Basic Trope: Male cats portrayed as goofy and/or unintelligent.
- Straight: Carl the Tomcat is The Ditz and a Plucky Comic Relief.
- Exaggerated:
- Carl is Lethally Stupid.
- Male cats are always portrayed this way in the story.
- Downplayed: Carl is a bit of a Genius Ditz and has his comical moments.
- Justified: Carl is a tomkitten. He still needs to learn what not to do.
- Inverted:
- Cats Are Superior / Cool Cat
- Carl is the Only Sane Man in his group of animals.
- Carl is a dog who is portrayed as goofy/unintelligent.
- Gender Inverted: Carla the Cat is unintelligent and always up to something humorous.
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- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Male cats are not particularly goofy.
- Enforced: "Let's have a common aversion to the Cat Stereotype of cats being dignified!"
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
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- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
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