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* WouldHitAGirl: Costa tried to [[spoiler:strangle Jeanne.]]

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* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of the movie, and also [[spoiler: murdered Zoe's father]].

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* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of the movie, and also [[spoiler: murdered [[spoiler:murdered Zoe's father]].



* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:By the end of the movie, he's gone from an intimidating crime boss to a madman who hallucinates the Colossus of Nairobi stomping through the city to catch him when he falls.]]



* WouldHurtAChild: Showed no hesitance over planning to do so to [[spoiler: Zoe.]]

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* WouldHurtAChild: Showed no hesitance over planning to do so to [[spoiler: Zoe.[[spoiler:Zoe.]]
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* HairDecorations: Wears a few to keep her hair in place.

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not enough info on zoe and her mom to see if they qualify for Tomboy And Girly Girl


* EmpathyPet: To both Zoe and Nico.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: An interspecies example: With Nico, an adult human male.

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* EmpathyPet: To both Zoe and Nico.
Nico, as he either mimics one's actions (Nico) or comforts them during a stressful situation (Zoe).
* HeterosexualLifePartners: An interspecies example: With Nico, an adult human male. They share a close bond and respect one another.



* PlatonicLifePartners: An interspecies example: With Zoe, a female human child.
* RedIsHeroic: He has red "stripes" and while he may be thief, he's one of the good guys.

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* PlatonicLifePartners: An interspecies example: With Zoe, a female human child.
* RedIsHeroic:
child. He has is as close to her as he is with Nico, as well as being quite protective.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Inverted. Dino is a black cat with
red "stripes" and while he may be thief, he's one of the good guys.



* PlatonicLifePartners: An interspecies example: With Dino, a male cat.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: A mother/daughter example: The Girly Girl to Jeanne's Tomboy.

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* PlatonicLifePartners: An interspecies example: With Dino, a male cat.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: A mother/daughter example: The Girly Girl
cat. Dino is as close to Jeanne's Tomboy.her as he is with Nico, as well as being quite protective.



* BattleCouple: {{Implied}} with her cop husband [[spoiler:before Costa murdered him]].

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* BattleCouple: {{Implied}} to have worked closely with her cop husband [[spoiler:before Costa murdered him]].



* CrusadingWidower: Jeanne's main reason for going after Costa is because the latter [[spoiler:murdered her husband]].



* FairCop: She's DaChief and ''very'' attractive.

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* FairCop: She's DaChief and is ''very'' attractive.attractive.
* HappilyMarried: Implied. When Jeanne speaks about her husband, she is obviously still distraught over her husband's [[spoiler:murder]] and describes him as a "good cop".



* PlatonicLifePartners: A cop example with Lucas.

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* PlatonicLifePartners: A cop example with Lucas. They have a close relationship with no romantic tension.



* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: A mother/daughter example: The Tomboy to Zoe's Girly Girl.

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: A mother/daughter example: The Tomboy StrugglingSingleMother: Jeanne has to Zoe's Girly Girl.deal with a stressful job and dealing with her [[spoiler:husband's murder]] while also trying to raise her daughter who has been mute.



* AntiHero: Nico is a night burglar but proves to be more heroic than he lets on.



* EveryoneHasStandards: He may be a thief, but he doesn't hesitate to try to save Zoe when she's in danger. On his thefts, he refuses to directly hurt anyone involved.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards: He may be a thief, but he doesn't hesitate to try to save Zoe when she's in danger. On his thefts, he refuses to directly hurt anyone involved.



* HeterosexualLifePartners: An interspecies example: With Dino, a male cat.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: An interspecies example: With Dino, a male cat. They share a close bond and respect one another.



* PlatonicLifePartners: A cop example with Jeanne.

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* PlatonicLifePartners: A cop example with Jeanne. They have a close relationship with no romantic tension.

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* EvilCounterpart: To Nico. Both have a history of thefts and are wanted men because of it. However, while Nico draws the line at murder or physically harming anyone, Costa shows no moral qualms of doing either. Also, both are accompanied in their thefts with accomplishes, but while Nico genuinely respects and cares for Dino, Costa has no such feelings for his goons, except [[spoiler:Claudine.]]

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* EvilCounterpart: To Nico. Both have a history of thefts and are wanted men because of it. However, while Nico draws the line at murder or physically harming anyone, Costa shows no moral qualms of doing either. Also, both are accompanied in their thefts with accomplishes, accomplices, but while Nico genuinely respects and cares for Dino, Costa has no such feelings for his goons, except [[spoiler:Claudine.]]



* ShadowArchetype: He represents what Nico might have become had he been more selfish and ruthless.
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badass cleanup and doesn't sound like a direct example so no replacement trope


* BadassGrandpa: He's obviously getting on in years, but physically speaking, he's still a forced to be reckoned with.
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* DamselInDistress: {{Justified}} since she's only a child.

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* DamselInDistress: {{Justified}} {{Justified|Trope}} since she's only a child.
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* RedHeadedHeroine: Zoe is a redhead.



* RedHeadedHeroine: She is a redhead (well, a strawberry blonde), a police officer, and one of the good guys.
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* TheNapoleon: He's a rather short man, with a short temper to match.

