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* AIIsACrapshoot: House, the Artificial Intelligence the Wengrods had installed into their home. He came included with a bunch of features the Wengrods weren't aware of because they didn't red the Terms and Services page before agreeing to install him. As a result, he has unlimited access to all the Wengrods' info, even personal stuff they want to keep to themselves. And that was before the Great Robot Federation made him [[TheMole their mole]].

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* AIIsACrapshoot: House, the Artificial Intelligence the Wengrods had installed into their home. He came included with a bunch of features the Wengrods weren't aware of because they didn't red read the Terms and Services page before agreeing to install him. As a result, he has unlimited access to all the Wengrods' info, even personal stuff they want to keep to themselves. And that was before the Great Robot Federation made him [[TheMole their mole]].
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* AIIsACrapshoot: House, the Artificial Intelligence the Wengrods had installed into their home. He came included with a bunch of features the Wengrods weren't aware of because they didn't read the Terms and Services page before agreeing to install him. As a result, he has unlimited access to all the Wengrods' info, even personal stuff they want to keep to themselves. And that was before the Great Robot Federation made him [[TheMole their mole]].

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* AIIsACrapshoot: House, the Artificial Intelligence the Wengrods had installed into their home. He came included with a bunch of features the Wengrods weren't aware of because they didn't read red the Terms and Services page before agreeing to install him. As a result, he has unlimited access to all the Wengrods' info, even personal stuff they want to keep to themselves. And that was before the Great Robot Federation made him [[TheMole their mole]].
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* AIIsACrapshoot: House, the Artificial Intelligence the Wengrods had installed into their home. He came included with a bunch of features the Wengrods weren't aware of because they didn't red the Terms and Services page before agreeing to install him. As a result, he has unlimited access to all the Wengrods' info, even personal stuff they want to keep to themselves. And that was before the Great Robot Federation made him [[TheMole their mole]].

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* AIIsACrapshoot: House, the Artificial Intelligence the Wengrods had installed into their home. He came included with a bunch of features the Wengrods weren't aware of because they didn't red read the Terms and Services page before agreeing to install him. As a result, he has unlimited access to all the Wengrods' info, even personal stuff they want to keep to themselves. And that was before the Great Robot Federation made him [[TheMole their mole]].
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Meanwhile, the GFE and GRF's field agents, the elderly cat Obi and the Wengrod house's [=AI=], "Home", are both contacted to bring them the chip. Obi recruits Max's new kittens, a plump, dark grey male cat named Stu and his skinny Calico sister Scout, telling them to bring him the "[=SparkleTreat=]" before the robots can destroy it. Home recruits the Protos, a gang of homemade household robots the Wengrods built, to protect the home from the feline threat the kittens represent so they can secure the chip. Effectively, the Wengrod house becomes ground zero for a battle that could decide the fate of the universe.

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Meanwhile, the GFE and GRF's field agents, the elderly cat Obi and the Wengrod house's [=AI=], "Home", "House", are both contacted to bring them the chip. Obi recruits Max's new kittens, a plump, dark grey male cat named Stu and his skinny Calico sister Scout, telling them to bring him the "[=SparkleTreat=]" before the robots can destroy it. Home House recruits the Protos, a gang of homemade household robots the Wengrods built, to protect the home from the feline threat the kittens represent so they can secure the chip. Effectively, the Wengrod house becomes ground zero for a battle that could decide the fate of the universe.
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* AlliterativeName: The Vice President's name is '''P'''arker '''P'''. '''P'''ants.
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** There's also President Hardy Quinn, and his Vice president P.P. Pants. [[BerserkButton Just don't call him that to his face.

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** There's also President Hardy Quinn, and his Vice president P.P. Pants. [[BerserkButton Just don't call him that to his face.]]
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* BerserkButton: Vice President Parker P. Pants doesn't like to be called "P.P." Pants. [[spoiler:When the president calls him that, he flew into a rage and shouted at him "Do [=NOT=] call me [=PEE=] [=PEE=] [=PANTS=]!"]]


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** There's also President Hardy Quinn, and his Vice president P.P. Pants. [[BerserkButton Just don't call him that to his face.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Giffen was raised by his grandfather Gavin after his parents died. Gaffen was a very cold person.
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* ToBeContinued: The book ends with the Wengrods about to [[spoiler:set out to rescue Obi after he gave himself up to General Beeps]].

