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** [[ThemeNaming Alice named her cats after]] Franchise/SailorMoon characters. [[note]] at least she understood Japanese enough to know that [[UsefulNotes/NamesInJapan the family name comes first]], or we'd have a cat named Tsukino.[[/note]]

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** [[ThemeNaming Alice named her cats after]] Franchise/SailorMoon characters. [[note]] at least she understood Japanese enough to know that [[UsefulNotes/NamesInJapan [[UsefulNotes/NamesInJapanese the family name comes first]], or we'd have a cat named Tsukino.[[/note]]
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** [[ThemeNaming Alice named her cats after]] Franchise/SailorMoon characters. [[note]] at least she understood Japanese enough to know that [[UsefulNotes/NamesInJapan the family name comes first]], or we'd have a cat named Tsukino.[[/note]]
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Normally done as is.



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* '''Exploited''': Alice takes advantage of Bunny's NonIndicativeName to convince her [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes ailurophobic]][[note]]cat-fearing[[/note]] friends to meet her pet as a prank.

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Alice takes advantage of Bunny's NonIndicativeName to convince her [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes ailurophobic]][[note]]cat-fearing[[/note]] friends to meet her pet as a prank.prank.
** as above, but for the purpose of making [[CruelToBeKind the start of the desensitization therapy less cruel]].[[note]]assuming that Alice is correct to believe the phobia to be post traumatic.[[/note]]
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* '''Parodied''': Alice names her cat "A-bunny-who-is-not-actually-a-rabbit".

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* '''Parodied''': Alice names her cat "A-bunny-who-is-not-actually-a-rabbit"."I honestly have no idea what the hell this thing is it looks like a CartoonCreature".



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** Bunny is a CartoonCreature that looks like a cross between a rabbit and a cat, although behaviour wise it acts more like a cat. When Bob asks Alice why she named her cat "Bunny", Alice insists that he's a rabbit, and Bunny's exact species is a constant source of debate both in-universe and out.

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** Bunny is a CartoonCreature that looks like a cross between a rabbit and a cat, although behaviour wise it acts more like a cat. When Bob asks Alice why she named her cat "Bunny", Alice insists that he's a rabbit, and Bunny's exact species is a constant source of debate both in-universe and out.
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** The cat is actually named Bungee because of its penchant of jumping to and from high places, but Alice has a lisp that causes her to pronounce it as Bunny.

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** The cat is actually named Bungee because of its penchant of it likes jumping to and from high places, but Alice has a lisp that causes her to pronounce it as Bunny.
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** Since the cat doesn't actually answer to its name, Alice changes the name with which she calls it from time to time. It's been called Bunny, [[ADogNamedDog Kitty]], Fluffy, [[ALizardNamedLiz Mew]], Salmon and Otter.

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** Since the cat [[CatsAreLazy doesn't actually answer answer]] to its name, Alice changes the name with which she calls it from time to time. It's been called Bunny, [[ADogNamedDog Kitty]], Fluffy, [[ALizardNamedLiz Mew]], Salmon and Otter.
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** The series is set in a universe where cat-like animals are actually called "rabbit".

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** The series is set in a universe where [[CallARabbitASmeerp cat-like animals are actually called "rabbit"."rabbit"]].



** Since the cat doesn't actually answer to its name, Alice changes the name with which she calls it from time to time. It's been called Bunny, [[AdogNamedDog Kitty]], Fluffy, [[AlizardNamedLiz Mew]], Salmon and Otter.

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** Since the cat doesn't actually answer to its name, Alice changes the name with which she calls it from time to time. It's been called Bunny, [[AdogNamedDog [[ADogNamedDog Kitty]], Fluffy, [[AlizardNamedLiz [[ALizardNamedLiz Mew]], Salmon and Otter.
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** Bunny is a CartoonCreature that looks like a cross between a rabbit and a cat, although behaviour wise it acts like a cat. When Bob asks Alice why she named her cat "Bunny", Alice insists that he's a rabbit, and Bunny's exact species is a constant source of debate both in-universe and out.

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** Bunny is a CartoonCreature that looks like a cross between a rabbit and a cat, although behaviour wise it acts more like a cat. When Bob asks Alice why she named her cat "Bunny", Alice insists that he's a rabbit, and Bunny's exact species is a constant source of debate both in-universe and out.
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** Alice's Persian cat is named Angora.

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** Alice's Persian Alice names her cat is named Angora.Angora even though it's actually a Persian.
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** ALizardNamedLiz, but for a different animal species (e.g. a cat named Woof, or dog named Mew).


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** Alice's cat actually does have some rabbit-like qualities, such as longer ears and/or a short tail, so it's understandable that she'd name it Bunny.
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** Alice's Persian cat is named Angora.
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** If it's a SpeciesSurname, this can be because of reasons relating to marriage/adoption.[[note]]This does have some amount of TruthInTelevision to it, as many people can have surnames differing from their nationality for this reason.[[/note]]

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** If it's a SpeciesSurname, this can be because of reasons relating to marriage/adoption.[[InterspeciesRomance marriage]] or [[InterspeciesAdoption adoption]].[[note]]This does have some amount of TruthInTelevision to it, as many people can have surnames differing from their nationality for this reason.[[/note]]
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** However, in that universe, bunnies are not synonymous to rabbits--they're actually a completely different animal (that looks like the real world's donkeys).

