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->''"Squids squirt ink to create a substitute to escape their predators. It's an oily substance, difficult to dissolve in water, that becomes a sort of mass. On the other hand, octopi use ink as a smoke screen. It is water soluble in order to spread. Like oil and water, even the inks of the two species doesn't mix."''
-->-- '''Creator/{{Nintendo}} EAD''' on ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}''

Sometimes, different species, such as [[CatDogDichotomy cats and dogs]] or foxes and rabbits[[note]]foxes prey on rabbits (and chickens). Cats tend to be rather friendly toward both foxes and rabbits (as well as cavies)[[/note]], are written so that they have a built-in and unquestioned animosity for no other reason than that they are stereotypically considered to be adversaries. A dog that doesn't chase cats will be considered "weird", even if they were raised together from birth. On the other hand, some cats will almost never chase after mice unless provoked. Those dogs will also chase squirrels.

TigerVersusDragon, Snake vs Frog and Dog vs Monkey appear to be more prevalent in Japanese media, since they're often alluded to in anime and manga. Tiger Versus Dragon started off as an allegorical representation of Yin and Yang, Snake vs Frog is based on an Edo Period "Rock-Paper-Scissors" style matchup[[note]]This was codified in folklore by the famous epic ''Jiraya Gouketsu Monogatari'' featuring two ninja rivals, one using toad magic and the other using serpent magic[[/note]], and Dog vs. Monkey is a stereotype that started when farmers used dogs to keep monkeys away from their crops. So, Dog vs Cat, Squirrel, and Monkey.

RealLife [[PlayingWithATrope is more diverse]]. In general cats will flee from larger predators and dogs have an instinctual urge to chase whatever flees from them. But there are also cats who bully dogs. There are also plenty of cats and dogs who get along very easily and even like each other. Both will usually eat mice and rats (which also eat mice), although it is not uncommon for them to befriend the latter.

There are also [[FantasticRacism fantastic]] counterparts in ElvesVersusDwarves, FurAgainstFang, JapaneseBeetleBrothers, TanukiKitsuneContrast, and TigerVersusDragon. Can overlap with StockAnimalDiet if the relationship is a predatory one. See also MailmanVsDog.
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!!Related tropes:
[[index]]
* BirdVsSerpent
* CatDogDichotomy
* DogsHateSquirrels
* ElephantsAreScaredOfMice
* PetsVersusStrays
* PredatorPreyFriendship (more of a subversion)
* PrimateVersusReptile
* SnakeVersusMongoose
* SpinosaurusVersusTRex
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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* In ''Manga/BoardingSchoolJuliet'', "black dog" is a slang term for Towan, and "white cat" for a Westerner, because the two countries have been fighting forever over absolutely nothing.
* ''Manga/CatShitOne'' is largely similar to the classic Holocaust story ''Maus'', except it's a Japanese writer examining the Vietnam conflict. Americans are rabbits, Vietnamese are cats, Russians are bears, Chinese are pandas, French are pigs, and Japanese are monkeys (including an unflattering AuthorAvatar).
* ''Manga/TheFoxAndLittleTanuki'': Wolves and foxes are stated to have a long-standing animosity for each other, so much so that the Sun Goddess specifically sent wolves to subdue Senzou before sealing him away. In the present day, Senzou and Mikumo (a wolf in charge of watching over him as he raises Manpachi) have a pretty hostile relationship.
* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', Kyo and Yuki hate each other. Yuki is possessed by the spirit of the Rat from the EasternZodiac, while Kyo is possessed by the Cat (an animal who would have been part of the Zodiac had it not been tricked).
* In ''Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin:'' Dogs and bears are mortal enemies. The whole plot revolves around the dogs gathering enough "soldiers" to battle the bears, and the actual battle itself. Though the protagonist is able to overcome this, as shown when he got upset after seeing another dog kill two innocent bear cubs.
* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'': PlayedForLaughs with the animosity between Inuyasha ([[HalfHumanHybrid Half]]-dog-{{youkai}}) and Shippou ([[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]]). In Japanese folklore, dogs and foxes hate each other and more than one secret kitsune wife has been outed by the clueless husband's loyal dog. Inuyasha is [[BrattyHalfPint Shippou's]] favorite target for pranks and practicing his magic on, so Inuyasha tends to [[HairTriggerTemper bite back]].
** There was also the time where a group of cat demons tried to revive their King who was defeated by Toga, and [[RevengeByProxy attempt to take revenge upon his sons]] since their father is dead. Both Koga and Rōyakan end up in the fight as well, essentially making this a fight between canines and felines.
** Considering the above, this is completely averted with Bunza, a young lynx demon who Inyuasha goes so far as to call his "brother".
* ''Anime/JuuniSenshiBakuretsuEtoRanger'': Monk the Monkey and Pochiro the Dog's rivalry is frequently lampshaded by their friends.
* ''Manga/MarchComesInLikeALion'': A one-panel gag uses the snake and mongoose rivalry as a visual metaphor for a heated argument between Rei and Nikaidou.
* ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}'': TheAnimeOfTheGame features an odd and downplayed example: Spyke uses a DOG-type body medabot, which excels in ranged attacks, but pairs it with a Monkey medal, which usually specializes in hand-to-hand combat. As a result, despite its decent stats, he's an absolutely terrible robattler, since the lack of synchronicity makes his medabot barely able to function in combat. [[LampShadeHanging It's noted by Erika that dogs and monkeys don't get along despite being companions in Momotaro's journey.]] Still, despite being aware of the root of the problem, [[WillfullyWeak Spyke refuses to change the combination]].
