I call being a cars fan 'having the katchows'. And im super serious about it.
The Katchows, in some other cases also known as the Katchiggas is a condition where an individual suddenly develops a love for the Pixar movies Cars. Symptoms include being an amazing artist and having a sharp eye about background characters.
What causes the Katchows?
An individual may get infected with the Katchows trough (one of) the three movies or any other Cars - related media, including fanwork. The Katchows take 5 days to a week to take over the brain.
Who can get the Katchows?
We still do not know what age someone is most vulnerable to the Katchows, but we have found individuals as young as 11 and some older then 30, so its likely anyone can get infected with the Katchows at any given time.
What are symptoms of the Katchows?
Artistic capabilities: An individual gets better at drawing cars or prefers to draw cars or other vehicles like planes or boats over other things like animals or buildings, often making them sentient by adding eyes in the windshield, mimicing the Cars artstyle. The artistic side of the Katchows do go further then art, patients sometimes write fanfiction and headcanons too.
Small details become big: People with the Katchows tend to make more out of background characters in Cars, giving them headcanons, fanart, fanfictions, backstories, widely agreed headcanons and sometimes even names. When a person is suddenly able to write a book about a random car that only drove by in 2 scenes of one of the Cars movies, in the background, this is a very trustworthy sign of the Katchows.
(excessive) quoting: a person with Katchows, depending on the severity of the case, might quote sentences from the Cars movies, they might say they dont need headlights because the track is always lit for example.
Can you cure from the Katchows?
Some cases of the Katchows have been known to flow over in a month or so but others have stayed for numerous years. The mostwell known cure to the Katchows is another hyperfixation, but some people heal out of themselves over time.
What can a person with the Katchows be vulnerable to aswell?
Someone with the Katchows might be vulnerable to the Crophoppers aswell. This is a similar condition as the Katchows, but then with the Planes movies. A person develops similar symptoms. There have been people seen with the Crophoppers and the Katchows together.
Is it deadly?
The Katchows are not deadly.
