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12	In many works featuring dogs and cats, the dogs are on the side of good and the cats are on the side of evil. Sometimes, the cat or cats are just meaner than the dog or dogs in general.
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14	Works featuring rodent characters often use this trope even though there are dogs bred to hunt mice and rats. For example, rodent characters and dog characters partner together against cat characters. [[CuteKitten Kittens]] tend to be exempt from this trope, due to them stereotypically being seen as [[ChildrenAreInnocent more cute and innocent than adult cats]]; consequently if a dog is chasing an adult cat the dog is often depicted as the "hero", whereas if a dog is chasing a kitten the dog is often the "villain".
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16	Many aversions that feature cats and dogs in the same team or fighting on the same side, especially when the team or side is good, [[CaninesPrimaryFelinesSecondary tend to have cats in the lower ranks than the dogs]].
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18	Almost always {{inverted\|Trope}} in stories where wild felines and canines are used; wild dog-like canines such as [[SavageWolves wolves]], [[ThoseWilyCoyotes coyotes]] or jackals are often on the side of evil, while [[PantheraAwesome wild big cats]] like [[KingOfBeasts lions]] and tigers are often on the side of good.
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20	See CatsAreMean and HeroicDog. Subtrope of CatDogDichotomy and GoodAnimalsEvilAnimals. FemaleFelineMaleMutt is a sister trope.
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27	* Inverted in ''Manga/AkameGaKill''. Leone is one of the main protagonists, and her Imperial Arms gives her cat-like abilities. Meanwhile, Seryu Ubiquitous has an Imperial Arms resembling a small dog-- and she's [[TheSociopath one of the nastiest villains in the series]].
28	* Inverted in ''Literature/CatPlanetCuties'', there are two races of invading LittleBitBeastly aliens. One wants to [[BenevolentAlienInvasion make friends with humans]], the other have [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill a more sinister agenda]]. Guess which is which. This is probably because in Japan cats are seen as lucky and kind in contrast with Western stereotypes that cats are bad luck and mean.
29	* This is the general rule with familiars in ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. The two characters who have a wolf familiar (or [[InsistentTerminology Guardian Beast]]) are unambiguously heroic figures, while the two characters with cat familiars were the BigBad of their season and a WellIntentionedExtremist respective. Note that this only applies to familiars, and only within the main continuity, since there are plenty of characters with pet cats or cat-themed devices that are good people, and the movie continuity has another heroic character with three cat familiars.
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33	* Inverted in ''ComicBook/BillyTheCat,'' where, probably because it's told from the cats' perspective, the sympathy is firmly on the feline side. Cats are individuals who may have their flaws, but (apart from the villain Sanktifer, the only evil cat in the comic) on the whole they're good guys; at worst a cat is a LovableRogue or JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Dogs, by contrast, are far more often depicted as evil, stupid brutes -- there are a few notable examples of sympathetic or even heroic dogs in the series, but on the whole in this series cats are heroes and dogs are villains.
34	* In Creator/ArtSpiegelman's ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}'', the Allied American troops are done as dogs, the Nazis are done as cats, and the Jews are done as mice.
35	* Shaky inverted example from Warren ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'': Pantha (werefeline) vs. Slandra, leader of the alien Lupae (werewhatever). We will never know for sure what species she was ("If I wouldn't be so weak, I'd show you!"), but by ironclad naming conventions, Lupae are obviously werewolves.
36	* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is frequently compared to a canine, typically a wolf or dog (although wolverines are actually [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelidae mustelids]], though they are in the same clade as dogs). Meanwhile his ArchEnemy ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} is named after a prehistoric big cat and his costume evokes a lion.
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40	* In ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'', Satchel the dog is friendly but dimwitted, while Bucky the cat is a constant JerkAss.
41	* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Snoopy the dog is one of the two main protagonists, while the UnseenCharacter, World War II is a pretty mean cat, always taking a swipe at Snoopy and his doghouse.
