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* A variation in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Krillin, Gohan, and Dende are trying to hide from Vegeta, who just learned to detect ''ki''. When he sensed Dende's small ''ki'', a fish jumps off the water, leading him to think that was the ''ki'' he sensed and leave.

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* A variation in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Krillin, Gohan, and Dende are trying to hide from Vegeta, who just learned to detect ''ki''. When he sensed Dende's small ''ki'', a fish jumps off out of the water, leading him to think that was the ''ki'' he sensed and leave.
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* Inverted in the intro to ''Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons'', in which the cat knocking over some bottles draws the villain's attention to where Captain Scarlet is standing. He promptly opens fire on Scarlet... which, of course, only serves to demonstrate Scarlet's indestructible nature.

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* In the first episode of ''Series/ToumeiShoujoEa'' the boy and the invisible girl are hiding from TheMenInBlack in a pile of very clean garbage bags. TheMenInBlack pass the pile by, then turn back and fire! But it's only a kitten.


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* In the first episode of ''Series/ToumeiShoujoEa'', the boy and the invisible girl are hiding from TheMenInBlack in a pile of very clean garbage bags. TheMenInBlack pass the pile by, then turn back and fire... but it's only a kitten.
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* In the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "Pierrot Le Fou", where Tongpu has Spike cornered, ready to finish him off when suddenly a cat meows at him from a fire escape. Tongpu, who is [[ChekhovsGun deathly afraid of cats]], turns his full attention to it and tries to shoot it, allowing Spike time to throw something [[StuffBlowingUp big and explosive]] at him.

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* In the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "Pierrot "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession20PierrotLeFou Pierrot Le Fou", where Fou]]", Tongpu has Spike cornered, ready to finish him off when suddenly a cat meows at him from a fire escape. Tongpu, who is [[ChekhovsGun [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes deathly afraid of cats]], turns his full attention to it and tries to shoot it, allowing Spike time to throw something [[StuffBlowingUp big and explosive]] at him.



* Meowth plays this role in an Unova episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', oddly by pretending he's not a cat, but a rare Umbreon. The trainers chasing him are disappointed when they discover he's not a rare Pokémon, merely a ''talking Meowth''.

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* Meowth plays this role in an Unova episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', oddly by pretending he's not a cat, but a rare Umbreon. The trainers chasing him are disappointed when they discover he's not a rare Pokémon, merely a ''talking Meowth''.
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* An InvokedTrope in ''WesternAnimation/CatwomanHunted'' when Selina Kyle sends out her cat Isis to trip the motion sensors so the guards will turn them off to prevent false alarms, relying on the CCTV cameras which Selina just uses CameraSpoofing on.

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* An InvokedTrope in ''WesternAnimation/CatwomanHunted'' when Selina Kyle sends out her cat Isis to trip the motion sensors so the guards will turn them off to [[FalseFalseAlarm prevent false alarms, alarms]], relying on the CCTV cameras which Selina just uses CameraSpoofing on.
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** In ''Recap/TintinLandOfBlackGold'', Snowy serves as a Convenient Decoy Dog when a SneezeOfDoom almost gives Tintin away.

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** In ''Recap/TintinLandOfBlackGold'', Snowy serves as a Convenient Decoy Dog when a SneezeOfDoom an IllTimedSneeze almost gives Tintin away.
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* An InvokedTrope in ''WesternAnimation/CatwomanHunted'' when Selina Kyle sends out her cat Isis to trip the motion sensors so the guards will turn them off to prevent false alarms, relying on the CCTV cameras which Selina just uses CameraSpoofing on.
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* Played for laughs in ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' where you break in the home of a sleeping man who wakes up and sleepily asks around if someone is there. You have the option of doing a rather obvious "meow" in your text options, and the man accepting it and going back to sleep. But then he awakens right back, saying "but I don't own a cat!", but replying [[InsaneTrollLogic "Yes, you just adopted one"]] also works, convincing him to return to sleep. You then go through several more of these arguments that he should just ignore you, each more absurd than the last, but every one [[WhatAnIdiot accepted by the homeowner that you are in fact his cat.]]

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* Played for laughs in ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' where you break in the home of a sleeping man who wakes up and sleepily asks around if someone is there. You have the option of doing a rather obvious "meow" in your text options, and the man accepting it and going back to sleep. But then he awakens right back, saying "but I don't own a cat!", but replying [[InsaneTrollLogic "Yes, you just adopted one"]] also works, convincing him to return to sleep. You then go through several more of these arguments that he should just ignore you, each more absurd than the last, but every one [[WhatAnIdiot accepted by the homeowner that you are in fact his cat.]]

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