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* ABoyAndHisX: Inverted with the chapter "A Dog and His Boy."
* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Owners]]: Rex's owner is a drunk who beats him. Potentially accounts for him being such a CowardlyLion.
* ADogNamedDog: Well, a pug named Pugsley.
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* ABoyAndHisX: Inverted with the chapter "A Dog and His Boy."
* [[AbusiveParentsAbusiveParents: Abusive Owners]]: Owners, in this case. Rex's owner is a drunk who beats him. Potentially accounts for him being such a CowardlyLion.
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* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler: Hazel's puppies were the latest in a long string of victims by a serial animal killer. It's one of the rare instances where the threat wasn't supernatural]].
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* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: In the first issue, Jack's owners visit a pet psychic to find out what's wrong with him. She says he wants more affection, but he really just wants to be able to get a good night's sleep.
* AmputationStopsSpread: Dymphna is bitten on the tail by a dog zombie, but she survives because a rat shaman discovers her plight and gnaws off her tail. However, it's not out of kindness but PragmaticVillainy (since she's a witch), and they force her to help them acheive world conquest.
* AndIMustScream: The demon Harrow kept Dymphna's clan mates trapped in her home for months; furious that he was stuck in her incantation circle, he was unable to physically harm them, but instead corrupted the house, spoiling the food and water and infecting those living in it. Even when the cats tried to kill themselves, he prevented them from dying, and when they clawed their eyes out, he still made sure they'd see him even when he allowed them to sleep.
* AndIMustScream: The demon Harrow kept Dymphna's clan mates trapped in her home for months; furious that he was stuck in her incantation circle, he was unable to physically harm them, but instead corrupted the house, spoiling the food and water and infecting those living in it. Even when the cats tried to kill themselves, he prevented them from dying, and when they clawed their eyes out, he still made sure they'd see him even when he allowed them to sleep.
* ExactWords: When the demon Harrow agreed not to harm even a single hair to those who remain, he was sincere... but that still meant that the other demons in Hell below wouldn't be able to.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The ghost sheep the society encounters; to everyone except Jack, they look like normal sheep, but to Jack [[spoiler: [[JacobMarleyApparel they appear like how they looked at their moment of death]], and since they all burned to death...]]
-->''"He can see." "I'm afraid so. The poor thing..."''
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The ghost sheep the society encounters; to everyone except Jack, they look like normal sheep, but to Jack [[spoiler: [[JacobMarleyApparel they appear like how they looked at their moment of death]], and since they all burned to death...]]
-->''"He can see." "I'm afraid so. The poor thing..."''
* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler: The human mercenaries that pulled a DeusExMachina and killed the werewolf, implying something like the Wise Dogs Society exists for humans too]].
* InfantImmortality: Completely averted, it doesn't matter what species or age you are, you have equal chance of meeting a grisly end in this series.
* {{Invisibility}}: Once, the society faced off against a huge reptilian monster capable of turning itself invisible that's terrorizing the Hill. It's apparently not just able to become invisible, but can also hide its scent.
* MatureAnimalStory: The characters are all talking animals and the series is generally light-hearted, but it's certainly not for kids, as there is copious gore, swearing, human and animal death, adult story-lines, and the occasional [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking doggy genitalia]].
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* RaisingTheSteaks: The zombie dogs.
* RascallyRaccoon: One is encountered that seems basically ''psychotic'', but the next page shows it's very young, and its mother is streetwise and much more levelheaded. He later reappears, and reluctantly assists the cats in opening a charmed door and later, tries to go up against a powerful demon.
* RascallyRaccoon: One is encountered that seems basically ''psychotic'', but the next page shows it's very young, and its mother is streetwise and much more levelheaded. He later reappears, and reluctantly assists the cats in opening a charmed door and later, tries to go up against a powerful demon.
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* ADogNamedDog: Well, a pug named Pugsley.
* AnimalisticAbomination: The aggregate demon.
