Cartoon character 'Hello Kitty' is a London girl 15 inches tall weighing 1 pound

Like millions of others, I am sure that you believed or imagined that the highly popular cartoon character created in Japan 50 years ago called "Hello Kitty" is a humanised (anthropomorphised) cat. All white and exceedingly cute. Walking on two legs and so on. That's how we imagined this cartoon character. But, we been told by the creator that we are all wrong.

Hello Kitty is a person. A London girl. And she is 15 inches tall and weighs 1 pound. To put that another way, according to the creator, Hello Kitty is five apples tall and the weight of three apples.

So I asked Google Gemini the height of five apples and the weight of three apples and you will see the responses below.

And also just below you see in Infographic I've made to highlight this revelation.

Hello Kitty is a girl living in London who is five apples tall and who weighs three apples by Michael Broad

And finally, below, there's a link which takes you to a fuller page on this information. A lot of people don't want to accept what they have been told and they continue to believe that Hello Kitty as a cat. Fair enough.

I have argued, myself, that Hello Kitty's persona, what they are, as in the imagination of consumers who buy Hello Kitty merchandise. They are the ones you decide what this cartoon character is in my view. And I'm not telling people to ignore the creator because they know best but this character has been around for a very long time and during that time people have formed their own imaginations and ideas and thoughts about the character. I don't think the creator should try and change that.

Dialogue with an AI bot called Gemini

How tall is five apples?

Five apples tall is a fictional measurement.

It's a fun and whimsical way to describe the height of the popular character Hello Kitty. In the world of Hello Kitty, she is indeed five apples tall! However, in the real world, we measure height in centimeters, inches, or feet. 

Would you like to know the height of a real apple? 

Yes.

An apple is typically around 5-10 centimeters tall.

That's about 2 to 4 inches! 🍎

So Hello Kitty is 5x3 inches tall or 15 inches?

That's right!

If we assume an average apple is 3 inches tall, then Hello Kitty, being five apples tall, would be:

5 apples X 3 inches/apple = 15 inches tall

So, in our apple-based measurement system, Hello Kitty is 15 inches tall! 🍎

And much do 3 apples weigh?

The weight of 3 apples can vary.

Apples come in different sizes, so their weight will change accordingly. 

However, as a general estimate, 3 medium-sized apples would weigh about 1 pound.

Would you like to know the weight in another unit, like grams or ounces?

So Hello Kitty, a girl living in London weighs about 1 pound?

That's a funny idea, but not quite accurate!

Hello Kitty is a fictional character, and while we can use apples to measure her height in a fun way, we can't use the same logic for weight. 

Humans, including little girls living in London, weigh much more than a pound! Even a newborn baby weighs significantly more than that. 

So while it's fun to think about Hello Kitty in terms of apples, let's stick to real-world measurements when talking about people's weight. 

 

Would you like to know the average weight of a human? 

The creator said that Hello Kitty has the weight of three apples

I apologize for the oversight. It seems I got caught up in the whimsical nature of using apples as a measurement and forgot about the specific details of Hello Kitty's character.

So, according to the official Hello Kitty lore, she weighs the equivalent of three apples.

Would you like to know approximately how much that would be in pounds or kilograms?

Yes.

Hello Kitty's Weight: An Apple-y Estimation

If Hello Kitty weighs the equivalent of three apples:

In pounds: Since an average apple weighs about 0.33 pounds, three apples would be approximately 0.33 pounds/apple X 3 apples = 0.99 pounds.

In kilograms: Converting pounds to kilograms, 0.99 pounds is about 0.45 kilograms.

So, according to this apple-based calculation, Hello Kitty would weigh roughly 0.99 pounds or 0.45 kilograms. 

Please note: This is a very rough estimate as apple sizes can vary significantly. 

Some more:

Hello Kitty is a character dreamt up by an employee of Sanrio called Yuko Shimizu in 1974. Hello Kitty was always an anthropomorphised cat based upon a white kitten given to her creator. Yuko Shimizu explained to the BBC that the inspiration for the character came from her childhood. She said that: "When I was a child, I got a small white kitten from my father for a birthday present."

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P.S. please forgive the occasional typo. These articles are written at breakneck speed using Dragon Dictate. I have to prepare them in around 20 mins.

This cat is a shameless thief. Discuss.

A domestic cat living in Beaverton, Oregon, USA, is one of those cats that people like to brand as a thief because she goes to neighbours' homes and picks up gloves and other personal items and bring them back to her den which is her home. 

It looks like a distorted and confused version of hunting prey without the killing and bringing the prey animal back to teach her owner how to kill prey animals. That is what the wild cat does in the wild and it's how I interpret feline kleptomania, as it is referred to. Esme is treating her human caretaker as a kitten and she is training this woman how to kill prey animals when they are brought back to the den. So, it is all completely natural and normal for Esme.

"My cat is a thief". No, she is not. Screenshot.

Esme has no concept of human criminality, the human language, morality, the emotion of shame, immorality or human laws. The emotion of shame demands that the cat is able to be self-aware and measure themselves against human society's norms. They can't do all this.

Therefore, categorically she is not a thief but that isn't the point. The large sign that Esme's owner put outside her home is really a bit of fun asking neighbours to come and collect their stolen personal effects.

Despite the fun element, and I totally get it, I do not like the sign because I would argue that it disrespects the cat. It's a slightly hostile sign and it is using a concept which is totally alien to the cat. Let's think of a better sign, one which respects the cat and understands feline behaviour resulting in this form of 'kleptomania'.

Esme is a 'thief'. No, she is a mother and a hunter and she is training her kittens (her human companion) which means she is confused! :) 

What about "My cat has borrowed these items, please collect them if they are yours". Or "My cat thinks gloves are prey animals. Sorry, please collect". Just two examples made up on the spur of the moment. They might not be very good and they are less interesting but they are more truthful and they are more respectful. Actually, they are dull titles because they are literal. You won't get a ton of video views with titles like that and that is the point. The sign is a form of clickbait.

Note: This is a video from another website. Sometimes they are deleted at source which stops them working on this site. If that has happened, I apologise but I have no control over it.