Line #1 PlayingWith/AttackAnimal

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1	'''Basic Trope''': A creature who attacks on your behalf as a weapon.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice fights by sicking her dog on her foes.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Everyone fights each other by sending trained animals, robots or some other creature which obeys their commands after them.
5	** {{Mon}} fighting
6	* '''Downplayed''': Alice has the power to call animals to her aid, but usually fights with more conventional weapons.
7	* '''Justified''': Alice isn't a trained fighter or very strong, but her dog's loyal and perfectly capable of tackling her foes.
8	* '''Inverted''':
9	** Alice has to [[EscortMission escort her dog to safety]].
10	** Alice has an armadillo that can block enemy attacks for her.
11	* '''Subverted''': Alice sicks her dog on Bob... [[IncompetentGuardAnimal but since it wasn't trained as an attack dog he just sits there.]]
12	* '''Double Subverted''': Bob sneers and attacks Alice, which causes her dog to leap to his master's defence.
13	* '''Parodied''':
14	** Alice looks completly defenceless until she snaps her fingers to call in her CanisMajor.
15	** Alice uses her dog [[CrossesTheLineTwice as a]] ''[[GrievousHarmWithABody club]]''.
16	* '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes Alice has her dog attack, other times it simply runs away when a fight breaks out.
17	* '''Averted''': Alice just uses a gun.
18	* '''Enforced''': The show's creators wanted to include the dog as a SeriesMascot and needed a way to make sure it didn't look like he was there just to sell toys.
19	* '''Lampshaded''': "[[OhCrap Uh-oh]]...nice doggy...?"
20	* '''Invoked''': Alice trains her dog as an attack dog so she can use him as a concealed weapon (since being accompanied by a dog wouldn't be very unusual).
21	* '''Exploited''': ???
22	* '''Defied''': Using animals or any other semi-intelligent creature as a weapon is strictly forbidden by animal rights laws. The few people who try it have to deal with {{Animal Wrongs Group}}s.
23	* '''Discussed''': "Is she armed?" "She has a fully loaded dog pointed at us."
24	* '''Conversed''': "Why does that character have a trained dog?" "[[RuleOfCool Because trained dogs are cool.]]"
25	* '''Deconstructed''': Bob calls out Alice for making her pet fight her battles for her.
26	* '''Reconstructed''': Alice points out that dogs are simply wolves which have been bred to get along with humans; she's not making it do anything that it wouldn't do on instinct.
27	* '''Played For Laughs:''' Alice's dog frequently ignores her commands or gets distracted by sticks and balls thrown by enemies.
28	* '''Played For Drama:''' Alice's beloved pet is slowly becoming more violent and bloodthirsty. Can she protect herself without letting her dog become a monster?
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30	OK, AttackAnimal; Stay! ...there's a good PotHole. Yes you are!
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32	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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34	%%* '''Implied''': ???

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