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* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate3'' features a variety of cats with differing personalities, but you encounter two cats named Tambourine and Zambomba that live in the Elfsong Tavern kitchen who are exceptionally lazy and give you a RatStomp quest, because they can't be bothered to deal with them.

* ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'':

* Big the Cat from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' is a very fat cat who spends most of his time fishing, rarely ever partaking in the series' adventures. Whenever he does, it's usually to find his pet frog, Froggy, whenever he goes missing.

Compare DogsAreDumb, which usually involves lazy ''dogs'' when not surprisingly, just like dogs, cats can be just as dumb when they are lazy, in which dumbness and laziness go hand-in-hand. Also compared and contrast with BuffoonishTomcat, in which where cats are portrayed as dumb, but are more prone to slapstick, being comically stupid, comical and cartoony or just lack common-sense than being like a everyday housecat. For other lazy creatures, see LazyDragon, SluggishSeal, SluggishSloth, and LaidBackKoala.

Compare DogsAreDumb, which usually involves lazy ''dogs'' when not surprisingly, just like dogs, cats can be just as dumb when they are lazy, in which dumbness and laziness go hand-in-hand. Also compared and contrast with BuffoonishTomcat, in which where cats are portrayed as dumb, but are more prone to slapstick, being comically stupid, comical and cartoony or just lack common-sense than being like a everyday housecat. For other lazy creatures, see LazyDragon, SluggishSeal, SluggighSloth, and LaidBackKoala.

Compare DogsAreDumb, which usually involves lazy ''dogs'' when not surprisingly, just like dogs, cats can be just as dumb when they are lazy, in which dumbness and laziness go hand-in-hand. Also compared and contrast with BuffoonishTomcat, in which where cats are portrayed as dumb, but are more prone to slapstick, being comically stupid, comical and cartoony or just lack common-sense than being like a everyday housecat. For other lazy creatures, see LazyDragon, SluggishSeal, and LaidBackKoala.

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* This is a gameplay mechanic in ''TabletopGame/GoldenSkyStories'': Cat henge can take the weakness Lazy, which severely limits their ability to succeed at strenuous tasks, but in return, they get the Sleeping Soundly special ability, which gives them bonus Dreams points if they spend an entire scene just lazying around without actually doing anything.

* Judd from ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', when he's not judging Turf War matches, can always be found napping in Inkopolis. During a [[FictionalHoliday Splatfest]], which takes place at night, he will instead be awake dancing in the plaza.

* ''WesternAnimation/CatwomanHunted''. Batwoman notes to Catwoman that she's been pulling a lot of thefts lately, saying she's usually more lazy. Catwoman (who's lying on a bed at the time) denies being lazy, claiming she just plans her crimes meticulously.

* ''WesternAnimation/CatwomanHunted''. Batwoman notes to Catwoman that she's been pulling a lot of thefts lately, saying she's usually more lazy. Catwoman (who's lying on a bed at the time) denies being lazy, saying she just plans her crimes meticulously.

-->This is Fred
-->He sleeps on my bed
-->Apart from when he's being fed
-->You'll find him on my bed
-->So that's Fred
-->The bed-head

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': Garfield is one of the most iconic examples. He's a lazy cat that prefers to sleep and eat over anything else.

* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': Played with. Most characters are anything ''but'' lazy because being lazy means you're unlikely to survive in the wild. However, this trope does apply to pet cats (or "kittypets" as they're called). Most kittypets are timid and cowardly. Clan cats see them as lazy oafs and they're prone to being a little plump. It doesn't help that many are [[LazyNeuteredPet neutered]], which makes them even more lazy.

* ''Literature/TailchasersSong'' explains that dreaming is important to cats. Dreams contrast so much with normal cat life that it's necessary for proper balance.
* The cat in ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' avoids doing work as much as possible:
-->''"The behaviour of the cat was somewhat peculiar. It was soon noticed that when there was work to be done the cat could never be found. She would vanish for hours on end, and then reappear at meal-times, or in the evening after work was over, as though nothing had happened. But she always made such excellent excuses, and purred so affectionately, that it was impossible not to believe in her good intentions."''

* ''Literature/GuardianCatsAndTheLostBooksOfAlexandria'': Discussed and subverted. Cicero says that humans think cats just sleep all day, but they're unaware of how their cats guard them all day.

-->'''Miss Brooks''': Jingle Bells!
--> Jingle Bells!
--> Merry stuff like that!
--> Oh what fun it is to rock!
--> With a big fat drunken cat!

-->"If I don't nap nine or ten times a day, I don't have enough energy for my main snooze."

* ''VideoGame/SoundtrackAttack'': While talking about how lonely Lion must've been living in the desert, Steven mentions the big cat can't go without five naps a day.
* Leona Kingscholar from ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'' is a LittleBitBeastly lion-man and an extremely powerful mage. He is also the epitome of both BrilliantButLazy and ApatheticStudent; he could easily excel at anything he wanted to if he put forth any effort and when he does get off his ass and do something the results tend to be impressive. Unfortunately, Leona would rather laze around in dormitory all day and he has a tendency to give up easily when things don't go as planned despite his intelligence and high levels of magical power.

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* DD from ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'' whenever there is a ''Kittisaurus'' challenge. He will usually start the challenge and then sit down off to the side until another cat (usually TT) tells him to get a move on. This comes to a head in the bridges challenge where the cats are supposed to cross increasingly narrow bridges in order to obtain treats. DD walks up to the stools where the treats are placed and reaches up to grab them rather than use the bridges. Claire even notes this is a 'high IQ move' from him.

* The titular blue feline from ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches''. He does do his chores, though.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Dodsworth is a character with only two cartoons to his name — a fat, lazy cat who tried to con a little kitten into doing his work for him. He had Sheldon Leonard's voice but could easily be mistaken for Rodney Dangerfield.
* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' DreamWalker episode "Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!" reveals that Louie's favourite dream is that he's a lazy, Garfield-like cat. The other kids are bewildered enough that he's a cat, but even more so that he's dreaming ''about being asleep''.
* ''WesternAnimation/KidCosmic'': Tuna Sandwich is the only known fat cat in the series. Whenever he's not seeing into the future, he mostly sleeps around the diner all day, and eating tuna sandwiches given to him by Kid.
* Hissy from WesternAnimation/PuppyDogPals would rather nap than play with or watch over Bingo and Rolly.

Compare DogsAreDumb, which usually involves lazy ''dogs'' when not surprisingly, just like dogs, cats can be just as dumb when they are lazy, in which dumbness and laziness go hand-in-hand. Also compared and contrast with BuffoonishTomcat, in which where cats are portrayed as dumb, but are more prone to slapstick, being comically stupid, comical and cartoony or just lack common-sense than being like a everyday housecat. For other lazy creatures, see LazyDragon and SluggishSeal.

Compare DogsAreDumb, which usually involves lazy ''dogs'' when not surprisingly, just like dogs, cats can be just as dumb when they are lazy, in which dumbness and laziness go hand-in-hand. Also compared and contrast with BuffoonishTomcat, in which where cats are portrayed as dumb, but are more prone to slapstick, being comically stupid, comical and cartoony or just lack common-sense than being like a everyday housecat.

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