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In real life, this is almost entirely untrue. Famous cat ''haters'' throughout history have included Caligula, Nero, Bonaparte, Hitler, and Stalin. Oddly, [[Pet the Dog|all of the above were fond of dogs]], perhaps because of their obedient, worshipful nature. (Alternately, for a psychopath terrified of assassination, a German Shepherd is a little more comforting than a tabby.)
However, [[wikipedia:Cardinal Richelieu|Cardinal Richelieu]] was a famous cat-lover (he owned 14 cats at the time of his death) and he got a [[Historical Villain Upgrade]] since [[Alexandre Dumas]]' ''[[The Three Musketeers (novel)|The Three Musketeers]]''. Most adaptations picture him petting a white cat while scheming, making Richelieu the likely [[Trope
Pirate captains will have a [[Pirate Parrot]] instead. See also [[Feather Boa Constrictor]], [[Right-Hand Attack Dog]].
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* Mick of ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'' is the pet cat of [[The Don]]/[[Big Bad]] Ryubee Sonozaki. Mick also happens to be one of the high ranking villains: the [[Mega Neko|Smilodon Dopant]].
* Another non-villainous example: [[Cee Lo Green]] strokes a white cat in this fashion during Season 2 of ''[[The Voice (TV series)|The Voice]]''.
* ''[[Star Trek: The
** "Assignment Earth". Gary Seven has a black cat named Isis that appears to be intelligent. At the end of the episode it's revealed that Isis is actually a beautiful humanoid female who can take cat form.
** "Catspaw". Korob has a pet black cat. Since he's dressed (and acts) like a wizard, Spock assumes that the cat is his familiar. Later on the cat changes into the form of a beautiful woman, and it turns out that she's really the episode's [[Big Bad]].
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* An episode of ''[[Goldie Gold and Action Jack]]'' has a villain with one.
* Baudelaire, Max Madison's cat in ''[[Phantom 2040]]''.
* One of the ''[[Freakazoid!]]!'' villains has a white, menacing cat. Freakazoid himself has a fat orange cat in ''[[The Godfather]]''-spoof episode.
* Geraldine has one in the ''[[Totally Spies!]]'' episode "Return of Geraldine".
* Ravage from ''[[Transformers]]'' is usually this to the Decepticons.
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* In ''[[Medabots]]'', the Right-Hand Cat contains the soul of the [[Big Bad]]; the human body is just a robotic shell.
* Tailmon (Gatomon in the dub) of ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' started off as Vamdemon's (a.k.a. Myotismon) Right-Hand Cat (though, being a Digimon, she could talk and fight), but it later turned out that she was the missing partner of the eighth Chosen Child.
* The anime ''[[Now and Then, Here and There]]'' has the resident psychotic leader pet a cat in the first episode he appears in. And then break its neck when getting his first but not last on-screen psychotic episode.
* Played with in ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'', where the main character is an [[Troubled but Cute|antisocial and skittish kid]] who is very attached to his pet cat, Karupin. He may not pet him à la Blofeld, but [[Pet the Dog|likes to have the feline sleeping in his bed]].
* What the hell the fat cat in ''[[FLCL]]'' actually was is unclear, but Haruko spends a remarkable amount of time and attention on it. Apparently, she was using it to communicate with her boss.
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** The TV comedy has fun with this one in a few episodes, including one scene where a man is stroking a white cat until someone enters his office, at which point he casually puts the cat away in a desk drawer. He has a puppy in another desk drawer, not to mention a flock of doves in his filing cabinet.
** The Boss is first shown via a Blofeld-style lap-cam, until he gets tired of this and leans down to speak directly into the camera.
* The ''[[Dirty Harry]]'' parody ''[[Sledge Hammer!]]'' has one episode where a crime boss is always seen with a cat and ends up throwing the cat out of the window when he is upset. It is not surprising when Sledge [[Karmic Death|kicks him out the window]] at the end of the episode (and even more ironically, the cat lands safely on the crime boss' chair).
* ''[[Scrubs]]''
** After having sworn revenge against Dr. Cox and then overheard something that would aid him in said revenge, the Janitor turns around in a swivel chair, stroking the nonexistent Leonard.
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* Mistress Leevil, the president of BET in ''[[The Boondocks]]'', has her own cat. The twist here? The cat is ''dead''.
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "That Darn Katz!", a grumpy professor named [[Meaningful Name|Katz]], who rejects Amy's proposal for harnessing the Earth's rotation for energy, has a white cat in his lap. It is later revealed that Katz {{spoiler|was really a puppet operated by the cat, who (like all cats, as it turns out) is actually an intelligent alien who wants to use Amy's device to stop Earth's rotation and transfer it to his homeworld.}}
* In ''[[The Fairly
* Parodied in the ''[[Total Drama Action]]'' episode "Dial M for Merger". As a parody of spy movies, Chris introduces the challenge wearing an [[Eyepatch of Power|eyepatch]] and petting a white cat. Afterwards, [[Animals Hate Him|the cat attacks him]].
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=== Films -- Animation ===
* ''[[Heavy Metal (animation)|Heavy Metal]]'' film. The [[Big Bad]] of the "Taarna" segment has a Right-Hand Rat: a giant rat-like creature with a nasty snarl. He petted it while it sat next to him.
* In ''[[Twice Upon a Time (1983 film)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', Synonamess Botch has a pet armadillo named Ratatooie.
* In ''[[Despicable Me]]'', Gru has a bizarre-looking mongrel dog named Kyle.
* Early on in ''[[Megamind]]'', the title villain uses one of his Brain-bots for this purpose.
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=== Tabletop Games ===
* In the ''Red Steel'' setting for ''[[Dungeons
* In a surprisingly not-[[Up to Eleven|over-the-top]] example from ''[[Warhammer
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