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A fascinating collection of fan fictions by author Chris Dee, centering around the original and most widely known [[Catwoman (
▲{{quote| [[Deadpan Snarker|''In full regalia – looking like Sir Lancelot dipped in tar but not yet feathered.'']] }}
Can be found [http://catwoman-cattales.com/ here]. [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/22266/chris_dee Many of the older stories can be found] on [[Fanfiction.net]], but the collection there was essentially abandoned years ago because of the author's disagreement with some of their policies.
▲{{quote| ''And he speaks: [[Captain Obvious|"I don't think those jewels belong to you."]]'' }}
▲{{quote| [[Deadpan Snarker|''I salute you, World's Greatest Detective.'']]}}
▲A fascinating collection of fan fictions, centering around the original and most widely known [[Catwoman (Comic Book)|Catwoman]] incarnation, Selina Kyle, and her evolving relationship with Batman, both when masked and not. The series started in 2000. It all begins when Selina, fed up with [[Malicious Slander|the Gotham Post's continual smearing of her good name]], [[Clear My Name|starts up a stage show at the Hijinx Playhouse]], named [[Title Drop|Cat Tales]]. Things really take off when Bruce Wayne hears about the show, and decides to go see it, supposedly just to see if it "really is her". Humiliated by her accusations that he is an uptight prig, he decides to prove her wrong. [[Hilarity Ensues|Things snowball from there.]]
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* [[Action Girl]]: Catwoman, every female superhero or former superhero.
* [[A God Am I]]: Ivy is convinced of this, which is why she suffers a [[Villainous Breakdown]] after the world decides to [[Humiliation Conga|prove her wrong.]]
* [[Archive Panic]]:
* [[Artifact Title]]: The title was derived from the name of Selina's stage show, which closed two or three stories in.
* [[Author Appeal]]: "Trick Or Treat" shows that Chris Dee knows quite a bit about Sherlock Holmes.
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]
* [[Bad Guy Bar]]: The Ice Berg Lounge. Also, they have instant messaging.
** When
* [[Batman Cold Open]]
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Pretty much a given.
* [[Battle Couple]]: Tim (Robin III) and Cassandra Cain (Batgirl II) are dating. Mind you she could probably snap his back over her knee.
* [[Berserk Button]]:
* [[Beta Couple]]: Lois and Clark...
** Dick and Barbara are also this, [[They Do|after they get married.]]
* [[Black Widow]]: The Penguin picks one up through an ad in the Personals. The Huntress recognizes her, though, and warns the rogues.
* [[Cats Are Snarkers]]: This
* [[Chickification]]: Poison Ivy. In almost every single [[Post-Crisis]] depiction of her character, she has a poisonous kiss, is a skilled chemist, and, while less common, is able to
** Talia is equally de-badassed. Master of armed and unarmed combat? Nope, can't even get into a non-lethal catfight with Selina without tripping over her own two feet. Genius-level intellect? Nuh-uh, can't even plan out something more complicated than a [[Step Three: Profit]]. Skilled in Managerial tasks and has helped keep both the League of Assassins and DEMON in the black for decades? No way, she can't even balance her checkbook and provide for her own welfare without daddy's credit card, let alone anybody else.
* [[Classy Cat Burglar]]: As opposed to [[Malicious Slander|that tramp from the ''Gotham Post''.]]
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Talia to Batman,
* [[Crossover]]: ...with other fanfictions hosted by the same site.
** It's not immediately obvious, but the Selina Kyle involved in the [[Mega Crossover]] ''[[The League of Extraordinary Women]]'' is the ''Cat-Tales'' version.
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]
* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]
* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Duh.
**
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Clayface getting Poison Ivy a Christmas gift of
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[First-Person Smartass]]: Selina slips into this.
* [[Flanderization]]: Pretty much any woman Batman has ever been hinted at romantically besides Selina has had their negative personality characteristics played [[Up to Eleven]] so that they are nothing but annoying self-absorbed harpies or immature,
* [[Functional Magic]]: Rule Magic; specifically, anything you do gets paid back threefold. [[Laser-Guided Karma|Doesn't work out so well for Zatanna]] [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|when she tried]] [[Identity Crisis|to
* [[Gay Paree]]: Selina trained
* [[Got Me Doing It]]: At one point, much to his consternation, Batman catches himself following Catwoman's lead in referring to Two-Face and the Riddler as Harvey and Eddie.
