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*AuthorAppeal: There are a lot of "anal" related things in this show.
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**He can create synthetic theobromine using high school chemistry.
*HideYourPregnancy: The actress playing Kristen was preggers throughout the season.
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* RageQuit: After getting a {{Clue}} accusation wrong in US episode 7's tag, Wilfred flips the game board and sucker punches Ryan.

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* RageQuit: After getting a {{Clue}} TabletopGame/{{Clue}} accusation wrong in US episode 7's tag, Wilfred flips the game board and sucker punches Ryan.
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Presence of Ashkenazi Jews alone is not an example of this trope.


* InformedJudaism[=/=]AllJewsAreAshkenazi: Spencer (Ryan's biker neighbor), who complains about his old friend Jesse banging his girlfriend on the Shabbos.

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* InformedJudaism[=/=]AllJewsAreAshkenazi: InformedJudaism: Spencer (Ryan's biker neighbor), who complains about his old friend Jesse banging his girlfriend on the Shabbos.
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* WhyDoYouHateTheDog: Twisted all to hell and gone.
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* Metaphorgotten:
-->[When Wilfred wants to rescue Bear, a stuffed teddy bear, from [[ItMakesSenseIncontext an animal raping daycare owner]].]\\

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* Metaphorgotten:
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-->[When Wilfred wants to rescue Bear, a stuffed teddy bear, bear from Darryl, [[ItMakesSenseIncontext an animal raping daycare owner]].]\\
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* Metaphorgotten:
-->[When Wilfred wants to rescue Bear, a stuffed teddy bear, from [[ItMakesSenseIncontext an animal raping daycare owner]].]\\
'''Wilfred''': What Darryl does to Bear is even worse!\\
'''Ryan''': It's a stuffed animal.\\
'''Wilfred''': Yeah, Ryan. Stuffed with pain! ...and humiliation! ...and Darryl's cum! ...and bits of foam I think.
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Except it\'s never played as Wilfred having some strange, inscrutable moral code. It\'s always played as him just being a total asshole.


* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Wilfred, being a dog, has a very unorthodox moral code compared to Ryan; it's even suggested in [=EP5=] that Wilfred [[spoiler: smothered an elderly lady and later pushed a nurse to her death]] for a pizza and for medication.

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* RapeAsComedy: Wilfred claims that Darryl puts peanut butter on his testicles to rape him; granted, [[{{YMMV}} it's generally taken very seriously]], but Wilfred tells Ryan [[RefugeInVulgarity by seductively licking two ice-cream balls whilst crying]].



** Episode six has [[spoiler:Wilfred giving Ryan a lethal dose of Theobromine, only for the pair to discover it's the chemical in chocolate that makes it lethal to dogs,]] making it one of the few DidNotDoTheResearch examples for Wilfred.



* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: An easily forgivable conclusion to make.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: An easily forgivable conclusion to make.Inverted, as co-creator Jason Gann has said in an interview that he and the other creators ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ginVsgz-NDw actually were on drugs when they created the show.]]''

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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Wilfred, being a dog, has a very unorthodox moral code compared to Ryan; it's even suggested in [=EP5=] that Wilfred [[spoiler: smothered an elderly lady and later pushed a nurse to her death]] for a pizza and for medication.



* GagPenis: We actually see Wilfred play with his in "Doubt".
* "23 inches, Ryan!"

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* GagPenis: We actually see Wilfred play with uses his tail as one in "Doubt".
* "23
"Doubt". [[TooMuchInformation It's 23 inches, Ryan!"apparently.]]
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Seems to be the point of the show; is Wilfred antagonizing Ryan, or just trying to help him let go and enjoy life? Along with other alternate interpretations of the show in general (is Ryan crazy/dead/or is everything for real?)



* {{Squick}}: Peanut butter. Darryl.

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* UnreliableNarrator: See Drew's anecdote in "KickThemWhileTheyAreDown" up there? What ''actually'' happened was that [[spoiler:Drew bought ''himself'' the Sheboygan Lager, spit it in the other guy's face, and yelled at him to "lick my balls"]].

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* UnreliableNarrator: UnreliableExpositor: Wilfred makes a habit of bending the truth on several occasions, but it's usually to make a point or get his way rather than DidNotDoTheResearch (such as telling Ryan [[spoiler: that Jenna has a penis, only to reveal he was actually just fucking with Ryan to get revenge]]).
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See Drew's anecdote in "KickThemWhileTheyAreDown" up there? What ''actually'' happened was that [[spoiler:Drew bought ''himself'' the Sheboygan Lager, spit it in the other guy's face, and yelled at him to "lick my balls"]].

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--> '''Ryan:''' "You've lost your mind. It's like you've got some kind of...God complex."
--> '''Wilfred:''' "I'll let you in on a little secret, Ryan. I don't have a God complex. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY4jAcmey8k I AM GOD! THUNDER!!"]]
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--> '''Ryan:''' "How did you do that?!"
--> '''Wilfred:''' [[ChewingTheScenery "Lucky coincidence!"]]

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--> '''Ryan:''' "You've lost your mind. It's like you've got some kind of...God complex."
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'''Wilfred:''' "I'll let you in on a little secret, Ryan. I don't have a God complex. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY4jAcmey8k I AM GOD! THUNDER!!"]]
''[Thunder]''
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THUNDER!!"]]\\
''[Thunder]''\\
'''Ryan:''' "How did you do that?!"
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that?!"\\
'''Wilfred:''' [[ChewingTheScenery "Lucky coincidence!"]]



