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** President Bob replaces his cabinet with a group of puppets. When his insanity grows worse, he develops multiple personalities that manifest through the puppets, who now disagree with every decision he makes.
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* '''Exploited''': President Bob appoints Alice the parrot, who obviously can't say things Bob didn't teach her to say. There's probably AnAesop here.
* '''Defied''': Bob starts becoming more and more of a BunnyEarsLawyer, and people worry that he's becoming TheCaligula. When he comes into the office with a new pet parrot on his shoulder, he sees the worried glances and laughs that he's not going to give it a seat on the council.
* '''Defied''': Bob starts becoming more and more of a BunnyEarsLawyer, and people worry that he's becoming TheCaligula. When he comes into the office with a new pet parrot on his shoulder, he sees the worried glances and laughs that he's not going to give it a seat on the council.
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** President Bob appoints Alice the parrot, who obviously can't say things Bob didn't teach her to say. There's probably AnAesop here.
** President Bob's rivals decide that if Bob can make Alice the parrot say what he wants her to say, so can they. In the next meeting, Alice to parrot conveniently agrees with them that President Bob should be stripped of his title, and dragged to the nearest alley and shot.
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'''Basic Trope''': The chairman of an organization appoint his pet to a senior position, indicating his insanity.
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'''Basic Trope''': The chairman of an organization appoint appoints his pet to a senior position, indicating his insanity.
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** Alice the parrot is given an honorary, useless position normally filled by a human -- it's obviously a joke, and perhaps an insult to the previous holder.
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** The position is a useless, purely honorary one that Bob thinks should be done away with, and is simply illustrating this showily.
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** In an example of either ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem or simply DrunkWithPower depending on how much ''de jure'' power President Bob constitutionally has, Bob wants to show he can do what he likes.
** It's a publicity stunt, and AintNoRule says that ministers ''have'' to be human.
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* '''Inverted''': There's a longstanding tradition that Bob's office appoint a Ratcatcher-in-Chief -- i.e., a cat. Whether as an insult or misunderstanding, he gives a high-ranking politician the job.
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** The parrot appoint Bob as the minister of defense.
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** President Bob appoints an intelligent animal to a post within the cabinet, in a setting where this is not unusual and the animal was elected on their own merits.
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* '''Parodied''': After Alice the parrot is appointed Minister of Defense, the country's military is set on the right track, something unimaginable during the term of previous minister.
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** After Alice the parrot is appointed Minister of Defense, the country's military is set on the right track, something unimaginable during the term of previous minister.
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* '''Defied''': Realizing that their dear president has gone off the deep end, the senate knife him in the back and appoints a new president. And they cook Alice too, just to show that a parrot isn't meant to hold office.
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* '''Defied''': Realizing Bob starts becoming more and more of a BunnyEarsLawyer, and people worry that their dear president has gone off he's becoming TheCaligula. When he comes into the deep end, the senate knife him in the back and appoints office with a new president. And they cook Alice too, just to show that a pet parrot isn't meant on his shoulder, he sees the worried glances and laughs that he's not going to hold office.give it a seat on the council.
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* '''Exploited''': President Bob appoint Alice the parrot, who obviously can't say things Bob didn't teach her to say. There's probably an aesop here.
* '''Defied''': Realizing that their dear president has gone off the deep end, the senate knive him to the back and appoints a new president. And they cook Alice too, just to show that a parrot isn't meant to hold office.
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* '''Exploited''': President Bob appoint Alice the parrot, who obviously can't say things Bob didn't teach her to say. There's probably an aesop here.
* '''Defied''': Realizing that their dear president has gone off the deep end, the senate knive him to the back and appoints a new president. And they cook Alice too, just to show that a parrot isn't meant to hold office.
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* '''Defied''': Realizing that their dear president has gone off the deep end, the senateknive knife him to in the back and appoints a new president. And they cook Alice too, just to show that a parrot isn't meant to hold office.
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Bob's country has a stipulation in its written constitution that attempting to raise any non-human to a powerful government position will be grounds for instant dismissal from office.
* '''Conversed''':???"What kind of constitution does this country have, that this guy has the power to make a parrot his Defense Chief?"
* '''Implied''': "He's filled his cabinet with [[YesMan lapdogs!]]" "Well, not literally at least. [[NoodleIncident Remember his grandfather?]]"
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** President Bob resign and appoint Alice the parrot as his replacement.
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'''Basic Trope''': The chairman of an organization appoint his pet to a senior position, indicating his insanity.
* '''Straight''': President Bob appoint his pet parrot Alice as Minister of Defense.
* '''Exaggerated''': President Bob resign and appoint Alice the parrot as his replacement.
* '''Downplayed''': President Bob appoint his pet parrot Alice as the mascot of the country, replacing a freakin' eagle.
* '''Justified''': President Bob is insane.
** Bob is surrounded by doublecrossers, and he would rather appoint Alice as Minister of Defense, as it would have made less damage to the country.
** See {{Exploited}}, below.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is hired as a workhorse by the owner of the mill.
* '''Subverted''': President Bob appoint his pet parrot Alice as Minister of Defense. Turns out Alice is an intelligent animal.
* '''Double Subverted''': Turns out that everything Alice can say is taught by Bob.
* '''Parodied''': After Alice the parrot is appointed Minister of Defense, the country's military is set on the right track, something unimaginable during the term of previous minister.
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* '''Averted''': President Bob doesn't appoint any animal, even if he's certifiably insane.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': President Bob appoint Alice the parrot, who obviously can't say things Bob didn't teach her to say. There's probably an aesop here.
* '''Defied''': Realizing that their dear president has gone off the deep end, the senate knive him to the back and appoints a new president. And they cook Alice too, just to show that a parrot isn't meant to hold office.
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'''Basic Trope''': The chairman of an organization appoint his pet to a senior position, indicating his insanity.
* '''Straight''': President Bob appoint his pet parrot Alice as Minister of Defense.
* '''Exaggerated''': President Bob resign and appoint Alice the parrot as his replacement.
* '''Downplayed''': President Bob appoint his pet parrot Alice as the mascot of the country, replacing a freakin' eagle.
* '''Justified''': President Bob is insane.
** Bob is surrounded by doublecrossers, and he would rather appoint Alice as Minister of Defense, as it would have made less damage to the country.
** See {{Exploited}}, below.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is hired as a workhorse by the owner of the mill.
* '''Subverted''': President Bob appoint his pet parrot Alice as Minister of Defense. Turns out Alice is an intelligent animal.
* '''Double Subverted''': Turns out that everything Alice can say is taught by Bob.
* '''Parodied''': After Alice the parrot is appointed Minister of Defense, the country's military is set on the right track, something unimaginable during the term of previous minister.
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* '''Averted''': President Bob doesn't appoint any animal, even if he's certifiably insane.
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* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': President Bob appoint Alice the parrot, who obviously can't say things Bob didn't teach her to say. There's probably an aesop here.
* '''Defied''': Realizing that their dear president has gone off the deep end, the senate knive him to the back and appoints a new president. And they cook Alice too, just to show that a parrot isn't meant to hold office.
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