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It often happens that during a [[Chase Scene]], the protagonist hides behind a garbage can, empty container or another large object, hoping that the bad guys won't notice their presence. During this critical stage, the hiding protagonist usually [[So Much for Stealth|makes a noise]] that attracts the bad guys. Everything seems to be doomed until...
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Not to be confused with [[Cat Scare]] (used in suspense or horror movies). Related to [[It's Probably Nothing]] and [[Nobody Here But Us Birds]]. Subtrope of [[Escape Tropes|escape trope]]. Can overlap with [[Blind Alley]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The first episode of ''[[Innocent Venus]]'' has a cat serving as decoy. The hero was actually wearing an infrared invisibility cloak, making him immune to the enemy's heat detection camera.
* A variation in ''[[
* In ''[[Ninja Scroll]]'', when a group of ninja fail to kill their target (who turns out to be an undead monster), the team leader uses a cat as a [[Ninja Log]] to avoid some projectiles and escape.
* In the first episode of ''[[Toumei Shoujo Ea]]'' the boy and the invisible girl are hiding from [[The Men in Black]] in a pile of very clean garbage bags. [[The Men in Black]] pass the pile by, then turn back and fire! But it's only a kitten.
* Subverted in ''[[Genesis Climber Mospeada]]'' and it's ''[[Robotech]]: New Generation'' counterpart. Yellow, Ray and Mint are in Carnegie Hall hiding from an Inbit sentry when a cat runs by and stops the sentry believing the noise it heard was just a cat. Turns out the cat was actually a performance by a boy named George who appeared to help the heroes.
* Another variation in the ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' episode "Pierrot Le Fou", where Tongpu has Spike cornered, ready to finish him off, when suddenly a cat meows at him from a fire escape. Tongpu, who is deathly afraid of cats, turns his full attention to it and tries to shoot it, allowing Spike time to throw something [[Stuff Blowing Up|big and explosive]] at him.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Tintin
** In ''[[Tintin
** In ''[[Tintin
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[
* Inverted in ''[[Snakes
* In the 1959 film adaptation of ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank]]'', one scene has a pair of Gestapo officers searching the residence where the refugees are hiding because someone else broke in. The refugees' cat ends up knocking a plate from a table and arouses suspicion, but then resolves it as well by meowing, causing the officers to think that the cat is the only living thing around.
* The scene in ''[[Predator]]'' when Dutch gets covered with mud, making the predator unable to detect him in infrared. The predator still closes in on him, then gets distracted by a rat.
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[The Dresden Files
* In ''[[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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