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* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': In "[[Recap/GarfieldAndFriendsS1E05 Garfield's Moving Experience]]", Garfield moves into a mansion to be adopted by a little rich girl after Jon kicks him out of his house. When the rich girl puts Garfield down for a nap, she dresses him in a pink bonnet and nightshirt. Garfield then [[BreakingTheFourthWall tells the viewers]] "Hey, I didn't laugh when your parents dressed you like this."
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* ''Literature/DolphinSong'': When Melody was younger, she used to dress her dog Blister in a bib for her tea parties.
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* ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'': Claire occasionally puts hats on her cats and has dressed Lulu up as a pirate. When she starts trying hats on Toto and Dodo, she explains it's so they will be ready for the [[ConeOfShame Cone of Shame]] when they have to be neutered.

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* ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'': ''WebVideo/{{Kittisaurus}}'': Claire occasionally puts hats on her cats and has dressed Lulu up as a pirate. When she starts trying hats on Toto and Dodo, she explains it's so they will be ready for the [[ConeOfShame Cone of Shame]] when they have to be neutered.
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This may overlap with TheDreadedPretendTeaParty, another childish game that is considered annoying by those outside the target demographic. Also likely to overlap with AndCallHimGeorge. If the kid doing the dress-up is doing it out of love, they're both InnocentlyInsensitive and (usually) an AnimalLover.

In addition to little kids, this may also be done by older women who own pets (such as a CrazyCatLady or the owner of a MisterMuffykins). Because NeedleworkIsForOldPeople, they might even sew or knit the outfits themselves and put them on their pets.

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This may overlap with TheDreadedPretendTeaParty, another childish game that is considered annoying by those outside the target demographic. Also likely to overlap with AndCallHimGeorge. If the kid doing the dress-up is doing it out of love, they're both InnocentlyInsensitive and (usually) an AnimalLover.

AnimalLover. If a male animal is dressed up as a woman, this may overlap with DraggedIntoDrag.

In addition to little kids, this may also be done by older women who own pets (such as a CrazyCatLady or the owner of a MisterMuffykins). Because NeedleworkIsForOldPeople, they might even sew or knit the outfits themselves and put them on their pets.
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Truth In Television. My mother puts clothes on her dogs all the time. She dressed her dog up as Patrick Mahomes once.

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In addition to little kids, this may also be done by older women who own pets (such as a CrazyCatLady or the owner of a MisterMuffykins). Because NeedleworkIsForOldPeople, they might even sew or knit the outfits themselves and put them on their pets.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' episode "Dances With Ignorance" Pepper Ann, trying to impress a Navajo family coming over but thinking of general stereotypes about Native Americans, dresses her cat Steve in Native American head feathers and a necklace. The cat isn't impressed and tries to get the necklace off.
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** In "The Market" Penelope dresses the raccoon she decided to keep as a pet in a baby bonnet and diaper.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'', Purrsy is frequently dressed up. Like with the Family Guy example, this is a rare instance of an adult doing this to a pet (Betty's mom)
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* In the music video for "Mr. Mom" a little girl dresses her dog in various outfits while her brother takes photos of them.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', Agnes and Edith dye [[CartoonCreature Kyle]] pink and puts a bow in his fur.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'', Agnes and Edith dye [[CartoonCreature Kyle]] pink and puts a bow in his fur.
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* ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'': When Lindsey's school holds a pet parade for the students to dress up their pets and show them off, Lindsey is strongly against it, viewing it as animal cruelty. She tries to protest the parade by taking Josh's iguana and running up a tree with it, which gets the event cancelled and makes everyone mad at her, including her parents.

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* ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'': When Lindsey's school holds a pet parade for the students to dress up their pets and show them off, Lindsey is strongly against it, viewing it as animal cruelty. She tries decides to protest the parade by taking stealing Josh's iguana and running up a tree with it, which gets the event cancelled and makes everyone mad at her, including her parents.
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* ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'': When Lindsey's school holds a pet parade for the students to dress up their pets and show them off, Lindsey is strongly against it, viewing it as animal cruelty. She tries to protest the parade by taking Josh's iguana and running up a tree with it, which gets the event cancelled and makes everyone mad at her, including her parents.
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* A rare example of an adult doing this to a pet is in the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Cool Hand Peter" when Lois, Bonnie, and Donna decide to dress Brian up in a bumblebee costume. And they also plan to eventually do the same to Stewie.
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* A few ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' comics have this done to Farley by the kids.


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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets2'', Snowball's owner Molly dresses him up as "Super Snowball" One of the few instances of this trope where said pet ENJOYS being dressed up. Not so much at the end of the movie when she dresses him up in a blonde wig and dress.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' episode "Animaniacs Stew", little Mindy puts a dress on Brain the evil rat.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} (1993)'' episode "Animaniacs Stew", little Mindy puts a dress on Brain the evil rat.