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Lampshaded and defied in the second OVA. Tsuyu Asui, who has frog-like physical features and abilities, is best friends with a girl who has the head of a snake. The other characters comment how that shouldn't be possible in nature.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': The Snake vs. Frog theme shows up with Jiraiya and Orochimaru, and later their respective students, Naruto and Sasuke. Jiraiya can summon giant frogs (and later teaches Naruto how to do so) and Orochimaru has a [[SnakesAreSinister heavy snake theme]], complete with [[TsurimeEyes slanted]], [[AnimalEyes snakelike eyes]] and the ability to summon snakes of varying sizes.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
** The mutual hatred between Zangoose and Seviper (see below in Video Games) became a plot point in a ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'' episode, when a far too single-minded pack of Zangoose attacked Jessie's Seviper repeatedly throughout the episode, ultimately threatening to push it (along with Jessie herself, the rest of Team Rocket, and half the heroes' Pokémon) ''off a cliff''. A more notable case also in the Hoenn series episode ''"Zig Zag Zangoose"'' that again featured Jessie's Seviper and a Zangoose owned by the OneShotCharacter of the week.
** In "Showdown at Dark City", Electabuzz and Scyther are stated to be mortal enemy species. However, this is never mentioned again.
** A downplayed case between Ash's Lycanroc and Torracat in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'', who are dog and cat-like species respectively and {{Friendly Rival}}s.
** Pikachu (a Pokémon mouse) is enemies with Meowth (A Pokémon cat).
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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' features the ancient enmity between the Miaolings (cats) and the Woofians (dogs). It was later revealed to be because of something silly from when they still lived on the same planet.
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[[folder:Card Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': The traditional cats-and-dogs rivalry is referenced in a few cards.
** [[https://scryfall.com/card/m21/180/feline-sovereign Feline Sovereign]] gives other Cat cards you control protection from Dogs.
** This isn't limited to regular mutts and mogs. Mirri the Cat Warrior shares her four-legged kin's disgust for canids, and "canine" for her is much more broad than just domestic dogs.
--->"No matter where we cat warriors go in the world, those stupid slobberers find us." -- Mirri, flavor text for [[https://scryfall.com/card/wth/118/arctic-wolves Arctic Wolves]]
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[[folder:Comic Books]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'' has a rather dark twist on this in its second tome, ''Arctic Nation'' -- the eponymous organisation is that world's equivalent to the KKK and paramilitary neo-nazi groups, only made up of white-furred or -feathered anthropomorphic animals who hate dark brown- and black-colored animals, even if the same species. There's also a less-seen Black Panthers equivalent for good measure.
* ''ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'': In a parody of Creator/MarvelComics' ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' and Creator/DCComics' ''ComicBook/{{Identity Crisis|2004}}'', which both end with the revelation that a female character had undergone a FaceHeelTurn, an issue of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' shows the FunnyAnimal {{Superhero}}es learning that feline former teammate Alley-Kat-Abra is responsible for various crimes, including the murder of Little Cheese the micro-mouse. The reason given is "I'm a ''cat''! Cats ''hate'' mice!"
** The trope is [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in ''Captain Carrot and the Final Ark''; the ''real'' murderer is revealed to be Alley's magically created EvilTwin, and the true Alley vows to resurrect Little Cheese. Interestingly, the story of Little Cheese's murder by Alley Kat Abra was apparently written under [[ExecutiveMeddling editorial fiat]]--Scott Shaw! (yes, the exclamation point is part of his name), the creator of the characters, when encountered at a Con, said that he was strongly opposed to the story idea, but told he had to do it anyway. The 'evil twin' retcon was his just revenge upon those editors after they'd gotten the boot.
** Considering that on Earth-C, cats and mice ''don't'' hate each other (and any cat or mouse that did would be considered a bigot/speciesist), it makes the above-cited "reason" all the more out-of-character for Alley (and thus should've given reason for the Crew to be suspicious). Supporting this is one story where the Zoo Crew, while visiting other dimensions briefly, encounter one resembling ''Franchise/TomAndJerry''; Alley found the sight of seeing "a planet terrorized by... primitive felines" to be disturbing.
* ''ComicBook/{{Cubitus}}'': Cubitus the dog and Sénéchal the cat are sworn enemies and rivals who take delight in beating each other up.
* ''ComicBook/{{Gear}}'' is about a war between four nations of small cats, larger cats, dogs, and insects, doing battle by means of HumongousMecha.
* ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}'': The basis for the animal metaphor used to represent the persecution of the Jews under the Nazi regime. The Nazis are portrayed as cats, the Jews as mice; other nationalities are also portrayed as animals, depending on certain stereotypes of those nationalities and those animals.
* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyNightmareKnights'': In Issue #3, a group of Diamond Dogs immediately show hostility toward Capper, a humanoid cat, simply because he's a feline, despite Capper's call not to resort to "this kind of base primal nonsense".
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Shathra is an extradimensional wasp goddess who hunts Peter, claiming that it's the natural order for the spider to be consumed by the wasp. It's eventually revealed in ''ComicBook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse2022'' that she was originally from Loomworld and tried to map the multiverse as a wasps' nest. When her sister Neith instead created the Web of Life and Destiny, and their parents agrees this was better, she was consumed with jealousy, and her hatred of Neith's spider-totem decided her form.
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
** In one series, it's revealed that the rivalry between cats and dogs is based on ancient cat-gods and dog-gods, a fight that still goes on in another realm today.
** In "ComicBook/SupergirlsSuperPet", Linda's pet cat is harassed by dogs twice, one of which chases Streaky only because is a cat; and later Streaky dreams about chasing bulldogs.
** ''ComicBook/SupergirlWednesdayComics'': The story begins with the Super-Pets causing a disturbance because Krypto (dog) is chasing after Streaky (cat), without realizing that their rampage is tearing up the Metropolis' streets. Supergirl manages to get Krypto after he scared several mailmen out of their wits, but then Streaky chases after a plane because she has a cartoon mouse's head painted on the tail fin.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' story "ComicBook/TheSuperDogFromKrypton": Even though he is not ''really'' a dog but an alien animal which happens to look like an Earth dog, Krypto chases after cats, and goes nuts when he hears a meowing.
