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* SerialEscalation: When Dog stops to ask October who would win in a fight, him or some other animal, the animals he chooses are [[ThreateningShark shark]], {{bear|sAreBadNews}}, [[PantheraAwesome tiger]], and ''[[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]].''

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* SerialEscalation: When Dog stops to ask October who would win in a fight, him or some other animal, the animals he chooses are [[ThreateningShark shark]], {{bear|sAreBadNews}}, [[PantheraAwesome tiger]], and ''[[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]].''Tyrannosaurus rex.''
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Everythings Better With Dinosaurs is no longer a trope; and the shark trope was renamed ages ago.


* SerialEscalation: When Dog stops to ask October who would win in a fight, him or some other animal, the animals he chooses are [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]], {{bear|sAreBadNews}}, [[PantheraAwesome tiger]], and ''[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]].''

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* SerialEscalation: When Dog stops to ask October who would win in a fight, him or some other animal, the animals he chooses are [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks [[ThreateningShark shark]], {{bear|sAreBadNews}}, [[PantheraAwesome tiger]], and ''[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs ''[[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]].''
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--->'''Dog''': Burglars watch out, I'll kick your ass, like the [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Balrog]], you shall not pass.

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--->'''Dog''': Burglars watch out, I'll kick your ass, like the [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing Balrog]], you shall not pass.
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--->'''Dog''': Burglars watch out, I'll kick your ass, like the [[TheLordOfTheRings Balrog]], you shall not pass.

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--->'''Dog''': Burglars watch out, I'll kick your ass, like the [[TheLordOfTheRings [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Balrog]], you shall not pass.



--->'''October''': ''[[SarcasmMode Thanks,]] [[TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf.]]''

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--->'''October''': ''[[SarcasmMode Thanks,]] [[TheLordOfTheRings [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf.]]''
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny - Dog will completely lose track of a conversation at the mere mention or even ''picture'' of a ball.
* AttentionWhore - Dog.
* BadLiar - October.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny - AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Dog will completely lose track of a conversation at the mere mention or even ''picture'' of a ball.
* AttentionWhore - AttentionWhore: Dog.
* BadLiar - BadLiar: October.



* BigEater - Dog.

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* BigEater - BigEater: Dog.



* BigOMG - October does this a lot, in response to Dog's crazier antics.
* BrosBeforeHoes - Or, as Dog puts it, "pets before sex" and "owner before boner."
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - Dog.
* CloudCuckoolandersMinder - October, who goes through a ''lot'' dealing with the bulldog.
* CrazyJealousGuy - Dog, when October pets another dog on a train.

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* BigOMG - BigOMG: October does this a lot, in response to Dog's crazier antics.
* BrosBeforeHoes - BrosBeforeHoes: Or, as Dog puts it, "pets before sex" and "owner before boner."
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Dog.
* CloudCuckoolandersMinder - CloudCuckoolandersMinder: October, who goes through a ''lot'' dealing with the bulldog.
* CrazyJealousGuy - CrazyJealousGuy: Dog, when October pets another dog on a train.



* ComedicSociopathy - Dog occasionally thrives on this.

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* ComedicSociopathy - ComedicSociopathy: Dog occasionally thrives on this.



* ConservationOfNinjutsu - [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]], [[DiscussedTrope discussed]], and [[AvertedTrope averted]], as Dog gets into a fight with a bunch of squirrels who beat him.

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* ConservationOfNinjutsu - ConservationOfNinjutsu: [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]], [[DiscussedTrope discussed]], and [[AvertedTrope averted]], as Dog gets into a fight with a bunch of squirrels who beat him.



* DamnedByFaintPraise - Dog ''hates'' being called adorable, and thinks of himself as the living incarnation of canine badassery.
* DeadpanSnarker - October mostly, but Dog gets in some good snark from time to time.
* DeathFromAbove - Dog does this to the mailman once or twice, namely by bellyflopping him, to October's shock and horror.
* EtTuBrute - Dog imagines himself a loyal guard dog. But he admits quite bluntly that he can be bribed.

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* DamnedByFaintPraise - DamnedByFaintPraise: Dog ''hates'' being called adorable, and thinks of himself as the living incarnation of canine badassery.
* DeadpanSnarker - DeadpanSnarker: October mostly, but Dog gets in some good snark from time to time.
* DeathFromAbove - DeathFromAbove: Dog does this to the mailman once or twice, namely by bellyflopping him, to October's shock and horror.
* EtTuBrute - EtTuBrute: Dog imagines himself a loyal guard dog. But he admits quite bluntly that he can be bribed.



