will-power, to the use of charms, etc. Save when it is hungry or has just cause for revenge, it is not hostile to man; in fact, it is said to take its animal form only at night and to guard the plantations from wild [[pig]]s, exactly as the ''[[wikipedia:balam|balam]]s'' (magicians) of [[wikipedia:Yucatán|Yucatán]] were said to guard the [[wikipedia:maize|maize]] fields in animal form. Variants of this belief assert that the shapeshifter does not recognize his [[wikipedia:friend|friend]]s unless they call him by name, or that he goes out as a mendicant and transforms himself to take vengeance on those who refuse him alms. Somewhat similar is the belief of the [[wikipedia:Khond|Khond]]s; for them the tiger is friendly, and he reserves his wrath for their enemies. A man is said to take the form of a tiger in order to wreak a just vengeance. <ref name="javaweretigerstuff"/>

=== South America ===

South American werecats usually became jaguars. In some tribes, all shamans were thought to have the ability to become jaguars. There are also urban legends about jaguar shapeshifters lurking along highways in tales similar to the modern [[wikipedia:vanishing hitchhiker|vanishing hitchhiker]], and of their being assassins secretly employed by the government or [[wikipedia:organized crime|organized crime]].

=== North America ===
Present-day North American werecat legends are usually based on the European model, with domestic cats, either normal-sized or [[wikipedia:Giant animals|giant]], being the favored shape. [[Cougar]]s appear rarely, and jaguars only appear [[wikipedia:south|south]] of the American border. In what is now [[wikipedia:Mexico|Mexico]], [[wikipedia:Aztec|Aztec]] folklore described jaguar people as being specially blessed by one of the gods, but modern Mexican folklore is more likely to attribute such transformation powers to the [[wikipedia:devil|devil]]. American [[wikipedia:urban legend|urban legend]]s tell of encounters with feline bipeds; beings similar to the [[wikipedia:Bigfoot|Bigfoot]] having cat heads, tails and paws. Feline bipeds are sometimes classified as part of [[wikipedia:cryptozoology|cryptozoology]], but more often they are interpreted as werecats.<ref name="felinebipedsbrad">
{{cite book |last=Steiger |first=Brad |title=Out of the Dark |publisher=Kensington Books |date=2001 |pages=154-160}}
</ref>

== Fiction ==

Werecats are increasingly featured in popular culture, although not as often as werewolves. Fictional werecats tend to be portrayed as less influenced by the [[wikipedia:Lunar phase|lunar cycle]] than werewolves, and they appear in heroic roles slightly more often. In addition, the females seem to outnumber the males, which is the opposite of the tradition in [[wikipedia:werewolves in fiction|werewolf fiction]].

=== Films ===

* The movie ''[[W:Cat People (1942 film)|Cat People]]'' was the most influential item of werecat fiction, about a real sex kitten who turns into a black panther. It was followed forty years later by ''[[wikipedia:Cat People (1982 film)|Cat People]]'', a remake in name only with a vastly changed storyline that now included two shapeshifters, brother and sister.
* The movie ''[[Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island]]'' consists of werecats that drain life forces to preserve their immortality.
* The film ''[[W:Night Watch (2004 film)|Night Watch]]'' featured a character named Tiger Cub who was a weretiger.
* The film ''[[W:Sleepwalkers (film)|Sleepwalkers]]'' portrayed hairless werecats as the basis for [[vampire]] legends.
* ''[[wikipedia:Half-Caste (film)|Half-Caste]]'', a [[wikipedia:mockumentary|mockumentary]] made in the style of ''[[wikipedia:The Blair Witch Project|The Blair Witch Project]]'', purports to base its story on legends from [[wikipedia:South Africa|South Africa]].
* In the animated [[Marvel Comics]] movie, ''[[wikipedia:Ultimate Avengers 2|Ultimate Avengers 2]]'', the [[wikipedia:Black Panther (comics)|Black Panther]] can turn into a werepanther when angry.
* In ''[[wikipedia:Halloweentown High|Halloweentown High]]'', Layla is a werecat, she is not really shown and is one of the creatures that went back to Halloweentown.
* The Malaysian movie, ''[[wikipedia:Waris Jari Hantu|Waris Jari Hantu]]'' (literally meaning "inheritance of a ghost's finger) is a movie about a weretiger who is searching for an heir to be the next weretiger to protect (its) family and village.

