Timbercats

**The Timbercats** are one of the many mute packs that live on the surface.

## Appearance

As the portmanteau Timbercat suggests, these mute cats are also axe-wielding lumberjacks who stay warm in their forest home wearing beanies and plaid flannel.

## Organization

As their title suggests, The Timbercats are based off lumberjacks. They enjoy chopping wood, like lumberjacks and wield axes which they also use for combat.

Past leaders of The Timbercats are called axe lords, with Yumyan Hammerpaw being the current one in charge.

## History

### Explosion Berries

After Kipo and friends surmise that the people of her burrow escaped and agree to find them, the Timbercats, who were tracking their stolen Scratching Tree, arrive at the scene.

### Real Cats Wear Plaid

The Timbercats charge down into the destroyed burrow whilst Kipo and the group hide in the confusion. They overhear that the Timbercats, presently guided by Molly Yarnchopper and Ruffles, are pursuing the Mega Monkey, who uprooted their Scratching Tree and used it to break into the burrow. Molly expresses her doubt that the cats can overpower the Mega Monkey as they are presently leaderless after Yumyan Hammerpaw's disappearance. Kipo then makes her presence known and proposes an alliance to track the Mega Monkey down, only for the group to be imprisoned and taken to their village.

After arriving, Molly and Ruffles debate on whether to eat the group or to bat them around for their amusement, and the village breaks out into a "caterbrawl" to decide. Kipo interjects by asking after Yumyan, and Molly and Shoelace simply say he was Lord of the Timbercats, leading the group to assume he passed away. In an attempt to win the Timbercats over, Kipo offers to stop the rampage of Yumyan's flea mount, Pierre. Kipo succeeds by distracting Pierre with syrup, but the group are not released, and the Timbercats decide to trade them to Scarlemagne instead. Benson then offers to treat the Timbercats to his flapjacks, and Molly accepts.

Benson and Dave plan to sabotage the meal by stuffing the batter mix with fur from one of the Timbercats so they can escape, though Kipo remains adamant that they should stay and help the Timbercats. Whilst serving the flapjacks to the cats in the dome of great Axe Lords, Molly, Ruffles and Shoelace lament over Yumyan's absence. Ruffles suggests carving Yumyan's portrait on the dome to watch over them, with Molly agreeing and Shoelace rejecting the idea as it means accepting Yumyan is gone. Another argument begins amongst the Timbercats until Kipo begins to strum chords on Yumyan's axe-guitar, reasoning that she could play it for Yumyan since he passed away. The Timbercats then correct her, saying he is alive but above the tree canopy, somewhere no Timbercat has been, so are too afraid to follow. Kipo then coaxes the Timbercats to tell her more of Yumyan's exploits, and joins them in a song celebrating Yumyan, only for the Timbercats to succumb to the fur in the flapjacks, retching up hair balls, and the group escapes.

Kipo returns later in the night and scales the trees, heading above the canopy. She finds Yumyan hunting a giant butterfly, convinced the butterfly has absorbed the spirit of the scratching tree. Though he initially brushes off Kipo's presence, he acknowledges her after she attracts the butterfly with little effort after he had been chasing it for three days. Kipo learns that Yumyan's real reason for not yet returning is his shame over losing the scratching tree and fleeing from the Mega Monkey above the trees, and comforts him by convincing him his people still need him regardless. Yumyan relents and, with an encouraging push from Kipo, returns to the village. Kipo and the Timbercats then reconvene with Wolf, Benson, Dave and Mandu, with Kipo astride Pierre and happily announcing that they and the Timbercats have joined forces to track down the Mega Monkey.

### Cactus Town

The Timbercats accompany Kipo and her friends to Cactus Town to find the Mega Monkey that stole the Scratching Tree. The Timbercats' loud shouts wake up Cactus Town's residents, the Umlaut Snakes, who fight them and capture them. They were later saved from being eaten by Kipo, and ran to attack the Mega Mute Monkey once they were set free. The Timbercats eventually reclaim the Scratching Tree and return to the forest with the it in tow.

