History Main / TropeyTheWonderdog

* EvenTheDogIsAshamed, DeathByNewberyMedal, EatTheDog, MicrowaveTheDog, ScareTheDog, PostApocalypticDog and so on are merely friends of Tropey, as their dogs are less metaphorical. And then there's TropeyComeHome, which is as literal as it gets. Not to be confused with ThisIndexBarks, which is about real dogs. (MakeTheDogTestify is borderline; while the "Dog" in question does not have to be a Canine, it does have to be an animal, and it usually is a Canine.)

* TheDogBitesBack: An often-abused character gets their revenge.

** KickTheSonOfABitch: Someone is mean to another person, who's known for being a meanie in general, but the "kicker" didn't know the person they were mean to was also mean and had malicious intent.

** BaitTheDog: The writers set the villain up as being kind of cool, but then make them do something evil so you'll stop liking them.

* ShaggyDogStory: An adventure that is rendered moot when it ends.

And [[TimmyInAWell Timmy's fallen in the well]]? You want us to [[ParodiedTrope bury him]] [[RocksFallEveryoneDies with rocks]]? [[ComedicSociopathy Sounds like a good idea to me]]! Good boy! And maybe after we finish, we can go play some [[AnimalAthleteLoophole Basketball]]!

** TheDogBitesBack: Someone the villain was mean to decides that they've had enough and is mean back to the villain or at least helps defeat them.

* One character will frequently abuse someone else, but is not too prideful to desperately beg them for help when they have no other way out of a tight spot.

* PetTheDog: Someone does something nice just for the heck of it, which lets the viewer/reader know they're a good person.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: A slightly more literal case than most, but still falls under Tropey's purview. This is when the BigBad is someone you least expect.

* EvenTheDogIsAshamed, DogDiesAtTheEnd, EatTheDog, MicrowaveTheDog, ScareTheDog, PostApocalypticDog and so on are merely friends of Tropey, as their dogs are less metaphorical. And then there's TropeyComeHome, which is as literal as it gets. Not to be confused with ThisIndexBarks, which is about real dogs. (MakeTheDogTestify is borderline; while the "Dog" in question does not have to be a Canine, it does have to be an animal, and it usually is a Canine.)

** TheDogShotFirst: Initially, the writers wanted the hero to do something one way, but that seemed evil so they rewrote it to make them do it in a way that's less evil, or not do it at all.

And [[TimmyInAWell Timmy's fallen in the well]]? You want us to [[RocksFallEveryoneDies bury him with rocks]]? [[ComedicSociopathy Sounds like a good idea to me]]! Good boy! And maybe after we finish, we can go play some [[AnimalAthleteLoophole Basketball]]!

* EvenTheDogIsAshamed, DogDiesAtTheEnd, EatTheDog, MicrowaveTheDog, ScareTheDog, PostApocalypticDog and so on are merely friends of Tropey, as their dogs are less metaphorical. And then there's TropeyComeHome and OldDog, which are as literal as it gets. Not to be confused with ThisIndexBarks, which is about real dogs. (MakeTheDogTestify is borderline; while the "Dog" in question does not have to be a Canine, it does have to be an animal, and it usually is a Canine.)

And [[TimmyInAWell Timmy's fallen in the well]]? You want us to [[RocksFallEveryoneDies bury him with rocks]]? [[ComedicSociopathy Sounds like a good idea to me]]! Good boy! Now lets play some [[AnimalAthleteLoophole Basketball]]!

* AdoptTheDog
* DogKickingExcuse
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: A slightly more literal case than most, but still falls under Tropey's purview.
* PetTheDog
** LickedByTheDog
** PhotoOpWithTheDog
* KickTheDog
** KickTheMoralityPet
** KickTheSonOfABitch
** AndYourLittleDogToo
** TheDogBitesBack
** BaitTheDog
** PokeThePoodle
* ShootTheDog
** TheDogShotFirst
** ShooTheDog
* ShaggyDogStory
** ShootTheShaggyDog
* ThrowTheDogABone
** YankTheDogsChain

And [[TimmyInAWell Timmy's fallen in the well]]? You want us to [[RocksFallEveryoneDies bury him with rocks]]? [[ComedicSociopathy Sounds like a good idea to me]]! Good boy! Now lets play some [AnimalAthleteLoophole Basketball]!

And [[TimmyInAWell Timmy's fallen in the well]]? You want us to [[RocksFallEveryoneDies bury him with rocks]]? [[ComedicSociopathy Sounds like a good idea to me]]! Good boy!

** WhyDoYouHateTheDog

* EvenTheDogIsAshamed, DogDiesAtTheEnd, EatTheDog, MicrowaveTheDog, ScareTheDog, and so on are merely friends of Tropey, as their dogs are less metaphorical. And then there's TropeyComeHome and OldDog, which are as literal as it gets. Not to be confused with ThisIndexBarks, which is about real dogs. (MakeTheDogTestify is borderline; while the "Dog" in question does not have to be a Canine, it does have to be an animal, and it usually is a Canine.)