History Main / DeadlyDingos

* ''Anime/LucyMayOfTheSouthernRainbow'': Lucy-May, rescues an injured dingo and begs her father to keep it as a pet. He bluntly tells her that if it ever harms her or anyone, he will put it down. His fears are disproven when it grows up to be a friendly, helpful little thing who doesn't have an ounce of violence in his body.

* ''Anime/LucyMayOfTheSouthernRainbow'' focuses on an English family, that moves to Australia in the 1800s. Their youngest daughter, the titular Lucy-May, rescues an injured dingo and begs her father to keep it as a pet. He bluntly tells her that if it ever harms her or anyone, he will put it down. His fears are disproven when it grows up to be a friendly, helpful little thing who doesn't have an ounce of violence in his body.

* ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'': The Dingo family are recurring antagonists throughout the first season, but they all made a HeelFaceTurn by its end. In particular, Danny Dingo was a {{Jerkass}} who's unpleasant to everyone around him. His main hobby was scamming people, and in one episode, he even tried to get the Greenpatchers fed to a group of feral cats. His younger siblings, Daisy, Meatball and Shifty, however, are friendlier to the townspeople, although they did follow along with Danny's plans on occasion.

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E7LisaGetsAnA Lisa Gets An 'A']]": Lisa plays a parody of ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'', where an dingo announces an objective to eat seven crystal babies.

* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', Jeice reveals that his sister was eaten by a dingo when she was an infant. Given how the series has a RunningGag of how Jeice is from the Space equivalent of UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} (with his tendency to make references to other pieces of Australian pop culture), this is likely a nod to the Azeria Chamberlain case.

UsefulNotes/AustralianWildlife is often stereotyped as wild and deadly. Part of this is TruthInTelevision—Australia is home to some of the world's deadliest arachnids and frogs—and there's also the fact that to most foreign viewers, creatures like kangaroos and wallabies are near-alien.

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E7LisaGetsAnA Lisa Gets An 'A']]": Lisa plays a parody of ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'', where an ominous dingo announces an objective to eat seven crystal babies.

Consider this the Australian step-brother of BearsAreBadNews and SavageWolves. Also compare FoulFox. Could overlap with PredatorsAreMean if what the dingo wants to do is eat another animal.

* Dingoes are some of the many antagonistic predators featured in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bilby}}''. They attempt to eat the bilby protagonist.

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[[caption-width-right:1000:Someone's gonna be a dog's breakfast.]]

The dingos are no different. Notorious for their attacks on livestock and the infamous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Azaria_Chamberlain Azaria Chamberlain case]], they've earned quite a reputation for themselves. They embody the most feared stereotypical traits of canids—aggressive, uncontrollable and HarmfulToMinors. They may elicit WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes and PapaWolf reactions from characters. Or maybe they're just [[{{Jerkass}} plain unlikable]].

''Bruno''': Yeah, well, I-- Ooh! Oh! Oh, that's it. I'm gonna report this to me member of parliament.

[[caption-width-right:1000:Someone's gonna be a Dog's Breakfast.]]

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E16BartVsAustralia Bart vs. Australia]]": When doing one his usual prank calls, Bart calls Bruno Dundrige and the following conversation ensues:
---> '''Bart:''' Hey, I think I hear a dingo eating your baby.
--->(''Bart hangs up the phone'')
--->'''Bruno''': Yeah, well, I-- Ooh! Oh! Oh, that's it. I'm gonna report this to me member of parliament.

The dingos are no different. Notorious for their attacks on livestock and the infamous Azaria Chamberlain case, they've earned quite a reputation for themselves. They embody the most feared stereotypical traits of canids—aggressive, uncontrollable and HarmfulToMinors. They may elicit WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes and PapaWolf reactions from characters. Or maybe they're just [[{{Jerkass}} plain unlikable]].

* The Azaria Chamberlain case. After her sudden disappearance, her parents were accused of murdering her, but they maintained that she had been killed by dingoes. Despite public opinion, they were eventually proven innocent when DNA evidence came out that proved their claim, as well as the fact that her jacket was seen outside a dingo's den.

* ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'': Danny Dingo is a {{Jerkass}} who's unpleasant to everyone around him. His hobby is scamming people, and in one episode, he even tries to get the Greenpatchers fed to a group of feral cats. The other dingos, however, are {{Jerkass}}es at worst and not as malicious.

UsefulNotes/AustralianWildlife is often stereotyped as wild and deadly. Part of this is TruthInTelevision - Australia is home to some of the world's deadliest arachnids and frogs - and there's also the fact that to most foreign viewers, creatures like kangaroos and wallabies are near-alien.

The dingos are no different. Notorious for their attacks on livestock and the infamous Azaria Chamberlain case, they've earned quite a reputation for themselves. They embody the most feared stereotypical traits of canids - aggressive, uncontrollable and HarmfulToMinors. They may elicit WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes and PapaWolf reactions from characters. Or maybe they're just [[{{Jerkass}} plain unlikable]].

* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'': A strip depicting a daycare next to a dingo farm is captioned, "Trouble brewing", implying the dingoes want to eat, or otherwise attack, the kids

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* ''Anime/LucyMayOfTheSouthernRainbow'' focuses on an English family, the Popples, that moves to Australia in the 1800s. The Popples' youngest daughter, Lucy-May, rescues an injured dingo and begs her father to keep it as a pet. He bluntly tells her that if it ever harms her or anyone, he will put it down. His fears are disproven when it grows up to be a friendly, helpful little thing who doesn't have an ounce of violence in his body.

* ''Anime/LucyMayOfTheSouthernRainbow'' focuses on an English family, the Popples, that moves to Australia in the 1800s. The youngest daughter of the Popples, Lucy-May, rescues an injured dingo and begs her father to keep it as a pet. He bluntly tells her that if it ever harms her or anyone, he will put it down. His fears are disproven when it grows up to be a friendly, helpful little thing who doesn't have an ounce of violence in his body.

* ''Anime/LucyMayOfTheSouthernRainbow'' focuses on an English family that moves to Australia in the 1800s. Lucy-May rescues an injured dingo and begs her father to keep it as a pet. He bluntly tells her that if it ever harms her or anyone, he will put it down. His fears are disproven when it grows up to be a friendly, helpful little thing who doesn't have an ounce of violence in his body.

* The Azaria Chamberlain case. After her sudden disappearance, her parents were accused of murdering her, but they while maintaining that she had been killed by dingos. Despite public opinion, they were eventually proven innocent when DNA evidence came out that proved their claim, as well as the fact that her jacket was seen outside a dingo's den.

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E7LisaGetsAnA Lisa Gets An 'A'": Lisa plays a parody of ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'', where an ominous dingo announces an objective to eat seven crystal babies.

** ''Bart VS Australia'': When doing one his usual prank calls, Bart calls Bruno Dundrige and the following conversation ensues:
---> '''Bart:''' ''"Hey, I think I hear a dingo eating your baby."''
--->'''Bruno''': ''"Yeah, well, I-- Ooh! Oh! Oh, that's it. I'm gonna report this to me member of parliament."''
** ''Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E7LisaGetsAnA'': Lisa plays a parody of ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'', where an ominous dingo announces an objective to eat seven crystal babies.

[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1web_bilby.jpg]]

** ''Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E7LisaGetsAnA'': At one point, a video game dingo is seen and his objective is to eat seven crystal babies.