For wildcats, see tiger, lion, jaguar, or cheetah. For Tobias' cat, see Dude. For Melissa Chapman's cat, see Fluffer McKitty

The cat, commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated mammal native to Earth. It was Tobias' first morph, as well as the first morph ever done by an Animorph. Two male cats were notably kept as pets; Dude, formerly owned by Tobias and the basis of his morph, and Fluffer McKitty, the pet of Melissa Chapman whom Rachel acquired.

Acquiring

In The Invasion, set in 1997,^{[note 1]} Tobias acquired his pet tabby cat Dude, making it his first morph acquisition as well as the first acquisition ever done by an Animorph.^[1]

A little over a week later, the Animorphs hatched a plan to capture Melissa Chapman's pet tomcat, Fluffer McKitty, with Rachel luring him out of a tree with a shrew morph. Jake and Marco were severely scratched as they captured Fluffer and threw him into a cat carrier, where he quickly fell asleep. Rachel then demorphed and acquired Fluffer while he was still in the carrier.^[2]

Usage

In 1997,^{[note 1]} the morning after meeting Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul and gaining the power to morph, Tobias acquired and morphed into his pet tabby cat, Dude. While in mid-morph, Tobias was attacked by Dude, forcing him to put Dude aside before completing the morph. Upon completing the morph, Tobias leaped three feet into the air and landed on his dresser. Tobias then demorphed and walked to Jake's house to inform him that the morphing ability was real. When Jake refused to believe him, Tobias morphed into his cat once more. He then jumped four feet into the air and landed perfectly on a baseball before playing with a string. Tobias was encouraged by the cat's instincts, relishing the idea of hunting a mouse, which taught the Animorphs that the animal's instincts were still present while morphed.^[1]

Less than two weeks later, the Animorphs decided to spy Hedrick Chapman and decided to morph into his daughter Melissa's pet tomcat Fluffer McKitty so that they could gain access into his house. Rachel morphed into Fluffer and spied on all the members of the Chapman family, including overseeing a hologram meeting between Iniss 226 and Esplin 9466, the Yeerk known as Visser Three. Rachel then morphed into Fluffer to revisit the Chapman Residence the next day, although she was caught by Iniss and Visser Three. Rachel was then put into a cat carrier before being transported to the Blade ship, which was parked at the Abandoned Construction Site. Rachel partially demorphed her fingers so that she could open the cage door from within before remorphing into the cat to run. She was then picked up by Tobias, in his red-tailed hawk form, and flown to safety.^[2]

In 1999,^{[note 2]} Rachel morphed into the cat once more while Cassie morphed into a white rat so that they could sneak into a teacher's house and steal a test that Cassie accidentally wrote "Cassie loves Jake" on.^[3]

In late 1999,^{[note 2]} Rachel morphed into the cat for a final time, using the morph to spy outside of a Borders in preparation for a meeting with Sub-Visser Fifty-One.^[4]

Appearances

Book Series

• The Invasion (acquired and morphed by Tobias)
• The Visitor (Fluffer McKitty, acquired and morphed by Rachel; cover morph)
• The Encounter (mentioned)
• The Message (mentioned)
• The Andalite's Gift
• The Alien (mentioned)
• The Secret (mentioned)
• The Prophecy (morphed by Rachel)
• The Test (morphed by Rachel)
• The Absolute (mentioned)

TV Series

• My Name is Jake (Part 2) (acquired and morphed by Rachel)
• Between Friends (Melissa Chapman's cat, acquired and morphed by Rachel)

Known Morphers

• Tobias (tabby cat, Dude; unusable)
• Rachel (tomcat, Fluffer McKitty)
  • Rachel (TV series)

Gallery

"Someone took a picture of me? Not cool. Do you see what I'm wearing? I'm Spandex-boy. Totally not cool." The image gallery for Cat may be viewed here

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