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45	* Inverted in ''Catwoman: Showdown in Shibuya'', a prequel for the ''Dusk to Dawn'' series. Catwoman is an AntiHero up against through-and-through villain Kaito Mori aka Hellhound, a ninja with an [[{{Youkai}} Inugami]] motif. He returns as her apparent ArchEnemy in the GrandFinale, ''Batman: Darkest Hour''.
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49	* Disney
50	** Averted in ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', where the only cat character, barn-cat Seargeant Tibbs, is brave and loyal. As is common for these aversions, he's subordinate to his farm's dog, The Colonel.
51	** Inverted and PlayedWith in ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''. Duchess and her kittens are perfectly nice. O'Malley and Scat Cat's gang are "kinda rough around the edges"[[note]]and Scat Cat and company unsuccessfully try to eat Roquefort the mouse, which is PlayedForLaughs[[/note]], but are ultimately on the side of good. The bloodhounds [[ThoseTwoGuys Napoleon and Lafayette]] exemplify DogsAreDumb and cause trouble for Edgar, but otherwise have little effect on the plot.
52	** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', Bruno the dog is loyal and on the side of good and Lucifer (the name should speak for itself) the cat is mean and on the side of evil, being Lady Tremaine's RightHandCat. The movie also features NiceMice, most notably Jaq and Gus, who help Cinderella out and whom the cat likes to chase.
53	** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'', the ShowWithinAShow stars a heroic dog, while the villain has a RightHandCat or three. Behind the scenes, Bolt himself has been led to believe the events of the show are real, and thus he has adopted this mindset, not helped by the fact that the cats playing Dr. Calico's right-hand cats mock and belittle him for thinking it's real. Part of his CharacterDevelopment is realizing the show isn't real and befriending a cat himself.
54	** In the Disney film ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'', Toby is Basil's pet dog who helps him solve mysteries, and Felicia is Ratigan's pet cat, who is used to execute anyone who gets on his bad side.
55	** In ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', most of the dogs are good and come off as roguish at worst, barring the three rabid street-toughs, but the only cats that appear, Si and Am are devious and willfully wreck the stuff in the house, try to eat the pet canary and fish, and annoy Lady.
56	** Inverted and Zigzagged in ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', which revolves around a sweet little kitten trying to find food and shelter. Most of the dogs are {{Lovable Rogue}}s and, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold while brazen and rough in places]], are allies to Oliver. However, Syke's guard hounds are menacing antagonists.
57	** ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' has a rare instance with wild animals rather than domestic ones. Robin Hood himself is a [[CunningLikeAFox fox]] and his arch-enemy Prince John is a [[KingOfBeasts lion]]. Ultimately ZigZagged as John's predecessor and fellow lion Richard is a good king, and one of John's lackeys is a [[SavageWolves wolf]].
58	* Taken to the extreme in ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven2'', where the dogs (except for Carface) are the good characters, some of them being from Heaven, while the main villain, Red, is a [[BigRedDevil demonic being]] resembling an anthropomorphic cat. However, the spinoff cartoon shows there are other evil dogs as well and that some of them are demonic minions of Red.
59	* In ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' and its sequels most of the cats are either villains or are assumed to be until proved otherwise. The dog in ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'' is a good guy, though the dog in ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailTheMysteryOfTheNightMonster'' is the BigBad.
60	* ''WesternAnimation/DCLeagueOfSuperPets'' has the one cat character, Whiskers, join the villains, standing against a team with two heroic dogs, Krypto and Ace.
61	* Zig-zagged a little in ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaInTheWanNyanSpacetimeOdyssey'', an installment of the series set in a world populated by anthropomorphic canines and felines. Nobita and gang's new friend (who's the new main character of the film), Hachi, is a dog, as are Hachi's entire gang of canine urchins. Meanwhile BigBad Nekojara and TheDragon Nyago are both cats. However, Hachi's adoptive mother is revealed to be another cat, Nekojara's Persian cat henchwoman, Sharmee pulls a HeelFaceTurn and DefectorFromDecadence late in the story to help the heroes, while Nekojara's private army of mooks seems to [[EqualOpportunityEvil comprise of an equal number of cats and dogs]].
