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5	[[caption-width-right:350:Like pet owner, like pet.]]
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7	->''They say that rangers tend to look a lot like their bestial companions. That makes Drakewardens among the most attractive of humanoids!''
8	-->-- '''Fizban''', ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons: Fizban's Treasury of Dragons''
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10	There's a saying that pets tend to look like their owners. Whether this is true in reality is obviously very debatable, but the magic of fiction allows this to be very true in {{media}}. Pets tend to take after their owners, both personality-wise and/or appearance-wise. "Pet" is a broad term here, including mounts, {{familiar}}s, and {{mon}}s.
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12	People have pets of the same sex as themselves more often than not. The two may also be alike in coloration. Alternatively, the color of the mount may say something about the rider by way of color symbolism.
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14	The two are alike in personality. Such pets are typically a metaphorical extension of their person, serving as a {{foil}}. This over caries over into the trope EmpathyPet. They may share a special {{bond\|Creatures}}, sometimes even taken up to eleven in the form of a PsychicLink.
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16	SuperTrope to UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople and MonsAsCharacterization. SisterTrope of VehicleBasedCharacterization.
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18	----
19	!!Examples:
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23	[[folder:Advertising]]
24	%%* An ad campaign for Cesar dog food was based around this.
25	%%* A commercial did this with people's ''cars''.
26	%%* A series of cholesterol meds did it with food.
27	* [[https://nationalpurebreddogday.com/talk-to-the-hand-2/ One]] Liberty Mutual commercial features a tall and lean young man with long blond hair who bears a striking resemblance to his pet Afghan hound.
28	* Taronga Park Zoo in Sydney, Australia had the "You Belong In The Zoo" billboards. A long-beaked bird with a coloured crest would be staring through its cage at a long-nosed youth with a punk mohawk hairdo, or a gorilla staring at a hairy man with protruding jaw and thick lips.
29	* Advertising/SuzyPuppy and her owner both wear matching pink bows.
30	* [[https://youtu.be/br0ErE0BGU0 One commercial]] for VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire features various Pokémon alongside people resembling them in some or other way, such as a Mudkip alongside a kid wearing a blue shirt and orange earmuffs, a Jigglypuff being held by a woman in pink with a prominent hair curl, and a Beautifly alongside a guy with a patterned shirt and hair going to both sides almost like butterfly wings.
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33	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
34	* ''Manga/BlendS'': A running gag for Maika is a tendency for her expression to become [[FaceOfAThug frightening]] when nervous. When she and Dino take their dog, Owner, to a dog park, Maika tries to help him woo a dog he likes, they ''both'' end up looking positively vicious and end up scaring the other dog away.
35	* ''Manga/ComicGirls'': All the main cast notice one thing in the second episode: Kaoruko and her cat Nyaos are both {{Shrinking Violet}}s and have nearly synchronized emotions. The two characters are even played by the same voice actress, Hikaru Akao.
36	* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': In ''Nekotalia'', all the cats look just like their owners.
37	* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': Played with. Shirogane is noted on several occasions to resemble Fujiwara's pet dog, Pes (especially their eyes). Fujiwara even gets the two of them mixed up in the ninth ''Official Doujinshi'' chapter after she accidentally gets drunk on some alcoholic chocolate.
38	* ''Manga/KomorisanCantDecline'': Played with when Ootani adopts a cat that resembles Komori. It was originally going to be played straight since Komori's sister wanted to adopt it, but their mother is allergic to cats and is more of a dog person, anyway.
39	* ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'': Kuroko and his pup Nigou have the same blank blue eyes. It's the reason for his full name, Tetsuya #2 (Nigou = #2).
40	* ''Manga/MassuguNiIkou'': This is used (with personalities rather than looks) to drive the plot in the second episode. It is ultimately subverted. Thanks to this belief, Mametarou believes that the aggressive Sora's owner is his owner's rude and mean-looking co-worker Kyousuke. Kyousuke's actually Sebastian's owner. Sebastian is a mild-mannered and cute Yorkshire Terrier.
41	* ''Anime/MissHokusai'': Downplayed: instead of copying the appearance of one member of the household, the dog copies the behaviour of whoever would be funniest. On one occasion O-Ei returns to the house and finds the dog and the lodger both lying on their backs with their legs in the air.
42	* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'': Tamaki's golden retriever Antoinette shares his hyperactive, friendly personality.
43	* ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'': Esmeralda, the SixthRanger fourth penguin, has markings that mirror her owner Masako's heart-shaped face.
44	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
45	** ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'':
46	*** Some side characters look similar to their Pokémon, with Mr. Fuego in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' chapter as an example (his hair flares out to side a bit and he has big round lips, resembling the ears(?) and mouth on his Shellos).
47	*** In one chapter, Red and Blue switch Pokémon. When Red gets his Pokémon back, they all have TsurimeEyes like [[TheRival Blue's]].
48	*** The beginning of the ''[=OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire=]'' chapter has a lampshaded example. Sapphire has acquired a Kirlia matching Ruby's, because she thinks it would be romantic for them to have paired Pokémon. However, when the Kirlia evolve, Ruby's becomes Gardevoir as planned but interference from a Dawn Stone causes Sapphire's to become a Gallade instead. Their friend Emerald starts laughing at how appropriate it is that CampStraight Ruby gets the elegant ladylike Pokémon while {{Tomboy}} Sapphire gets the masculine knightly one -- until [[IResembleThatRemark Sapphire grabs a rock and starts attacking him]] in response.