* ''ComicBook/TomPoes'': No jingoism seems to exist between the animals based on their species. Tom, a white cat, gets along fine with Joost, the dog butler and Bullebas, the dog police chief.
* ''ComicBook/TheWasp'': PlayedForLaughs, but both the incarnations of the Wasp, Janet Van Dyne and her stepdaughter [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia Van Dyne]], established at different points they have an innate distrust of [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Peter Parker]], entirely because wasps and spiders are natural enemies in the animal kingdom. Janet and Peter later become friends, and for some reason Nadia ''only'' distrusts Peter; she has no problem with his protege [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]] (who she's actually ''very'' friendly with).
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' has dozens of cartoons pitting cats against dogs, including the infamous "[[TethercatPrinciple Tethercat]]" and one in which Pavlov conditions his dog to attack Freud's cat at the ring of a bell. One sketch published in ''The [=PreHistory=] of the Far Side'' has cat-shaped and dog-shaped protoplasms striking hostile poses at each other, with the caption "And cats and dogs have hated each other ever since."
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'':
** The dogs (minus Odie) enjoy this, and he's asked them why on more than one occasion. They never come up with an answer.
** Garfield also subverts this trope by befriending a mouse named Squeak (and letting him bring other mice over for house parties), much to Jon's annoyance. But he ''does'' play it straight with '''spiders'''.
** In an early-80s strip, Garfield and Jon watch a movie about a lion attacking an African village that seems to be nothing but [[VideoNasty one graphic killing after another.]] Garfield unabashedly roots for the lion, even as Jon cringes and covers his eyes in horror.
* ''ComicStrip/KrazyKat'': Downplayed -- the dog is friendly to the cat, and the cat likewise towards the mouse, but the mouse in turn makes the cat's life Hell.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'':
** Snoopy has always hated cats. On many occasions, he has taunted the "stupid cat next door" only for the cat -- whose name is eventually revealed as "World War Three" -- to promptly scare him in return (usually shown as the unseen cat SWIPE!-ing a huge chunk out of the doghouse). The only time Snoopy ever beat that cat is when he thought Woodstock was in danger. He also once wrote a story called "Kitten Kaboodle" with basically no purpose other than hating on cats.
--->'''Linus''': Do you think there's a market for anti-cat stories?\\
'''Snoopy''': ''Playbeagle'' has bought the whole series!
** Despite being a beagle, bred to hunt hares and rabbits, Snoopy generally gets on fine with bunnies. The fact beagles and rabbits are ''meant'' to be enemies has been referenced a few times, usually involving Snoopy getting in trouble with the Head Beagle.
* ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'': Played with, using the sensitive, intelligent character Zebra, whose never-ending efforts to reach detente with various predators (originally lions, more recently crocs) inevitably fail miserably. In one strip, he writes a moving letter asking why; the lions' response is "Yu taste gud!"
* Many American {{political cartoons}} depict donkeys and elephants in conflict with each other, most frequently as stand-ins for the Democratic and Republican political parties.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* Creator/{{Savu0211}}'s ''The Lion King'' comic ''The First King'' explains why lions and hyenas don't get along well. Generations ago, one of the Prideland's lioness' murdered a bunch of innocent hyenas, including the matriarch, in a rabies-induced madness. The hyenas changed from tolerant of the lions to hating them.
* Kiba and Tamaki have [[HateAtFirstSight an immediate hatred for one another]] due to their respective affinity for dogs and cats in ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin''. Well, ''they'' claim it's hatred. Everyone else ([[ObliviousToLove except Naruto]]) sees it as BelligerentSexualTension.
* ''Fanfic/MyIdealAcademia'': Kenji, the dog-headed chief of the Musutafu police forces, and Ragdoll, the cat-themed professional hero, can't stand each other and start bickering when near each other. When Yu asks why, Aizawa says it's just a quarrel between a cat and a dog.
* Gray Ghost in ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'' exhibits a lot of cat-like traits. After fully realizing what she was and why, she notes in retrospect that it's rare when she doesn't feel like fleeing from dogs, even those who are friendly.
* ''Fanfic/MaroonedInMadagascar'':
** The crocodiles, and especially the panicky Crocodile Ambassador, are absolutely terrified of [[NiceGirl Gloria]] (a hippopotamus), [[AngryAngryHippos due to the hippos’ reputation for savagely killing crocodiles]].
** While they already share a common enemy in Julien and Clover, Wigman becomes especially enthusiastic about fighting on Bone-Fossa’s behalf in ''LALA's Last Stand'' after finding out that his opponent will be a lion. As Wigman puts it, killing a lion is a major honor for any wildebeest.
** The fabled animosity between [[SnakeVersusMongoose mongooses and snakes]] is so strong, that even [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar Savio]]]] ([[spoiler:a New World serpent]]) intuitively knows what mongooses are and that they pose a threat to him after mistaking Mary Ann for one in ''The Odd Family''.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' uses the old Cats vs Mice rivalry as a metaphor for the rich vs the oppressed immigrants in the late 1800's.
* Creator/{{Disney}}:
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'', Mittens tells Bolt that cats hate dogs -- because secretly they want to ''be'' dogs. Throughout the film, she and Bolt echo cat/dog rivalry sentiments, addressing each other as "Dog" and "Cat" until their friendship grows. The ShowWithinAShow plays this up as well, giving its villain the name Dr. Calico and [[RightHandCat a fondness for cats]] -- which, it's implied, he employs as spies.
