History WesternAnimation / DogCity

* HypocriticalHumor: Periodically, such as Bugsy Vile yelling "Enough with the violence!" as he's smacking the crap out of Frisky with a rolled-up newspaper

* BizarroEpisode: "In Your Dreams", where Eliot manages to fall asleep and then the whole episode [[RunningGag goes to the dogs]].

* AndYouWereThere (almost; the animated characters are counterparts to the Muppet characters, but have different voice actors)
* AnimatedActors (the ''Duck Amuck'' version)

* FairCop (Rosie O'Gravy)

* FemmeFatale (Miss Kitty)

* SpeechImpairedAnimal (Mad Dog; subverted by being in a world full of {{Talking Animal}}s)

* WillTheyOrWontThey (Eliot and Colleen/Terri and Ace and Chief Rosie O'Gravy)

* CatsAreMean: The only cat character in Dog City is Kitty, Bugsy's gun moll. And in the real world, Elliot's landlord.
* DoggedNiceGuy: [[IncrediblyLamePun Pun not intended]], but Elliot counts as he an never seem to hook up with the attractive GirlNextDoor.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Screwy Louie, some poor sap who became paranoid of screws after putting up with one too many screw-related accidents and set about removing them from every corner of the city.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Are Ace and Eliot actually having fourth-wall breaking conversations, or is it all entirely in Eliot's head? On one hand, Eliot is the only one Ace is ever shown talking to. On the other hand, you have cases like the GettingCrapPastTheRadar example above where Ace is somehow able to shake the desk despite being a two-dimensional character.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: After falling head over heels for Terri, Eliot starts getting rather...excited with Rosie's characterization which turns her into a {{Tsundere}}-like character. She shifts between criticizing and trying to seduce Ace, much to the private eye's chagrin. Ace declares that Eliot needs to "cool down a bit" and manages to shake the desk enough that a glass of ice water falls onto Eliot's crotch. Works like a charm.

---> '''Ace''': Make up your mind, will ya! Is Rosie gonna be [[WomanScorned screamy]] or [[MsFanservice dreamy]]?

* AudioErotica: In the episode "Springer Fever", Eliot flip-flops Rosie's characterization between a more critical version of her by-the-book cop persona and a new persona where she's outwardly trying to seduce Ace with a huskier tone due to basing her off his new LoveInterest Terri Springer. This is naturally lampshaded by Ace. "Make up your mind, will ya! Is Rosie gonna be screamy or dreamy?"

* CatchPhrase: Bugsy's "[[CardCarryingVillain senselessly violent]]", Frisky's [[AxCrazy "crazy"]], Chief Rosy's "[[ByTheBookCop by the books]]" and Eddie's "[[YouTalkTooMuch It's a well known fact that...]]".

* ExecutiveMeddling: Done in-universe, especially in "Ya Gotta Have Hart," where Elliot's boss has the show retooled into a more stylish "Beverly Hills cop" show.

--> Bowser (just smashed a hole in the wall as the door is blocked by a panicking Eliot, Bruno and Artie): "[[TheShining Here's Bowser!]] [[BrickJoke And I brought the tools.]]"

* DogsAreDumb (mostly averted. the only exception is Bugsy's hired muscle, Mad Dog, whose two- I mean, fourteen years of obedience school have done nothing for his thinking ability)

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Mad Dog wears only a vest, fedora, spats, and a collar(!)

'''Eliot:''' ''Well, sometimes it's just staring you in the face.''

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: After falling head over heels for Terri, Eliot starts getting rather excited with Rosie's characterization which turns her into a {{Tsundere}}-like character, shifting between criticizing and wooing Ace, much to the private eye's chagrin. Ace then declares that Eliot needs to "cool down a bit" and manages to shake the desk enough that a glass of ice water falls onto Eliot's crotch. Works like a charm.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: After falling head over heels for Terri, Eliot starts getting rather excited with Rosie's characterization which turns her into a {{Tsundere}}-esque character, shifting between criticizing and wooing Ace, much to the private eye's chagrin. Ace then declares that Eliot needs to "cool down a bit" and manages to shake the desk enough that a glass of ice water falls onto Eliot's crotch. Works like a charm.

* Metafiction: ''Dog City'' openly addresses the storytelling process through Eliot and Ace's conversations. To say nothing of the fact that these conversations also [[BreakingTheFourthWall break the fourth wall]].

* ADayAtTheBizarro: "In Your Dreams", where Eliot manages to fall asleep and then the whole episode [[RunningGag goes to the dogs]].

* TheScrappy: Eddie the newspup got turned into one in-universe for one episode, and then he was literally RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap. Whether he actually was a scrappy for the audience is a [[YourMileageMayVary different story]].