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* ''Manga/InuYasha'': PlayedForLaughs with the animosity between Inuyasha ([[HalfHumanHybrid Half]]-dog-{{youkai}}) and Shippou ([[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]]). In Japanese folklore, dogs and foxes hate each other and more than one secret kitsune wife has been outed by the clueless husband's loyal dog. Inuyasha is [[BrattyHalfPint Shippou's]] favorite target for pranks and practicing his magic on, so Inuyasha tends to [[HairTriggerTemper bite back]].

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Lampshaded and ''defied'' in the second OVA. Tsuyu Asui, who has frog-like physical features and abilities, is best friends with a girl who has the head of a snake. The other characters comment how that shouldn't be possible in nature.

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** Considering that 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" 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 ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry''; Alley found the sight of seeing "a planet terrorized by... primitive felines" to be disturbing.

* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': Most cartoons fall into this. Jerry is chased by Tom, who is in turn chased by Spike solely because they are a mouse, cat, and dog respectivly. Yet at the same time they are shown to get along with each other fine until, or unless, ''something'' causes them to fight again. In one cartoon where Tom throws Jerry out he starts to miss him and is glad when he is actually back.

* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyNightmareKnights'': In Issue #3, a group of Diamond Dogs immediately show hostility toward Capper, a humanoid cat, simply because he's a feline, despite
Capper's call not to resort to "this kind of base primal nonsense".

* ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'': Shathra is an extradimensional wasp goddess who hunts Peter, claiming that it's the natural order for the spider to be consumed by the wasp. It's eventually revealed in ''Comicbook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse2022'' that she was originally from Loomworld and tried to map the multiverse as a wasps' nest. When her sister Neith instead created the Web of Life and Destiny, and their parents agrees this was better, she was consumed with jealousy, and her hatred of Neith's spider-totem decided her form.

* ''ComicBook/TheWasp'': PlayedForLaughs, but both the incarnations of the Wasp, Janet Van Dyne and her stepdaughter [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia Van Dyne]], established at different points they have an innate distrust of ComicBook/SpiderMan, entirely because wasps and spiders are natural enemies in the animal kingdom. Janet and Peter later become friends, and for some reason Nadia ''only'' distrusts Peter; she has no problem with his protege ComicBook/MilesMorales (who she's actually ''very'' friendly with).

* For the most part, the ''VideoGame/LittleTailBronx'' series subverts this, as the dog-based Caninus and cat-based Felinekos get along fine, and any conflicts that occur between the two are more the result of individual clashing ideals rather than any pre-existing self-destructive nature. ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'' plays this for drama, as [[ANaziByAnyOtherName The Berman Empire]] consists of dominantly Doberman Caninu who persecutes and[=/=]or torture the Felineko on sight [[FantasticRacism for merely existing on their land]]. The biggest known escapees of this are Sheena and Blutwurst, but while Sheena became a ShrinkingViolet as a result of her torture and genuinely doesn't hold any ill-will towards Caninu, Blutwurst became twisted by their ideals and soon became a HunterOfTheirOwnKind in the name of [[BigBad General Hax]].

* ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'': Shathra is an extradimensional wasp goddess who hunts Peter, claiming that it's the natural order for the spider to be consumed by the wasp. It's eventually revealed in ''Comicbook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse'' that she was originally from Loomworld and tried to map the multiverse as a wasps' nest. When her sister Neith instead created the Web of Life and Destiny, and their parents agrees this was better, she was consumed with jealousy, and her hatred of Neith's spider-totem decided her form.

* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyNightmareKnights'': In Issue #3, a group of Diamond Dogs immediately show hostility toward Capper, a humanoid cat, simply because he's a feline, despite Capper's call not to resort to "this kind of base primal nonsense".

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': The Snake vs Frog theme shows up with Jiraiya and Orochimaru, and later their respective students, Naruto and Sasuke. Jiraiya can summon giant frogs (and later teaches Naruto how to do so) and Orochimaru has a [[SnakesAreSinister heavy snake theme]], complete with [[TsurimeEyes slanted]], [[AnimalEyes snakelike eyes]] and the ability to summon snakes of varying sizes.

** Pikachu (a Pokemon mouse) is enemies with Meowth (A Pokemon cat).

* ''VideoGame/StarFox'': Fox and his old rival Wolf embody the traditional rivalry of foxes and wolves in a space-age setting. Ditto with the series' BigBad Andross, a primate, and the BigGood General Pepper, a dog. Both consider each other sworn enemies.

* ''LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP Season 1'': Cod and salmon are enemies to each other, and it's never quite confirmed why. [[spoiler:However, come the finale and it's PlayedForHorror, since an attempt at resolving this enmity/rivalry ends in [[ApocalypseHow the whole world going down with them]].]]

