Basic Trope: All cats hate water.
- Straight: Alice's cat Fluffy hates water.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice has many cats and they all are freaked out by water.
- Fluffy usually seems to like everything, even the vet, but water is her Primal Fear and Berserk Button.
- Fluffy doesn't even like to drink water, to the point she gets Stress Vomit after drinking.
- Cats die instantaneously whenever a drop of water comes in contact with them.
- Fluffy can't handle the sound of raindrops on the roof.
- Downplayed:
- Fluffy is mildly annoyed by water.
- Fluffy only hates getting soaked; she doesn't mind getting a bit damp.
- Justified:
- Cats have fur that easily gets soaked.
- Fluffy is a robot cat, and not a water resistant model, either.
- Fluffy mostly just hates baths, or any sort of getting wet when she can't control it, which is Truth in Television for cats.
- Fluffy has had a traumatic experience with water, such as nearly drowning.
- Inverted:
- Fluffy loves the water.
- Fluffy is a Sphynx cat, and LOVES baths.
- Fluffy hates being dry.
- All animals except the cats hate water.
- Subverted: Fluffy is seen disliking a bath, but it turns out she just Hates Baths because the soap gets in her eyes.
- Double Subverted: But she is afraid of the rain either.
- Parodied: Fluffy, whether because she's a Funny Animal, Talking Animal, or through Animal Talk, 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 Hates Baths and swimming but doesn't mind getting soaked with a water gun or going out in the rain.
- The show has Negative Continuity and sometimes Fluffy likes water, other times not.
- Lampshaded: "Why do all the cats in this neighbourhood hate water so much?"
- Enforced: The writers want to give what cats are afraid of, so water is the simple solution.
- Invoked: ???
- 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.
- Defied: Alice trains Fluffy to overcome her dislike of water, including even drinking water from toilet.
- 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.
- Deconstructed: ???
- Reconstructed: ???
- Played for Laughs: Fluffy goes into a comically over-the-top panic if she gets so much as a paw wet.
- Played for Drama:
- Fluffy scratches Charlie when he tries to give her a bath, giving him a bad association with cats.
- Water is a Trauma Button for Fluffy, because she once nearly drowned (or otherwise has had a negative experience with water).
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