HOVERBALL CAT

by Meg on March 16, 2010

According to this report, “This picture was taken just before Hoverball Cat took off at supersonic speed. It sounded like a whistle and a scream and the ground caught fire.”

big orange hovercat

Via Mr. Andersen at Implodr

{ 96 comments }

1 Theresa 03.16.10 at 2:00 pm

How ees thees possible??

2 Juno 03.16.10 at 2:00 pm

Reminds me of how the Death Eaters swoop around in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” I’m scared.

3 Bluemenro 03.16.10 at 2:00 pm

Hard to tell where his head ends and body begins! Love the determined look on this kitteh’s face.

4 Trixie 03.16.10 at 2:01 pm

This cat looks just like my huge fat cat Goober!!! I’ve always wanted to capture his grace in hyperspeed, and now I don’t have to.

5 Saffron 03.16.10 at 2:01 pm

What the what?????

I would not want to be the noms that hoverkitteh is aiming himself at.
But first he must check the vectors, Victor.

6 hyura 03.16.10 at 2:07 pm

this pic is awesome!

7 J 03.16.10 at 2:07 pm

Like a giant bubble cat…

8 Michelle 03.16.10 at 2:08 pm

Floof ball!

9 Stacy 03.16.10 at 2:11 pm

Oh my god, I just peed myself. This is too funny!

10 Anne 03.16.10 at 2:12 pm

LOL!!!! I think this just made my day..

11 Sweeda88 03.16.10 at 2:13 pm

OH NO! HoverFatCat is going to take over the world with its floofalicity!!! Duck and cover!

12 cyberpunkrocker 03.16.10 at 2:15 pm

Sub-light speed… light speed… ridiculous speed… LUDICROUS SPEED!!!

["They've gone to Tabby!" 8O - Ed.]

13 ceejoe 03.16.10 at 2:22 pm

omg!
i’ve said it before, but how do people get these shots?!!?

14 Katie 03.16.10 at 2:28 pm

I think this defies physics the same way bumble-bees do…

15 cheshirekittehkat 03.16.10 at 2:30 pm

Wowsers!!!! Looks like the original Hover Cat has evolved from floating over a glass tabletop to this:
Kirk: “Warp speed ahead!!”
Scotty: “I canna go any faster, Captain! The HoverBlorp is right behind us and is closing in fast!!! BOOM!!! FADEOUT……………

16 whiskers09092006 03.16.10 at 2:36 pm

Oh hahahahahahhahah lololololllllll….’k, I know there’s feet there somewhere, but U can’t see them!! ahahahahahahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

17 wuyizidi 03.16.10 at 2:37 pm

He’s straight out of a Miyazaki’s cartoon.

18 Valentina Vayntraub 03.16.10 at 2:37 pm

If I was any smaller then that cat, I would be terrified!!!!

19 Fluidstatic 03.16.10 at 2:44 pm

wuyizidi, I would pay GOOD MONEY to see a Miyazaki anime with a Hoverball Cat in it.

20 RobertMeta 03.16.10 at 2:46 pm

What you don’t see in that picture is one horrified squirrel.

21 Patito Gigante 03.16.10 at 2:46 pm

Crookshanks swallowed a bludger.

[Hehehe - Ed.]

22 Theo 03.16.10 at 2:46 pm

Wuyi and Fluid — maybe go see Tim Burton’s “Alice”. Chessie, y’know.

23 skippymom 03.16.10 at 2:51 pm

Oh man, this looks like Skippy, if Skippy packed on a few pounds, grew his hair long and popped a bunch of acid.

24 Nicolletta 03.16.10 at 2:56 pm

Mom, the cat lost its legs again!

25 AppleBun 03.16.10 at 2:58 pm

This is great! Is this even real?

26 Malle Babbe 03.16.10 at 3:05 pm

“That’s no moon. It’s a space station”

27 Resriechan 03.16.10 at 3:05 pm

um, cheshirekittehcat:

Qu:

Was Scottie ever given ANY dialogue, besides “she canna ga na fastah, Keptin” or “She’s givin’ it all she’s gaht, Keptin”??

(seems to me that Star Fleet might have screened Scottie out of employment, as “not being a team player”…..)

