paid in such great character dividends. Amy manages to prove she’s not just a bunch of eye candy, and Nibbler finds out it’s not so bad to be cared for by Leela after all." He concluded that "['That Darn Katz!'] may not have pulled on the heart strings like the last two episodes, but this one was firing on all cylinders – and we need episodes like this, just silly larks about cats taking over the world, to give us breathing time between the crying jags." Though he was disappointed with the episode's plot similarities to season three's "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid", IGN critic Robert Canning rated the episode 8/10. He felt that the episode's cuteness and funny moments allowed him to "forgive this small weakness." Sean Gandert of Paste rated the episode 9.3/10 and called it an "instant classic", particularly praising the character development for Amy and Nibbler. Merrill Barr of Film School Rejects gave the episode a more mixed review, calling it "[a] very well structured episode of Futurama despite it not being that funny." He stated that the episode lacked the laughs of previous episodes, but felt that overall it was better than the first five episodes of the season. References External links "That Darn Katz!" at MSN Futurama (season 6) episodes 2010 American television episodes Cats in popular culture