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* '''Subverted''': Puppy was acting like a normal dog to spy on [[BigBad Alice the cat.]]

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Puppy was acting like a normal dog to spy on [[BigBad Alice the cat.]]]]
** Puppy is in the crawling stage, [[EntertaininglyWrong we merely misread that as him being a non-anthropomorphic quadruped]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': Puppy is a literal normal dog who never talks, barks, walks on four legs, and wears nothing, except the occasional leash. Bob is a human-like anthropomorphic animal who is bipedal, [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal wears a white T-shirt, grey jeans, red socks, and blue shoes]], talks, and uses technology.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Puppy is a literal normal dog who never talks, barks, walks on four legs, and wears nothing, except the occasional leash. Bob is a looks almost completely human-like anthropomorphic animal who is bipedal, apart from [[LittleBitBeastly a few dog-like features]], [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal wears a white T-shirt, grey jeans, red socks, and blue shoes]], talks, and uses technology.
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* '''Parodied''': Bob treats him more like a family pet than a son.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob treats him Puppy more like a family pet than a son.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob is more anthropomorphic than Puppy, but Kitty and her mother Claire are both normal-looking cats, while Danny acts like an ordinary rabbit and his daughter Diane is anthropomorphic.

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob is more anthropomorphic than Puppy, but Kitty and her mother Claire are both normal-looking cats, while Danny the rabbit acts like an ordinary rabbit and his daughter Diane Bunny is anthropomorphic.
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* '''Invoked''': Alice kidnaps the originally anthropomorphic and changes his brain into the mind of an ordinary dog to make him not anthropomorphic.

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* '''Invoked''': Alice kidnaps the originally anthropomorphic Puppy and changes his brain into the mind of an ordinary dog to make him not anthropomorphic.

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Basic trope: Animals become more human-like as they age.
* '''Straight''': Puppy's father is a bipedal beast man, while he is quadrupedal.
* '''Exaggerated''': Puppy is completely indistinguishable from a normal dog and acts like one. His father is LittleBitBeastly.
* '''Downplayed''': Puppy's father is bipedal, but that's where his anthropomorphism ends.
* '''Averted''': Puppy and his father are equally as anthropomorphic.
* '''Inverted''': Puppy is bipedal while his father walks on all fours.
* '''Zig-zagged''': Puppy's father is more anthropomorphic then him, but Kitty and her mother are both normal-looking cats.
* '''Parodied''': Puppy's parents treat him more like a family pet than a son.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Puppy, how come your dad has a more human-like build than you?"

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Basic trope: Animals '''Basic Trope''': Anthropomorphic animals become more human-like as they age.
* '''Straight''': Puppy's father Bob the dog has a child named Puppy, who walks on four legs and cannot talk while Bob is a bipedal beast man, while he is quadrupedal.
and can talk.
* '''Exaggerated''': Puppy is completely indistinguishable from a literal normal dog who never talks, barks, walks on four legs, and acts like one. His father wears nothing, except the occasional leash. Bob is LittleBitBeastly.
a human-like anthropomorphic animal who is bipedal, [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal wears a white T-shirt, grey jeans, red socks, and blue shoes]], talks, and uses technology.
* '''Downplayed''': Puppy's father Bob is bipedal, but that's where his anthropomorphism ends.
* '''Averted''':
ends, and Puppy can say a few words and his father are equally wears a diaper.
* '''Justified''': Anthropomorphic animals become human-like
as anthropomorphic.
they grow up.
* '''Inverted''': Puppy is bipedal and can talk while his father Bob walks on all fours.
* '''Zig-zagged''': Puppy's father is more anthropomorphic then him, but Kitty
fours and her mother are both normal-looking cats.
cannot talk.
* '''Subverted''': Puppy was acting like a normal dog to spy on [[BigBad Alice the cat.]]
* '''Double Subverted''': Puppy begins BecomingTheMask.
* '''Parodied''': Puppy's parents treat Bob treats him more like a family pet than a son.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob is more anthropomorphic than Puppy, but Kitty and her mother Claire are both normal-looking cats, while Danny acts like an ordinary rabbit and his daughter Diane is anthropomorphic.
* '''Averted''': Puppy and Bob are equally as anthropomorphic.
* '''Enforced''': Originally, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Bob was going to be not anthropomorphic as Puppy,]] but the [[ExecutiveMeddling executives wanted to appeal to a younger audience,]] so the creators made Bob anthropomorphic but they forgot to make Puppy anthropomorphic as well. They decided to keep that.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Puppy, Bob, how come your dad has a more human-like build son seems less anthropomorphic than you?"you?"
* '''Invoked''': Alice kidnaps the originally anthropomorphic and changes his brain into the mind of an ordinary dog to make him not anthropomorphic.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob teaches Puppy to become anthropomorphic.
* '''Discussed''': "Bob, you're so lucky Puppy was anthropomorphic and not acting like a normal dog, like in these family sitcoms."
* '''Conversed''': "Why is Bob anthropomorphic but Puppy is not? Did they forgot to make Puppy anthropomorphic?"
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
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* '''Enforced''':

