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* AnachronismStew: Downplayed: Algerians had mostly transitioned to modern European clothes by the time the comic is set, the artist keeps them in 1900s clothes to give an Orientalist feel.
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** The cat mentions Abrahams's grandson ended up marrying an ashkenazi girl, but little is made of it (since by then it's The70s).
* AnachronismStew: Downplayed: Algerians had mostly transitioned to modern European clothes by the time the comic is set, the artist keeps them in 1900s clothes to give an Orientalistfeel.feel (as examplified by Zlabya's BedlahBabe clothes which she wears in public).
* AnachronismStew: Downplayed: Algerians had mostly transitioned to modern European clothes by the time the comic is set, the artist keeps them in 1900s clothes to give an Orientalist
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* ArtShift: The movie does this a few times, first when the cat describes his dreams (particularly the one where he and the rabbi hit the DespairEventHorizon [[spoiler:over Zlabya's death]], and later when [[spoiler:he, the painter, and the waitress reach Jerusalem. This gives the sequence a surreal feel which, along with the pink elephants, suggests it might be entirely imaginary]].
* BittersweetEnding: The residents of Jerusalem [[spoiler: reject the painter as a fellow Jew and tell him to leave immediately. However, the comic ends with him being comforted in the arms of his new wife]].
* BittersweetEnding: The residents of Jerusalem [[spoiler: reject the painter as a fellow Jew and tell him to leave immediately. However, the comic ends with him being comforted in the arms of his new wife]].
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* ArtShift: ArtShift:
** The comic varies wildly in its level of detail from panel to panel, usually for dramatic effect but sometimes akin to a GrossUpCloseUp. Abraham is hit the hardest, as he's usually drawn with BlackBeadEyes and a line for a mouth, but gets more realistic facial features when angry.
** The movie does this a few times, first when the cat describes his dreams (particularly the one where he and the rabbi hit the DespairEventHorizon [[spoiler:over Zlabya's death]], and later when [[spoiler:he, the painter, and the waitress reach Jerusalem. This gives the sequence a surreal feel which, along with the pink elephants, suggests it might be entirely imaginary]].
* BittersweetEnding: The residents of Jerusalem[[spoiler: reject [[spoiler:reject the painter as a fellow Jew and tell him to leave immediately. immediately]]. However, the comic ends with him being comforted in [[spoiler:in the arms of his new wife]].
** The comic varies wildly in its level of detail from panel to panel, usually for dramatic effect but sometimes akin to a GrossUpCloseUp. Abraham is hit the hardest, as he's usually drawn with BlackBeadEyes and a line for a mouth, but gets more realistic facial features when angry.
** The movie does this a few times, first when the cat describes his dreams (particularly the one where he and the rabbi hit the DespairEventHorizon [[spoiler:over Zlabya's death]], and later when [[spoiler:he, the painter, and the waitress reach Jerusalem. This gives the sequence a surreal feel which, along with the pink elephants, suggests it might be entirely imaginary]].
* BittersweetEnding: The residents of Jerusalem
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* DeadpanSnarker: Every other sentence out of the cat's mouth is sarcastic.
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* DeadpanSnarker: CosmicPlaything: The Jews as a whole are established to suffer no matter where they live or who's in charge: Algeria, France, the Black Sea, Russia...
-->'''Vastenov:''' A Russian, you can challenge to a duel, a Jew, you burn. A Russian, you seduce his wife, a Jew, you help yourself.\\
'''Jules:''' But since the Revolution, that must have changed!\\
'''Vastenov:''' You have humor. I like.
** Case in point: He refers to the painter (a fellow Russian) as "Jew" rather than asking his name.
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Every other sentence out of the cat's mouth is sarcastic.
-->'''Vastenov:''' A Russian, you can challenge to a duel, a Jew, you burn. A Russian, you seduce his wife, a Jew, you help yourself.\\
'''Jules:''' But since the Revolution, that must have changed!\\
'''Vastenov:''' You have humor. I like.
** Case in point: He refers to the painter (a fellow Russian) as "Jew" rather than asking his name.
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Every other sentence out of the cat's mouth is sarcastic.
