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Ashley, better known by her alias Katnappe, is a cat-themed burglar who serves as a minor villain . She is first seen attending a party thrown by Jack Spicer's parents in which she came down to the basement, meeting Jack and Wuya, commenting on how she has an interest in evil. She later accept a bigger role as an ally of Jack and Wuya, though she would frequently betray them for her own ambitions.
Appearance[]
Katnappe is a tall, fair-skinned teenage girl with a slim but curvy physique, curled lashes, and blonde hair kept into a pixie cut. She's usually seen in a skin-tight, black latex catsuit with a cat-eared hood, metal claws, high-heeled boots and a cat tail, and she also accessorized with silver-like wrist wraps and a gold belt that has her initials on the buckle. The bangs of her hair sticks out from her hood, and she is seen with face paint that resemble whiskers.
In her civilian attire, she dresses in a dark purple navel-exposing tank top, a lighter purple skirt with a gold waistband, a gold bangle bracelet on her left wrist, and white flats.
Personality[]
Ashley's civilian clothes
Katnappe, as her name suggests, is obsessed with cats, using them both as her inspiration and as her minions, who she seems to care more about than anything else. Unlike the show's primary villains, Katnappe seems to have virtually no interest in world domination—in fact, her main goal was just to live in the lap of luxury along with her cats. She thought very highly of herself, often commenting on how stupid and incompetent Jack Spicer was, while also delivering cat puns, most of which involved pronouncing words with a "per" sounded as "purrrr" such as "purrrfect."
Abilities[]
- Expert Thief: Katnappé is a master thief, skilled in stealth, picking locks, escapology, evading alarms, and cracking safes.
- Peak Human Condition: She has shown that her bodily functions were at the maximum limit of human condition; meaning that her natural capabilities are near-superhuman, almost cat-like.
- Enhanced Strength: She is stronger than a girl of her size would generally be, and is able to destroy several Jack-Bots with one hand.
- Peak Human Agility: Her agility, balance and bodily coordination are near-superhuman.
- Peak Human Reflexes: Her reactions are superior to those of normal humans and were near-superhuman.
- Peak Human Speed: She is faster than a normal human.
- Peak Human Flexibility: She is more flexible than an average human.
- Skilled Martial Artist: She is a very skilled hand-to-hand combatant, capable of defeating the four monks, one by one, albeit with the help of the Golden Tiger Claws.
- Feminine Charm: In several instances, she is able to use her beauty to seduce her male oponents and easily fool them (namely Omi).
- Genetic Engineering: It is implied that Katnappé has some knowledge of or connections to genetic engineering, as she possesses several genetically-enhanced kittens that she uses as her weapons, though it is unknown if she created them, or merely acquired them.
Weapons[]
- Shuriken thrower: She has a shuriken thrower integrated into her wristbands.
- Claws: Her gloves has claws that allowed her to cut through various materials, including metal.
- Golden Tiger Claws: During her debut episode she was able to use the Golden Tiger Claws to rob a whole mall, battle the Xiaolin Monks and get out of every difficult situation. She was the only one to use this Shen Gong Wu so effectively in the whole series.
- Kitten Minions: She possesses several white kittens that have ben genetically enhanced to become "super kittens". On her command, they become fierce and hissy cats that, with their claws, can tear apart Jack's robots in an instant.
History[]
Xiaolin Showdown[]
Season One[]
In her first proper appearance, she accompanied Jack and Wuya to find the Golden Tiger Claws, and although they did not find them first, Katnappé eventually won them in a showdown against Omi for the Changing Chopsticks, using only the Fist of Tebigong. However she betrayed Jack and Wuya and went on a shoplifting spree using the Golden Tiger Claws. The monks eventually confronted her in an amusement park called Catatonia Land and won them back.
She also appeared again when she won the Lotus Twister in a showdown against Kimiko. Later on, she freed Wuya from the second Dashi-made Chinese Puzzle Box and became her ally for a short time. Further on, she joined Chase Young as an apprentice, soon to be replaced by Jack Spicer. After this, she joined Spicer's "Evil Dream Team," but again only for a short period of time.
Season Two[]
She returned to Chase Young only to have him betray her along with Cyclops, Tubbimura, and other villains. In her final appearance, she was standing alongside all the other villains outside the Xiaolin Temple walls.
Xiaolin Chronicles[]
Season One[]
Katnappé returned in Xiaolin Chronicles to be a member of Jack's team, along with Tubbimura and Cyclops. She battled the monks and helped Jack in many occasions, but most of the time she and the rest of the team were losing to the monks, because of Jack's incompetence and bad luck.
Episode Appearances[]
| Xiaolin Showdown | Xiaolin Chronicles |
Season One
Season Two
Season Three
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Season One
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Battle Record[]
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| Opponent | Episode | Type | Wagered Wu | Result |
| Omi | Katnappe! | Xiaolin Showdown | Fist of Tebigong | Victory |
| Kimiko | Royal Rumble | Xiaolin Showdown | Tangle Web Comb | Victory |
Trivia[]
- Katnappé is the most frequently-recurring minor antagonist in Xiaolin Showdown.
- Katnappé's essentially a younger, more villainous version of Catwoman, a character created by DC Comics who's an on/off-love interest for Batman.
- Katnappé's first appearance implies that she comes from a wealthy family similar to Jack Spicer, although this is not elaborated on.
- While in her cat-suit, Katnappé only has four "claws" on each hand, but has normal five-fingered hands out of the costume. She possibly has two fingers in one "claw" per hand, so to best display a more cat-like appearance, as cats have four claws per paw.
- The Xiaolin Chronicles teaser poster depicted her with some different characteristics from her original design, namely darker skin tone and pink/purple hair; her Showdown characteristics were retained in the actual show however.
See Also
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