Kyle

### Likes

Affection, sitting in Gruff's shoulder/lap, playing with Gallus, being scratched, food (specifically azukimeshi and Tofu sprinkles), protecting his owner, napping, playing, rummaging through trash, sleeping, stretching, fetch, belly rubs, licking faces, running, walks, wandering around town, fun, love, the Blue Moon Festival, sleeping in his owner's bed

### Dislikes

His owner upset, Gruff "having disagreements" with others, mistreatment, not being able to help, strangers

### Powers and abilities

* Teeth and claws
* Ultrasonic scream
* Magic

## Biographical information

### Distinctive features

Nine tails, red markings on body and face

### Status

Active

**Kyle** is a young male Kitsune pup and Grandpa Gruff's pet.

## Personality

Kyle acts like a trained pet, responding to any of Grandpa Gruff's commands or anyone they tell him to listen to. However, despite being loyal to the old Griffon, he does have a mind of his own, listening to people like Gallus, Gabby and other friends of his owner on his own volition. He also enjoys playing games like a pet would, but is also intelligent enough to play chess with Gruff and be annoyed by his gloating after he won. He also shows compassion and concern when he discovers his owner is having "a disagreement" with someone. He generally seems to be very attached and protective of his owner and uses his cleverness and slyness to keep them safe.

Quite often, Kyle shows traits of other animals, having been seen howling like a wolf or stretching like a cat. He also tends to show canine traits, such as chasing frisbees, wagging his tail(s) when being petted, or doing tricks for treats.

## Appearance

Kyle has pale grey-cream fur, fox-like ears, and fox-like muzzle, complete with fangs, claws, vulpine legs/paws, and fox-like tails on their lower backs. He has a lighter shade of his fur on the undersides of his muzzle and belly. He also has a variety of fire-shaped markings on his forehead, ears, nose the tips of his tails and paws, and near the corner of each of his violetish eyes. His most notable characteristic is his nine tails. Despite resembling a fox, Kyle's canine-like appearance somewhat resembles a cat as well, most likely due to still being a pup (at least physically-wise).

## Background

At an unknown time period, Gruff found Kyle during a mission. Gruff adopted him as his pet and decided to name him, Kyle.

## Relationships

### **Grandpa Gruff**

Kyle is endlessly loyal to his master and can become extremely defensive for Gruff's well-being. He enjoys sleeping at the foot of his bed. Kyle's feelings for his owner are further showcased when he believes someone is threatening Gruff: he quickly jumps up and starts hissing. Kyle's reaction indicates that he cares for the well-being and safety of his owner. The reason for this action may be that the elder provides Kyle with more than just a place to live in, but also with affection and care.

### **Gallus**

Kyle cares for his owner's grandson, allowing Gallus to pet him and willingly playing with him. He sometimes appears in the mornings on Gallus' bed, likely because he's trying to give Gallus a turn as well. The two share good and caring relationship.

## Trivia

* Kyle was originally pitched as a light brown cat and later a fox. This was later changed as, taking into account the fantasy world of *My Little Pony*, Bees Meliss thought it wouldn't work and lacked creativity. He was also originally colored cream-yellow in his early development design.
* Kyle's design is a mixture of the Inari Kitsune (his species) and the grey fox.
* Grandpa Gruff's pet being a fox-like creature is a reflection of cunning and smarts as he's like the trickster foxes, extremely intelligent and a very powerful shape-shifter (in his case, able to disguise quickly), often giving wisdom or service to good creatures he meets, but also often depicted as wild and occasionally wicked by others.
* While he's referred to as and shown to be a pup, Kyle's age is completely unknown, including to creator Bees Meliss herself. In many depictions, Kitsunes start as normal foxes and grow both in power and number of tails as they grow older. Given how Kyle seems to have all nine tails, it could mean that he is probably a lot older than he looks. In addition, Kyle was found when Gruff was still relatively young.
* Despite not being a dog and occasionally acting like a cat, Kyle actually has various dog-like traits. This is possibly due to the fact that foxes are of distant relation to the domestic dog, as both are part of the Canidae order of biological classification.