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* FixingTheGame: In "A Friend in Need", one of the dogs is using its rear paw to discretely pass an ace of clubs to his/her friend during a game of poker.

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* FixingTheGame: In "A Friend in Need", one of the dogs is using its rear paw to discretely pass an ace of clubs to his/her its friend during a game of poker.
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''Dogs Playing Poker'' refers collectively to a series of oil {{paintings}} created by Creator/CassiusMarcellusCoolidge. All eighteen paintings in the overall series feature anthropomorphized dogs, but the eleven in which dogs are seated around a card table have become well known in the United States as examples of kitsch art in home decoration.

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''Dogs Playing Poker'' refers collectively to a series of oil {{paintings}} created by Creator/CassiusMarcellusCoolidge. All eighteen paintings in the overall series feature anthropomorphized dogs, but the eleven eleventh one, in which dogs are seated around a card table have table, has become well known well-known in the United States as examples an example of kitsch art in home decoration.
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* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: In "His Station and Four Aces", all of the dogs are elegantly clothed with two-piece suits and hats. One of the smaller dogs has shoes on and, since we can't see the other dogs' rear paws, it's implied they so do.

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* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: In "His Station and Four Aces", all of the dogs are elegantly clothed with in two-piece suits and hats. One of the smaller dogs has shoes on and, since we can't see the other dogs' rear paws, it's implied they so do.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Several paintings feature the [[CivilizedAnimal civilized dogs]] with collars. In "Sitting up with a Sick Friend", two of them are wearing hats.

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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Several paintings feature the [[CivilizedAnimal civilized dogs]] with collars.collars and [[FurIsClothing nothing more]]. In "Sitting up with a Sick Friend", two of them are wearing hats.

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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Most of the paintings have the dogs holding cards with their paws. More than one has a cigarette in its muzzle or drinking from a whisky glass. Specific examples are "His Station and Four Aces", "Sitting up with a Sick Friend", and "A Friend in Need".

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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Most of the Several paintings have feature the dogs holding cards [[CivilizedAnimal civilized dogs]] with their paws. More than one has a cigarette in its muzzle or drinking from a whisky glass. Specific examples are "His Station and Four Aces", collars. In "Sitting up with a Sick Friend", and "A Friend in Need". two of them are wearing hats.


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* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: In "His Station and Four Aces", all of the dogs are elegantly clothed with two-piece suits and hats. One of the smaller dogs has shoes on and, since we can't see the other dogs' rear paws, it's implied they so do.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Some of the paintings depict the dogs this way, like ''His Station and Four Aces'' and ''Sitting up with a Sick Friend''.

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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Some Most of the paintings depict have the dogs this way, like ''His holding cards with their paws. More than one has a cigarette in its muzzle or drinking from a whisky glass. Specific examples are "His Station and Four Aces'' and ''Sitting Aces", "Sitting up with a Sick Friend''.Friend", and "A Friend in Need".



* CivilizedAnimal: As the name implies, the dogs are playing poker, with many of the dogs dressed in the fashion of the era. Not [[BeastMan Beast Men]], but ''actual'' dogs. One wonders how they can hold the cards without thumbs.

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* CivilizedAnimal: As the name implies, the dogs are playing poker, with many of the dogs dressed in the fashion of the era. Not [[BeastMan Beast Men]], but ''actual'' actual dogs. One wonders how they can hold the cards without thumbs.
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* CharacterActionTitle: Dogs (the characters) Playing (the action) Poker.
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* InWhichATropeIsDescribed: The portfolio's name indicates that all of the paintings are about dogs who are, if not outright playing poker, doing something related to it.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''A Friend in Need'', 1903]]

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* FixingTheGame: In "A Friend in Need", one of the dogs is using its rear paw to discretely pass an ace of clubs to his/her friend during a game of poker.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The portfolio is called "Dogs Playing Poker" and all of the paintings are about dogs playing TabletopGame/{{poker}} (or gambling and socializing in a manner where you could technically ''call'' it "playing poker").