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* TheNapoleon: He's a rather short man, with a short temper to match. It's implied that his obsession with the Colossus of Nairobi reflects some insecurities about his height.
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* ShadowArchetype: He represents what Nico might have become had he been more selfish and ruthless.
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* CuteMute: [[spoiler:It's implied to be because of trauma from her father's death]].
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* GiverOfLameNames: He assigns his henchmen demeaning codenames like "Mr. Baby" and "Mr. Potato".


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* TheNapoleon: He's a rather short man, with a short temper to match.
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* RedHeadedHeroine: She is a redhead, a police officer, and one of the good guys.

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* RedHeadedHeroine: She is a redhead, redhead (well, a strawberry blonde), a police officer, and one of the good guys.


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* TheMole: [[spoiler:She feeds information about Jeanne's investigation to Costa]].
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Despite his bulk, he's able to keep up with Nico.
* BadassGrandpa: He's obviously getting on in years, but physically speaking, he's still a forced to be reckoned with.



* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: At one point, [[spoiler:he angrily told Nico not to bring up his mother]].



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* RedIsHeroic: He has red "stripes".

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* RedIsHeroic: He has red "stripes"."stripes" and while he may be thief, he's one of the good guys.



* RedHeadedHeroine: She is a redhead.

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* RedHeadedHeroine: She is a redhead.redhead, a police officer, and one of the good guys.


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* ReformedCriminal: [[spoiler:The ending apparently implies that he's given up his thieving ways after marrying Jeanne.]]
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: An interspecies example: With Nico, a male cat.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: An interspecies example: With Nico, Dino, a male cat.

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* MoralityPet: Zoe becomes one for Nico and Dino, though ironically Dino is her literal pet. They spend the second half of the movie protecting her.



* NiceGuy: Look past his thieving crimes and you'll see a likable, heroic guy.



* NiceGuy: Look past his thieving crimes and you'll see a likable, heroic guy.
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* PapaWolf: Nico becomes very protective over Zoe throughout the movie as helps rescue her from Costa and his goons.

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* PapaWolf: Nico becomes very protective over Zoe throughout the movie as he helps rescue her from Costa and his goons.

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* RedHeadedHeroine

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* RedHeadedHeroineRedHeadedHeroine: Zoe is a redhead.



* RedHeadedHeroine

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* RedHeadedHeroineRedHeadedHeroine: She is a redhead.



* BigBad

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* BigBadBigBad: He's the main antagonist of the movie, and also [[spoiler: murdered Zoe's father]].



* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Showed no hesitance over planning to do so to Zoe.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Costa tried to strangle Jeanne.]]

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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Showed Showed no hesitance over planning to do so to [[spoiler: Zoe.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Costa Costa tried to strangle [[spoiler:strangle Jeanne.]]



* NiceGirl: The scene with Zoe and her dead lizards is the prime example. [[spoiler:[[{{Subverted}} It was all an act]]]].

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* NiceGirl: The scene with Zoe and her dead lizards is the prime example. [[spoiler:[[{{Subverted}} It [[spoiler:It was all actually an act]]]].act]].
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* EvilCounterpart: To Nico. Both have a history of thefts and are wanted men because of it. However, while Nico draws the line at murder or physically harming anyone, Costa shows no moral qualms of doing either. Also, both are accompanied in their thefts with accomplishes, but while Nico genuinely respects and cares for Dino, Costa has no such feelings for his goons, except [[spoiler:Claudine.]]
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* PapaWolf: Nico becomes very protective over Zoe throughout the movie as helps rescue her from Costa and his goons.
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* TitleCharacter: Dino is the "cat" in the title of the movie.

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A pet cat by day. A cat burglar by night.







A nice, mute girl and daughter of the Police Commissioner.







The superintendent of the French police and Zoe's mother.







A night burglar and partner of Dino.






* EveryoneHasStandards: He may be a thief, but he doesn't hesitate to try to save Zoe when she's in danger.
** On his thefts, he refuses to directly hurt anyone involved.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: He may be a thief, but he doesn't hesitate to try to save Zoe when she's in danger. \n** On his thefts, he refuses to directly hurt anyone involved.







The main antagonist.







Zoe's nanny.





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Jeanne's second-in-command.

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* DarkIsNotEvil / RedIsHeroic: He's a black cat with some of his fur appearing as red "stripes." And yes he's a thief, but Dino does love Zoe and Nico very much.

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* DarkIsNotEvil / RedIsHeroic: DarkIsNotEvil: He's a black cat with some of his fur appearing as red "stripes." And and yes he's a thief, but Dino does love Zoe and Nico very much.



* RedIsHeroic: He has red "stripes".



* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} / CreepyChild: She keeps the ''dead'' lizards Dino brings for her.

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} / CreepyChild: She keeps the ''dead'' lizards Dino brings for her.



* InSeriesNickname: Referred to "Princess" throughout the movie.

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* InSeriesNickname: Referred to as "Princess" throughout the movie.












* NumberTwo: Lucas second-in-command, after Jeanne.

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* NumberTwo: Lucas is in second-in-command, after Jeanne.
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* NumberTwo: Lucas second-in-command, after Jeanne.
* PermaStubble: The man needs a good shaving.

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