That Cat!?!

[Magnegro]

That cat character that comes out as some sort of easter egg in the stage Maplecrest, what is its purpose aside from running off screen? I had came across it while playing against my friend on that stage; he was using Solobella and had used Diamond Dynamo, I guarded in the air with Valentine on the right corner next to the tree.
Any ideas, Rivals?

[Serenade]

That's MikeZ's cat
it comes out randomly, and rarely, during Bella's Lock n' Load.
And yes, it's an easter egg. It was originally a doodle Mike Z (the lead programmer) made during some kind of artistic brainstorm for character moves with Alex (lead artist) and they ended up putting it in the game as a joke
Funny part is... try making it appear when you're using Cerebella's Brazilian-Flag palette

[melonLord]

Its a cat that Mike Z drew and animated because the people in the office liked cats. Theres more to it that I cant remember but thats basically it lol.
It actually comes out randomly when you use Cerebella's Lock and Load on any stage.

Edit: Fkin ninjas...

[Magnegro]

Needs more Turtles!

[Chrono_Tata]

Actually, it was Mariel Cartwright who drew the cat. The lead and senior animators (Mariel and Jon) would play pranks on each other where if one person have to leave their computer, the other will go and doodle a random picture on their computer. (You could see them doing this on one of the early Lab Zero streams lol) Usually, they would delete these doodles before the animation is sent to Mike, but this one managed to slip through. Mike liked it so much that he wanted to include it as an Easter egg in the game, and the team agreed on the condition that he animated it himself, which he did.