When you can't play Nintendo, just make your cat jump like Mario

This cat has clearly not played Mario before, as the upbeat jumping sound is making him react harder than a bucket of ice water tossed on him from above. Did Nintendo craft the perfect sound to illustrate jumping that is also a universal, trans-species message to "HOP, damn it, HOP"? The mind reels. However, as the video continues to go viral, some sharp-eyed YouTube commenters (read: haters) are arguing the video is a fake and that someone is clearly pulling a string to make the cat jump. Take a gander and you tell us — is this an honest auditory reaction, a cat being manipulated by a crafty owner in search of viral video glory? Or does it matter?

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