Basic Trope: When walking a dog, the human gets walked instead.
- Straight: Alice is walking her dog Fido, but Fido spots a mouse or any unwanted pest to chase and he dashes off, pulling Alice along.
- Exaggerated: She flies up into the air, like a kite.
- Downplayed: Alice has a hard time getting Fido to heel, but he doesn't end up walking her.
- Justified:
- Fido is a strong, fast, large dog, and Alice is a child.
- Fido is a Robot Dog who can do anything, which is impossible for many non-robotic dogs.
- Fido is a supernatural dog (i.e. Hellhound).
- Alice is in Russia, where dog walks you.
- The park's rules don't allow dogs to be walked there, but they says nothing about humans being walked.
- Inverted: Fido tries to walk Robot Girl Alice, but ends up being walked.
- Subverted: It looks like Fido is pulling his owner Alice along, but she walks him properly.
- Double Subverted: ...until Fido turns out to be a Hellhound, then Alice is pulled along.
- Parodied:
- Fido is a Talking Animal, and he says "I'm bored. Now you wear the leash."
- Fido strips Alice naked, leashes her and forces her to crawl while he wears her clothes, grips the leash in his mouth and walks her around the city.
- Averted: Alice walks Fido properly.
- Zigzagged: Sometimes Alice walks Fido, and sometimes it seems to be the other way round.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "Who's walking whom?"
- Invoked: Bob, who is The Prankster, puts a jetpack on Alice's pet dog Fido and has Alice walk him.
- Exploited: They could both use the exercise.
- Defied: Alice refuses to walk dogs, even if they're her own.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "These characters are useless at dog walking."
- Implied: ???
- Deconstructed: Alice gets severely hurt in her escapade, and decides to give Fido up for adoption so his rowdiness can’t cause any more injuries.
- Reconstructed: Alice is canny enough not to get hurt.
- Played for Laughs: Bob surprises Alice and her pet dog Fido, and Alice is pulled along by Fido on her skateboard. Alice and Fido nearly crash into Charlie, who is Carrying a Cake, and knock over a Priceless Ming Vase while running over a Swarm of Rats. They get a lot of people giving weird looks and taking pictures, but Alice is enjoying it and gives a thumbs up.
- Played for Drama: Alice gets seriously injured from being walked by Fido.
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