* ExtremeOmnisexual - Dog continuously has sex with October's belongings, including pillows and once a stuffed animal monkey that was meant for October's niece.

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* ExtremeOmnisexual - ExtremeOmnisexual: Dog continuously has sex with October's belongings, including pillows and once a stuffed animal monkey that was meant for October's niece.



* GroinAttack - Dog threatens these a lot.
* HeroicDog - Subverted. Dog fancies himself this, calling himself Batdog, but the only thing he does is attack the mailman, fight squirrels, and change his owner's Website/{{Twitter}} name to 'Commander Twatpants.'
* HumansAreBastards - Dog ostensibly thinks this, except when it comes to his owner.

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* GroinAttack - GroinAttack: Dog threatens these a lot.
* HeroicDog - HeroicDog: Subverted. Dog fancies himself this, calling himself Batdog, but the only thing he does is attack the mailman, fight squirrels, and change his owner's Website/{{Twitter}} name to 'Commander Twatpants.'
* HumansAreBastards - HumansAreBastards: Dog ostensibly thinks this, except when it comes to his owner.



* InsaneTrollLogic - Dog exhibits this from time to time. Justified, however, by the fact that he's a dog.

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* InsaneTrollLogic - InsaneTrollLogic: Dog exhibits this from time to time. Justified, however, by the fact that he's a dog.



* IntellectualAnimal - Dog is apparently able to work a cell phone, text in English, operate musical devices, operate the television, and change his owner's Website/{{Twitter}} account name.
* InterspeciesRomance - One-sided. Benedict likes to hit on October, and October is ''not'' receptive.

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* IntellectualAnimal - IntellectualAnimal: Dog is apparently able to work a cell phone, text in English, operate musical devices, operate the television, and change his owner's Website/{{Twitter}} account name.
* InterspeciesRomance - InterspeciesRomance: One-sided. Benedict likes to hit on October, and October is ''not'' receptive.



* {{Jerkass}} - Dog.

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* {{Jerkass}} - {{Jerkass}}: Dog.



* PrimalFear - For Dog, heights, which is PlayedForLaughs.
* ServileSnarker - October, who is put in the inenviable situation of dealing with his crazy pet's antics.
* SerialEscalation - When Dog stops to ask October who would win in a fight, his or some other animal, the animals he chooses are [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]], {{bear|sAreBadNews}}, [[PantheraAwesome tiger]], and ''[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]].''

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* PrimalFear - PrimalFear: For Dog, heights, which is PlayedForLaughs.
* ServileSnarker - ServileSnarker: October, who is put in the inenviable situation of dealing with his crazy pet's antics.
* SerialEscalation - SerialEscalation: When Dog stops to ask October who would win in a fight, his him or some other animal, the animals he chooses are [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]], {{bear|sAreBadNews}}, [[PantheraAwesome tiger]], and ''[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]].''



* ShutUpKirk - In a way. When Dog breaks a lamp, October asks why Dog keeps breaking all of his stuff, either by accident or otherwise... right before Dog reminds his owner that October paid a veterinarian to neuter him. October backs down.

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* ShutUpKirk - ShutUpKirk: In a way. When Dog breaks a lamp, October asks why Dog keeps breaking all of his stuff, either by accident or otherwise... right before Dog reminds his owner that October paid a veterinarian to neuter him. October backs down.



* SitcomArchNemesis - The postman, whom Dog purports to have attacked numerous times, including bellyflopping him from a window.

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* SitcomArchNemesis - SitcomArchNemesis: The postman, whom Dog purports to have attacked numerous times, including bellyflopping him from a window.



* SmarterThanYouLook - Dog. He gets confused chasing his own tail and looking at pictures of tennis balls, but he's smart enough to foil some of October's efforts to {{Troll}} him, and to hack October's Twitter account.

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* SmarterThanYouLook - SmarterThanYouLook: Dog. He gets confused chasing his own tail and looking at pictures of tennis balls, but he's smart enough to foil some of October's efforts to {{Troll}} him, and to hack October's Twitter account.



* TalkingAnimal - Guess.

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* TalkingAnimal - TalkingAnimal: Guess.



* ThisIsMyHuman - As far as Dog is concerned, October is not so much Dog's owner as his butler.

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* ThisIsMyHuman - ThisIsMyHuman: As far as Dog is concerned, October is not so much Dog's owner as his butler.



