I just want to make sure THIS IS SUPER CLEAR: Even though this video is longer than Ruby's video, Curious Cat DOES NOT speak more than she does. A minute of her video was removed due to copyright. Ruby still holds 1st place for the most dialogue but our kitty friend here was indeed very close.

A fantastic, fun and at times scary villain. Robbie really knocked this performance out of the park.

The cat is probably the scariest and best villian this volume.

He was my fave character in the show. Even if his time was short lived, he was a very fun character. He was giving Happy Chaos vibes from Guilty Gear, he's voiced by the same guy too.

The cat is the scariest villain I've seen

Imagine if Curious Cat escaped to Remnant and joined forces with Salem.

I called this fucker being a villain the moment I hear Robbie Daymond speak. Also them being the Cheshire Cat and how it was a neutral entity and Rwby making its villains messed up versions of fairytale characters.

14:58 Curiosity Cat: "This Isn't Even My Final Form!"

Robbie Daymond is an insanely talented voice actor

You can tell that Robbie Daymond is using his elements of Goro Akechi from Persona 5 for this, and given the unsettling nature of the character, it fits well

Robbie Daymond was amazing as Curious Cat

"Exposition is terrible boring!" That was really good line.

This cat was a mysterious and terrifying character. But I do like his final form because in my eyes, he was a small kaiju size savor-tooth tiger and his death in the end was shockingly terrifying. Ps the VA did a great job of being the curious cat

If the cat wants to know everything, I think it would be hilarious to see him try to steal the Krabby Patty formula. He'd do a way better job than Plankton and probably succeed on his first try.

I don’t think I can stress how much I love Robbie Daymond as a voice actor. Especially when he does this specific voice.

The cat is such an entertaining character, as an ally or enemy

Honestly my newest favorite RWBY Villain.

I love that the voice actor of the cat is the same as the actor for Akechi from P5. Fantastic job in both

The Cat's twist is by far the most unexpected thing I was not anticipating in this entire volume, and trust me, I've been expecting treachery and deception and unexpected death ever since I finished watching Game of Thrones!

He was the Ironwood of the season, the one everyone bounced off

I love this damn cat desing!!!

0:20 "If you get angry and break them, they might not ever come back." Here's a really sad thing to consider, based on that quote and based on how the Cat later places emphasis to Team RWBY on permanent death being an alien and unnatural concept to Afterans outside of the Jabberwalker's power. What if, when the Cat murdered Alyx in a rage for breaking her promise, the Cat didn't know until AFTER Alyx was dead that humans don't ascend and die permanently if they're killed without Ever Tea?

Ever after-Rwby(Cat) Earth-Amphibia(Mr X) Space-Tmnt(Mozar) The Main Antagonist of "Another Worlds" who Don't be Related with the Main Bad Guy

Until now, this was my favorite volume of the entire series, and partly it's because this cat. I would have liked for Curious Cat to ascend. Was a fascinating character, and possibly the one I like the most, along with Watts and Ozpin.

Akechi as a cat is something I never thought id see

I guess I should've known the Cat would be a villain when I found out he was the voice of Hubert from Three Houses.

To be honest the moment I heard that voice I really was wearily of due to hearing akechi from personsa 5

Akechi is voicing a talking cat. What a world.

he turned out to be a pretty neat villain in the end.

i was so surpirsed when i heard ROBBIE DAYMOND as the curious cat bc i recognised his voice from akechi…….

I adore his voice

Curious cat's death is tragic, but deserved. Also holy moly is it a very specific kind of brutal. But yeah, I'd say he probably COULD'VE been redeemed, he still had a purpose in the world of the ever after, but he stopped caring about his duty, his purpose, and could not change in the way that other Afterans could. He was flawed and in a way, he was uniquely "human" in a world of constructs, which, as we see with Jaune, must be a truly maddening thing indeed. Neglected, betrayed, manipulated, abandoned, alone. Ultimately though, this was the only end that could've awaited him, and maybe it was the more merciful and short-lived form of torture he could've been subjected to with RWBY's departure. Because the alternative was remaining alone, knowing that Neo's lack of attachment to remnant meant that he could never get the answers he so craved. Knowing that humans may not arrive again in the EverAfter for millennia more, if at all. Death might've been a mercy, albeit a very painful one.

I’ve met Robbie Daymond 3 times so far and have a chance for a 4rth time in the summer he’s nice I like how the cat speaks in paradox

OK I love him as a whole

Kinda braced myself for the twist considering Robbie was also the va for Hubert and Akechi, but also was hoping for just a chaotic cat

The best villan of rwby

For some reason, he makes me think of that one cat from Coraline. Actually now that I think about, V9 does have quite a few similarities to Coraline.

I would've loved for him to sound a bit like Sterling Holloway tbh

What’s everyone’s thoughts on Curious Cat as a villain compared to the other rwby villains? He’s a standalone character with no ties to Salem and co so how does he stand out overall?

Alls i hear is sketchy Aketchi wanting pancakes

Kayn has an interesting gig here

I thought I heard something about delicious pancakes.

I see Akechi chose to repurpose a cat after being killed in the Metaverse

I haven't sat down and watched RWBY in years, but I still listen to the soundtrack and loosely follow the plot and such. I don't have the full context for all of these scenes, of course, but I really, really love this character!! He seems really interesting and written well, his animation is beautiful, and the voice actor did a _really_ good job! I don't know if this cat will ever return later on, but I certainly wouldn't be opposed!

