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* Poor [[spoiler:Ruddiger]] from WesternAnimation/TangledtheSeries becomes this temporarily when [[spoiler:Varian turns evil]] and uses his own pet as a test subject for a super serum. Fortunately his pet goes back to normal not long later and doesn't appear any worse for wear as a result.

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* Poor [[spoiler:Ruddiger]] from WesternAnimation/TangledtheSeries ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' becomes this temporarily when [[spoiler:Varian turns evil]] and uses his own pet as a test subject for a super serum. Fortunately his pet goes back to normal not long later and doesn't appear any worse for wear as a result.
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* In ''Film/ProjectX'', a researcher becomes a little too attached to a chimp that is about to be killed in an experiment. It turns out that the chimp knows sign language and bonds with the researcher.

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* In ''Film/ProjectX'', ''Film/ProjectX1987'', a researcher becomes a little too attached to a chimp that is about to be killed in an experiment. It turns out that the chimp knows sign language and bonds with the researcher.
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* ''Webcomic/Spinnerette'': Inverted: Dr. Demikhov turned his pet dog Laika into a cyborg by [[https://www.spinnyverse.com/comic/issure-32-02 grafting her head and tail onto a Roomba]].

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* ''Webcomic/Spinnerette'': ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'': Inverted: Dr. Demikhov turned his pet dog Laika into a cyborg by [[https://www.spinnyverse.com/comic/issure-32-02 grafting her head and tail onto a Roomba]].
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** Another episode, "Rat Girl", had her become distraught after another lab rat named Whitey died, to the point where she smuggled his corpse out in a purse so she could give him a decent burial instead of letting the lab incinerate him.
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However often in fiction this little detail is ignored and scientists are shown treating their test animals like pets, naming them and even playing with them or petting them. If the animal dies it is a freak accident and the scientist involved is usually filled with remorse.

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However often in fiction this little detail is ignored and scientists are shown treating their test animals like pets, naming them and even playing with them or petting them. If an animal was KidnappedForExperimentation, then LimaSyndrome might lead to this trope. If the animal dies it is a freak accident and the scientist involved is usually filled with remorse.

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