49	** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
50	*** Many minor characters of the day in the anime are obviously designed to look like their Pokémon.
51	*** This is taken to an extreme in the seventeenth movie, where antagonists Ninja Riot, Marilyn Flame, Millis Steel, and Argus Steel are all dressed in outfits that resemble their main Pokémon: Greninja, Delphox, Chesnaught, and Honedge respectively.
52	*** Ash's Greninja has a unique SuperMode that bears a resemblance to Ash's outfit.
53	*** Zigzagged with Ash and Pikachu. While they share many attributes, there are multiple differences in their personalities. For example, Pikachu isn't an IdiotHero like Ash and he also isn't a ChasteHero like his trainer either.
54	* ''Manga/SgtFrog'':
55	** Mentioned in the chapter/episode that introduces Tamama. Seeing that the new Keronian is a MoodSwinger much like his classmate Momoka (who also found him), the narration notes that Fuyuki was thinking, "The pet always resembles the owner."
56	** Although this rings true for the other humans and their associated frogs. While they may not look alike in appearance, the humans and their associated frogs share similar character traits. Keroro and Fuyuki are outcast {{Butt Monkey}}s invested in their own hobbies, Tamama and Momoka are CuteAndPsycho {{Yandere}}s obsessed with [[ObliviousToLove someone who is oblivious to the way they feel]], Giroro and Natsumi are both extremely hot-headed and temperamental, Saburo and Kululu are mischievous tricksters, and Koyuki and Dororo are both ShrinkingViolet ninjas.
57	* ''Anime/{{Slayers}} Revolution'' has an episode with animals groomed to look like their owners.
58	* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
59	** ''Manga/YuGiOh'': A chapter of the manga involves digital pets. Yugi happened to own a digital pet he calls U2, who has the same hairstyle as his owner.
60	** ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': In both the anime and [[Manga/YuGiOhGX manga adaptation]], Jaden's big brown mop of hair bears a distinct resemblance to his Winged Kuriboh.
61	** ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'': While not a pet, but Yuma's Chaos No.39: Kibou Ou Hope Ray Victory's[[note]]Number C39: Utopia Ray Victory[[/note]] design bears a striking resemblance to [[FusionDance ZEXAL II's]] armor. This might be intentionally since both ZEXAL II and Hope Ray Victory were born in the same episode, the latter being created by ZEXAL II's power.
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65	* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'':
66	** Atrax and Myrmeleo, members of the Traptrix archetype, both resemble their pets/host bodies. Atora's braids can be seen as the limbs of a spider and her decorations resemble a spider's fangs. Myrmeleo could be seen as an ant lion because her hair decorations resemble an antlion's jaws.
67	** Rinyan is Lumina's pet cat, as Rinyan is wearing Lumina's headdress, necklace, and one armband on her tail,
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70	[[folder:Comic Books]]
71	* ''ComicBook/TheBeano'':
72	** ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK'': Gnasher's spiky fur and Rasher's spiky bristles both resemble Dennis's spiky hair.
73	** ''ComicStrip/PupParade'', featuring the pets of the ''ComicStrip/BashStreetKids'': Roger the Dodger used to have a pet called Joe Crow with the same tuft of hair/feathers; and, in the silliest example, Cuthbert Cringeworthy, the Bash Street school swot, looks like Teacher. [[DontExplainTheJoke Because he's the teacher's pet]].
74	* ''ComicBook/BillyAndBuddy'': one gag involved Boule & Bill making fun of various dogs and their owners that play this trope very straight, until at the end they see a Chihuahua approach them and think this will be the ultimate example of the trope, only for the trope to be averted when the chihuahua’s owner turns out to be a tall, muscular man that doesn’t resemble his pet at all.
75	* ''ComicBook/TheDandy'': Desperate Dan has a dog that shares his prominent chin.
76	* ''ComicBook/TheNutty'' has ''Nip and Rrip'', about a boy with spiky hair and his spiky-furred cat.
77	* The genies in ''ComicBook/EightBillionGenies'' bear a resemblance to the person they're bonded to. For instance, Will's genie has the same pointy beard he does, while Alex's has glasses and a much bushier beard.
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80	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
81	* ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'': [[DrillSergeantNasty Sgt Snorkel]] and his dog Otto look markedly similar, down to Otto wearing a uniform and walking on his hind legs.
82	* ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS'': The fur on the top of Ruff's head resembles Dennis' hair.
83	* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': Dilbert and Dogbert both wear the exact same set of glasses and have the same mouthless faces.
84	* ''ComicStrip/FootrotFlats'': When the Dog goes to a dog show, there are heaps of dogs who resemble their owners. Although the Dog doesn't resemble Wal at all, there ''is'' a degree of resemblance between Wal and Major the pig dog (possibly coincidental) and also between the three Murphys and their dogs Tiger, Wolf and Cream Puff.
85	* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''
86	** In one strip, Jon and Garfield comment on this trope, with increasingly bizarre lookalikes. This culminates with a guy who looks like a bird in a suit and his pet canary.
87	** Another one has Garfield deliberately doing this himself to people walking in the park by following them around and mimicking their mannerisms. This goes sour when one fat guy catches him in the act, though.
88	--->'''Garfield:''' I thought fat people were jolly...
89	** Discussed in one strip where Jon reads in the paper that owners often look like their pets. He and Garfield then take a good look at each other...
90	--->'''Jon:''' I think I'll get plastic surgery.\
91	'''Garfield:''' I think I'll go shave.
