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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* AntiHero: Nico is a ClassyCatBurglar but also the one[[spoiler: trying to rescue Zoe.]]
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: [[spoiler: The first hint that Claudine is not as good as she seems is her delight at tormenting Dino with the vacuum]]
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* DarkChick: [[spoiler:Claudine.]]
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* HiddenDepths: Bumbling henchman Mr. Frog mentions that he was once a dancer.
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* AdultFear:
** Jeanne goes through a parent's worse nightmare when she [[spoiler:thinks that Nico tried to kidnap her daughter. And gets another fear bomb when she realizes that it was actually Claudine who had her child. Imagine how Jeanne must have felt when she harshly discovers she placed her daughter's life in the hands of a cold hearted criminal]].
** For Zoe, being unable to talk is quite a handicap when your mother isn't paying attention to her, a thief [[spoiler: saves her and is mistaken for her kidnapper while her actual nanny is her kidnapper and takes her to Costa's place while the thief is arrested]]. Small wonder that her first word in the film is [[spoiler: "MAMA!"]]
** [[spoiler:Having your husband cop killed and knowing the man who did it. And not only that, but also having your child know who murdered their father.]]
** Again for Zoe, seeing her mother [[spoiler: strangled, and it's the first time she speaks in her mother's presence]].

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* AdultFear:
** Jeanne goes through a parent's worse nightmare when she [[spoiler:thinks that Nico tried to kidnap her daughter. And gets another fear bomb when she realizes that it was actually Claudine who had her child. Imagine how Jeanne must have felt when she harshly discovers she placed her daughter's life in the hands of a cold hearted criminal]].
** For Zoe, being unable to talk is quite a handicap when your mother isn't paying attention to her, a thief [[spoiler: saves her and is mistaken for her kidnapper while her actual nanny is her kidnapper and takes her to Costa's place while the thief is arrested]]. Small wonder that her first word in the film is [[spoiler: "MAMA!"]]
** [[spoiler:Having your husband cop killed and knowing the man who did it. And not only that, but also having your child know who murdered their father.]]
** Again for Zoe, seeing her mother [[spoiler: strangled, and it's the first time she speaks in her mother's presence]].
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* HeightInsult: Since Costa is too short to reach Nico when both are dangling on opposite sides of a statue, Nico begins teasing him for being short. At one point, he says, "Did your mum pick out those shorts for you?" (the joke being that he's both a MamasBoy and so short he wears a pair of shorts as regular pants). However, Costa [[ComicallyMissingThePoint thinks]] he made a YourMom joke.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Claudine [[KickTheDog mean-spiritedly]]using a vacuum to get rid of Dino while she's cleaning is a huge hint that she's an accomplice of Costa.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Claudine [[KickTheDog mean-spiritedly]]using mean-spiritedly]] using a vacuum to get rid of Dino while she's cleaning is a huge hint that she's an accomplice of Costa.]]
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The giant statue called The Colossus of Nairobi. If you look further south of the statue there's [[GagPenis something that might be mistaken for something it's not supposed to be]].

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The giant statue called The Colossus of Nairobi. GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you look further south of are reading this in the statue there's [[GagPenis something that might be mistaken for something it's not supposed future, please check the trope page to be]].make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Claudine using a vacuum to get rid of Dino while she's cleaning is a huge hint that she's an accomplice of Costa.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Claudine using [[KickTheDog mean-spiritedly]]using a vacuum to get rid of Dino while she's cleaning is a huge hint that she's an accomplice of Costa.]]
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* BigBad: Victor Costa.
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** {{Justified}} for Dino since he's a cat.
** {{Averted}} for Costa's gang and [[spoiler:Claudine]] who are arrested and go to jail.

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** {{Justified}} {{Justified|Trope}} for Dino since he's a cat.
** {{Averted}} {{Averted|Trope}} for Costa's gang and [[spoiler:Claudine]] who are arrested and go to jail.
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* EtTuBrute: Averted when Jeanne finds out that her cat is helping a burglar, but played straight when Zoe sees

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* EtTuBrute: Averted when Jeanne finds out that her cat is helping a burglar, but played straight when Zoe sees [[spoiler:Claudine passing information to Costa]].
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* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:How Jeanne escapes Costa's chokehold]].
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* EvilDetectingDog: Cat in this case. Dino knows who is a threat to Zoe and who is a friend.



* EvilDetectingDog: Cat in this case. Dino knows who is a threat to Zoe and who is a friend.

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* CurseCutShort: A security guard in the beginning when he spots Nico: "You sneaky, son of a--"

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* CurseCutShort: A security guard in the beginning when he spots Nico: "You sneaky, sneaky son of a--"



* EvilSmellsBad: [[spoiler:Claudine wears some rancid perfume]].



* FairCop: Jeanne.

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* FairCop: Jeanne. If his pictures are any indication, [[spoiler:her late husband]] was one too.



* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: Jeanne, Nico, and Costa, respectively.



* SnowMeansLove: At the end of the film, Paris is coated in a lovely layer of snow as Zoe, Jeanne, Dino, and [[spoiler: Nico, presumably married to Jeanne,]] celebrate a merry Christmas.



* SnowMeansLove: At the end of the film, Paris is coated in a lovely layer of snow as Zoe, Jeanne, Dino, and [[spoiler: Nico, presumably married to Jeanne,]] celebrate a merry Christmas.

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* SnowMeansLove: At the end of the film, Paris is coated in a lovely layer of snow as Zoe, Jeanne, Dino, and [[spoiler: Nico, presumably married to Jeanne,]] celebrate a merry Christmas.SurroundedByIdiots: Aside from [[spoiler:Claudine]], Costa's minions really aren't all that bright.


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** Jeanne goes through a parent's worse nightmare when she [[spoiler:thinks that Nico tried to kidnap her daughter. And gets another fear bomb when she realizes that it was actually Claudine who had her child. Imagine how Jeanne must have felt when she harshly discovers she laced her daughter's life in the hands of a cold hearted criminal]].

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** Jeanne goes through a parent's worse nightmare when she [[spoiler:thinks that Nico tried to kidnap her daughter. And gets another fear bomb when she realizes that it was actually Claudine who had her child. Imagine how Jeanne must have felt when she harshly discovers she laced placed her daughter's life in the hands of a cold hearted criminal]].
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Originally in [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} French]] it received an English dub with Creator/MarciaGayHarden as Jeanne, Creator/StevenBlum as Nico, Creator/JBBlanc as Costa and Creator/AnjelicaHuston as Claudine.

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Originally in [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} French]] it received an English dub with Creator/MarciaGayHarden as Jeanne, Creator/StevenBlum Creator/SteveBlum as Nico, Creator/JBBlanc as Costa and Creator/AnjelicaHuston as Claudine.

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Costa. Despite his flabby physique, he's able to [[spoiler: perform acts of parkour and hunt down Nico effortlessly]].

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Costa. Despite his flabby physique, he's able to [[spoiler: perform acts of parkour and hunt down Nico effortlessly]].effortlessly, something even the police couldn't do]].



* KarmaHoudini: Nico seems to escape judgement for stealing millions of dollars worth of jewelry, although with the TimeSkip it's possible that Jeanne vouched for him to receive a pardon and return all that he stole.

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* KarmaHoudini: Nico seems to escape judgement for stealing millions of dollars worth of jewelry, although with the TimeSkip it's possible that Jeanne vouched for him to receive a pardon or a commuted sentence, and return all that he stole.



* LeParkour: Justified since this is Paris. Nico, Dino, [[spoiler: Jeanne and Costa]] demonstrate this.



* NotNowKiddo: When Jeanne arrests [[spoiler: Nico on charges of kidnapping, she ignores Zoe tugging on her shirt and desperately trying to tell her the truth.]]



* TeethFlying: {{Downplayed}}. [[spoiler:Dino only loses one tooth during his brawl with Costa.]]

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* TeethFlying: {{Downplayed}}. [[spoiler:Dino [[spoiler:Nico only loses one tooth during his brawl with Costa.]]]]
* ThatPoorCat: Claudine scares away Dino with a vacuum cleaner, and Costa tosses Dino [[spoiler: twice in the climax, though the first time Dino shows him why you ''shouldn't'' do that to a cat]].

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* AdultFear: Jeanne goes through a parent's worse nightmare when she [[spoiler:thinks that Nico tried to kidnap her daughter. And gets another fear bomb when she realizes that it was actually Claudine who had her child. Imagine how Jeanne must have felt when she harshly discovers she laced her daughter's life in the hands of a cold hearted criminal]].

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* AdultFear: AdultFear:
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Jeanne goes through a parent's worse nightmare when she [[spoiler:thinks that Nico tried to kidnap her daughter. And gets another fear bomb when she realizes that it was actually Claudine who had her child. Imagine how Jeanne must have felt when she harshly discovers she laced her daughter's life in the hands of a cold hearted criminal]].criminal]].
** For Zoe, being unable to talk is quite a handicap when your mother isn't paying attention to her, a thief [[spoiler: saves her and is mistaken for her kidnapper while her actual nanny is her kidnapper and takes her to Costa's place while the thief is arrested]]. Small wonder that her first word in the film is [[spoiler: "MAMA!"]]



** Again for Zoe, seeing her mother [[spoiler: strangled, and it's the first time she speaks in her mother's presence]].



* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:Nico warns Jeanne and Lucas that he wasn't kidnapping Zoe, he was only trying to help her. And after seeing Claudine (who's in her [[BitchInSheepsClothing nice lady façade]],) he tried to tell the cop partners that ''Claudine'' is the one trying to hurt Zoe. This is justified since Nico is a thief and thieves usually do lie]].

