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* [[Heaven]]: {{spoiler|Francis}} gets a look at the feline heaven after {{spoiler|being shot at the end of the second book. He's saved from the brink of death before the stay becomes permanent.}}
* [[Hollywood Atheist]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. Claudandus is a misotheist.}}
* [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]: Both subverted and played straight. It's one of the main themes of the film.
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Averted to hell and back. Dams and their kittens die all over the place.
** In the original novel, Francis has a nightmare where Deep Purple pulls a kitten out of his torn, bleeding throat, throws it against the wall, pulls out another kitten which bursts like a red paint balloon, and proceeds to splatter more kittens from his throat. Try going to sleep after reading that fun scene.
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* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Felicity says that "humans are the kindest creature there is" in the same space as "Claudandus was viciously tortured by humans." The break between these two realities is at the center of the book's plot.
** It also points out the irony of Felicity's views on humans considering it's heavily implied that she is blind due to humans experimenting on her in the past.
* [[Motive Rant]]: Quite a lengthy one, in which {{spoiler|Claudandus details how [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]], and why he created [[Felidae]] in order to overthrown humans.}} This is more prevalent in the book.
* [[Narm]]: In the English dub, most of the characters sound cartoony (yes, it's an animated movie, but... it's a murder mystery with cats! And sex!)
* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: {{spoiler|Claudandus, since he tries to create a master race of cats and is willing to kill for it.}}
** The book is a bit more nuanced, because the motivations and origins of {{spoiler|Claudandus}} are explained in more depth. Depending on your perspective, he is [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|simply trying his best to make cats strong enough so they'll never be test subjects to any human again.]]
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: {{spoiler|Claudandus. Just read his rant about how [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]}}.
** And while certainly acting as a [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] up to his final confrontation with Francis, the meaning behind his [[Final Speech]] is open for debate - was it a [[Heel Realization]]?
* [[Nightmare Dreams]]: Francis has several of them, ranging from heavily symbolic to heavily disturbing.
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* [[Passing the Torch]]: {{spoiler|Pascal's original intention towards Francis.}}
* [[The Password Is Always Swordfish]]: Francis guesses the password on Pascal's computer fairly easily - it's {{spoiler|Preterius, the name of the scientist whose experiments set Pascal/Claudandus down the path of evil.}}
* [[Pet the Dog|Pet The Cat]]: Interestingly (see [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]] above), just about every human character is shown to have (or have had) good qualities. Even {{spoiler|Preterius}} was somewhat kind to his test subjects (at least in the book - it's not really shown in the movie) before his project started falling apart around him. About the only exception would be Saffron's owner, from book two, who took delight in starving and torturing his cats - Saffron's brother {{spoiler|died of dehydration}} thanks to him.
** Francesca also fails to get any [[Pet the Dog|such moments]], but she's not evil per se - just really domineering, pushy, and a hypocrite.
* [[Poetic Serial Killer|Philosophical Serial Killer]]. It's a rather nihilistic philosophy though. Especially at the end.
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