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No Citation on the RE4 Remake dog's status Videogame

While we generally avoid Speculative Troping, the status of the dog caught in the bear trap from Resident Evil 4 (Remake) is getting... frustrating. To wit:

• Oct. 20, 2022: Wowowow adds a "Death by Adaptation" entry about the dog already dead ("wolf" here) by the time Leon reaches the spot where the bear trap would be on the path leading into the village.
• Oct. 27, 2022: I removed it due to it being Speculative Troping, especially that IGN had gotten pushback for tweeting that assumption, when the game wasn't out yet.
• Nov. 15, 2022: Blue Monday 1984 adds it back in with no edit reason.
• Nov. 15, 2022: Hello 83433 later removes the Death By Adaptation entry, noting correctly that we don't know if it's the same dog.
• Mar. 9, 2023: Yuka Takeuchi Fan adds a variation of it back in under Darker and Edgier (I think, judging by the lines), with the phrasing still assuming that it's the same dog.
• Mar. 9, 2023: I later put that under "No citation", again citing we're still speculating.
• Mar. 9, 2023: torru369 later removes the "No citation" mark up, and while their edit reason states "it's definitely a Mythology gag at the very least," it's not moved to under Mythology Gag.
• Mar. 11, 2023: Crow T R0bot then adds the "dog died" entry back in under Death By Adaptation.
• Mar. 14, 2023: Silverblade 2 puts the dog caught in the bear trap under "No citation" again.
• Mar. 14, 2023: 9thOutworldsMan then later removes the "No citation" mark up.

I had started up a discussion, but had gotten no responses. While 4 Remake is out this Friday, March 24, it's still speculative troping.