** US episode 11 reveals that Bruce, a mysterious man from Wilfred's past, sees him just like Ryan does.
*** HOWEVER, a question may be raised on whether Bruce is real or not, since only Ryan and Wilfred has ever seen him.

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** US episode 11 reveals that Bruce, a mysterious man from Wilfred's past, sees him just like Ryan does.
*** HOWEVER, a question may be raised on
does. However, whether or not Bruce himself is real or not, since may be argued, as only Ryan and Wilfred has ever seen see him.



* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Was Wilfred actually possessed by Ryan's old dog Sneakers in US episode 8, or was he just pretending to to ultimately get back at Kristen? Wilfred knows things that only Sneakers would, but at the end of the episode acts as if he were only trying to get Kristen to admit that she didn't hate Wilfred. All of which is a MMMM on whether or not you believe Wilfred is a sentient dog or Ryan just imagining his own inner voice.

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Was Wilfred actually possessed by Ryan's old dog Sneakers in US episode 8, or was he just pretending to to ultimately get back at Kristen? Wilfred knows things that only Sneakers would, but at the end of the episode acts as if he were only trying to get Kristen to admit that she didn't hate Wilfred. All of which is a MMMM on whether or not you believe Wilfred is a sentient dog or dog, Ryan just imagining his own inner voice.voice, or if Wilfred knew something was wrong and pulled a BatmanGambit to [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold try and give Ryan closure.]]


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* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: [[StatusQuoIsGod Usually averted at the end of each episode]]. Notably played straight, however, when [[spoiler: US series 1 ends; Wilfred sacrifices himself for the greater good and forgets Ryan, Ryan may or may not be insane, Jenna thinks she's pregnant after Kristen's urine is unknowingly tested instead (causing her to settle down with a man she doesn't really like) and Kristen, who doesn't realize she's pregnant, tells her husband about her affair so Ryan can't blackmail her anymore, ending her relationship and causing her to disown Ryan and run off to India.]]


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** Turns out Wilfred managed to trick his friend Bruce into making out with his own father. [[spoiler:Assuming it wasn't just one of the many lies they told as part of the plan.]]
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Seems to be the point of the show; is Wilfred antagonizing Ryan, or just trying to help him let go and enjoy life? Along with other alternate interpretations of the show in general (is Ryan crazy/dead/or is everything for real?)
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** [[FridgeBrilliance|3x7(dog years) is 21]]

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** [[FridgeBrilliance|3x7(dog [[FridgeBrilliance 3x7(dog years) is 21]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ryan, in "Identity".
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* AGodIAm: Wilfred does one of the greatest of these EVER, in "Respect". On a roof, in the pouring rain:
--> '''Ryan:''' "You've lost your mind. It's like you've got some kind of...God complex."
--> '''Wilfred:''' "I'll let you in on a little secret, Ryan. I don't have a God complex. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY4jAcmey8k I AM GOD! THUNDER!!"]]
''[Thunder]''
--> '''Ryan:''' "How did you do that?!"
--> '''Wilfred:''' [[ChewingTheScenery "Lucky coincidence!"]]


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* ChewingTheScenery: Wilfred's entire character IS this.
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* [[AlphaBitch The Libbie]]: Jenny definitely does this to Ryan, especially in "Sacrifice".
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* ABoyAndHisDog: The basic premise.
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* "23 inches, Ryan!"
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* GagPenis: We actually see Wilfred play with his in "Doubt".
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* TorchesAndPitchforks: Wilfred has a torch in "Isolation": "I say string up the weirdo!" (Oh, and that's Ryan. Of course.)

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* TorchesAndPitchforks: Wilfred has a torch in "Isolation": "I say string up [[LonersAreFreaks the weirdo!" weirdo!"]] (Oh, and that's Ryan. Of course.)
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* IHaveNoMouth: Done with Ryan's tongue, in "Isolation"


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* TorchesAndPitchforks: Wilfred has a torch in "Isolation": "I say string up the weirdo!" (Oh, and that's Ryan. Of course.)
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* {{Squick}}: Peanut butter.

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* {{Squick}}: Peanut butter. Darryl.
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* {{Squick}}: Peanut butter.
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** [[spoiler: He later reveals he didn't even buy the guy a beer; he bought himself one and told the guy to lick his nuts]]
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** [[FridgeBrilliance|3x7(dog years) is 21]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: The end of season 1. [[spoiler: Ryan winds up splitting up his sister and her husband, gets Jenna to go back to Drew because the replacement urine he used for her drug test said she was pregnant, and worst of all, Wilfred gets hit by a car and forgets who Ryan is.]]

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* DespairEventHorizon: The end of season 1. [[spoiler: Ryan winds up splitting up his sister and her husband, gets Jenna to go back to Drew because the replacement urine he used for her drug test said she was pregnant, and worst of all, Wilfred gets hit by a car and forgets who Ryan is. Ryan is also forced to seriously question his sanity upon finding out the basement he was spending time with Wilfred in is actually a closet.]]
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From this low-key beginning, the show was developed into a longer format, and was picked up by SBS, where it ran for two seasons.

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From this low-key beginning, the show was developed into a longer format, and was picked up by SBS, {{SBS}}, where it ran for two seasons.

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