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* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:Nico warns Jeanne and Lucas that he wasn't kidnapping Zoe, he was only trying to help her. And after seeing Claudine (who's in her [[BitchInSheepsClothing nice lady façade]],) he tried to tell the cop partners that ''Claudine'' is the one trying to hurt Zoe. This is justified since Nico is a thief and thieves usually do lie]].lie, as Jeanne points out]].



* ChekhovsSkill: Jeanne's prowess in martial arts. It allows her to [[spoiler: fend off Costa when he tries choking her]].



* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Costa. Despite his flabby physique, he's able to [[spoiler: perform acts of parkour and hunt down Nico effortlessly]].



* DamselInDistress: Though she's somewhat resourceful, Zoe is about as useful as an average young girl.

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* DamselInDistress: Though she's somewhat resourceful, Zoe is about as useful as an average young girl.girl prowling on the rooftops and running from criminals.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Jeanne when [[spoiler: Costa tries to strangle her. She kicks his ''butt'']].



* EasilyForgiven: Justified in that Nico, a cat burglar [[spoiler: saves Zoe twice, which persuades Jeanne off-screen to prevent him from going to jail]].



* EtTuBrute: Averted when Jeanne finds out that her cat is helping a burglar, but played straight when Zoe sees



* EvilDetectingDog: Cat in this case. Dino knows who is a threat to Zoe and who is a friend.



* HeelFaceTurn: Nico wasn't a ''bad'' guy per se in the beginning, but he did rob houses and museums without any scruples, and his first question is why a group of men, a girl, and [[spoiler: a woman]] are in his house. When he sees Zoe is in trouble, however, and that Dino knows her, he switches his motivation to saving her from Costa.



* HeKnowsTooMuch: This is initially why Costa's gang try to kidnap Zoe, since she accidentally listened on their heist plan and [[spoiler: saw her nanny was TheMole]]. Later on the plan changes to IHaveYourWife.



* KarmaHoudini: Nico seems to escape judgement for stealing millions of dollars worth of jewelry.

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* KarmaHoudini: Nico seems to escape judgement for stealing millions of dollars worth of jewelry.jewelry, although with the TimeSkip it's possible that Jeanne vouched for him to receive a pardon and return all that he stole.



* MamaBear: Jeanne.

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* MamaBear: Jeanne. Do not threaten her daughter in her presence.



* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler:Costa vs. Zoe's mother in the finale.]]

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* MoralityPet: Zoe becomes one for [[spoiler: Nico]] and Dino, though ironically Dino is her literal pet. They spend the second half of the movie protecting her.
* MotiveDecay: At first Costa wants the Colossus of Nairobi, but he starts losing his mind [[spoiler: while chasing down Zoe all night and wants ''her'' instead and to murder Jeanne]].
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler:Costa vs. Zoe's mother in the finale.finale, although Jeanne returns the favor.]]



* OhCrap:
** Zoe when [[spoiler: Claudine catches her in Nico's house and grabs her]].
** Jeanne when she realizes that [[spoiler: Nico was telling the truth after finding Zoe's bed empty and that she left her daughter in the hands of a real kidnapper]].
** Nico when he starts to fall [[spoiler: off Notre Dame]].



* PoliceAreUseless: The two guards at the beginning are effortlessly outsmarted by Nico and Dino.

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* PoliceAreUseless: The two guards at the beginning are effortlessly outsmarted by Nico and Dino. Averted with the actual police, who track down Nico and Dino with old-fashioned detective work.



* RescueRomance: Rather, [[spoiler: rescue my child romance]]. After Nico shows that he's been protecting Zoe, [[spoiler: Jeanne saves him and they start a relationship at the end of the movie]].



* SaveTheVillain: Jeanne tries to do this for [[spoiler: Costa]] and Nico helps, but [[spoiler: Costa is too heavy]] and suffers SanitySlippage.
* SayMyName: Rather, say [[spoiler: "MAMA!"]] after Jeanne drives away and leaves Zoe in [[spoiler: treacherous Claudine's hands]].



* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Most of Costa's minions drag Zoe around like this when not carrying her. Justified since she is a young girl and they are adults.



* SnowMeansLove: At the end of the film, Paris is coated in a lovely layer of snow as Zoe, Jeanne, Dino, and [[spoiler:Nico, presumably married to Jeanne,]] celebrate a merry Christmas.

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* SnowMeansLove: At the end of the film, Paris is coated in a lovely layer of snow as Zoe, Jeanne, Dino, and [[spoiler:Nico, [[spoiler: Nico, presumably married to Jeanne,]] celebrate a merry Christmas.
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* CharacterTitle: The work is about Dino, the "cat" in the title of the movie.
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** [[spoiler:Having your husband cop killed and knowing the man who did it. And not only that, but also having your child know who murdered his/her father.]]

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** [[spoiler:Having your husband cop killed and knowing the man who did it. And not only that, but also having your child know who murdered his/her their father.]]

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