* AnimalsLackAttributes: Averted without a whole lot of attention drawn. Apparently none of the dogs are neutered. Also, while impersonating a female cat the Orphan is told to keep his tail down to avoid blowing his cover.
* AnimalsLackAttributes: Averted without a whole lot of attention drawn. Apparently none of the dogs are neutered. Also, while impersonating a female cat the Orphan is told to keep his tail down to avoid blowing his cover.
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* HowlingToTheNight: The best way for the cast to communicate over a distance.
* HowlingToTheNight: The best way for the cast to communicate over a distance.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Of a sort. The Boy Ace adopts is at least a teenager, but they take him in like any other stray.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: The "boy who talks" gives no explanation for why he can use AnimalSpeak beyond that his people do it.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Rex does a BigDamnHeroes to save the Orphan from a cat goddess, but at the time he was supposed to be keeping an eye on a captured witch-familiar cat. The cat escapes while he's off saving the day and causes them a lot of trouble later on.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Rex does a BigDamnHeroes to save the Orphan from a cat goddess, but at the time he was supposed to be keeping an eye on a captured witch-familiar cat. The cat escapes while he's off saving the day and causes them a lot of trouble later on.on... although she does try to fix what she did, and [[spoiler: seems to have pulled a HeelFaceTurn]].
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* CatsAreMean: Seems to be setting up in the first issue, when the Orphan is dismissive about the rumors about the Wise Dogs, and again with the witches' cats and some of the Orphan's friends. But the Orphan while snarky is actually insightful and typically quite willing to help.
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* ABoyAndHisX: Inverted with the chapter "A Dog and His Boy."
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** [[spoiler: the humans who show up and easily dispatch the werewolf]].
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Originally starting as a series of short comics that [[http://www.darkhorse.com/Features/eComics/1090/Beasts-of-Burden were released online]] and in a few anthologies, it has received it's its own limited run, and even got a hardcover {{omnibus}} ([[NeedsMoreLove hint hint]]).{{omnibus}}. Written by Evan Dorkin with colors by Jill Thompson, the pacing, art, and script are all top-notch, with it already becoming a popular (if low-profile) new property.
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** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' with a cast made up of {{Intellectual Animal}}s.
** Or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_Maclary Hairy Maclary]]'' meets ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.
** Or ''Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin'' / ''Anime/GingaDensetsuWeed'' meets ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.
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** Or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_Maclary Hairy Maclary]]'' meets ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.
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A supernatural horror/adventure comic series from DarkHorseComics. It follows the residents of Burden Hill, a picturesque small town that seems to [[MagneticPlotDevice attract plenty of paranormal activity]]. Luckily there is a society whose sole duty is to defend against these various evil forces, with the only catch being that this society is made up of dogs ([[TokenMinority and one cat]]).
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A supernatural horror/adventure comic series from DarkHorseComics.Creator/DarkHorseComics. It follows the residents of Burden Hill, a picturesque small town that seems to [[MagneticPlotDevice attract plenty of paranormal activity]]. Luckily there is a society whose sole duty is to defend against these various evil forces, with the only catch being that this society is made up of dogs ([[TokenMinority and one cat]]).
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Orphan, essentially.
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** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' with a cast made up of {{Intellectual Animal}}s.
** Or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_Maclary Hairy Maclary]]'' meets ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.
** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' with a cast made up of {{Intellectual Animal}}s.
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* InMediasResLockedIntoStrangeness: A really weird example; Digger's entire ''face'' turns from black to white after he sees his owner get torn apart by dirt {{Golem}}s.
* TheMasquerade: With the animals for the humans.
* TheMentor: Any Wise Dog.
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* TheMasquerade: With the animals for the humans.
* TheMentor: Any Wise Dog.
* TheWarHasJustBegun: At the end of issue four.
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* TheMentor: Any Wise Dog.
