Clark Kent: Not a Cat Person

Well, obviously. Dude grew up with a dog. Still, that doesn't excuse this kind of behavior. Even if the lion did "ask for it".

Cat of the Geek #137: Nyan Cat

Name: Pop Tart Cat
Stomping Grounds: Internet meme
Side: Pure evil
Breed: Cherry
Cat Powers: Flying through space on a rainbow trail. A delicious pastry body.
Skills: Eat 0, Sleep 0, Mischief 6, Wit 2, Going viral 9
Cat Weaknesses: The song Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya. It will drive you mad. Note how I have not included the video. You may thank me in the Comments section.

And that's a show-stopper if ever there was one. This will be the last WEEKLY Cat of the Geek, as the Saturday morning spot is given over to Reign of the Supermen starting next week, in turn allowing Reign to be replaced by daily doses of Doctor Who. Since there are still plenty of cats in the sea (uhm...), Cat of the Geek will pop up from time to time, pouncing on your foot when you least expect it. Stay strong, cat lovers!

Cat of the Geek #136: Top Cat

Name: Top Cat (T.C. to his friends)
Stomping Grounds: Hanna-Barbara cartoons
Side: Evil
Breed: American shorthair
Cat Powers: Scheming. Scamming. Lying. Cheating. Freeloading. Fast talk.
Skills: Eat 5, Sleep 7, Mischief 8, Wit 8, Scamming 9
Cat Weaknesses: Officer Dibble getting in the way. Greedy and lazy. Will even scam his own gang. Owes money to a loan shark.

Cat of the Geek #135: Shang-Chi's Cat

Name: "Cat"
Stomping Grounds: The Hands of Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu #38-39
Side: Good
Breed: Siamese
Cat Powers: Teach Shang-Chi cunning, stealth and mystery. Unphased by kung fu fighting all around him.
Skills: Eat 2, Sleep 4, Mischief 3, Wit 3, Totem animal 6
Cat Weaknesses: Disliked by alley cats and flight attendants. Should have followed Shang-Chi UNTIL THE END OF THE RUN!

Cat of the Geek #134: Evil the Cat

Name: Evil
Stomping Grounds: Earthworm Jim video games and animated series
Side: Evil
Breed: Manifestation of evil
Cat Powers: Fireball gun. Must be killed 9 times. Disguises. Access to all things evil (ex.: pit traps, lawyers, elevator music).
Skills: Eat 4, Sleep 3, Mischief 10, Wit 8, Ruling Planet Heck 9
Cat Weaknesses: Minor setbacks (ex.: origami, the Department of Apocalyptic Affairs, the cartoon's budget running out). Henchrat, a minion that is more annoying than helpful.

Cat of the Geek #133: Fritz the Cat

Name: Fritz
Stomping Grounds: Robert Crumb comics and Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat animated feature
Side: Evil
Breed: American shorthair
Cat Powers: Ladies' man. Will simply not be neutered.
Skills: Eat 6, Sleep 6, Mischief 10, Wit 8, Hedonism 11
Cat Weaknesses: An X-rating. Murderous ex-girlfriends. Terrorist sympathies.

Cat of the Geek #132: Scratch Fury

Name: Scratch Fury - Destroyer of Worlds
Stomping Grounds: PvP (web)comic
Side: Evil
Breed: American shorthair
Cat Powers: Evil supergenius. Access to a genius machine to make archenemies minions for himself (a basset hound's intelligence multiplied a thousand-fold is still pretty stupid).
Skills: Eat 7, Sleep 7, Mischief 9, Wit 10, Evil plans 10
Cat Weaknesses: A slave to his animal instincts. so being a cat gets in the way of his master plans.

Cat of the Geek #131: The Cat

Name: The Cat (aliases include Duke of Dork and Duane Dibbley)
Stomping Grounds: Red Dwarf (tv)
Side: Good
Breed: Felis sapiens
Cat Powers: Style, baby! Spray can to mark territory with. Smell phenomena in space. Skilled pilot.
Skills: Eat 8, Sleep 5, Mischief 7, Wit 5, James Brown 7
Cat Weaknesses: Vanity. The Dog. That science mumbo-jumbo.

Cat of the Geek #130: Guido Anchovy

Name: Sukashii
Stomping Grounds: Samurai Pizza Cats
Side: Good
Breed: Animaloid
Cat Powers: Smooth talker. Purple Flame Slice. Samurai Sunspot Umbrella, which he can stand on, that fires rings, heat beams or spins to hypnotize enemies. Its handle contains his sword.
Skills: Eat 2, Sleep 2, Mischief 7, Wit 5, Finishing move 2
Cat Weaknesses: Show-off. Immature. Way with the ladies unproven.

Cat of the Geek #129: Polly Esther

Name: Pururun
Stomping Grounds: Samurai Pizza Cats
Side: Good
Breed: Animaloid
Cat Powers: Heart-shaped projectiles and sword. A flute that charms opponents ever closer to her razor-sharp claws. Sometime pop star. Doesn't need no man.
Skills: Eat 2, Sleep 2, Mischief 4, Wit 6, The Power of Love 8
Cat Weaknesses: Short and violent temper. Her secret love for Speedy.

