My old lady is a bit smart and terribly manipulative. She understands lots of words (birdies, fish, tuna, "give us a kiss", bed, monkey (her fav toy), and loads of others). She used to play me and my ex off against each other.
When I was married, her favourite trick was to sit and look at our dresser, just gently patting her paw on it, but not scratch it. My ex used to go balistic and put her out the front. 2 minutes later she would be back in through the cat flap at the back and sat by the dresser with an evil look on her face that said "you'll give this up before I will". It could go on for hours and I am sure she only did it to wind him up!! I used to be catatonic with laughter.
My boy cat responds only to "dinner".
In comparison terms, she is Al Capone - smart and devious. He is your common street thief. Chancy, bold and too stupid not to get nicked regularly.