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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
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.
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* In ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'', Luna does this when she's in human form.
* ''[[Big Wolf on 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
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