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** Abraham gets a good one after a disciple asks about TurnTheOtherCheek:
-->Rabbi Jesus said that, but his works aren't the most studied in this house.
-->Rabbi Jesus said that, but his works aren't the most studied in this house.
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* ImprobableAge: The cat lives to be at least 50 years old as of 1973.
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* IWasQuiteALooker: Time was ''not'' kind to Zlabya or her husband Jules when we see them in 1973; Jules is much skinnier, his jaw appears to have shrunk and wears huge glasses, Zlabya has a double chin and is out of breath whenever she gets up or sits down.
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* UnexplainedRecovery: Vastenov reappears alive and well with no explanation other than "no, he isn't dead" from the cat.
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* AnimalSpeak: The cat is able to communicate with fellow animals (but not the parrot, which he eats), even after he's no longer able to speak with humans.
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* AnimalSpeak: AnimalTalk: The cat is able to communicate with fellow animals (but not the parrot, which he eats), even after he's no longer able to speak with humans.
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* AnachronismStew: Downplayed: Algerians had mostly transitioned to modern European clothes by the time the comic is set, the artist keeps them in 1900s clothes to give an Orientalist feel.
* AnimalSpeak: The cat is able to communicate with fellow animals (but not the parrot, which he eats), even after he's no longer able to speak with humans.
* DeadpanSnarker: Every other sentence out of the cat's mouth is sarcastic.
-->'''Cat:''' (on being asked to find a fable by Creator/JeanDeLaFontaine that doesn't involve AerithAndBob or gods, plural): If you want, I can look for one that only has kosher animals.
-->'''Cat:''' (on being asked to find a fable by Creator/JeanDeLaFontaine that doesn't involve AerithAndBob or gods, plural): If you want, I can look for one that only has kosher animals.
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* GoodIsNotNice: The cat is a subversion, as he is nice (at least to Rabbi Sfar and Zlabya), but not good.
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* GodGuise: When arguing with the Rabbi's Rabbi, the cat claims to be God taking the form of a talking cat to confront him with his ignorance and obtuse dogmatism... then says nah, he's just a cat.
* GoodIsNotNice: The cat is a subversion, as he is nice (at least to Rabbi Sfar (mostly) and Zlabya), but not good.
* GoodIsNotNice: The cat is a subversion, as he is nice (at least to Rabbi Sfar (mostly) and Zlabya), but not good.
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* HonorBeforeReason: How [[spoiler: Vastenov]] ends up getting killed.
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* HonorBeforeReason: HonorBeforeReason:
** During a period of unrest, Rabbi Sfar argues with a janissary that he needs to get his holy books from the synagogue. The cat mentions that such books are so precious that when they become unusable they're buried as though they were a person.
** How [[spoiler: Vastenov]] ends up getting killed.
** During a period of unrest, Rabbi Sfar argues with a janissary that he needs to get his holy books from the synagogue. The cat mentions that such books are so precious that when they become unusable they're buried as though they were a person.
** How [[spoiler: Vastenov]] ends up getting killed.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Few people are surprised by a talking cat, more concerned by the moral implications of it (primarily that the cat takes his gift of speech and uses it to lie).
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: UnusuallyUninterestingSight:
** Few people are surprised by a talking cat, more concerned by the moral implications of it (primarily that the cat takes his gift of speech and uses it tolie).lie).
** Everyone (who doesn't know the Malka) is terrified of his lion, but no one ever calls the police on him. When he and his lion are in a house during a funeral, the cat comments on it.
-->'''Cat:''' No one seems to notice you.\\
'''Lion:''' I don't see how my presence is in any way incongruous.\\
'''Cat:''' I don't know, seeing animals indoors is shocking to me.
** Few people are surprised by a talking cat, more concerned by the moral implications of it (primarily that the cat takes his gift of speech and uses it to
** Everyone (who doesn't know the Malka) is terrified of his lion, but no one ever calls the police on him. When he and his lion are in a house during a funeral, the cat comments on it.
