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* PassingTheTorch: Eric somehow lost the ability to turn into a dog and passed it on to Rex when he accidentally bumped into him in the street.



* RelationshipUpgrade: Between Eric and Rachel in their final appearance when Eric passed his power to Rex.



* SecretKeeper: Roy and Rachel to Eric, Michael to Rex, Brian to Jim.

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* SecretKeeper: Roy and Rachel to Eric, Rex's grandfather and Michael to Rex, Brian to Jim.

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Then, for the final series, the focus was changed again to another new kid named Jim, who inherits the curse from Rex, and his cousin Brian, who fills the Secret Keeper spot.

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Then, for the final series, the focus was changed again to another new kid named Jim, who inherits the curse from Rex, and his cousin Brian, Brian and their classmate Carrie, who fills fill the Secret Keeper SecretKeeper spot.


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* DefrostingIceQueen: Carrie doesn't really get on with Jim and Brian for a while, but ultimately becomes their friend once she learns the truth about Jim's secret. Granted, she had good reason to think the boys were weird (at best) for some time.


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* MeaningfulName: Rex, whose name is commonly given to dogs.


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* RunawayTrain: Rex has to stop a runaway steam train while in his dog form, after the driver's toddler grandson accidentally starts the train.
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--> Jim's friend Brian, even more so.

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--> ** Jim's friend Brian, even more so.

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* {{Animorphism}}{{Animorphism}}: Eric, Rex and Jim can all transform into dogs.



* YouMeddlingKids: Occasionally

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* YouMeddlingKids: OccasionallyOccasionally.
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Woof! was a British TV series, running from 1989 to 1997, about a boy who periodically changes into a dog, similar in premise to ''Film/TheShaggyDog'', and based on the book with the same name by Allan Ahlberg.

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Woof! [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/woof_0.jpg]]

''Woof!''
was a British TV series, running from 1989 to 1997, about a boy who periodically changes into a dog, similar in premise to ''Film/TheShaggyDog'', and based on the book with the same name by Allan Ahlberg.
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* {{Artistic License - Animal Care}}: While it makes for a cute scene, a badger on your bed isn't good for the badger or for you (admittedly, Eric didn't put the badger on his bed, it crawled onto it).

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* {{Artistic License - Animal Care}}: ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: While it makes for a cute scene, a badger on your bed isn't good for the badger or for you (admittedly, Eric didn't put the badger on his bed, it crawled onto it).
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* {{Artistic License-Animal Care}}: While it makes for a cute scene, a badger on your bed isn't good for the badger or for you (admittedly, Eric didn't put the badger on his bed, it crawled onto it).

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* {{Artistic License-Animal License - Animal Care}}: While it makes for a cute scene, a badger on your bed isn't good for the badger or for you (admittedly, Eric didn't put the badger on his bed, it crawled onto it).
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* Artistic License-Animal Care: While it makes for a cute scene, a badger on your bed isn't good for the badger or for you (admittedly, Eric didn't put the badger on his bed, it crawled onto it).

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* Artistic {{Artistic License-Animal Care: Care}}: While it makes for a cute scene, a badger on your bed isn't good for the badger or for you (admittedly, Eric didn't put the badger on his bed, it crawled onto it).
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* Artistic License-Animal Care: While it makes for a cute scene, a badger on your bed isn't good for the badger or for you (admittedly, Eric didn't put the badger on his bed, it crawled onto it).
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* NoSympathy: Rachel can be like that to Eric sometimes. She's aware of his condition, but gets annoyed with him sometimes
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* SmellyFeet: Played with in the Badgers episode. Eric's mum thinks he needs to wash his feet, but the bad smell she's smelling is actually the badger.
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Woof! was a British TV series, running from 1989 to 1997, about a boy who periodically changes into a dog, similar in premise to ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaggy_Dog_(1959_film) The Shaggy Dog]]'', and based on the book with the same name by Allan Ahlberg.

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Woof! was a British TV series, running from 1989 to 1997, about a boy who periodically changes into a dog, similar in premise to ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaggy_Dog_(1959_film) The Shaggy Dog]]'', ''Film/TheShaggyDog'', and based on the book with the same name by Allan Ahlberg.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Mrs Jessop is often this to Rex in the absence of his mother. [[She finally becomes his actual step-mother by marrying his father]].

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* ParentalSubstitute: Mrs Jessop is often this to Rex in the absence of his mother. [[She [[spoiler:She finally becomes his actual step-mother by marrying his father]].step-mother]].

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* CloudCuckoolander: Roy, at times.

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* CloudCuckoolander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Roy, at times.times.
--> Jim's friend Brian, even more so.


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* MissingMom: Rex's mother died at some stage before his time on the show began. Occasional episodes showed his father dating new women but never properly getting together with them. [[spoiler:He eventually marries Mrs Jessop, to their and Rex's delight, in Rex's final episode]].


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* ParentalSubstitute: Mrs Jessop is often this to Rex in the absence of his mother. [[She finally becomes his actual step-mother by marrying his father]].


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mrs Jessop is a firm-handed but outstandingly kind and approachable teacher. No wonder the protagonists are happy to see so much of her outside of school.
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* LostShoeInTheStruggle: Well, naturally, the boys probably lose their clothes quite a lot, as during the transformation, their clothes come off, but particularly noticeable in a Series 5 episode, where Rachel has forgotten to bring clothes for Eric, but luckily, there are some clothes in the bag she is holding. It does not however, include shoes and socks, which Eric's dad comments on when he sees him. He stays like that for the rest of the episode, even when walking in a car park.