92	* ''ComicStrip/MadamAndEve'': Invoked in [[http://www.madamandeve.co.za/cartoons/me000032.jpg this strip.]]
93	* ''ComicStrip/{{Mafalda}}'': In one strip, three people who look a lot like their dogs are laughing at Mafalda [[spoiler:because she has her pet ''turtle'' Burocracia[[note]]yes, the turtle's named "bureaucracy"[[/note]] on a leash like a dog]]. She angrily yells at them for being "racist".
94	* ''ComicStrip/{{Pluggers}}'' [[http://www.gocomics.com/pluggers/2014/03/21#.U9rICPldX9x makes fun of this trope]] bizarrely, since [[FurryConfusion both owner and pet are dogs]].
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97	[[folder:Fan Works]]
98	* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Played with in "The Coffee Shop". Mittens tells Bolt that Joe, the boyfriend he found for Penny, reminds her of himself.
99	* ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly'': When the Madrigals get their own dragons, they are each rather similar to their new riders in spirit.
100	** Luisa gets a Crimson Goregutter named Hercules; a ''gargantuan'' dragon built for demolition that's proven to be an utter teddy bear once it's tamed.
101	** Isabela gets a Snaptrapper she names Rosita, Violeta, Lilliana, and Pam; a plant-like dragon who's rather argumentative due to a disharmony between its heads.
102	** Camilo gets a Changewing named Tonta; a mischievous shapeshifter.
103	** Mirabel gets a Stormcutter named Mariposa; a curious dragon with round, expressive eyes that, while lacking some of the more outlandish attributes of the other Madrigal dragons like multiple heads or invisibility, makes up for it in being very receptive to the people around it.
104	* ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'': Dexter is as furious and volatile as his owner, Bakugou. He even possesses the same burning animosity for Izuku when he tries to play with him, biting, scratching, and throwing toys at him the same way Bakugou throws explosions at Izuku. Of course, when you're the AlternateSelf of a Red Lantern, rage comes naturally to you.
105	* ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined'': The animal partners tend to share personality traits with the humans they have bonded with:
106	** Leon and Diego the ''Smilodon'' are both very guarded and wary around people they don't know but have a softer side that they reveal around the few that they trust.
107	** Collete and Nero the dire wolf are both very tough, firm, and seemingly aloof, but have a softer side and are fiercely loyal to and protective towards those they care about. Collete also later bonds with Hannibal, an ''Argentavis'' who is just as intimidating on the outside, but protective on the inside, as she is.
108	** Kyle bonds with Rommel, a ''Dimetrodon'' who is just as stocky, stubborn, and short-tempered as he is.
109	** The BruiserWithASoftCenter Horace Northup bonds with Dermot the ''Doedicurus'', who is just as big, tough, and soft-hearted as he is.
110	** Nikolai bonds with the similarly tough and guarded on the outside, but soft hearted and horribly traumatized on the inside, [[HonorableElephant Martha the woolly mammoth]].
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113	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
114	* ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'':
115	** ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' evokes this with the women that Pongo observes from the window while trying to find a woman with a dog for both Roger and him to hook up with:
116	*** The afghan hound has brown fur and orange ears. Her owner is a redhead in a brown dress.
117	*** The brown pug has a short owner in a brown dress.
118	*** The poodle's owner has woolly trim on her clothes.
119	*** The old woman's has a spaniel the same brown color has her hat.
120	*** The little girl in a yellow dress has a yellow puppy.
121	** ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney'': Frollo's horse Snowball essentially resembles him in terms of personality and the fact that he often sports the same contemptuous glare as his master. It's especially obvious in the prologue where they are both glaring at the archdeacon.
122	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': Shan Yu looks very much like his pet falcon - right down to [[AnimalEyes hawk-like eyes]] (while the bird has eyes with little irises just like a human's).
123	* ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'':
124	** Hiccup and Toothless. Both are crippled with a limb that is fixed on a prosthetic. Both are smaller than their compatriots, fitting WeakButSkilled, and even share similar fun-loving, snarky personalities. By the end of the [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2 second film]], [[spoiler: the scrawny Hiccup inherited the title Chieftain of Berk from his massive father to become the leader of his people while the lithe Toothless challenged Drago's colossal Bewilderbeast and succeeded, becoming the Alpha and leader of ''his'' people.]]
125	** The other Dragon Riders of Berk also ride dragons that resemble them both in appearance and personality: slender and fierce Astrid rides a Deadly Nadder, portly and gentle Fishlegs rides a Gronckle, boastful but cowardly Snotlout rides a Monstrous Nightmare, and the rude HalfIdenticalTwins Ruffnut and Tuffnut ride a two-headed Hideous Zippleback.
126	** This carries over to [[WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk the TV series]]. Stoick the Vast gets to ride a Thunderdrum dragon, who's just as stocky and stubborn as him, and later a Rumblehorn that's just as intimidating and protective as he is. Gustav rides a Monstrous Nightmare who's just as enthusiastic and destructive as he is. Heather rides a Razorwhip who's just as skittish and loyal as she is.
127	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'': Massimo Marcovaldo's cat, Machiavelli resembles him, mostly due to the mustache like pattern on the cat's face that matches Massimo's.
128	* ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppiesAndTheLegendOfBigPaw'': In the last musical number, several people are seen with dogs that look like them.
129	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Scruffy}}'' has a scene displaying this. [[spoiler:At the end, a number of dogs are adopted by people who resemble them.]]
