Everything you know is a lie.
Newsflash: Hello Kitty has never been a cat!Rest assured, however, that Bad Monkey is most definitely a monkey...
And he's bad.
He's bad.
You know it.
And, speaking as a close personal friend of Hello Kitty...
... SHE'S A FUCKING CAT, OKAY?!?
UPDATE: Annnnnnd... Kotaku brings some much-needed sense to the discussion.
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So she’s a little girl with cat ears, cat whiskers, no fingers (except for a thumb) and no mouth?
Makes perfect sense.
I don’t get it, either. If she isn’t a cat, why is she called “Hello Kitty”?
Was this known before in any statement from Sanrio? Or did it happen after the research project came to light? I always thought Hello Kitty, based on the name and look, was a cat. Sure, it’s also a cartoon character, but one that looks like a cat.
Meow.