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{{Herobox|name = Catalyst Lass|faction = net.hero|creator = [[Elisabeth Riba]]|extra = See also [[Hell Catalyst]].|alter = Catherine Anne List|alias = Cat|primary = None|status = Co-Deputy Leader of the [[LNH (Classic Team)]]|usability = Free For Use}}
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{{Herobox|name = Catalyst Lass|faction = net.hero|creator = [[Elisabeth Riba]]|extra = See also [[Hell Catalyst]].|alter = Catherine Anne List|alias = Cat, the Motivational Maiden|primary = None|status = Co-Deputy Leader of the [[LNH (Classic Team)]]|usability = Free For Use}}
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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Nothing is known about Catherine List's life before the LNH or how she gained her powers and became the net.hero Catalyst Lass; she told [[Particle Man]] that she didn't like to talk about it and it was "best left forgotten."
  
 
Catalyst Lass has been a member of the [[LNH (Classic Team)|LNH]] since at least the ''[[Cosmic Plot Device Caper]]'', but she really stepped into the spotlight when she temporarily became leader of the LNH during ''[[Looniverse Adrift!]]''. She lead a successful campaign against [[Lord Ebon]], holding off all foes and, despite all odds, getting the [[Looniverse]] back to [[alt.comics.lnh]]. Afterwards, she organized the [[Valentine's Ball]] as a way for the LNH to relax, enjoy themselves, and engage in some spicy romance.
 
Catalyst Lass has been a member of the [[LNH (Classic Team)|LNH]] since at least the ''[[Cosmic Plot Device Caper]]'', but she really stepped into the spotlight when she temporarily became leader of the LNH during ''[[Looniverse Adrift!]]''. She lead a successful campaign against [[Lord Ebon]], holding off all foes and, despite all odds, getting the [[Looniverse]] back to [[alt.comics.lnh]]. Afterwards, she organized the [[Valentine's Ball]] as a way for the LNH to relax, enjoy themselves, and engage in some spicy romance.
  
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At some point in 1992, she inadvertently "catalyzed" [[Revamp Lass]] of the [[Brotherhood of Net.Villains]] into a copy of herself. This was only revealed in 1995, during a confrontation against [[Revampirella]], Queen of the [[Revampire]]s, after which the former Revamp Lass became [[Hell Catalyst]]. There's no way to tell which Catalyst Lass was which before that point; any of the above events she was involved in could have actually been Hell Catalyst.
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At some point in 1992, she inadvertently "catalyzed" [[Revamp Lass]] of the [[Brotherhood of Net.Villains]] into a copy of herself. This was only revealed in 1995, during a confrontation against [[Revampirella]], Queen of the [[Revampire]]s, after which the former Revamp Lass became [[Hell Catalyst]]. There's no way to tell which Catalyst Lass was which before that point; any of the above events she was involved in could have actually been Hell Catalyst. (Or, due to superposition of different states of [[Hypertext Time]], both.)
  
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At another point, her powers were "boosted" by [[Webster|one]] of the [[Webs Tor|Webs]]. She entered [[Particle Man]]'s mind in order to help him with angst and personal problems. For a while after, they had a growing attraction and the beginnings of a relationship, but it never fully materialized, due to miscommunication, drifting apart, and the writers who shipped them no longer writing for the LNH.
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At another point, Cat's powers were "boosted" by [[Webster|one]] of the [[Webs Tor|Webs]]. She entered [[Particle Man]]'s mind in order to help him with angst and personal problems. For a while after, they had a growing attraction and the beginnings of a relationship, but it never fully materialized, due to miscommunication, drifting apart, their dates constantly getting interrupted by [[net.villain]]s, and the writers who shipped them no longer writing for the LNH.
  