=== Anime and manga ===

* The video games, animation adaptations, and comic books of ''[[Darkstalkers]]'' feature the character [[Felicia]] who usually stays in a [[catgirl]] form but can also transform into a small white cat. She also appears in several cross-over games.
* The comic and television series ''[[W:Ranma ½|Ranma ½]]'' has plenty of shapeshifters, including a character named [[wikipedia:Shampoo (Ranma ½)|Shampoo]], who turns into a cat when hit by cold water, as the result of a magic curse.
* The anime ''[[wikipedia:Outlaw Star|Outlaw Star]]'' had a character named Aisha Clanclan who was already a [[catgirl]], but could turn into a white tiger.
* [[wikipedia:Kyo Sohma|Kyo Sohma]] in the [[anime]] and [[manga]] ''[[wikipedia:Fruits Basket|Fruits Basket]]'' becomes a house cat, and [[wikipedia:Kisa Sohma|Kisa Sohma]] becomes a tiger.
* [[wikipedia:Ichigo Momomiya|Ichigo Momomiya]] and [[wikipedia:Ryou Shirogane|Ryou Shirogane]] in ''[[wikipedia:Tokyo Mew Mew|Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' are scientifically altered to be part cat. In the anime and manga, Ichigo only turns into a cat when kissed or when she gets excited or nervous. The only way for her to revert to a human is to be kissed again. For Shirogane, he can only stay in cat form for 10 minutes at a time, or he will remain a cat permanently.
* The anime ''[[wikipedia:KO Century Beast Warriors|KO Century Beast Warriors]]'' has a weretiger named Wan, and other shapeshifters, as the heroes.
* In ''[[wikipedia:Gorgon Sisters|Gorgon Sisters]]'' (a [[wikipedia:hentai|hentai]] manga) werecats are described as an old necromancer's trick. Essentially the described recipe is similar to that of a [[wikipedia:homunculus|homunculus]].
* In ''[[wikipedia:Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]'' Yoruichi Shihouin is a human who can transform into a cat. She can control the transformation and change whenever she wants. When she makes her first appearance she is a cat and later transforms into a woman in front of Ichigo, much to his surprise and embarrassment.
* The [[wikipedia:Tokyopop|Tokyopop]] [[wikipedia:OEL manga|OEL manga]] ''[[wikipedia:Reality Check (manga)|Reality Check]]'' is about a catowner whose pet regularly enters the world of online [[wikipedia:virtual reality|virtual reality]] gaming and the [[wikipedia:Internet|Internet]], where her [[wikipedia:avatar (icon)|avatar]] is a [[catgirl]]; since she has at least near-human intelligence and can communicate with humans through ordinary speech in the online worlds, she is effectively a technologically-enabled werecat, albeit one which started as a cat rather than human.

===Television===

* In Season 3 of ''[[wikipedia:Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers]]'', the character [[wikipedia:Kat Hillard|Kat Hillard]], while under the control of [[wikipedia:Rita Repulsa|Rita Repulsa]] and [[wikipedia:Lord Zedd|Lord Zedd]], could become a white [[wikipedia:Angora cat|Angora cat]], and when she paralyzed [[wikipedia:Tommy Oliver|Tommy]] to gain control of the [[wikipedia:Falcon|Falcon]] [[wikipedia:Ninjazord|Ninjazord]], cat scratch marks appeared over his body. She would later on lose this ability when she reformed (because she was under a spell at the time).
* In Season 1 of ''[[wikipedia:Big Wolf on Campus|Big Wolf on Campus]]'' the episode ''Cat Woman'' focused on conflicts between a werewolf and a werecat (a girl with blue streaks in her hair who transforms into a dyed-blue cat and into a [[catgirl]] form).
* The short-lived 1980s television series ''[[wikipedia:Manimal|Manimal]]'' featured a [[shapeshifting]] man named Jonathan Chase, who could turn himself into any [[animal]] at will, usually into a [[hawk]] or [[black panther]].
* An episode of ''[[wikipedia:Gargoyles (television series)|Gargoyles]]'' called ''Mark of the Panther'' dealt with werepanthers in Africa.
* An episode of ''[[wikipedia:Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job|Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job]]'' dealt with Tim turning into a cat, being stuck in the form of an orange tabby cat for the majority of the episode. Another segment in the same episode has a commercial for a television series about a man who can turn into a cat, named "Kitty Cat Man".

