History Main / ClassyCatBurglar

* The Thief units from ''{{Disgaea}}'' are a much more brightly coloured than usual version of this. Their clothing consists of a cross between a [[HighlyVisibleNinja brightly coloured]] BlatantBurglar getup and a CatGirl [[StealthPun costume]] (knee high striped socks, cat eyed goggles instead of a mask, cat pawed boots and gloves, etc).

* Amanda from ''HighlanderTheSeries'' and ''HighlanderTheRaven''.

* Parker from ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' stole the Hope Diamond and put it back cause she was bored. [[RaisedByWolves She's not entirely classy, though.]]

* Nabooru from ''VideoGame/LegendOfZelda:OcarinaOfTime''. She may be a thief, but she won't steal from woman and children and she refuses to kill. This trope could apply to all the Gerudo, really.

* Although she is also a BarbarianHero(ine), Conina from ''{{Discworld}}/Sourcery'' is a good example of it.

* The ''{{Castle}}'' ep "Eye of the Beholder" gives us a "reformed" one in Serena Kaye (note the nominal resemblance to [[Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]]).

* Although she is also a BarbarianHero (ine), Conina from ''{{Discworld}}/Sourcery'' is a good example of it.

* Sandra Paris, a.k.a. the White Queen, Nick's sometimes rival in the NickVelvet short stories of Edward D. Hoch.

* In ''[[MichaelConnelly Void Moon]]'' Cassie fits this role, but is a slightly more realistic version of this character in that she doesn't pull impossible heists, instead focusing on much smaller targets. She and her partner robbed high rollers at a casino before being caught and having her partner killed.

* Libby Craddock from ''Texas Kidnappers'' by JTEdson. Her exact level of classiness depends upon her mood.
* Tracy in SidneySheldon's ''If Tomorrow Comes'' becomes one after overcoming a TraumaCongaLine that leaves her unable to find legitimate work. She works for an employer who assigns her to targets that range from {{Jerkass}} to outright corrupt, and besides the usual cat burglar hijinks uses her talents as a MasterOfDisguise to snooker unsuspecting targets, to the point that Interpol thinks her work is that of an all-girl gang. Her romantic interest? A rival GentlemanThief!

* Although she is also a BarbarianHero (ine), Conina from ''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Sourcery]]'' is a good example of it.

* {{Hustle}}: Stacey certainly adopts this persona when the gang set out to "steal" the priceless Star of India. Tight black clothing used, of course.

* Lady Lilian Hawthorne, a.k.a. "Janus", from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' audio adventure ''The Veiled Leopard''.

* Jeremy Archer from ShadowOfTheTemplar is pretty much a RareMaleExample of this trope on top of being a GentlemanThief as well.

Walking, talking, ''purring'' class. She doesn't steal; she liberates. She doesn't lie; she fibs. She steals from the rich and keeps it all for herself, but at least she is easy on the eyes.

The hero is often at a loss whether to stop her or throw her down on the floor and make out with her. This dilemma is usually short, as she uses the distraction to escape/knock him out.

Bonus points if she has a cat theme, is named "''Cat''herine" or "Felicia," or makes bad feline puns.

She often may wear a SpyCatsuit.

* Fujiko Mine of ''Characters/LupinIII''; Lupin's female compatriot. Sometimes rival and sometimes lover.

* Fujiko Miine in ''LupinIII'', Lupin's female compatriot and sometime rival and sometime lover.

->''"You're [[BeastAndBeauty Beauty and the Beast]] in one luscious Christmas gift pack."''
->-- '''The Penguin to Catwoman''', ''Film/BatmanReturns''

->'''Sam:''' [[WhatTheHellHero How do you sleep at night]]?
->'''Bela:''' [[EvilIsSexy On silk sheets]], [[MoneyFetish rolling naked in money]].
->-- ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''

* Vala Mal Doran of ''Series/StargateSG1'' was something of a failed cat burglar. In addition to failing to steal the Prometheus and a Goa'uld Naquadah bomb, she fails to seduce Daniel Jackson. Repeatedly. And Lt. Col. Mitchell. And Teal'c. But mostly Daniel.
** Even getting to the point of ''possibly'' stealing a gigantic well-defended armed and heavily populated ship single-handedly is pretty damn cool. If she'd chosen anyone besides Daniel to tie up she probably would have made it. Plus, as she points out, the Goa'uld Naquadah bomb was inside alien technology she'd never seen before and...well...she rushed it. And she did eventually seduce Daniel, and discovered he was resisting before because he thought she wasn't as interested in him as he was in her. Plus, you know, she's played by Claudia Black so she's gorgeous.

