ToothyCat

Sha'am the Toothycat from PhoenixFeathers was inspired by Sham the Puffy Cat Virus from [Studio Tavicat]'s ["Reality Check!"].

Some notable differences between Sham and Sha'am:

Sham is a computer virus. Sha'am is a Lesser Daemon of Chaos.
Sham self-replicates in the vicinity of bad puns. Sha'am does not self-replicate. We hope.
Sham eats anything. Sha'am is picky.
Sham causes minor mischief through his actions. Sha'am wreaks major havoc by his very presence alone.
Sham belongs to Tavicat. Sha'am refuses to submit to anyone ^^;

The concept "ToothyCat" itself was inspired by a quote of Sham's:

: "I am a toothy cat! I bite! Bite! Bite!" (c) [Studio Tavicat]

...except you won't find that text in Reality Check!. What Sham /actually/ said was more like

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The real otaku can use something like this to translate back and forth.

AlexChurchill is *so* tempted to nominate this page (or /Code) for CategoryKittenTechnicalMatters. But describing Sha'am as a kitten is unfortunately a slight stretch. Cat, yes; kitten, not really...

: I somehow imagine puffycat kittens as looking something like the SootSprite?s in MyNeighbourTotoro?... Only in slightly more psychedelic colours... --K

So, the name has no reference to the cat seen from time to time in AzumangaDaioh? --FR

: No - we were around long before AzumangaDaioh made it to the West (in mass-produced form, anyway, I think; certainly long before we were aware of the Azu kitty). The resemblance has, however, been thoroughly noted :) - SunKitten

HamStress has met a cat with no teeth. Would that be a Toothless Cat, a Non Toothy Cat or just a Plain ol' boring cat?

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