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[[caption-width-right:320: “Always be kind to your pets: or look what can happen!”]]

''Pat the Beastie'' is a pop-up picture book that was made in 1993 and was written by Creator/HenrikDrescher and is a dark parody of Dorothy Kunhardt's classic children's book ''Pat the Bunny''.

In this story, Paul and Judy are two children who play mean tricks on their harmless pet Beastie. The Beastie is shown as being a large, green, scaly looking dragon creature. Paul and Judy would play tricks on the beastie that would include "jiggling the Beastie's eyes" and "poking its worm boogers." Meanwhile, a bird and a dog are constantly trying to warn the kids about not torturing the Beastie or else they will have to suffer the consequences.

A sequel was made in 2011 called ''Literature/LoveTheBeastie''.
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!!''Pat the Beastie'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: There is a blue dog and a green bird that appear on each page warning Paul and Judy to not torture the Beastie.
* AssholeVictim: Paul and Judy [[spoiler:after they are eaten by the Beastie]].
* BlackComedy: Readers are encouraged to play with various body parts on the Beastie such as jiggling his eyes and poking his worm boogers, despite the fact that the Beastie is clearly uncomfortable with all this.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to Dorothy Kunhardt's book ''Pat the Bunny''. The tone is much more mean-spirited, and the book has a DownerEnding.
* DeconstructiveParody: This book is a parody of Dorothy Kunhardt's book ''Pat the Bunny.'' However, this book shows the consequences of what would happen if children play too roughly with their pets and how such actions would traumatize their pets.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Paul and Judy are eaten by the Beastie]] at the end of the book. Although it depends on whether or not you think that Paul and Judy deserved their fate at the end of the book.
* EatenAlive / SwallowedWhole: What became of [[spoiler:Paul and Judy after the Beastie ate them]] at the end of the book.
* EyeScream: When Paul and Judy "jiggled" the Beastie's eyes.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The scene where the Beastie shows Paul and Judy a book that it made and, in the book, [[spoiler: it shows the Beastie chasing Paul and Judy on a hill and then eating them up]] which ends up happening at the end of the book.
* FourthWallObserver: The dog and the bird would stand on the side pages, commenting on Paul and Judy's actions against the Beastie and letting the reader know that Paul and Judy's actions are wrong.
* GrossoutShow: The book focused heavily on Paul and Judy playing with the Beastie's body parts such as jiggling the Beastie's eyes and poking his worm boogers.
* GrotesqueGallery: Most of the characters in this book are drawn in a bizarre way, such as having a dragon like pet and a talking blue dog and green bird on the side pages.
* HardTruthAesop: Pets aren't toys and being too rough with them can have very ugly consequences.
* KidsAreCruel: Paul and Judy constantly torture the Beastie throughout the book.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Paul and Judy ended up getting [[spoiler: eaten by the Beastie]] after they tortured it throughout the book.
* NightmareFace: The Beastie shows a couple of these whenever it's irritated [[spoiler: especially in the scene where it eats Paul and Judy]].
* OhCrap: The expression Paul and Judy got when [[spoiler: the Beastie ends up eating them]].
* {{Parody}}: Of Dorothy Kunhardt’s classic ''Pat the Bunny''.
* SadistShow: Most of the book is spent on Paul and Judy torturing their pet beastie, which culminates into [[spoiler: the beastie eating up Paul and Judy]] at the end of the book.
* SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: Even though most of the book is a black comedy, the scene where [[spoiler: Paul and Judy are eaten by the Beastie]] at the end of the book can catch readers off guard.

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