Katy Kangaroo

Simply a mother kangaroo with impeccable boxing skills, Katy Kangaroo, also known by her nickname "K.O. Katy", acts to ensure the well-being of her son and to handle the simians that antagonize her.

Original Game Incarnation
In the original Atari video game the segments were based on, Katy (here only referred to as the Mother Kangaroo) draws out her boxing gloves to save her joey from being entrapped. In a setup like the classic game Donkey Kong, the Mother Kangaroo passes through vertical levels and is antagonized by monkeys wielding fruits to use as projectiles in her path. In certain situations, the Mother Kangaroo is able to either punch the fruit back (as opposed to simply ducking beneath or jumping over them) or even K.O. the monkeys themselves. She repeats the process as often as necessary to ensure the safety of her entrapped joey.

Saturday Supercade Incarnation
During the second season of the 1980s animated series Saturday Supercade, there were segments devoted to an animated take on Kangaroo now set in a zoo. In this incarnation, Katy remains the caring mother who has to help her son Joey out of trouble here and there while also handling the Monkeybiz Gang when up to their tricks. Like the monkeys from the game, the Monkeybiz Gang would throw fruits and other objects as projectiles while frequently making attempts to both escape the zoo and attain bananas. Katy nevertheless pulls through for her son and manages to deal with the monkeys.

Aside from punching back projectiles in the same manner as in the game, Katy also demonstrates the ability to use her tail like a baseball bat when knocking the Monkeybiz Gang into their section of the zoo.

In many cases, her son gets caught up in some peril, such as trying to find a young elephant misled by the Monkeybiz Gang.