# Awesome feline battle armor! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540 "2014-01-11T21:56:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/1 "2014-01-11T21:56:58Z")
I think I saw this on Laughing Squid. Just in case [you](http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd69/brujaja/20140109-13232671-catarmor2_zps5d4f8266.jpg) [haven’t](http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd69/brujaja/20140109-13232671-catarmor1_zps26d499bf.jpg) [seen it.](http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd69/brujaja/20140109-13232671-catarmor3_zps192164f5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/2 "2014-01-11T21:59:31Z")
Put a saddle on him and get a He-Man action figure. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/3 "2014-01-11T22:31:12Z")
Our cat Archie never needed armor. He was fluffy black-and-white. He always fought in formal wear. Always won, too. Even beat up some dogs! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/4 "2014-01-11T22:34:37Z")
As my grandfather would say: That’s the cat’s meow. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/5 "2014-01-11T22:41:01Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![DeptfordX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/6 "2014-01-12T00:01:43Z")
Does that look ‘Game of Throney’ to anyone else. Not sure why, but that was the first thought of the armour style that popped into my head when i saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/7 "2014-01-12T00:16:41Z")
> [@DeptfordX](#): > > Does that look ‘Game of Throney’ to anyone else. Aye. Mentioned it to the SO. > [@DeptfordX](#): > > Not sure why, but that was the first thought of the armour style that popped into my head when i saw it. The first thing I thought of was [Frank Frazetta](http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs30/f/2008/107/3/3/Frazetta_Homage_by_andyparkart.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/8 "2014-01-12T00:22:14Z")
It’s cool and well made. I do feel like it needs a saddle, and a rat or bird or something on top (allowing for interspecies cooperation). Maybe Targaryen-y? > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Our cat Archie never needed armor. He was fluffy black-and-white. He always fought in formal wear. Always won, too. Even beat up some dogs! :eek: So he’s basically James Bond? This brings up the question: if the Bond movies starred cats, are “Pussy Galore,” “Octopussy” too literal to use as puns, and what should they be changed to? “Beaver Galore”? ---
**Author:** ![Lydia\_Phalfav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lydia\_Phalfav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lydia_Phalfav)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/9 "2014-01-12T07:00:28Z")
(New person here; don’t eat me. Just jumping right on in.) I’m surprised that cat didn’t stiffen up, fall over & give its human the “hell no” stare. That’s a nice-looking set of armor too. It’s nice to see that the cat seems pretty comfortable with wearing it. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/10 "2014-01-12T07:03:27Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > It’s cool and well made. I do feel like it needs a saddle, and a rat or bird or something on top (allowing for interspecies cooperation). > > Maybe Targaryen-y? > So he’s basically James Bond? This brings up the question: if the Bond movies starred cats, are “Pussy Galore,” “Octopussy” too literal to use as puns, and what should they be changed to? “Beaver Galore”? More like Popeye the Sailor in a tux, if you can imagine that. In the house he was pretty much the kitten he had always been. In the kitchen if one of us was preparing something to eat he would look up at us with those big green eyes, and sometimers meow. Those sharp little teeth. He always got his cut of whatever meat we had for dinner, and he loved halibut or any other kind of fish. We miss him very much. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/11 "2014-01-12T08:00:18Z")
I really like the leather armor for the cats. This one is clearly working for the Thieves’ Guild. Jeff de Boer’s metalwork armors are for those cats and mice who prefer the Heavy Armor options, I guess. [http://jeffdeboer.com/Galleries/CatsandMice/tabid/77/Default.aspx](http://jeffdeboer.com/Galleries/CatsandMice/tabid/77/Default.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/12 "2014-01-12T14:20:25Z")
Looks cool, but offers no protection for the chest /belly, which is pretty important in fight. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/13 "2014-01-12T15:21:37Z")
SNL did it first. ([video](http://screen.yahoo.com/action-cats-000000483.html); [transcript](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/91/91pactioncats.phtml)) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/14 "2014-01-12T18:13:30Z")
I used to be a badass cat in battle armor. But then I took a… ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/15 "2014-01-12T20:27:30Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > It’s cool and well made. I do feel like it needs a saddle, and a rat or bird or something on top (allowing for interspecies cooperation). Nah, the saddle needs to be on a dog. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/16 "2014-01-12T20:52:10Z")
Yeah, but who would send a knight out on a dog like that? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/17 "2014-01-12T21:55:39Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > I used to be a badass cat in battle armor. > > But then I took a… Dated memes? Cat army! Get him my pretties! > [@Balance](#): > > Nah, the saddle needs to be on a dog. There is this guy: [rat on a cat on dog](http://laughingsquid.com/gregory-pike-dog-cat-rat-living-in-harmony-in-san-francisco/)… (on a… log?) I guess the dog [passed away](http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_21892529/dog-that-was-part-boulder-dog-cat-rat) ☹ I don’t know where to find him since there are people from at least 4 cities claiming him as their own. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/18 "2014-01-13T06:42:33Z")
saddle on a dog - [http://i.imgur.com/Xe2c4Tu.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/Xe2c4Tu.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/19 "2014-01-13T15:45:38Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Yeah, but who would send a knight out on a dog like that? I wanted to make that joke, but no one else was providing the obligatory straight line. You can catch the next one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540/20 "2014-01-13T18:25:58Z")
The Samurai armor makes me think of Miaowara Tomokato. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-feline-battle-armor/678540.md?page=2)