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* TooDumbToLive: Yeah, [[spoiler:[[{{Pun}} harebrain]]]], steal the bear's hat and wear it in public. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong [[spoiler:[[SarcasmMode It's not like the bear is, you know, perfectly willing to dine on you or anything]]]].

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* TooDumbToLive: Yeah, [[spoiler:[[{{Pun}} harebrain]]]], [[spoiler:harebrain]], steal the bear's hat and wear it in public. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong [[spoiler:[[SarcasmMode It's [[spoiler:It's not like the bear is, you know, perfectly willing to dine on you or anything]]]].anything]].

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This book doesn't have any connection to Watership Down, so don't pretend that there is one.


Said rabbit [[Literature/WatershipDown stops running]] soon after.



* BullyingADragon: A [[spoiler:rabbit]] steals from a bear. [[spoiler:[[Literature/WatershipDown El-ahrairah]] could have pulled it off safely, but not this [[{{Pun}} dumb bunny]].]]

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* BullyingADragon: A [[spoiler:rabbit]] steals from a bear. [[spoiler:[[Literature/WatershipDown El-ahrairah]] could have pulled it off safely, but not this [[{{Pun}} dumb bunny]].]]



* TooDumbToLive: Yeah, [[spoiler:[[{{Pun}} harebrain]]]], steal the bear's hat and wear it in public. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong [[spoiler:[[SarcasmMode It's not like the bear is, you know, one of the]] [[Literature/WatershipDown elil]] [[SarcasmMode and perfectly willing to dine on you or anything]]]].

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* TooDumbToLive: Yeah, [[spoiler:[[{{Pun}} harebrain]]]], steal the bear's hat and wear it in public. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong [[spoiler:[[SarcasmMode It's not like the bear is, you know, one of the]] [[Literature/WatershipDown elil]] [[SarcasmMode and perfectly willing to dine on you or anything]]]].

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Bear is looking for his hat, and goes to the creatures of the forest in turn asking whether they've seen it. This includes Rabbit, who [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely didn't take the hat and would never steal anyone's hat.]]

... Wait a second. Was that my hat...? [[spoiler:Said rabbit [[Literature/WatershipDown stops running]] soon after.]]

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Bear is looking for his hat, and goes to the creatures of the forest in turn asking whether they've seen it. it.

This includes Rabbit, who [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely didn't take the hat and would never steal anyone's hat.]]

... Wait a second. Was that my hat...? [[spoiler:Said ?

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rabbit [[Literature/WatershipDown stops running]] soon after.]]
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--> "I have lost my hat and nobody has seen it."
--> "[[spoiler:What does your hat look like?]]"
--> "[[spoiler:It's red and pointy and... I HAVE SEEN MY HAT!]]"

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"[[spoiler:It's red and pointy and... I HAVE SEEN MY HAT!]]"



--> Have you seen my hat?
--> No. Why are you asking me. I haven't seen it. I haven't seen any hats anywhere. I would not steal a hat. Don't ask me any more questions.
** [[spoiler:No. Why are you asking me. I haven't seen him. I haven't seen any rabbits anywhere. I would not eat a rabbit. Don't ask me any more questions.]]

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--> Have ** When the bear asks the rabbit if he has seen his hat:
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No. Why are you asking me. I haven't seen it. I haven't seen any hats anywhere. I would not steal a hat. Don't ask me any more questions.
** [[spoiler:No.Later, when someone asks the bear if he has seen the rabbit:
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Why are you asking me. I haven't seen him. I haven't seen any rabbits anywhere. I would not eat a rabbit. Don't ask me any more questions.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: Yeah, [[spoiler:[[{{Pun}} harebrain]]]], steal the bear's hat and wear it in public. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong [[spoiler:[[SarcasmMode It's not like the bear is, you know, one of the]] [[Literature/WatershipDown elil]] [[SarcasmMode and perfectly willing to dine on you or anything]]]].
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* BullyingADragon: A [[spoiler:rabbit]] steals from a bear.

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* BullyingADragon: A [[spoiler:rabbit]] steals from a bear. [[spoiler:[[Literature/WatershipDown El-ahrairah]] could have pulled it off safely, but not this [[{{Pun}} dumb bunny]].]]
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Bear is looking for his hat, and goes to the creatures of the forest in turn asking whether they've seen it. This includes Rabbit, who [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely didn't take the hat and would never steal anyone's hat.]] [[spoiler:Said rabbit [[Literature/WatershipDown stops running]] soon after.]]

