History Main / CatDogDichotomy

* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' asks if your favorite pet is cats or dogs. Whichever you answer, you will either adopt a cat or a dog depending on your choice.

* The question "Do you prefer cats or dogs?" has become a part of some PlayerCharacter creation menus, and can have some repercussions on the game (though usually rather minor):
** In ''VideoGame/StreetPassMiiPlaza'' your choice will make the heroes-for-hire either cats or dogs.
** In ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' you will either adopt a cat or a dog depending of your choice.

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* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is frequently compared to a canine, typically a wolf or dog (although wolverines are actually [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelidae mustelids]], though they are in the same clade as dogs). Meanwhile his ArchEnemy ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} is named after a prehistoric big cat and his costume evokes a lion.

* On an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'', [[TheDitz Joey]] has a dream in which he is intelligent and doing a crossword puzzle. The clue he dreams up is "Not 'dog', but...", and the answer is "cat".

* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is frequently compared to a canine, typically a wolf or dog (although wolverines are actually [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelidae mustelids]]). Meanwhile his ArchEnemy ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} is named after a prehistoric big cat and his costume evokes a lion.

* ''Manga/InugamisanToNekoyamasan'' revolves around this trope, combined with OppositesAttract. Inugami is a dog-like girl who loves cats, and Nekoyama is a cat-like girl who loves dogs. LesYay ensues.
* Shiki and Mikiya from ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'' don't own any pets (except that one time in a bonus manga for the bonus chapter where Mikiya temporarily takes care of a cat), but throughout the novel, the moody and violent Shiki is consistently ascribed feline qualities, while the level-headed and loyal Mikiya is repeatedly compared to a puppy. Nobody can quite explain why, but the two of them fall for each other immediately and never look back. Like ''Rebuild'''s case, it also doubles as an AnimalMotifs edition of FemaleFelineMaleMutt.

* Comicbook/PatsyWalker became the heroine Comicbook/{{Hellcat}}. Her PsychoEx Buzz Baxter became the villain Mad Dog.

* ''Literature/TheBookOfLostTales'': The earliest iteration of the character that would later become Sauron was Tevildo, the Prince of Cats, an evil, intelligent and sorcerous feline and a servant of Melko. Even in these early versions, Tevildo is already bitter enemies with Huan, the Captain of Dogs, whom he fights on several occasions before being defeated and depowered. His failure results in Melko exiling him and his followers, and cats remained bitter and hateful of dogs ever since.

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* Creator/JeffFoxworthy notes that rural cuckoos seem to prefer hoarding dogs: "If your front porch collapses and kills more than three dogs, [[CatchPhrase you might be a redneck]]." In contrast, Jerry Seinfeld observes that the CrazyCatLady often lives in midtown Manhattan, having hopelessly aged out of the singles scene. Thus, according to comedians, cats = urban, dogs = rural.

* ''Literature/DungeonCrawlerCarl'': Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk has very firm opinions about dogs. Running over them with a car, for example, is a point in a person's favour, even if that person is otherwise a CompleteMonster.

* Shiki and Mikiya from ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' don't own any pets (except that one time in a bonus manga for the bonus chapter where Mikiya temporarily takes care of a cat), but throughout the novel, the moody and violent Shiki is consistently ascribed feline qualities, while the level-headed and loyal Mikiya is repeatedly compared to a puppy. Nobody can quite explain why, but the two of them fall for each other immediately and never look back. Like ''Rebuild'''s case, it also doubles as an AnimalMotifs edition of FemaleFelineMaleMutt.

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* The two WebOriginal/SeldnacRae subspecies are the feline-based Grimalkin and the canine-based Vargkin, who each have their own ruler.

** ''Literature/{{Warrior|Cats}}s'' stars groups of feral cat colonies living in a forest together. They rarely come across dogs, and the ones they do come across are usually either chained on leashes or are "annoying" small pets. The cats either dislike dogs (with one even mentioning they're disgusting because they don't bury their "dirt" like cats) or are neutral towards them.
** ''Literature/{{Survivor|Dogs}}s'' mainly stars groups of pet dogs who become strays after their owners evacuate after an earthquake. The dogs see cats (or "sharpclaws" as they call them) as annoying pests but they're not anything worth getting frustrated about. They're rather neutral on cats, though Lucky (being a city stray) dislikes cats and negatively comments on how [[CatsAreMean sadistic]] cats can be towards prey.

* Two of the main characters, Matroskin the cat and Sharik the dog, in Edward Uspensky’s ''Literature/{{Prostokvashino}}'' franchise. Matroskin sees himself as [[CatsAreSuperior the sophisticated one]], but usually, whenever they fight, it’s their human friends who have the last word.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', the Starks and the Lannister are enemies, with their sigils being a direwolf (dog) and lion (cat), as most characters in both families are morally ambiguous, is hard to tell which ones are really heroic or villainous.
* It turns out cats in ''Literature/TailchasersSong'' have a JustSoStory on why dogs and cats are enemies. Once upon a time, a cat tricked the king of the dogs. Dogs have been unable to get over this great embarrassment and won't let cats live it down.

* Comicbook/PatsyWalker became the heroine Comicbook/{{Hellcat}}. Her PsychoEx Buzz Baxter became the villain Mad Dog.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', the Starks and the Lannister are enemies, with their sigils being a direwolf (dog) and lion (cat), as most characters in both families are morally ambiguous, is hard to tell which ones are really heroic or villainous.
* ''Literature/KattVsDogg'''s premise is entirely built on this trope, which presents a longlasting hatred between dogs and cats, and two kids each of such species who have to work with each other when they get lost in the woods.
* Two of the main characters, Matroskin the cat and Sharik the dog, in Edward Uspensky’s ''Literature/{{Prostokvashino}}'' franchise. Matroskin sees himself as [[CatsAreSuperior the sophisticated one]], but usually, whenever they fight, it’s their human friends who have the last word.

* One sketch in ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme'' has the UK become entirely divided into cat people and dog people, with this affecting hiring practices and even political allegience, until eventually the country is in a state of civil war over the subject. But then one radio comedian stands up and says "I like dogs and cats equally." By being [[NeutralityBacklash equally distrusted by both sides]], he is able to unite the factions and rebuild society. [[spoiler: Until the pigeon-fanciers stage a coup.]]

* The age-old quarrel comes up in a skit in ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria''. Magilou and Eizen pick cats (Magilou because of their association with witches, Eizen because they're adorable). Velvet and Eleanor pick dogs (Velvet because they're loyal, Eleanor because they're easily domesticated). [[TakeAThirdOption Rokurou hates them both, and Bienfu picks himself.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gasp}}'': Dogbox is dumber than dirt; Catflap is a snarky intellectual usually found with her nose in a book.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' Rita, the cat, is a smart, cynical JerkWithAHeartOfGold while Runt, the dog, is good natured and personifies the DogsAreDumb trope, not even realizing that Rita is a cat.
* Hanna-Barbera's ''Lippy & Hardy'' stretches this a bit. Lippy is a lion (related to cats) while Hardy is a lugubrious hyena (superficially look like dogs but more closely related to cats). They're what the theme calls "the most laughable, lovable losers by far."
* ''WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy'': Dudley Puppy is dumb and wild, while his partner, Kitty Katswell, is smart and mature.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Stanley}}'' has the DogsAreDumb and CatsAreSuperior dynamic of Harry's pet dog Harry and cat Elsie. They mostly get along, though when Elsie points out that they don't always, given that he's a dog and she's a cat, he says that he thought she was a chihuahua.