History ComicStrip / FootrotFlats

* Yes NoAnswerInterpretation:

* BrattyHalfPint: Pongo to a tee.

* CatsAreMean: Horse, hoo boy Horse.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Dog is "The Dog" because he wont let anyone know his real name.

* GagBoobs: Dolores 'Cheeky' Hobson, we are looking at ''you''.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Horse, of all people... er, cats. Cooch was also apparently based on two people Murray Ball knew.

* KissingCousins: Cooch has a pretty poorly hidden attraction to his cousin Kathy ([[HelloNurse and it's hard to blame him]])

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Horse, of all people... er, cats.

* EmbarressingFirstName: 'The Dog' is so embarrassed by the name given to him by Aunt Dolly, that [[WithholdingTheirName he actively prevents anyone from learning it]], and holds a grudge against her for giving him that name.

* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep 'The Dog']]: The main protagonist and mascot of the strip, a border collie [[EmbarrassingFirstName whose name he never lets anyone reveal]]. Much like ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} he seems as intelligent as a person but can only talk through thought bubbles. Has shades of LovableCoward and SmallNameBigEgo, but generally good at his job and devoted to his master.

In 1987 there was a feature-length animated film adaptation, ''Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale''.

* {{Badass}}: Major the pig-dog is tough and strong, but even he treads a bit carefully around Horse.

* CaninesPrimaryFelinesSecondary: The Dog is the main character, and other significant dogs include Jess, Prince Charles the corgi, Major the pig-dog, and occasionally the Murphys' dogs. There is only one prominent cat, Horse, with the possible exception of occasional apperances from his biker-gang girlfriend.

* CarnivoreConfusion: Sometimes the Dog doesn't have a full understanding on the fate of the animals he helps raise. At least once, however, he agonised over the fate of an animal being slaughtered and dressed, before walking up with food bowl in hand.

* ThePowerOfLove: Used once to let the dog ''walk on water''.

* {{Badass}}: Horse.

* Horse: A tough, [[CatsAreMean mean]], [[MadeOfIron near-indestructible]] stray cat that acts as an enemy, sometimes ally and sometimes point of interest to the dog. [[WriteWhoYouKnow Based on a real cat]].

* Horse: A [[{{Badass}} tough]], [[CatsAreMean mean]], [[MadeOfIron near-indestructible]] stray cat that acts as an enemy, sometimes ally and sometimes point of interest to the dog. [[WriteWhoYouKnow Based on a real cat]].

* TheBully: Lex Murphy

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Cooch. Unlike most examples though, he's not vegetarian and will kill to eat. [[ForeignQueasine Not the most conventional animals, mind you.]]

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Inverted with Dolores the sow and poor Horace the boar. She's about twice his size and a bit overbearing.

* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Rangi Jones learned all of his fighting moves from watching kung fu movies.

* DoItYourselfPlumbingProject: he is just who he needs. He then blocks the pipe by stuffing the Dog's nose into it. The Dog admits he had been hoping his role would be something more like dashing to Aunt Dolly and desperately tugging on her apron strings.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Wal is voiced by New Zealand-born, Australia-active satirist John Clarke.

* CarnivoreConfusion: Sometimes the Dog doesn't have a full understanding on the fate of the animals he helps raise. At least once, however, he agonised over the fate of an animal being slaughtered and dress, before walking up with food bowl in hand.

* CarnivoreConfusion: Sometimes the Dog doesn't have a full understanding on the fate of the animals he helps raise.

* RugbyIsSlaughter: Wal's dreams of rugby glory in always end with him a bloodied heap being trampled into the mud. Even that one time he scored a Try after being on the field for 10 seconds.