** Both''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' and the [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 remake]] feature a lion/hyena rivalry, which actually reflects the reality of the African savannahs to a certain extent. Though ''The Lion King'' inverts it, based on the [[ScienceMarchesOn old misunderstanding]] of their interactions. Newer research suggests that most of the time it's the hyenas who do the hunting and the lions who steal their kills, though both will freely steal from each other or other predators when given any opportunity.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' subverts the notion that foxes and rabbits are natural enemies. Initially played straight in that Officer Judy Hopps is raised to consider foxes as dangerous and untrustworthy, has a childhood experience where she is hurt by a fox, and is urged by her father to carry fox repellent. Yet her investigation forces her to work with Nick Wilde, a red fox, and while solving the case Judy gradually confronts her prejudices and she and Nick become best friends [[spoiler:and, when Nick joins the ZPD in the epilogue, partners]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'': Chump initially shows disdain toward the Mallards, resenting the fact that ducks are often fed by humans.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfMiloAndOtis'': Averted, as the story is about a cat and a pug dog who are friends. However, this is seen as kind of an OddFriendship by other animals.
* ''Film/CatsAndDogs'':
** The first film had unwaveringly heroic dogs constantly defending humanity from [[AlwaysChaoticEvil unchangingly evil]] cats throughout recorded history.
** Subverted in the sequel, which features a cat agency dedicated to protecting humanity.
* ''Film/Godzilla2014'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]], who as usual looks like a gigantic reptile, is said to be a prehistoric alpha predator who preys on the [[Characters/MonsterVerseMUTO MUTOs]]; many-legged, egg-laying gigantic insectoids which are decidedly the far greater threat to humanity in this film, which is analogous to how reptiles in real-life often feed on insects. However, the [=MUTOs=] are ''also'' able to fight back against Godzilla, and if they best him or one of his kind, then they use their body as an incubator for their young.
** The jingoism is {{downplayed|Trope}} in the sequel, ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', when Godzilla accepts a lone female MUTO as one of his subjects after it submits to him as the kaiju's new alpha.
* In ''Film/NicoTheUnicorn'', mountain lions and unicorns are said to be natural enemies. This proves true when [[spoiler:one kills Nico's horse mother]].
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[[folder:Folklore and Mythology]]
* Explained in an African folk tale. According to the story, Cat and Dog were once great friends and did many friendly things together. But then came hard times and Cat and Dog had to go their separate ways. Dog wandered off and Cat found a human family to shack up with. Dog eventually went to Cat and begged to be allowed in so he could get a decent meal. Cat took pity and directed Dog to his owner's brother, but not before extracting a promise that Dog not come back. Dog kept his promise for a while, but eventually either forgot or judged that circumstances rendered the promise moot, and shambled on back to see Cat. Cat was pissed, to say the least. So dogs aren't chasing cats because they hate cats-they want to be friends again, and cats still refuse to forgive.
* According to the folk tale of EasternZodiac, during the race towards the Yellow Emperor or Buddha (DependingOnTheWriter) the Rat and Cat convinced the Ox to carry them through the waters but near the shore, the Rat pushed the Cat and it drowned (or in some versions survived but still missed the goal) thus the reason why Rats and Cats hate each other ever since.
* In [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Buddhist mythology]] it is said that the bird-like Garudas and the snake-like Nagas were involved in a ForeverWar until Buddha managed to negotiate a truce.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/AngelaNicely'': In “Puppy Love!”, Mr. Nicely doesn’t want a dog because they have a cat and “cats and dogs don’t mix”. Later, Max and Scruff the dog do indeed chase Pusskins, though Angela does point out that ''some'' dogs get along with cats.
* ''[[Literature/JustSoStories The Cat That Walked By Himself]]'', by Creator/RudyardKipling, has it that after the cat can't resist giving a snarky answer, the dog declares that it will chase cats, and the story ends with the statement that this is why dogs to this day usually chase cats.
* Averted for the most part in ''Literature/ChurchmouseStories''. Peter and Gabriel (a mouse and a kitten) quickly become good friends and while Gabriel initially asserts he's not supposed to like Trumpet (a spotted puppy), any antagonism disappears after Trumpet asks about his thinking hat.
* ''Literature/TheCricketInTimesSquare'': Averted, as a mouse (Tucker) and a cat (Harry) are best friends. A flashback book even averts CatsAreMean by having Harry be the one to initiate the friendship in the first place. A later book even has the pair adopting an orphan puppy.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** ''Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents'': Subverted in the story proper, as the talking cat and talking rats get along just fine, but [[spoiler:Maurice became "amazing" in the first place by eating one of the talking rodents]], although that was [[spoiler:before he became intelligent, obviously]]).
** The ancient enmity between rats and humans is also subverted. Between rats and terriers, not so.
* ''Literature/AFlyWentBy'': Subverted. The cat thinks the dog wants to bite him, but it turns out the dog was just running in fear of a pig.
* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'': There's a bit of Cat vs. Bird between Koneko (a nekomata) and Ravel Phenex (a phoenix demon). The two started off as rivals in the first Rating Game, and later become rivals for Issei's affection.
* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' has many varieties of this (though the animal characters are essentially humans with fur). Rats and mice have disliked each other from book one. Raptors are hostile toward prey species until they've been properly introduced. Four-legged predators (except for badgers and otters) are usually antagonistic throughout the story.
* ''Literature/ReynardTheFox'': Reynard is considered to be the rival of Isegrim the wolf.
* Many other animals don't come off looking too good in the mythology of ''Literature/WatershipDown''. Dogs in particular are portrayed as ''incredibly'' [[DogsAreDumb stupid]] compared to the GuileHero El-ahrairah. In this case it's because the story is actually told from the point of view of rabbits, who being prey animals see most other animals as horrifying and monstrous killing machines.
* Creator/DickKingSmith:
** ''Literature/TheSheepPig'' (filmed as ''Film/{{Babe}}''): Sheep and dogs are both convinced the other is irredeemably stupid, and sheep also refer to dogs as 'wolves', refusing to believe they have truly changed their nature.
** ''Literature/Martin'sMice'' is about a cat who hates the idea of killing and eating mice and eventually tries to keep them as pets.
