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(written from a Production point of view)
Tyler is an orange tabby cat who portrayed Spot on Star Trek: The Next Generation in the seventh season episodes "Force of Nature" and "Genesis". Tyler joined the production late as the fourth cat who portrayed Spot at the same time. The others are Monster, Brandy, and Bud. Tyler was trained by Rob Bloch and Karen Thomas-Kolakowski of Critters of the Cinema.