![]() ![]() The story ends by noting how people should make sure that cats stay tame and fond of drinking milk - if they should become too wild and fond of hunting they might start growing bigger and scalier and fiercer, grow their wings back, and return to being dragons. At the end, his armor falls off and he becomes the world's first cat. Nesbit, features an armor-plated dragon that is, throughout the story, described as acting in very cat-like ways - he purrs, meows, and greatly enjoys eating bread and milk. Particularly, dogs' mouths when Chihiro is trying to feed him the medicine. Partially subverted in that Hayao Miyazaki has stated in an interview that they used dogs as reference for Haku in some scenes. ![]() Spirited Away: Haku's dragon form is very feline, with a furry body and face, pointed ears, long whiskers and a pink nose.Blazey, the pet dragon from Onward, inverts this trope by being a dragon who clearly acts like a dog.The Secret of NIMH: Dragon is an inversion: he's a house cat who is named Dragon and looks like a dragon-like monster from his prey's point of view. ![]() The Red Bluster is a mosaic of many sea creatures, but the head and especially the mannerisms are all extremely cat-like. The Sea Beast has a sea serpent edition.The Terrible Terrors, a species of Shoulder-Sized Dragon incidentally around the size of a cat, purr when happy or pleased.In fact, Toothless's dark coloration was inspired by black panthers and actually was motion captured for some shots using a real cat. His green eyes and general body shape are also quite cat-like. Toothless, in particular, shows a lot of cat-based behavior - rolling on his belly to get it scratched, showing affection by licking, eating fish, circling in place before bedding down to sleep, folding his ears back when he is upset, chasing shiny objects, etc.How to Train Your Dragon has dragons engaging in catlike behaviors such as chasing spots of reflected light and rolling around in catnip-like grass.The Hobbit: In the Rankin/Bass adaptation, Smaug is depicted as very mammalian ◊, with a distinctly catlike face sporting a short muzzle, prominent triangular ears, bushy cheek fur and slit-pupiled feline eyes.Her form in the Land of The Living is an outright housecat. She has wings, hind legs, hind feet, a tail (like an iguana), and a scaly coloration that appear reptilian and/or avian. Coco: Pepita the alebrije is a jaguar-like feline with ram's horns in general appearance, but she can fly.See also Feathered Dragons, for another portrayal of dragons with the characteristics of non-reptile animals. Contrast with All Animals Are Dogs, as dragons are often the exception to this rule, and Werewolves Are Dogs, for a similar trope to the previously mentioned about another mythical creature behaving like a dog. Villainous dragons who are described as cat-like usually emphasize their vicious and savage aspects.Ī Shoulder-Sized Dragon or Delightful Dragon will very often act like a lizard/housecat combination. If Reptiles Are Abhorrent, then it helps for a sympathetic dragon character to have some recognizable mammalian features. More recent writers, though, are likely to play up the cuteness of the dragon's feline aspects rather than the fierceness. European dragons tend to be more outwardly reptilian, but their movements and the shape of their eyes are often described as cat-like. The Chinese dragon is said to be a combination of various animals, one of which is the tiger, and they are often drawn with feline-looking claws, whiskers, and noses. Both European and Asian dragons have incorporated various cat motifs in the past, though in different ways. ![]()
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