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. I don't yet see any additional meaning in a trope about a combination of A, B, and C.
I believe that such examples would fall under Cats Are Mean and/or Cute Is Evil. Space cats who happen (is there an idea behind this happenstance?) to be nazis might be Too Rare to Trope.
Thank you both; while I wasn't sure, I did have a suspicion that it may not have been quite as prolific an idea as my personal experience may suggest. Though I am slightly surprised that the "Charlie Chaplin" / "toothbrush" moustache cats have not led to this idea being more explored in media.
Edited by Hypercube2017
Not related to space, but to history: In the graphic novel series Maus, prisoners are depicted as mice, Nazis as cats, and American soldiers as dogs. The less-desirable trait of feline cruelty with captured prey seems to be why they're cast as Hitler's minions.
I was wondering if there was a trope for space cats who happen to be fascist. Specifically, I personally have come across a minimum of three instances of this (Stephen Arseneault's Sodium series, Craig Alanson's Expeditionary Force series, and the Gigastructural Engineering mod for Stellaris (video game)). While I would put this under the TLP, as I couldn't find any, I feel that I'm too inexperienced to do so. Additionally, while I only mentioned 3, I'm fairly certain there are more examples.
-Post Script: Also, the reason I spelled "Katzis" with a K is a bit of homage to the difference between orcs in fantasy and orks in sci-fi. (Including the Our Orcs Are Different page on this very wiki).
Edited by Tabs