62	* The animated feature film version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'' concludes with a conflict between the dog Sparky and the CreepyChild's cat Mr. Whiskers.
63	* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' with the sidekicks; one of the heroes (and also one of the heroic panda Po's sidekicks) is a DefrostingIceQueen Master Tigress, while the GreaterScopeVillain peacock Lord Shen's henchmen are wolves, including TheDragon Wolf Boss himself.
64	* ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild'': Spike, the affectionate dog, goes up against Siri, a vicious clouded leopard who wants to eat the babies after Spike repeatedly torments her.
65	* Played Straight and Zigzagged in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''. Tiger and Talbot, the 2 dogs at Sir Ector's castle, are technically neutral, but lean towards the good side as they are friendly and loving to Arthur/Wart. Meanwhile, the evil witch, Madame Mim, takes the form of many creatures in the film, two of them being a cat and a tiger. However, another animal she takes the form of is a fox; and there is also the other antagonist, a hungry wolf who wants to eat Arthur/Wart.
66	* In ''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'' a dog saves some steerage mice from being eaten by some cats.
67	* ''WesternAnimation/TopCatAndTheBeverlyHillsCats'': Inverted -- most of the main characters are cats, but the villain's sidekick is an evil dog.
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71	* In ''Film/CatsAndDogs'', the cats are evil and the dogs are good. There are good cats in the sequel, but the villain is still a cat. The sequel also reveals the ''existence'' of evil dogs, but does not show any[[note]]normally, handling evil dogs is the cat organisation's job, but they get involved with the plot of the movie because the villain is a rogue agent of theirs[[/note]].
72	* Inverted in ''Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1996'' with Creator/FairuzaBalk as a heroic CatGirl and Azazello an [[RightHandAttackDog evil Dogman]].
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76	* ''Literature/BerenAndLuthien'': In the earliest version of the story, "The Tale of Tinúviel", the cats serve the Dark Lord Morgoth and hate the dogs because they will not bow or fear Morgoth and guard the dwellings of Men from evil.
77	* Subverted in ''Literature/{{Dogsbody}}'' by Diana Wynne Jones. The cats in Sirius' new home are at first jealous and try to set the EvilMatriarch against him. After he saves one of them from her wrath, however, they become some of his best allies.
78	* ZigZagged in ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' by Rudyard Kipling. The main human character, Mowgli, is raised by Main/NobleWolves, and his life is constantly threatened by the evil tiger, Shere Khan. However, at the same time, one of Mowgli's friends and protectors is Bagheera, the warm, caring panther; while Shere Khan's henchman is the creepy jackal, Tabaqui. Also, there are the savage pack of dholes (known in the book as 'the red dogs'), who appear later on.
79	* {{Inverted}} in the ''Literature/MiceOfTheHerringBone'' series, ironically for a series where mice are the protagonists. The cats are refined, noble sailors who eat human food and [[CarnivoreConfusion overcome the issue of befriending their prey rather quickly]], while the dogs are brutish pirates.
80	* {{Inverted}} and PlayedWith in ''Literature/SnotStew'': While Butch, the dog next door, is an unfriendly guard dog whom Kikki and Toby's mother warns would happily gobble up "a soft, juicy kitten", the biggest threat to their safety is how Toby keeps teasing Butch, repeatedly going into his yard, then zipping out under the fence and taunting him afterwards.
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84	* ''Series/{{Llanargollen}}'' has Ceri the dog-tective and Ianto the pirate cat. Ceri is one of two heroes of the show, being the detective who solves all the town's mysteries. Meanwhile, Ianto is [[ThePrankster Barti Felyn]]'s cat, who does have his mischevious moments, like his owner.
85	* ''Series/MyCatFromHell'': Inverted with any episode that features dogs, whose poor training is the source of the cats' behavior problems.
86	** Sid (cat) was behaving badly because Teddy (dog) was humping him regularly, and the owners were doing nothing about it.