** ''Literature/{{Ace}}'' uses the more conventional cats vs. dogs, with the DeadpanSnarker cat a more sympathetic character than the snobbish dog (who believes that being a corgi grants her [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily some kind of royal status]]).
* ''Literature/TheIncredibleJourney'': Played with, with Bodger the bull terrier and Tao the Siamese. The two of them both hate (other) cats, and because of this are ''best friends'', having bonded by terrorizing the local cat population together.
* In ''Literature/ThePlaceInsideTheStorm'': the BigFriendlyDog Rufus is not a fan of the [[RobotBuddy robotic cat]] Xel. He keeps whining and whimpering and looking at his owner for permission to attack.
* In ''[[{{Literature/Prehistoria}} Prehistoria: The Raptor's Tail]]'': The two species of Mongolian tyrannosaurs, ''Tarbosaurus'' and ''Alioramus'', are mutually antagonistic as the latter will try and kill the young of the former to kill them before they get big and so ''Tarbosaurus'' will likewise go out of their way to attack ''Alioramus''. ''Alioramus'' is also mutually antagonistic with the small raptor, ''Adasaurus'' for the same reasons. JustifiedTrope as the author based this behavior on real-life dynamics between tigers, wolves, and jackals. [[spoiler:''Tarbosaurus'' and ''Adasaurus'' meanwhile, as shown with the focus characters of Khan and Ruby, are actually friendly to eachother.]]
* ''Literature/TailchasersSong'': Played dead straight, as the cats even have a legend that serves as a JustSoStory for the rivalry between their kind and dogs.
* Creator/ErinHunter:
** ''Literature/WarriorCats'': Cats view dogs as either annoying and filthy (they don't cover their "dirt" like cats) or brutish predators when let loose. This is justified as, because they're feral cats, they don't have any socialization with dogs like kittypets do.
** ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'': Sharpclaws are not very dangerous to dogs, but they are annoying, especially their claws. Dogs also view them as sadistic animals who torture their prey.
* ''Literature/ADogsWayHome'':
** Bella defies this. Other characters think she's a typical cat chasing dog, but Bella gets along with cats because she was [[InterspeciesAdoption adopted by one]] as a young puppy. She even goes as far as to adopt an orphaned cougar cub while on her journey.
** Bella's temporary "brother" Dutch, however, likes to chase cats. As a result, Sylvia keeps him on a leash because she has a nursing cat that Dutch is a danger to.
* ''Literature/TheWayOfKings2021'' by Louise Searl features the perfectly natural dislike between lions and hyenas. At least until a lion and a hyena get to know each other ...
* The uplifted foxes in ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' all think like cold war spies, for unknown reasons presumably connected to whoever uplifted them and why. It's not clear who the opposition is, but at least some of them view all cats as potential enemy assets.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'': Several Wesen species are enemies; the wolf-like Blutbaden vs the pig-like Bauerschweins, the snake-like Lausenschlange vs the mouse-like Mauzhertz, etc.
* ''Series/ResidentAlien'' appears to indicate a cephalopod rivalry. Harry enjoys Octopus's many jokes aimed at cuttlefish, calling the species "so stuck-up."
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[[folder: Puppet Shows]]
* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVrtpeBpLgk the spoof Behind the Scenes documentary]] for the ''WesternAnimation/DogCity'' special, the "stunt-dog" is [[AssInALionSkin a cat in a dog costume]]. He claims that the supposed antagonism between the species is a myth, and has no idea that, with his costume head obscuring his vision, the dogs are deliberately making the stunts more dangerous.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/CatALittleGameAboutLittleHeroes'' explains that, 1000 years ago, cats won a three-way competition between cats, dogs, and humans, thus earning the right and responsibility to protect the last-place entry (humans) from evil. Dogs also love humans and protect them, but resent the cats for beating them.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
** Blink dogs and displacer beasts are ancestral enemies. Displacer beasts are panthers with tentacles growing out of their shoulders, making this the age-old war of cats and dogs.
** Cessirids, wolflike monsters associated with illithids, and kaoulgrim, the hounds of the githyanki, despise each other and will always attempt to fight to the death when they meet.
** Pegasi normally reserve their enmity for evil beings, but bear a particularly deep-seated hatred of griffins and hippogriffs due to their fondness for equine prey.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Mausritter}}'': The player characters are mice, so the bestiary includes stock mouse predators like cats, owls, and snakes.
* ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'': Implied by the WorldOfFunnyAnimals setting in ''Worlds of Freedom'', which notes that Captain Thunderkat and Dr Metropomouse actually get along fine in a way that suggests this is surprising.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Despite both races being mostly good and neutral, catfolk don't care at all for ratfolk. It's suggested that they think of them as vermin that they should be guarding the world against.
* ''TabletopGame/WorldTreeRPG'': The doglike Cani and the feline Sleeth tend to get along very poorly, as per traditional cat-and-dog rivalries. Cani are intensely social, obsessed with social standing, and like people neatly sorted between leaders and followers; Sleeth find their social structures repugnant, and hate taking orders. Sleeth, alone among all prime species, can detect the smells the Cani social cues depend on; they also uniformly ignore them, which infuriates the Cani. The Cani's tendency to challenge each other and other Primes over authority also tends to induce violent reprisals from the much more high-strung Sleeth. Perdithorne, a species of lynx-like monsters, also dislike Cani more strongly than they do other primes.
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* A little known one, but revealed in a Japanese guide book. In ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'', certain pairs of animal villagers are less likely to get along. Those would be a cat and either a mouse or hamster, a dog and either a monkey or an ape, and a wolf and a sheep.
* ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'': The boss of the DLC "Toby's Friendship Raid" is an anthropomorphic leopard seal alien and the nemesis of Toby the [[BirdPeople penguin alien]]. Fitting, since in real life leopard seals eat penguins.