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The portfolio is called "Dogs Playing Poker" and all of the paintings are about dogs playing TabletopGame/{{poker}} (or TabletopGame/{{poker}}. Or, at least, gambling and socializing in a manner where you could technically ''call'' call it "playing poker").poker".
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The portfolio is called "Dogs Playing Poker" and all of the paintings are about dogs playing TabletopGame/{{poker}} (or gambling and socializing in a manner where you could technically ''call'' it "gambling").

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The portfolio is called "Dogs Playing Poker" and all of the paintings are about dogs playing TabletopGame/{{poker}} (or gambling and socializing in a manner where you could technically ''call'' it "gambling")."playing poker").

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The portfolio is called "Dogs Playing Poker" and all of the paintings are about dogs playing poker (or gambling and socializing in a manner where you could technically ''call'' it "gambling").

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The portfolio is called "Dogs Playing Poker" and all of the paintings are about dogs playing poker TabletopGame/{{poker}} (or gambling and socializing in a manner where you could technically ''call'' it "gambling"). "gambling").
* HollywoodBoardGames: The reason why people find these artworks kitsch, it's because of the juxtaposition between something so mundane as a TabletopGame like poker and the weirdness of it being dogs playing it.
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''Dogs Playing Poker'' refers collectively to a series of oil paintings created by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. All eighteen paintings in the overall series feature anthropomorphized dogs, but the eleven in which dogs are seated around a card table have become well known in the United States as examples of kitsch art in home decoration.

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''Dogs Playing Poker'' refers collectively to a series of oil paintings {{paintings}} created by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge.Creator/CassiusMarcellusCoolidge. All eighteen paintings in the overall series feature anthropomorphized dogs, but the eleven in which dogs are seated around a card table have become well known in the United States as examples of kitsch art in home decoration.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: While some of the paintings depict the dogs without clothes, some of them like ''His Station and Four Aces'' and ''Sitting up with a Sick Friend'' do.

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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: While some Some of the paintings depict the dogs without clothes, some of them this way, like ''His Station and Four Aces'' and ''Sitting up with a Sick Friend'' do.Friend''.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: So much so that ''A Waterloo'' is the image to the trope's page. The portfolio is called "Dogs Playing Poker" and all of the paintings are about dogs playing poker (or gambling and socializing in a manner where you could technically ''call'' it "gambling").

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: So much so that ''A Waterloo'' is the image to the trope's page. The portfolio is called "Dogs Playing Poker" and all of the paintings are about dogs playing poker (or gambling and socializing in a manner where you could technically ''call'' it "gambling").
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* WhatWereTheySellingAgain: All but two of the paintings (the first and last) were commissioned to sell cigars, a fact that most people don't know.
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For ArtImitatesArt examples, see CaninesGamblingInACardGame.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: So much so that ''A Waterloo'' is the image to the trope's page. The portfolio is called "Dogs Playing Poker" and all of the paintings are about dogs playing poker.

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: So much so that ''A Waterloo'' is the image to the trope's page. The portfolio is called "Dogs Playing Poker" and all of the paintings are about dogs playing poker.poker (or gambling and socializing in a manner where you could technically ''call'' it "gambling").
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[[caption-width-right:350:''A Friend in Need'', 1903]]

''Dogs Playing Poker'' refers collectively to a series of oil paintings created by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. All eighteen paintings in the overall series feature anthropomorphized dogs, but the eleven in which dogs are seated around a card table have become well known in the United States as examples of kitsch art in home decoration.

To see the eighteen paintings, look at the [[ImageLinks/DogsPlayingPoker Image Links]] page.

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!!''Dogs Playing Poker'' provides examples of:

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: While some of the paintings depict the dogs without clothes, some of them like ''His Station and Four Aces'' and ''Sitting up with a Sick Friend'' do.
* CivilizedAnimal: As the name implies, the dogs are playing poker, with many of the dogs dressed in the fashion of the era. Not [[BeastMan Beast Men]], but ''actual'' dogs. One wonders how they can hold the cards without thumbs.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: So much so that ''A Waterloo'' is the image to the trope's page. The portfolio is called "Dogs Playing Poker" and all of the paintings are about dogs playing poker.

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