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** Fluffy can't handle the sound of raindrops on the roof.

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* '''Played for Drama''': Fluffy scratches Charlie when he tries to give her a bath, giving him a bad association with cats.

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Fluffy scratches Charlie when he tries to give her a bath, giving him a bad association with cats.cats.
** Water is a TraumaButton for Fluffy, because she once nearly drowned (or otherwise has had a negative experience with water).
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* '''Invoked''': The writers want to give what cats are afraid of, so water is the simple solution.

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* '''Enforced''': ???
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The writers want to give what cats are afraid of, so water is the simple solution.solution.
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** Fluffy mostly just hates ''baths'', or any sort of getting wet when she can't control it, which is TruthInTelevision for cats.
** Fluffy has had a traumatic experience with water, such as nearly drowning.
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** This is TruthInTelevision for some cats.

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** This is TruthInTelevision for some cats.Cats have fur that easily gets soaked.
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** [[IronicName Fluffy]] is a Sphynx cat, and LOVES baths.

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* '''Justified''': This is TruthInTelevision for some cats.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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This is TruthInTelevision for some cats.cats.
** Fluffy is a robot cat, and not a water resistant model, either.
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* '''Defied''': Alice trains [[CowardlyLion Fluffy]] to overcome her dislike of water, including ''even'' [[ToiletDrinkingDogGsg drinking water from toilet]].

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* '''Defied''': Alice trains [[CowardlyLion Fluffy]] to overcome her dislike of water, including ''even'' [[ToiletDrinkingDogGsg [[ToiletDrinkingDogGag drinking water from toilet]].
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* '''Defied''': Alice trains [[CowardlyLion Fluffy]] to overcome her dislike of water.

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* '''Defied''': Alice trains [[CowardlyLion Fluffy]] to overcome her dislike of water.water, including ''even'' [[ToiletDrinkingDogGsg drinking water from toilet]].
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** [[CrazyCatLady Alice]] has ''many'' cats and they ''all'' [[FreakOut freaked out]] by water.

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** [[CrazyCatLady Alice]] has ''many'' cats and they ''all'' are [[FreakOut freaked out]] by water.
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** [[CrazyCatLady Alice]] has ''many'' cats and they ''all'' hate water.
** Fluffy usually seems to like everything, even the vet, but water is her BerserkButton.

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** [[CrazyCatLady Alice]] has ''many'' cats and they ''all'' hate [[FreakOut freaked out]] by water.
** Fluffy usually seems to like everything, even the vet, but water is her PrimalFear and BerserkButton.



* '''Double Subverted''': But she doesn't like the rain either.

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* '''Double Subverted''': But she doesn't like is afraid of the rain either.



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* '''Invoked''': ???The writers want to give what cats are afraid of, so water is the simple solution.



* '''Defied''': Alice trains Fluffy to overcome her dislike of water.

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* '''Defied''': Alice trains Fluffy [[CowardlyLion Fluffy]] to overcome her dislike of water.
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** [[SuperDrowningSkills Cats die instantaneously whenever a drop of water comes in contact with them.]]

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** [[SuperDrowningSkills [[KillItWithWater Cats die instantaneously whenever a drop of water comes in contact with them.]]
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** Cats die instantaneously whenever a drop of water comes in contact with them

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** [[SuperDrowningSkills Cats die instantaneously whenever a drop of water comes in contact with themthem.]]
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** Fluffy doesn't even like to ''drink'' water.

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** Fluffy doesn't even like to ''drink'' water.water, to the point she gets StressVomit after drinking.
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** Cats die instantaneously whenever a drop of water comes in contact with them

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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Alice trains Fluffy to overcome her dislike of water.
* '''Discussed''': "Does Fluffy mind getting wet? I hear most cats can't stand it."
* '''Conversed''': "It seems like every fictional cat has to have that same phobia of water."
* '''Implied''': When other pets are shown swimming, getting bathed or going out in the rain, Fluffy is always conspicuously absent.



* '''Played for Laughs''': ???

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* '''Played for Laughs''': ???Fluffy goes into a comically over-the-top panic if she gets so much as a paw wet.
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* '''Basic Trope''': All cats hate water.

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* '''Basic Trope''': All cats hate water.
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* '''Basic Trope''': All cats hate water.
* '''Straight''': Alice's cat Fluffy hates water.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** [[CrazyCatLady Alice]] has ''many'' cats and they ''all'' hate water.
** Fluffy usually seems to like everything, even the vet, but water is her BerserkButton.
** Fluffy doesn't even like to ''drink'' water.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Fluffy is mildly annoyed by water.
** Fluffy only hates getting ''soaked''; she doesn't mind getting a bit damp.
* '''Justified''': This is TruthInTelevision for some cats.
* '''Inverted''':
** Fluffy ''loves'' the water.
** Fluffy hates being ''dry''.
** All animals ''except'' the cats hate water.
* '''Subverted''': Fluffy is seen disliking a bath, but it turns out she just HatesBaths because the soap gets in her eyes.
* '''Double Subverted''': But she doesn't like the rain either.
* '''Parodied''': Fluffy, whether because she's a FunnyAnimal, TalkingAnimal, or through AnimalTalk, says, "If I had my way, water would be banned except for drinking."
* '''Averted''': Fluffy doesn't mind getting wet.
* '''Zigzagged''':
** There are many cats in the series. Some like water, some hate it and a few are indifferent.
** Fluffy HatesBaths and swimming but doesn't mind getting soaked with a water gun or going out in the rain.
** The show has NegativeContinuity and sometimes Fluffy likes water, other times not.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why do all the cats in this neighbourhood hate water so much?"
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* '''Exploited''': Alice's neighbour, Bob, has a cat called Tom and leaves water out so that Tom and Fluffy don't go into each other's houses and eat each other's food.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
* '''Played for Drama''': Fluffy scratches Charlie when he tries to give her a bath, giving him a bad association with cats.
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