%%* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': Tyranomon and Allomon are described as being heated rivals, in an extension of the rivalry media sometimes depicts between the predatory dinosaurs ''Tyrannosaurus'' and ''Allosaurus''.%%Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus did not exist at the same time. Where are they depicted as rivals?%%
* ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'': The title character is an earthworm, and his nemesis Psycrow is an evil crow. Birds eat worms, obviously.
* The premise of ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'' is an interplanetary war between spacefaring turtles and rabbits, with explicit references to "The Tortoise and the Hare" in the supplementary materials.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'': The Ocean King, who resembles a whale, is tormented by the evil creature Bellum, a demonic squid.
* For the most part, the ''VideoGame/LittleTailBronx'' series subverts this, as the dog-based Caninus and cat-based Felinekos get along fine, and any conflicts that occur between the two are more the result of individual clashing ideals rather than any pre-existing self-destructive nature. ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'' plays this for drama, as [[ANaziByAnyOtherName The Berman Empire]] consists of dominantly Doberman Caninu who persecutes and[=/=]or torture the Felineko on-sight [[FantasticRacism for merely existing on their land]]. The biggest known escapees of this are Sheena and Blutwurst, but while Sheena became a ShrinkingViolet as a result of her torture and genuinely doesn't hold any ill-will towards Caninu, Blutwurst became twisted by their ideals and soon became a HunterOfHisOwnKind in the name of [[BigBad General Hax]].
* ''VideoGame/MadRatDead'': Mad Rat ''hates'' cats, though this is a JustifiedTrope because cats obviously want to kill and eat him. [[spoiler:Heart is the exception to this.]]
* According to ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'', Snake Man "likes" Toad Man, while Toad Man dislikes Snake Man. Snakes eat toads in real life.
* ''VideoGame/{{Mappy}}'' is a clever inversion of the usual "cat-and-mouse chase" scenario, in that you control the ''mouse'' police trying to catch ''cat'' burglars.
* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'': Certain animal mobs are inherently inimical to one another, and will attack each other on sight.
** Wolves are central to a number of this rivalries. They will hunt down and kill any rabbit, sheep or fox they spot, leading to these creatures being pretty rare in biomes they share with wolves, although the foxes' higher speed will usually let them escape. If it cannot see any players, the [[KillerRabbit Killer Bunny]] will target wolves and dogs, which will attack it right back.
** Foxes and stray cats will also hunt down and kill rabbits, and polar bears will attack foxes as well.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Several types of Pokémon are noted to be natural enemies of one another; these are generally either based on traditional "animal rivals" or on predators and their prey. In these cases, you can actually [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration witness the jingoism]] during horde battles, where you'll fight four of one and one of the other, with the four ganging up on the one and ignoring you as long as the odd one out is in the field.
** Zangoose (a mongoose) and Seviper (a snake), are natural enemies who attack each other on sight, to the point where their rivalry seems to be the only trivia ever mentioned in their Pokédex entries. Despite this, they can breed with each other.
** Heatmor (anteater) and Durant (ant). One attacks the other for food, the other retaliates in self-defence.
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', you get to witness a similar rivalry between Mareanie/Toxapex (a crown-of-thorns sea star) and Corsola (an animate piece of coral). The former is a natural predator of the latter and when a wild Corsola calls for help, its cries will sometimes draw the attention of a Mareanie, which will proceed to ignore the player and attack the Corsola.
* ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' features the Hanzo shinobi school, with a frog logo. Their most direct rival is the Hebijo school, symbolized by a snake.
* Creator/{{Sierra}}: In one educational textgame (Apple II era), wolves ''eat'' foxes.
* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' features a rivalry between the surface-dwelling Inklings (squids) and the subterranean Octarians (octopi):
** They were enemies in [[GreatOffscreenWar the Great Turf War]] 100 years ago, and the single-player campaign of [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 the first game]] kicks off after the Octarians steal the Inklings's energy source. [[spoiler:Relations used to be amicable before the Great Turf War, which started because of increasingly limited territory due to the rising seas]].
** Subverted with the release of ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''[='s=] Octo Expansion, which not only has Octolings migrating to the surface en masse out of a desire to integrate with Inkling society [[spoiler:thanks to having their minds opened by the events of the Hero Mode campaigns]], but reveals that most Inklings nowadays regard the Great Turf War as ancient history and have no issues with sharing their land (even if some of that is because most of them don't even know what Octarians actually look like). Indeed, relations have improved to the point where one of Inkopolis's most popular idols is actually an Octoling. A lot of the remaining tensions between the two species can be chalked up to the actions of just one individual (DJ Octavio, the Octarian overlord, is a noted user of MindControlMusic and therefore it is possible the Octarians have literally no choice but to follow his call to war).
** ''Splatoon 2'' and ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'' also feature hostilities between Inklings and Salmonids. Historically, roving bands of Salmonids would raid Inkling societies, often leaving nothing behind, but technological advances sometimes aided by other parties with their [[EnemyMine own agendas]] against Salmonids have allowed Inklings to hold ground against those that simply ZergRush like zombies, leading some Salmonids to adopt more sophisticated weapons and strategies (often acquired in trade with the Octarians). This is not entirely unexpected, given schooling squid are hunted by schools of salmon.
* ''Franchise/StarFox'': Fox and his old rival Wolf embody the traditional rivalry of foxes and wolves in a space-age setting. Ditto with the series' BigBad Andross, a primate, and the BigGood General Pepper, a dog. Both consider each other sworn enemies.
* ''VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage'' has the Breezebuilders and Land Blubbers, which are based off of birds and grubs respectively. The two sides have been at war with each other for quite a while, and Spyro has to help them both in order to get their [[MacGuffin talismans]].