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A supernatural horror/adventure comic series from DarkHorseComics. It follows the residents of Burden Hill, a picturesque small town that seems to [[MagneticPlotDevice attract plenty of paranormal activity]]. Luckily there is a society whose sole duty is to defend against these various evil forces, with the only catch being that this society is made up of dogs ([[TokenMinority and one cat]]).
Originally starting as a series of short comics that [[http://www.darkhorse.com/Features/eComics/1090/Beasts-of-Burden were released online]] and in a few anthologies, it has received it's own limited run, and even got a hardcover {{omnibus}} ([[NeedsMoreLove hint hint]]). Written by Evan Dorkin with colors by Jill Thompson, the pacing, art, and script are all top-notch, with it already becoming a popular (if low-profile) new property.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AllWitchesHaveCats: At least, the ones seen all had a cat as a {{familiar}}.
* AndThisIsFor
* AnimalStereotypes: A bit, but it's mostly for comedy and the characters have other attributes.
* AnyoneCanDie: Or at least a fair few {{Mauve Shirt}}s can.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Pugs.
* ArtifactTitle: The Wise Dogs Society became this the moment they let a cat in. Admittedly it is the first time they appear to have done so, and it's mentioned that their numbers are lower than usual.
* BigBallOfViolence
* CatsHaveNineLives: Metaphorically used, thus far the cats tend to have a higher chance of getting away from the MonsterOfTheWeek than the dogs. Personified by "The Getaway Kid", a tomcat who is infamous for this.
* CowardlyLion: Rex.
* {{Crossover}}: With ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''.
* DarkMagicalGirl: Dymphna
* DatingCatwoman: Orphan and Dymphna.
* DeadpanSnarker: Orphan. The other characters have their moments too.
--> "I feel safer already."
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: The ghost puppies possess our heroes to take brutal vengeance on their murderer]].
* DominoRevelation: Ghosts, zombies, vampires, you get the point.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: The dog zombies.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Orphan, essentially.
* {{Foreshadowing}} / HarsherInHindsight:
--> '''Whitey''': W-witches?
--> '''Pugs''': Yeah. An' demon cats. An' later we'll have ''werewolves''.
* FunctionalMagic
* GoryDiscretionShot: Used in concert with NothingIsScarier
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Possibly Dymphna, in an AntiHero kind of way]].
* HeroesRUs: The Wise Dogs Society, though it's a volunteer thing, and [[AncientTradition seems to have been around for a while]].
* IncrediblyLamePun: Plenty in the comic itself, and almost every issue title and the series title is.
* InMediasRes
* MagneticPlotDevice: The town itself, for reasons yet to be revealed. {{Fanon}} has posited a HellGate situation, considering the nature of a lot of the events, but it's still not very clear.
* MauveShirt
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: Or in Orphan's case, [[CatsHaveNineLives his first three did]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Rex does a BigDamnHeroes to save the Orphan from a cat goddess, but at the time he was supposed to be keeping an eye on a captured witch-familiar cat. The cat escapes while he's off saving the day and causes them a lot of trouble later on.
* NothingIsScarier
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Very. Silver bullets still work though.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Rat King included.
* SceneryPorn: Perhaps not intentional, but Jill Thompson's watercolors are pure eye candy.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Rex does this a few times, fitting in with his CowardlyLion status. [[ArbitrarySkepticism Pugs]] suggests this very often, but doesn't actually follow through.
* SirSwearsALot: Pugs.
* SixthRanger: All of the cats who get mixed up with the Wise Dogs are regarded as this. [[spoiler: And then there's Dymphna]].
* TheMasquerade: With the animals for the humans.
* TheObiWan: Any Wise Dog.
* TheWarHasJustBegun: At the end of issue four.
* UrbanFantasy
* {{Xenofiction}}: With admitted doses of anthropomorphism, it's still a good example of the genre.
* XMeetsY:
** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' with a cast made up of {{Intellectual Animal}}s.
** Or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_Maclary Hairy Maclary]]'' meets ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.