=== Novels ===

* ''[[The Last Wizard]]'' by [[wikipedia:Tanya Huff|Tanya Huff]] includes a race of wizard-created werebeasts that live in the mountains. There are several types, but they consist mostely of werewolves and werecats.
* The [[wikipedia:Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter (series)|Anita Blake novels]] contain many werecats, mainly [[wikipedia:Lycanthrope characters of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter#Wereleopards|wereleopards]].
* ''[[The Jaguar Princess]]'' by [[Clare Bell]] is about an [[wikipedia:Aztec|Aztec]] slave girl who is descended from jaguar gods and can transform into a jaguar.
* Two [[wikipedia:Witch World|Witch World]] fantasy novels by [[wikipedia:Andre Norton|Andre Norton]] focus on werecat main characters, ''[[wikipedia:Year of the Unicorn|Year of the Unicorn]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:The Jargoon Pard|The Jargoon Pard]]''.
* The [[wikipedia:Inheritance Trilogy|Inheritance Trilogy]] includes a werecat known as [[wikipedia:Solembum|Solembum]], a large, odd-looking cat able to communicate telepathically and change into the form of a young boy. Later on other werecats are noted, such as Maud.
* The ''[[wikipedia:Charlaine Harris#Sookie Stackhouse .28Southern Vampire.29 Series|Southern Vampire]]'' series by [[wikipedia:Charlaine Harris|Charlaine Harris]] features various werecreatures, including werepanthers and weretigers.
* In the ''[[wikipedia:Harry Potter|Harry Potter]]'' books, [[wikipedia:Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] can transform into a [[tabby cat]] at will because she is an [[wikipedia:animagus|animagus]].
* In the [[wikipedia:Black Lace|Black Lace]] novel ''The Pride'' by [[wikipedia:Edie Bingham|Edie Bingham]], the lead character, Kami Osbank, is a member of a hidden race of feline humanoids who possess tails, claws and tracks of leopard-like spots, all of which appear whenever she gets angry or aroused.
* In [[wikipedia:Caitlín R. Kiernan|Caitlín R. Kiernan]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Alabaster (book)|Alabaster]]'', Dancy Flammarion comes upon a sort of werepanther trapped in a cage, kept as a roadside attraction in southern [[wikipedia:Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
* In ''[[wikipedia:Night Watch (Russian novel)|Night Watch]]'', a character named Tiger Cub has the ability to transform into a tiger at will, due to her magical skills.
* One of [[wikipedia:R.L. Stine|R.L. Stine]]'s [[wikipedia:Ghosts of Fear Street|Ghosts of Fear Street]] books, ''Night of the Werecat'', features a girl named Wendy with the ability to change into a housecat.
* In [[wikipedia:Cynthia Leitich Smith|Cynthia Leitich Smith]]'s ''Tantalize'', werewolves and werecats are traditional rivals, but both fight vampires.
* Garth Nix's [[wikipedia:Sabriel|Sabriel]] features a being called [[wikipedia:Mogget|Mogget]]. Although he is neither a cat nor human, he often manifests himself as one of these two while in his bound form.
* In the book series ''[[Animorphs]]'', five teenaged youths are given the power to metamorphose ("morph") into animals, for which they must first touch to acquire their [[wikipedia:DNA|DNA]]. Jake, the leader, acquires a tiger's DNA and can morph into it. Also, Tobias acquires his pet cat's DNA as the group's first morph, whereas Rachel morphs a childhood friend's cat.
* In ''[[wikipedia:Discworld|Discworld]]'', Greebo is a reverse of the werecat, in that he does not change into a cat; rather the cat changes into a human.
* In [[wikipedia:Rachel Vincent|Rachel Vincent]]'s ''Stray'', the main [[wikipedia:character|character]], and her [[wikipedia:family|family]] or "pride" are all werecats
* Neil Gaiman's novel ''[[wikipedia:American Gods|America Gods]]'' features the [[wikipedia:goddess|goddess]] [[Bast]], who appears as a house cat during the observer Shadow Moon's waking life, but appears as a slightly feral human in his [[dream]]s.

=== Comics ===

* ''[[Clan of the Cats]]'' is a comic that has a black panther werecat as the main character.
* ''[[Gold Digger]]'' is a comic with a cheetah werecat as the sidekick of the main character. Other werecat characters also appear, such as werejaguars.
* ''[[The Wotch]]'' has a werecat character named Katie McBride. However, Katie was a human who was transformed when a werekitty bit her. When Katie transforms into the werecat, she went on a rampage through Tandy until she has a green amulet on her neck bringing her mind back even in werecat form.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has several shape-shifting characters, two of whom, Grace and Elliot, have the ability to take on a human/cat hybrid form.
* The [[wikipedia:Cheetah (comics)#Post-Crisis|post-crisis Cheetah characters]] from [[wikipedia:DC Comics|DC Comics]] were represented as true werecats instead of the earlier costumed [[wikipedia:supervillain|supervillain]]s.
* [[wikipedia:Catseye|Catseye]] from [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]] could become a human/cat hybrid, or a panther.
* [[Tigra]] from [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]] is a weretiger.
* [[Boo Cat]] in ''[[wikipedia:Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose|Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose]]'' is a werecat who retains her cat form while in moonlight.

=== Games ===

* The [[role-playing]] game [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]] includes werecats called [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/worldofdarkness/index.php/Bastet Bastet].
* Inthe role-playing game [[Dungeons and Dragons]], weretigers are feared for being one of the most powerful [[wikipedia:Lycanthrope (Dungeons & Dragons)|lycanthropes]]; werecats are unique to the [[wikipedia:Forgotten Realms|Forgotten Realms]] campaign setting as devotees of [[wikipedia:Sharess|Sharess]].
* The RPG series [[wikipedia:Breath of Fire|Breath of Fire]] features a race of cat-like humanoids called [[wikipedia:Woren|Woren]]. One of them (Rei, from Breath of Fire 3) can turn into a large, extremely powerful weretiger during battle.
* The [[video game]] [[wikipedia:Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance|Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance]] features [[wikipedia:Laguz|Laguz]], a race of [[wikipedia:humanoids|humanoids]] which are able to take the forms of certain animals. The 'Beast Clan' of Laguz is made up of those who turn into [[cat]]s, [[lion]]s and [[tiger]]s.
* The ''[[wikipedia:Castlevania|Castlevania]]'' video game series features many werecats based on big cats, including a main werelion villain [[wikipedia:Ortega (Castlevania)|Ortega]] from ''[[wikipedia:Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness|Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness]]''.
* The [[wikipedia:Bloody Roar|Bloody Roar]] video game series features many werecreatures (called ''Zoanthropes''), including [[wikipedia:Long the Tiger|Long]] and [[wikipedia:Shenlong the Tiger|Shenlong]] the weretigers, [[wikipedia:Gado the Lion|Gado]] the werelion, [[wikipedia:Shina the Leopard|Shina]] the wereleopard, and [[wikipedia:Uriko the Half Beast|Uriko]] the werebobcat.
* In the PC computer game [[wikipedia:Hexen II|Hexen II]], there are a group of enemy werecat creatures known as werejaguars and werepanthers, who are known for running fast, jumping, wielding swords, and sometimes reflecting projectiles with their shields.
* In the PC computer game [[wikipedia:Shadowcaster|Shadowcaster]], the player can transform into a werecat creature known as the Maorin.
* In the game ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', night elf [[wikipedia:druid|druid]]s can change into a panther and Tauren druids can become a lion (both races of druids can become a cheetah), and an item called the "moonstalker cloak" can turn any Alliance player into a moonstalker (a black tiger with grey stripes) for 5 minutes.

