Cat Scare: Difference between revisions

* Weirdly inverted in ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'', where the cat itself is the monster, and its arrival is preceded by a rabbit.

* In ''[[Tangled]]'', shortly after Rapunzel leaves the tower with Flynn, she's startled by something in the bushes. Much to her embarrassment, it turns out to be not thugs or ruffians, but a harmless bunny rabbit.

* In Disney's ''[[Brother Bear]]'', Kenai is spooked by a rodent before the bear comes along. In the DVD Gag Commentary, the moose comment on how squirrels/chipmunks/etc. always appear before something bad happens, and [[Wrong Genre Savvy|falsely interpret every rodent afterwards as a sign of trouble]].

* Of all things ''[[Invoked Trope|Invoked]]'' by Thomas O'Malley to hitch a ride in ''[[The Aristocats]]'' by scaring a truck driver. A literal [[Cat Scare]].

== Live-Action TV ==

* The [[Community/Recap/S2 E06 Epidemiology|Halloween episode]] of ''[[Community]]'' lampshades Ebert's comments on the trope, with a side scene of a cat jumping across the shot at chest level.

'''Troy:''' Is someone throwing it? }}

:: It eventually gets to the point, after the third or fourth time, where Jeff is actually ''more'' worried about the manic flying cat than he is about the [[Zombie Apocalypse]] waiting outside.

* Lampshaded during ''[[Schlock Mercenary|Schlocktoberfest]]'' [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20071013.html 2007].

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has a [[Scare'Em Straight|pre-scared]] kid seeing [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030919 this]:

* In ''[[Blue Yonder]]'', Lena has actually injured the attackers before. Then she throws something in their midst. [http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1371537/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-41/ They scatter -- and realize they fled a 15-year-old girl with a cell phone when it starts to play music.]

 

== Western Animation ==

* Lampshaded in ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'':

'''Brain:''' No, but it's a [[Genre Savvy|horror movie]]- and they're ''very'' predictable. }}

* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', "Return of the Headmaster": After a Decepticon sighting is called in, Sentinel Prime and Optimus Prime split to look for the Decepticon. Sentinel gets spooked by a noise, whirls, and slashes some pavement into bits with his lance -- and a cat appears, then runs off. He grumbles about organics a moment -- and then the Headmaster zaps him.