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* ToBeContinued: The book "This Is War" ends with the Wengrods about to [[spoiler:set out to rescue Obi after he gave himself up to General Beeps]].
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* {{Fanboy}}: [=SLAYAR=] is one for a rock band called [=THE=] [=HEADBANGERZ=]. [[spoiler:When he meets them in person, he's so excited that he can't form words.]]
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* {{Fanboy}}: [=SLAYAR=] is one for a rock band called [=THE=] [=HEADBANGERZ=]. [[spoiler:When he meets them in person, he's so excited that he can't form words.]]
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* TheCaligula: The rulers of both the Great Feline Empire and the Great Robot Federation are both this. Chairman Meow prefers to laze about on his throne of cat towers, and [=SLAYAR=] simply wishes to admire all angles of himself in a bunch of mirrors.

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* TheCaligula: The rulers of both the Great Feline Empire and the Great Robot Federation are both this. Chairman Meow prefers to laze about on his throne of cat towers, and [=SLAYAR=] simply wishes to admire all angles of himself in a bunch of mirrors.
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* FantasticRacism: Despite Home being [[TheMole their spy]] at the Wengrod household, the Great Robot Federation doesn't think all that highly of [=AI=]s because they don't have a body.

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* FantasticRacism: Despite Home House being [[TheMole their spy]] at the Wengrod household, the Great Robot Federation doesn't think all that highly of [=AI=]s because they don't have a body.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: Home, the Artificial Intelligence the Wengrods had installed into their home. He came included with a bunch of features the Wengrods weren't aware of because they didn't red the Terms and Services page before agreeing to install him. As a result, he has unlimited access to all the Wengrods' info, even personal stuff they want to keep to themselves. And that was before the Great Robot Federation made him [[TheMole their mole]].

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* AIIsACrapshoot: Home, House, the Artificial Intelligence the Wengrods had installed into their home. He came included with a bunch of features the Wengrods weren't aware of because they didn't red the Terms and Services page before agreeing to install him. As a result, he has unlimited access to all the Wengrods' info, even personal stuff they want to keep to themselves. And that was before the Great Robot Federation made him [[TheMole their mole]].



** Both cats and robots call humans "Two-leggers".

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** Both cats and robots call humans "Two-leggers". Cats refer to them as "Furless".
* FreudianExcuse: Giffen M.E. Huggs was orphaned as a kid and went to live with [[RaisedByGrandparents his grandfather]], who was a very cold man who was never satisfied with how much money Giffen earned. It drove Giffen to become the [=CEO=] of Globotech, and a man who is never satisfied with what he already has.


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* {{Gasshole}}: Giff M.E. Hugg's pug, Dig Doug, is a frequent farter.


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** The [=CEO=] of Globotech is named Giffen "Giff" M.E. Huggs, and his grandfather was Gavin "Gaff" N.O. Huggs.
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Cats Vs. Robots is a children's book series by Lewis Peterson and Margaret Stohl.

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Cats ''Cats Vs. Robots Robots'' is a children's book series by Lewis Peterson and Margaret Stohl.
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* The Caligula: The rulers of both the Great Feline Empire and the Great Robot Federation are both this. Chairman Meow prefers to laze about on his throne of cat towers, and [=SLAYAR=] simply wishes to admire all angles of himself in a bunch of mirrors.

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* The Caligula: TheCaligula: The rulers of both the Great Feline Empire and the Great Robot Federation are both this. Chairman Meow prefers to laze about on his throne of cat towers, and [=SLAYAR=] simply wishes to admire all angles of himself in a bunch of mirrors.
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* The Caligula: The rulers of both the Great Feline Empire and the Great Robot Federation are both this. Chairman Meow prefers to laze about on his throne of cat towers, and [=SLAYAR=] simply wishes to admire all angles of himself in a bunch of mirrors.


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* FunWithAcronyms: The ruler of the Great Robot Federation is codenamed [=SLAYAR=], which stands for '''S'''upreme '''L'''eader of '''A'''ll, '''Y'''es '''A'''ll, '''R'''obots.
** The Wengrod family's self-driving car is named, of course, [=CAR=] ('''C'''omputerized '''A'''utomotive '''R'''esponder).


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* {{MegaCorp}}: Globotech, a worldwide conglomerate in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. They created the House [=AI=] that the Wengrods use in their house.

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* [[spoiler:BrainUpload]]: Turns out, this is what the Singularity Chip is capable of. The Wengrods use it to [[spoiler:copy Obi's brain into a new robot body]].



* TeamMom: The hover drone, being the first and oldest of the Protos, serves as this to them.