Cat of the Geek #128: Speedy Cerviche

Name: Yattarō
Stomping Grounds: Samurai Pizza Cats
Side: Good
Breed: Animaloid
Cat Powers: Insures speedy pizza delivery service. Magical Ginzu sword, whose power is unleashed in almost every episode as Speedy's special attack, the Cat's Eye Slash.
Skills: Eat 4, Sleep 2, Mischief 4, Wit 6, Finishing move 6
Cat Weaknesses: Easily irritated. Slacker. Frying pans upside the head.

Cat of the Geek #127: Cattank

Name: Classified
Stomping Grounds: Internet phenomenon
Side: AMERICA!
Breed: All-American shorthair
Cat Powers: Fully equipped with Kitten Launchers, All-Terrain Treads, and a Flamethrower. Space and Time are no obstacle to Cattank. Cattank is strong.
Skills: Eat 10, Sleep 6, Mischief 6, Wit 3, Cat Lolz 7
Cat Weaknesses: NONE!

Cat of the Geek #126: Faron

Name: Faron

Stomping Grounds: Frieda's cat in Peanuts

Side: Neutral

Breed: American shorthair

Cat Powers: Bonelessness. Can speak dog.

Skills: Eat 2, Sleep 9, Mischief 5, Wit 4, Independence 0

Cat Weaknesses: Unpopular with the kids - no one wants to hold it when Frieda needs to go somewhere where cats are not welcome. Difficulty getting out of a tree. Doomed by Charles Schulz's inability to draw a cat to his satisfaction.

Cat of the Geek #125: Black Cat

Name: Felicia Hardy

Stomping Grounds: Marvel comics (since 1979)

Side: Variable, currently good

Breed: Human

Cat Powers: Luscious. Acrobatics and fighting skills. Agility-granting earrings (why would I make that up?) and other equipment dubiously hidden in her skin-tight costume. Bad luck powers.

Skills: Eat 2, Sleep 6, Mischief 9, Wit 6, Driving Spider-Man crazy 7

Cat Weaknesses: Bad luck powers hard on her relationships. Temperamental. Hates your secret identity.

Cat of the Geek #124: Doctor Octopussycat

Name: Otto Octopussycat

Stomping Grounds: Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham #17, and Amazing Spider-Ham 25th Anniversary Special

Side: Evil

Breed: American shorthair

Cat Powers: Four extra arms (mechanical). Evil genius. Control over the the Swinester Six.

Skills: Eat 6, Sleep 3, Mischief 8, Wit 7, Reaching for stuff 8

Cat Weaknesses: Getting whaled on. No one understands a genius.

Cats of the Geek #123: Doctor Who Cast as Cats

Names: The Doctor, Amy Pond, Rory Williams and River Song
Stomping Grounds: Doctor Who with Cats tumblr
Side: Good
Breed: Shorthairs
Cat Powers: Making bow ties cool (Doctor). Paws that go all the way up (Amy). Immortal centurion (Rory). A journal filled with future events (River).
Skills: Eat 2, Sleep 1, Mischief 5, Wit 10, Saving the universe 11
Cat Weaknesses: Bow ties are not actually cool (Doctor). Plaid shirts tell the tale of the flesh (Amy). Keeps dying (Rory). Has to go back to the pound (River).

Cat of the Geek #122: Octopussycat

Name: Octopussycat
Stomping Grounds: Toren Atkinson's World Wildlife Federation of Justice (comics/Mutants & Masterminds campaign setting)
Side: Good
Breed: American shorthair
Cat Powers: Originally a gadget girl in the Batman mold. Now, actual octopuss powers like camouflage, ink and sticky suction.
Skills: Eat 3, Sleep 2, Mischief 4, Wit 9, Stickiness 7
Cat Weaknesses: Ever seen a cat with sticky tape on its paw? She must live with that pain every day.

Cat of the Geek #121: Carl the Cat That Made Peanut Butter Sandwiches

Name: Carl (based on a real cat named Fat Max)
Stomping Grounds: Jim Mahfood's Carl the Cat That Made Peanut Butter Sandwiches one-shot
Side: Whatever side he wants!
Breed: American shorthair
Cat Powers: Katanas. Guns. Delivering hundreds of sandwiches to the mob. Killing eskimos. Pleasing his lady.
Skills: Eat 4, Sleep 2, Mischief 8, Wit 8, Badassery 11
Cat Weaknesses: None. Unless you count those that comes with irresistibility.

Cat of the Geek #120: Ae-ja

Name: Ae-ja
Stomping Grounds: A Devilish Murder AKA A Bloodthirsty Killer (Korea, 1965)
Side: Evil
Breed: Ghost/Cat-girl
Cat Powers: Vengeful spirit created when a cat eats the flesh of its bricked up, poisoned mistress. Returns from the grave. Makes children disappear. Possession.
Skills: Eat 8, Sleep 4, Mischief 10, Wit 8, Creepy child licking 8
Cat Weaknesses: A magic orb placed in Buddha's third eye dispels it. Tell-tale reflections.

With thanks to Tom Giammarco at Seen at Jeonju.

Cat of the Geek #119: Eureka

Name: Eureka
Stomping Grounds: Dorothy's kitten in various Oz books
Side: Good
Breed: American longhair
Cat Powers: White fur that tends to look other colors, usually pink or purple. Keeps her cool even when falsely accused. The ability to get to Oz without explanation.
Skills: Eat 7, Sleep 6, Mischief 9, Wit 8, Making fanwankers out of post-Baum Oz writers 7
Cat Weaknesses: Dishonesty. May or may not enjoy killing piglets. A sucker for a good show trial.