K.T. (Hello Kitty)

K.T. the Kitty Terrestrial, also simply called K.T., is a character from the Hello Kitty franchise, more specifically Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theatre. As a reference to E.T. himself (whose name her name is a pun on) rom the movie E.T. the Extraterrestrial, K.T. is a humanoid alien feline who serves as the main protagonist of the episode whose name is the same as hers.
K.T. shares her voice actress with Kitty "Hello Kitty" White herself.
== Description ==
K.T. looks like Kitty White, down to having a ribbon tied around her left ear, but also has an antenna set on her head. Her outfit is a spacesuit with yellow sleeves and a grey belt. Around her head is a yellow ring similar to Saturn.
K.T. is shown to be curious, since she strays away from the family to go exploring, which causes her to get lost. However, she at first fears Earth's native life-forms. She gets past this hurdle when she befriends Tuxedo Sam. Despite her extraterrestrial origins, K.T. can speak proper English, claiming to have learned it in "Kittygarden" (presumably Kindergarden).
K.T. can use her antennae to levitate objects, other life-forms, and even her own body, using this as a means to fly.
== Biography ==
K.T. is first seen with her folks, being told by her parents that her family is going on a picnic. K.T. and her family enter their spacecraft to leave, but when the ship reaches Earth, Doctor Catnip and her assistant Grinder spot the spacecraft.
K.T. asks her mother for permission to around. Although she is given permission, K.T. receives a warning that she must be careful and must stay away from the native folks, prompting K.T. to state that she will be alright. Catnip and Grinder approach in their truck, speeding up to make up time. While she is exploring the woodlands, K.T. gets distracted by a butterfly. This leads her to chase it so she can show her parents (who are at this point looking for her only to give up and blast off when Catnip and Grinder arrive). During the chase, K.T. trips over a rock and falls off a cliff, scaring off a moose in the process. By this time, Catnip has reached the picnic site, where she displays determination to catch K.T.'s parents.
K.T. recovers from her fall but has a run-in with Catnip and Grinder, so she runs off into a cabin (Tuxedo Sam's clubhouse) in the woods. The fact that nobody is inside causes K.T. to become homesick and cry in the corner.
Tuxedo Sam later arrives at his clubhouse to find K.T. here, scolding her for trespassing until he identifies her to be an alien. However, K.T. proves to be a kind soul despite this snag, so they develop a friendship. Tuxedo Sam realises that his friends are coming so K.T. must hide, which is exactly what she does, using a toy box as a hiding place while Catnip and Grinder search for where K.T. went.
Chip and My Melody later arrive, hungry for lunch, but Sam reveals that he ate the food. My-Melody, miffed, goes to get her toys from the toy box, but is shocked when she sees that K.T. is in there, having used it as her hiding place. Sam introduces both parties, but My-Melody does not believe this at first, until K.T. uses her antennae to hover. My-Melody and Chip are intrigued, but the two scientists arrive and the four get captured.
While Sam, My-Melody, and Chip wonder how to escape, K.T. uses her antennae to telekinetically force the door open. The four escape just seconds before Doctor Catnip arrives. Catnip is distraught when she finds that they got away.
The quartet arrive back at the cabin that hosted their introductions, where K.T. reveals that she is homesick. The others tell her to call her folks, with Chip giving her money and directing her to a payphone in town. However, Chip drops his coins and Catnip returns, with Grinder tearing the phone booth as she demands. However, Grinder accidentally chases her away with his clumsiness, and K.T., Sam, My-Melody, and Chip use this as their chance to escape, and as Grinder recovers, he gets run over by the quartet's bike. Doctor Catnip recovers and gives chase while she and her colleagues grab motorcycles, but K.T. and company escape in a fish shop. The gang gets cornered with a wall blocking their path, but K.T. telekinetically opens a gate, which she and her friends escape through. Grinder blocks the path, having gotten his own motorbike, but K.T. uses her telekinesis to make the gang fly, causing Grinder to catch himself and Catnip. Sam reveals that his clubhouse has the supplies necessary to make a radio transmitter, which they do. Sam plays some music on his guitar, and the mothership arrives. K.T. tearfully bids her friends farewell, then enters the ship. They tearfully say goodbye back as the mothership leaves.
== Trivia ==
* Etymology: K.T. most likely comes from E.T. merged with either "Katie" or "kitty."
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