Signed,

“What? ME? An axe to grind??? Why, I oughtta….”

28 tammy 03.16.10 at 3:06 pm

this picture makes me very happy! so very happy indeed!

i NEED a ride on the hovercat!

29 kokobutterbuns 03.16.10 at 3:07 pm

WhaaAAaa?? Where are Kitties legs?

30 Mika 03.16.10 at 3:08 pm

Is that the new balloon animal for the Macy’s parade? It’s great, you can’t even see the ropes!

31 Brenda 03.16.10 at 3:14 pm

Awesome! This cat rules.

32 victoreia 03.16.10 at 3:34 pm

I don’t know which references slay me faster: “Airplane”, “Harry Potter” or “Star Trek”…..

Are we sure that’s not really one of those Force-propelled remotes like Luke used for lightsaber training?

33 CoconutCheez 03.16.10 at 3:36 pm

this is the MOST amazing cat picture i’ve seen on CO. Ever. Unbelievable, unpossible, uncomprehensible.

34 AuntieMame 03.16.10 at 3:38 pm

NNNNNNYYYYYYEEEERRRRRRRROOOOOOOWWWWWW

35 cheshirekittehkat 03.16.10 at 3:39 pm

@Resriechan: No, I think that was the extent of Scottie’s dialogue, and I rather think he was happy to have even that: the only other thing he did besides that was to stand around looking perplexed (which, by today’s standards, would probably considered serious acting….. :roll: )

36 Tiffany 03.16.10 at 3:39 pm

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

It’s a floating dustmop with a face!!! XB

I wish my cats could do that…must teach them to turn into hoverball cats and take off a warp speed!!!! =3

37 Zombie 03.16.10 at 3:53 pm

Now witness the power of this fully armed and operational battlekitteh!

38 N. Fritz 03.16.10 at 3:54 pm

It seems that the only chance Scotty had for any real dialogue came from “The Trouble with Tribbles,” including such great lines as:
“He called the Enterprise a garbage scow!”
“That’ll give me a chance to catch up on my technical journals.” (I use that one at the doctor’s office all the time!)
“Just before they went into warp, I beamed the whole kit and kaboodle into their engine room, where they’ll be no tribble at all.”

Get it? KIT and kaboodle! hahahahaha!

39 chanpon 03.16.10 at 3:54 pm

Wahhhhh?????

40 cheshirekittehkat 03.16.10 at 3:57 pm

@Theo: I just googled a photo of the Cheshire Cat in Tim Burton’s “Alice”;
Looks way different from my avatar: it had so menny teefs that it alarmed me…. :shock: (It must be my evil twin…..!)

[Still, Chessie was my favorite character in this version. - Ed.]

[Also, go take another look into a real cat's mouth. Mm-hmm. Toothy. - Ed.]

41 Nicole 03.16.10 at 3:58 pm

It’s Miyazaki’s Catbus! (WikipediaImages)

42 whiskers09092006 03.16.10 at 3:59 pm

LOL@ AuntieMame!! Also, MMMMMEEEEEERRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOWWWW

43 cheshirekittehkat 03.16.10 at 4:02 pm

@ N. Fritz: :lol: :lol: :lol: Poor under-rated Scotty….!

44 Hon Glad 03.16.10 at 4:07 pm

Om Padam layayai namah. Om Padmayai namaha. Om suchayai namah. Omswahyai
namah. Om Padam Sundayai namah.and other spiritual type stuff already,

[I wrapped a newspaper round my head, so it looked like I was deep... - FZ.]

45 Hon Glad 03.16.10 at 4:13 pm

Scotty was played by an Canadian, his accent was barely passable, the noo.

46 LeeshaJoy 03.16.10 at 4:15 pm

Could this be the real-life inspiration for Sushi Cat?

47 gizmo 03.16.10 at 4:24 pm

Hovercat.
Hovercat.
Does whatever a hovercat does.
Can he soar, above the clouds?
No, he can’t, he’s a cat.
Look out! He’s a hovercat!

48 Mika 03.16.10 at 4:26 pm

@ N. Fritz:, Scotty also had a good line in By any other name…”It’ green”.
Referring to the last bottle he pulls out wile trying to get Tomar the Kelvin drunk.