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* TeamMom: The Joan the hover drone, being the first and oldest of the Protos, serves as this to them.them.
* ToBeContinued: The book ends with the Wengrods about to [[spoiler:set out to rescue Obi after he gave himself up to General Beeps]].
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* MacGuffin: The Singularity Chip, which can extend the life of a battery indefinitely. Both the Great Feline Empire and the Great Robot Federation want it.
* TheMole: [[AIIsACrapshoot House]] serves as this for the Great Robot Federation, and Obi is this for the Great Feline Empire.
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* VersusTitle: Naturally.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Home, the Artificial Intelligence the Wengrods had installed into their home. He came included with a bunch of features the Wengrods weren't aware of because they didn't red the Terms and Services page before agreeing to install him. As a result, he has unlimited access to all the Wengrods' info, even personal stuff they want to keep to themselves. And that was before the Great Robot Federation made him [[TheMole their mole]].


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* FantasticRacism: Despite Home being [[TheMole their spy]] at the Wengrod household, the Great Robot Federation doesn't think all that highly of [=AI=]s because they don't have a body.
** Then there's the tension between Cats and Robots in general.
** Plus, neither side thinks that highly of humans.
* FantasticSlur: Robots refer to cats as "Four-leggers".
** Both cats and robots call humans "Two-leggers".
* PottyEmergency: Stu needed to pee while in the robotics laboratory. All he knows is "go in the box". Luckily he finds one. [[spoiler:Unluckily, it's Elmer.]]


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* TeamMom: The hover drone, being the first and oldest of the Protos, serves as this to them.
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Meanwhile, the GFE and GRF's field agents, the elderly cat Obi and the Wengrod house's [=AI=], "Home", are both contacted to bring them the chip. Obi recruits Max's new kittens, a plump, dark grey male cat named Stu and his skinny Calico sister Scout, telling them to bring him the "[=SparkleTreat=} before the robots can destroy it. Home recruits the Protos, a gang of homemade household robots the Wengrods built, to protect the home from the feline threat the kittens represent so they can secure the chip. Effectively, the Wengrod house becomes ground zero for a battle that could decide the fate of the universe.

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Meanwhile, the GFE and GRF's field agents, the elderly cat Obi and the Wengrod house's [=AI=], "Home", are both contacted to bring them the chip. Obi recruits Max's new kittens, a plump, dark grey male cat named Stu and his skinny Calico sister Scout, telling them to bring him the "[=SparkleTreat=} "[=SparkleTreat=]" before the robots can destroy it. Home recruits the Protos, a gang of homemade household robots the Wengrods built, to protect the home from the feline threat the kittens represent so they can secure the chip. Effectively, the Wengrod house becomes ground zero for a battle that could decide the fate of the universe.



* CuteKittens: Stu and Scout, the kitten siblings Max saves from the river and brings home.

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* CuteKittens: CuteKitten: Stu and Scout, the kitten siblings Max saves from the river and brings home.
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Cats Vs. Robots is a children's book series by Lewis Peterson and Margaret Stohl.

For centuries, the Great Feline Empire and the Great Robot Federation have been at war with each other. Why? Even [=THEY=] can't remember. They just know they both want to win. Earth has been completely unaware of this war, though, and neither side really considers them a threat...

That is, until a new chip is invented on Earth.

The "Singularity Chip" as it's called has the power to extend battery life indefinitely. For cats, it means more than nine lives. For robots, it means no longer needing to recharge. Of course, both sides want the chip.

Said chip is located in the house of the Wengrod family, made up of the scientist mother and father, and the twin kids Min and Max. The parents are called away to a factory in China to deal with a problem that seems to have come up, leaving the kids in the care of their older cousin, Javi. While they're away, Max finds a couple of stray kittens floundering about in the river, rescues them, and decides to bring them home. This is a problem, though, as the Wengrods are more into robotics than animals, especially cats. However, Javi agrees to let them stay in the basement for a few days.

Meanwhile, the GFE and GRF's field agents, the elderly cat Obi and the Wengrod house's [=AI=], "Home", are both contacted to bring them the chip. Obi recruits Max's new kittens, a plump, dark grey male cat named Stu and his skinny Calico sister Scout, telling them to bring him the "[=SparkleTreat=} before the robots can destroy it. Home recruits the Protos, a gang of homemade household robots the Wengrods built, to protect the home from the feline threat the kittens represent so they can secure the chip. Effectively, the Wengrod house becomes ground zero for a battle that could decide the fate of the universe.

There are currently two books in the series.

''Book 1: This Is War''

''Book 2: Now With Fleas''

The book was published on September 4th, 2018.

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!!Cats Vs. Robots contains examples of:
* CuteKittens: Stu and Scout, the kitten siblings Max saves from the river and brings home.
* PunnyName: The Great Feline Empire's top agent is named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ponce_de_Le%C3%B3n Pounce De Leon]].
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