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1[[quoteright:335:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/richest_cat_in_the_world.jpg]]
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3A 1986 comedy that originally aired as an episode of ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Disney Sunday Movie]]''.
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5Deceased millionaire Oscar Kohlmeyer left five million dollars to his [[PetHeir cat]] Leo. How far will Oscar's nephew go to grab that money?
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8!!This film contains examples of:
9* FreeRangeChildren: Bart and Veronica can go to the house whenever they want, and no one questions them taking a cab 50 miles away.
10* HenpeckedHusband: Mr. Rigsby. If not for his wife pushing him around, he wouldn't have contested the will and the movie wouldn't have a plot.
11* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Mrs. Rigsby forced her husband to contest his uncle's will and later blamed him for losing the money he'd have inherited if the will remained uncontested]].
12* OnOneCondition: Mr. Kohlmeyer's nephew would have inherited twenty-five thousand dollars if he hadn't contested the will.
13* PassedOverInheritance: Mr. Kohlmeyer chose his cat over his nephew.
14* PetHeir: Leo.
15* Really700YearsOld: Leo the cat is "much older" than a normal cat.
16* SecretKeeper: The few characters who knew Leo was a talking cat.
17* SelfMadeMan: Oscar Kohlmeyer was merely the owner of a roadside diner until some land developers decided to buy it. They granted his request to let him keep all rights over minerals found on the land. They found ''oil''.
18* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Leo the cat manages to make the cover of Time, People and other publications.

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