* In the prologue to the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode, "So Long, Spanky", D.W. dresses Spanky, her pet parakeet, in a shirt and bonnet and has him hold an umbrella. It is at this point that Arthur mentions that he feels sorry for Spanky in these kind of situations, feeling that being D.W.'s pet is worse than being her brother.

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* In the prologue to the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode, "So Long, Spanky", D.W. dresses Spanky, her pet parakeet, in a shirt and bonnet and has him hold an umbrella. It is at this point that Arthur mentions that he feels sorry for Spanky in these kind of oaf situations, feeling that being D.W.'s pet is worse than being her brother.
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As a side note, please don't do this to your pet -- it just stresses them out.

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As a side note, please don't do this to your pet -- it just stresses them out.
out.[[note]]Some dogs with especially thin fur (most notably sighthounds) and hairless cats like the Sphynx do in fact ''need'' practical outerwear in certain climates, just as people need overcoats in cold weather, but this doesn't really qualify as this trope as the clothes serve a specific purpose.[[/note]]
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* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Young noblewomen who want to practice sewing tends to make clothing meant for their relatives' very young children... or their own pets.

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* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': ''Literature/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Young noblewomen who want to practice sewing tends to make clothing meant for their relatives' very young children... or their own pets.
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* In ''FanficRecs/FinalSpace'': Alternative timeline, Ash finds an unconscious Little Cato when he feel off the tree and was knocked out. He lands on a baby basket. She mistakes him as a baby. Ash takes Little Cato back to her home. She undressed him and puts him in a yellow shirt and a diaper.
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* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', Azha is [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-40/ shown dressing up]] his cat {{familiar}} Misha, in [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal a cape and bow]] which [[CoordinatedClothes matches his own outfit]]. Yfa also had to [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-page-59/ tie Yokoka's ribbon to her foreleg]], as she couldn't do this herself while [[BalefulPolymorph in cat form]].

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* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', Azha is [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-9-page-40/ shown dressing up]] his cat {{familiar}} Misha, in [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal a cape and bow]] which [[CoordinatedClothes matches his own outfit]]. Yfa also had to [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-1-page-59/ tie Yokoka's ribbon to her foreleg]], as she couldn't do this herself while [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation in cat form]].
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* Episode 12 of the ''WesternAnimation/GarbagePailKidsCartoon'' has a teaser segment about a family dog who complains about how poorly he's treated by the family that owns him, with the last of his grievances brought up is how the daughter [[GooGooGetup makes him wear a diaper and bonnet]] in addition to shoving a baby bottle in his mouth.

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* ''Series/MyCatFromHell'': Jackson is not happy when he meets Bombadillo's owner who dresses him up in all kind of silly outfits, despite him clearly hating it. He's even less impressed when he sees her video of a cat wedding, which features two cats dressed in silly outfits. He tells viewers not to dress their cats, but does make exceptions for sphinxes due to their lack of fur. (And even then he only suggests they wear a sweater, not an entire outfit.)

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* ''Series/MyCatFromHell'': Jackson is not happy when he meets Bombadillo's owner who dresses him up in all kind of silly outfits, despite him clearly hating it. He's even less impressed when he sees her video of a cat wedding, which features two cats dressed in silly outfits. He tells viewers not to dress their cats, but does make exceptions for sphinxes Sphinxes due to their lack of fur. (And even then he only suggests they wear a sweater, not an entire outfit.)


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* ''WebComic/DeanNalaVinny'':
** Dean (human) dresses up Nala (cat) and Vinny (roach) hoping they pass off as his tiny wife and their child so they can stay at places that don't allow pets.
** Since Dean sells calendar s of his adventures with Nala, sometimes she is expected to pose in bunny ears or other holiday-related accessory.
** Dressing up is a staple of Nala and Vinny's playtime. Despite very limited storage space, they seem to have an unending supply of costumes.
** Vinny accidentally shaves off all of Nala's fur. He tries to remedy it by buying a cat onesie for her to wear until it grows back. He makes a mistake while placing order and a cow costume arrives. She wears it anyway.
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As a side note, please don't do this to your pet -- it just stresses them out.
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* In an ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' filler strip, Jeremy is [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2011-01-18 depicted]] wearing pajamas.
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* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Young noblewomen who want to practice sewing tends to make clothing meant for their relatives' very young children... or their own pets.
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* The "Pets Rock" line of photographic art, which depicts cats and dogs with the clothing and hairstyles of celebrities (mostly musicians, if not originally).
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