History PlayingWith / TheDogWasTheMastermind

* '''Justified''': Carl takes on a normal job, which has no connection to crime, so he would never be suspected.

* '''Exaggerated''': Detective Bob, after investigating several crime lords and shady politicians, find out that his wife Alice's dog, Fido, is the Mafia boss.

'''Basic Trope''': When the least likely character to be the {{Big Bad}} or {{The Man Behind the Man}}, is.

* '''Conversed''': "This such a predictable movie... Wait a minute! What just happened? ''Carl'' was behind it all? Why? [[{{Asspull}} It doesn't make any sense!]]"

* '''Played For Laughs''': It's ''[[ObviousJudas really freaking obvious]]'' that Carl is a Mafia boss putting up a ruse as a car dealership owner, but HilarityEnsues when Bob''[[WhatAnIdiot outright refuses]]'' to acknowledge that, even when the evidence is ''[[ImplausibleDeniability right in front of him!]]''

* '''Enforced''': "Hey, how about we make the boss Carl, the car dealership owner? [[MandatoryTwistEnding The readers won't ever find out]].”

* '''Conversed''': "This such a predictable movie... Wait a minute! What just happened? ''Carl'' was behind it all? Why? [[ShockingSwerve It doesn't make any sense!]]"
* '''Deconstructed''': Fido really was the mastermind, but because he didn't plan ahead, Fido panics and reveals himself out of guilt.
* '''Reconstructed''': But since Detective Bob thinks that Fido is innocent (as he's just a dog), Fido gets to continue his {{Evil Plan}} scot-free.
* '''Played For Laughs''': It's ''[[ObviousJudas really freaking obvious]]'' that Carl is a Mafia boss putting up a ruse as a car dealership owner, but HilarityEnsues when Bob''outright refuses'' [[WhatAnIdiot to acknowledge that, even when the evidence is]] ''right in front of him!''

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* '''Enforced''': "Hey, how about we make the boss Carl, the car dealership owner? [[ShockingSwerve The readers won't ever find out]].”

* '''Conversed''': "This such a predictable movie... Wait a minute! What just happened? ''Carl'' was behind it all? Why? It doesn't make any sense!"

* '''Played For Laughs''': It's ''really freaking obvious'' that Carl is a Mafia boss putting up a ruse as a car dealership owner, but HilarityEnsues [[WhatAnIdiot when Bob]] ''outright refuses'' [[WhatAnIdiot to acknowledge that, even when the evidence is]] ''right in front of him!''

* '''Lampshaded''': "Carl, you're the Mafia boss? How sneaky of you for adopting that ruse,"

* '''Enforced''': "Hey, how about we make the criminals Carl, the car dealership owner? The readers won't ever find out."

** Bob is revealed that [[TomatoInTheMirror he was the Mafia boss]] himself!

* '''Exploited''': Since Fido knows that know one will ever suspect him as being a serial killer, he becomes one and frame people left and right, warding detectives off the right path.

* '''Averted''': The {{Man Behind the Man}} is just one of the suspects, not the least likely person.

* '''Inverted''': Detective Bob suspected Carl from the start, [[ProperlyParanoid even without any reason to.]]

* '''Double Subverted''': ...who is actually a detective, investigating the true {{Man Behind the Man}}.

* '''Deconstructed''': Fido really was the mastermind, but because he didn't plan ahead, Fido panics and reveals himself out of guilt.
* '''Reconstructed''': But since Detective Bob thinks that Fido is innocent (as he's just a dog), Fido gets to continue his {{Evil Plan}} scot-free.

* '''Conversed''': "This such a predictable movie... Wait a minute! What just happened? ''Carl'' was behind it all? Why? It dosen't make any sense!"
* '''Played for Laughs''': It's ''really freaking obvious'' that Carl is a Mafia boss putting up a ruse as a car dealership owner, but HilarityEnsues [[WhatAnIdiot when Bob]] ''outright refuses'' [[WhatAnIdiot to acknowledge that, even when the evidence is]] ''right in front of him!''
* '''Played for Drama''': Fido suscessfully pulls off his EvilPlan, but he wasn't CrazyPrepared enough when he's revealed to be the mastermind. His crimes gets him 260 different life sentences.

