Basic Trope: Distracting an animal (often an Angry Guard Dog) by throwing something.
- Straight: Chris is being chased by his neighbor's aggressive German Shepherd dog. He throws a stick in order to distract the dog and get away.
- Exaggerated: Because of All Animals Are Dogs, Chris is able to do this with any animal he encounters.
- Downplayed: The dog doesn't chase after the stick, but does get momentarily distracted by its movement enough so that Chris can make a getaway.
- Justified: The dog hasn't been trained to ignore distractions.
- Inverted: Chris' neighbor has a German Shepherd who is a Big Friendly Dog. Chris throws a stick to the dog in order to try to play with him, instead of as a method of distraction.
- Subverted: The dog doesn't get distracted by the stick, and he continues to chase Chris anyway.
- Double Subverted: Chris throws something else, such as a piece of meat, to the dog. The dog goes after it.
- Parodied: Chris tries this with a werewolf or Hellhound... and it works, making him into a Fluffy Tamer.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Chris doesn't distract an animal by throwing something.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: The dog's owners train him to avoid responding to distractions like these.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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