* ''Franchise/TheDCU'':
** ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': In a parody of Creator/MarvelComics' ''House of M'' and Creator/DCComics' ''Identity Crisis'', which both end with the revelation that a female character had undergone a FaceHeelTurn, an issue of ''Teen Titans'' shows the FunnyAnimal {{Superhero}}es of ''ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'' learning that feline former teammate Alley-Kat-Abra is responsible for various crimes, including the murder of Little Cheese the micro-mouse. The reason given is "I'm a ''cat''! Cats ''hate'' mice!"
*** The trope is [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in ''Captain Carrot and the Final Arc''; the ''real'' murderer is revealed to be Alley's magically created EvilTwin, and the true Alley vows to resurrect Little Cheese. Interestingly, the story of Little Cheese's murder by Alley Kat Abra was apparently written under [[ExecutiveMeddling 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 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 that 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" 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 ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry''; Alley found the sight of seeing "a planet terrorized by... primitive felines" to be disturbing.
** ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
*** In one series, it's revealed that the rivalry between cats and dogs is based on ancient cat-gods and dog-gods, a fight that still goes on in another realm today.
*** In "ComicBook/SupergirlsSuperPet", Linda's pet cat is harassed by dogs twice, one of which chases Streaky only because is a cat; and later Streaky dreams about chasing bulldogs.
* ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'' has a rather dark twist on this in its second tome, ''Arctic Nation'' -- the eponymous organisation is that world's equivalent to the KKK and paramilitary neo-nazi groups, only made up of white-furred or -feathered anthropomorphic animals who hate dark brown- and black-colored animals, even if the same species. There's also a less-seen Black Panthers equivalent for good measure.
* ''ComicBook/{{Cubitus}}'': Cubitus the dog and Sénéchal the cat are sworn enemies and rivals who take delight in beating each other up.

* ''ComicBook/TheWasp'': PlayedForLaughs, but both the incarnations of the Wasp, Janet Van Dyne and her stepdaughter [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia Van Dyne]], established at different points they have an innate distrust of Franchise/SpiderMan, entirely because wasps and spiders are natural enemies in the animal kingdom. Janet and Peter later become friends, and for some reason Nadia ''only'' distrusts Peter; she has no problem with his protege ComicBook/MilesMorales (who she's actually ''very'' friendly with).

* In ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', Snoopy has always hated cats. On many occasions, he has taunted the "stupid cat next door" only for the cat -- whose name is eventually revealed as "World War Three" -- to promptly scare him in return (usually shown as the unseen cat SWIPE!-ing a huge chunk out of the doghouse). The only time Snoopy ever beat that cat is when he thought Woodstock was in danger. He also once wrote a story called "Kitten Kaboodle" with basically no purpose other than hating on cats.
-->'''Linus''': Do you think there's a market for anti-cat stories?\\

* ''ComicBook/{{Gear}}'' is about a war between four nations of small cats, larger cats, dogs, and insects, doing battle by means of HumongousMecha!

* Creator/DCComics:

** ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': In one series, it's revealed that the rivalry between cats and dogs is based on ancient cat-gods and dog-gods, a fight that still goes on in another realm today.

* ''Literature/TailchasersSong'': Played dead straight, as the cats even have a legend that serves as an JustSoStory for the rivalry between their kind and dogs.

* ''Literature/TailchasersSong'': Played dead straight, as the cats even have a legend that serves as an OriginStory for the rivalry between their kind and dogs.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Dogs and the fictional Rainicorns are said to be enemies with one another, despite Jake and Lady Rainicorn in a relationship and eventually married. Unlike most examples, however, there's a reason: they [[GreatOffscreenWar fought over territories in the Crystal Dimension]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': Subverted in the "Rita and Runt" segments, in which Runt habitually goes into an aggressive posture/attitude at the mere mention of a cat yet is too stupid to recognize that [[YouKnowImBlackRight his best friend Rita is a cat]].

* ''WebOriginal/{{Serina}}'': The carnivorous badger-like Gravediggers and the herbivorous elk-like Antlears, in an evolutionary arms race toward intelligence due to the Gravediggers learning to construct increasingly complex traps to catch their prey and the Antlears learning to better escape and avoid their traps. This culminates in the two species becoming true sapients and waging war, with the Antlears emerging the victors and driving the Gravediggers out of their forests.

Sometimes, different species, such as [[CatDogDichotomy cats and dogs]] or foxes and rabbits [[note]]foxes prey on rabbits (and chickens). Cats tend to be rather friendly toward both foxes and rabbits (as well as cavies)[[/note]], are written so that they have a built-in and unquestioned animosity for no other reason than that they are stereotypically considered to be adversaries. A dog that doesn't chase cats will be considered "weird", even if they were raised together from birth. On the other hand, some cats will almost never chase after mice unless provoked. Those dogs will also chase squirrels.

* ''[[Literature/JustSoStories The Cat That Walked By Himself]]'', by Creator/RudyardKipling, has it that after the cat can't resist giving a snarky answer, the dog declares that it will chase cats, and the story ends with the statement that this is why dogs to this day usually chase cats.

* In ''Literature/ThePlaceInsideTheStorm'', the BigFriendlyDog Rufus is not a fan of the [[RobotBuddy robotic cat]] Xel. He keeps whining and whimpering and looking at his owner for permission to attack.

* Gray Ghost in ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'' exhibits a lot of cat-like traits. After fully realizing what she was and why, she noted in retrospect that it's rare when she doesn't feel like fleeing from dogs, even those who are friendly.

%%* ''ComicStrip/KrazyKat'': Subverted.