So what if he has the hiccups? sees Shaggy transforming from normal to werewolf Oh no, convertible werewolf. You get rid of his hiccups fast or I'll put bombs in your humps. Brunch: Rest assured, sire. We'll have him back at the castle within the hour. Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (second series) When Scrappy scared Scooby frozen, the gang pour a formula called Grandma Wolfing's hair conditioner to snap him out of it. It worked, but every time he enters the full moon light he turns into a werewolf.
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- Cartoons Scooby Doo. Follow/Fav The Werewolf and the Cupid. Shaggy was cursed to be a werewolf by Dracula so he hides breaking off contact with his former life. While in hiding he meets Lucy a very secretive cupid who keeps her distance for unknown reasons. He closed his eyes trying to think of other things as the.
NOTICE::: So soon, right. Okay, this story is T for some more implied content in later chapters. I don't feel its subject to change too much, but anyways.
Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf 2
Chapter 1
Carvings
The gang was glad that Thanksgiving had ended, and everyone had returned home. It was Saturday now, and they had attempted some cleaning, but had quickly given up. It was early afternoon, messages on the answering machine ranted, most good byes from relatives and good wishes. A few cases that Fred was uncertain about taking, since most seemed pretty far fetched, they tried to avoid murders as much as possible. Shaggy sat at the kitchen table, staring at his food, he had thought the turning in his stomach was hunger, but it wasn't it. He'd woken up this morning in complete agony, Velma had told him it was probably from snarfing down all those leftovers and then running through the house the other day. He had agreed, but something doubted that. Shaggy stood and walked into the living room, a growl greeted him.
'Geez, Scoob!' Shaggy took a step back, Scooby looked confused, and then wagged his tail.
'Rorry, Raggy! R'you rartled re.' said Scooby happily as he jumped on the couch.
'It's okay Scoob. Like man, you startled me.' said Shaggy headed outside, maybe some cool air would make his stomach feel better.
He walked along the block casually. He saw the Mystery Machine coming down the road, Daphne and Velma waved, they'd gone to the store for some steak and tofu dogs for dinner. The van pulled along side him, he walked to the window, Daphne was driving.
'Hey Shag, where you headed?' asked Daphne.
'Like, Just going for a walk, my stomach's still bothering me,' said Shaggy as he leaned on the passenger
'We got some pain relievers for you.' said Velma, reaching over the seat.
'Hey, like what's that smell?' asked Shaggy.
'What smell?' asked Daphne.
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'Smells... kind of... coppery.' said Shaggy, it was coming from the van.
'Maybe its something we bought at the store,' said Velma, sitting back on the seat.
'Must be it, Thanks.' said Shaggy taking one of the medicine.
'Well, see you back at home, Shag.' said Velma as Daphne started the van.
'Yeah, the ice creams melting,' said Daphne, as she put the car in gear.
'Okay, see you two.' said Shaggy as he continued his walk.
Scooby lay on the couch thinking, why had he growled at Shaggy. It was really nothing to bother about, but yet it did. He could hear the van at the end of the road, it'd stopped, the girls must be talking to Shaggy. As it got closer and it parked in the driveway, the rustling of bags made his ears perk up, and the copper smell of fesh stake met his nose, he loved that smell. The door opened and Daphne backed in followed by Velma. Scooby heard Fred coming down the stairs to help with groceries. Scooby ran out to the van as Fred opened the door a little wider. Proudly Scooby grabbed a bag with bread and buns in it for tomorrows burgers. Scooby smelt something unfamiliar, he swung around and barked. His eyes shot open as Shaggy crossed the street, with a brow raised.
'Gee, Scoob. First growling, now barking... maybe you need to go to the vet.' said Shaggy playfully, rubbing his head.
'Raggy? R'you rell r'different.' said Scooby, giving his best friend a through sniffing.
'Is that, like a good thing or a bag thing?' asked Shaggy as he grabbed the milk from the back and closed the door as Fred held the charcole.
'I don't think you smell any different..' said Fred giving Shaggy a quick sniff.
'Like, I'm not using any new stuff... so I take its turned into a cook-out?' asked Shaggy as they headed in the house.
'I guess.' said Fred, swinging the bag over his shoulder and picking up one of the bags the girls had dropped.
