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Is there a trope for when two+ characters start treating one character like their a dog, with each person saying things like "Here boy!" or "C'mon, c'mere!" condescendingly to see which person they're loyal to? With the recipient of these remarks almost never acknowledging or realizing that they're being spoken to like an animal and always starting to go towards the most recent person who called to them before switching upon another person calling. Often times treats are involved, but usually it's just people calling. Who the final "loyalty" recipient is, might not be made clear due to a cut-away to another plot, or the scene may play out to full conclusion if that person's trust/opinion/loyalty proving is the climax of one of the plots.
I'm sure this is a specific trope nearly everyone is familiar with, I think it's most common in live action TV, but it happens in animation nearly as regularly and occasionally in film as well.