 
She became one of the leaders of the LNH again during ''[[Beige Countdown]]''.  However, she was being mentally controlled by [[Mister Tiddles]], making her into a pawn of the [[HexFire Club]]— or so it seemed.  In fact, [[Doctor Stomper]] had given her a device that neutralized Tiddles's powers, and along with Hell Catalyst, she counter-infiltrated the HexFire Club, leading to their downfall in ''[[Beige Midnight]]''.
 
She became one of the leaders of the LNH again during ''[[Beige Countdown]]''.  However, she was being mentally controlled by [[Mister Tiddles]], making her into a pawn of the [[HexFire Club]]— or so it seemed.  In fact, [[Doctor Stomper]] had given her a device that neutralized Tiddles's powers, and along with Hell Catalyst, she counter-infiltrated the HexFire Club, leading to their downfall in ''[[Beige Midnight]]''.
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In ''[[Just Another Multi-Writer Cascade That Will Probably Never Have an Ending]]'', she was at the front line of the struggle against [[LAN.os]] and the [[Crossover Queen]]. When the [[Omnilooniverse]] was destroyed due to an excess of unfinished stories, she catalyzed it back to life. This gave her a brief flash of cosmic awareness, and she came back remembering three things about the future of the LNH. One was that she had to give the [[Kubrik's Kubes|Kubrik's Kube]] to [[Merissa]], which catalyzed her into a hero and led to her joining the LNH.
 
In ''[[Just Another Multi-Writer Cascade That Will Probably Never Have an Ending]]'', she was at the front line of the struggle against [[LAN.os]] and the [[Crossover Queen]]. When the [[Omnilooniverse]] was destroyed due to an excess of unfinished stories, she catalyzed it back to life. This gave her a brief flash of cosmic awareness, and she came back remembering three things about the future of the LNH. One was that she had to give the [[Kubrik's Kubes|Kubrik's Kube]] to [[Merissa]], which catalyzed her into a hero and led to her joining the LNH.
  
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After ''[[WikiLull]]'', she became Co-Deputy Leader of the LNH alongside [[Fearless Leader (Classic)|Fearless Leader]] and [[Cheesecake-Eater Lad]]. After using her second point of cosmic awareness to thwart the invasion of the [[Foo]], she organized the second Valentine's Ball as a way to help [[Token Girl]] find a relationship. But after [[Romantic Innuendo]] made the Ball into a fiasco to torment Cat, she lost a good chunk of her confidence; and after months of quarantine when the [[Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths!|sabertooth virus]] hit, she realized that the person she wanted to be in a relationship with Token Girl was her...
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After ''[[WikiLull]]'', Catalyst Lass became Co-Deputy Leader of the LNH alongside [[Fearless Leader (Classic)|Fearless Leader]] and [[Cheesecake-Eater Lad]]. After using her second point of cosmic awareness to thwart the invasion of the [[Foo]], she organized the second Valentine's Ball as a way to help Tara Gill, AKA [[Token Girl]], find a relationship. But after [[Romantic Innuendo]] made the Ball into a fiasco to torment Cat, she lost a good chunk of her confidence; and after months of quarantine when the [[Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths!|sabertooth virus]] hit, she realized that the person she wanted to be in a relationship with Token Girl was <spoiler text="her...">Cat wrestled with these feelings, afraid of destroying their friendship, until Hell Catalyst gave her a sisterly talking-to. She went to confess her feelings to Tara &ndash; only to see her die. But her friends and allies came together on a journey to the Netherworld, where she confronted [[Ending]] of the [[Finishless]] and Tara's own inner demons, and brought her back.</spoiler>
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They settled, nervous but ready, into a relationship. Cat returned to her tole as Co-Deputy Leader, even as the truth about the [[Ultimate Ninja II|Ultimate Ninja]] came out...
  
