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* In the ''Literature/HankTheCowdog'' book "Every Dog Has His Day", High Loper gets help for his roundup from another rancher and his border collie Benny. He even considers replacing Hank with, especially after Hank causes trouble on that day and has run away as a result). When High Loper is trapped in quicksand, Benny refuses to help because he's not the kind of dog to go doing rescues. Hank rescues his owner instead, who praises him for his efforts.

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* In a ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoon, Tom's owner gets annoyed that Tom never tries to catch Jerry anymore so replaces him with a robot mouse catcher and Tom is kicked out. Since Jerry can't live in the house due to the robot throwing him out he and Tom work together and eventually the robot goes wild and terrorizes Tom's owner, and it's up to Tom to save her.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', Scooby runs away after the kids yell at him for getting in their way. When they discover the pup is missing, Shaggy immediately feels guilty and cries his eyes out while the team goes off to search for him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheQueensCorgi'', [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII Queen Elizabeth II]] scolds Rex for causing mayhem at the President's visit and sends him to his room. This made Rex think the Queen doesn't love him anymore. The idea of running away wasn't exactly Rex's idea, but Charlie's as he told him that the Pope is looking for new dogs.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheQueensCorgi'', [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] scolds Rex for causing mayhem at the President's visit and sends him to his room. This made Rex think the Queen doesn't love him anymore. The idea of running away wasn't exactly Rex's idea, but Charlie's as he told him that the Pope is looking for new dogs.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheQueensCorgi'', Queen Elizabeth II scolds Rex for causing mayhem at the President's visit and sends him to his room. This made Rex think the Queen doesn't love him anymore. The idea of running away wasn't exactly Rex's idea, but Charlie's as he told him that the Pope is looking for new dogs.

* In ''Film/TheQueensCorgi'', Queen Elizabeth II scolds Rex for causing mayhem at the President's visit and sends him to his room. This made Rex think the Queen doesn't love him anymore. The idea of running away wasn't exactly Rex's idea, but Charlie's as he told him that the Pope is looking for new dogs.

* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'', Lilo tells Stitch to go away after she discovers that he's an alien, and that he's the reason that they were being pursued by Jumba and Pleakley. Right after, however, she gets captured by Gantu, and Stitch rescues her.

A stock plot about pet ownership in three acts.

#In the first act, we meet Alice and her pet dog Tropey. Tropey is a good boy, though he does have a few bad habits and obvious flaws. He tries Alice's patience, and after he misbehaves at a key moment, she loses her temper and sends him away.
#In the second act, sad Tropey is all alone while Alice is happily playing with Fido, a new pet who seems to have no flaws.
#But in the third act, Alice falls into danger (sometimes as a direct result of the new pet; other times unrelated). She cries for help, and it is Tropey who comes to her rescue. All is EasilyForgiven and everyone learns the valuable lesson that pets enrich their owner's lives in a way that more than compensates for the times when they're an inconvenience.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}'' episode "Madeline and the Singing Dog," Miss Clavel and the girls get angry with Genevieve and make her sleep outside after she ruins their field trip to the opera by howling along with the singing. A dinner theatre impresario who heard and liked Genevieve's singing then lures her away to be his star attraction, convincing her that the girls don't want her anymore. But of course the girls are distraught, search for her, and reunite with her in the end.

* In a ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoon, Tom's owner gets annoyed that Tom never tries to catch Jerry anymore so replaces him with a robot mouse catcher and Tom is kicked out. Since Jerry can't live in the house due to the robot throwing him out he and Tom work together and eventually the robot goes wild and Tom rescues his owner.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' short "Pluto vs. The Watchdog", Mickey, thinking Pluto is too idiotic to be a watchdog, buys a new dog named Muncy. However, the watchdog is really working with Pete so he can rob Mickey. Pluto saves the day at the end.

In the first act, we meet Alice and her pet dog Tropey. Tropey is a good boy, though he does have a few bad habits and obvious flaws. He tries Alice's patience, and after he misbehaves at a key moment, she loses her temper and sends him away. In the second act, sad Tropey is all alone while Alice is happily playing with Fido, a new pet who seems to have no flaws. But in the third act, Alice falls into danger (sometimes as a direct result of the new pet; other times unrelated). She cries for help, and it is Tropey who comes to her rescue. All is EasilyForgiven and everyone learns the valuable lesson that pets enrich their owner's lives in a way that more than compensates for the times when they're an inconvenience.

* There was a ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' comic in ''DisneyAdventures'' in which Pete replaces his dog with a cardboard robot guard dog after their house gets robbed. Turns out "Card" is actually programmed to let its creator in to rob the house again.

* In Disney/LiloAndStitch, Lilo tells Stitch to go away after she discovers that he's an alien, and that he's the reason that they were being pursued by Jumba and Pleakley. Right after, however, she gets captured by Gantu, and Stitch rescues her.

* In the Creator/HansChristianAndersen tale "Literature/TheNightingale", the Emperor of China tames a nightingale, but neglects it in favor of a clockwork bird. When Death comes for the Emperor, it is the live Nightingale who charms the GrimReaper with his sweet song.

* ''CourageTheCowardlyDog'': Courage routinely does this for Eustace, who routinely scares and abuses him. However, it's less out of the goodness of his heart and more because of his devotion for Eustace's wife Muriel.

* In the ''HouseOfMouse'' short "Pluto vs. The Watchdog", Mickey, thinking Pluto is too idiotic to be a watchdog, buys a new dog named Muncy. However, the watchdog is really working with Pete so he can rob Mickey. Pluto saves the day at the end.

* In LiloAndStitch, Lilo tells Stitch to go away after she discovers that he's an alien, and that he's the reason that they were being pursued by Jumba and Pleakley. Right after, however, she gets captured by Gantu, and Stitch rescues her.

* The final segment of ''WesternAnimation/MickeysTwiceUponAChristmas'', has Pluto running away to the North Pole after Mickey yells at him for wrecking his Christmas decorations. Pretty soon, Pluto becomes homesick for his master, while Mickey soon feels that he WasTooHardOnHim and goes out to find him. Santa Claus ends up reuniting the two.

* In the Creator/HansChristianAndersen tale "The Nightingale", the Emperor of China tames a nightingale, but neglects it in favor of a clockwork bird. When Death comes for the Emperor, it is the live Nightingale who charms the GrimReaper with his sweet song.

* A ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' comic in which Pete replaces his dog with a cardboard robot guard dog after their house gets robbed. Turns out "Card" is actually programmed to let its creator in to rob the house again.

In the first act, we meet Alice and her pet dog Tropey. Tropey is a good boy, though he does have a few bad habits and obvious flaws. He tries Alice's patience, and after he misbehaves at a key moment, she loses all patience and sends him away. In the second act, sad Tropey is all alone while Alice adopts Fido, a new pet who seems to have no flaws. But in the third act, Alice falls into danger (sometimes as a direct result of the new pet; other times unrelated). She cries for help, and it is Tropey who comes to her rescue. All is EasilyForgiven and everyone learns the valuable lesson that pets enrich their owner's lives in a way that more than compensates for the times when they're an inconvenience.

Bonus points if Tropey comes to the rescue while Fido runs away or does nothing, or if the very habit of Tropey's that annoyed Alice is the very skill that he needs to save her.

A pet's owner is so angry at it that he abandons it. But soon he falls into trouble (usually literally, e.g. into a pit) and his pet saves him, naturally regaining his love. Usually the pet in question will [[EasilyForgiven forgive them]] and return home.

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