Line #20 PlayingWith/AnimalWrongsGroup


1	'''Basic Trope''': An animal rights group does not care how much harm they cause or how many humans they hurt/insult so long as the animals are OK.
2	* '''Straight''': Animal Rights Group [[FunWithAcronyms BABY (Because Animals are Better than You)]] threaten to blow up animal vivisection laboratories, protest at zoos, circuses and fast food restaurants and generally seem to care more about animals than people.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** [[OmnicidalManiac BABY plans to kill off all humans]] with {{Right Hand Attack Dog}}s -- including ''themselves'' -- so animals can live in harmony.
5	** [[TranshumanTreachery BABY members actually transform themselves into animals/werewolves/forest elves/whatever because they hate anything related to the meat-eating, animal-torturing humans so much.]]
6	** BABY members commit cannibalism, claiming they are just "paying the meat eaters back in turn".
7	* '''Downplayed''':
8	** BABY has [[VocalMinority some extremist members]], but most are sane.
9	** While the members of BABY never resort to violence, they do use {{blackmail}}, harassment, and other underhanded tactics.
10	** ''Werebeast'' Wrongs Group.
11	** The activists don't do anything illegal, but they do have one hell of an insane and ridiculous publicity campaign with their {{Right Hand Cat}}s.
12	* '''Justified''':
13	** Unfortunately TruthInTelevision; some animal rights activists really are this extreme.
14	** BABY aren't just targeting random animals to protest. They are targeting certain animals that happen to be held. Because of the nature of the animals, BABY are willing come off as extremists to hide the nature of what they are doing from those who would use the animals in a way that would cause great suffering.
15	** BABY’s leader and members are animals who’ve gained human forms and intelligence.
16	* '''Inverted''': CruellaToAnimals.
17	* '''Subverted''':
18	** FBI agent Alice comes to the office of BABY. At first she expects them to be nut jobs, like so many animal rights activists she encountered before -- but they actually [[PunchClockVillain turn out to be pretty nice people]].
19	** The 'animals' that BABY are obsessed with are [[IntelligentGerbil sapient beings arguably smarter than humanity]], [[TheyWouldCutYouUp suffering from downright inhumane conditions]]. This makes even actions which looked before like insane extremism potentially justifiable morally.
20	** The "animal" part of the group was only a PR move. BABY has been exposed [[KickTheDog for killing people's dogs on sight]].
21	* '''Double Subverted''':
22	** When Alice starts eating a salami sandwich, or even petting a RightHandCat, ''then'' [[FelonyMisdemeanor they go ballistic]].
23	** The BABY were just ''[[BitchInSheepsClothing pretending]]'' [[FauxAffablyEvil to be nice]]. They were somehow made alert of the coming undercover law enforcement "visitors" and quickly put their more public-friendly materials on display while hiding the more extreme and unlawful content. As soon as Alice leaves, they're back to being nasty towards fellow humans.
24	* '''Parodied''': The agents of BABY seem to be [[BestialityIsDepraved a little too fond]] of animals. The founder of the group was rumored to be flirting with a polar bear, and one woman member says she wants to marry her pet turtle.
25	* '''Zig Zagged''': Some animal rights activists are quite nice and friendly and all, but some... not so much.
26	* '''Averted''':
27	** There are animal right activists, but none of them go to extreme lengths.
28	** Or, there are no animal rights activists at all, not even mentioned. Humanity prevails!
29	* '''Enforced''':
30	** The director [[AuthorPhobia does not like]] the ''extreme'' animal rights activists and thinks they are crazy.
31	** The writers are trying to send the message that it's okay to love animals, just don't be like these nutcases about it.
32	** The executives demand a RippedFromTheHeadlines plot for their next episode. The writers choose an article about how PETA will use any chance to make themselves heard, [[SkewedPriorities even traffic ticket hearings]], and do a little "punching up" and WritingAroundTrademarks.
33	* '''Lampshaded''': "Why is it caring for animals too much seems to make some people hate everything else by default?
34	* '''Invoked''': Adam [[StartMyOwn decides to found an animal rights group]] that he thinks will be more effective than existing ones.
35	* '''Exploited''': The BigBad knows the reputation BABY has and either coerces the group or has agents imbedded within to commit crimes for his benefit, causing BABY [[TheScapegoat to take the blame as a distraction for the heroes]].
36	* '''Defied''': The activists try their best not to be extreme on protecting animals, and try to talk nicely to people who thinks otherwise.
37	* '''Discussed''': "Are there any sane animal rights advocates, or they're all raving loony madmen secretly wishing to KillAllHumans?"
38	* '''Conversed''': "Oh, please. Organizations like that don't exist in RealLife ... or do they?"
39	* '''Deconstructed''':
40	** The attacks against fellow man do not go unnoticed by the media, and the organization is caught and shut down.
41	** Their attacks against fellow man result in a ''huge'' [[NiceJobFixingItVillain backlash by the public]]: [[RealMenEatMeat burger sales are through the roof]], [[PrettyInMink fur is coming back into style]], [[RealMenCanHunt hunting resurges in popularity]]...
42	** Their attacks lead to someone's death and subsequent legal problems.
43	** Their [[NaiveAnimalLover lack of knowledge and failure to understand the animals they claim to champion]] means that actions they take to 'save' animals causes stress and harm (or even death) for the animals they were trying to save. They also cause damage to the ecosystem in the process.
44	** People start [[PayEvilUntoEvil attacking or even killing]] BABY members, causing BABY members to retaliate in kind. The cycle of violence then spirals out of control until a full-blown war breaks out.
45	* '''Reconstructed''': Another group takes their place, showing that [[YouCannotKillAnIdea there]] ''[[YouCannotKillAnIdea will]]'' [[WeAreEverywhere still be people]] [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil to carry out harm against humanity in favor of animals]].
46	* '''Played For Laughs''':
47	** The members of BABY are an animal-obsessed cult, who worship a cow and threaten to bomb all {{Burger Fool}}s.
48	** [[NaiveAnimalLover Their activists]] storm an Animal Control building to save some dogs, cats and other animals from being put down... to which these animals respond by [[TheFarmerAndTheViper biting all the members of BABY and giving them all rabies]].
49	* '''Played For Drama''':
50	** Animal rights activists storm a laboratory, liberating all the animals within. One member comes to a cage with some sickly monkeys inside. A scientist warns the activist that those monkeys contain a [[SyntheticPlague genetically engineered virus]] [[DepopulationBomb that could doom the human race to extinction]], to which the activist [[MisanthropeSupreme merely smirks]] [[OmnicidalManiac and says "Perfect!"]]
51	** A scientist has their lab and life's work destroyed by radicals, and they soon become so enraged that [[ItsPersonal they embark]] on a vindictive [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge rampage]] against ''all'' animal rights activists, even the sane ones. And in the end, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters they become]] the terrorist they hated.
52	* '''Played For Horror''': A group of WesternTerrorists that unleash death and mayhem anywhere that they feel like by any means possible (including {{Right Hand Attack Dog}}s) for a very flimsy reason that even they barely understand and with no concept for "non-combatants" or "mercy" is a very scary TruthInTelevision nowadays and all the production company needs to do is pull no punches when it comes to the misery that is left behind and the ParanoiaFuel that people want you dead and will dedicate their lives to make it happen just because you eat meat.
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