Miss Kitty Fantastico
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 Miss Kitty Fantastico appeared in Willow's dream, in the episode, "Restless." |
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Miss Kitty Fantastico, or MKF, is the pet kitten of Willow and Tara in the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Introduced at the end of season four, MKF only appeared in three episodes: Willow and Tara discussed getting a cat in "New Moon Rising". She appeared in "The Yoko Factor", "Restless" and "Family". After season five, Miss Kitty Fantastico simply disappeared from the show, and for a long time this was never explained.
The truth was finally uncovered in the penultimate episode of season seven, "End of Days", when Dawn revealed that MKF was involved in an unfortunate crossbow accident after Dawn left the crossbow lying around.
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Despite her short run of appearances, Miss Kitty Fantastico developed a cult following among fans, especially fans of Willow and Tara, who were becoming a lesbian couple around the same time. The very name "Miss Kitty Fantastico" has therefore been interpreted by some as meaning "pussy is great". A major fansite for Willow and Tara - The Kitten, The Witches and The Bad Wardrobe - is affectionately known as The Kitten, in reference to Miss Kitty Fantastico.
The connotations of the word "kitty" notwithstanding, the name also may be a salute to the saloon girl, later saloon owner, Miss Kitty, played by Amanda Blake in the long-running television series Gunsmoke. It is also a contraction of the names of two professional wrestlers, leading some to think that Tara was a wrestling fan.
