KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Nick Miskie and his 10-year-old cat, Noelle, built an online following of nearly five million people across social media for videos showing the pair playing card games together.

Miskie said the idea began with a simple moment at home in 2020, when Noelle started pawing at a deck of Cards Against Humanity lying on the table.

“I laid some cards out in front of her, put the video on Snapchat, and people I hadn’t talked to in years were telling me, ‘This is hilarious, you need to post this,’” he said. “We put it on TikTok back when it was still turning from Musical.ly, and the first video got about a million views.”

Viewers connected with Noelle’s unpredictable style, especially her signature move, a firm “bap” of the cards. “She loves to bap,” Miskie said. “That’s her th

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