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Chiyo-chichi (Chiyo-Dad, or "Father Cat" in the dub) is a strange creature
that appears in Osaka and Sakaki's dreams. He says he's not a real cat before
he tells Sakaki to "find a real cat."

What kind of creature is he? Where did the author get the idea of creating
him?

He's the strange creature in the middle -- he doesn't like tomatoes because
they are red :

![He hates red things](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qyJYR.jpg)


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What kind of creature is Chiyo-chichi?


According to [the Azumanga Daioh wiki](http://azumanga.wikia.com/wiki/Chiyo-
chichi) ([revision permalink](http://azumanga.wikia.com/wiki/Chiyo-
chichi?oldid=5400)),

> Chiyo-chichi ("Chiyo-Dad" 「ちよ父」"Chiyo-chichi"), is a strange yellow cat like
> creature...

According to
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Azumanga_Daioh_characters#Chiyo-
Father) ([revision
permalink](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Azumanga_Daioh_characters&oldid=611997598)),

> "Chiyo-Father" (「ちよ父」 "Chiyo-chichi") is a strange-looking and even
> stranger-acting cat-like creature...

According to
[TVTropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/AzumangaDaioh?from=Main.AzumangaDaioh),
Chiyo's father is one example of a [Mega
Neko](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MegaNeko) or is a [Mind
Screw](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MindScrew) element that was
added to the anime by the author to keep the audience guessing. About who or
what he really is, only [Azuma](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyohiko_Azuma)
knows.


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