Nico (A Cat in Paris)

Nico is one of the protagonists, along with Zoé and Dino in French/American animated film A Cat in Paris. He is a cat burglar who despite robbing from the rich, has a big heart.
He is voiced by Bruno Salomone in the original French version of the film and by Steve Blum in the English version of the film.
==Appearance==
Nico is a Caucasian young man who has a light skin complexion, a 5 o'clock shadow, a turquoise hair, and black eyes. He also wears a black burglar suit at night, and wears regular clothing at day.
==Personality==
Nico is a cat burglar with a good charm and excellent stealth. Although it is unclear why Nico steals, it can be implied that Nico can be greedy or that he steals from the rich for a certain reason. Despite being a thief, Nico is good-hearted and seems to care about Dino and later Zoé. When doing thefts, Nico never inflicts harm to those in his thefts even when gets he gets caught or simply trying to avoid getting caught. Also, after escaping custody from Jeanne, Nico drops the gun on the road, showing he is not willing use it to threaten anybody else. 
Nico is also shown to be very intelligent such as where he finds ways to sneak into buildings, how to hide the riches he steals. When Nico met Zoé and realized she was in danger of Victor Costa, Nico did not hesitate to protect her and come to her rescue, showing he does know the morals of right and wrong while holding a value for human life. Even despite being a criminal, Nico is an honest person where he tried to tell Jeanne that her housekeeper Claudine was working for Victor Costa and he was protecting Zoé from the crime lord, though Jeanne did not believed him, causing Nico to put matters into his hands and rescue Zoé by himself.
Nico was also revealed a protective side as he protected Zoé from harm and cared more about her safety than his own. As Nico continued to help Zoé, he grew to care for her, becoming a father figure to her after the latter lost her father. When in the face of danger, Nico would still protect and save lives, showing a courageous side in himself, and was willing to risk his life to protect others, such as when dangling from a gargoyle, he urged Zoé to stay back as it was too dangerous, thus keeping her safe.
==A Cat in Paris==
During the night, a burglar named Nico accompanies a black cat with red stripes (that he refers to as Mr. Cat), as he performs heists to steal jewels. The next day, Nico gives a cat a fish-shaped bracelet, which he passes on to Zoé (to which the girl names the cat Dino), who lost her voice after the loss of her father, has become distant from her mother Jeanne who works as a police superintendent, and is looked after by a lady named Claudine. 
Meanwhile, Jeanne takes interest in the fish-shaped bracelet and brings it to her colleague Lucas. Lucas deduces that the bracelet matches up with burgled items from Rue Mouffetard. Zoé sneaks out of her house and follows Dino. She spies Victor's lot, and finds Claudine is working for Victor and has been gaining insight on police movements. Zoé is spotted, but is rescued by Nico. Nico takes Zoé to hide in the zoo, but Victor's gang pick up her trail. Fortunately Zoé escapes in a boat. 
Lucas finds a lead on the robberies trailing directly to Nico's residence. When Nico returns to find Zoé at his place, he is arrested by Jeanne and Lucas, presumably having kidnapped Zoé. Jeanne leaves Zoé in Claudine's custody and goes with Lucas to find Victor. Unable to convince Jeanne and Lucas of Zoé's predicament, Nico escapes in order to find Zoé. Jeanne is able to confirm that Nico's claim about Zoé is true.
Claudine has taken Zoé to Costa's house, where she is locked away. Thanks to Claudine's perfume, Dino follows the scent and leads Nico to the house. Nico is able to whisk Zoé away after he cuts the power and dons his night goggles. Victor pursues Nico and Zoé to Notre Dame. Nico falls while trying to mislead Victor, but is saved by Jeanne, who has just arrived at the scene.
As Victor captures Zoé, Jeanne, with Nico and Dino, come to the rescue. Nico has to save Dino when Victor pushes the cat over the edge of a nearby crane, leaving Jeanne to confront Victor. Plucking up her courage, Jeanne saves her daughter and strikes Victor, putting him in a hallucinatory trance. Before Jeanne can help Victor, the gang leader swings from the crane to what he imagines is the Colossus of Nairobi, but falls to his death to a truck below. The rest of the gang, including Claudine, are arrested and Zoé regains her voice.
Nico reforms himself, gives up thievery, and becomes a member of the family, while Dino becomes the household pet. Nico gives Jeanne a snow globe with the Cathedral of Notre Dame in it as a Christmas present. 
==Trivia==
*Nico is sort of similar to Robin Hood where they're both thieves where they steal from the rich, but they're both good-hearted individuals.
*Nico is also a bit similar to Catwoman where they're both thieves who wear black and have cats to help them in their thefts, but they're both good people (Catwoman became good after falling in love with Batman; Nico was possibly always good even before he met and helped Zoé.)
*Nico's name is of Greek origin, meaning "people of victory."
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