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* Invered in series 10 of Series/{{Big Brother}} UK, with housemates Sophie and Freddie. Sophie always talked about her beloved pet Chihuahuas, as part of a task she was given the name "Dogface", and actually quite liked it! Freddie said he preferred cats. (Sometimes he even purred!). In seperate occasions, Sophie wore dog facepaint and Freddie wore cat facepaint. Their personalities fitted some dog/cat stereotypes. Sophie was a DumbBlonde, which could go with the trope that DogsAreDumb, while Freddie as an eccentric [[IntrovertedCatPerson loner]]

* Most of the human characters in Disney's ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'' are male and own dogs. Fagin has the dogs Dodger, Francis, Einstein, Rita and Tito. CardCarryingVillain Sykes has the dobermans Roscoe and Desoto. Young Jenny Foxworth, however, adopts TheWoobie kitten Oliver. There's also Georgette the show poodle in the Foxworth home, but she's framed as a Foxworth asset rather than as a family pet.

* ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'': The Seavers view their pets as family pets, just as the kids look after each other, but officially, Shadow the Golden Retriever, sassy the Himalayan, and Chance the American Bulldog [[note]] Boxer in the sequel [[/note]] belong to their older son, Peter, daughter Hope, and younger son, Jamie, respectively. At the end of [[Film/HomewardBoundIILostInSanFrancisco the sequel]], the family takes on Chance's girlfriend, Delilah the Kuvasz, and it seems for a moment like the kids' mother, Laura, will subvert this trope and favor her, but it's apparently agreed that Delilah will be a family pet.

* ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'': The Seavers view their pets as family pets, just as the kids look after each other, but officially, Shadow the Golden Retriever, sassy the Himalayan, and Chance the American Bulldog [[note]] Boxer in the sequel [[/note]] belong to their older son, Peter, daughter Hope, and younger son, Jamie, respectively. At the end of [[Film/HomewardBoundIILostInSanFrancisco the sequel]], the family takes on Chance's girlfriend, Delilah, and it seems for a moment like the kids mother, Laura, will subvert this trope and favor her, but it's apparently agreed that Delilah will be a family pet.

* ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'': The Seavers view their pets as family pets, just as the kids look after each other, but officially, Shadow the Golden Retriever, sassy the Himalayan, and Chance the American Bulldog [[note]] Boxer in the sequel [[/note]] belong to their older son, Peter, daughter Hope, and younger son, Jamie, respectively.

** Subverted with Blue Buffalo, which has woman dog owners listing off ingredients in food they feed to their male dogs.

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* WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse has a dog named WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup while his girlfriend/wife WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse has a kitten named Figaro.

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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Subverted in "The Patriot Act", when Hank offers to take are of a soldier's pet while he's away on duty and is horrified to discover that said pet, named Duke, is a cat. As Duke proves to be quite a handful, Hank makes several insulting comments at his owner's expense, just short of saying he's gay.

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* In the Hungarian animated series ''Frakk, a macskák réme'', the elderly couple Károly and Irma owned two cats and one dog. Irma, the wife, particularly liked and spoiled the cats, whereas Károly, the husband, got along much better with the dog.

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This might be a parallel indicator of MenActWomenAre. Dogs are traditionally used for working (with dogs as strict companion animals being a relatively recent occurrence): they herd sheep, sniff luggage for bombs, chew on criminals, guard the stash, et cetera. Cats tend to laze about not doing much, except disarranging small items, and they're largely inside pets (which is why [[IntrovertedCatPerson loners love 'em]]). Cats also have this [[CatsAreSuperior entitlement attitude]]: "What have you brought me today, furless ape?" Thus, Men and Dogs Act, while Women and Cats simply Are.

The prevalence of [[TheInternetIsForCats cat videos on the Internet]] has diluted the prevalence of this trope somewhat in recent years. If a couple consists of a female cat lover and a male dog lover, it's often a sign of OppositesAttract.

* In one ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short, the cat Tom and dog Spike are owned by a pair of spouse. When their owners decide to keep only one pet, Tom and Spike competed to be liked more by the owners. Tom tried to appeal to the wife, while Spike appealed to the husband.

* WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse has a dog named WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup while his girlfriend/wife WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse has a kitten named Figaro

A male character who has a particular fondness for cats might be InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, while a female who likes dogs might be a bit of a {{tomboy}} (though if it's [[MisterMuffykins small dogs]] then she's usually [[GirlyGirl anything but]]). [[AllDogsArePurebred Certain dogs breeds]], such as hounds or retrievers, are usually owned by men because they're "manly" seeming work-dogs. Male characters are almost never seen owning [[DogStereotype "girly" dogs]], companion breeds like Poodles[[note]]Interestingly, Poodles, even the smaller variations, ''are'' a hunting breed, but their frilly pelts have led to them being seen as only cutesy companions by many[[/note]], Chihuahuas, or Malteses. Cat on the other hands don't have these restrictions much, due to most people not recognizing more than a few select breeds at most, though [[CatStereotype long-furred cats and hairless cats]] are sometimes depicted as feminine due to their high-maintence.

Man's Best Friend is a dog, however Women's Best Friend is a cat... Or, at least according to fiction. In real life, preferences are less black-and-white.

If TheInternetIsForCats then you'll usually see women openly cooing over the kitties. Men will treat it as a GuiltyPleasure. If a couple consists of a female cat lover and a male dog lover, it's often a sign of OppositesAttract.

* Inverted in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaWaKokurasetai'' where the girl Kaguya likes dogs and Shirogane like cats. However, it's because [[FemaleFelineMaleMutt Kaguya resembles a cat and Shirogane resembles a dog]]. In other words, they like each other. During their "cat person vs dog person" fight, another character noted that it sounded like they were flirting with each other.

This might be a parallel indicator of MenActWomenAre. Dogs are traditionally used for working breed (with dogs as strict companion animals being a relatively recent occurrence): they herd sheep, sniff luggage for bombs, chew on criminals, guard the stash, et cetera. Cats tend to laze about not doing much, except disarranging small items, and they're largely inside pets (which is why [[IntrovertedCatPerson loners love 'em]]). Cats also have this [[CatsAreSuperior entitlement attitude]]: "What have you brought me today, furless ape?" Thus, Men and Dogs Act, while Women and Cats simply Are.

* In the ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' comic "The Great Switcheroo", Salem from ''ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' changes [[GenderBender all of Riverdale's sexes]]. The titular band of ''ComicBook/JosieAndThePussyCats'' becomes "Joey and the Junkyard Dogs".

This might be a parallel indicator of Men Act Women Are. Dogs are traditionally used for working breed (with dogs as strict companion animals being a relatively recent occurrence): they herd sheep, sniff luggage for bombs, chew on criminals, guard the stash, et cetera. Cats tend to laze about not doing much, except disarranging small items, and they're largely inside pets (which is why [[IntrovertedCatPerson loners love 'em]]). Cats also have this [[CatsAreSuperior entitlement attitude]]: "What have you brought me today, furless ape?" Thus, Men and Dogs Act, while Women and Cats simply Are.