87	** Leo (cat) was attacking Nala (dog) twenty times a day, usually because Nala was encroaching on Leo's cat tower and litter box. It turned out that Nala couldn't follow a single command from the owners, so Jackson told them to work on that.
88	* Inverted in ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'': The plush toy moon cats are heroic beings helping the Senshi as typical of Sailor Moon and one of the villains, Mio Kuroki, has a plush dog named Choppi. The dog itself is more of a CompanionCube than an antagonist, though.
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92	* UsefulNotes/{{Zoroastrianism}} classifies dogs as good and cats as evil in its classification of animals' moral allegiance. Islam is the exact opposite, not that it considers dogs to be "evil", but they are considered unclean and cats are considered to be blessed, which caused no little friction when Islam and Zoroastrianism started to coexist.
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96	* In ''Theatre/TheBlueBird'', Tylette the cat hates being in thrall to humans and betrays the children, while Tylo the dog is faithful throughout.
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100	* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'': The most prominent [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] and [[CatGirl werecat]] in the franchise are the generally heroic Clawdeen and the AlphaBitch Toralei, respectively. Besides them, however, the trope is zigzagged, with most werecats outside of Toralei and her GirlPosse being friendly and a few antagonistic werewolves making occasional appearances.
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104	* Inverted in the ''VideoGame/AfterDarkBerkeleySystems'' series of screensaver games. Boris the Cat is an adorable kitten who runs across the screen chasing a butterfly. Bad Dog, on the other hand, chews up your desktop and makes a mess of everything.
105	* Dogs and cats are recruitable party members in ''VideoGame/DeathRoadToCanada''. Dogs won't attack humans unless they're feral or their morale gets too low. Cats, on the other hand, always have low loyalty and their {{Despair Event\|Horizon}}s always involve maiming other survivors.
106	* In both the ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' video games and the [[WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim cartoon series]], despite turning into a big, hulking monster when you push one too many of his {{Berserk Button}}s, Peter Puppy is a really nice guy who is the sidekick of the titular hero. Evil the Cat on the other hand, lives up to his name.
107	* ''VideoGame/Klonoa2LunateasVeil'': Tat, a cat with a DualityMotif, serves the villainous Leorina. Popka, a more doglike animal, serves the heroes.
108	* ''VideoGame/SuperCatboy'' inverts this with the titular protagonist being a cat, while almost all the onscreen enemies are dogs. Then again, you do fight a renegade CatNinja as one of the bosses.
109	* ''VideoGame/TequilaAndBoomBoom'': Inverted. The game's AntiHero protagonist Tequila is a lynx and BigBad Ernest P. Vyle is a coyote.
110	* Generally inverted in ''VideoGame/TinkerQuarry'': Whiskers is a friendly and affectionate plush cat who achieves a supporting role if you add him into your active party, while the BigBad [=Staya/Fido=] is a toy AngryGuardDog who is a constant menace throughout the game. While there are also a few canid and feline [=NPCs=], none of them are antagonistic towards the player.
111	* Played straight in the first installment of ''VideoGame/TunTown'', where felines are winning a cat-dog war ''they'' instigated, and the (human) player character is tasked with helping the canines. The sequel averts this with canines and felines working as a team in an EnemyMine moment.
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115	* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Lions killed Ssael, the founder of the Ssaelit cult which then took lions to be a major part of its iconography. In response the Gefendur slaughtered lions and every other cat on the continent for this association, while everyone likes dogs and they are one of the only two animals in the setting it is taboo to eat. It's implied that Lions were intelligent animals that were once allied of the Gefendur and the modern teaching is that they turned on and betrayed their one time allies.
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119	* ''WebVideo/MisterPlinkettReviews'' discusses this when reviewing the movie ''Cop Dog.''