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': Averted with the three {{Cat Girl}}s, who are in friendly terms with other characters of species usually enemy to cats. The first, Chen the Nekomata, is the servant of Ran Yakumo, a [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]], which is related to dogs. The second, Orin the Kasha, is best buds with Utsuho, a [[CreepyRavens Hell Raven]] -- thus, a bird. The third one is Shou Toramaru (actually a tiger), who is the master of the mouse {{youkai}} Nazrin.
* Several species in ''VideoGame/VivaPinata'' will fights if they get too close to each other. While most of them are predators and prey, other pairs, such as Barkbark and Kittyfloss (a dog and a cat), aren't.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Alluded to, as the CatGirl Blake reacts with inexplicable hostility to Zwei, her roommates' puppy. PlayedForLaughs in the non-canon spinoff ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'', where Blake is constantly hiding from Zwei and is, at times, horrified to be around him.
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* ''Webcomic/BobTheAngryFlower'': Robots and bears are natural enemies. This makes as much sense as anything else in ''Bob the Angry Flower''.
* ''Webcomic/GhostOfTheGulag'' features a war between the Wolf Clan and the Boar Clan, as well as a tiger who despises them both but is forced to pick a side in the war.
* ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'': Half the jokes rely on this, or subvert it. In general, animal jingoism ''exists'' in-universe, but the main characters don't buy into it, as you'd expect when the title characters are a wolf/rabbit couple. The [[https://www.kevinandkell.com/2004/kk0201.html Interspecies Relationship Support Group]] shows many couples (or in one case, polycule) comprising "natural enemies".
* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' features Reynardine and Ysengrin, the fox and wolf of legend. While neither of them can really claim to be those animals anymore, Ysengrin was very upset to see Reynardine take the form of a wolf.
* ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'' has made that [[http://girlyyy.com/go/510 chickens and ducks are sworn enemies]].
* ''Webcomic/PixieAndBrutus'': One strip shows Brutus' perspective on becoming a member of Pixie's family. When told she's a cat, he considers it even worse than if she were a small, yappy dog. Of course, that changes when he sees her.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Poharex}}'', the dinosaurs have a mortal enmity with the Rakair, a species of evolved rauisuchians. They also hate humans, though to a lesser extent.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', [[spoiler:Jade]] can't help but growl and bark at Jaspersprite when he starts meowing, because the latter is a cat, and the former, through a very complex series of events, has the instincts of a dog.
* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031107 Rush, Tango and Treble]] have this going on, even though they're all ''robots''.
* In ''Webcomic/CoyoteVille'', Sean, a coyote, often hunts rabbits via ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''-style trickery.
* ''Webcomic/TheGlassScientists'': Jasper's reaction to a cat falling on his head suggests that werewolves and cats aren't exactly best friends.
* ''Webcomic/{{Sheldon}}'': Arthur the duck has a deep-seated loathing of chickens, which he consider to be profoundly evil beings and behind most of the world's troubles. This is rather peculiar, as he's the only intelligent animal in the setting -- chickens are by and large perfectly normal animals.
* ''Webcomic/SkinDeep'': Marshall, a raven spirit animal, dislikes being misidentified as a crow, as he claims that crows are filthy animals.
* ''Webcomic/YouveGottaBeKittenMe'': One comic shows that Mino, a cat girl, has an absolute hatred of dogs to the point that when she had a dream where all the dogs became human like cats did and Rupert brought one home, she [[BerserkButton angrily]] woke him up to tell him to never adopt one.
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* ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP Season 1'': Cod and salmon are enemies to each other, and it's never quite confirmed why. [[spoiler:However, come the finale and it's PlayedForHorror, since an attempt at resolving this enmity/rivalry ends in [[ApocalypseHow the whole world going down with them]].]]
* ''Website/{{Lioden}}'': Lions and hyenas are shown to have mutual animosity towards each other, with numerous encounters allowing you to steal from, antagonize, and outright attack the hyenas you encounter. Due to this, in the Lone Wanderer storyline it takes quite a while for your king and the striped hyena Laharu to come to trust each other even while they work towards a common goal.
* ''[[http://reynardnoir.wordpress.com/ Reynard Noir]]'' The cat/dog rivalry is inverted here: Cassandra Cat and the technically canid Slylock Fox have an on again/off again romance. However, speciesm is fairly rampant amongst the population as a whole, especially in the case of predator vs. prey species or humans vs. nonhuman. Sayings such as 'blind as a bat' are even regarded as speciest slurs.
* ''Website/{{Serina}}'': The carnivorous badger-like Gravediggers and the herbivorous elk-like Antlears, in an evolutionary arms race toward intelligence due to the Gravediggers learning to construct increasingly complex traps to catch their prey and the Antlears learning to better escape and avoid their traps. This culminates in the two species becoming true sapients and waging war, with the Antlears emerging the victors and driving the Gravediggers out of their forests.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Dogs and the fictional Rainicorns are said to be enemies with one another, despite Jake and Lady Rainicorn in a relationship and eventually married. Unlike most examples, however, there's a reason: they [[GreatOffscreenWar fought over territories in the Crystal Dimension]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
** "[[Recap/AnimaniacsEpisode58 Smell Ya Later]]": Stinkbomb declares that it's the duty of dogs to chase squirrels, but he doesn't know why.
** Subverted in the "Rita and Runt" segments, in which Runt habitually goes into an aggressive posture/attitude at the mere mention of a cat yet is too stupid to recognize that [[YouKnowImBlackRight his best friend Rita is a cat]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'':
** Pal the dog and Nemo the cat are portrayed as bitter enemies. Strangely, this wasn't always the case; [[Recap/ArthurS3E13ArthursDummyDisasterFrancineAndTheFeline Nemo's debut episode]] had the two of them get along just fine, before they gained animosity for each other for no apparent reason since "The Secret Life of Dogs and Babies".