49 Susan 03.16.10 at 4:29 pm

Surely it’s the intense concentration that keeps this cat in the air.

“No it isn’t, and stop calling me Shirley”*

* paraphrased quote from Airplane.

50 Resriechan 03.16.10 at 4:37 pm

@ NFritz: :) :)

and Mika: :)

(“So, what I think I hear everyone sayin’, is that Scottie *DID* venture out beyond those two lines I quoted….ok. Got it & thanks everyone for playing!!!! :) )

51 Skip 03.16.10 at 4:41 pm

victoreia – nearly did a spittake on that one!

52 Marcy Hunt 03.16.10 at 4:47 pm

A fur ball!

53 KittyMarthaPoo 03.16.10 at 4:51 pm

OMG i love this picture so much I am going to use it as an avatar. What could be cooler than a flying fat tan cat? Looks SO much like our Taffy, may he rest in peace.

54 Heather in Oregon 03.16.10 at 4:56 pm

I played sushi cat, now I can not unplay it!

55 Shadyman 03.16.10 at 5:18 pm

@cyberpunkrocker & related Ed:

Oh NO, you most certainly did NOT!

[That reminds me, I need to change the combination on my luggage... - Ed.]

56 LaureninGeorgia 03.16.10 at 5:20 pm

Saffron @ 5 – great Airplane reference. RIP Peter Graves!

57 anastasia 03.16.10 at 5:23 pm

hovercat looks like its gonna implode!!!!

58 Fleurdamour 03.16.10 at 5:26 pm

Crookshanks Leviosa!

59 Theo 03.16.10 at 5:29 pm

Leh-vee-oh-SAHHH.

60 Carolyn 03.16.10 at 5:29 pm

Where can I get one?!?

61 Caroline 03.16.10 at 5:30 pm

LOL Fleurdamour! :)
I LOVE this photo! It gave me a much needed chuckle.

62 lezlee 03.16.10 at 5:32 pm

@Patito Gigante HA! Ha ha ha ha ha!

63 scott 03.16.10 at 5:42 pm

Fat, fuzzy feline projectile.

64 Fin 03.16.10 at 5:50 pm

What an amazing picture!!

65 N. Fritz 03.16.10 at 6:07 pm

@ Ed. – No offense intended! I was simply pointing out that Hovercat looks like a Tribble (er, yeah…. that’s the ticket)

[What? I had no opinion on the matter; no offense taken...? - Ed.]

66 lavender 03.16.10 at 6:15 pm

This is too cute and unbelievable. I love it

67 Jerilyn 03.16.10 at 6:16 pm

Aiiiiiieeeeeeee! The flying feline furballs have arrived to take over the planet! Be afraid. Be very afraid…

68 Queen of Dork 03.16.10 at 6:36 pm

I love this picture! He looks so intent. Like he has a serious mission. Maybe to go, “shhhhhhrrrrrrrrvrrrooooooOOOOOOOOMM!” and burst into the local grocery store where he’ll slam head first into a bag of kitty nibbles. (crunch, crunch)

69 Queen of Dork 03.16.10 at 6:52 pm

Also: This makes a great desktop background, and the ears flattened back probably help him achieve light speed faster. I wonder if his body elongates into a ferrety shape when he hits mach 10?

70 N. Fritz 03.16.10 at 6:53 pm

@ Ed.: Oops, did I misattribute? I thought you made the comment about “thanks for playing” but I see now that it was really… YOU! (turning in dramatic Agatha Christie fashion and pointing at…) RESRIECHAN! BTW, We never finished the love-sponge conversation from “Blue Turnip and the Queen” post. My love-sponge was a gray and white tabby named Jeeves. “Built for comfort, not for speed.”

71 rachel 03.16.10 at 7:25 pm
72 Leah 03.16.10 at 7:25 pm

This is adorrrrrable! I want to play soccer with the little dude!

73 Marie 03.16.10 at 7:40 pm

Utterly amazing! I see a Hoverball Cat toy line, animated series, the works!

74 Kate 03.16.10 at 8:18 pm

The 21st Century’s answer to The Flying Apple?

