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Line 1: {{trope}} A character is supposed to be imitating or acting like a cat, so he starts batting at a moving object with their fingers curled in to imitate the rounded look of a cat paw. Bonus points if he starts licking his faux paw. This move is often favored by [[Catgirl~~\|Catgirls~~]]s. This move also doesn't actually make any sense if the person in question is supposed to be acting on actual cat instinct: when a real cat grabs at something, its digits will be splayed out as far as possible to maximize their grab capacity. Under other circumstances it does serve two purposes: it more closely mimics the shape of a cat's paw than a fingers-extended position does, and it reinforces that the person is imitating a cat, not merely swatting at a mosquito. Line 7: == Anime & Manga == * ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'': Ichigo bats and licks when she first becomes a Mew. * ''[[Ranma ~~One Half~~½]]'': Ranma does this when his [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?\|ailurophobia]] drives him into thinking he's a cat. Justified in that he's not actually supposed to ''be'' a cat or part-cat; he's just acting how he perceives a cat would. * ''[[Soul Eater]]'': Blair in her human form. Strange, since she as a cat would stretch her arms out. * Botan from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' does this when behaving "catty". * Matsuri and Miu, in episode 51 of ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]'', each don kitty ears (''not'' the kitty hat from episodes 8 & 43. Matsuri mimics does the Faux Paw maneuver (just batting, no licking), to Nobue's delight. Miu behaves more like a cat that's lashing out. Nobue doesn't think so highly of this. * Himari, the title catgirl of ''[[Omamori Himari]]'', is quite prone to this, as seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20120625162441/http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/OmamoriHimari1/175462-35.html here.] * In ''[[~~K-On! (Manga)\|~~K-On!]]'', Azusa does this while donning cat ears, resulting in the other girls [[Cuteness Proximity\|swooning over her]] (and giving her the nickname "Azu-nyan"). * Hazuki in ''[[~~Tsukuyomi Moon Phase (Anime)\|~~Tsukuyomi Moon Phase]]'', especially in the opening. You can watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNWr_Jlx6p0 here]. Line 21: == Comics -- Books == * [[~~Empowered (Comic Book)\|~~Empowered]] as Schrodinger's Catgirl (in an [[Imagine Spot]]). == Live-Action TV == * In ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'', Luna does this when she's in human form. * ''[[Big Wolf Onon Campus]]'': An episode features a [[Were Cat\|werecat]] who performs the Faux Paw maneuver. * [[The Hero\|Shoutaro]] of ''[[Kamen Rider W]]'' claims to be able to work out where a missing cat is the same way he finds missing people: by getting into the cat's mindset. He does so by performing a [[Faux Paw]] and meowing; not only does it work, but {{spoiler\|the woman he was hired by had ulterior motives, and ''didn't actually have a cat in the first place''}}. Line 39: == Web Comics == * Done by Ellen to Nanase's ponytail in ''[[~~El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)\|~~El Goonish Shive]]'' several times starting [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-06-18 here]. == Web Original == * ''[http://kuvshinov-ilya.deviantart.com/art/Meow-553399968 Meow]'' by Kuvshinov-Ilya. {{reflist}} Line 45 ⟶ 49: [[Category:Infauxmation Desk]] [[Category:Faux Paw]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Feline Tropes]]