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* Pops up in the very first episode of ''[[Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok]]'', when Mayura goes to investigate a haunted clocktower. Even though she was nowhere near the cat, and though it was apparently asleep when she entered, it just HAD to leap up and scream at her. Really, these cats ought to just switch to decaf, or something...
* Taken literally in the first episode of ''[[Inuyasha]]'', when Kagome goes down to the well to search for her cat. She hears noises coming from the well, and is frightened when her cat brushes up against her leg. After realizing her error, she faces away from the well with the cat as the Centipede Woman shows up to drag her back in time. Her brother, of course, sees it all, and tries to warn her. No luck.
* Subverted in ''[[Darker Thanthan Black]]'': the first two episodes are loaded with so many supposedly coincidental "oh, it was just the cat" moments that one begins to wonder if that furry little bastard is actually plotting something. [[First Episode Spoiler|He is]].
* ''[[Naruto]]''. Although it doesn't use cats. Twice in the story a bunny is seen in the bushes and then someone paranoid throws a kunai or shuriken and the rabbit leaves but a bad guy comes. First time Zabuza came and the second time was Orochimaru.
* In ''[[Black Butler]]'' Ciel, understandably jumpy given the situation, ends up nearly shooting his adorable fianceé who had approached from behind [[Carrying a Cake]].
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== 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.
{{quote|'''Jeff:''' Dude, what is UP with that cat?
'''Troy:''' Is someone throwing it? }}
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* Played straight in an episode of ''[[Profit]]''.
* ''[[Lost]]'' has had many a Dog Scare, thanks to Vincent. For instance, in "Homecoming," Vincent surprises Boone, who is waiting for Ethan to attack. While Vincent is licking Boone's face, Ethan comes up ''from the ocean'' to kill Scott ([[Running Gag|or was it Steve]]?)
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S21 E4/E04 Resurrection of the Daleks|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'' makes the mutant that escaped from a totaled Dalek casing a plot point. After searching for it a while (and describing the creature in such a vivid and horrible way the audience is terrified of it before they even see it), something is seen moving under a cloth... only it's a cat. Then, before the audience has time to catch their breath, the camera pans back to a character it had only been off for a few seconds, who's now being strangled to death by the Dalek creature.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
** There's one in the early episode "The Witch". Notable only because it was used in the credits sequence for quite a while.
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