=== Music videos ===

* In the Michael Jackson music video Thriller, Michael Jackson turns into a werecat.
* In another music video featuring Michael Jackson, Black or White, he turns into a panther.

== Occultism and theology ==

Occultist Rosalyn Greene claims that werecats called "cat shifters" exist as part of a "shifter subculture" or underground New Age religion based on lycanthropy and related beliefs.<ref name="magicshapeshiftcatshifters">
{{cite book |last=Greene |first=Rosalyn |title=The Magic of Shapeshifting |publisher=[[Red Wheel Weiser Conari|Weiser]] |date=2000 |pages=53-89, 125, 149}}
</ref>. Feline [[therian]]s do exist, though they do not necessarily classify their beliefs as religious or supernatural, nor do they necessarily believe in the possibility of physical transformation.

== See also ==
* [[wikipedia:Werecat|Werecat]] on [[Wikipedia]]

== References ==

<references/>
*''This article incorporates text from the [[wikipedia:Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition]], a publication now in the [[wikipedia:public domain|public domain]].''
*Borges, Jorge. (1969). ''The book of imaginary beings''. New York: E. P. Dutton. ISBN 0-670-89180-0
*Greene, Rosalyn. (2000). ''The magic of shapeshifting''. York Beach: [[Red Wheel Weiser Conari|Weiser]]. ISBN 1-57863-171-8
*Hall, Jamie. (2003). ''Half human, half animal: Tales of werewolves and related creatures''. Bloomington: 1st Books. ISBN 1-4107-5809-5
*Hamel, Frank. (1969). ''Human animals: Werewolves & other transformations''. New Hyde Park: University Books. ISBN 0-8216-0092-3
*Steiger, Brad. (2001). ''Out of the dark''. New York: Kensington Books. ISBN 1-57566-896-3
*Saunders, Nicholas J. (1991). ''The cult of the cat''. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-81036-2

== External links ==

*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408830/ Half-Caste at Internet Movie Datebase]
*[http://www.jamiehall.org/jaguar.htm Portal of Transformation: Jaguar Shamans]

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'''Werecats''', also written in a hyphenated form as '''were-cats''', (lesser known as '''ailuranthropes'''), are [[feline]] [[Therianthrope|therianthropic]] [[creatures]] of [[wikipedia:folklore|folklore]], [[fantasy]] fiction, [[wikipedia:horror fiction|horror]] fiction and [[wikipedia:occultism|occultism]] that are generally described as [[shapeshifting|shapeshifters]] who are similar to [[werewolf|werewolves]], except that they turn into creatures that are based on some species of [[felidae|feline]] instead of being based on a wolf.

== Etymology ==
Ailuranthropy comes from the Greek root words ''ailouros'' meaning "cat", and ''anthropos'', meaning "human" and refers to human/feline transformations, or to other beings that combine feline and human characteristics, or to other beings that combine feline and human characteristics. Its root word ailouros is also used in ailurophilia, the most common term for a deep love of cats.

== Folklore ==

Werecat folklore is found on all continents except Antarctica and Australia and is generally based on wild felines native to the area.

=== Europe ===

European folklore usually depicts werecats who transform into domestic cats. Some European werecats became giant domestic cats. They are generally labeled [[wikipedia:witchcraft|witches]], even though they may have just the one magical ability, of self-transformation.<ref name="hamelwitchwerecats">
{{cite book |last=Hamel |first=Frank |title=Human Animals |publisher=[[University Books]] |date=1969 |publication-place=New Hyde Park |pages=7, 103-109}}
</ref> During the witch trials, the official Church doctrine stated that all shapeshifters, including werewolves, were witches.<ref name="hammerwitchesshapeshift">
{{cite book |last=Summers |first=Montague |first2= Heinrich |last2=Kramer |first3=Jakob |last3=Sprenger |title=The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger |publisher=[[Book Tree]] |date=2000 |pages=61-65}}
</ref>

=== Africa ===

African legends describe people who turn into lions or leopards. In the case of leopards, this is often because the creature is really a leopard [[W:god|god]] or [[W:goddess|goddess]] masquerading as [[human]]. When these gods mate with humans, offspring can be produced, and these children sometimes grow up to be shapeshifters; Those who do not transform may instead have other powers. In reference to werecats who turn into lions, their ability is often associated with royalty.

