Fan Casting Cats Are Superior in Sort by Tropes

Cats are almost always portrayed as particularly intelligent, cunning, and independent, and in works with any degree of anthropomorphization a cat is likely to be The Chessmaster, a Deadpan Snarker (see also Cool Cat and Cats Are Snarkers), or other Sub-Tropes of The Trickster. Sometimes they are all but stated to be a Superior Species.

On the other hand, cats' perceived negative qualities — such as aloofness, arrogance, smugness, and laziness — might be attributed to their awareness of their exalted position.