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'Stranger Things,' 'Game of Thrones' and other shows...with cats

Why is it that geeks and cats go so well together? We have no idea, but whatever it is, artist Cassie Murphy has tapped into it.

Leslie Gornstein
Leslie Gornstein is a senior editor with CBS Interactive. For the past two decades, she's covered consumer and B-to-B tech; biotech; entertainment and various other subjects that seemed interesting at the time. She's the author of The A-List Playbook (Skyhorse) and she lives in Los Angeles.
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1 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

'Stranger Things,' 'Game of Thrones' and others get the feline treatment

Seattle-based painter and video-game artist Cassie Murphy loves cats almost as much as she loves sci-fi and fantasy TV and movies.

When she isn't working her magic for game developer Spite House, Murphy creates collages re-imagining the casts of popular TV shows and movies as...you guessed it. Fans of "Stranger Things" will recognize this Murphy creation as the cat version of Barb. Poor, doomed Barb.

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2 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

Winona Ryder's kitten is in the upside-down place

Good thing she's got that axe and, presumably, some string lights nearby.

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3 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

The boy kittens of 'Stranger Things'

"My favorite character is Will Byers in the 'Stranger Things' piece because I tried to go over-the-top cute with him, since he has so much pathos -- enough to be the motivation behind the whole story," Murphy said. "And I've always wanted to do a cat with a bowl cut."

And, yes, there's more...

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4 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

'Mangier Things'

The entire "Stranger Things" cat collage, titled, appropriately enough, "Mangier Things," is available for sale on Murphy's Etsy page.

"I wanted to draw the 'Stranger Things' cats because the show is such a skillfully crafted love letter to everything it references and brings back to life," Murphy said.

Yeah, it's cute. But wait 'til you see the cats of Westeros.

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5 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

Brienne of Tarth...the cat

Murphy also has a collage just for "Game of Thrones" fans. Following are some of our favorites.

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6 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

Tyrion Lannister cat

But wait. It gets better...

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7 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

Hodor cat

Yes, now we're kinda sad, too. But it continues...

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8 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

Mother of kitte-, er, dragons

And then there's...

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9 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

Jon Snow cat

He's just as emo as his human counterpart.

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10 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

Sansa cat

Not to be bested by...

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11 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

The Hound cat

Confusing? Sure. But we're going with it.

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12 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

'Game of Sits'

The full collage is available on Murphy's Etsy page.

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13 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

'Mad Max: Furry Road'

Gotta love the cat Doof Warrior there in the upper left corner.

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14 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

'Orphan Cat'

We suspect they're all from the same litter...or are they?

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15 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

'Jessicat Jones'

Here's a tribute to Netflix's "Jessica Jones."

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16 of 16 Courtesy of Cassie Murphy

'Orange Is the New Cat'

Another Netflix hit, cat-erized.

So, what show or movie might get the Murphy cat treatment next?

Maybe Pokemon Go, Murphy says, "and people always ask for 'Doctor Who' cats, but it's possible some new show or movie will capture my interest! I'm really looking forward to the new season of 'Black Mirror.'"

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