Kate (Inner Workings)

Kate is a supporting character from the Disney short Inner Workings.
==What Makes Her an Ensemble Dark Horse?==
*Ignoring the very obvious elephant in the room, the character is practically non-essential to the short film's plot, only appearing as a random vendor woman who sells a pair of sunglasses to Paul, and apprearing in the end credits where she marries him. Despite this, she is the most well-known character in the entire short, so much so she's practically the only thing people remember about it, or the only thing that certain people watch it for.
*The character had become a subject of controversy about five years after the short film was first released, due to the character's design. (Guess what part of it) This controversy had only ironically served as one of the primary driving forces to the character's popularity however, as it had also ascended her further into meme status.
*Pretty much all of the women in the short have the same exact figure as her, but Kate seems to stand out because she's the only one of them that isn't a background character, making her the most noticeable. 
*She is a pretty common target of fanart, even more so during the short film's release, need we say more?
==Trivia==
*The short that Kate originates from is commonly mistaken for being one made by Pixar due to it looking similar to their productions. Resulting from this, Kate became one of the primary "examples" for the "Pixar Mom" meme, the perpetuated notion that Pixar films often feature narrow-waisted and wide-hipped women, despite this only really being true for Helen Parr from the Incredibles. The meme itself is also one of the reasons why Kate became so popular.
*Concept art of the short film reveals that Kate would have originally played a much larger role in its story, being a co-worker of Paul. Additionally, her original design would have had her in more conservative clothing and far less curvaceous. If both of these factors were kept, she wouldn't have been an Ensemble Dark Horse, both for the fact that she'd be a part of the main cast, and the fact that she would have spurred far less controversy.
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