 The character "Chat" is inspired by a real life criminal, one of the  most wanted in this time, Richard Blass. Convicted criminal Richard  (The Cat) Blass escaped from prison in the winter of 1974 and set  out on a killing spree to avenge his six years behind bars. First,  he shot two drinking pals at the Gargantua bar on Beaubien St. E.  Then he invited two friends to dinner at the Fiesta Bar