MR. TWINKLES
Real Name: Mr. Twinkles
Identity/Class: Feline mutate
Occupation: Agent of Doctor Hayes, pet
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Doctor Hayes, Alice Hayes (clone), Rufus
Enemies: The Runaways
(Karolina Dean, Molly Hayes, Victor Mancha, Nico Minoru, Old Lace,
Chase Stein, Gertrude Yorkes)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Doctor Hayes' home, USA
First Appearance: (unidentified) Runaways V#1
(November, 2017);
(identified) Runaways V#5 (March, 2018)
Powers/Abilities: Mr. Twinkles possessed
telepathy, allowing him to read minds and understand telepathic orders.
He could also project his thoughts into the minds of others such as Dr.
Hayes, who was capable of "seeing" what Mr. Twinkles saw via telepathic
connection.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 12" at the
shoulder)
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 10 lbs.)
Eyes: Glowing pink
Hair: Light tan with darker brown patches
History:
(Runaways V#5 (fb) - BTS) - As one of the many stray cats taken in by
geneticist Dr. Hayes, Mr. Twinkles was given telepathic powers via Dr.
Hayes' genetic experiments.
(Runaways V#1) - As the Runaways Chase Stein and Nico Minoru worked to
save the life of the time-displaced Runaway Gertrude Yorkes, Doctor
Hayes secretly watched the events from afar by utilizing her telepathic
cats, one of which was Mr. Twinkles, who sat in Dr. Hayes' lap.
(Runaways V#3) - Mr. Twinkles secretly observed as
the recently-resurrected Gertrude Yorkes sat outside with her pet
dinosaur, Old Lace, while Chase Stein acquired the cyborg head of their
former teammate, Victor Mancha.
(Runaways V#5 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, Dr. Hayes began keeping blood samples of various interesting beings she had encountered, including a sample from Mr. Twinkles.
(Runaways V#5) - Despite being closed up in Dr. Hayes' bathroom alongside Hayes' other cats with an entire bag of catnip by Molly Hayes, Mr. Twinkles was ultimately freed and joined the rest of the cats at Dr. Hayes' side when Dr. Hayes confronted Molly and Gertrude Yorkes. Before Dr. Hayes, Mr. Twinkles and the other cats could stop Molly and Gert, Molly's former Runaways teammates arrived to rescue them.
(Runaways
V#6) - Mr. Twinkles was among the cats who attacked the Runaways when
they tried to escape, with Mr. Twinkles biting at Gertrude Yorkes while
others
clawed at her. During the battle, Dr. Hayes communicated instructions
to Mr. Twinkles, ordering him down into the basement. Mr. Twinkles
returned moments later with a clone of Molly's mother, Alice Hayes.
When Molly Hayes and Gertrude Yorkes still escaped, Dr. Hayes unleashed
the clone against the rest of the Runaways and Old Lace eventually
picked up on the cats' threat to Gert's life and devoured the
telepathic cats, later coughing up hairballs as a result.
Comments: Created by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka.
In Runaways V#5, Mr. Twinkles' fur was colored entirely brown instead of tan with brown patches, though there was still patchy designs in her fur. Those patches are part of what helped me identify Mr. Twinkles in the issue despite the miscoloring.
This profile is expanding on an original subprofile written by Chadman for the Rufus the cat profile.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Mr. Twinkles should be distinguished from:
Appearances:
Runaways V#1 (November, 2017) - Rainbow Rowell (writer), Kris Anka
(art), Nick Lowe (editor)
Runaways V#3 (January, 2018) - Rainbow Rowell (writer), Kris Anka
(art), Nick Lowe (editor)
Runaways V#5 (March, 2018) - Rainbow Rowell (writer), Kris Anka (art),
Nick Lowe (editor)
Runaways V#6 (April, 2018) - Rainbow Rowell (writer), Kris Anka (art),
Nick Lowe (editor)
First posted: 07/15/2025
Last updated: 07/15/2025
Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.
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