History Main / FromStrayToPet

* Chi from ''Manga/NukoDuke'' is a stray kitten adopted by a family.

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** One winter, a now elderly Squirrel takes refuge in a shed. She is found by the older, an eighty year old woman named Susan, who gives her food. Squirrel is reluctant to take it at first but eventually gives in. She ends up coming inside with the women, gets renamed "Addie", [[spoiler:and the book ends with her living with her new owner]].

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* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' begins with the protagonist going from the city to their recently-deceased fathers farm. When you arrive you end up finding two puppies: a Beagle looking dog (the classic ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' dog) and a Shiba Inu. Takakura only lets you keep one but says he will find the other a home in the city. Unlike in other ''Harvest Moon'' games, the dog is for aesthetic value and doesn't help with the farm animals. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Beta]] [[DummiedOut screenshots]] show them herding however in the final game they can't.

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* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Bev adopts a pit bull named Earl, who EscapedFromTheLab.

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* In ''Three From Prostokvashino'', Fjodor meets the (talking) stray cat Matroskin (it�s somewhat of a family name) and wants to take him in as a pet. Similarly, Sharik the dog is supposed to be a stray initially. However, by the time all three live in Prostokvashino, they are treated as equals rather than pets.

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* ''Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin'' inverts this trope. Gin runs off several episodes in.

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* In ''Three From Prostokvashino'', Fjodor meets the (talking) stray cat Matroskin (it’s somewhat of a family name) and wants to take him in as a pet. Similarly, Sharik the dog is supposed to be a stray initially. However, by the time all three live in Prostokvashino, they are treated as equals rather than pets.

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* In certain areas, it isn't uncommon for individual animals or whole litters to be abandoned. Since they are used to people, they may follow a kind stranger home and end up as this.

* Kit Kittredge from the ''Franchise/AmericanGirl'' series adopts a stray Basset Hound in ''Happy Birthday, Kit!'', whom she [[IronicName ironically named]] Grace for her clumsiness. This sub-plot was also used in the LiveActionAdaptation of Kit's book series.

** Mostly inverted: The main character, Firestar, started as a "kittypet" named Rusty who ran off and was adopted into [=ThunderClan=]. He also brought his nephew, Cloudtail, to [=ThunderClan=] as a kit. Scourge was originally a kittypet named Tiny, who fled his home after his sister taunted him that any kits unwanted by humans are thrown in the river. Sasha's owner went to a nursing home, and when she realized he wasn't coming back, she became a rogue; Purdy, similarly, took to the streets after his owner died. Millie left her home to help Graystripe find [=ThunderClan=] and join it herself. Daisy and her kits were farm cats, but when the humans took away Floss' kits, Daisy brought them to [=ThunderClan=] where they could be safe. About half of New [=SkyClan=] were also kittypets that left their homes to join the Clan. Violet's kits were born as kittypets, but they dreamed of becoming warriors, and Violet had Ravenpaw bring them to the modern [=SkyClan=].

* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': The TeamPet is a kitten born in the ForbiddenZone that the main characters are exploring, which has been devoid of humans for ninety years. By this point though, only individuals that are TheImmune to ThePlague would still be around, cats all immune, the crew badly needs an EvilDetectingCat for their mission and they didn't start out with one due to CuttingCorners.

** Played straight: Ravenpaw was born in [=ThunderClan=], but became a farm cat. Violet was born in [=BloodClan=], but when she was badly injured by her brothers, Barley took her to live with Fuzz, whose owner was a veterinarian. Pinestar, a leader of [=ThunderClan=], left the Clan to live out the rest of his [[CatsHaveNineLives final life]] as a kittypet. A few of the last remaining members of Old [=SkyClan=] became kittypets when the Clan finally split up. In ''Dawn of the Clans'', after Turtle Tail realizes her feelings for Gray Wing are unrequited, she joins her friend Bumble as a kittypet (later goes back to the forest, however.)

* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Bev adopts a pit bull named Earl, who EscapedFromTheLab.

* Brian Griffin from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' was a stray talking dog found by Peter and he adopted him into their family.

* Kit Kittredge from the ''Franchise/AmericanGirl'' series adopts a stray Basset Hound in ''Happy Birthday, Kit!'', whom she [[IronicName ironically named]] Grace for her clumsiness. This sub-plot was also used in the LiveActionAdaptation of the film.

* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' begins with the protagonist going from the city to their recently-deceased fathers farm. When you arrive you end up finding two puppies: a Beagle looking dog (the classic ''Franchise/HarvestMoon'' dog) and a Shiba Inu. Takakura only lets you keep one but says he will find the other a home in the city. Unlike in other ''Harvest Moon'' games, the dog is for aesthetic value and doesn't help with the farm animals. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Beta]] [[DummiedOut screenshots]] show them herding however in the final game they can't.

* ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'' ends with the Tramp being adopted into his mate Lady's family and the two [[BabiesEverAfter having puppies together]].

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* ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'' ends with the Tramp being adopted into his mates, Lady's, family and the two [[BabiesEverAfter having puppies together]].
* At the end of ''Disney/LadyAndTheTrampIIScampsAdventure'', Angel is taken in by Scamp's family much like Tramp was several months prior.

* Inverted in ''Literature/{{Warriorcats}}''. Firestar started as a "kittypet" named Rusty who ran off and was adopted into Thunderclan.

* Thomas O'Malley from ''Disney/TheAristocats'' is a stray cat who helps a pet molly and her kittens get back home. In the end he ends up being taken in as well.
* The conclusion of Disney's ''Disney/{{Bolt}}'' has the dog Bolt reunited with the girl Penny, but includes his entourage as well: a hamster named Rhino who left a trailer park to answer the CallToAdventure, and a cat named Mittens, who, during an AccidentalPublicConfession, recounts "They pack up all their stuff, and all their love, and leave their declawed cat behind to fend for herself." The whole trio get adopted into Penny's new country home.
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven2'', [[spoiler:Charlie]] and Sasha are adopted by David. [[spoiler:Charlie is given a new chance at life and allowed to live on Earth for twenty more years]].

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* ''Literature/SantaPaws'' (no, not [[Film/SantaPaws that one]]), the titular character gets his happy ending when a loving family adopts him.

* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' begins with the protagonist going from the city to their recently-deceased fathers farm. When you arrive you end up finding two puppies: a Beagle looking dog (the classic ''Franchise/HarvestMoon'' dog) and a Shiba Inu. Takakura only lets you keep one but says he will find the other a home in the city. Unlike in other ''Harvest Moon'' games, the dog is for aesthetic value and doesn't help with the farm animals.

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* In ''Film/HomewardBoundIILostInSanFrancisco'', the pets become [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin lost in San Francisco]], where they meet a gang of stray dogs. One of them, Delilah, and Chance fall in love, but Shadow ultimately talks her into breaking up with him as the goofy Chance cannot survive in the city. However, it turns out happily as, at the end of the movie, Delilah turns up at the Seavers' house, having followed Chance, and the family decides to let her stay.

* In ''[[Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney Homeward Bound: Lost in San Francisco]]'', the pets become [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin lost in San Francisco]], where they meet a gang of stray dogs. One of them, Delilah, and Chance fall in love, but Shadow ultimately talks her into breaking up with him as the goofy Chance cannot survive in the city. However, it turns out happily as, at the end of the movie, Delilah turns up at the Seavers' house, having followed Chance, and the family decides to let her stay.

* Kit Kittredge from the ''Franchise/AmericanGirl'' series adopts a stray Basset Hound named Grace in ''Happy Birthday, Kit!''. This sub-plot was also used in the LiveActionAdaptation of the film.