130	* ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheepTheMovie'': At the end, the UglyCute dog Slip, whose snaggletoothed face has been putting off potential owners, is [[spoiler: found by the bus driver, who turns out to have a very similar smile]].
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134	* ''Film/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatians'': The human guests at Cruella's dinner party (other than Chloe) all resemble their dogs. Cruella's new dog Fluffy also has fur that resembles her two-toned hair.
135	* ''Film/JohnWick'': At the end, [[spoiler:the pit bull that John rescues]] is coal black and permanently moody, just like John himself.
136	* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': A popular fandom joke is that the {{Cthulhumanoid}} Davy Jones and his pet [[KrakenAndLeviathan Kraken]] are this.
137	* ''Film/TheShaggyDog'': The new version shows comparisons of the cast with animals that resemble them.
138	%%* ''Film/WaynesWorld'': Garth and his dog are suspiciously similar.
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141	[[folder:Literature]]
142	* ''Literature/AToZMysteries'': Grace Lockwood from ''The Falcon's Feathers'' looks very much like a falcon when she reads an issue of ''Falconry Today'' in a picture at the end of Chapter 5.
143	* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'':
144	** Rodrick's fish is aggressive. Rodrick himself is a BigBrotherBully.
145	** When the Heffleys had a pig, he was uncannily smart and learnt how to use the TV remote, walk on his hind legs, and communicate with Manny's See-n-Say. Manny, who the pig was closest to, is a ChildProdigy.
146	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': After saving a litter of Temple puppies, dogs with holy powers who typically guard churches and temples, one of the litter decides to hide in Harry's car and stay with Harry. Harry names this little guy Mouse for being small enough to fit into Harry's coat pocket and quiet demeanor. When Mouse grows up, he, like Harry, is larger than average. Harry is 6'9" and Mouse is nearly 3ft tall. Both are good at moving carefully and trying not to seem threatening despite their physical size. Personalitywise, as Mouse's heritage means he is capable of human-level thought, Mouse's internal dialogue from his narration and few scenes he speaks and Harry understands him, reveals himself to be a DeadpanSnarker who is fiercely protective of his loved ones, a combat pragmatist, defiant to those who are supposedly stronger than him, and if need be die to save the life of a loved one. All of which fits Harry perfectly too.
147	* ''Literature/ItsEasyToSeeWhy'': A girl enters her dog into a dog show and is the only owner there who doesn't bear a striking resemblance to her pet. Her dog wins, though... because he looks just like the judge.
148	* ''Literature/JaneEyre'': Mr Rochester snarks that his dog Pilot looks more like him than his ward Adele Varens. Adele's biological mother claimed he was her father, but Celine Varens was cheating on him and Adele looks nothing like Mr Rochester.
149	* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Treebeard says something similar to this in The Two Towers about Ents and trees becoming more like each other.
150	* ''Literature/OneCoolFriend'': Elliot "adopts" Magellan because the penguin's appearance and mannerism remind Elliot of himself. His father, as a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}, looks like a tortoise with his roundness and green clothing, and at the end of the book, he is shown to own a green Galápagos tortoise.
151	%%* "Literature/RoyalJelly", a Creator/RoaldDahl short story, has a new mother mention this about her beekeeper husband. The reasons turn out to be [[ProfessorGuineaPig rather sinister indeed]].%%Mention what? How is the trope used?
152	* ''Literature/TheRubyRedTrilogy'': Lesley is said to look like her Golden Retriever Bertie, mostly because of her hair colour.
153	* ''Literature/TheSecretOfPlatform13:'' The rescuers are surprised to see how much [[SpoiledBrat Raymond]] looks so much like [[RichBitch Mrs. Trottle]], who kidnapped him as a baby to raise as her own. They figure that something like this trope must be in effect. [[spoiler:It's actually a hint that Raymond is her biological son, while Ben is the kidnapped Prince]].
154	* ''Literature/TheSillyBook'': There's a line that says that "silly folk" tend to look like their pets. It shows a poodle with its fur dyed pink whose owner wears a fluffy pink dress, a green snake whose owner is gangly and wears green, among others.
155	* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
156	** Khal Drogo, a big powerful man, rides a large red stallion. As a wedding gift, he gives his new MysticalWhiteHair wife a silver mare.
157	** The Stark family stumbles across a litter of orphaned wolf puppies. The number of pups (6) and theirs sexes (4 boys; 2 girls) match those of the Stark children exactly. There's even one who's marked as an outsider (an {{albino\|sAreFreaks}} runt) for the bastard son. As they grow up, the pups match the personalities of their people. For example, the PrincessClassic's wolf is "the smallest of the litter, the prettiest, the most gentle and trusting." As the story unfolds they find out they're BondCreatures.
158	** The Clegane brothers--Gregor and Sandor--are both very strong and tall, Gregor more so than Sandor. Both ride massive stallions. That part's a JustifiedTrope--a large rider needs a large horse just for weight reasons. The more symbolic part is that AxCrazy Gregor's his horse is just as bad-tempered as he is. Sandor's horse, Stranger (named after TheGrimReaper known in their faith as the Stranger) has a mean temper too.
159	* ''Literature/WheresWaldo'': Waldo's dog Woof wears the same glasses, hat, and sweater he does.
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162	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
163	* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': In a variant, a murder victim who'd owned a chicken-processing plant somewhat resembled the chickens he worked with, due to a poultry-borne fungal infection that deformed his sinuses.
