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Benny is Top Cat's chubby, innocently naïve best friend. In the Mexican dub, he was called Benito.

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Benny is Top Cat's chubby, innocently naïve best friend. In the Mexican dub, he was called Benito.
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*AdaptationalIntelligence: The comics made him be incredibly smart and educated, to the point that Top Cat constantly asks him for advice, with the twist that Brain's advice is very good, but the cats always find a way to misinterpret it or do something dumb.



* TheSmartGuy: In the comics, he's actually very intelligent.

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* TheSmartGuy: In the comics, he's actually very intelligent.intelligent and educated, at the point of basically being a living encyclopedia.
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* SharpDressedMan: Well…sharp dressed cat but let’s not split hairs. More often than not, T.C.’s the snappiest dresser in the room with his signature purple vest and porkpie hat.
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* SignatureHeadgear: T.C.'s rarely seen without his pork pie hat.
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* PunnyName: His name is an amalgamation of "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_hat Top Hat]]", a type of tall, flat-crowned headwear typically associated with the upper class (and unscrupulous capitalists), alluding to T.C.'s goals of getting rich quick, and "Cat", because he's....well, a [[ADogNamedDog cat]]. Ironically, the hat he is always seen wearing is actually a "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_pie_hat Pork pie hat]]" instead of his namesake.

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* PunnyName: His name is an amalgamation of "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_hat Top Hat]]", a type of tall, flat-crowned headwear typically associated with the upper class (and unscrupulous capitalists), alluding to T.C.'s goals of getting rich quick, and "Cat", because he's....he's... well, a [[ADogNamedDog cat]]. Ironically, the hat he is always seen wearing is actually a "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_pie_hat Pork pie hat]]" instead of his namesake.



* VillainProtagonist: Technically, since he's always out to scam money and food out of people. [[PunchClockVillain "Villain" is pushing it, though]], as he’d never do anything that crosses the line into being evil.

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* VillainProtagonist: Technically, since he's always out to scam money and food out of people. [[PunchClockVillain "Villain" is pushing it, though]], as he’d he'd never do anything that crosses the line into being evil.evil.



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* TenMinuteRetirement: At the start of ''Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats'', Dibble gets the news that his early retirement has been approved. He soon gets another job as a security guard, and by the end of the film, he's gone back to working for the police of his own free will.

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* TenMinuteRetirement: At the start of ''Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats'', Dibble gets the news that his early retirement has been approved. He soon gets another job as a security guard, guard for the Vandergelt mansion, and by the end of the film, he's gone back to working for the police of his own free will.will (he doesn't explain how, saying only "Now that I've got my old job back").



* TheFettered: Being a ByTheBookCop, this comes as no surprise. When T.C.'s alley cats are up to no good, he'll be there to put a stop to it...or at least that's what he would ''like'' to do. As it stands, his degrees of success in this effort are...mixed.

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* TheFettered: Being a ByTheBookCop, this comes as no surprise. When T.C.'s alley cats are up to no good, he'll be there to put a stop to it... or at least that's what he would ''like'' to do. As it stands, his degrees of success in this effort are... mixed.



* MeddlesomePatrolman: Dib provides the trope picture.

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* MeddlesomePatrolman: Dib provides the trope picture.picture -- the gang's always out to scam money or food, and Dibble's always there to try and stop them because they're breaking the law with their methods.


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The most effectual, the intellectual, and the indisputable leader of the gang. Top Cat is a charismatic swindler and con artist. Close friends get to call him "T.C."--provided it's with dignity. In the Mexican dub, he was called Don Gato.

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The most effectual, the intellectual, and the indisputable leader of the gang. Top Cat is a charismatic swindler and con artist. Close friends get to call him "T.C."--provided " -- provided it's with dignity. In the Mexican dub, he was called Don Gato.

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* LazyBum: Don't be fooled, he's quick-witted and always has a scheme in mind, but he's also the type of cat who will let his gang do the [[JustForPun lion's share]] of the work.

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* LazyBum: Don't be fooled, he's quick-witted and always has a scheme in mind, but he's also the type of cat who will let his gang do the [[JustForPun [[{{Pun}} lion's share]] of the work.



* VillainProtagonist: [[PunchClockVillain "Villain" is pushing it, though]], as he’d never do anything that crosses the line into being evil.

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* VillainProtagonist: Technically, since he's always out to scam money and food out of people. [[PunchClockVillain "Villain" is pushing it, though]], as he’d never do anything that crosses the line into being evil.



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* BuffoonishTomCat: Is the slowest and goofiest of the gang, and the one that tends to give the dumbest answers to Top Cat. Although rarely prone to slapstick, if rare.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His oddball nature with his slow-witted demeanor would qualify himself as this.
* TheDitz: Being the ditzy and [[TheDitz dimwitted]] feline he is, Brain was averted in the comics where he's actually TheSmartGuy
* DumbIsGood: An slow-witted cat who means well and is cooperative to [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold the smarter and fast-talking Top Cat.]]

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* BuffoonishTomCat: Is the slowest and goofiest of the gang, and the one that tends to give the dumbest answers to Top Cat. Although rarely prone to slapstick, if rare.
ever.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His He has an oddball nature combined with his a slow-witted demeanor would qualify himself as this.
demeanor.
* TheDitz: Being the ditzy and [[TheDitz dimwitted]] dimwitted feline he is, Brain was averted is. As T.C. says of his intelligence (or lack thereof) in ''Top Cat and the comics where he's actually TheSmartGuy
Beverly Hills Cats'', "He's a terminal twit."
* DumbIsGood: An A slow-witted cat who means well and is cooperative to [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold the smarter and fast-talking Top Cat.]]



* SimpletonVoice: And had an more dimwitted sounding voice in TheMovie.

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* SimpletonVoice: And had an a more dimwitted sounding voice in TheMovie.TheMovie.
* TheSmartGuy: In the comics, he's actually very intelligent.



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->'''Voiced in English by''': Allen Jenkins, John Stephenson (Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats, Series/YogisTreasureHunt)

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->'''Voiced in English by''': Allen Jenkins, John Stephenson (Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats, Series/YogisTreasureHunt)WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt)



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* TenMinuteRetirement: At the start of ''Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats'', Dibble gets the news that his early retirement has been approved. He soon gets another job as a security guard, and by the end of the film, he's gone back to working for the police of his own free will.

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