120	-->"By the way, why are all these kids movies about dogs and never cats? Cats are always the villains. Like [[WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp the Siamese Twins cats]], [[Film/CatsAndDogs Kitty Galore]], creepy things like the [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Cheshire Cat]] or [[Theatre/{{Cats}} the much bigger cats they put in musicals]]. You never see a ''Cat Cop'' movie--why? Why not? Well, I guess it's because [[SuddenlyShouting CATS ARE FUCKING CREEPY]]. Also, [[NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals dogs can be trained]]. Cats won't give you the time of day. In fact, the only sort of video you can make with them is something like ''Jingle Cats'', and even then, they just sit there bored and looking at you like you're an idiot for putting them in a video like this--but in this situation, they're probably right."
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124	* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog''. The main cast consists of three heroic felines (Fog, Rigodon and Romy), a rodent (Tico) of [[CartoonCreature indeterminate species]] who's Rigodon's closest friend and three canine antagonists (Dix, Bully and Transfer). However, Transfer is the only one of the last three who's truly villainous; his attempts to stop Fog and his companions sometimes go as far as trying to kill them, and he doesn't seem to care if anyone not in Fog's party gets caught in one of his traps. Dix is simply an overzealous detective who's [[InspectorJavert determined to arrest Fog for bank-robbery]] and refuses to consider the possibility that Fog might be innocent until he finally arrests Fog, only to learn that the real thief is already in custody, at which point he is filled with remorse. Bully is a simple-minded and good-natured character who likes his home comforts and would rather not be chasing a suspected bank-robber around the world.
125	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', the titular character's pet dog, Pal, and Francine's pet cat, Nemo, are like this in episodes focusing on Pal and Kate.
126	* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/BadLuckBlackie''. The dog is a villainous BullyBulldog and the cat and kitten are heroic.
127	* In ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', the rangers (two of whom are mice) face several villainous cats, Fat Cat being one of their biggest foes. There are no reoccurring dog characters but there are one-offs that are friendly, including Dale's idol Flash the Wonder Dog. Subverted with the kittens encountered in the show though, as they are not one bit villainous.
128	* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'':
129	** WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} is a nice, if bumbling and clumsy dog, while WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} is usually either mean and villainous or a {{Jerkass}} cat.
130	** Played with for Pluto and Figaro. Figaro is a BrattyHalfPint who usually bothers Pluto, but he himself is occasionally bad tempered and selfish. Both have JerkWithAHeartOfGold moments and usually end each short on better terms (only "Pluto's Sweater" has the standard "cat bullies dog and gets a comeuppance for it" formula).
131	** Also played with for Pluto and the Siamese cat, Milton. They are rivals, but neither is portrayed as morally worse than the other. Milton is even a loyal servant to Pluto in the latter character's dream in "Plutopia".
132	** Played straight in "Pluto's Kid Brother" with dogs Pluto and KB being on the side of good and a {{Jerkass}} alley cat Lucifer (not to be confused with Lucifer of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}''). Lucifer bullies KB and Pluto saves KB from him.
133	** Inverted in "Figaro and Frankie." The cartoon starts with Figaro trying to catch Frankie the canary, but when Frankie falls from the window from trying to fly, Butch the BullyBulldog starts trying to catch him too. After being faced by his good angel, Figaro saves Frankie from Butch.
134	* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'':
135	** The title canine was always trying his best to protect Muriel and Eustace from all the villainous foes who were out to do them harm, including Katz, who was the show's most frequently used villain. Shirley (supposedly a chihuahua) was one of Courage's only allies.
136	** Also explored and eventually subverted in "The Mask", in which Kitty holds contempt for Courage and constantly inflicts severe pain and injuries on him for her bigotry towards dog -- but the problem was Mad Dog stole her best friend away from her, showing that there are some evil dogs out there. Courage still manages to defeat Mad Dog, and bring Kitty and her friend Bunny back together, giving Kitty a lesson in how not all dogs are bad.
137	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', Porkchop is owned by the protagonist [[NiceGuy Doug Funnie]] while Stinky is owned by [[TheBully Roger Klotz]].
138	* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat''. Felix is the protagonist and Rock Bottom the dog is The Professor's (the villain in the TV cartoons) bumbling sidekick.
139	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Foofur}}'' dogs are mostly good (except for Pepe) and cats are mostly evil (except for Fencer).