### Beyond the Valley of the Dogs

After Kipo opens the can of tuna, Yumyan Hammerpaw and Molly Yarnchopper arrive with Pierre. While the Molly admits she is impressed with the groups actions in taking out four other packs, they refuse to take the group across the valley since they do not like dogs. Kipo then gets the idea to use Pierre to cross the valley and Molly agrees, lending them Pierre's leash, despite Yumyan's objections.

### Paw of the Jaguar

Wolf, Benson, and Mandu are tasked by Kipo with escorting Troy, Dahlia and Asher to the Timbercats after the destruction of the backup burrow. Concerned over how difficult it was to earn the Timbercats' trust at first, Wolf and Benson attempt to teach the three useful skills that might help them integrate more easily, such as leashing Pierre and chopping wood.

On arriving, in the dome of Axe Lords, Yumyan Hammerpaw is pleased to have Pierre back, and is introduced to Troy, Dahlia, and Asher. Benson attempts to persuade Yumyan to accept them by listing off their new skills and Troy's talent at cooking flapjacks, though the Timbercats understandably react poorly to the latter. Yumyan then bursts into tears over hearing of their plight, and Molly Yarnchopper points out they would happily take the three in regardless as they are all friends of Kipo. Benson warns them of Scarlemagne's pending threat, and Molly assures him they will remain vigilant. After Troy thanks Benson and agrees to a future date, Yumyan embraces him, Asher, and Dahlia, and leaves the dome with Molly and a few other cats, presumably to escort the humans to their lodgings.

### Heroes on Fire

Yumyan Hammerpaw, Molly Yarnchopper and other Timbercats are present at Scarlemagne's coronation, and become aware that Troy, Asher, and Dahlia have stowed away in Yumyan and Molly's tails out of concern for their parents. When the Mega Monkey prepares to transport the humans away and Kipo fights off against Scarlemagne, Troy rouses Yumyan to aid Kipo, which Molly eagerly agrees to. When molten gold begins to flood the arena, Molly extends her axe hilt down to Kipo, Lio, Benson, and Wolf, and helps them to higher ground, then assists Lio in bringing the unconscious Scarlemagne with them.

The Timbercats are present when Kipo resolves to become the Mega Jaguar to stop the flood. They resignedly prepare for the gold to engulf them as it rises higher, with Yumyan telling them all it has been an honour before leading them in striking their axe hilts against the ground in a somber drumbeat. Once the Mega Jaguar and Mega Monkey successfully fell the tree containing the gold, Yumyan and Molly can be seen shielding Kipo's friends from the edge of the arena, as the gold finally stops rising.

After Kipo reverts to her human form, the Timbercats agree to shelter Kipo and company in their village. Yumyan proudly tells her he always knew there was "cat" in her before leading Scarlemagne away in the cat-carrier prison cell.

### Everything is Crabs

The **Timbercats** helped establish H.M.U.F.A. and became friends with the Umlaut Snäkes. The Timbercat children are also seen playing with other mute children.

### Code Word Milkshake

The Timbercats were seen alongside the Umlaut Snäkes writing a catchy song. Dave and Lio walked in to see them writing a song when it seemed that they were insulting each other.

### Don't You Forget a Meow Me

Yumyan participated in a series of simulations that Muholland put him, Lio, and Kipo into. When they sneak off to Emilia's Lab to rescue Kipo's friends the two darts she had supplied for the cure, Kipo had tricked Emilia into stabbing the cure into a piece of bark and then took the cure back to Timbercat Village to create the vaccine. However, during this time Yumyan was hit with the second Cure Dart. Yumyan is later transformed into a normal cat and Kipo was absolutely saddened by this.

### It's a Trap

The Timbercats played a major role on fighting off the Human Resistance and a few of them get hit with the cure.

## Powers and abilities

* **Axes**
* **Woodcarving**

## Trivia

* According to Rad Sechrist, the inspiration for the Timbercats' "hipster" style came while "walking around LA" and "going into Intelligentsia Coffee and seeing the baristas dress like lumberjacks.”
* In early concept art, the Timbercats were called the Lumbercats.
* The Timbercats are the first Mute faction to ally themselves with Kipo and her group.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.fandom.com/articles/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-netflix-dreamworks-creatures