Playing With / Human Pet

Basic Trope: A human is kept as a pet by another species.

• Straight: Alice and Bob (humans) are the pets of Charlie (a relatively giant alien).
• Exaggerated:
  • Every human on Earth has been abducted, and adopted as pets, by aliens.
  • Humans are sold in pet shops, and wear collars.
  • The Earth itself is used like an ant farm by an Eldritch Abomination.
• Inverted: Alice and Bob have a tiny pet alien named "Charlie".
• Justified:
  • Humans are on the verge of extinction, and the aliens figured making them pets would be the best way to save them.
  • Alice and Bob decided they would rather be Charlie's pets than be eaten alive.
• Lampshaded:
  Bob: You know Alice, it's pretty funny that we're the pets, since humans are usually the owners. Isn't that funny?
  Alice: Shut up, Bob.
• Discussed: "Oh those poor, silly, puny humans. Once so proud and mighty. Now they are but animals to be owned by us. How pitiful, really."
• Deconstructed:
  • Alice is concerned that by being pets, she and Bob have lost their free will.
    Alice: Bob, don't you realize what's happening? We've been stripped of our free will!
  • Humans are great apes and like other non-human great apes, they make terrible pets. Charlie ends up severely injured or killed when Bob and Alice attack him.
• Reconstructed: Bob doesn't really mind being a pet, and assures Alice that things could be worse.
  Bob: Come on Alice, being a pet's actually not so bad. At least the aliens aren't eating us, and they give us plenty of food, and care.
  Alice: Touché.
• Exploited: Alice and Bob use their new pet status to their advantage to help them survive.
  Alice: You know Bob? You're right, being a pet's actually not so bad. We get to live here rent free, they feed, bathe, and take us for walks in plastic balls. Which admittedly is rather fun.
• Subverted: Alice and Bob are actually Charlie's roommates, rather than pets. He just keeps them in a pet cage, since it's the only thing small enough for them.
• Double Subverted: Alice and Bob actually are Charlie's pets, he just calls them "roommates" because they don't like being called "pets".
• Played for Laughs: ???
• Played for Drama: ???
• Enforced: "Humans are another animal, why should they be treated any different?"
• Averted: Humans aren't pets.
• Downplayed: Charlie treats Alice and Bob as adoptive children rather than pets.
• Parodied: Charlie interacts with his pet humans, Alice and Bob, as friends who are his equals.
• Zig-Zagged: Charlie the alien adopts Alice and Bob as pets, but still lets them keep their own pet dog. Or gives them a much smaller alien as their own pet.
• Conversed: "You know, I often wonder why fiction makes such a big deal out of aliens keeping pet humans, like wouldn't that be a good thing?"