 
== Personality ==
 
== Personality ==
  
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Catalyst Lass is friendly and outgoing. She's somewhat ditzy, but often consciously exaggerates it so that others will underestimate her. She's a romantic at heart and a mild flirt, but isn't sure how she feels about being in a relationship herself. She enjoys organizing "projects" and motivating others to help out. She's good at staying level-headed in bizarre situations, and has definite leadership abilities. She's much less confident about situations that involve her own personal feelings, which she often puts to the side to help others.
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Catalyst Lass has wildly varied and eclectic interests, which she likes to spread to others. She's friendly and outgoing, and enjoys organizing "projects" and motivating others to help out. She's somewhat ditzy, but often consciously exaggerates it so that others will underestimate her.
  
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Has wildly varied and eclectic interests, which she likes to spread to others.
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She's good at staying level-headed in bizarre situations, and has definite leadership abilities. She's much less confident about situations that involve her own personal feelings, which she often puts to the side to help others.
  
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Prolific reader of romance novels, who often falls asleep reading books.
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She's a romantic at heart, prolifically reading romance novels, often to the point of falling asleep mid-page. She was historically a bit of a flirt, but wasn't sure how she felt about actually being in a relationship; now that she actually is, she's figuring it out.
  
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She keeps her quarters meticulously clean. Has a white teddy bear named Snuggle and a poster of Salvador Dali's ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Memory The Persistence of Memory]'' there.
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She keeps her quarters meticulously clean. She has a white teddy bear named Snuggle and a poster of Salvador Dali's ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Memory The Persistence of Memory]'' there.
  
 
== Powers and Abilities ==
 
== Powers and Abilities ==
  
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The psionic power to cause others to share her interests.
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The psionic power to cause others to share her interests. At one point, her powers were psychically augmented so that she could actually enter [[Particle Man]]'s mind.
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Her abilities are powerful enough that she was able to cancel out [[Chatillon]]'s.
  
 
== Appearance ==
 
== Appearance ==
  
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Light blue high-collared tights with jigsaw-puzzle logo. Has curly brown hair.
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Catalyst Lass has curly brown hair, and wears light blue high-collared tights with a pink jigsaw-puzzle logo on the chest.  
  
 
== Relationships ==
 
== Relationships ==
  
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Has been romantically involved with [[Particle Man]]. She also demonstrated an odd interest in [[Invisible Incendiary]] (unless that was [[Hell Catalyst]]). [[Token Girl]] is one of her closest friends. She's become a sort of mentor to [[Merissa]], helping her integrate into the LNH.
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Catalyst Lass has orbited around a number of potential romantic relationships over the years. For a time, she was romantically involved with [[Particle Man]], and also demonstrated an interest in [[Invisible Incendiary]] (unless that was [[Hell Catalyst]]). Eventually, she developed overwhelming gay feelings about [[Token Girl]], one of her closest friends, and after a number of struggles, they settled into a genuine relationship.
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[[Hell Catalyst]] is her adopted sister. She's become a sort of mentor to [[Merissa]], helping her integrate into the LNH.
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Her alternate-universe counterparts include Heaven Catalyst of [[Looniverse-Dantalion]], Cattle Kiss Lass of the [[Oddballverse]], and Catalyst Queen of [[Looniverse-Focalor]].
  
 
== Appearances ==
 
== Appearances ==
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* [[Electrocutioner's Song]]
 
* [[Electrocutioner's Song]]
 
* [[The Flame Wars]]
 
* [[The Flame Wars]]
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* [[The CrossOver Caper]]
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* [[You Only Live Two or Three Thousand Times, Tops!]]
 
* [[The Three Day Lull]] #9, 15
 
* [[The Three Day Lull]] #9, 15
 
* [[LNH Triple Play]] #1, #2 ([[Looniverse Adrift!]] Part 8), #3, #4 ([[Retcon Hour]] Part 0)
 
* [[LNH Triple Play]] #1, #2 ([[Looniverse Adrift!]] Part 8), #3, #4 ([[Retcon Hour]] Part 0)
 
* [[Particle Man (series)|Particle Man]] #12, 19-20
 
* [[Particle Man (series)|Particle Man]] #12, 19-20
 
* [[Flame Wars II]]
 
