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A line of plushies created by Hallmark and Fisher-Price in [[The Eighties|the 80s]], the [[Purr-tenders]] were a bunch of brightly colored cats wearing little masks and a ''very'' odd [[Backstory]]. At the Pick-A-Dilly Pet Shop, all the customers want to buy unusual, 'exotic' pets... 'exotic' pets like birds, bunnies, mice and ''dogs''. But nobody ''ever'' wants to buy a cat, and the kitty pens are getting rather crowded...
So some of the kitties hatch a cunning plan: they make masks and ear-bands out of felt and [[Paper-Thin Disguise|disguise themselves as other animals]], and start hanging around the other animals' pens, trying to pass themselves off as the real thing. Amazingly, this ''works'', and soon they've all ended up in happy homes, still keeping up the charade.
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Despite Hallmark's efforts, the series never gained enough steam to earn itself a cartoon series and [[Follow the Leader|compete with its predecessors and peers]], the [[Pound Puppies]]. There was a Burger King tie-in with a few toys, including some odd doll-stocking hybrids called 'Sock-Ems', and a handful of books telling their story, but beyond that there wasn't much beyond the strange backstory and the dolls' ability to purr that made them stand out.
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* [[Animal Stereotypes]] - Romp-purr fit the usual dog stereotype particularly well.
* [[Ass in a Lion Skin]] - Kinda the whole point.
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