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== Anime and Manga ==
* [[Pokémon (
** Also, in ''Showdown at Dark City'', Electabuzz and Scyther are stated to be mortal enemy species.
* Tiger vs Dragon and Dog vs Monkey appear to be Japanese versions of the dog/cat thing, since they're alluded to often in anime and manga.
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** Garfield also subverts this trope by befriending a mouse named Floyd (and letting him bring other mice over for house parties), much to Jon's annoyance.
* ''[[Gear]]'' is about a war between four nations of small cats, larger cats, dogs, and insects, doing battle by means of [[Humongous Mecha]]!
* The basis for the animal metaphor in Art Spiegelman's graphic-novel-style biography about his parents' experiences in the Holocaust, ''[[
** Same deal in the Manga ''[[Apocalypse Meow]]'', except it's a Japanese writer examining the Vietnam conflict. Americans are rabbits, Vietnamese are cats, Russians are bears, Chinese are pandas, French are pigs, and Japanese are monkeys (including an unflattering [[Author Avatar]]).
* Subverted in George Herriman's comic strip, ''[[Krazy Kat]],'' as noted under [[Cats Are Mean]].
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** The trope is [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in ''Captain Carrot and the Final Arc''; the ''real'' murderer is revealed to be Alley's magically created [[Evil Twin]], and the true Alley vows to resurrect Little Cheese.
*** Interestingly, the story of Little Cheese' murder by Alley Kat Abra was apparently written under [[Executive Meddling|editorial fiat]]- Scott Shaw! (yes, the exclamation point is part of his name), the creator of the characters, when encountered at a Con, said that he was strongly opposed to the story idea, but pretty much told he had to do it anyway. The 'evil twin' retcon was his just revenge upon those editors after they'd gotten the boot.
** Considering on Earth-C, cats and mice * don't* hate each other (and any cat or mouse that did would be considered a bigot/speciesist), it makes the above-cited "reason" as all the more out-of-character for Alley (and thus should've given reason for the Crew to be suspicious). Supporting this is one story where the Zoo Crew, while visiting other dimensions briefly, encounter one resembling ''[[
* Partially subverted in the comic strip ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'', using sensitive, intelligent character Zebra, whose never-ending efforts to reach detente with various predators (lions, more recently crocs) inevitably fail miserably. In one strip, he writes a moving letter asking why; the lions' response is 'Yu taste gud!'
* In ''[[Peanuts]]'', Snoopy has always hated cats. On many occasions, he has taunted the "stupid cat next door".
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* The film ''[[
** Averted somewhat in the sequel, which features a cat agency dedicated to protecting humanity.
* Averted in ''[[Milo and Otis]]'', a story about a cat and a pug dog who are friends. Though it is kind of seen as an [[Odd Friendship]] by other animals.
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== Literature ==
* Averted in the ''A Cricket In Times Square'' series by George Selden, which features a mouse (Tucker) and a cat (Harry) who are best friends. A flashback book even averts [[Cats Are Mean]] by having Harry be the one to initiate the friendship in the first place. A later book even has the pair adopting an orphan puppy.
* Subverted in ''[[Discworld
** The ancient enmity between rats and humans is also subverted. Between rats and terriers, not so.
* Explained in an African folk tale. According to the story, Cat and Dog were once great friends and did many friendly things together. But then came hard times and Cat and Dog had to go their separate ways. Dog wandered off and Cat found a human family to shack up with. Dog eventually went to Cat and begged to be allowed in so he could get a decent meal. Cat took pity and directed Dog to his owner's brother, but not before extracting a promise that Dog not come back. Dog kept his promise for a while, but eventually either forgot or judged that circumstances rendered the promise moot, and shambled on back to see Cat. Cat was pissed, to say the least. So dogs aren't chasing cats because they hate cats-they want to be friends again, and cats still refuse to forgive.
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== Videogames ==
* You will often see foxes and wolves paired as rivals; this goes back to the "beast epics" of Reynard the Fox, which featured Reynard and his rivalry between the wolf Isengrin. For a more modern example, well, how about, "Can't let you do that, [[Star Fox (
** In one educational [[Sierra]] textgame (Apple II era), wolves ''eat'' foxes.
* Subverted in every respect in ''[[Ghost Trick]]''. The black cat {{spoiler|Sissel}} gets along incredibly well with the dog Missile and quickly makes friends with him. Also, he seems to have an aversion to hurting rodents. {{spoiler|Might have something to do that for 99% of the game, he doesn't ''know'' that he is a cat.}}
* Two ''[[
** There's also Heatmor (anteater) and Durant (ant). One attacks the other for food, the other retaliates in self-defence.
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== Webcomics ==
* Half the jokes in ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'' rely on this, or subvert it.
* ''[[
* Percival and Pooch in ''[[Sinfest]]'' -- [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3255 at least professed on Percy's part]
* ''Girly'' has made that [http://girlyyy.com/go/510 chickens and ducks are sworn enemies].
* In ''[[Poharex]]'', the dinosaurs have a mortal emnity with the Rakair, a species of evolved rauisuchians. They also hate humans, though to a lesser extent.
* In ''[[
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* Parodied in ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'':
** Heffer's grandpa hates wallabies. The good news is, his eyesight isn't so good and he mistakes Rocko for a beaver. The bad news is, he's not too keen on beavers either. Cats and turtles are said to be mutual enemies, without much explanation, in the episode "The Big Question"/"The Big Answer." This rivalry exists [[Rule of Drama|solely for the purpose of creating tension]] leading up to the marriage of recurring characters Filburt (a turtle) and Dr. Hutchinson (a cat).
** One episode shows Heffer (a steer) -- who was literally [[Raised
* The [[Lion King]] features a lion/hyena rivalry, which actually reflects the reality of the African savannahs, to a certain extent.
** Though The Lion King inverts it, based on the old misunderstanding of their interactions. Newer research suggests that its the Hyenas who do the hunting and the Lions who muscle them away from their kills. Even newer research suggest that both sides play both roles when it suits their purposes.
* ''[[My Gym
* Subverted in the "Rita and Runt" segments of ''[[
* Most of the [[
** [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna and Barbera]] later went on to create ''Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks'' (for [[The Huckleberry Hound Show]]), and ''Motormouse and Autocat'' (for the Cattanooga Cats show) which naturally have similar themes; the latter involving vehicles.
* ''[[An American Tail]]'' uses the old Cats vs Mice rivalry as a metaphor for the rich vs the oppressed races in the late 1800's.
* In ''[[
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'': Tweety and Sylvester. "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!"
* In ''[[
* [[Felix the Cat]]'s relationships with mice range from friendly to [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]-ish. Notably, he has a mouse friend, Skidoo, living in his house.
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