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What Is Hello Kitty?

July 31, 2024
The brand behind Hello Kitty revealed that the character is actually a little girl, not a cat. Is her species just… Hello Kitty?
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Sanrio, the Japanese company that created the fictional character Hello Kitty in 1974, has shared a startling revelation. Jill Koch, senior VP of marketing and brand management at Sanrio, told TODAY last...
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So this story has everyone chatting and apparently the company that created
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Hello, Kitty unveiled at the 50th anniversary that Hello,
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Kitty is actually a little girl and not a cat.
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I mean, I know that already Jenny and this is coming
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straight from Joe Koch,
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the senior vice president of marketing and brand management over there.
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So like, so there's no confusion.
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How is she a little girl?
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Like her name is literally hello,
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Kitty like Kitty is short for cat like she's a straight gotho
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don't like don't make me feel stupid for clicks.
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Like it's like why would a little girl have cat ears?
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Whiskers and a boyfriend named Daniel who is also a cat with
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ears and whiskers. Like is this cosplay like explain that?
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Listen, Jenny, I don't make the rules.
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She's not a cat and she's not human either.
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She's just Hello, Kitty.
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She's always been, hello,
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Kitty to me and she will remain being hello,
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Kitty. She's five apples tall and she weighs about three apples
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Well, for the integrity of my childhood,
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she's a cat. I don't care what you think.
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What does a Dominican know about this?
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I'm just kidding. I'm joking.
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I'm joking. I'm joking.
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No. But seriously though,
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well, fine, agree to disagree.
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You think she's a little girl?
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I think she's a little cat.
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I think she's. Hello,
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Kitty. How is she?
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A girl? I don't understand.
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I mean, her name is,
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hello. She's right there.
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All right. Don't be bashing my,
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my homegirl like that.
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All right. I'm not bashing her.
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I'm just saying like a little girl that make a little girl
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make a doll like a little doll.
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But that this is literally a a I,
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you, I bet you didn't even know she has a cat
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What do you mean?
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She has a cat?
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She has a pet cat.
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She's not a cat,
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she's not a cat.
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She has, she has a baby.
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No, she has a pet cat on the show.
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You're ruining my childhood right now and I don't like it
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I think you're playing my girl kitty white.
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If you didn't know that's her real name.
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Oh, it literally if you put,
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if you put the white in front of the kitty,
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it's literally white kitty,
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which is exactly what she is.
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So we'll agree to disagree.
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Listen, I'm sure homegirl has a little Pasa Pue.
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I'm gonna find it online for you and we're gonna,
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you know, settle this once and for all.
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Sorry kitty