History Main / PetsAsAPresent

* In ''Film/FredClaus'', the boy at the orphanage named Slam tells Fred that he wants Santa (who is also Fred's brother) to bring him a puppy he would name Macaroni for Christmas. [[spoiler:Towards the end of the film, Fred stops by the orphanage and fulfills Slam's wish. In fact, the puppy even joins Slam when he gets a new family.]]

* In ''Film/FredClaus'', the boy at the orphanage named Slam tells Fred that he wants Santa (who is also Fred's brother) a puppy he would name Macaroni for Christmas. [[spoiler:Towards the end of the film, Fred stops by the orphanage and fulfills Slam's wish.]]

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* [[https://notalwaysright.com/fish-are-friends/291755/ This]] ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'' story describes a woman who was given a betta fish as a Christmas present, something she considers deeply inappopriate, especially since the gifter didn't even check if she knew anything about fish (she didn't). Having been given this responsibility, however, she decided to fulfill it to the best of her ability, and contacted an aquarium rental which helped get her set up and advised her on fish care. The submitter, who works for the rental place, doesn't think she ever actually ''liked'' the fish, but she was determined to look after it regardless.

-->"Huh... well... I guess Spot was kind of the right name after all."

* In ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'', Season 3, episode "Borrowing Problems from the Future", Barry and Iris move into a loft together, and H.R. gifts them a pet turtle named [=McSnurtle=] as a "housewarming gift". The turtle quickly vanishes again afterwards.

* When the Dowager Countess on ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' storms off to France to avoid saying anything to her daughter-in-law she can’t take back, she makes it perfectly clear who she is and isn’t angry with by leaving a puppy for her grown son Robert, an established dog lover who promptly dissolves into a gooey pile of CutenessProximity.
* ''Series/CowboyBebop'': After the expensive doll that Jet was trying to get for his daughter is destroyed while trying to apprehend a bounty, he gets the idea to take one of the dogs the bounty had stolen and give it to his daughter instead. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when Jet's ex immediately rejects the dog on the grounds that the taxes for keeping a dog are far too high. Jet instead winds up keeping the dog, Ein, himself.

* In ''Music/{{Marshmello}}''[='s=] music video "Happier", a girl portrayed by Miranda Cosgrove receives a puppy golden retriever on her birthday, which becomes her best friend. A few years later, the dog dies of old age, which devastates her. At the end of the video, the protagonist is now grown up and her daughter, who celebrates her birthday, receives a similar puppy, which makes her mother shed a tear.

Though this is frequently TruthInTelevision, it isn't advised. Animal welfare organizations and professionals universally agree that pets are a long-term commitment that should be agreed upon by the entire household. Pets should also be planned and prepared for before buying. As the saying goes, "Pets are for life, not just for Christmas."

* It happens twice to ''Radio/OurMissBrooks''. Miss Brooks gets a puppy as a prize on "Here is Your Past". In the earlier radio episode, Miss Brooks gets saddled with the titular "Peanuts, The Great Dane".

Though this is frequently TruthInTelevision, it isn't advised. Animal welfare organizations and professionals universally agree that pets are a long-term commitment that should be agreed upon by the entire household. Pets should also be planned and prepared for before buying. As the saying goes "Pets are for life not just for Christmas."