Ci-Kat-A

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Ci-Kat-A are fictional, cat-like aliens created for the animated television series Swat Kats. They appeared in the episode The Ci-Kat-A and their vocal effects were performed by Frank Welker.

[edit] Origins and Biology

Exactly where the Ci-Kat-A came from is unknown, except that they are said to have originated from somewhere in "deep space" from a planet with low oxygen levels. They were a race of aliens who had the combined physical characteristics of both felines and insects, particularly cicada. The name "Ci-Kat-A" was coined by Jake Clawson after mistaking footage of one of the aliens on Kat's Eye News for a horror movie.

Ci-Kat-A are hatched from eggs laid by a single queen. have a hive mentality and feed on radioactive materials, which allows them to grow bigger and stronger. Their bite allows them to control the minds of anyone they chose, and the bite will also, in time, turn the bitten victim into a Ci-Kat-A themselves. They are also capable of spitting waves of sticky yellow glop to trap enemies or gum up machinery.

[edit] Ci-Kat-A Invasion

A fertile Ci-Kat-A queen hitches a ride to the cat planet on the M.A.S.A. deep space probe Kat Sat 1, taking over the minds of Dr. Harley Street and others. She lays her eggs in the nuclear reactor after enslaving the minds of all the scientists, guards, and other M.A.S.A. staff, and ultimately plans to take over all of Megakat City as well.

Her efforts are hindered by Ann Gora, who alerted the Swat Kats and The Enforcers to the alien invasion, and they quickly arrive and disposed of all her newly-hatched Ci-Kat-A drones.

With Dr. Street's help, the queen escapes and flies to the Megakat Nuclear Plant. She grows to gargantuan proportions after feeding on the main reactor, then flies to the Megakat Tower penthouse and lays a new batch of eggs there since the 300-story office building is ideal to the queen because the thin air up there reminded her of home.

Thanks to Callie Briggs, the authorities are once again alerted to the alien problem. The Enforcers destroy the eggs before they can hatch, and the Swat Kats dispose of the queen's protector, Dr. Street. The queen herself is finally killed when the Swat Kats use the cable of the Sky Claw to tie up her wings.

Incapable of flight, the queen plummets to street level, landing right in front of Mayor Manx's limo, which is carrying the Mayor and Mr. Young. As she is about to attack the helpless politicians, a burning section of the penthouse roof breaks away and falls atop the queen, crushing her and splattering gooey insect slime all over Manx, Young, and their driver.