Dora the Explorer Was Almost a Cat, More Animated Character Secrets

A lot The fans were left premature After this revelation.

“Hello Kitty is not a cat,” Jill Cook– a framework in Sanrio, the company behind the character – explained to Today In July 2024. “She is actually a little girl born and grew up in the suburbs of London. She has a mom and a dad and a twin sister Mimmy who is also her best friend. She likes to cook cookies and have new friends.”

Although the news may have surprised some, Cook was not the first to share this information. In reality, Christine R. Yano—A teacher of anthropology who wrote the book Rose globalization: the trek of Hello Kitty through the Pacific– had also confirmed previously that Hello Kitty is not a feline.

“Hello Kitty is not a cat,” she said Los Angeles Times In 2014. “She is a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She is never represented on all fours. She walks and sits like a two -legged creature. She has a cat that is clean, however, and that is called Charmy Kitty.”

Other funny facts on Hello Kitty? According to Sanrio, she measures five apples, weighs three apples, was born on November 1 (making her a scorpion) and dreams of being a pianist or a poet.