10:31 That cat's out of the bag. LOL

Ngl the voice acting this volume went crazy

I wonder why they lost the echo in their voice between episodes eight and nine.

Akechi!

I theorized the cat was the relic of knowledge. Tyrian was supposed to be a host meant to be sent to ever after. Once possessed he would return to Remnant and be removed from Tyrian's psychotic body. Salem would assimilate the cat into her body heightening her awareness of the remaining relics.

Does everyone felt bad to CC. the real Villains will be the god light and dark.

3:09 The most important part.

Akechi's third persona is really a doozy

Robbie Daymond Cat got a LOT of time. But hey he's the main villain of this season.

Robbie Daymond is amazing as the cat. My favorite though is him as Dorian from CR.

The cat was a fascinating villain! CRWBY did GREAT this volume!

goro fucking akechi

He also voiced SwaySway in Breadwinners.

Robbie Daymond giving us Klyntar vibes!

Dont really need to see anything other than this. It covers all the important parts and is not confusing at all!

I can only hear Akechi 😭

Proof that Akechi truly is cat coded

Even after everything, I can't help but feel bad for him. He was a good hearted soul until Alex betrayed his trust and refused to give him the reprieve from the knowledge he was cursed to crave. I don't doubt that he regretted killing Alex but then went insane either from the guilt or his curse of curiosity. Having spent so many years knowing there's more out there but not being able to find it is going to wear down on you, especially if your purpose is to learn. That's why he cannot ascend. You can only ascend once your purpose has been fulfilled. But the cat's purpose is never-ending. He can never be satisfied enough to ascend and thus cannot find peace in rebirth.

10 minutes gang

Why did no one notice the coraline reference ehen ruby was crawling in that place with curious cat

Interesting

Please make RWBY Byt Only Jabberwalker

Hey umm do we count possessed neo and semblance neo as neo talking?

I feel like the Cat was a victim despite having blood on his hands (paws). 😢 I wish he’d have a redemption arc.

What is that noise at 13:21 when the knife drops?

14:26 can anyone tell what exactly did the cat say?

The RWBY animation makes my eyes bleed but as an Akechi stan I must persevere

Ok if the Curious Cat was the God of Light's creation, why did he turn into such an asshole? You'd assume that creations from the god of light would be good

The show and the characters act like the Curious Cat is an irredeemable monster who deserved to die screaming in terror and agony, but the Cat was one of the most if not THE most tragic and redemption-worthy villains (MUCH more so than Neo) in the entire RWBY-verse. They were a naturally sweet-hearted and compassionate being who was created flawed by a pair of childish, naive gods who didn't understand what they were doing, and after those gods abandoned them without explanation for aeons, the Cat was consumed and psychologically wrecked by their inbuilt design flaws and is still being consumed by them to the present, and Alyx's betrayal finally broke the camel's back, driving them to madness, desperation, rage and cynical self-service. The Cat has a RIDICULOUSLY low body-count, having only ever killed two people (Alyx and the Hawker) and attempted to hurt five others to further their goals, which is a lot better than can be said about Neo, Salem or just about every one of the other Remnant-villains. Plus, based on 0:20 and how the Garden episode establishes that true death is an alien concept to Afterans, the Cat was likely blinded by rage when they killed Alyx and didn't fully grasp what they'd done to her until the deed was done. AND, if you consider the RWBY Wiki's suggestion that the Red King reacted so melodramatically to failing his purpose because Afterans *naturally* get that distressed when they fail in their roles, then suddenly the Cat's madness after killing Alyx (which is the antithesis of their purpose helping others) and being unable to ever ascend for repair seems a lot more horrible, and it also becomes a lot more impressive that the Cat lasted so long after their creation before completely snapping when Alyx broke the camel's back. We also don't ever see if the Cat's sadism extends to everyone, or just the humans that they have a Tragic Bigotry towards because of Alyx's actions and Jaune's shortcomings. Conversely, Neo is a hitwoman and an established murderous sadist, who has directly or indirectly murdered and ruined THOUSANDS of lives on both Remnant and the Ever After while serving Salem's lot and her own grudge against Ruby, her abusive background is no more an excuse for her staying evil into adulthood than Cinder's is, Neo has far more control over herself than the Cat does and she chose evil at every turn, she took a far more active, direct, needless and spiteful role in torturing Ruby than the Cat's psychological manipulation, and she's also the one who Stomped Little To Death with a smile on her face. But she gets Easily Forgiven by the girl she tortured the second that Neo hypocritically forgets her "vengeance feels empty" realisation from Ruby long enough to cold-bloodedly murder the Cat out of personal spite at being possessed, and then Neo gets a reset without doing anything to atone for all the wrongs that she committed and the wounds she's left on two different worlds. And that's not even getting into how un-heroically RWBY/JNR have been constantly acting ever since the Mistral arc.

Are pancake boys back

The Curious Cat in his final form is kinda creepy.

"You save one life, a hundred lives, but it's never enough. Who will save me?" - Owen Harper, Torchwood "Adam." I think those words apply to the Curious Cat being unable to fix themselves like they fix other Afterans pretty well.

It is said on Reddit that RWBY is the 35th most pornified franchise in the world!

reminder friends, the curious cat is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns!

Like I said... They left the fucking cat unrendered

Curious cat? More like psychotic cat

Does anyone else hate that annoying cat? Because I do. Man, this cat is absolutely giving Belos, Horde Prime and Darcy vibes.