* {{Troll}} - ''Dog.''

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* {{Troll}} - {{Troll}}: ''Dog.''



* {{Tsundere}} - Both October and Dog, but Dog especially - for all Dog's verbal abuse, he is ''always'' happy when his owner comes home, and once ''buried all of October's clothes'' to keep his owner home for the day.
* VitriolicBestBuds - Half the time the case.

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* {{Tsundere}} - {{Tsundere}}: Both October and Dog, but Dog especially - for all Dog's verbal abuse, he is ''always'' happy when his owner comes home, and once ''buried all of October's clothes'' to keep his owner home for the day.
* VitriolicBestBuds - VitriolicBestBuds: Half the time the case.



* WeaksauceWeakness - Dog considers the postman to be the scourge of the earth, and constantly makes plans to attack him... until October tells the him to rub Dog's belly to pacify him.

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* WeaksauceWeakness - WeaksauceWeakness: Dog considers the postman to be the scourge of the earth, and constantly makes plans to attack him... until October tells the him to rub Dog's belly to pacify him.



* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes - Dog apparently hates squirrels, and they hate him - to the point where they form a ''mafia'' that he's afraid of.
* YoureInsane - October says this to Dog more than once, in response to his antics.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes - WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Dog apparently hates squirrels, and they hate him - to the point where they form a ''mafia'' that he's afraid of.
* YoureInsane - YoureInsane: October says this to Dog more than once, in response to his antics.
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* HeroicDog - Subverted. Dog fancies himself this, calling himself Batdog, but the only thing he does is attack the mailman, fight squirrels, and change his owner's {{Twitter}} name to 'Commander Twatpants.'

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* HeroicDog - Subverted. Dog fancies himself this, calling himself Batdog, but the only thing he does is attack the mailman, fight squirrels, and change his owner's {{Twitter}} Website/{{Twitter}} name to 'Commander Twatpants.'



* IntellectualAnimal - Dog is apparently able to work a cell phone, text in English, operate musical devices, operate the television, and change his owner's {{Twitter}} account name.

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* IntellectualAnimal - Dog is apparently able to work a cell phone, text in English, operate musical devices, operate the television, and change his owner's {{Twitter}} Website/{{Twitter}} account name.
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It's also [[RuleOfFunny totally hilarious.]]

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It's also [[RuleOfFunny totally hilarious.]]
]] You can find it [[http://textfromdog.tumblr.com/ here]].
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* DamnedByFaintPraise - Dog ''hates'' being called adorable, and thinks of himself as the living incarnation of canine [[{{Badass}} badassery.]]

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* DamnedByFaintPraise - Dog ''hates'' being called adorable, and thinks of himself as the living incarnation of canine [[{{Badass}} badassery.]]
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* SerialEscalation - When Dog stops to ask October who would win in a fight, his or some other animal, the animals hhe chooses are [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]], {{bear|sAreBadNews}}, [[PantheraAwesome tiger]], and ''[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]].''

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* SerialEscalation - When Dog stops to ask October who would win in a fight, his or some other animal, the animals hhe he chooses are [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]], {{bear|sAreBadNews}}, [[PantheraAwesome tiger]], and ''[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]].''
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Texts From Dog is a series of images created by October Jones that are composed entire of text conversations... that October ostensibly has with their pet bulldog, Dog. I also depicts the antics that a dog owner would commonly have to deal with with the animals under their care.

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Texts From Dog is a series of images created by October Jones that are composed entire of text conversations... that October ostensibly has with their pet bulldog, Dog. I It also depicts the antics that a dog owner would commonly have to deal with with the animals under their care.
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Texts From Dog is a series of images created by October Jones that are composed entire of text conversations... that October ostensibly has with their pet bulldog, Dog. I also depicts the antics that a dog owner would commonly have to deal with with the animals under their care.

It's also [[RuleOfFunny totally hilarious.]]