164	* ''Series/TheCrown2016''. In "Marionettes", Martin Charteris goes to see Tommy Lascelles with concerns about the Queen's upcoming speech. The first thing he sees upon entering, much to his bafflement, is Tommy's two dogs, with one calmly staring at him. The two deerhounds resemble Tommy very much, sharing a stern, steely gaze and a decidedly non-sunny disposition.
165	* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': One case has a witness recall a dog whining at the crime scene which involves glass breaking due to high frequency sound waves. Danny brings a shaggy little dog into the lab to see if he can recreate the "noise," which he knows he himself will not be able to hear. At least two of his colleagues comment on how much his dog looks like him. He grumpily tells the first one the dog's "a loaner."
166	* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': During his break-up with his awful wife Maris, Niles is advised to get a dog. He chooses a whippet with a laundry list of medical issues, which he calls "Girl". Like Maris, she's aloof, spoiled, and manages to reduce Niles to the status of slave. Frasier, Martin, and Daphne notice the similarities, but Niles doesn’t until Frasier finally gets fed up and forces the issue.
167	-->'''Frasier:''' She's cold, high-strung and ignores you! My god, stand her upright, lose ten pounds, and put her in a Chanel suit, whaddaya got?!
168	* ''[[Franchise/ASongOfIceAndFire Game of Thrones]]'' universe:
169	** ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
170	*** Ghost, not physically, but behaviorally. Like Jon Snow, Ghost is initially the unnoticed runt of the litter to individuals outside his family, but he's strong and loyal. Also like Jon, he has this habit of disappearing off to do his own thing without warning others and occasionally getting into hot water for it. Abandoning Jon may also not have been what it looked like, any more than Jon's "abandoning" of the Watch to live with the Free Folk was. Whatever he got up to, this wolf probably had Reasons. Ghost's white fur is a subtle reference to [[spoiler:Jon's biological father, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, who had the classic Targaryen look of silver hair, whereas Jon himself mostly resembles his mother Lyanna Stark]].
171	*** One of Daenerys' dresses in Season 7 is a red-and-black dress with dragon-like scales and spikes that resembles Drogon. Her BraidsOfAction also resemble a dragon's crest.
172	** ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Concerns the dragons and their [[DragonRider riders]].
173	*** Much like Rhaenyra, Syrax is a protective yet fierce creature. Similarly, she seems to have become a very prolific breeder — as nearly every new clutch of eggs featured in the show comes from her, such that Rhaenyra is willing to offer some of them to spare.
174	*** Caraxes and his rider Daemon Targaryen are both {{Blood Knight}}s. Also, Daemon favors the color red early on in his clothing, and Caraxes' scales are as red as rubies.
175	* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'': Rose's news report on a dog show revolves around dogs who resemble their owners. She completely ignores the hostage situation occurring in the background.
176	* ''Series/JakeAndTheFatman'': "Fatman" (a no-nonsense and very large prosecutor) has a pet bulldog named Max who looks quite a bit like him.
177	* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
178	** One of Telly's pet fish looks kind of like him; they're both puce and both have orange noses.
179	** Downplayed for Oscar's worm Slimey. They both [[FilthyFun like to play in the mud]], but when it comes to personality, Slimey is a lot more positive than Oscar.
180	** Inverted with Oscar and his dog Cranky, who's very sweet, while Oscar is a grump.
181	* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'': In an especially bizarre example, WackyGuy Harry's pet from the home planet, "Pickles", shows up unexpectedly on Earth, and also takes the form of a rubber-faced manic human in ugly sweaters.
182	* ''Series/TheWorstWitch'': Mildred and her cat Tabby are both clumsy.
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185	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
186	%%* ''[[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/27907/ Do You Look Like Your Dog?]]'':
187	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsThirdEdition'':
188	** The sourcebook ''Complete Arcane'' features a wizard on the cover who looks a lot like the cat familiar perched on his shoulder: they both have glowing eyes, black hair, bangled dreadlocks/tail, and a chinstrap of gray hairs.
189	** Same thing with the ''Complete Mage'' cover, featuring an albino wizard with red eyes and her hair worn in twin tails atop the head, similar to the tails of the two albino rats on her shoulders.
190	** Changeling wizards can choose the "Morphic Familiar" power through a racial substitution level, giving their minion the same VoluntaryShapeshifting as its master, so it can appear as any other animal commonly made into a familiar.
191	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Gyrinx who become bonded to psykers tend to adopt their masters' behavioral quirks, eventually coming to closely mimic their movements, gaits and expressions.
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195	* ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'' sets that give the dolls pets have a tendency to match fur and hair color -- Barbie with a blond-furred dog, Teresa with a brown-furred dog, etc.
196	* ''Toys/{{Hairdorables}}'': All twelve characters have pets that match their owner, even going so far as to have several with fur or skin colors that match the character and the same hair colors--in the same styles as their owner's signature looks. [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzag]]ged with Neila's pet fox, Comet: she doesn't resemble either of Neila's signature looks, with green fur, pink hair, and green and white stripes in her tail--but her overall look resembles Neila's Series One Rare chaser, [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Super Neila]].
197	* ''Franchise/HelloKitty'': Kitty White has a pet cat called Charmy Kitty. Charmy looks like a slightly scruffier, nude version of her owner, except that she walks on all-fours instead of bipedally.
198	* ''Toys/TreasureX'': Starting with Series 2 of the toyline, the subline of "Mini Beasts" were introduced. They are skeletal animals that resemble the treasure hunters of that series. They'll have similar accessories, and, if the treasure hunter is themed after an animal, will ''be'' that animal.
