Basic Trope: Cats portrayed as snarkers.
- Straight: Charlie the cat is shown to be very readily sarcastic.
- Exaggerated:
- Cats Are Mean
- All of the cats have sarcastic tendencies.
- Pretty much everything Charlie says is a rude jab at someone else.
- Downplayed: Charlie does make sarcastic comments rather frequently, but it's not a large part of his character.
- Justified:
- Charlie believes that Cats Are Superior.
- Charlie is the only sane animal in the cast, because Dogs Are Dumb.
- Charlie is jealous that dogs are the more popular pets.
- Inverted:
- Charlie is one of the more genuinely nice characters on the show.
- Dogs are portrayed as snarkers.
- Subverted: Charlie turns out to have been Innocently Insensitive when he made a supposedly sarcastic comment.
- Double Subverted: But then he makes a real sarcastic comment later.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged:
- There are several cats in the show. Some are snarkers, some are nice, and some are in between.
- Charlie constantly flips between snarky and sweet.
- Averted:
- There are no cats.
- Cats are not necessarily portrayed as snarkers.
- Enforced: The writer bases Charlie on their own cat, who has quite the attitude.
- Lampshaded: When Danny the dog asks Charlie why he's so snarky, the latter replies, "So you haven't noticed I'm a cat".
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied:
- Charlie is a mission-oriented cat who really Hates Small Talk or pleasantries and makes it clear on a constant, powerful basis.
- "You know what?" Charlie said one day. "I shall not waste my time and breath being a jerk. I will be the nicest nice cat ever even if it kills me."
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: Charlie alienates everyone around him.
- Reconstructed: Which is fine with him, because he likes his own space.
- Played for Laughs: Danny is a dumb dog who Does Not Understand Sarcasm, and whenever Charlie attempts to sass him, he takes it as a compliment. Charlie isn't amused.
- Played for Drama: Charlie's last home was an abusive household, and he snarks because he's afraid to get close to anyone.
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