** Amigo the dog is mistrustful of fleas, and his immediate reaction to encountering the talking and clearly sentient flea Pepe for the first time in "[[Recap/ArthurS8E9FleaToBeYouAndMeKissAndTell Flea to Be You and Me]]" is to try and ''squish'' him!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Babar}}'' has elephants and rhinoceroses as enemies. This is partially based on RealLife as both animals are known to be aggressive to each other in certain situations. Also, it helps the traditional depiction of [[HonorableElephant elephants as peaceful]] {{Gentle Giant}}s and [[RhinoRampage rhinos as violent]] AlwaysChaoticEvil, non of both depictions to be entirely fair.
* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': Despite not being actual animals but TransformingMecha who [[{{Animorphism}} can turn into them]], the characters still sometimes display this. For example, cat-bot Cheetor snarls at Rattrap upon seeing his new beast mode and much later laments that he should never trust a dog when wolf-former Silverbolt betrays him.
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'': In "[[Recap/Ben10OmniverseS6E1Catfight Catfight]]", as soon as Rook frees him from the cat-themed villain Nyancy's control, Ben turns into the canine Blitzwolfer to terrorize her.
* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', despite being set in a world where half of the cast are anthropomorphic animals, uses this mostly for one-off visual jokes. Season four has the first instance of it impacting the storyline in a real way, with Princess Carolyn (a cat) being uncomfortable to find out that her mouse boyfriend's family has a holiday dedicated to demonizing cats.
* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'': The Greasers (a trio of dogs) hate [[FantasticRacism cats with a passion]], making it their hobby to beat up [=CatDog=] whenever they meet. Cat himself is shown to carry a strong hatred for Winslow (a mouse) too, though that might not be completely due to his natural instincts considering Winslow's [[{{Jerkass}} personality]]. However, one episode did have Cat succumbing to his natural instincts and attempting to eat Winslow.
* ''WesternAnimation/DogCity'' occasionally alludes to cat/dog rivalry, most notably in the episode "Cats 'N Dogs", in which Bruno is outraged that one of the apartments is going to be let to cats. [[spoiler: It turns out to be a dog ''named'' Katz.]] His attempts to explain this to Ms. Fluffé (herself a cat) manage to get him ([[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity briefly]]) fired. Meanwhile, the Ace Hart story involves a gang war between Bugsy and a cat mobster called Claude Badly.
* ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'': Felix's relationships with mice range from friendly to VitriolicBestBuds-ish. Notably, he has a mouse friend, Skidoo, living in his house.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** Tweety and Sylvester. "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!"
** The 1946 short ''Fair and Worm-er'' parodies the concept. A worm is being chased by a bird, who is being chased by a cat, who is being chased by a dog, who is being chased by a dogcatcher.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey''. Here, the animals are sentient and speak and are anthropomorphic (some more than others) but the snake kid still fights with the mongoose kid only after learning from a documentary that they're natural enemies.
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': Parodied:
** Heffer's grandpa (a wolf, see below) hates wallabies. The good news is, his eyesight isn't so good and he mistakes Rocko for a beaver. The bad news is, he's not too keen on beavers either.
** Cats and turtles are said to be mutual enemies, without much explanation, in the episode "The Big Question"/"The Big Answer." This rivalry exists [[RuleOfDrama solely for the purpose of creating tension]] leading up to the marriage of recurring characters Filburt (a turtle) and Dr. Hutchinson (a cat).
** One episode shows Heffer -- a steer who was literally RaisedByWolves -- being sent out to "bring an elk home for dinner". He ends up dating one.
** Turned on its head concerning the relationship between Ed Bighead and Rocko: Cane toads (Ed's species) are an invasive species in Australia, but the American Ed thinks of the Australian Rocko as an invader in ''his'' life.
* ''WesternAnimation/RosiesRules'': Gatita, a cat, is scared of Benito, a dog. However, they become friends later on.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS6E18PetOrPestsKomputerOverload Pet or Pests]]" has Gary developing a mutual hatred for a worm [=SpongeBob=] takes in. Fitting as snails and worms in this show are the undersea equivalents of cats and dogs respectively.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': Zigzagged. Tiger Claw (a mutant tiger) scoffs at the idea that he should dislike Rahzar (a mutant dog) because of his species, only to admit to wanting to eat Fishface (a mutant snakehead fish) because of ''his'' species not even a minute later.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'', this is very much PlayedForDrama. Third Earth is presented as a "''[[WorldOfFunnyAnimals world of warring animals]]''" where Thundera's ProudWarriorRace the [[{{Catfolk}} Cats]] rule their [[TheEmpire empire]] as the self-styled SuperiorSpecies that brought order to their world. They've fought a generations-long war with the [[LizardFolk Lizards]], and see [[FantasticRacism little problem]] with [[MadeASlave enslaving]] those hungry Lizards they catch raiding their crops due to the Cats' systematic monopolization of arable land, even ''[[VigilanteExecution lynching]]'' them, if they feel like it. The "Alley Cats" of Thundera's [[UrbanSegregation slums]] think nothing of beating and mugging hapless Specific minorities like [[{{Dogfaces}} Dogs]]. All tailed Cats are themselves [[FantasticGhetto confined]] to the slums while tailless nobles live lives of wealth and privilege, and [[KingOfBeasts right-to-rule]] is granted only to Lions.
* ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'': Most cartoons fall into this. Jerry is chased by Tom, who is in turn chased by Spike solely because they are a mouse, cat, and dog respectivly. Yet at the same time they are shown to get along with each other fine until, or unless, ''something'' causes them to fight again. In one cartoon where Tom throws Jerry out he starts to miss him and is glad when he is actually back.
* [[Creator/HannaBarbera Hanna and Barbera]] later went on to create ''WesternAnimation/PixieDixieAndMrJinks'' (for ''WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow''), and ''Motormouse and Autocat'' (for ''WesternAnimation/TheCattanoogaCats'' show) which naturally have similar themes; the latter involving vehicles.
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