History PlayingWith / EvilDetectingDog

** Torch is both the TeamPet and the TokenEvilTeammate. He ''loves'' evil people.

** Baron Veli fails to ambush the protagonist and is thwarted relatively quickly before things could go south.

** The villain fails to ambush the protagonist and is thwarted relatively quickly before things could go south.

* '''Downplayed''': Rydia has a pet dragon, Torch, that refuses to acknowledge and generally snubs Baron Veli.

** Alternately, despite being a good judge of character, the TeamPet is a TrueNeutral who espouses [[WhatIsEvil moral relativism]] and sees things [[GreyAndGrayMorality in shades of grey]]

** Torch can sense the good in people, and the fact he remains fairly calm and silent around Veli while Rydia thinks he's on the side of evil foreshadows that he is GoodAllAlong.

'''Basic Trope''': Animals have the ability to detect evil and/or supernatural beings.

* '''Invoked''': "I'm not so sure about that Baron [[TheVonTropeFamily von]] [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillian Goodguy]]... somebody go get a dog."

** Torch growls at a goblin, but it turns out he's just racist against goblins. Rydia never noticed before, because [[AlwaysChaoticEvil she'd never met a good goblin]].

* '''Invoked''': "I'm not so sure about that Baron von Goodguy... somebody go get a dog."

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': A pet detects a evil person.

** Rydia's best friend was [[GoodAllAlong Good All Along]].

* '''Invoked''': "I'm not so sure about that Baron von Goodguy...somebody go get a dog."

** BigBad Lyon has a pet hellbeast that can sense good.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** A dog was a stray and can recognize a person who was cruel to it.

** Torch was right; that goblin ''was'' evil.

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Animals can detect evil, but since [[HumansAreBastards everyone is evil]] it doesn't matter.
** Alternately, despite being a good judge of character, the TeamPet is a TrueNeutral who espouses [[WhatIsEvil moral relativism]] and sees things [[GreyAndGrayMorality in shades of grey]]
* '''Reconstructed''': Even though this setting has BlackAndGreyMorality, the animals only respond to the worst of the worst.

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* '''Justified''': A dog was a stray and can recognize a person who was cruel to it.

* '''Inverted''': Torch is both the TeamPet and the TokenEvilTeammate. He ''loves'' evil people.

* '''Subverted''': Torch growls at a goblin, but it turns out he's just racist against goblins. Rydia never noticed before, because [[AlwaysChaoticEvil she'd never met a good goblin]].

* '''Double Subverted''': Torch was right; that goblin ''was'' evil.

I don't like it here, it's making Rover nervous. Let's head back to EvilDetectingDog.

* '''Straight''': Rydia, has a pet dragon, Torch, that growls when Baron Veli comes around.
* '''Exaggerated''': Rydia, has a pet dragon, Torch, that burns anyone that dressed in a black outfit.
* '''Justified''': A dog was a stray and can recognize a person who was cruel to it. Or, the aforementioned Torch has the magical ability to see people's intentions.
** Alternatively, Baron Veli has made a DealWithTheDevil, and Torch can actually smell the influence of evil on him.
* '''Inverted''':
** Rydia, has a pet dragon, Torch, that kisses [[BigBad Lyon]].
** Alternately, Rydia has a pet dragon that can sense good.
* '''Subverted''': Turns out Roy just had some bacon in his pocket.
* '''Double Subverted''': Roy throws Torch the bacon, which Torch eats. Then Torch notices Roy is evil.
* '''Parodied''': When Lady Dark and Lord Dark enter the zoo, the entire animal there start making more noise than a heavy metal rock concert.

* '''Defied''': All animals are dumber then a thousand bags of real rocks.

Bwahah! Who wants to go back to EvilDetectingDog? Not me! Bwahah!

* '''Subverted''':
** Rydia, has a pet dragon that's dumb as a box of rocks.
** Turns out Roy just had some bacon in his pocket.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...well, that box of rock's smarts are equal to one genius golem.

* '''Discussed''': "Have you ever noticed that animals are very good at spotting bad guys?"
* '''Conversed''': "If this was a TV show we could find out who [[TheMole the spy for the Dark Lord]] is by seeing who Rover doesn't like."

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Inverted''': Rydia, has a pet dragon, Torch, that kisses [[BigBad Lyon]].
* '''Subverted''': Rydia, has a pet dragon that's dumb as a box of rocks.

* '''Deconstructed''': Animals can detect evil, but since [[HumansAreBastards everyone is evil]] it doesn't matter.

* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Inverted''': Rydia, has a pet dragon, Torch, that kisses Lyon.

* '''Parodied''': When Lady Dark and Lord Dark enter the zoo, the entire animal there start making more noise then a heavy metal rock concert.
* '''Deconstructed''': ???

* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': "We need to show evil, Baron Veli is to the viewers. Have Rydia's dragon detect his evil."
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???