75 Resriechan 03.16.10 at 8:37 pm

@ N. Fritz:

GASP !!!!!(NOT ME??????) 80

ok — Lovesponge — that was me, also, I thinks? I don’t know much about the program here except that it is targeted to peeps different from moi.

However I live in N. Florida and there exists here, a majority of
pickup trucuuuuucks with gunracks & massive wheels…Lynnerd Skynnerd (I COULDN”T CARE LESS about spelling that’un keerecktly) is from N Florida…..so this might give you a sense of the clientele to / for whom the radio program called

–I kid you NOT–

“Bubba the [cough, gag] LoveSponge” is intended.

Signed,

Am I required to acknowledge my ‘Mericun citizenship?

76 aeryn 03.16.10 at 8:40 pm

let the LOLCAT quotes begin…..

77 Teresa 03.16.10 at 8:45 pm

:lol: If I could catch Hoverball Cat :lol: I would make sure he/she would have lots of love, pets, yummy food, etc. :lol:

78 megan 03.16.10 at 8:46 pm

when this picture loaded i literally said “WHAT THE F***???” out loud. loudly enough to scare my cat off the chair. and probably make it look like that.

WHERE ARE ITS LEGS???

79 marycummins 03.16.10 at 8:52 pm

Looks like a cat meteor zooming toward earth. Fantastic pic!

80 plousia 03.16.10 at 8:57 pm

Wow, THAT’S AWESOME.

81 BStrange 03.16.10 at 9:33 pm

Hovertribble Mode: the perfect way to keep catfeets off of nasty wet grass (note the garden hose in the lower left) after the big bald-bodied peoples try to soak their lightly-toasted lawn back to life. NNNNNNYYYYYYEEEERRRRRRRROOOOOOOWWWWWW is right. :D

Legged version is cute too, but much less with the gigglings and the bogglings. I pre-fur this’n. ;)

82 blair 03.16.10 at 9:37 pm

i herd this

http://ufoseries.com/soundEffects/ufoFlying.mp3

en then i herd this

http://ufoseries.com/dialog/immedLaunch.mp3

am i gonna be on teevee?

83 Chris 03.16.10 at 9:40 pm

It looks like a Beholder kitteh from D&D:P

84 Lizzy 03.16.10 at 9:41 pm

Run little hovermice! RUUUUUN!!!!!

85 Jerilyn 03.16.10 at 9:48 pm

Incoming!

86 Elanor 03.16.10 at 10:25 pm

That look of sheer concentration!

87 Noelegy 03.16.10 at 11:28 pm

Fur Blorp.
Furblorp.
Frblrp.
FRBLRP!

88 Magus Eldred 03.17.10 at 1:49 am

Gravity Cat Emoticon is not amused.

89 Lil 03.17.10 at 2:21 am

definately a Miyazaki cat like Totorro. I lub him.

90 Noelegy 03.17.10 at 2:24 am

Bears a strong resemblance to Nite Owl’s Owlship as seen in the “Watchmen” graphic novel or movie.

91 AnneM 03.17.10 at 3:22 am

Cute kitty! :) =^..^=

92 MandyMo 03.17.10 at 3:53 am

I can see him hovering around and disapproving in everyone’s general direction. For some reason (in *my* head anyway), it has the voice of Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force…(Pyew. Pyewpyew, pyew! )

93 DebH 03.17.10 at 5:28 am

With or without legs, he has a fabulous face!
Awwww!

94 Sher 03.17.10 at 5:39 am

@ [redacted - Ed.] — I think your perception is mistaken that CO focuses only on cute stuff that is “REAL.” I think the standard is whatever has some element of cute, sometimes tinged with strange or odd, just to keep things interesting. Or, whatever tickles someone’s fancy or might elicit an “Awwwwwwwww.”

Artificial “rules” don’t rule here…..just fun. So enjoy whatever you see for whatever it is, and leave judgments out of it. OK? ;-)

95 BrianW 03.17.10 at 6:08 am

Blimp Kitteh!

96 catty 03.17.10 at 6:28 am

LOL! what the heck?! too cute (but weirdddd)… :)

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