Catbus Cat Costume

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Catbus Cat Costume

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I won’t pretend like this cat looks like she loves wearing this Catbus costume, but it is such a great idea. No one can pull off Catbus quite like a cat. Betty of Sweet Ipomoea dressed up her two kitties as Catbus and Totoro for Halloween this year.

For those that don’t know, Catbus is a character in the 1988 Japanese anime film, My Neighbor Totoro. Catbus is a cat with a bus on its back. Mice with glowing eyes serve as headlights atop the bus. The bus interior is furry.

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Catbus and Totoro, from the film My Neighbor Totoro.
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The gray kitty dressed as Totoro didn’t have to wear much… just a leaf on top of his head. (Totoro wears the leaf for protection from the rain.) The poor brown kitty got the short end of the stick!

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4 thoughts on “Catbus Cat Costume

  1. Reece says:

    I prefer my cats in their own coats, sorry. They don’t look very happy!

  2. Jodi DeGeorge says:

    I think the cat looks like its digging the bus quite a bit. Super job, do you think if I made one for my tuxedo cat it would ruin the authentic look?

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