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7	You have your standard HeroicPetStory with a pack of friendly dogs; you may have [[DogStereotype a street-smart mongrel, a friendly Great Dane, a tough Bulldog, a half-blind clumsy Sheepdog, a spoiled Poodle]]... [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and a cat?]]
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9	For some reason, in works of fiction featuring a cast of dogs, writers often include a cat as part of the team.
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11	In those settings where CatsAreMean, this is done to avoid implying that a race of pets is AlwaysChaoticEvil (and avoiding the risk of alienating cat-lovers among the viewing audience), turning said cat into the TokenEnemyMinority. But in those settings where there's no AnimalJingoism and cats can be good or bad equally as often as the dogs, this is generally a way to show some "[[TokenMinority ethnic]]" variety and maintain a broader appeal for all animal lovers. As they often [[CatsAreSuperior think they are superior]], the cat is likely TheLancer of the team, representing the counterbalance to [[TheLeader the canine leader]].
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13	If this was given CharacterDevelopment, a cat will develop some puppy-like traits and act much closer to their dog friends. In RealLife, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_cat puppy cat]] is a term describing it.
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15	Contrast with HeroicCaninesVillainousFelines, FemaleFelineMaleMutt and CatDogDichotomy. Often goes with CaninesPrimaryFelinesSecondary.
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18	!!Examples:
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21	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
22	* ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'': Legosi and all of his roommates at Cherryton are different canine species, except for Miguno, who is a spotted hyena. Hyenas are not canids and are not even caniforms, they are feliforms, meaning that they are more related to cats than to dogs. It is unclear if this is a mistake by the author, or if he was put with canines because hyenas have more in more in common with canines than with other species despite not being related to them.
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25	[[folder:Comic Books]]
26	* In ''ComicBook/BeastsOfBurden'', the main characters initially consist of five dogs (Ace, Jack, Pugsley, Rex, and Whitey) and a cat (The Orphan). All six of them join the Wise Dog Society. Lampshaded in "Sacrifice", when they introduce themselves to ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} (a known [[KindheartedCatLover cat lover]]) as junior apprentices of the Wise Dog Society:
27	-->'''Hellboy:''' The cats, too?\
28	'''Jack:''' Um. Yeah.\
29	''[[[BeatPanel Hellboy takes a drag on his cigar]]]''\
30	'''Hellboy:''' Okay. Got it.
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33	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
34	* Inverted in ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', in which the dog Odie usually accompanies Garfield and his chiefly feline crew -- mostly Nermal and Arlene, but also various other cat characters from different media -- as the OnlySaneMan and the [[DogsAreDumb dim-witted]] comic relief.
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37	[[folder:Fan Works]]
38	* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Applies to Mittens and her circle of dog friends in “The Survivor.”
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41	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
42	* Sergeant Tibbs in ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians''. In a movie with literally hundreds of dogs, he's the cat that helps them against Cruella.
43	* ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppiesAndTheLegendOfBigPaw'' has two cats as part of the titular group: Hairball and Charlamange.
44	* ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' is an abnormal example in that the cat is the ''main'' character, while the dogs are either supporting protagonists or villains.
45	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'', Chloe is the only cat among the large group of dogs that go on the rescue mission to save Max and Duke. There are also two birds: Tiberius (a hawk) and Sweetpea (a parakeet).
46	** In the sequel, Pop is seen teaching his own class of puppies and one of his students is a Siamese kitten. Hu the tiger also becomes a temporary member of his class.
47	* ''Animation/RoadsideRomeo'': Mini is a cat in a gang otherwise made up entirely of dogs.
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50	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
51	* In ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'' (1996), a tabby cat probably based on Sergeant Tibbs from the original animated movie makes a cameo.
52	* ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'' is about two dogs and a cat traveling long distances in the wild to be back to their family. In the sequel, ''Film/HomewardBoundIILostInSanFrancisco'', they spend most of the movie with a group of stray city dogs, and once again Sassy is the only cat.
53	* The ''Film/{{Marmaduke}}'' character Carlos is Marmaduke's (a Great Dane) best friend and the only cat among a group of dogs.
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56	[[folder:Literature]]
57	* In ''Literature/FlawedDogs'', the RagtagBunchOfMisfits team of dogs includes a cat who disguises herself as a dog.
58	* In ''Literature/TheHundredAndOneDalmatians'', the Dalmatians' rescue mission is aided by dogs of all types, and also two cats: Lieutenant Tib, a friend of the Old English Sheepdog called Colonel who helps break the puppies out of Cruella de Vil's clutches; and Cruella's own Persian cat, who helps them take revenge on Cruella.
59	* This is inverted in ''Literature/TheLastDogs'', where a Chihuahua named Buddha lives in a CrazyCatLady's house and thinks he's a cat. The cat leader, Raoul, seems to accept this and even tells the visiting dogs that Buddha prefers to be called a cat instead of a dog. However, Buddha hasn't really gotten used to eating mice all the time and is seen eating regular dog food. It's subverted when Max and his friends are ready to leave the house of cats. A kitten marches behind them, wanting to join them on their adventure, but the other cats call her back to them.
60	* ''Literature/DogsOfTheDrownedCity'' has Fuzz, a declawed Maine Coon cat who speaks dog language (in a YouNoTakeCandle way). Shep is against this at first, but his wounded pride is enough to make him accept the cat into his pack. Things go okay for a while, but then Shep's roommate Blaze accuses Fuzz of leading cats to steal the dogs' food, and Shep is pressured into letting the dogs chase Fuzz out. He does apologize and lets Fuzz back into the pack, though.
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63	[[folder:Western Animation]]
64	* Sergeant Tibbs is a feline character among dogs in ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries''.
65	* Miss Kitty, the [[FemaleFelineMaleMutt only feline and only female]] member of Bugsy Vile's gang in ''WesternAnimation/DogCity''. Also the only regular cat character in the cartoon section (until the introduction of "Yves and Steven" in Season 3). Her counterpart in Eliot's world, Ms. Fluffé, is the only non-dog Muppet to appear in the series at all.
66	* ''WesternAnimation/DogtanianAndTheThreeMuskehounds'' has a villainous example. Like the heroes, most of the main villains are dogs, but Milady is a cat - and a [[CatsAreMean pretty devious one at that]].
67	* Creator/HannaBarbera's ''WesternAnimation/{{Foofur}}'' is based around a gang of six dogs and a cat known as the Troop, under the guidance of the eponymous Foofur. TheLancer and Foofur's best friend is the Karate Kat Fencer,
68	* ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'' has Streaky the supercat teaming up with the rest of heroic characters, including Krypto himself, Ace the Bat-Hound, and the other superhero dogs.
69	* The WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol, initially an exclusively canine team, introduced a cat named Wild Cat to their ranks in Season 7. Wild Cat is a popular motorcyclist and lowkey celebrity who joined the PAW Patrol to help deal with a mean biker gang called the Ruff-Ruff Pack.
70	* Tuffy the cat in ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s''.
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