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* '''Discussed''': "This dog has no tail to wag, so how would I know how he's feeling?"

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* '''Discussed''': "This dog has no tail to wag, so how would I they know how he's it's feeling?"

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* '''Exploited''': An animal [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal wears pants]] to make up for (or hide)
their lack of a tail.

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* '''Exploited''': An animal [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal wears pants]] to make up for (or hide)
hide) their lack of a tail.

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* '''Exploited''': The dog wears pants to make up for his lack of a tail.

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* '''Exploited''': The dog An animal [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal wears pants pants]] to make up for his (or hide)
their
lack of a tail.tail.
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** HumanFurnitureIsAPainInTheTail
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???The dog wears pants to make up for his lack of a tail.
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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"This dog has no tail to wag, so how would I know how he's feeling?"

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* '''Inverted''': A naturally bob-tailed dog has a very long tail.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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A naturally bob-tailed dog has a very long tail.tail.
** Animals that are naturally tailless (apes, frogs, koalas, etc.) are drawn with tails.
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** That was a sculpture of a tail. The dog was just standing in front of it.

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** That was a sculpture {{sculpture|s}} of a tail. The dog was just standing in front of it.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Every animal on the planet does not have a tail.
* '''Downplayed''': The dog's tail is trimmed short.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Every animal on the planet does not have a tail.
** An animal that is known for having a very large and/or noticeable tail (such as a peacock) does not have one.
* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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The dog's tail is trimmed short.short.
** The animal doesn't have a tail, but it's a species with a very stubby tail anyway.



* '''Subverted''': Alice's dog looks like it doesn't have a tail... but it was covered up by a mirror. It actually has a tail.
* '''Double Subverted''': That was a sculpture of a tail. The dog was just standing in front of it.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Alice's dog looks like it doesn't have a tail... but it was covered up by a mirror. It actually has a tail.
** A monkey is shown without a tail. However, it turns out that it's actually an ape, or a Barbary macaque, which do not have tails in real life.
* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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That was a sculpture of a tail. The dog was just standing in front of it.it.
** However, there's another monkey which is of a species that's supposed to have a tail, yet it doesn't have one.
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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???The dog's tail is cut off.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"Sometimes when I see animals in fiction, they don't have tails for whatever reason."
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* '''Parodied''': The dog has a fake tail (because it's self-conscious about lacking a real one).

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* '''Parodied''': The dog has a fake tail (because it's it feels self-conscious about lacking a real one).
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* '''Parodied''': The dog has a fake tail (because it's self-conscious about lacking it).

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* '''Parodied''': The dog has a fake tail (because it's self-conscious about lacking it).a real one).
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???The dog has a fake tail (because it's self-conscious about lacking it).

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'''Basic Trope''': A normally tailed animal is tailless
* '''Straight''': The dog doesn't have a tail.

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'''Basic Trope''': A normally tailed animal is tailless
tailless.
* '''Straight''': The Alice's pet dog doesn't have a tail.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every animal on the planet does not have a
tail.



* '''Averted''': The dog has a tail.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, where's that dog's tail?"
* '''Enforced''': Tails are hard to animate.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Some of the dogs have tails, while others don't.

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* '''Averted''': The '''Subverted''': Alice's dog looks like it doesn't have a tail... but it was covered up by a mirror. It actually has a tail.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, where's that dog's tail?"
'''Double Subverted''': That was a sculpture of a tail. The dog was just standing in front of it.
* '''Enforced''': Tails are hard to animate.
'''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Some of the dogs have tails, while the others don't.don't.
* '''Averted''': Alice's pet dog has a tail.
* '''Enforced''':
** The dog had its tail docked before filming.
** Tails are very hard to animate, so the creators had to remove it.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, why does Alice's dog not have a tail?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice decides to buy it a prosthetic tail.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???
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* '''Enforced''': Tails are hard to animate.

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* '''Enforced''': Tails are hard to animate.animate.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Some of the dogs have tails, while others don't.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, where's that dog's tail?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, where's that dog's tail?"tail?"
* '''Enforced''': Tails are hard to animate.
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** The dog had his tail docked.
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Basic trope: A normally tailed animal is tailless

[[PlayedStraight Straight]]: The dog doesn't have a tail.

[[JustifiedTrope Justified]]: The dog lost his tail.

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Basic trope: '''Basic Trope''': A normally tailed animal is tailless

[[PlayedStraight Straight]]:
tailless
* '''Straight''':
The dog doesn't have a tail.

[[JustifiedTrope Justified]]:
tail.
* '''Downplayed''': The dog's tail is trimmed short.
* '''Justified''':
**
The dog lost his tail.




[[AvertedTrope Averted]]: The dog has a tail.

[[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]: "Hey, where's that dog's tail?"

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\n[[AvertedTrope Averted]]: ** The dog is a breed without a tail.
* '''Inverted''': A naturally bob-tailed dog has a very long tail.
* '''Averted''':
The dog has a tail.

[[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]:
tail.
* '''Lampshaded''':
"Hey, where's that dog's tail?"
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[[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]]: "Hey, where's that dog's tail?"

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[[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]]: Lampshaded]]: "Hey, where's that dog's tail?"
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The best example I could think of was dogs

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Basic trope: A normally tailed animal is tailless

[[PlayedStraight Straight]]: The dog doesn't have a tail.
[[JustifiedTrope Justified]]: The dog lost his tail.
**The dog was born without a tail because of a birth defect.
[[AvertedTrope Averted]]: The dog has a tail.
[[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]]: "Hey, where's that dog's tail?"

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