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'''Basic Trope''': An animal who isn't anthropomorphic... for the most part.
* '''Straight''': Alice the dog is sapient and makes humanlike expressions, but still has a very doglike mentality and stays on all fours.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is almost completely a normal dog, but she does occasionally smile, nod, etc. like a human.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is mostly a normal dog, but she's still sapient, speaks in AnimalTalk, and sometimes even walks on two legs or holds things for the sake of a gag.
* '''Justified''': Alice is genetically engineered.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is a human who's delusional and thinks she's a dog so acts almost exactly like one.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice seemed to be shaking her head no, but she only had a fly on her head.
** Alice behaves like a regular dog... but she was just playing dumb. She's really a CivilisedAnimal all along.
* '''Double Subverted''':
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice will sometimes act completely doglike, sometimes nearly normal, and sometimes outright anthropomorphic DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''':
** Alice is a FunnyAnimal.
** Alice is a completely regular dog.
* '''Enforced''': "Let's give this dog some humanlike expressions. It'll make her easier to emote!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Sometimes it seems like she knows more than she lets on, but she still eats out of the trash."
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''': Bob, Alice's owner, can tell what Alice wants by her humanlike expressions.
* '''Defied''':
* '''Discussed''': "Some of these animals can make expressions almost like humans! It's almost scary!"
* '''Conversed''': "Why did that dog on that cartoon nod? I thought she was a normal dog!"
* '''Implied''':
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice is a SilentSnarker.
* '''Played for Drama''': When the chips are down, Alice makes a humanlike OhCrap face.
* '''Played for Horror''': The humanlike expressions are given to a live-action dog to evoke UncannyValley.
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* '''Straight''': Alice the dog is sapient and makes humanlike expressions, but still has a very doglike mentality and stays on all fours.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is almost completely a normal dog, but she does occasionally smile, nod, etc. like a human.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is mostly a normal dog, but she's still sapient, speaks in AnimalTalk, and sometimes even walks on two legs or holds things for the sake of a gag.
* '''Justified''': Alice is genetically engineered.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is a human who's delusional and thinks she's a dog so acts almost exactly like one.
* '''Subverted''':
** Alice seemed to be shaking her head no, but she only had a fly on her head.
** Alice behaves like a regular dog... but she was just playing dumb. She's really a CivilisedAnimal all along.
* '''Double Subverted''':
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice will sometimes act completely doglike, sometimes nearly normal, and sometimes outright anthropomorphic DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''':
** Alice is a FunnyAnimal.
** Alice is a completely regular dog.
* '''Enforced''': "Let's give this dog some humanlike expressions. It'll make her easier to emote!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Sometimes it seems like she knows more than she lets on, but she still eats out of the trash."
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''': Bob, Alice's owner, can tell what Alice wants by her humanlike expressions.
* '''Defied''':
* '''Discussed''': "Some of these animals can make expressions almost like humans! It's almost scary!"
* '''Conversed''': "Why did that dog on that cartoon nod? I thought she was a normal dog!"
* '''Implied''':
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice is a SilentSnarker.
* '''Played for Drama''': When the chips are down, Alice makes a humanlike OhCrap face.
* '''Played for Horror''': The humanlike expressions are given to a live-action dog to evoke UncannyValley.
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