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*** In a children's book of the film, they say that jazz comes from America, meaning one of the cats they met brought it to Paris.
*** Then again, [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality|talking cats didn't come around]] 'till ''at least'' the '80s.
*** Some of the cars and trucks seen in the film appears to be from the 1960s. Justified, considering [[101 Dalmatians
* [[Animal Talk]]: At the very least, cats, horses, mice and geese all speak the same language; a couple of talking dogs also appear, but we never see them interact with the cats.
** A joke right near the end implies that either Madame can speak the animal language, or she just believes they speak.
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* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: The three kittens: Marie (white), Berlioz (dark) and Toulouse (orange).
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Madame's attorney who has to be interrupted during an impromptu rendition of ''[[
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Edgar. Also, Lafayette and Napoleon at times.
* [[The Butler Did It]]: Edgar is Disney's epitome of this.
* [[Caligula's Horse]]: A rare protagonistic version, as Madame intended to have her estate be given to her pet cats.
* [[Captain Ethnic]]: O'Malley's pal, Scat Cat, who was [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|modeled on]] (and almost voiced by) [[
** Scat Cat also bears no small resemblance to [[Ink Suit Actor|his voice]] [[wikipedia:Scatman Crothers|Scatman Crothers]].
* [[Casanova]]: Implied with O'Malley, who lathers Duchess in praise like a pro. He later seems surprised by how true his comments were.
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* [[Cool Cat]]: A major theme of the movie. From upbeat wanderer Thomas O'Malley, to collectedly refined Duchess, to swingin' hep cat Scat Cat, the moral of the story is "nothing keeps a good cat down."
* [[Cute Kitten]]: But, of course!
* [[The Danza]]: Contrary to popular belief, Scat Cat was ''not'' originally intended to be voiced by Scatman Crothers, but by [[
* [[Deep South]]/[[Not Even Bothering
** Possibly the dogs and their owners [[Wild Mass Guessing|immigrated from Louisiana]]?
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]:
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*** A sequel storybook was written sometime in the 80s. It obviously takes place after the movie as the geese sisters show up. But, O'Malley is completely absent from the story! Hmmm...
* [[Disney Acid Sequence]]: Both uses of "Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat".
* [[Disney Animated Canon]]: Depending on how you look at it, this film is either the last of Disney's "Golden Era", or the beginning of their Dark Age. It was the last movie Walt personally green-lit before his death, but the first he never worked on directly (''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' was the last film he produced).
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Duchess and Marie both fall under this trope.
* [[Distressed Dude]]: O'Malley bravely dives into the water to save Marie, but it backfires when he himself can't swim back to shore and has to be rescued by two geese. Or, alternatively, ''from'' [[Stop Helping Me!|said geese.]]
* [[Expy]]/[[Pigeonholed Voice Actor]]: O'Malley has a similar personality (and the same voice actor, Phil Harris) as Baloo from ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]''. Harris would play another, even more blatant, expy of Baloo as Little John in ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]''.
** The Geese sisters Abigail and Amelia are based on the "Pigeon Sisters" from ''[[The Odd Couple]]'' movie and are voiced by the same actresses, who went on to voice Maid Marian and Lady Cluck in ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]''.
** The whole movie, plot-wise, is essentially ''[[101 Dalmatians
* [[The Edwardian Era]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Two words--Shun Gon.
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** [[The Jungle Book|Baloo]] is O'Malley.
** [[The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh|Tigger]] is Shun Gon.
* [[Hoist
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Averted with Toulouse, who is pretty much the only character who suspects Edgar from the beginning.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Duchess, as far as the cat world is concerned.
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** He later calls himself "J. Thomas O'Malley", so it's possible the [[Overly Long Name]] is just something he made for the song.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: O'Malley.
* [[Parent
* [[Parental Bonus]]: Most young children won't catch the pun on "aristocrats," but their parents will.
* [[Pet Heir]]
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* [[Say My Name]]: O'Malley learns Marie's name solely due to [[Distressed Damsel|the number of times Duchess yells it when she gets into trouble.]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: The kitten Berlioz is [[wikipedia:Hector Berlioz|learning to play piano]], while his brother Toulouse is [[wikipedia:Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|a painter]].
** This isn't [[101 Dalmatians
** Shun Gon apparantly bears some resemblance to the Siamese cats in ''[[Lady and
* [[Smug Snake]]: Edgar becomes this when he thinks he's gotten rid of the cats for good.
* [[Spit Take]]: Edgar, when he hears meowing at the door.
* [[Spoiled Brat]]: Marie acts like one sometimes.
* [[Straight Man]]: Napoleon.
* [[Stock Footage]]: It's pretty clear Disney was already experiencing the financial woes that forced them to make their next film, ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'', so economically. The difference here is that the recycled animation is ''also'' from this film. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8N0XLpKVew&t=3m33s This shot] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8N0XLpKVew&t=5m50s this shot] occur less than three minutes apart from each other in the movie.
** Many of the vehicles in the film are actually recycled from ''[[101 Dalmatians
* [[Street Smart]]: O'Malley.
* [[Talking Animal]]: To be specific, [[Animal Talk|translated animal]].
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