Shaggy gave a weary look at Scooby as they headed inside, he didn't like this new phase of his. Then that smell caught him, it was a strange smell, but he liked it. There was something familiar about it, but he couldn't quite place it. It was coming from the bag that Fred was holding. He had an urge to grab it, but restrained himself, that would've been rude. They walked into the kitchen, Fred heading outside as he dropped off the plastic bag on the table. Scooby was walking gingerly behind them, sniffing Shaggy every so often. Shaggy waved him off the third time her caught him doing it.
'Shaggy can you help me?' asked Daphne, trying to put syrup in the cabinet.
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'Sure,' said Shaggy walking towards her.
'You change your perfume or something?' asked Shaggy, picking up something that smelt like berries.
'Yeah. Thanks for noticing. Its more than I can say for a certain jock,' said Daphne, glaring in Fred's direction.
It wasn't long before Fred brought in some food, leaving some food still outside to be cooked. The gang dug right in. Scooby happily ate his food, every so often glad that Shaggy kept giving him a burger or two, after the third time, Scooby froze. He seemed to be taking a few bites off of them and just deciding not to eat them. He looked at Shaggy, he was holding his stomach, Scooby let out a whimper of sympathy. Shaggy gave him a half smile and stood up, excusing himself to bed, the others stared off in shock. A mountain of tofu burgers left untouched by the beatnik.
'Maybe he's got a stomach bug?' suggested Fred.
'Even when he's sea sick, he still manages to eat.' said Daphne.
'Maybe he just needs some rest.' said Velma, 'Come on Scoob, you want some more burgers?'
'Ro, rhanks.' said Scooby, watching as Shaggy walked up the stairs.
Something wasn't right, but he couldn't place it. That smell, Shaggy's new smell, wasn't new, it was old and unwelcome. Scooby stretched, and looked outside, he liked the sunset. Fred went on the patio to get the rest of the stuff and put it away. Daphne and Velma loaded the dishwasher and sink. Scooby's ear twitched, he thought he'd heard something upstairs. He trotted through the living room and towards the bottom of the steps. He walked up carefully, that strange smell was stronger. He heard Shaggy let out a pained sound and sped up, maybe he needed water or something.
'Raggy?' Scooby slid his head inside, Shaggy was on the floor doubled over, he hadn't even changed out of his normal clothes yet, just his shoes, 'Raggy?!'
Shaggy heard Scooby, but it didn't register. His mind was swimming, he'd gone up to go to bed. That's all, but something wouldn't let his body rest, it was swirling, aching, his stomach lurching. He could feel his mouth water in excess, and smells where shifting, vivid. He could hear Fred, Daphne, and Velma, all in the kitchen. Scooby's voice was fading, he'd backed out of the room. His stomach wasn't in pain, it was hungry. He saw visions, sworming, those images, he remembered them... he knew what this was. No, please... not with them home.. no. He heard footsteps thunder up the stair case. Panicked chatter, Scooby was barking, on edge. He felt his skin tear, he let out a yell, but it sounded more like a dog whimper. This pain, the ache... it was new to him... but the smells, the urges, the taste in his mouth.... the hunger as blood pressures rose in the doorway. A yell from one of the girls, Daphne. He felt his spin shift, his nails stretch. His hand that braced the ground, tore carpet. He could see only red, images flashing. He looked towards the doorway, shocked faces, a growling dog... most of all he smelt it.... unwavering fear.
TBC
I hate the smell of blood, yuck! Not many can smell it, but it makes me sick, not vomit sick, just odd that's all.
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A werecat (also written in a hyphenated form as were-cat) is an analogy to 'werewolf' for a felinetherianthropic creature.
Etymology[edit]
Ailuranthropy comes from the Greek words ailouros meaning 'cat', and anthropos, meaning 'human' and refers to human/feline transformations, or to other beings that combine feline and human characteristics. Its root word is also used in ailurophobia, the most common term for a phobia of cats.
Ailuranthrope is a lesser-known term that refers to a feline therianthrope.
