...oh and in relation to McGowan...something around a Siamese....go figure:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Lives_of_Thomasina

Meanwhile, Thomasina's soul goes to a feline afterlife where cats who have used all of their nine lives are transformed into Siamese and live with the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet for eternity. But Thomasina has lived only once, and is returned to her body alive but in a coma.