140	* Inverted with Waffles the cat and Chainsaw the dog in ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' as the cat is nicer than the dog.
141	* ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'':
142	** The dogs are heroes and the cats are villains except Streaky, Squeaky, and the Supercat Fanclub members. The three Junkyard Dogs may not be so heroic, but they are not outright villainous.
143	** Notably, one of the villainous cats in the show, Snooky Wookums, is a kitten.
144	* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/LambertTheSheepishLion'', where the titular lion tries to protect the sheep flock from being attacked by [[SavageWolves a menacing wolf]].
145	* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard''. Two of the main heroes are Kion the lion and Fuli the cheetah, while recurring villains include a pack of jackals.
146	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Often {{Inverted}} by Creator/ChuckJones.
147	** In "Fresh Airedale", a duplicitous weasel of a dog is treated like a hero while the heroic cat gets no respect
148	** In "Go Fly a Kit," a flying kitten, who raised by a mother eagle, saves another kitten from a BullyBulldog
149	** In "Chow Hound", where an enslaved cat is used by a big hulking dog to get a steady supply of meat (in this one, revenge is brutal and sweet). A mouse who is also enslaved by the dog sides with the cat in the revenge scene.
150	* Played straight with Helen's pet dogs, Martha and Skits, and Ronald's pet cat, Nelson in ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks''. Inverted in one of T.D.'s comics, where the cats are the heroes and the dogs are the villains.
151	* Inverted with ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy''. Ren the dog is a {{Jerkass}} and Stimpy is a nice, if dumb, cat.
152	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', Tommy's loyal pet dog, Spike, and Angelica's pet cat, Fluffy are like this.
153	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Roobarb}}'' is a good natured dog ([[CloudCuckooLander if somewhat eccentric]]) with Custard, the next door cat, usually acting as a snarky bully, (if prone to occasional [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold kinder moments]]).
154	* Quite noticeable in ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''. Among the first friends that Jack makes in the future are a team of dog archaeologists, and in the fifth season he is represented by a white wolf. Meanwhile, the Imikandi are a race of CatFolk hired by Aku to kill Jack, and in the fifth season the Daughters of Aku are represented by tigers. Even the otherwise friendly titular Creature from "Jack and the Creature" plays into this trope: it takes on a more feline appearance, with fangs and pointed ears, when it gets angry.
155	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretFilesOfTheSpyDogs'': Dogs around the world are part of a secret organization dedicated to saving the world. Their most recurring antagonist is Catastrophe, a villainous cyborg cat.
156	* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' inverts this. After Homer gets into a scrape, Santa's Little Helper [[DirtyCoward leaves him to his fate]] while Snowball II saves him.
157	** This trope is also inverted and zig-zagged in general; Snowball II is an affectionate cat mainly owned by [[KindheartedCatLover Lisa Simpson]], who is one of the most decent characters in the franchise; Bart's pet dog Santa's Little Helper can be obnoxious and troublesome most of times but can be decent at certain points, while [[BadBoss Mr. Burns]] owns a pack of {{Angry Guard Dog}}s whom [[RightHandAttackDog he sics at the people he dislikes]].
158	* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' with a group of heroic feline superheroes facing villainous characters of different species, but the BigBad Mumm-Ra has a pet bulldog and one of the most prominent mooks are the Jackalmen.
159	* DependingOnTheWriter, in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', Spike the Bulldog may act like a hero while Tom can be the antagonist. Also, Jerry the mouse, who can be the protagonist, allies with Spike to defeat Tom.
160	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'':
161	** The titular protagonist is a HeroicDog, and one of the villains is a cat named Overcat.
162	** Inverted in the Klondike Kat segments of ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'', however. There is a mouse and a dog working together to thwart the titular cat, but the cat is the hero protagonist. The mouse, Savoir Faire, is the villain and the dog, Malamutt, is his sidekick.
163	* ''Literature/WhatAMess'': The titular character imagines himself as "El Perro" ("The Dog") dealing with a persistent, if totally inept, army of feline soldiers in a Zorro setting.
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