JoCat
American YouTuber and streamer
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Joseph Catalanello, known online as JoCat, is an American YouTuber and Twitch streamer known for producing animated videos and content related to Dungeons & Dragons and Final Fantasy XIV.
Career
JoCat's YouTube channel gained popularity for a series of animated videos called Crap Guide. The Crap Guide series initially featured JoCat satirically explaining mechanics of the game Monster Hunter: World before expanding to covering other titles such as Dungeons & Dragons and Final Fantasy XIV. He has also produced animated video essays.[1] JoCat also livestreams Dungeons & Dragons campaigns as well as Final Fantasy XIV gameplay on Twitch, and has used his livestreams to raise money for charities in support of LGBTQ+ rights. In 2024, he completed a year-long FFXIV boss gauntlet having raised over $60,000 for charity.[2]
In 2023, JoCat created an animated music video parodying the song "Boys" by Lizzo. In the parody song, titled "I Like Girls", JoCat expressed his attraction to women with various body types. Following the release of the video, JoCat faced widespread online criticism and harassment, including doxing attempts and threats of violence against him and his family.[3] He also claimed that suspicious packages were mailed to his family. After these events, he chose to take an indefinite hiatus from content creation.[4]
Personal life
Catalanello is a graduate of the graphic design program at Louisiana Tech University and a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana.[1] According to Makeship co-founder Pablo Eder, one of the most successful Makeship campaigns was a collaboration with JoCat, who used money from the campaign to buy his first house.[5]