Such a being may have been a king or queen in a former life or maybe destined for leadership in this life. This quality of heroic warriorship can be seen in the [[W:Tsavo maneaters|lions of Tsavo]], which were reputed to be kings in lion shape, attempting to repel the invading Europeans by stopping their railroad.

=== Asia ===

Mainland Asian werecats usually become tigers. In India, the weretiger is often a dangerous sorcerer, portrayed as a menace to livestock, who might at any time turn to man-eating. Chinese legends often describe weretigers as the victims of either heredity or vindictive [[W:ghost|ghost]]. Ancient teachings held that every race except the [[W:Han Chinese|Han Chinese]] were really animals in disguise so there was nothing extraordinary about some of these false humans reverting to their true natures. Alternately, the ghosts of people who had been killed by tigers could become malevolent [[W:supernatural|supernatural]] beings, devoting all their energy to making sure that tigers killed more humans. Some of these ghosts were responsible for transforming ordinary humans into man-eating weretigers. Also, in [[wikipedia:Japan|Japan]]ese folklore there are creatures called [[neko (term)|bakeneko]] that are similar to [[Kitsune (mythology)|kitsune]] (fox spirits) and [[tanuki]] ([[wikipedia:Raccoon Dog|raccoon dog]]s).

In both Indonesia and Malaysia, we meet with another kind of were-tiger.<ref name="javaweretigerstuff">
{{cite book |title=Encyclopædia Britannica |edition=11 |publisher=Horace Everett Hooper |date=1911}}
</ref> The power of transformation is regarded as due to inheritance, to the use of spells, to fasting and will-power, to the use of charms, etc. Save when it is hungry or has just cause for revenge, it is not hostile to man; in fact, it is said to take its animal form only at night and to guard the plantations from wild [[pig]]s, exactly as the ''[[wikipedia:balam|balam]]s'' (magicians) of [[wikipedia:Yucatán|Yucatán]] were said to guard the [[wikipedia:maize|maize]] fields in animal form. Variants of this belief assert that the shapeshifter does not recognize his [[wikipedia:friend|friend]]s unless they call him by name, or that he goes out as a mendicant and transforms himself to take vengeance on those who refuse him alms. Somewhat similar is the belief of the [[wikipedia:Khond|Khond]]s; for them the tiger is friendly, and he reserves his wrath for their enemies. A man is said to take the form of a tiger in order to wreak a just vengeance. <ref name="javaweretigerstuff"/>

=== South America ===

South American werecats usually became jaguars. In some tribes, all shamans were thought to have the ability to become jaguars. There are also urban legends about jaguar shapeshifters lurking along highways in tales similar to the modern [[wikipedia:vanishing hitchhiker|vanishing hitchhiker]], and of their being assassins secretly employed by the government or [[wikipedia:organized crime|organized crime]].

=== North America ===
Present-day North American werecat legends are usually based on the European model, with domestic cats, either normal-sized or [[wikipedia:Giant animals|giant]], being the favored shape. [[Cougar]]s appear rarely, and jaguars only appear [[wikipedia:south|south]] of the American border. In what is now [[wikipedia:Mexico|Mexico]], [[wikipedia:Aztec|Aztec]] folklore described jaguar people as being specially blessed by one of the gods, but modern Mexican folklore is more likely to attribute such transformation powers to the [[wikipedia:devil|devil]]. American [[wikipedia:urban legend|urban legend]]s tell of encounters with feline bipeds; beings similar to the [[wikipedia:Bigfoot|Bigfoot]] having cat heads, tails and paws. Feline bipeds are sometimes classified as part of [[wikipedia:cryptozoology|cryptozoology]], but more often they are interpreted as werecats.<ref name="felinebipedsbrad">
{{cite book |last=Steiger |first=Brad |title=Out of the Dark |publisher=Kensington Books |date=2001 |pages=154-160}}
</ref>

== Fiction ==

Fictional werecats tend to be portrayed as less influenced by the [[wikipedia:Lunar phase|lunar cycle]] than werewolves, and they appear in heroic roles slightly more often. In addition, the females seem to outnumber the males, which is the opposite of the tradition in [[wikipedia:werewolves in fiction|werewolf fiction]].