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* LostShoeInTheStruggle: LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Well, naturally, the boys probably lose their clothes quite a lot, as during the transformation, their clothes come off, but particularly noticeable in a Series 5 episode, where Rachel has forgotten to bring clothes for Eric, but luckily, there are some clothes in the bag she is holding. It does not however, include shoes and socks, which Eric's dad comments on when he sees him. He stays like that for the rest of the episode, even when walking in a car park. Also, in a series 2 episode, when Eric transforms while in a swimming bath changing rooms, as Roy forgets one of his socks, he later goes sockless, though not shoeless.
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* LostShoeInTheStruggle: Well, naturally, the boys probably lose their clothes quite a lot, as during the transformation, their clothes come off, but particularly noticeable in a Series 5 episode, where Rachel has forgotten to bring clothes for Eric, but luckily, there are some clothes in the bag she is holding. It does not however, include shoes and socks, which Eric's dad comments on when he sees him. He stays like that for the rest of the episode, even when walking in a car park.
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Woof! was a British TV series, running from 1989 to 1997, about a boy who periodically changes into a dog, similar in premise to ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaggy_Dog_(1959_film) The Shaggy Dog]]'', and based on the book by the same name by Allan Ahlberg.

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Woof! was a British TV series, running from 1989 to 1997, about a boy who periodically changes into a dog, similar in premise to ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaggy_Dog_(1959_film) The Shaggy Dog]]'', and based on the book by with the same name by Allan Ahlberg.
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Woof! was a British tv series, running from 1989 to 1997, about a boy who periodically changes into a dog, similar in premise to ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaggy_Dog_(1959_film) The Shaggy Dog]]''.

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Woof! was a British tv TV series, running from 1989 to 1997, about a boy who periodically changes into a dog, similar in premise to ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaggy_Dog_(1959_film) The Shaggy Dog]]''.
Dog]]'', and based on the book by the same name by Allan Ahlberg.
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Just tweaking the page a little.


Then, for the final season, the focus was changed again to another new kid named Jim, who inherits the curse from Rex, and his cousin Brian, who fills the Secret Keeper spot.

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Then, for the final season, series, the focus was changed again to another new kid named Jim, who inherits the curse from Rex, and his cousin Brian, who fills the Secret Keeper spot.



* CanineCompanion: Obviously. Especially prominent in episodes that barely require Eric/Rex to be boys at all.

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* CanineCompanion: Obviously. Especially prominent in episodes that barely require Eric/Rex Eric/Rex/Jim to be boys at all.



* MyInstinctsAreShowing / TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Eric and Rex are still themselves as dogs, but they are still dogs - they're fine with doing dog things that as boys they wouldn't want to do (like eating dog food) and instinctively do things a dog would do in situations (IE: Rex getting his father's slipper and the paper when he wants his attention, or rooting through trash when frustrated). As always, HilarityEnsues.

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* MyInstinctsAreShowing / TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Eric Eric, Rex, and Rex Jim are still themselves as dogs, but they are still dogs - they're fine with doing dog things that as boys they wouldn't want to do (like eating dog food) and instinctively do things a dog would do in situations (IE: Rex getting his father's slipper and the paper when he wants his attention, or rooting through trash when frustrated). As always, HilarityEnsues.



* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Rex and Michael to Eric and Roy, at least premise-wise. Jim and Brian follow for the final season.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Rex and Michael to Eric and Roy, at least premise-wise. Jim and Brian follow for the final season.series.

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This article didn\'t make mention of Jim and Brian.


Then, for the final season, the focus was changed again to another new kid named Jim, who inherits the curse from Rex, and his cousin Brian, who fills the Secret Keeper spot.



* SecretKeeper: Roy and Rachel to Eric, Michael to Rex.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Rex and Michael to Eric and Roy, at least premise-wise.

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* SecretKeeper: Roy and Rachel to Eric, Michael to Rex.
Rex, Brian to Jim.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Rex and Michael to Eric and Roy, at least premise-wise. Jim and Brian follow for the final season.
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Woof! was a British tv series, running from 1989 to 1997, about a boy who periodically changes in a dog, similar in premise to The Shaggy Dog.

The series begins with a PilotMovie, about a kid named Eric Banks who suddenly finds himself occasionally turning into a small dog (naturally, usually at the worst possible times), totally at random, and naturally getting into all sorts of odd situations because of it. Throughout the movie he and his friend Roy try to find out what's causing it, and keep it a secret from Eric's parents, teachers, and everyone in between.

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Woof! was a British tv series, running from 1989 to 1997, about a boy who periodically changes in into a dog, similar in premise to ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaggy_Dog_(1959_film) The Shaggy Dog.

Dog]]''.

The series begins with a PilotMovie, about a kid named Eric Banks who suddenly finds himself occasionally turning into a small dog (naturally, usually often at the worst possible times), totally at random, and naturally getting into all sorts of odd situations because of it. Throughout the movie he and his friend Roy try to find out what's causing it, and keep it a secret from Eric's parents, teachers, and everyone in between.



Further through the show's run, as the actors playing Eric and Rachel grew older, the focus changed to a new kid Rex Thomas, who inherits Eric's curse, and his best friend Michael, who take up the SecretKeeper role.

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Further through the show's run, as the actors playing Eric and Rachel grew older, the focus changed to a new kid Rex Thomas, who inherits Eric's curse, and his best friend Michael, who take takes up the SecretKeeper role.
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* CanineCompanion: Obviously. Especially prominent in episodes that barely require Eric/Rex to be boys at all.
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* HiddenInPlainSight / RightUnderTheirNoses: When changed, Roy poses as his own dog, Bob, which fools everyone, including his father.

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* HiddenInPlainSight / RightUnderTheirNoses: When changed, Roy Rex poses as his own dog, Bob, which fools everyone, including his father.

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