** I don't know, even getting to the point of ''possibly'' stealing a gigantic well-defended armed and heavily populated ship single-handedly is pretty damn cool. If she'd chosen anyone besides Daniel to tie up she probably would have made it. Plus, as she points out, the Goa'uld Naquadah bomb was inside alien technology she'd never seen before and...well...she rushed it. And she did eventually seduce Daniel, and discovered he was resisting before because he thought she wasn't as interested in him as he was in her. Plus, you know, she's played by Claudia Black so you can't criticize her 'cause she's gorgeous.
* Subverted in ''{{Firefly}}'', when Saffron tries this act on Mal. [[spoiler: It fails.]]
* The "Taffy" imprint in the ''{{Dollhouse}}'' episode "Gray Hour," first in Echo and then in Sierra (who helps rescue Echo after she gets mindwiped by cell phone).
* Yves Adele Harlow from ''TheLoneGunmen''.

* Fujiko Miine in ''LupinIII'', Lupin's female compatriot and sometime rival.

* Vala Mal Doran of ''StargateSG1'' was something of a failed cat burglar. In addition to failing to steal the Prometheus and a Goa'uld Naquadah bomb, she fails to seduce Daniel Jackson. Repeatedly. And Lt. Col. Mitchell. And Teal'c. But mostly Daniel.

* Selina Kyle a.k.a. Catwoman (AnneHathaway) in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.

* Felicia Hardy, Marvel's Black Cat, also plays up this theme... Purrrrr...

* The Fox from ''{{Wanted}}''. Actually a subversion, in that while she APPEARS classy, her personality is very trashy and uncouth.

** River Song (AlexKingston) wears a [[http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g366/SpecklesP/rivercat.jpg black bodysuit]] when she breaks into the museum in "The Pandorica Opens."
* Vala Mal Doran of ''StargateSG1'' was something of a failed cat burgular. In addition to failing to steal the Prometheus and a Goa'uld Naquadah bomb, she fails to seduce Daniel Jackson. Repeatedly. And Lt. Col. Mitchell. And Teal'c. But mostly Daniel.

* Nami of ''Manga/OnePiece'' would probably qualify, though she has no cat theme beyond her BadAssNickname and WordOfGod stating that the animal she most resembles is a cat.

* The very efficient thief and MasterOfDisguise Masami Hirota in ''DetectiveConan'' is less fanservicey than many examples of this trope. Also unlike most examples, [[spoiler:she didn't act on her own will.]]

** Wouldn't she technically be a [[IncrediblyLamePun "bat burglar"]]?...

** [[FridgeLogic Wouldn't that, y'know,]] ''[[FridgeLogic ring?]]'' [[FridgeLogic A]] ''[[FridgeLogic lot?]]'' [[FridgeLogic While he's trying to be]] ''[[FridgeLogic stealthy?]]''
*** He gets the bell ''after'' he quits being an assassin. And he didn't steal things; he ''erased'' people.
*** [[HandWave Not if it didn't have a clapper inside, or whatever that little ball in a jingle bell is called.]] [[HandWave After all, if that's missing, then no sound will issue from the bell.]] Of course, if he does have that little detail NOT missing, then it's just another mystery yet-to-be-[[HandWave Hand-waved]].
*** Or, you know, he could just be [[{{Badass}} that awesome]], as [[DragonBall Mr. Popo]] once demonstrated.
*** Actually one of the few things the anime did ''better'' than the manga... it explains it by stating that he wears it so he ''can't'' be stealthy, because Eve doesn't trust him. He was trying to kill her at the start of the anime, after all; wearing the bell (at her request) is his way of saying 'I'm never going to try to hurt you again'. In the manga, which has a different progression of events, the bell is just there to look catlike.
**** Though she did try to force it on him ''while he was still bedridden'' in episode 7. She got the idea from AnAesop: "If you put a bell on the neck of a bad cat, you'll always know where he is." (You do fell sorry for him before he throws the bell out the window...)
*** Also an odd sort of TruthInTelevision. Many cat owners put bells on their cats to keep them from catching birds. This rarely works.

* Danielle (Brigitte Auber) in Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''ToCatchAThief'', complete with cat theme.

* ''InDeath'': Magdalana is presented as this in ''Innocent In Death''. However, it gets subverted when it's revealed that she is a thief and not as classy as she pretends to be, with Roarke pretty much saying so to her face.

* [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=440 Mrs. Flavors]] from the conspiracy arc of ''{{The Illustrated Guide to Law}}''.