The Cheshire Cats is a group of individuals in the photnovel Gundam Sentinel. The term "Cheshire Cats" refers to the group of Earth Federation mobile suit pilots who were selected as candidates to pilot the MSA-0011 S Gundam and become the catalyst of the psychological developement of the artificial intelligence program known as "ALICE". The group of Cheshire Cats included at least Ryou Roots and Shin Crypt it is implied that there were several others, however ultimately Roots, the son of ALICE's developer is chosen as the Cheshire Cat.