Popcat

Popcat
Katakana	ポップキャット
Rōmaji	Poppukyatto
Type	Emblem Heartless
Game	Kingdom Hearts III
Variations • Vitality Popcat • Magic Popcat • Focus Popcat • Munny Popcat

Popcat
Kingdom Hearts III
Keep your wits about you when walking past pottery; you never know when it might sprout fuzzy limbs and attack! Once these scaredy-cats show themselves, they'll start running around like crazy. If you try to create some distance, they'll huck smaller pots your way, but a well-timed block will return those to sender. Popcats are top-heavy and prone to face-planting. When they stumble, make sure it's the last trip they take.

Location		HP		Strength		Defense			EXP
Olympus		30		19		9			6
Arendelle		72		40		20			71
Arendelle (6 worlds cleared)		80		44		22			93
Arendelle (The Final World cleared)		95		52		26			146
Physical	Fire	Blizzard			Thunder			Water
×1.0	×1.0	×1.0			×1.0			×1.0
Aero	Dark		Neutral				Rapid-fire
×1.0	×1.0		×1.0				×1.0
Freeze	Electrify		Stun				Hunny
◯	◯		◯				◯
Reaction Endurance	Revenge Value		Attraction Magnification				Damage Limit
0	—		×1.1				—
Rewards
Hungry Shard (8%), Hungry Stone (4%)
World(s)
Olympus, Twilight Town, Arendelle

The Popcat is an Emblem Heartless that appears in Kingdom Hearts III.

Design

The Popcat appears as a slim feline-like Heartless with black fur and beige skin that shows in its face and ears. Its face contains a pair of beady yellow eyes and a zig-zagged mouth which extends upward in the middle. On its sharply curled tail is a set of orange stripes, the same color which is also seen on its stub feet and the tips of its ears.

When inactive, the Popcat hides in an orange pot with a white and black diamond pattern reaching across the pot to the Heartless emblem featured in its front. After becoming active, the Popcat will keep the pot attached to its upper body as it runs around with its head, torso, and legs exposed.

Strategy

Popcats are unthreatening on their own, and as such they tend to appear in groups. They will hide in their pots to attempt to blend in with the background, but their pots are distinctive and they're easily seen when they peek their eyes from under the pot. When close enough, they will jump and slash at Sora, but this attack is slow and easily dodged.

Popcats have low defense and health, and the group can easily be defeated before they can finish their first attack by using a couple casts of Thunder or Aero magic.

Attacks

Technique		Attribute	Power	Guard?	Repel LV
Pot Shake (ツボぶんぶん, Tsubo Bunbun)		Physical	1	◯	2
		Hides its head in its pot and swings it at the target.
Giant Claw Attack (巨大ツメ引っかき, Kyodai Tsume Hikkaki)		Physical	1.5	◯	2
		Jumps at the target and scratches with both hands. Always uses this attack when encountered.
Small Pot Bomb (小ツボ爆弾, Ko Tsubo Bakudan)		Neutral	1	◯	2
		Launches a small pot at the target, with a 50% chance to cause the Sneeze status effect.

Gallery

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  Concept art of the Popcat.