RS> Yup, the cartoon was made by Disney.
 RS> I read the reference to Gerrold's inspiration in his book called "The
 RS> Trouble With Tribbles."
 RS> You're talking to a charter trekker, having started watching in 1966,
 RS> when I was 6 years old and the monsters scared the SNOT out of me. 
 RS> Heck, I named my first cat, "Tribble."
 RS> Speaking of cats and Trek, why is it the Next Generation writers kept
 RS> screwing up Data's cat "Spot's" sex?
 RS> In the first several years he was male, but then he(she?) had a litter
 RS> of kittens!
 RS> Not only that, Spot changed appearance!
 RS> That scene in the first NG movie where Data finds Spot in the wreckage
 RS> of the Enterprise had me crying, too!
 RS> How about the rest of you? Any explanation for Spot's change of sex
 RS> and appearance, other than just the obvious?
 RS> Otherwise, how many here remember the other cat in Trek, namely the
 RS> crew member from the animated series, "M'Ress?"
 RS> And who can remember who did her purring voice?
 RS> 
       Hi, I believe it was Majel Barret Roddenberry who did M'Ress' voice
       as for Spot's changes, I guess they don't think cats are important
       enough.
       I've started watching Star Trek in 1966, too, when I was 11.
       Now I know we have a cat hater in NG, Will Riker, Spot gave
       him a claw mark to make that point. ha ha!!
... Fur is a renewable resource, as anyone who grooms a cat knows.
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