=== Films ===

* The movie ''[[W:Cat People (1942 film)|Cat People]]'' was the most influential item of werecat fiction, about a real sex kitten who turns into a black panther. It was followed forty years later by ''[[wikipedia:Cat People (1982 film)|Cat People]]'', a remake in name only with a vastly changed storyline that now included two shapeshifters, brother and sister.
* The movie ''[[Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island]]'' consists of werecats that drain life forces to preserve their immortality.
* The film ''[[W:Night Watch (2004 film)|Night Watch]]'' featured a character named Tiger Cub who was a weretiger.
* The film ''[[W:Sleepwalkers (film)|Sleepwalkers]]'' portrayed hairless werecats as the basis for [[vampire]] legends.
* ''[[wikipedia:Half-Caste (film)|Half-Caste]]'', a [[wikipedia:mockumentary|mockumentary]] made in the style of ''[[wikipedia:The Blair Witch Project|The Blair Witch Project]]'', purports to base its story on legends from [[wikipedia:South Africa|South Africa]].
* In the animated [[Marvel Comics]] movie, ''[[wikipedia:Ultimate Avengers 2|Ultimate Avengers 2]]'', the [[wikipedia:Black Panther (comics)|Black Panther]] can turn into a werepanther when angry.
* In ''[[wikipedia:Halloweentown High|Halloweentown High]]'', Layla is a werecat, she is not really shown and is one of the creatures that went back to Halloweentown.
* The Malaysian movie, ''[[wikipedia:Waris Jari Hantu|Waris Jari Hantu]]'' (literally meaning "inheritance of a ghost's finger) is a movie about a weretiger who is searching for an heir to be the next weretiger to protect (its) family and village.

=== Anime and manga ===

* The video games, animation adaptations, and comic books of ''[[Darkstalkers]]'' feature the character [[Felicia]] who usually stays in a [[catgirl]] form but can also transform into a small white cat. She also appears in several cross-over games.
* The comic and television series ''[[W:Ranma ½|Ranma ½]]'' has plenty of shapeshifters, including a character named [[wikipedia:Shampoo (Ranma ½)|Shampoo]], who turns into a cat when hit by cold water, as the result of a magic curse.
* The anime ''[[wikipedia:Outlaw Star|Outlaw Star]]'' had a character named Aisha Clanclan who was already a [[catgirl]], but could turn into a white tiger.
* [[wikipedia:Kyo Sohma|Kyo Sohma]] in the [[anime]] and [[manga]] ''[[wikipedia:Fruits Basket|Fruits Basket]]'' becomes a house cat, and [[wikipedia:Kisa Sohma|Kisa Sohma]] becomes a tiger.
* [[wikipedia:Ichigo Momomiya|Ichigo Momomiya]] and [[wikipedia:Ryou Shirogane|Ryou Shirogane]] in ''[[wikipedia:Tokyo Mew Mew|Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' are scientifically altered to be part cat. In the anime and manga, Ichigo only turns into a cat when kissed or when she gets excited or nervous. The only way for her to revert to a human is to be kissed again. For Shirogane, he can only stay in cat form for 10 minutes at a time, or he will remain a cat permanently.
* The anime ''[[wikipedia:KO Century Beast Warriors|KO Century Beast Warriors]]'' has a weretiger named Wan, and other shapeshifters, as the heroes.
* In ''[[wikipedia:Gorgon Sisters|Gorgon Sisters]]'' (a [[wikipedia:hentai|hentai]] manga) werecats are described as an old necromancer's trick. Essentially the described recipe is similar to that of a [[wikipedia:homunculus|homunculus]].
* In ''[[wikipedia:Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]'' Yoruichi Shihouin is a human who can transform into a cat. She can control the transformation and change whenever she wants. When she makes her first appearance she is a cat and later transforms into a woman in front of Ichigo, much to his surprise and embarrassment.
* The [[wikipedia:Tokyopop|Tokyopop]] [[wikipedia:OEL manga|OEL manga]] ''[[wikipedia:Reality Check (manga)|Reality Check]]'' is about a catowner whose pet regularly enters the world of online [[wikipedia:virtual reality|virtual reality]] gaming and the [[wikipedia:Internet|Internet]], where her [[wikipedia:avatar (icon)|avatar]] is a [[catgirl]]; since she has at least near-human intelligence and can communicate with humans through ordinary speech in the online worlds, she is effectively a technologically-enabled werecat, albeit one which started as a cat rather than human.

===Television===

* In Season 3 of ''[[wikipedia:Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers|Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers]]'', the character [[wikipedia:Kat Hillard|Kat Hillard]], while under the control of [[wikipedia:Rita Repulsa|Rita Repulsa]] and [[wikipedia:Lord Zedd|Lord Zedd]], could become a white [[wikipedia:Angora cat|Angora cat]], and when she paralyzed [[wikipedia:Tommy Oliver|Tommy]] to gain control of the [[wikipedia:Falcon|Falcon]] [[wikipedia:Ninjazord|Ninjazord]], cat scratch marks appeared over his body. She would later on lose this ability when she reformed (because she was under a spell at the time).
* In Season 1 of ''[[wikipedia:Big Wolf on Campus|Big Wolf on Campus]]'' the episode ''Cat Woman'' focused on conflicts between a werewolf and a werecat (a girl with blue streaks in her hair who transforms into a dyed-blue cat and into a [[catgirl]] form).
* The short-lived 1980s television series ''[[wikipedia:Manimal|Manimal]]'' featured a [[shapeshifting]] man named Jonathan Chase, who could turn himself into any [[animal]] at will, usually into a [[hawk]] or [[black panther]].
* An episode of ''[[wikipedia:Gargoyles (television series)|Gargoyles]]'' called ''Mark of the Panther'' dealt with werepanthers in Africa.
* An episode of ''[[wikipedia:Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job|Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job]]'' dealt with Tim turning into a cat, being stuck in the form of an orange tabby cat for the majority of the episode. Another segment in the same episode has a commercial for a television series about a man who can turn into a cat, named "Kitty Cat Man".