* [[Flame Wars II]]
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* [[Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 1]] #64-67
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* [[Decibel Dude & Vigilante Guy]] #31, 33, 35
 
* [[Catalytic Conversions]]
 
* [[Catalytic Conversions]]
 
* [[Tales of the LNH]] #287, 337-338
 
* [[Tales of the LNH]] #287, 337-338
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* [[LNH Comics Presents]] #13-14, 16, 18, 20 ([[Looniverse Adrift!]] Parts 1, 2, 4, 6 and 9)
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* [[LNH Comics Presents]] #13-14, 16, 18, 20 ([[Looniverse Adrift!]] Parts 1, 2, 4, 6 and 9), Special #9
 
* [[Pliable Lad (series)|Pliable Lad]] #17, 20, 30
 
* [[Pliable Lad (series)|Pliable Lad]] #17, 20, 30
 
* [[LNH Comics Presents]] #28
 
* [[LNH Comics Presents]] #28
 
* [[Generation Y (series)|Generation Y]] #20
 
* [[Generation Y (series)|Generation Y]] #20
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* [[Birds Fly]] #2
 
* [[The Return of Tsar Chasm]] #3
 
* [[The Return of Tsar Chasm]] #3
 
* [[Limp-Asparagus Lad (series)|Limp-Asparagus Lad]] #55  
 
* [[Limp-Asparagus Lad (series)|Limp-Asparagus Lad]] #55  
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* [[Beige Midnight]] #1-2, 4
 
* [[Beige Midnight]] #1-2, 4
 
* The [[LNH Webcomic]] (all issues)
 
* The [[LNH Webcomic]] (all issues)
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* [[Another LNH Title? Really?]] #1, 10-11
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* [[Another LNH Title? Really?]] #1, 10-11, 14
 
* [[Just Another Multi-Writer Cascade That Will Probably Never Have an Ending]] #8, 12
 
* [[Just Another Multi-Writer Cascade That Will Probably Never Have an Ending]] #8, 12
 
* [[Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 2]] #50
 
* [[Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 2]] #50
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* [[FLASH! LNH Comics Presents Monthly]]: [[Chicks in Space]]
 
* [[FLASH! LNH Comics Presents Monthly]]: [[Chicks in Space]]
 
* [[Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 3]] #2-3
 
* [[Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 3]] #2-3
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* [[Cover Gallery]] #1010i
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* [[Cover Gallery]] #1010i, 1012i/50i
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* [[Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths!]] #6, 32-33, 39
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* [[Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths!]] #6, 32-33, 39, 48-50, EPILOGUE (Side B), EPILOG (Side Pi) (non-speaking)
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* [[Leadership Cry.sig: Net.ropolis 2023]] #7.5, 8, 10, 29ish
  
 
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[[Category:Classic LNH Members]]

Latest revision as of 20:01, 19 August 2024

Catalyst Lass is a net.hero created by Elisabeth Riba. See also Hell Catalyst.
Alter Ego: Catherine Anne List
Aliases: Cat, the Motivational Maiden
Primary Writer: None
Status: Co-Deputy Leader of the LNH (Classic Team)
Usability: Free For Use

History

Nothing is known about Catherine List's life before the LNH or how she gained her powers and became the net.hero Catalyst Lass; she told Particle Man that she didn't like to talk about it and it was "best left forgotten."

Catalyst Lass has been a member of the LNH since at least the Cosmic Plot Device Caper, but she really stepped into the spotlight when she temporarily became leader of the LNH during Looniverse Adrift!. She lead a successful campaign against Lord Ebon, holding off all foes and, despite all odds, getting the Looniverse back to alt.comics.lnh. Afterwards, she organized the Valentine's Ball as a way for the LNH to relax, enjoy themselves, and engage in some spicy romance.

