Would you like furballs with that
August 23, 2014 10:23 AM   Subscribe

A (fake) Pizza Hut in Japan is staffed entirely by cats.
posted by whistle pig (27 comments total) 18 users marked this as a favorite
 
This is absurd. There is no way that a large, respectable chain would risk tarnishing its brand by permitting a major franchise location to -- YOU'RE A KITTY!
posted by The Bellman at 10:30 AM on August 23, 2014 [4 favorites]


They could not possibly make worse pizza than the regular Pizza Hut.
posted by Wolfdog at 10:42 AM on August 23, 2014 [7 favorites]


Those cats are not very good at running a pizza place.
posted by Itaxpica at 10:48 AM on August 23, 2014 [5 favorites]


Japan gets Pizza Cat. We get Dumb Starbucks. I think we're losing.
posted by concrete at 10:54 AM on August 23, 2014 [4 favorites]


This is disgusting, shame on you metafilter for supporting these kinds of health code violations! I have summoned the puppy constabulary and they will arrive shortly to put an end to this madness.
posted by elizardbits at 10:56 AM on August 23, 2014 [2 favorites]


Hime is obviously the tech genius of that crew.
posted by jeather at 11:08 AM on August 23, 2014


Many of these are just "yep, it's a cat!" and aren't much better than just looking at real cats for 30 seconds, but I give this one high marks for being extra-concentrated high-power "it's a cat!"

I bet these were fun to make once they found cats that don't mind wearing that stuff.
posted by aubilenon at 11:31 AM on August 23, 2014 [3 favorites]


purr-ty minutes or less
posted by kagredon at 11:42 AM on August 23, 2014 [1 favorite]


if own a cat, you know about the omnipresence of cat hair so really a kitty pizza place should be run by hairless cats
posted by The Whelk at 12:20 PM on August 23, 2014


They got nothing on Neko Ramen.
posted by ardgedee at 12:25 PM on August 23, 2014 [2 favorites]


Holy shitballs, there's a feature-length live-action adaptation of Neko Ramen? Mind: Blown.
posted by ardgedee at 12:33 PM on August 23, 2014 [1 favorite]


I have no idea how these people got their cats wedged into their Pizza Huts, or why.
posted by kmz at 12:38 PM on August 23, 2014 [2 favorites]


aren't much better than just looking at real cats for 30 seconds

Like anything is.
posted by jeather at 12:44 PM on August 23, 2014 [4 favorites]


What? No reference to that anime masterpiece that was Samurai Pizza Cats?
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:46 PM on August 23, 2014 [4 favorites]


I bet these were fun to make once they found cats that don't mind wearing that stuff.
I dunno. In this one, they look more like they're contemplating furry revenge once the camera guys fall asleep.

I know it well. 'You gave me chicken pouches instead of salmon for dinner. I will wait until you lie vulnerable in your ape lair, then I shall slowly creep up and rub my butt on your face while purring like a chainsaw in your ear - then, as you thrash awake to realise the horror, I shall pounce on your newly exposed toes as if they were fleeing mice and attempt to playfully devour them'.
posted by ArkhanJG at 12:50 PM on August 23, 2014 [5 favorites]


Looks like Meowmino's is facing some stiff competition.
posted by Apocryphon at 1:14 PM on August 23, 2014 [1 favorite]


Tencho looks like Nick Offerman.
posted by figurant at 1:58 PM on August 23, 2014 [2 favorites]


I'm guessing their special is purrperoni pizza.
posted by notme at 3:01 PM on August 23, 2014 [2 favorites]


Noteworthy that none of them show the cats making pizza.

I assume that's based on the marketing principle of "don't show the sausage being made" and the new principle of "don't show the sausage being made by cats."
posted by RobotHero at 3:05 PM on August 23, 2014 [2 favorites]


I taste-tested your anchovies. They were fine. All of them.
posted by Decani at 3:07 PM on August 23, 2014 [8 favorites]


> "We're not quite sure of the actual point of it all"

not shocking that an ad publication would not understand why someone would do something without some sort of clear agenda behind it.
posted by mulligan at 4:04 PM on August 23, 2014


Did somebody say "homemade subtitles for the unreleased-in-English second DVD-only set of Neko Ramen shorts"? Because I have just the unlisted thing
posted by DoctorFedora at 6:44 PM on August 23, 2014 [4 favorites]


Also, the live-action thing is reasonably good, especially if you notice that Taisho is played by Amuro Ray. There was also an adaptation back into comic form done by the original artist/writer.
posted by DoctorFedora at 6:46 PM on August 23, 2014 [1 favorite]


I made you a pizza but I eated it.
posted by themanwho at 4:26 AM on August 24, 2014


WTF my cat has never made me a pizza or gotten a job the lazy little bitch.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:10 AM on August 24, 2014 [1 favorite]


Pizza Hut is terrible, but I would still like to go there because cats.
posted by supermassive at 11:54 AM on August 24, 2014


I love supporting the advertising memes. Pizza Hut, Pizza Cat, haha we'll make it an Internet meme and it will go viral...Someone just got promoted, same average, greasy pizza.
posted by Pr0t35t3r at 5:56 PM on August 24, 2014


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