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]:
* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: Averted
* [[Heel Realization]]: Talia Al Ghul's messy breakup with [[Named After Somebody Famous|Gr]][[Embarrassing First Name|eg]] [[The Brady Bunch|Brady]], she actually realizes how neurotic and obsessed she's gotten about Batman, and actually begins a slow process of [[Love Redeems|shaping up her life so she can get Greg back.]]
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: Arranged for [[Frank Miller|F. Miller.]]
* [[Just Friends]]: Eddie/The Riddler and Selina/Catwoman. Asking the former if it's really more than friends leads to bouts of [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]], as described below.
* [[Legacy Character]]: Clayface disguises himself as the Monarch of Menace, an old Silver Age villain, to get around the unofficial [[Persona Non Grata|ban from the Iceberg]] that Poison Ivy's [[Disproportionate Retribution|freak
* [[Love Redeems]]: Catwoman stops stealing a short while after hooking up with Batman, though it's slightly subverted by how she keeps up pretenses in front of other
* [[Magic A Is Magic A]]: {{spoiler|[[Cosmic Retcon|Zatanna learns the hard way]] [[De-Power|that the universe really doesn't like it]] [[Mutually Exclusive Magic|when you use White Magic to do undeniably evil things...]]}}
* [[Magical Database]]: Well, it ''is'' the Batcomputer...
* [[Magic Versus Science]]:
* [[Monster Clown]]: J-O-K-E-R.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Miriam, the owner of [[The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday|the local magic goods shop]], has one of these when she realizes that Poison Ivy, the woman she just sold power-enhancing magic rituals to, is the same person that caused the forest trees to attack the Highland Games.
* [[Never Recycle Your Schemes]]: [[Lampshaded]] by the
* [[The Neidermeyer]]: Ulstarn, Ra's Al Ghul's regional leader in Gotham, is a huge ass-kissing paranoid [[Jerkass]]. even Ra's can't stand him, which is why he sent him halfway across the world.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Superman's bachelor party.
* [[Not So Different]]: Batman does not take it well when Superman points out that both he and The Riddler, by Batman's own description, are motivated by injustice: Batman by the fact that crime exists in his city, and Riddler by the fact that the idiots and bullies of the world are the ones who always succeed over genuinely smart people.
* [[Parody Sue]]: Nocturna seems to be Chris Dee's take on this trope.
** Since Nocturna/Natalia Knight is a canon character, it can also be read as another giant [[Take That]].
* [[Put
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Catwoman doesn't like her press. What does she do?
* [[Retcon]]: Everything about Catwoman ever written by [[Frank Miller]] and his spiritual descendants has been eviscerated, through the above concept: it's all published in a skanky newspaper (or a trashy biography) [[Malicious Slander|and not
* [[Secret Keeper]]: Eddie/The Riddler figures out that Bruce Wayne is Batman once Selina starts seeing him seriously. He refuses to reveal this to the other Rogues because a) it would validate Hugo Strange, who's always claimed this was the case but who is despised by the other Rogues as a nutjob, and b) more importantly, it would ruin Selina's happiness. And he tells Bruce this to his face in the middle of a "Psychobat" attack over his knowledge.
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: This trope is used by generations of [[Housewife|Wayne women]] to...''influence'' their husbands.▼
* [[Servile Snarker]]: Alfred, as always.
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Eddie is horrified when people suggest that he's in love with
▲* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: This trope is used by generations of [[Housewife|Wayne women]] to...''influence'' their husbands.
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Alfred and the neighbor's French chef, Anatole.
* [[Spin-Off]]: Fans of the universe have created more than a few side-stories to the main universe.
* [[Take That]]: "Pussywhipped" makes it abundantly clear that Chris Dee does not like [[Frank Miller]]'s take on Batman.
** Canon developments the author doesn't like tend to be portrayed as more tabloid lies. These range from the existence of Nyssa Raatko to Killer Croc's cannibalism to [[Unfortunate Implications|Renee Montoya being a lesbian]].
* [[Team Mom]]: Slowly but surely, Catwoman is becoming this to the Bat Family, after being with Bruce for the last three years in-universe. This is most apparent by how she's mentoring Cassie in both relationships with boys and sneaking into buildings.
* [[Urban Legend Love Life]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] by Bruce: he can't be [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job|the Fop]] without some sex exploits
* [[Villain Protagonist]]:
** Except when committing robberies just to show that she can, providing a location for the worst criminal element to congregate and lay their plans, or convincing Batman to funnel ''more crime'' into the poorest part of town while rationalizing that it's not like she has anything against orphans or anything.
* [[Villainous Harlequin]]: Guess who, puddin'?
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