Depending on the story in question, the species involved can be a domestic cat,[1] a tiger,[2] a lion,[3] a leopard,[4] a lynx, or any other type, including some that are purely mythical felines.[5]
Folklore[edit]
Europe[edit]
European folklore usually depicts werecats as people who transform into domestic cats. Some European werecats became giant domestic cats[5] or panthers. They are generally labelled witches, even though they may have no magical ability other than self-transformation.[6] During the witch trials[which?], all shapeshifters, including werewolves, were considered witches whether they were male or female.[7]
Africa[edit]
African legends describe werelions, werepanthers or wereleopards. In the case of leopards, this is often because the creature is really a leopard deity masquerading as a human. When these gods mate with humans, offspring can be produced, and these children sometimes grow up to be shapeshifters; those who don't transform may instead have other powers. In reference to werecats who turn into lions, the ability is often associated with royalty. Such a being may have been a king or queen in a former life.[8]
In Africa, there are folk tales that speak of the 'Nunda,' or the 'Mngwa,' a big cat of immense size that stalks villages at night. Many of these tales say it is more ferocious than a Lion and more agile than a Leopard. The Nunda are believed by some to be a variation of therianthrope that, by day, is a human, but by night becomes the werecat. No actual evidence of such a creature existing has ever been documented, but in 1938 a British Explorer named William Hichens, working in Tanzania, was told by locals that a monstrous cat had been attacking people at night. Huge paw prints were found to be much larger than any known big-cat, but Hichens dismissed the case, believing it more likely to be a lion with gigantism.
Asia[edit]
Mainland Asian werecats usually become tigers.[9] In India, the weretiger is often a dangerous sorcerer, portrayed as a menace to livestock, who might at any time turn to man-eating. These tales travelled through the rest of India and into Persia through travellers who encountered the royal Bengal tigers of India and then further west.[10] Chinese legends often describe weretigers as the victims of either a hereditary curse or a vindictive ghost. Ancient teachings held that every race except the Han Chinese were really animals in disguise, so that there was nothing extraordinary about some of these false humans reverting to their true natures.[citation needed] Alternatively, the ghosts of people who had been killed by tigers could become a malevolent supernatural being known as 'Chang' (伥), devoting all their energy to making sure that tigers killed more humans. Some of these ghosts were responsible for transforming ordinary humans into man-eating weretigers. Also, in Japanese folklore there are creatures called bakeneko that are similar to kitsune (fox spirits) and bake-danuki (Japanese raccoon dog spirits). In Thailand a tiger that eats many humans may become a weretiger. There are also other types of weretigers, such as sorcerers with great powers who can change their form to become animals.
In both Indonesia and Malaysia there is another kind of weretiger, known as Harimau jadian. In Malaysia, Bajangs have been described as vampiric or demonic werecats.[citation needed] In the central area of the Indonesian island of Java the power of transformation is regarded as due to inheritance, to the use of spells, to fasting and willpower, to the use of charms, etc. Save when it is hungry or has just cause for revenge it is not hostile to man; in fact, it is said to take its animal form only at night and to guard the plantations from wild pigs. Variants of this belief assert that the shapeshifter does not recognize his friends unless they call him by name, or that he goes out as a mendicant and transforms himself to take vengeance on those who refuse him alms. Somewhat similar is the belief of the Khonds; for them the tiger is friendly, and he reserves his wrath for their enemies. A man is said to take the form of a tiger in order to wreak a just vengeance.[11]
The Americas[edit]
The foremost were-animal in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures was the were-jaguar. It was associated with the veneration of the jaguar, with priests and shamans among the various peoples who followed this tradition wearing the skins of jaguars to 'become' a were-jaguar. Among the Aztecs, an entire class of specialized warriors who dressed in the jaguar skins were called 'jaguar warriors' or 'jaguar knights'. Depictions of the jaguar and the were-jaguar are among the most common motifs among the artifacts of the ancient Mesoamerican civilizations.[citation needed]
N.W. Thomas wrote in the 11th ed. of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1911) that according to Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868), the kanaima was a human being who employed poison to carry out his function of blood avenger, and that other authorities represent the kanaima as a jaguar, which was either an avenger of blood or the familiar of a cannibalistic sorcerer. He also mentioned that in 1911 some Europeans in Brazil believed that the seventh child of the same sex in unbroken succession becomes a were-man or woman, and takes the form of a horse, goat, jaguar or pig.[11]
In the US, urban legends tell of encounters with feline bipeds; beings similar to the Bigfoot having cat heads, tails, and paws. Feline bipeds are sometimes classified as part of cryptozoology, but more often they are interpreted as werecats.[12]
Occultism and theology[edit]
Assertions that werecats truly exist and have an origin in supernatural or religious realities have been common for centuries, with these beliefs often being hard to entirely separate from folklore. In the 19th century, occultist J. C. Street asserted that material cat and dog transformations could be produced by manipulating the 'ethereal fluid' that human bodies are supposedly floating in.[13] The Catholic witch-hunting manual, the Malleus Maleficarum, asserted that witches can turn into cats, but that their transformations are illusions created by demons.[14]New Age author John Perkins asserted that every person has the ability to shapeshift into 'jaguars, bushes, or any other form' by using mental power.[15] Occultist Rosalyn Greene claims that werecats called 'cat shifters' exist as part of a 'shifter subculture' or underground New Age religion based on lycanthropy and related beliefs.[16]
In popular culture[edit]
Werecats are increasingly featured in popular culture, although not as often as werewolves.[17]
By far the most prevalent occurrence of werecats in pop culture is in books. Some novels, novellas, and short stories with werecats are listed below.