=== Novels ===

* ''[[The Last Wizard]]'' by [[wikipedia:Tanya Huff|Tanya Huff]] includes a race of wizard-created werebeasts that live in the mountains. There are several types, but they consist mostely of werewolves and werecats.
* The [[wikipedia:Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter (series)|Anita Blake novels]] contain many werecats, mainly [[wikipedia:Lycanthrope characters of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter#Wereleopards|wereleopards]].
* ''[[The Jaguar Princess]]'' by [[Clare Bell]] is about an [[wikipedia:Aztec|Aztec]] slave girl who is descended from jaguar gods and can transform into a jaguar.
* Two [[wikipedia:Witch World|Witch World]] fantasy novels by [[wikipedia:Andre Norton|Andre Norton]] focus on werecat main characters, ''[[wikipedia:Year of the Unicorn|Year of the Unicorn]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:The Jargoon Pard|The Jargoon Pard]]''.
* The [[wikipedia:Inheritance Trilogy|Inheritance Trilogy]] includes a werecat known as [[wikipedia:Solembum|Solembum]], a large, odd-looking cat able to communicate telepathically and change into the form of a young boy. Later on other werecats are noted, such as Maud.
* The ''[[wikipedia:Charlaine Harris#Sookie Stackhouse .28Southern Vampire.29 Series|Southern Vampire]]'' series by [[wikipedia:Charlaine Harris|Charlaine Harris]] features various werecreatures, including werepanthers and weretigers.
* In the ''[[wikipedia:Harry Potter|Harry Potter]]'' books, [[wikipedia:Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]] can transform into a [[tabby cat]] at will because she is an [[wikipedia:animagus|animagus]].
* In the [[wikipedia:Black Lace|Black Lace]] novel ''The Pride'' by [[wikipedia:Edie Bingham|Edie Bingham]], the lead character, Kami Osbank, is a member of a hidden race of feline humanoids who possess tails, claws and tracks of leopard-like spots, all of which appear whenever she gets angry or aroused.
* In [[wikipedia:Caitlín R. Kiernan|Caitlín R. Kiernan]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Alabaster (book)|Alabaster]]'', Dancy Flammarion comes upon a sort of werepanther trapped in a cage, kept as a roadside attraction in southern [[wikipedia:Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
* In ''[[wikipedia:Night Watch (Russian novel)|Night Watch]]'', a character named Tiger Cub has the ability to transform into a tiger at will, due to her magical skills.
* One of [[wikipedia:R.L. Stine|R.L. Stine]]'s [[wikipedia:Ghosts of Fear Street|Ghosts of Fear Street]] books, ''Night of the Werecat'', features a girl named Wendy with the ability to change into a housecat.
* In [[wikipedia:Cynthia Leitich Smith|Cynthia Leitich Smith]]'s ''Tantalize'', werewolves and werecats are traditional rivals, but both fight vampires.
* Garth Nix's [[wikipedia:Sabriel|Sabriel]] features a being called [[wikipedia:Mogget|Mogget]]. Although he is neither a cat nor human, he often manifests himself as one of these two while in his bound form.
* In the book series ''[[Animorphs]]'', five teenaged youths are given the power to metamorphose ("morph") into animals, for which they must first touch to acquire their [[wikipedia:DNA|DNA]]. Jake, the leader, acquires a tiger's DNA and can morph into it. Also, Tobias acquires his pet cat's DNA as the group's first morph, whereas Rachel morphs a childhood friend's cat.
* In ''[[wikipedia:Discworld|Discworld]]'', Greebo is a reverse of the werecat, in that he does not change into a cat; rather the cat changes into a human.
* In [[wikipedia:Rachel Vincent|Rachel Vincent]]'s ''Stray'', the main [[wikipedia:character|character]], and her [[wikipedia:family|family]] or "pride" are all werecats
* Neil Gaiman's novel ''[[wikipedia:American Gods|America Gods]]'' features the [[wikipedia:goddess|goddess]] [[Bast]], who appears as a house cat during the observer Shadow Moon's waking life, but appears as a slightly feral human in his [[dream]]s.

=== Comics ===

* ''[[Clan of the Cats]]'' is a comic that has a black panther werecat as the main character.
* ''[[Gold Digger]]'' is a comic with a cheetah werecat as the sidekick of the main character. Other werecat characters also appear, such as werejaguars.
* ''[[The Wotch]]'' has a werecat character named Katie McBride. However, Katie was a human who was transformed when a werekitty bit her. When Katie transforms into the werecat, she went on a rampage through Tandy until she has a green amulet on her neck bringing her mind back even in werecat form.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has several shape-shifting characters, two of whom, Grace and Elliot, have the ability to take on a human/cat hybrid form.
* The [[wikipedia:Cheetah (comics)#Post-Crisis|post-crisis Cheetah characters]] from [[wikipedia:DC Comics|DC Comics]] were represented as true werecats instead of the earlier costumed [[wikipedia:supervillain|supervillain]]s.
* [[wikipedia:Catseye|Catseye]] from [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]] could become a human/cat hybrid, or a panther.
* [[Tigra]] from [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]] is a weretiger.
* [[Boo Cat]] in ''[[wikipedia:Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose|Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose]]'' is a werecat who retains her cat form while in moonlight.

