Tentacle Kitty is a webcomic about a curious and friendly kitty
who happens to have tentacles. That may seem strange here on Earth, but on her
planet, it would be strange NOT to have tentacles.
The character Tentacle Kitty was designed in 2009. Over time the character grew in popularity, and in 2012 a plush version was produced. Now we travel the country with Tentacle Kitty plushes for adoption, and people LOVE her.
December 2009: It was a dark and stormy night near Portland,
Oregon. While sitting at a 24-hour diner waiting for his fiancé to get out of
work, John Merritt decided to make something really cute for her. He combined
his love of kitties with her love of tentacles, sprinkled some extra cute on
top, and the character known as "Tentacle Kitty" was created.
In 2014, John decided there was room for even more cute when he came up with the idea for Little Ones.
A Little One is simply a kitten from Tentacle Kitty's dimension, and can be any color imaginable.
With a passionate stroke of awesome, John designed the Little Ones, and set them up for crowd funding on Celery (an alternative crowd funding system) in under a week. They were successfully funded in THREE DAYS!
Ever since, we have been watching people fall into a cuteness-overload- coma when they see the Little Ones at our comic convention booths.
Interesting facts about Little Ones:
~Little Ones only have seven tentacles, because kitties from their dimension grow more tentacles as they get larger.
~A group of Little Ones is called a cuddle.
In
2015 we used Kickstarter to successfully fund four new colors of the Tentacle
Kitty Plush: Paradise Blue, Purple, Midnight, and Calico/MIA. Once we began to
bring them to comic conventions, people went gaga over the new colors, but the Calico
quickly became the most popular.
It was so popular that
it inspired ThinkGeek to work with us to make an “Orange Tabby” ThinkGeek
Exclusive Tentacle Kitty.
Soon,
at every convention, people were asking if we had the Calico in a Little One
version, and if we had any other kitties in Earth colors.
This inspired us to not
only make the Calico in a Little One version, but also Grey Tabby, Tuxedo, and
Siamese.
Once we posted them online, our fans were super excited. Now we are back here on Kickstarter because we want to make enough Earth Color Little Ones for everyone!
After much
discussion and feedback from fans we have decided to start with the Grey Tabby
Little One. This is by far the most asked about kitty. Once it is funded, we will have several unlockable colors to expand this from a one-off, into a full
series of Earth Color Little One plushes.
We have some unique items beside the plushes we want to offer for pledge packages that we think everyone will enjoy!
Enjoy Earth Colored Little Ones on your desktop!
*Wallpaper revealed soon*
Enjoy Earth Colored Little Ones on your phone!
*Background revealed soon*
A Tentacle Kitty Lanyard to hold badges, keys, and more! It will have a breakaway clip on the back for safety.
A fantastic, limited edition, glow-in-the-dark T-shirt!
Do you have an idea for a Tentacle Kitty plush? Now is your opportunity to have one made just for you!
Work alongside us as we take your idea to completion, and you will have a one of a kind CUSTOM Tentacle Kitty plush for your very own.
Not only do you get everything from all unlocked Little Ones, the Lanyard, T-Shirt, and a Custom Tentacle Kitty Plush, But you will also get a FIRST EDITION Tentacle Kitty signed by John and Raena Merritt!
Not only will you get everything from the "Collector" Reward, but you will also get... Wait for it....
A SIX FOOT TALL CAT GURU PLUSH!!!
This big boy is massive. He will be shipped via a large crate straight to your driveway. Getting him into the house is your challenge.
He is a major undertaking so we want to make sure he is done right. that might cause some delay in delivery, so we are bumping back the delivery date a bit for good measure.
**Due to his massive size, shipping will be quite expensive. It is not included in this reward package, and will vary depending on your location. You will be responsible for all shipping costs in addition to the pledge amount. Please inquire with us for details.