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!! ''Texts From Dog'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny - Dog will completely lose track of a conversation at the mere mention or even ''picture'' of a ball.
* AttentionWhore - Dog.
* BadLiar - October.
---> '''October''': Tomorrow, we're going to see The Vet. 'The Vet' is like a theme park for dogs. It's going to be ''lots'' and ''lots'' of ''fun.''
---> '''Dog''': You must think I'm a fucking idiot.
* BigEater - Dog.
---> '''Dog''': What's 'fat'?
---> '''October''': It's what happens when you eat too much food.
---> '''Dog''': ''Fat sounds awesome.'' Let's get fat.
* BigOMG - October does this a lot, in response to Dog's crazier antics.
* BrosBeforeHoes - Or, as Dog puts it, "pets before sex" and "owner before boner."
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - Dog.
* CloudCuckoolandersMinder - October, who goes through a ''lot'' dealing with the bulldog.
* CrazyJealousGuy - Dog, when October pets another dog on a train.
---> '''Dog''': ''Did you stroke him?''
---> '''October''': Little bit
---> '''Dog''': DON'T BOTHER COMING HOME.
* ComedicSociopathy - Dog occasionally thrives on this.
---> '''Dog''': Buy me an iPhone immediately.
---> '''October''': It has a finger print scanner.
---> '''Dog''': I know.
---> '''October''': You don't have fingers.
---> '''Dog''': I have ''a'' finger.
---> '''October''': Whose finger?
---> '''Dog''': I want a ''gold'' iPhone because I'm ''sassy.''
---> '''October''': ''Whose finger!?''
---> '''Dog''': For fuck's sake, the postman's, but he's got like 9 more, ''so just get me the goddamn phone!''
* ConservationOfNinjutsu - [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]], [[DiscussedTrope discussed]], and [[AvertedTrope averted]], as Dog gets into a fight with a bunch of squirrels who beat him.
---> '''Dog''': Remember that scene in Film/TheMatrix where Neo fights loads of Smiths?
---> '''October''': Yeah
---> '''Dog''': It was ''nothing like that.'' They totally beat the crap out of me.
* DamnedByFaintPraise - Dog ''hates'' being called adorable, and thinks of himself as the living incarnation of canine [[{{Badass}} badassery.]]
* DeadpanSnarker - October mostly, but Dog gets in some good snark from time to time.
* DeathFromAbove - Dog does this to the mailman once or twice, namely by bellyflopping him, to October's shock and horror.
* EtTuBrute - Dog imagines himself a loyal guard dog. But he admits quite bluntly that he can be bribed.
--->'''Dog''': Burglars watch out, I'll kick your ass, like the [[TheLordOfTheRings Balrog]], you shall not pass.
--->'''October''': What if the burglars have sausages?
--->'''Dog''': I'll help them carry the TV.
--->'''October''': ''[[SarcasmMode Thanks,]] [[TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf.]]''
* ExtremeOmnisexual - Dog continuously has sex with October's belongings, including pillows and once a stuffed animal monkey that was meant for October's niece.
---> '''Dog''': I accidentally had sex with it. Now we're in love.
** Dog also admits to being attracted to man dogs, lady dogs, chairs, pillows, ducks, and goes on to say that he [[{{Squick}} wants to make love to the whole world.]] October calls him globalsexual.
** Dog even admits to [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction shagging cats.]]
* GeniusDitz: Dog claims all dogs only pretend to be afraid of vacuum cleaners to avoid doing housework. October is suitably impressed.
* GroinAttack - Dog threatens these a lot.
* HeroicDog - Subverted. Dog fancies himself this, calling himself Batdog, but the only thing he does is attack the mailman, fight squirrels, and change his owner's {{Twitter}} name to 'Commander Twatpants.'
* HumansAreBastards - Dog ostensibly thinks this, except when it comes to his owner.
---> '''Dog''': Too many countries... Why not just have one country? Humanland. "The Shittiest Place On Earth."
* InsaneTrollLogic - Dog exhibits this from time to time. Justified, however, by the fact that he's a dog.
---> '''October''': Stop wasting toilet paper!
---> '''Dog''': I'm using it to ''fuel my imagination.'' You're using it to ''wipe your ass.'' Which of us is'' 'wasting' ''toilet paper? CHECK. MATE.
* IntellectualAnimal - Dog is apparently able to work a cell phone, text in English, operate musical devices, operate the television, and change his owner's {{Twitter}} account name.
* InterspeciesRomance - One-sided. Benedict likes to hit on October, and October is ''not'' receptive.
---> '''Dog''': Can my friend sleep over?
---> '''October''': Which friend?
---> '''Benedict''': Haylo hooman. I sleepe in ur bed. We make sexi musik.
---> '''October''': ''Definitely not.''
* {{Jerkass}} - Dog.
---> '''October''': Why do I even try to bond with you? It's like we're from two different worlds.