... Wait a second. Was that my hat...?

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Bear is looking for his hat, and goes to the creatures of the forest in turn asking whether they've seen it. This includes Rabbit, who [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely didn't take the hat and would never steal anyone's hat.]] [[spoiler:Said rabbit [[Literature/WatershipDown stops running]] soon after.]]

... Wait a second. Was that my hat...?
? [[spoiler:Said rabbit [[Literature/WatershipDown stops running]] soon after.]]
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Bear is looking for his hat, and goes to the creatures of the forest in turn asking whether they've seen it. This includes Rabbit, who [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely didn't take the hat and would never steal anyone's hat.]]

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Bear is looking for his hat, and goes to the creatures of the forest in turn asking whether they've seen it. This includes Rabbit, who [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely didn't take the hat and would never steal anyone's hat.]]
]] [[spoiler:Said rabbit [[Literature/WatershipDown stops running]] soon after.]]

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* LostAesop: [[http://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/11-classic-childrens-books-with-titles-that-reflect-their-da#.lf5K77LG5B In a humorous list of "more appropriate titles" for children's books]], this one is retitled ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin IF SOMEONE LIES TO YOU, MURDER THEM AND THEN LIE ABOUT MURDERING THEM.]]''

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* LimitedAnimation: In picture book form. To complement the characters' deadpan facial expressions, each of them are rendered comically stiffly and in very limited positions, with the Bear only having four poses total throughout the book -- standing straight, laying on his back, sitting up, and [[spoiler:charging straight at Rabbit]].[[note]]While the Bear talking to each of the animals appears to be the same copy-pasted figure over and over, closer inspection there are several different Bears, just all painted in the exact same way.[[/note]]
* LostAesop: [[http://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/11-classic-childrens-books-with-titles-that-reflect-their-da#.lf5K77LG5B In a humorous list of "more appropriate titles" for children's books]], this one is retitled ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ''[[spoiler:[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin IF SOMEONE LIES TO YOU, MURDER THEM AND THEN LIE ABOUT MURDERING THEM.]]'']]]]''


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* PetTheDog: Even though he's busy searching for his hat, when the Bear learns that the Turtle is having difficulty climbing a rock, he immediately offers his help and lifts it up to the top off-screen.
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He might not have anticipated the response, but he knew he was stealing from a bear all along.


* BullyingADragon: A [[spoiler:rabbit]] steals from a bear.



* MuggingTheMonster: A [[spoiler:rabbit]] steals from a bear.

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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial:
--> Have you seen my hat?
--> No. Why are you asking me. I haven't seen it. I haven't seen any hats anywhere. I would not steal a hat. Don't ask me any more questions.
** [[spoiler:No. Why are you asking me. I haven't seen him. I haven't seen any rabbits anywhere. I would not eat a rabbit. Don't ask me any more questions.]]


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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial:
--> Have you seen my hat?
--> No. Why are you asking me. I haven't seen it. I haven't seen any hats anywhere. I would not steal a hat. Don't ask me any more questions.
** [[spoiler:No. Why are you asking me. I haven't seen him. I haven't seen any rabbits anywhere. I would not eat a rabbit. Don't ask me any more questions.]]
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* RascallyRabbit: That silly, lying, thiefing rabbit.

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* RascallyRabbit: That silly, lying, thiefing thieving rabbit.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The book is about someone wanting his hat back.
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* BearsAreBadNews: While very polite, the Bear is easily angered.

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* BearsAreBadNews: While very polite, the Bear is easily angered. Up to and including [[spoiler:killing whoever pissed him off.]]
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* LostAesop: In a humorous list of "more appropriate titles" for children's books, this one is retitled ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin IF SOMEONE LIES TO YOU, MURDER THEM AND THEN LIE ABOUT MURDERING THEM.]]''