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A supernatural horror/adventure comic series from DarkHorseComics. It follows the residents of Burden Hill, a picturesque small town that seems to [[MagneticPlotDevice attract plenty of paranormal activity]]. Luckily there is a society whose sole duty is to defend against these various evil forces, with the only catch being that this society is made up of dogs ([[TokenMinority and one cat]]).
Originally starting as a series of short comics that [[http://www.darkhorse.com/Features/eComics/1090/Beasts-of-Burden were released online]] and in a few anthologies, it has received it's own limited run, and even got a hardcover {{omnibus}} ([[NeedsMoreLove hint hint]]). Written by Evan Dorkin with colors by Jill Thompson, the pacing, art, and script are all top-notch, with it already becoming a popular (if low-profile) new property.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AllWitchesHaveCats: At least, the ones seen all had a cat as a {{familiar}}.
* AndThisIsFor
* AnimalStereotypes: A bit, but it's mostly for comedy and the characters have other attributes.
* AnyoneCanDie: Or at least a fair few {{Mauve Shirt}}s can.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Pugs.
* ArtifactTitle: The Wise Dogs Society became this the moment they let a cat in. Admittedly it is the first time they appear to have done so, and it's mentioned that their numbers are lower than usual.
* BigBallOfViolence
* CatsHaveNineLives: Metaphorically used, thus far the cats tend to have a higher chance of getting away from the MonsterOfTheWeek than the dogs. Personified by "The Getaway Kid", a tomcat who is infamous for this.
* CowardlyLion: Rex.
* {{Crossover}}: With ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''.
* DarkMagicalGirl: Dymphna
* DatingCatwoman: Orphan and Dymphna.
* DeadpanSnarker: Orphan. The other characters have their moments too.
--> "I feel safer already."
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: The ghost puppies possess our heroes to take brutal vengeance on their murderer]].
* DominoRevelation: Ghosts, zombies, vampires, you get the point.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: The dog zombies.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Orphan, essentially.
* {{Foreshadowing}} / HarsherInHindsight:
--> '''Whitey''': W-witches?
--> '''Pugs''': Yeah. An' demon cats. An' later we'll have ''werewolves''.
* FunctionalMagic
* GoryDiscretionShot: Used in concert with NothingIsScarier
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Possibly Dymphna, in an AntiHero kind of way]].
* HeroesRUs: The Wise Dogs Society, though it's a volunteer thing, and [[AncientTradition seems to have been around for a while]].
* IncrediblyLamePun: Plenty in the comic itself, and almost every issue title and the series title is.
* InMediasRes
* MagneticPlotDevice: The town itself, for reasons yet to be revealed. {{Fanon}} has posited a HellGate situation, considering the nature of a lot of the events, but it's still not very clear.
* MauveShirt
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: Or in Orphan's case, [[CatsHaveNineLives his first three did]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Rex does a BigDamnHeroes to save the Orphan from a cat goddess, but at the time he was supposed to be keeping an eye on a captured witch-familiar cat. The cat escapes while he's off saving the day and causes them a lot of trouble later on.
* NothingIsScarier
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Very. Silver bullets still work though.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Rat King included.
* SceneryPorn: Perhaps not intentional, but Jill Thompson's watercolors are pure eye candy.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Rex does this a few times, fitting in with his CowardlyLion status. [[ArbitrarySkepticism Pugs]] suggests this very often, but doesn't actually follow through.
* SirSwearsALot: Pugs.
* SixthRanger: All of the cats who get mixed up with the Wise Dogs are regarded as this. [[spoiler: And then there's Dymphna]].
* TheMasquerade: With the animals for the humans.
* TheObiWan: Any Wise Dog.
* TheWarHasJustBegun: At the end of issue four.
* UrbanFantasy
* {{Xenofiction}}: With admitted doses of anthropomorphism, it's still a good example of the genre.
* XMeetsY:
** ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' with a cast made up of {{Intellectual Animal}}s.
** Or ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_Maclary Hairy Maclary]]'' meets ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.
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