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201	[[folder:Video Games]]
202	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': Trill, the talking bird that runs Coro's secondary market stall in the Faron Woods, has the exact same afro that his master does, only blue and made of feathers.
203	%%* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'': Loftwings more often than not [[http://www.zeldawiki.org/images/2/2a/SSCharacterLoftwingsConcept.jpg have some resemblance to their masters]].%%Links aren't context. Explain how this is used.
204	* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'': Not exactly a pet, but close enough. In the SciFi chapter, the main character, a robot named Cube, is always wearing a baseball cap and glasses, that its owner also wears, this has the side effect of making it [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter very cute]] (although this chapter is so unrelentingly bleak and moody that Cube's appearance actually provides some small relief).
205	* ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'': Esme's pet turtle Randy has the same color scheme as Esme. He also wears the same head decoration and pink glasses.
206	* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' has the grizzled, one-eyed mercenary Big Boss acquire a shaggy one-eyed wolfdog companion, D.D., who even gets his own eye patch.
207	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
208	** ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum'': Gym Leader Fantina has purple hair worn in several big round buns and wears a big purple ballgown pinned at the hip with a yellow X-shaped decoration - no points for guessing that she keeps a Drifblim on her team.
209	** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'': An NPC tells you that you and your Pokémon resemble each other.
210	** ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'': Eevee's Pokedex entry in ''Ultra Moon'' notes that, due to the Pokémon's physical plasticity and adaptability, its facial features often shift to resemble those of its trainer's.
211	---> "Its genes are easily influenced by its surroundings. Even its face starts to look like that of its Trainer."
212	** ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'': Gym Leader Piers has long black-and-white-striped hair styled into spikes along the 'do's silhouette. All elements reflect the design of his SignatureMon, Obstagoon - and its pre-evolutions, fitting that he's favored the look, albeit not always at the same length, since he was a young man. Meanwhile, his sister Marnie has a hairstyle that approximates the ears and fur pattern on her Morpeko.
213	** ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'': Paldean Pokémon League chairwoman Geeta dresses in dark blue, and her black hair and dark eyes reflect highlights of the same blue along with bright yellow, evoking the appearance of her SignatureMon Glimmora. There's also Arven, who is designed to resemble Professors Sada and Turo, but whose shaggy hair in contrasting shades of dirty blond and brown also gives him a visual tie to his partner Pokémon Mabosstiff, a shaggy brown dog with a light mane.
214	** ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'': Warlords, when transformed, have armour that deliberately invokes their perfect partner's appearance. With humanoid Pokémon, you usually end up with a cosplayer's dream costume (Fūma Kotarō almost exactly resembles his Zoroark). More... ''abstract'' Pokémon have simple accessory references (Kanbei gets something straight off of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII the Light Emperor]] to resemble his Chandelure).
215	** ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament'': All of the League Masters of the Ferrum League dress and style their hair similarly to their Pokémon. Nia, [[SexyMentor your advisor]], also has her default outfit invoke the colors of her beloved Weavile.
216	* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': TheMedic and his doves (especially Archimedes). They were both stuck in lucrative but ultimately unsatisfying careers (wedding dovery and medicine, respectively), but met when Medic [[NoodleIncident hijacked a catering van at the Prime Minister's wedding]]. His doves share his enthusiasm for blood, and when perched on his shoulder as an in-game item, Archimedes blinks and opens his mouth whenever Medic speaks (due to the item being tied to Medic's facial flexes).
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219	[[folder:Web Animation]]
220	* ''WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated'': Arthur has a hamster that looks remarkably like him, having the same vertical hair with two darker streaks in the front. They even both have ArtificialLimbs— a prosthetic arm for Arthur, and wheels to replace Galaham’s missing back legs.
221	%%* ''WebAnimation/PigMe'' revolves around this trope.
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223
224	[[folder:Webcomics]]
225	* ''Webcomic/DrFrost'': Frost and his puppy Pavlov look a lot alike, right down to white hair (or fur, in Pavlov's case), similar bangs, and even scars in the same place on their foreheads.
226	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Many of the lusii resemble the trolls they're the guardians of, especially in horn shape. This is most obvious with Tinkerbull, Tavros' guardian who shares his horns, and the Virgin Mother Grub, who has Kanaya's horns and lips. In the past, Redglare's dragon lusus shared her fire-red eyes.
227	* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Reynir's dog fylgia, in addition to having a personality close to his by its very nature, has fur of a dominant color identical to Reynir's hair.
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230	[[folder:Websites]]
231	* [[http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigmiaow.pl Lotsa cats who look like Hitler.]] A website devoted to collecting pictures of black-and-white cats that resemble Hitler.
232	* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': You can invoke this if you make a Korbat keep a Barbat as a pet since these species look so much alike that some have speculated that Barbats are cursed Korbats.
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235	[[folder:Web Videos]]
236	* ''WebVideo/StampysLovelyWorld'': Stampy offhandedly mentions that his dogs sometimes take after him, e.g. Barnaby being [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny easily distracted]], Porky being a BigEater, etc.
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239	[[folder:Western Animation]]
240	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': Heimerdinger's pet [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Poro]] looks like a mini-version of him with both having a very furry head (well, in the poro's case, so is his entire body...) with a [[AnimalFacialHair bushy white mustache]].
241	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Catwoman has a pet black cat who bears a strong resemblance to Selina's costumed appearance.
