A Hallowed Hoard of 21 Black Cats That Are More Silly Than Spooky

Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor

Oct 17, 2025 7:00 PM EDT

Black cat owners know that their life has been besmirched with the likes of a smudgey, dark void of a feline. Because their cats are considered "bad luck," that must mean they find excellent fortunes elsewhere. It's the law of cat-o-dynamics. What felines taketh away, they giveth back in spades.

Despite their bad reputation for misfortune, black cats are much like other felines. Equally goofy, quirky, intelligent, independent, and majestic, black cats are really much like their orange, tabby, or mainecoon varietals; they're just harder to photograph in low light. Continually smudged at the edges and unfocused like puffs of smoke with eyeballs, black cats become inherently more funny to us simple-minded humans as they blur out and bug out in our favorite photos.

Like Toothless the dragon, a cute hanging bat, or a wriggly river otter, black cats are the shapeshifters of the feline world, melting to the shape of the hoomans who love them more than they love the spooky season. So if you wear a lot of black clothes and don't want to worry about plucking hairs off of your closet, black cats are the purrfect companion. Remember, they are the least likely pet at the shelter to be adopted because of ill-fated superstitions, so go out and get a black cat for yourself to test out the lucky duck theory. I promise, you'll be pleasantly surprised when your entire life becomes a whole lot better.

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