History PlayingWith / MakeTheDogTestify

* '''Averted''': Nothing that isn't human is called up to testify.

** This is a ''Kangaroo'' Court, and Tropey's testimony can be translated from Dog to Kangaroo.

** This is a [[JustForPun Kangaroo Court]], and Tropey's testimony can be translated from Dog to Kangaroo.

* '''Enforced''': "We need to liven up this comedic series' courtroom episode with some CourtroomAntics!"

*** This is a [[JustForPun Kangaroo Court]], and Tropey's testimony can be translated from Dog to Kangaroo.

* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Exploited''': "Tropey! Tell them I'm innocent, and I'll give you... ''a small piece of meat!''" "DEAL!"

* '''Parodied''': The witness called to the stand is Mr. Stilton... [[BlessedAreTheCheesemakers A wedge of cheese]].

* '''Exploited''': "Tropey! Tell them I'm innocent, and I'll give you... a small piece of meat.

* '''Lampshaded''':

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': The witness in question is a talking parrot.

* '''Justified''':

** Tropey is called up by a BunnyEarsLawyer who doesn't ''seem'' to know what he's doing, but actually ''does''.
* '''Inverted''':
** A human being (or in fantasy-type settings, perhaps one of the FairFolk) is called to testify.
** The lawyers and judge are animals, while the witnesses are all human.
* '''Subverted''': Bob is called to the witness stand, and brings Tropey up there with him.
* '''Double Subverted''': But Bob is an interpreter for Tropey.

* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': The case is getting desperate, and Bernie the Attorney's client is facing life in {{Prison}}.

* '''Defied''': Bernie knows that no one would take a dog seriously, and that a dog cannot legally testify (even if it does talk), and so calls only relevant human witnesses or experts and hopes for the best.

* '''Lampshaded''': "I now call TropeyTheWonderDog as my next witness..."

* '''Played Straight''': TropeyTheWonderDog is called to the witness stand to testify.

** The witness is a water cooler. When asked a question, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny a bubble comes up through the cooler]].

* '''Justified''':
** Tropey is a TalkingAnimal or FunnyAnimal and therefore can speak.
** Tropey is called up by a BunnyEarsLawyer who doesn't ''seem'' to know what he's doing, but actually ''does''.

* '''Double Subverted''': But Bob is an interpreter for Tropey.
* '''Deconstructed''': This wouldn't hold up in any RealLife courtroom, and is usually done when the lawyer is getting desperate.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The lawyer has done his homework, and only calls up material witnesses. Since Tropey is a material witness, and [[FunnyAnimal able to speak and reason]], the lawyer is justified in calling him up to testify.
** See '"Defied'".
* '''Parodied''': The witness called to the stand is Mr. Stilton...[[BlessedAreTheCheesemakers a wedge of cheese]].
* '''Lampshaded''': "I now call TropeyTheWonderDog as my next witness..."

* '''Defied''': Bernie knows that no one would take a dog seriously, and that a dog cannot legally testify (even if it does talk), and so calls only relevant human witnesses or experts and hopes for the best.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Almost always is.

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* '''Exaggerated''': The witness in question is a goldfish in a bowl.

* '''Inverted''': A human being (or in fantasy-type settings, perhaps one of the FairFolk) is called to testify.

* '''Justified''': Tropey is a TalkingAnimal or FunnyAnimal and therefore can speak.

* '''Reconstructed''': The lawyer has done his homework, and only calls up material witnesses. Since Tropey is a material witness, and [[FunnyAnimal able to speak and reason]], the lawyer is justified in calling him up to testify.
** Alternatively, see "Defied"

* '''Played For Drama''': Bernie's client is losing the case badly, despite being innocent; calling up Tropey is a desperate last-ditch tactic to turn the trial around.