History ComicBook / StrayDogs

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The dogs are all saved from the house and the Master is dead, but unfortunately so is Victor, Earl, the former pack, and the Master's countless victims. Four months later, Sophie, now having been readopted and renamed Trudy, is running at a dog park. She reunites with Rusty, but neither of them remember one another or their experience at the Master's house. Nevertheless, they share a sense of familiarity between them and happily play together. When it is time to go home, Sophie / Trudy briefly hesitates before happily leaving the park with her new owners.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The dogs are all saved from the house and the Master is dead, but unfortunately so is Victor, Earl, the former pack, and the Master's countless victims. On top of that, when Sophie (now being called "Trudy" by her new owners) and Rusty reunite at a dog park at the end of the final issue, they don't seem to remember one another.]]

** Sophie and Rusty also share some ShipTease moments, as he is shown to be protective of her and is the only dog willing to believe her. At the end of the story, [[spoiler: Sophie and Rusty reunite at the park and happily play together. Although neither of them remembering the other, they still share a sense of familiarity and friendship between them.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Several of the dogs are horrified with themselves when they realize they forgot their previous owners.

* NoSell: [[spoiler:George's story in ''Dog Days'' shows the Master stumbled upon him and his owner following a failed murder attempt. The would-be victim was able to lock herself in her room after calling the police, and her dog Duke didn't follow for the treats gambit the Master utilizes to distract dogs.]]

* DevelopmentallyDoomedCharacters: [[spoiler:''Dog Days'' features the origins of the Master's dogs, showcasing all of their previous owners leading up to when the Master killed them.]]

* OneSteveLimit: Inverted. There are two dogs named Henry: one is a Standard Poodle and another appears to be a Bull Terrier. The pack seems to acknowledge this, as the two are referred to as "Henry" and "Other Henry".

A spin-off, ''Stray Dogs: Dog Days'', was released in December 2021. The two issues of ''Dog Days'' briefly portrays the lives of all the dogs in the original story before they were taken from their homes by the Master.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The dogs are all saved from the house and the Master is dead, but unfortunately so is Victor, Earl, the former pack, and the Master's countless victims. On top of that, when Sophie (now being called "Trudy" by her new owners) and Rusty reunite at a dog park at then end of the final issue, they don't seem to remember one another.]]

A spin-off, ''Stray Dogs: Dog Days'', was released in December 2021. The two issues of ''Dog Days'' briefly portrays the lives of all the dogs in the original story before they taken from their homes by the Master.

A spin-off, ''Stray Dogs: Dog Days'', is expected to be released in December 2021.

* BewareTheQuietOnes: [[spoiler: Imogen, who never speaks within the story, is the one that takes a huge chomp out of the Master's neck around his jugular, inflicting an efficiently fatal wound.]]
* TheBigGuy: Imogen fills role by virtue of being a Tibetan Mastiff.

* BuryYourDisabled: Victor is a Dalmatian who lost one of his forelegs to burns he sustained from a house fire when he lived with his first set of owners, and he was stolen from the fire department who adopted him after the fact. While is inquisitive and headstrong behavior definitely make him a HandicappedBadass, [[spoiler: he's caught by the Master when he tries to bark to the police over the phone. He's promptly taken out back, shot, and pelted.]]

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:The Master is a serial killer who targets women who have dogs. He uses the dogs of his previous victims to draw in closer to his targets, usually at dog parks. He later kills said dogs and mount their heads as trophies as Earl finds out in issue# 4.]]

* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Poor Victor is the one dog the Master is clearly shown killing from his current group of dogs in order to emphasize the Master is indeed a monster whose victims are limited to humans.]]

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Despite his earlier actions, Earl ends up being the dog to deliver a fatal bite to the Master's neck and break the front window to the house, allowing the other dogs to escape.]]

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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:The 'master' is a serial killer who targets women who have dogs. He uses the dogs of his previous victims to draw in closer to his targets, usually at dog parks. He later kills said dogs and mount their heads as trophies as Earl finds out in issue# 4.]]

* HeroesLoveDogs: Inverted. The 'master' [[spoiler:is a serial killer.]]
* HeroicDog: The entire cast fills this role at some point, [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn even Earl]].]]

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:The 'master' is a serial killer who targets female dog owners. He uses the dogs of his previous victims to draw in closer to his targets, usually at dog parks. He later kills said dogs and mount their heads as trophies as Earl finds out in issue# 4.]]

* AdultFear: [[spoilers:The 'master' is a serial killer who targets female dog owners. He uses the dogs of his previous victims to draw in closer to his targets, usually at dog parks. He later kills said dogs and mount their heads as trophies as Earl finds out in issue# 4.]]

* AdultFear: {{spoilers: The 'master' is a serial killer who targets female dog owners. He uses the dogs of his previous victims to draw in closer to his targets, usually at dog parks. He later kills said dogs and mount their heads as trophies as Earl finds out in issue# 4.}}

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* AdultFear: [[spoilers: The 'master' is a serial killer who targets female dog owners. He uses the dogs of his previous victims to draw in closer to his targets, usually at dog parks. He later kills said dogs and mount their heads as trophies as Earl finds out in issue# 4.]]

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