- In the Harry Potter series, Professor McGonagall can transform into a house cat at will (known in-universe as Animagus transformation).
- Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle series includes several characters who are werecats.
- The children's novel, Sebastian Darke: Prince of Pirates, features an enchantress named Leonora, who can turn herself into a panther at will. She is recognisable in this form by the tawny colour of her pelt, which matches her eyes when she is in human form.
- The protagonist of Rachel Vincent's Shifters series is a werecat; she is a member of a Pride led by her father.
- Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series of novels has several characters who are werecats of varying types.
- In Ayshen Irfan's The Fire Within My Heart, book one in the Scarlet Cherie: Vampire series, Kai Hunter is a werecat.
- In the Revelation Series (books 2, 3, 4, and 5) the character Fiona is a housekeeper and maternal figure to our clan of gargoyles. She is the alpha of her Pishankyin Clowder, transforms into a panther at will and has the ability to read any female's mind. Her daughter also makes an appearance in the last novel.
- The short story 'Lusus Naturae' by Margaret Atwood centers on a young woman whose parents fake her death to hide the fact that she is a werecat.
Werecats also serve as heroes and villains in film and television shows. Notable examples include:
- The 1942 Val Lewton film Cat People and its 1982 remake both feature female shape-changers: first Simone Simon and then Nastassja Kinski in a highly sexualized role. The 1982 version also includes Malcolm McDowell as her brother, also a shape-changer.
- The titular creatures in the horror film Sleepwalkers (written by Stephen King) are werecats who have psychic abilities and can hide disguised within human society. They are also energy vampires who must feed on the life-force of virgin women to survive. Their weakness is domestic cats, which can see through their illusions and destroy them via scratching.
- 'Cat creatures' have appeared multiple times in the Scooby-Doo franchise, including The Scooby-Doo Show (1976–1978) and What's New, Scooby Doo? (2002–2005); in the 1998 animated film Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, the film's main antagonists are werecats.
- In the mid-1980s show She-Ra: Princess of Power, the villainess Catra can change into a panther.
- In the Hotel Transylvania: The Series episode 'Buggin' Out', werecats roomed next to the werewolf kids.
- In the 1992 Indian movie Junoon the main antagonist is afflicted by a curse that transforms him into a Bengal tiger in the presence of a full moon.
- In the Tom and Jerry Tales episode 'Monster Con', Tom is turned into a werecat when he looks at the full moon after being bitten by Jerry's friend, a werewolf.
- In the third and fourth seasons of True Blood werepanthers are introduced. The only werepanthers seen are an impoverished and extended family called the Norrises. Werepanthers are an endangered species, and thus the Norrises have resorted to inbreeding in order to keep from going extinct. However, this tactic has essentially backfired on them; because of the lack of genetic diversity among them, the family is ravaged by feeble-mindedness and congenital illnesses which result in sterility and high infant mortality. It is unknown if the Norrises are the last of their kind.
- In the fourth season of Teen Wolf, Kate Argent, played by Jill Wagner, who had presumably been killed by Peter Hale, returned as a were-jaguar.
- Mattel'sMonster High franchise includes five werecat characters: Toralei, Purrsephone, Meowlody, Catrine DeMew, and Catty Noir. They each appear the television specials and movies.
Comic books, manga, and anime are other venues for werecats.
- In Chie Shinohara's 1984 manga series Yami no Paapuru, the main character, Rinko, is pursued by the scientist, Sonehara, in order to expose to the world that Rinko is a human that can become a panther at will.
- In the second book of the ElseworldsBatman & Dracula trilogy, Selina Kyle is attacked by a werewolf, which later causes her to literally become Catwoman when she transforms into a purple werecat.
- Schrödinger from the anime Hellsing is a werecat.