* '''Exaggerated''': Detective Bob, after investigating several crime lords and shady politicians, find out that Alice's dog, Fido, is the Mafia boss.
* '''Downplayed''': Detective Bob discovers that his wife, Alice, was behind the crime he's investigating. This shocks him (and the audience) at first, but in retrospect, it all makes sense.

* '''Discussed''': "Hey, it's probably the dog who did it all, because he knew we wouldn't suspect him." "The dog? Seriously? [[YouWatchTooMuchX You've been reading too many cheap mystery thrillers lately.]]"

* '''Parodied''': Fido enjoys seeing Detective Bob not suspecting him, just because he is a dog. But it's just a ruse so he could take over the world [[XanatosGambit once all of the suspects (who are his greatest enemies) are arrested.]]

* '''Straight''': Detective Bob finds out that Carl the car dealership owner, who sold him a car eariler, is the Mafia boss he had been tracking.

* '''Inverted''': Detective Bob suspected Carl from the start, even without any reason to.

* '''Deconstructed''': Fido really was the mastermind, but because he didn't plan ahead, Fido panicks and reveals himself out of guilt.
* '''Reconstructed''': But since Detective Bob thinks that Fido is innocent (as he's just a dog), Fido gets to coutinue his {{Evil Plan}} scot-free.

* '''Invoked''': Carl becomes a car dealership owner so he could become a Mafia boss without anybody knowning.

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

* '''Straight''': Detective Bob finds out that Carl the car dealership owner, who sold him a car eariler, is the {{Mafia}} boss he had been tracking.
* '''Exaggerated''': Detective Bob, after investigating several crime lords and shady politicians, find out that Alice's dog, Fido, is the {{Mafia}} boss.

* '''[[ExploitedTrope Exploited]]''': Since Fido knows that know one will ever suspect him as being a serial killer, he becomes one and frame people left and right, warding detectives off the right path.

* '''Straight''': Detective Bob finds out that the car dealership owner, Carl, who sold the car to him eariler, is the mass murderer the detective had been tracking down.

* '''Inverted''': Detective Bob suspects Carl from the start; the mafia boss is the mass murderer after all.
* '''Subverted''': Carl the Car Dealership Owner is a former mafia boss under the Eyewitness Protection Program.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...who actually a detective, investigating the true {{Man Behind the Man}}.
** Carl supposedly proves his innocence, then turns out to have been pulling the strings all along.
* '''Parodied''': Fido enjoys seeing Detective Bob not suspecting him, just because he is just a dog. But no...it is just a ruse so he could take over the world [[XanatosGambit once all of the suspects, his greatest enemies, are arrested.]]
* '''Deconstructed''': In fact it was Fido which really was the mastermind, but because he didn't plan ahead, Fido gets all panicky and reveals himself out of guilt.
* '''Reconstructed''': But since Detective Bob thinks that Fido wouldn't do such thing, because he's just a dog. So Fido coutinues his {{Evil Plan}} scot-free.

* '''Enforced''': "Hey, how about we make the criminals Carl, the Car Dealership Owner? The readers won't ever find out."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Carl, you are the Mass Murderer? How sneaky for you for adopting that ruse,"
* '''Invoked''': Carl becomes a car dealership owner so he could become a mass murderer without anybody knowning.
* '''Defied''': Detective Bob refuses to believe that the least likely suspect is the criminal, and Carl doesn't adopt such a silly job.

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

Back to {{TheDogWasTheMastermind}}

* '''Exaggerated''': Detective Bob, after investigating several crime lords and shady polticians, find out that Alice's dog, Fido, is the {{Mafia}} boss.

* '''Deconstructed''': In fact it was Fido which really was the mastermind, but because he didn't plan ahead, Fido gets all panicky and reveals himself out of guilt

* '''Zig Zagged''': The man did it, but wait, he was really behind TheDragon, but TheDragon was really the man behind the mastermind

* '''Deconstructed''': ???

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

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