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Author: WackyMeetsPractical

Oct 14th 2011 at 1:59:12 PM

I don't exactly agree with the way we're splitting the tropes here. I also don't think it was right to remove anything from AnthropomorphicZigZag especially since this trope hasn't launched yet. Also, tropes are allowed to overlap so there really is no need to remove anything from anywhere. The point that I was trying to make earlier was that the definitions of some of the variations described here already matched perfectly with the definitions we agreed was AnthropomorphicZigZag that we didn't need to list those variations here, as it was already covered. Now, the way I see it, we have several distinct tropes here.

1: FunnyAnimals as pets: Animals that behave like humans and interact with humans and are treated like humans for the most part, are still considered pets in their universe.
2: FunnyAnimals masquerading as pets: These animals behave like humans, but not around other humans. They are not allowed to let humans know what they are capable, and thus can [[AnthropomorphicZigZag switch between anthropomorphic and nonanthropomorphic]] in order to maintain the secret. They may also put on a disguise so that they can interact with humans without suspicion. The examples including BrokenMasquerade also would belong here, as a broken masquerade would suggest that there is a masquerade. This definition is considered a secondary definition of AnthropomorphicZigZag as written. It's not exactly the same as the above variation, as it doesn't involve animals being treated as pets and people simultaneously.
3: Pets that switch between normal pet animals and anthropomorphic animals depending on the situation, who's around, the writer, etc. This is exactly the definition of AnthropomorphicZigZag and certainly doesn't belong here.
4: Pets in which their status is uncertain due to a lack of interaction with humans in the work they're in, but most certainly are considered pets, and are most certainly anthropomorphic.

The "Gray Area" variant currently listed above should be cut out completely, as it describes AnthropomorphicZigZag nearly exactly. The funny animals masquerading as regular animals should also be cut. I also believe it's tropable enough to be a trope of it's own, so we should split it from AnthropomorphicZigZag. The "uncertain status" examples can stay there, since it's possible it can be one way or the other. I feel like the real trope here is the truly anthropomorphic animals being given pet status, with talking animals included. That's what I thought the trope was when I first saw the title, and it really feels tropable. Everything else written just feels extraneous, especially since they probably should, and most likely do, be tropes by themselves. Let's keep it simple and concise and cut out all of these extra definitions.