--- description: They're so convinced they're eventually going to catch it title: Cat and Toddler Team Up to Take on a Laser Pointer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fd3ff7402ab0bb8/6986a1a8e53abad86a4d43b9/screen-shot-2014-09-02-at-9-51-37-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Cat and Toddler Team Up to Take on a Laser Pointer by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2014 2:26 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 2, 2014 2:26 PM CUT This video shows a black cat desperately trying to pounce on the elusive red dot of a laser pointer, with a toddler joining in to assist with the task. The cat is named Muon and is one year old, and the child, Phineas, is two and a half, the poster [explains](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os4hYtlX3Vg "undefined"). He adds that they “are on the same wavelength.” The pair are so, so convinced that the dot is a real, physical being, and sadly, the video cuts off before they come to the realization that it’s not. Maybe a video of their shared existential crisis could be a good follow-up. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3256592/cat-toddler-laser-pointer-light/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3256592/cat-toddler-laser-pointer-light/"},"headline":"Cat and Toddler Team Up to Take on a Laser Pointer","datePublished":"2014-09-02T14:26:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:54.715Z","description":"They're so convinced they're eventually going to catch it","url":"https://time.com/3256592/cat-toddler-laser-pointer-light/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","cats","Toddlers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fd3ff7402ab0bb8/6986a1a8e53abad86a4d43b9/screen-shot-2014-09-02-at-9-51-37-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fd3ff7402ab0bb8/6986a1a8e53abad86a4d43b9/screen-shot-2014-09-02-at-9-51-37-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-09-02 at 9.51.37 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3256592/cat-toddler-laser-pointer-light/","name":"Cat and Toddler Team Up to Take on a Laser Pointer"}}]}] ```