Basic Trope: Hypnosis doesn't work on animals.
- Straight: When the villainous Hypnos performs a mass hypnosis on Tropeville, Tropey the dog isn't affected by it.
- Exaggerated: No animal on Tropeville is affected by Hypnos's powers.
- Downplayed: Hypnos's powers make Tropey feel drowsy, but still he can't hypnotize it.
- Justified:
- Hypnosis requires a minimum attention span, and Tropey is too easily distracted.
- Animal emotions are simple, meaning that they can't be manipulated as easily.
- The instructions are Lost in Translation. Tropey only understands a few command words after all.
- Inverted:
- Hypnos is a talking dog trying to hypnotize humans, who are not affected by it.
- Hypnos can hypnotize all sorts of animals, but humans are immune to his powers.
- Hypnos can only hypnotize dogs.
- Subverted: Hypnos Speaks Fluent Animal and easily subdues Tropey by telling it to stand still.
- Double Subverted: Tropey didn't actually sit still because Hypnos told it to, but because that's what it always does before attacking.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged:
- Hypnos's powers are unstable; whether he'll be able to hypnotize dogs (or anything at all) depends on the day.
- Hypnosis's vulnerability varies by animal. Some are affected the same as humans, others are easier, some animals require completely different techniques and some may lack the mechanisms to affect but can be fooled in other ways.
- Averted: Animals are just as vulnerable to hypnosis as any human.
- Enforced: The producers feel that Tropey has been underused as the show got Darker and Edgier with Hypnos's introduction, so they introduce this to give him a bigger role in the dark storyline.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Super Stan has to face off with Hypnos and recruits Tropey as his Canine Companion for the mission.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Hypnos sets out to find out means to amplify his powers enough to hypnotize animals.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: The story ends with a Downer Ending as Hypnos takes over Tropeville. However, the audience is given a ray of hope as Tropey growls at an oblivious Hypnos.
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