--- title: New Google Doodle Celebrates Halloween 2016 description: The new Google Doodle lets you play as Momo the cat as you help her save the Magic Cat Academy from various ghosts and evil spirits canonical: https://time.com/4551044/google-doodle-halloween-2016/ author: Tekendra Parmar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-31T05:06:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:11.358Z og:title: New Google Doodle Celebrates Halloween 2016 og:description: Play as Momo the cat as you rescue her beloved magic school from ghosts og:url: https://time.com/4551044/google-doodle-halloween-2016/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62b28a432d8746ce/6988ac26e20a870f06a9303e/screen-shot-2016-10-31-at-1-02-16-pm.png?branch=production&width=396&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 396 og:image:height: 223 og:image:alt: screen-shot-2016-10-31-at-1-02-16-pm og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Google Doodle Celebrates Halloween 2016 twitter:description: Play as Momo the cat as you rescue her beloved magic school from ghosts twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62b28a432d8746ce/6988ac26e20a870f06a9303e/screen-shot-2016-10-31-at-1-02-16-pm.png?branch=production&width=396&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Google Doodle Celebrates Halloween 2016 > Sponsored content. 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In a strangely addictive game, the doodle lets you step into the world of Momo the cat, who is on a mission to save her beloved Magic Cat Academy from a giant ghost that stole the school’s master spell book. According to Google, the furry hero was inspired by Doodler Juliana Chen’s own black cat named Momo. With a gaming style similar to that of a Nintendo Wii, the game has you draw various shapes and lines to cast spells on ghosts and spirits as they try and get you — think _Harry Potter_ meets _Dance Dance Revolution_. “Doodling for a whole Doodle game was very exciting for us,” Google said in a [statement](https://www.google.com/doodles/halloween-2016). Celebrate Halloween by playing through five fun levels and beating devious boss ghouls along the way. 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