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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Discworld]]:
** In ''[[Discworld/Soul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]'', one of Susan's first "customers" as acting [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] is a grumpy old man who leaves his fortune to his cat instead of his ungrateful, parasitic relatives. Of course, he hates the cat too, so he doesn't set it up any kind of ''protection'' from said relatives.
** This forms a major part of the plot in ''[[Discworld/Making Money|Making Money]]''. Near the beginning of the book, Topsy Lavish leaves her shares in the Ankh-Morpork Royal Bank to her dog, Mr. Fusspot... and leaves the dog to Moist von Lipwig, with a note that Moist will be targeted by the Assassins' Guild if Moist should decline to take care of the dog.
* A young adult novel (the title of which this troper cannot recall) featured a variant of this trope. A [[Uncle Pennybags|wealthy old lady]] left her estate and [[Big Fancy House|house]] to her cat for the rest of its natural life, under the care of a trustee; after the cat's death the house is to go to the city for a park. The book opens with the protagonists becoming suspicious of how long the cat has lived under the guardian's care, and they [[You Meddling Kids|start to investigate]].
* In H. Allen Smith's 1946 novel ''Rhubarb'' ([[The Film of the Book|filmed]] in 1951), a [[Eccentric Millionaire|cranky millionaire]] leaves everything—including a major league baseball team—to his [[Cats Are Mean|cat]] Rhubarb. The team's players and the millionaire's disinherited daughter are among those who have problems with this.
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