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** However, in that universe, bunnies are not synonymous to rabbits--they're actually a completely different type of animal (that looks like the real world's donkeys).

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice's cat is named Panther.
* '''Justified''': Alice is BookDumb and thought her pet is a rabbit.
* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Alice's cat is named Panther.
** Same idea, but the cat is anthropomorphic in some way and "Bunny" is a SpeciesSurname instead of its first name.
** The cat's name is in another language, but it still translates to another animal, such as Usagi (which is Japanese for "rabbit").
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Alice is BookDumb and thought her pet is a rabbit.
** If it's a SpeciesSurname, this can be because of reasons relating to marriage/adoption.[[note]]This does have some amount of TruthInTelevision to it, as many people can have surnames differing from their nationality for this reason.[[/note]]
* '''Inverted''': ???Alice names her cat [[ADogNamedDog Cat]].



** However, in that univierse, bunnies are not synonymous to rabbits--they're actually a completely different animal (that looks like the real world's donkeys).

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** However, in that univierse, universe, bunnies are not synonymous to rabbits--they're actually a completely different animal (that looks like the real world's donkeys).



* '''Averted''': Alice's cat is named Charlie.
* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Alice's cat is named Charlie.
** Alice doesn't have a pet.
* '''Enforced''': ???"Wouldn't it be funny if we had a character that was a different species of animal than its name suggests?"



* '''Invoked''': Alice thinks it'd be funny if she named her cat after an animal it's not.



* '''Conversed''': "Does Alice really think her cat is a rabbit, or is she just trying to be funny?" "Msaybe that's what a rabbit is supposed to look like in this series' universe?"

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* '''Conversed''': "Does Alice really think her cat is a rabbit, or is she just trying to be funny?" "Msaybe "Maybe that's what a rabbit is supposed to look like in this series' universe?"universe?"
* '''Implied''': Nobody ever outright mentions what species Alice's pet is and it's never shown onscreen, but they do say it's rather ironic that it's named "Bunny".



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* '''Exploited''': Alice takes advantage of Bunny's NonIndicativeName to convince her [[WhyDoesItHaveToBeSnakes ailurophobic]][[note]]cat-fearing[[/note]] friends to meet her pet as a prank.

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* '''Exploited''': Alice takes advantage of Bunny's NonIndicativeName to convince her [[WhyDoesItHaveToBeSnakes [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes ailurophobic]][[note]]cat-fearing[[/note]] friends to meet her pet as a prank.
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* '''Exploited''': Alice takes advantage of Bunny's NonIndicativeName to convince her [[WhyDoesItHasToBeSnakes ailurophobic]][[note]]cat-fearing[[/note]] friends to meet her pet as a prank.

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* '''Exploited''': Alice takes advantage of Bunny's NonIndicativeName to convince her [[WhyDoesItHasToBeSnakes [[WhyDoesItHaveToBeSnakes ailurophobic]][[note]]cat-fearing[[/note]] friends to meet her pet as a prank.
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'''Basic Trope''': An animal is named after a different species.
* '''Straight''': Alice has a pet cat named Bunny.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice has four cats named Welsh Corgi, Komodo Dragon, Hummingbird and Mahi-mahi.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice's cat is named Panther.
* '''Justified''': Alice is BookDumb and thought her pet is a rabbit.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''':
** The cat is actually named Bungee because of its penchant of jumping to and from high places, but Alice has a lisp that causes her to pronounce it as Bunny.
** The series is set in a universe where cat-like animals are actually called "rabbit".
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Since Alice's been calling it Bunny for so long, that's the name the cat answers to. Eventually, Alice just renames it into Bunny.
** However, in that univierse, bunnies are not synonymous to rabbits--they're actually a completely different animal (that looks like the real world's donkeys).
* '''Parodied''': Alice names her cat "A-bunny-who-is-not-actually-a-rabbit".
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** Since the cat doesn't actually answer to its name, Alice changes the name with which she calls it from time to time. It's been called Bunny, [[AdogNamedDog Kitty]], Fluffy, [[AlizardNamedLiz Mew]], Salmon and Otter.
** Bunny is a CartoonCreature that looks like a cross between a rabbit and a cat, although behaviour wise it acts like a cat. When Bob asks Alice why she named her cat "Bunny", Alice insists that he's a rabbit, and Bunny's exact species is a constant source of debate both in-universe and out.
* '''Averted''': Alice's cat is named Charlie.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "His name is Bunny? But he's a cat!"
* '''Exploited''': Alice takes advantage of Bunny's NonIndicativeName to convince her [[WhyDoesItHasToBeSnakes ailurophobic]][[note]]cat-fearing[[/note]] friends to meet her pet as a prank.
* '''Defied''': Alice considers naming her pet cat Bunny because it'd be funny, but her parents veto it and name it Charlie instead.
* '''Discussed''': "Alice just got a new cat. She said she's going to name it Bunny. Real creative, huh?"
* '''Conversed''': "Does Alice really think her cat is a rabbit, or is she just trying to be funny?" "Msaybe that's what a rabbit is supposed to look like in this series' universe?"
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