At some point in 1992, she inadvertently "catalyzed" Revamp Lass of the Brotherhood of Net.Villains into a copy of herself. This was only revealed in 1995, during a confrontation against Revampirella, Queen of the Revampires, after which the former Revamp Lass became Hell Catalyst. There's no way to tell which Catalyst Lass was which before that point; any of the above events she was involved in could have actually been Hell Catalyst. (Or, due to superposition of different states of Hypertext Time, both.)

At another point, Cat's powers were "boosted" by one of the Webs. She entered Particle Man's mind in order to help him with angst and personal problems. For a while after, they had a growing attraction and the beginnings of a relationship, but it never fully materialized, due to miscommunication, drifting apart, their dates constantly getting interrupted by net.villains, and the writers who shipped them no longer writing for the LNH.

She became one of the leaders of the LNH again during Beige Countdown. However, she was being mentally controlled by Mister Tiddles, making her into a pawn of the HexFire Club— or so it seemed. In fact, Doctor Stomper had given her a device that neutralized Tiddles's powers, and along with Hell Catalyst, she counter-infiltrated the HexFire Club, leading to their downfall in Beige Midnight.

In Just Another Multi-Writer Cascade That Will Probably Never Have an Ending, she was at the front line of the struggle against LAN.os and the Crossover Queen. When the Omnilooniverse was destroyed due to an excess of unfinished stories, she catalyzed it back to life. This gave her a brief flash of cosmic awareness, and she came back remembering three things about the future of the LNH. One was that she had to give the Kubrik's Kube to Merissa, which catalyzed her into a hero and led to her joining the LNH.

After WikiLull, Catalyst Lass became Co-Deputy Leader of the LNH alongside Fearless Leader and Cheesecake-Eater Lad. After using her second point of cosmic awareness to thwart the invasion of the Foo, she organized the second Valentine's Ball as a way to help Tara Gill, AKA Token Girl, find a relationship. But after Romantic Innuendo made the Ball into a fiasco to torment Cat, she lost a good chunk of her confidence; and after months of quarantine when the sabertooth virus hit, she realized that the person she wanted to be in a relationship with Token Girl was her...

They settled, nervous but ready, into a relationship. Cat returned to her tole as Co-Deputy Leader, even as the truth about the Ultimate Ninja came out...

Personality

Catalyst Lass has wildly varied and eclectic interests, which she likes to spread to others. She's friendly and outgoing, and enjoys organizing "projects" and motivating others to help out. She's somewhat ditzy, but often consciously exaggerates it so that others will underestimate her.

She's good at staying level-headed in bizarre situations, and has definite leadership abilities. She's much less confident about situations that involve her own personal feelings, which she often puts to the side to help others.

She's a romantic at heart, prolifically reading romance novels, often to the point of falling asleep mid-page. She was historically a bit of a flirt, but wasn't sure how she felt about actually being in a relationship; now that she actually is, she's figuring it out.

She keeps her quarters meticulously clean. She has a white teddy bear named Snuggle and a poster of Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory there.

Powers and Abilities

The psionic power to cause others to share her interests. At one point, her powers were psychically augmented so that she could actually enter Particle Man's mind.

Her abilities are powerful enough that she was able to cancel out Chatillon's.

Appearance

Catalyst Lass has curly brown hair, and wears light blue high-collared tights with a pink jigsaw-puzzle logo on the chest.

Relationships

Catalyst Lass has orbited around a number of potential romantic relationships over the years. For a time, she was romantically involved with Particle Man, and also demonstrated an interest in Invisible Incendiary (unless that was Hell Catalyst). Eventually, she developed overwhelming gay feelings about Token Girl, one of her closest friends, and after a number of struggles, they settled into a genuine relationship.

Hell Catalyst is her adopted sister. She's become a sort of mentor to Merissa, helping her integrate into the LNH.

Her alternate-universe counterparts include Heaven Catalyst of Looniverse-Dantalion, Cattle Kiss Lass of the Oddballverse, and Catalyst Queen of Looniverse-Focalor.

Appearances

Note that any of Cat's appearances from before Catalytic Conversions could have actually been Hell Catalyst.

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