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* '''Justified''': Can be TruthInTelevision.

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* '''Justified''': Can be TruthInTelevision.TruthInTelevision, especially if the animal acts [[WhyIsntItAttacking surprisingly friendly towards another person]].
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* '''Parodied''': The animal in question is very clearly a bald eagle, but [[TooDumbToLive Alice]] keeps saying it's a "puppy with wings".

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* '''Parodied''': The animal in question is very clearly a bald eagle, but [[TooDumbToLive [[TheDitz Alice]] keeps saying it's a "puppy with wings".
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"I'm calling animal control!"
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'''Basic Trope''': A non-pet animal is mistaken for a pet.
* '''Straight''': Alice finds an abandoned dog on the side of the road and takes it home. After she and Bob give it a bath, she posts online asking if anyone lost a dog. Charlie informs her that the "dog" is a coyote.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice somehow mistakes a whole group of animals for abandoned pets.
* '''Downplayed''': The "dog" is a coyote-dog hybrid.
* '''Justified''': Can be TruthInTelevision.
* '''Inverted''': Alice sees a dog, and assumes it's a coyote.
* '''Subverted''': It turns out that Charlie was misinformed.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...It's actually a wolf.
* '''Parodied''': The animal in question is very clearly a bald eagle, but [[TooDumbToLive Alice]] keeps saying it's a "puppy with wings".
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Some animals are mistaken for pets, and some aren't.
* '''Averted''': Nobody mistakes non-pet animals for pets.
* '''Enforced''': "We need to add a gag about something going wrong, let's have the protagonists adopt a coyote thinking it's a dog!"
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* '''Exploited''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played for Laughs''': HilarityEnsues as Alice and Bob realize they accidentally adopted a coyote.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice and Bob end up being attacked by the coyote.
* '''Played for Horror''': The "coyote" is more than that, it's an AnimalisticAbomination that attempts to kill them.
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