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* LostAesop: [[http://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/11-classic-childrens-books-with-titles-that-reflect-their-da#.lf5K77LG5B In a humorous list of "more appropriate titles" for children's books, books]], this one is retitled ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin IF SOMEONE LIES TO YOU, MURDER THEM AND THEN LIE ABOUT MURDERING THEM.]]''
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* [[spoiler:DisproportionateRetribution: Rabbit stole Bear's hat. So Bear kills and eats him.]]

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* [[spoiler:DisproportionateRetribution: Rabbit DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:Rabbit stole Bear's hat. So Bear kills and eats him.]]
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His later book ''This Is Not My Hat'' is unrelated.

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His later book ''This Is Not My Hat'' ''Literature/ThisIsNotMyHat'' is unrelated.

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!!This book contains the following tropes

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!!This book contains the following tropes!!My tropes are gone. I want them back.



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[[spoiler:''I HAVE SEEN MY TROPES.'']]
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* LostAesop: In a humorous list of "more appropriate titles" for children's books, this one is retitled ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin IF SOMEONE LIES TO YOU, MURDER THEM AND THEN LIE ABOUT MURDERING THEM.]]''
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* SeriousBusiness: Hats.
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* RascallyRabbit: [[spoiler:The thief.]]

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* RascallyRabbit: [[spoiler:The thief.]]That silly, lying, thiefing rabbit.
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Written by art director, illustrator and writer Jon Klassen. His later book ''This Is Not My Hat'' is unrelated.

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Written by art director, illustrator and writer Jon Klassen. His later book ''This Is Not My Hat'' is unrelated.

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... Wait a second. Was that my hat...?

Written by art director, illustrator and writer Jon Klassen. His later book ''This Is Not My Hat'' is unrelated.



* BearsAreBadNews: While very polite, the Bear is easily angered.
* BigHeroicRun: The Bear running to where he knows the hat is.



* EurekaMoment: [[spoiler:Bear realizes that Rabbit took his hat.]]
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Have you seen my hat?
** No. Why are you asking me. I haven't seen it. I haven't seen any hats anywhere. I would not steal a hat. Don't ask me any more questions.

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* EurekaMoment: [[spoiler:Bear realizes that Rabbit took his hat.]]
]] The specific moment when the bear realised was when [[spoiler:he was asked what the hat looked like and he realised he had seen it while searching]].
--> "I have lost my hat and nobody has seen it."
--> "[[spoiler:What does your hat look like?]]"
--> "[[spoiler:It's red and pointy and... I HAVE SEEN MY HAT!]]"
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: HairTriggerTemper: Lying and stealing hats really angers [[spoiler:the Bear]].
* HumbleGoal: The bear just wants his hat back.
* IronicEcho: At the every end [[spoiler: the Bear lies in the exact same style the Rabbit did]].
* MuggingTheMonster: A [[spoiler:rabbit]] steals from a bear.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial:
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Have you seen my hat?
** --> No. Why are you asking me. I haven't seen it. I haven't seen any hats anywhere. I would not steal a hat. Don't ask me any more questions.



* OhCrap: [[spoiler:The rabbit's face as the bear approaches]].
* RascallyRabbit: [[spoiler:The thief.]]



* WhamLine: [[spoiler: I HAVE SEEN MY HAT.]]

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* SuddenlyShouting: The bear is nice and quiet until the EurekaMoment.
--> [[spoiler:"I HAVE SEEN MY HAT!"]]
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: I "I HAVE SEEN MY HAT.]]"]]
* YouExclamation: [[spoiler:"YOU! YOU STOLE MY HAT!"]]
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** [[spoiler:No. Why are you asking me. I haven't seen him. I haven't seen any rabbits anywhere. I would not eat a rabbit. Don't ask me any more questions.]]
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: I HAVE SEEN MY HAT.]]
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: Don't steal, or else [[spoiler: whoever you stole from might kill and eat you]].
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* SuspiciouslySpecific Denial: Have you seen my hat?

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* SuspiciouslySpecific Denial: SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Have you seen my hat?
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* SuspiciouslySpecific Denial: Have you seen my hat?
** No. Why are you asking me. I haven't seen it. I haven't seen any hats anywhere. I would not steal a hat. Don't ask me any more questions.
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* [[spoiler:DisproportionateRetribution: Rabbit stole Bear's hat. So Bear kills and eats him.]]
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* ShockingSwerve: [[spoiler:Bear ends up killing Rabbit to get his hat back.]]

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