However, your prompt asks to look the canonical fictional representation. To write a paper on this, you must expand the scope into anthropology, martial arts history, neuroscience, and digital culture.
This is a fascinating and niche topic. "Nekoken" (猫拳), literally "Cat Fist" or "Cat Punch," is most famously known as a comedic, unpredictable fighting style used by the character in the anime/manga Hajime no Ippo (Fighting Spirit). nekoken beyond