-->'''Cat:''' No one seems to notice you.\\
'''Lion:''' I don't see how my presence is in any way incongruous.\\
'''Cat:''' I don't know, seeing animals indoors is shocking to me.
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Was adapted into an animated film in 2011. You can find the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk6IB_Kgl4E on YouTube]]
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Many characters, including Zlabya and all her female friends, go barefoot; largely justified by the hot climate.
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''The Rabbi's Cat'' is a French comic book by Joann Sfar set largely in 1920s Algiers. Its protagonist, the titular nameless cat, is owned by Rabbi Abraham Sfar and his daughter Zlabya, whom he loves unconditionally. One day, annoyed by the constant squacking of the Rabbi's parrot, the cat pounces and eats it, discovering soon afterwards that he now knows how to talk. The Rabbi is alarmed by this not so much because his cat now talks, but that the first thing the cat uses his new-found skills to do is to lie (about eating the parrot). The cat (despite being an atheist) also wants to convert to Judaism (something the rabbi and ''his'' rabbi are dubious about, given both the fact that the cat is a cat and his lack of reverence for the divine). The rest of the story involves the adventures of the cat, Rabbi Sfar, and Zlabya around Algiers, as well as a trip to Paris and (in the second volume collected in the US) a quest across Africa to discover a possibly mythical city of black Jews in Ethiopia called Jerusalem.
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''The Rabbi's Cat'' (''Le chat du rabbin'') is a French comic book by Joann Sfar set largely in 1920s Algiers. Algiers.
Its protagonist, the titular nameless cat, is owned by Rabbi Abraham Sfar and his daughter Zlabya, whom he loves unconditionally. One day, annoyed by the constant squacking of the Rabbi's parrot, the cat pounces and eats it, discovering soon afterwards that he now knows how to talk. The Rabbi is alarmed by this not so much because his cat now talks, but that the first thing the cat uses his new-found skills to do is to lie (about eating the parrot). The cat (despite being an atheist) also wants to convert to Judaism (something the rabbi and ''his'' rabbi are dubious about, given both the fact that the cat is a cat and his lack of reverence for the divine). The rest of the story involves the adventures of the cat, Rabbi Sfar, and Zlabya around Algiers, as well as a trip to Paris and (in the second volume collected in the US) a quest across Africa to discover a possibly mythical city of black Jews in Ethiopia called Jerusalem.
Its protagonist, the titular nameless cat, is owned by Rabbi Abraham Sfar and his daughter Zlabya, whom he loves unconditionally. One day, annoyed by the constant squacking of the Rabbi's parrot, the cat pounces and eats it, discovering soon afterwards that he now knows how to talk. The Rabbi is alarmed by this not so much because his cat now talks, but that the first thing the cat uses his new-found skills to do is to lie (about eating the parrot). The cat (despite being an atheist) also wants to convert to Judaism (something the rabbi and ''his'' rabbi are dubious about, given both the fact that the cat is a cat and his lack of reverence for the divine). The rest of the story involves the adventures of the cat, Rabbi Sfar, and Zlabya around Algiers, as well as a trip to Paris and (in the second volume collected in the US) a quest across Africa to discover a possibly mythical city of black Jews in Ethiopia called Jerusalem.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: Joann Sfar gave his own surname to the rabbi.
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** The second volume introduces us to one singular Ashkenazi Jew, a Russian painter who smuggles himself to Africa in a box of prayer books, whose customs and language are portrayed as very odd to the local Sephardic Jews. The second half of the second volume also details efforts by the main characters to discover a hidden community of Ethiopian Jews. The actual community of Ethiopian Jews, the Falasha, are mentioned and very briefly encountered during the quest for the lost city.
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** The second volume introduces us to one singular Ashkenazi Jew, a Russian painter who smuggles himself to Africa in a box of prayer books, whose customs and language are portrayed as very odd to the local Sephardic Jews. The second half of the second volume also details efforts by the main characters to discover a hidden community of Ethiopian Jews. The actual community of Ethiopian Jews, the Falasha, Jews are mentioned and very briefly encountered during the quest for the lost city.