242	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': In his old age, Bruce has adopted a stray Great Dane as his loyal pet named Ace. He's strongly-built, with a square jaw, has totally black fur, white eyes in shadow, and erect, pointed ears just like [[Franchise/{{Batman}} a certain alter ego]] Bruce had long ago...
243	* ''WesternAnimation/BunsenIsABeast'': "[[Recap/BunsenIsABeastS1E23AmandaGetsSchooledBeastInShow Beast in Show]]" reveals that the teacher Miss Flap owns a poodle who looks like her and has Amanda's scheme involve entering a robotic dog resembling her named Buttercup into the dog show.
244	* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': In "[[Recap/DextersLaboratoryS2EP24 Dexter's Lab: A Story]]", Dexter finds a stray Labrador retriever and gives it the ability to speak. At the end the dog is reunited with its actual owner, a manic surfer dude who looks (and acts) very similar to him, even having an identical voice [[ActingForTwo provided by the same actor]].
245	-->'''Man:''' Hey! It's my dog! I found my dog!\
246	'''Dog:''' Hey, it's my man! I found my man!\
247	'''Both:''' I found you, I found you, I found you! I found you!\
248	'''Man:''' Let's go for a ride! You wanna go for a ride?\
249	'''Dog:''' Yeah, ride, let's go for a ride!\
250	'''Both:''' Let's go for a ride!\
251	''[exit both; [[AsideGlance Dexter directs a baffled stare at the camera]]]''
252	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'': In an episode where everyone goes to the dude ranch, the horses assigned to each character have an unnerving habit of ''resembling'' them. Of particular note are [[ThemeTwinNaming Romulus and Remus]], a pair of purple, bespectacled horses for the purple, bespectacled pair of Al and Moo Sleech.
253	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E8ThatDarnKatz That Darn Katz!]]", when space cats hypnotize the crew, each feline the characters take as "owners" mirror colors and traits of them, human or otherwise.
254	* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': "[[Recap/GarfieldAndFriendsS2E17 Feeling Feline]]" has Jon worrying that he was becoming ''too much'' like [[LazyBum Garfield]].
255	* ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'': Mr Lopart's cat, Fluffy, has brow-whiskers stretching across her forehead in the same manner as his combover.
256	* ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'': Kaz resembles his dog Domo, with a RunningGag of lack of awareness.
257	* ''WesternAnimation/AHollywoodHoundsChristmas'': When Dude, Cuz, and Rosie show up at the Mushy Chum Christmas commercial audition, there's a number of pets and owners there as well that bare some [=VERY=] strong resemblances to each other.
258	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Herbert's dog Jesse is, like him, old, toothless, and disabled (Herbert uses a walker, while Jesse's back legs are paralyzed). He's even prone to making humming noises, mirroring Herbert's VerbalTic.
259	* ''WesternAnimation/LittlePrincess'': Downplayed with the Princess and Scruff: both like to play in the mud, and both are [[FearOfThunder afraid of storms]], but they're not that much alike.
260	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' does this in multiple episodes.
261	** "WesternAnimation/LittleOrphanAiredale", Charlie Dog's debut cartoon, has him {{invoke\|dTrope}} this trope while trying to seek a master by mimicking the faces of people passing by (and even the odd [[SimpletonVoice "Duh, duh, duh..."]] VerbalTic of a red-headed, bucktoothed {{Gonk}} of a man) until he sees Porky Pig, showing that both of them have similar faces.
262	** ''WesternAnimation/TheSylvesterAndTweetyMysteries'': In one episode, the Scottish shepherds look a lot like Sam Sheepdog, up to his iconic bangs.
263	** K-9 wears the same helmet, military skirt, and even tennis shoes (though he wears two pairs) as his owner, Marvin the Martian.
264	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Downplayed. None of the pets look or act ''that'' much like their owners, but there are some similarities:
265	** Charles and Cliff both like to play in the mud, as does Lana.
266	** Lana and her frog Hops both like to eat bugs.
267	** Lucy and her bat Fangs both have flairs for the dramatic.
268	** Dante and his cockatoo Captain Ron are both dramatic. Dante also wants to style Ron's feathers to resemble his hair.
269	** Ronnie Anne and her parrot Sergio both have smart mouths.
270	** Lana and her rat Bitey are both [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes afraid of heights]].
271	* ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'':
272	** The Boxwoods' cat Nelson is obnoxious, much like one of the members of the family, Ronald.
273	** Bob the dog and his owner are both loud and grumpy.
274	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeysPoloTeam'': Four Disney characters (Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and the Big Bad Wolf) play a game of polo with four [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed caricatures of movie stars of the day]] (Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and Harpo Marx). Everyone's mount, including that of the referee, Jack Holt, looked exactly like their riders. WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, however, has a donkey that doesn't look much like him but which has his cantankerous personality. [[Creator/MarxBrothers Harpo Marx]] rides an ostrich, which does look like him, complete with curly NonMammalianHair just like the rider's own hair.
275	%%* ''WesternAnimation/MisterT'': Dozer the bulldog has the same mohawk as Mr. T.%%How?
276	* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': In "[[Recap/MollyOfDenaliS1E35BigSulkyTheFunnyFaceCompetition The Funny Face Competition]]," [[TheStoic Merna]]'s puppy, Dolt'ol, frowns in the same way that Merna herself does.
277	* ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoo'': In his last TV shows, Magoo has a pet bulldog that not only has his jowly face but also shares his [[BlindWithoutThem distinctive disability]].