---> '''Dog''': I know. I'm a dog. You're an asshole.
* PrimalFear - For Dog, heights, which is PlayedForLaughs.
* ServileSnarker - October, who is put in the inenviable situation of dealing with his crazy pet's antics.
* SerialEscalation - When Dog stops to ask October who would win in a fight, his or some other animal, the animals hhe chooses are [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]], {{bear|sAreBadNews}}, [[PantheraAwesome tiger]], and ''[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]].''
---> '''October''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Pick. Smaller. Animals. You. Idiot.]]
* ShutUpKirk - In a way. When Dog breaks a lamp, October asks why Dog keeps breaking all of his stuff, either by accident or otherwise... right before Dog reminds his owner that October paid a veterinarian to neuter him. October backs down.
--->'''October''': Remember when you ''cracked the TV screen?'' Remember when you ''shredded my mattress?''
--->'''Dog''': Remember when you ''paid someone to cut my balls off?''
--->'''October''': I'll just buy a new lamp.
* SitcomArchNemesis - The postman, whom Dog purports to have attacked numerous times, including bellyflopping him from a window.
** And recently, the man who drives the ice-cream truck.
* SmarterThanYouLook - Dog. He gets confused chasing his own tail and looking at pictures of tennis balls, but he's smart enough to foil some of October's efforts to {{Troll}} him, and to hack October's Twitter account.
---> '''October''': ''How did you get my password!?''
---> '''Dog''': ''Dammit Twatpants,'' I'm Batdog, that's how.
* TalkingAnimal - Guess.
** Now there's two, with the addition of Benedict, because Dog taught him to text. October does ''not'' like Benedict.
---> '''Benedict''': Haylo hooman.
---> '''October''': Benedict. Please fuck off.
---> '''Benedict''': Why for?
---> '''October''': You just freak me out.
---> '''Benedict''': [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Bennedick just want make sweet love]]
---> '''October''': [[NoJustNoReaction FUCK OFF. PLEASE.]]
---> '''Benedict''': [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction You want touch Bennedick's pennis?]]
* ThisIsMyHuman - As far as Dog is concerned, October is not so much Dog's owner as his butler.
** Dog even outright says it, and requests that October call him Master Woofington von Barkshire.
* {{Troll}} - ''Dog.''
--->'''Dog''': Are you in the supermarket?
--->'''October''': Yes.
--->'''Dog''': There's a woman waiting for you outside. She is going to ''kick your ass.''
--->'''October''': What!? ''Why?''
--->'''Dog''': Because you left me in the car with the windows shut. She loves dogs.
--->'''October''': ''I left a window open!''
--->'''Dog''': I know. I closed it. Then laid down like I was dying, lol. ''Game. Set. Match. Dog.''
** Not that October is innocent.
--->'''Dog''': Chasing tail!
--->'''October''': Get it. Get that tail!
--->'''Dog''': Almost got it... Almost got it... Almost got it... Almost got it..
--->'''October''': Try changing direction.
--->'''Dog''': OMFG Tail changed direction too!
--->'''October''': That sneaky ''bastard.''
* {{Tsundere}} - Both October and Dog, but Dog especially - for all Dog's verbal abuse, he is ''always'' happy when his owner comes home, and once ''buried all of October's clothes'' to keep his owner home for the day.
* VitriolicBestBuds - Half the time the case.
--->'''Dog''': How come humans get to name their dogs, but dogs can't name their humans?
--->'''October''': What would you call me?
--->'''Dog''': Thunder Twonk, the two legged twat monkey.
--->'''October''': That's why.
* WeaksauceWeakness - Dog considers the postman to be the scourge of the earth, and constantly makes plans to attack him... until October tells the him to rub Dog's belly to pacify him.
---> '''Dog''': ''Did you tell him to do that?''
---> '''October''': I might've mentioned it.
---> '''Dog''': ''You've revealed my weakness to my greatest enemy.''
---> '''October''': He's not your enemy.
---> '''Dog''': I've been betrayed by [[InsistentTerminology my own butler]]!
---> '''October''': ''I'm not your butler!''
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes - Dog apparently hates squirrels, and they hate him - to the point where they form a ''mafia'' that he's afraid of.
* YoureInsane - October says this to Dog more than once, in response to his antics.
---> '''Dog''': He drives around in a Donald Duck van. Playing music to ''lure kids into his web of evil.''
---> '''October''': He sells ''ice cream,'' dickhead.
---> '''Dog''': Yeah? Well Batdog sells ''ass kicking'' and he just bought one.
---> '''October''': ''Stop acting like a psycho twat monkey!''

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