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* '''Enforced''':'''Downplayed''': Puppy's father is bipedal, but that's where his anthropomorphism ends.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Puppy, how come your dad has a more human-like build than you?"
* '''Downplayed''': Puppy's father is bipedal, but that's where his anthropomorphism ends.

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* '''Parodied''': Puppy's parents treat him more like a family pet than a son.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Puppy, how come your dad has a more human-like build than you?"
* '''Downplayed''': Puppy's father is bipedal, but that's where his anthropomorphism ends.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Puppy is completely indistinguishable from a normal dog and acts like one. His father is LittleBitBeastly.
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* Straight: Puppy's father is a bipedal beast man, while he is quadrupedal.
* Enforced:
* Averted: Puppy and his father are equally as anthropomorphic.
* Inverted: Puppy is bipedal while his father walks on all fours.
* Zig-zagged: Puppy's father is more anthropomorphic then him, but Kitty and her mother are both normal-looking cats.
* Lampshaded: "Hey Puppy, how come your dad has a more human-like build than you?"
* Downplayed: Puppy's father is bipedal, but that's where his anthropomorphism ends.

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* Straight: '''Straight''': Puppy's father is a bipedal beast man, while he is quadrupedal.
* Enforced:
'''Enforced''':
* Averted: '''Averted''': Puppy and his father are equally as anthropomorphic.
* Inverted: '''Inverted''': Puppy is bipedal while his father walks on all fours.
* Zig-zagged: '''Zig-zagged''': Puppy's father is more anthropomorphic then him, but Kitty and her mother are both normal-looking cats.
* Lampshaded: '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Puppy, how come your dad has a more human-like build than you?"
* Downplayed: '''Downplayed''': Puppy's father is bipedal, but that's where his anthropomorphism ends.
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Basic trope: Adult animals are more human-like than child ones.

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Basic trope: Adult animals are Animals become more human-like than child ones.as they age.
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Straight: Puppy's father is a bipedal beast man, while he is quadrupedal.
Enforced:
Averted: Puppy and his father are equally as anthropomorphic.
Inverted: Puppy is bipedal while his father walks on all fours.
Zig-zagged: Puppy's father is more anthropomorphic then him, but Kitty and her mother are both normal-looking cats.
Lampshaded: "Hey Puppy, how come your dad has a more human-like build than you?"
Downplayed: Puppy's father is bipedal, but that's where his anthropomorphism ends.

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* Straight: Puppy's father is a bipedal beast man, while he is quadrupedal.
* Enforced:
* Averted: Puppy and his father are equally as anthropomorphic.
* Inverted: Puppy is bipedal while his father walks on all fours.
* Zig-zagged: Puppy's father is more anthropomorphic then him, but Kitty and her mother are both normal-looking cats.
* Lampshaded: "Hey Puppy, how come your dad has a more human-like build than you?"
* Downplayed: Puppy's father is bipedal, but that's where his anthropomorphism ends.
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The only example I could think of was dogs.

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Basic trope: Adult animals are more human-like than child ones.
Straight: Puppy's father is a bipedal beast man, while he is quadrupedal.
Enforced:
Averted: Puppy and his father are equally as anthropomorphic.
Inverted: Puppy is bipedal while his father walks on all fours.
Zig-zagged: Puppy's father is more anthropomorphic then him, but Kitty and her mother are both normal-looking cats.
Lampshaded: "Hey Puppy, how come your dad has a more human-like build than you?"
Downplayed: Puppy's father is bipedal, but that's where his anthropomorphism ends.

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