Maria

"Hey you Bully, Cool Cats going to the Hollywood parade and you're not, HA HA!" ― Maria bullying Butch the Bully in Cool Cat Kids Superhero

Maria is a character in the Cool Cat series of children's books and films created by Derek Savage.

Maria made her debut in the book Cool Cat Stops Bullying, which was later adapted into a short film in 2012 (which she also appears in).

She was played by Jessica R. Salazar in the Cool Cat Cinematic Universe, which she appeared in from 2012's Cool Cat Stops Bullying to 2022's Cool Cat Saves the Kids: Director's Cut.

Appearance

Maria is an average-sized female human child with long brown hair which she usually wears down. She has brown eyes.

In the Cool Cat books Maria is portrayed as white, but in the films she appears to be of Hispanic descent.

Personality

Maria is kind, caring and optimistic. She appears to be very naïve however, frequently relying on her best friend Cool Cat for his unreliable advice.

Biography

Maria is one of Cool Cat's best friends and attends the same school as him, even helping him run for school president in Cool Cat Saves the Kids. Maria and Cool Cat are portrayed as being very close and good friends. Cool Cat Saves the Kids also reveals that Maria has a grandma, though she is never seen on-screen.

Maria is often bullied, usually by Butch the Bully who says that she is ugly and has "rat hair" in Cool Cat Saves the Kids. In the same film and the Cool Cat Stops a Bullying short film, she recounts a story about how a bully posted false information about her on the internet to Cool Cat, Erik Estrada and Vivica A. Fox.

Gallery

Maria on the cover of the Cool Cat Stops Bullying book