{"id":"hero-cat","name":"Hero Cat","summary":"Hero Cat is the nickname given to Tara, a tabby from Bakersfield, California who was caught on security camera charging a neighbor's dog that was attacking her family's four-year-old son in May 2014[1]. The clip pulled 16.8 million YouTube views in 48 hours and turned an ordinary house cat into a national story with morning-show appearances and a first-pitch ceremony at a minor league baseball game[3].","tags":["hero cat","tara the cat","cat saves boy","my cat saved my son","bakersfield cat","viral cat video 2014","roger triantafilo"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":3,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/hero-cat/hero-cat-hero-cat-rescue-surveillance-gif.webp","caption":"The viral surveillance clip of Tara ramming the neighbor's dog to protect Jeremy — the moment that made her the internet's Hero Cat.","width":615,"height":626,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/hero-cat/hero-cat-jay-z-elevator-hero-cat-meme.webp","caption":"A topical image macro pairing the hero cat's rescue with Jay-Z's infamous elevator altercation.","width":600,"height":771,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/hero-cat/hero-cat-tara-hero-cat-twitter-tweet.webp","caption":"A tweet from the parody Tara Hero Cat Twitter account that sprang up in the wake of the viral video.","width":825,"height":1200,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/hero-cat/history.md","related":["cat-on-roomba","cats-vs-cucumbers","cats-vs-printers","fluffy-the-frozen-cat","princess-monster-truck","chinese-dog-singing","cupcake-dog","my-pets-name-is","whatthefluffchallenge","borzoi-long-nose-dog","cat-transcendence","foxes"],"popularityRank":2905,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}