- Marvel Comics has Catseye of the Hellions, a female teenage mutant werecat, who appears in a number of the Marvel Universe titles.
- In Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose, the supporting character Boo Cat is a werecat.
- The Bungo Stray Dogs series features character by the name of Nakajima Atsushi who has the ability to transform into a white tiger and sometimes even switch certain body parts to resemble a tiger's.
- In Fred Perry'sGold Digger comic series, major character Brittany Diggers is a were-cheetah, and werecats of most known species are introduced as side characters.
Werecats have been featured in a number of games, both video and table-top.
- The 1988 video game Altered Beast includes a stage where power-ups transform the player into a weretiger, which provides extra strength and firepower.
- In the tabletop role-playing gameBastet (White Wolf Publishing, 1997), players get to play werecats.
- Weretigers are also featured in Dungeons & Dragons.
- In the World of Warcraft online roleplaying game, druids can transform into panther- or lion-like forms, depending on their chosen race.
- In the video game Breath of Fire III, one of the main characters, Rei, is a weretiger.
- The 1993 Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen game features weretigers as hidden characters who can be recruited.
- In the video game Bayonetta, the main character has the ability to transform into a black panther, and the witch Jeanne can transform into a red lynx.
- The Darkstalkers game series features Felicia, a character who can shift between a domestic cat form and a werecat girl whenever she wants.
- In the game Shifters The main character, Alleron, can shapeshift into a variety of different were creatures such as a werebull, wereeagle and the like. He also has a female werejaguar shaman form called a spirit claw who has a petite and lithe physique and is clad in only a green shawl wrapped around her body. She uses mainly magic.
- In the game Perfect World International one of the playable classes is a Venomancer[clarification needed] who may take on the guise of a werecat, werefox, werebat, werebunny and weredeer.
- The Fire Emblem games, namely Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, feature a race of people called the Laguz that can transform into various animals. One particular tribe of these Laguz can turn into beasts such as wildcats, lions and tigers.
See also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^Galenorn, Yasmine (2006). Witchling. Berkley. p. 33.
- ^Monster Manual: Core Rulebook III. Wizards of the Coast. 2003. pp. 165–166.
- ^Feehan, Christine (2002). Lair of the Lion. Leisure Books.
- ^Worland, Rick (2006). The Horror Film: An Introduction. Blackwell Publishing. pp. 73, 176–178, 184.
- ^ abGreene, Rosalyn (2000). The Magic of Shapeshifting. Weiser. p. 9.
- ^Hamel, Frank (1969). Human Animals. New Hyde Park: University Books. pp. 7, 103–109.
- ^Summers, Montague; Heinrich Kramer, James Sprenger (2000). The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger. Book Tree. pp. 61–65.
- ^annimi. 'Werecats: The Lions of Tsavo | Werewolves'. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^Summers, Montague (1966). The Werewolf. University Books. p. 21.
- ^lycanthropy – the were-tiger of the east indies
- ^ ab One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Thomas, Northcote Whitridge (1911). 'Lycanthropy'. In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 150.
- ^Steiger, Brad (2001). Out of the Dark. Kensington Books. pp. 154–160.
- ^Hamel, Frank (1969). Human Animals. New Hyde Park: University Books. p. 292.
- ^Summers, Montague; Heinrich Kramer, James Sprenger (2000). The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger. Book Tree. pp. 127–128.
- ^Perkins, John (1997). Shape Shifting. Rochester, Vermont: Destiny Books. p. 3.
- ^Greene, Rosalyn (2000). The Magic of Shapeshifting. Weiser. pp. 53–89, 125, 149.
- ^Weeks, Linton (17 July 2009). 'You Sexy Beast: Our Fascination With Werewolves'. NPR.
References[edit]
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- Borges, Jorge. (1969). The book of imaginary beings. New York: E. P. Dutton. ISBN0-670-89180-0
- Greene, Rosalyn. (2000). The magic of shapeshifting. York Beach: Weiser. ISBN1-57863-171-8
- Hall, Jamie. (2003). Half human, half animal: Tales of werewolves and related creatures. Bloomington: 1st Books. ISBN1-4107-5809-5
- Hamel, Frank. (1969). Human animals: Werewolves & other transformations. New Hyde Park: University Books. ISBN0-8216-0092-3
- Steiger, Brad. (2001). Out of the dark. New York: Kensington Books. ISBN1-57566-896-3
- Saunders, Nicholas J. (1991). The cult of the cat. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN0-500-81036-2
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