=== Games ===

* The [[role-playing]] game [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]] includes werecats called [http://wiki.white-wolf.com/worldofdarkness/index.php/Bastet Bastet].
* Inthe role-playing game [[Dungeons and Dragons]], weretigers are feared for being one of the most powerful [[wikipedia:Lycanthrope (Dungeons & Dragons)|lycanthropes]]; werecats are unique to the [[wikipedia:Forgotten Realms|Forgotten Realms]] campaign setting as devotees of [[wikipedia:Sharess|Sharess]].
* The RPG series [[wikipedia:Breath of Fire|Breath of Fire]] features a race of cat-like humanoids called [[wikipedia:Woren|Woren]]. One of them (Rei, from Breath of Fire 3) can turn into a large, extremely powerful weretiger during battle.
* The [[video game]] [[wikipedia:Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance|Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance]] features [[wikipedia:Laguz|Laguz]], a race of [[wikipedia:humanoids|humanoids]] which are able to take the forms of certain animals. The 'Beast Clan' of Laguz is made up of those who turn into [[cat]]s, [[lion]]s and [[tiger]]s.
* The ''[[wikipedia:Castlevania|Castlevania]]'' video game series features many werecats based on big cats, including a main werelion villain [[wikipedia:Ortega (Castlevania)|Ortega]] from ''[[wikipedia:Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness|Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness]]''.
* The [[wikipedia:Bloody Roar|Bloody Roar]] video game series features many werecreatures (called ''Zoanthropes''), including [[wikipedia:Long the Tiger|Long]] and [[wikipedia:Shenlong the Tiger|Shenlong]] the weretigers, [[wikipedia:Gado the Lion|Gado]] the werelion, [[wikipedia:Shina the Leopard|Shina]] the wereleopard, and [[wikipedia:Uriko the Half Beast|Uriko]] the werebobcat.
* In the PC computer game [[wikipedia:Hexen II|Hexen II]], there are a group of enemy werecat creatures known as werejaguars and werepanthers, who are known for running fast, jumping, wielding swords, and sometimes reflecting projectiles with their shields.
* In the PC computer game [[wikipedia:Shadowcaster|Shadowcaster]], the player can transform into a werecat creature known as the Maorin.
* In the game ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', night elf [[wikipedia:druid|druid]]s can change into a panther and Tauren druids can become a lion (both races of druids can become a cheetah), and an item called the "moonstalker cloak" can turn any Alliance player into a moonstalker (a black tiger with grey stripes) for 5 minutes.

=== Music videos ===

* In the Michael Jackson music video Thriller, Michael Jackson turns into a werecat.
* In another music video featuring Michael Jackson, Black or White, he turns into a panther.

== Occultism and theology ==

Occultist Rosalyn Greene claims that werecats called "cat shifters" exist as part of a "shifter subculture" or underground New Age religion based on lycanthropy and related beliefs.<ref name="magicshapeshiftcatshifters">
{{cite book |last=Greene |first=Rosalyn |title=The Magic of Shapeshifting |publisher=[[Red Wheel Weiser Conari|Weiser]] |date=2000 |pages=53-89, 125, 149}}
</ref>. Feline [[therian]]s do exist, though they do not necessarily classify their beliefs as religious or supernatural, nor do they necessarily believe in the possibility of physical transformation.

== See also ==
* [[wikipedia:Werecat|Werecat]] on [[Wikipedia]]

== References ==
<references/>
*''This article incorporates text from the [[wikipedia:Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition]], a publication now in the [[wikipedia:public domain|public domain]].''
*Borges, Jorge. (1969). ''The book of imaginary beings''. New York: E. P. Dutton. ISBN 0-670-89180-0
*Greene, Rosalyn. (2000). ''The magic of shapeshifting''. York Beach: [[Red Wheel Weiser Conari|Weiser]]. ISBN 1-57863-171-8
*Hall, Jamie. (2003). ''Half human, half animal: Tales of werewolves and related creatures''. Bloomington: 1st Books. ISBN 1-4107-5809-5
*Hamel, Frank. (1969). ''Human animals: Werewolves & other transformations''. New Hyde Park: University Books. ISBN 0-8216-0092-3
*Steiger, Brad. (2001). ''Out of the dark''. New York: Kensington Books. ISBN 1-57566-896-3
*Saunders, Nicholas J. (1991). ''The cult of the cat''. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-81036-2

== External links ==

*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408830/ Half-Caste at Internet Movie Datebase]
*[http://www.jamiehall.org/jaguar.htm Portal of Transformation: Jaguar Shamans]

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