278	* ''WesternAnimation/MyDadTheRockstar'': Played for laughs in a one-off joke when Willy compares his dad Rockzilla to their pet lizard Mosh. He notes that they're both green (Rockzilla's hair and Mosh's scales respectively) and have [[BigEater huge appetites]].
279	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
280	** Inverted (somewhat) with some pets. GenkiGirl Pinkie Pie with TheComicallySerious Gummy (an alligator), ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy with JerkWithAHeartOfGold Angel Bunny (a rabbit), LightningBruiser Rainbow Dash with MightyGlacier Tank (a tortoise)...
281	** Zigzagged with Applejack and Winona (a collie who's as athletic as her owner but much more happy-go-lucky and silly) and Rarity and Opalescence (a white Persian who likes quality fashion and treatment as much as her owner but is a lot less sweet-natured) and played straight with Twilight and Owlowiscious (an owl, both of whom are very organised).
282	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'':
283	** In a more symbolic example, Lilith's [[{{Familiar}} palisman]] reflects her own appearance and mental state. Until "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E12ElsewhereAndElsewhen Elsewhere and Elsewhen]]", it's only seen in its staff form, very prim and proper and perfectly symmetrical, reflecting how she tries to present herself as the serious and dignified head of the Emperor's Coven. In "Elsewhere and Elsewhen", it's seen in its animal form, and turns out to be a slightly dorky looking raven with ruffled feathers and a goofy smile, reflecting [[spoiler:Lilith letting her guard down around her family and letting her nerdy historian side show]].
284	** There are many instances where Amity's facial expression is catlike, so naturally her cat palisman Ghost resembles her at times.
285	** [[spoiler:Luz's palisman Stringbean is mostly snakelike in appearance, but it also has ears that look just like the ones on the cat hoodie that Luz wore for most of the series.]]
286	* ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010'': Invoked in "[=McLeish=] Unleashed". Milton Feltwaddle (who took over when [=McLeish=] was promoted) instituted a system where dogs and humans were matched up by how similar they looked to each other. This didn't work out so well, however.
287	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'': Cyril Sneer, a bad-tempered pink aardvark, owns Snag, a bad-tempered blue dog with an aardvark snout.
288	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
289	** Angelica's pet cat Fluffy has pigtails like her. One Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} UK advert narrated from Spike the dog's perspective [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] it. Angelica and Fluffy also both have attitude problems but are sweet deep down.
290	** The Finsters' puppy Pepper is very shy just like Chuckie and Chas. Also, she's orange, and Chuckie and Chas have red hair.
291	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
292	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E17LastExitToSpringfield Last Exit to Springfield]]": Mr. Burns has a pet vulture that looks like him and makes the same shuddering sound he does when he's disgusted by something.
293	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E9IAnnoyedGruntBot I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot]]": After Snowball II dies, Lisa buys several cats ([[ChronicPetKiller who die in quick succession once they get home]]) and one of them, named "Coltrane", looks like Bart. And acts like him too, because he freaks out and [[DrivenToSuicide jumps out of Lisa's bedroom window to his death]] after he hears two seconds of Lisa playing John Coltrane music on her saxophone.
294	* ''WesternAnimation/SpacePOP'': All the Space Pets resemble their owner and have similar hairstyles.
295	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': All of the Diamonds are attended by [[ServantRace Pearls]] with similar appearances and location of their gems at the same place as their mistresses; Blue Diamond's Pearl is tinted blue and has bangs that mimic her mistress' hood, while Yellow Diamond's is tinted yellow, has a similarly pointy hairstyle, and has flared sleeves in a similar style to her Diamond's shoulder pads. [[spoiler:Pink Diamond's original Pearl is pink, and has a [[NavelWindow belly opening]] in the same shape. When White Diamond took her away, her color changed to white, and the replacement she apparently made has White's gem placement, white skin, and clothes that include pink, blue, and yellow.]] This is very likely [[InvokedTrope Invoked]], as Pearls are apparently made and customized for specific owners.
296	* ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet'': "A Breed Apart" features a dog show where the dogs' owners looked like human versions of them.
297	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Toonsylvania}}'' features this in the ''Night of the Living Fred'' segment "Dead Dog Day Afternoon", where Fred Deadman entered his pet dog Frisky into a dog show. Several of the other dogs participating happened to resemble their owners.
298	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
299	** ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaAction'': In "[[Recap/TotalDrama2008ASpaceOwen 2008: A Space Owen]]", Duncan get his pet spider, Scruffy, sent to him. Scruffy has a mean-looking face that goes with Duncan's bad boy face and sports the colors green and black just like Duncan's hair.
300	** ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaWorldTour'': In "[[Recap/TotalDramaRapaPhooey Rapa Phooey!]]", one of the condor eggs that Sierra collects for the challenge hatches. The chick has a head shaped remarkably like Cody's, prompting Sierra to dub him Cody Jr. and to treat it as their child.
301	** ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'': The Goths obtain a black pet bunny during a challenge in Australia in "[[Recap/RidonculousRaceDownAndOutback Down and Outback]]". They name it Loki, give it a goth makeover, and the bunny takes very well after its new life, easily being the most vicious of the team.
302	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollz}}'': All of the Trollz' pets look like their owners and have similar hairstyles.
303	* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'': Ronald's dog Sundae bears some resemblance to the clown, having a yellowish body to match the yellow on Ronald's jumpsuit, red hair like Ronald's and a white mouth with red lips to match Ronald's face.
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