Basic Trope: A human has sex with an animal, and the act is portrayed as disgusting.
- Straight: Bob has sex with Alice. Alice is a bitch... literally. Bob is shamed by the other characters for this and the narrative overall treats the act as abhorrent.
- Exaggerated:
- Bob is the Big Bad of the Sex Is Evil variety. His Establishing Character Moment is when he has an orgy with an entire farm!
- Bob is treated as worse than a serial killer for expressing attraction to an anime catgirl.
- Downplayed:
- Bob has no issues having sex with a centaur despite the body shape, but refuses to do similar acts with a horse who wouldn't know any better.
- Bob breeds animals and is a little too keen on observing the process. The narrative treats this as odd, but far from the most perverted thing.
- Justified:
- Bob is a zoophile who is Better with Non-Human Company.
- Bob was a dog before he was a human. Despite it squicking out people, to him it is far more normal.
- Alice is a Talking Animal or Funny Animal; Strange, but not amoral.
- Inverted:
- In a serious case of Deliberate Values Dissonance having sexual relationships with someone sapient — and your own species no less is considered disgusting compared to sex with animals.
- An animal rapes a horrified human.
- Subverted:
- Bob is rumored to like dogs. With further investigation, it's found that he does like dogs, but not in that way. He spends a lot of time with them, but that's it.
- Bob is referred to as a pervert for having sex with unicorns. It turns out that they are fully sapient and capable of communicating, making it more somewhat extreme xenophilia rather than bestiality despite the uncomfortable resemblances.
- Bob has sex with a dog, which is initially presented as depraved, before the narrative switches to a more neutral or positive stance on the act.
- Double Subverted:
- But he gets drunk one night and wakes up naked, with his dog looking at him funny and a brand-new wedding ring.
- The narrative switches back to condemning interspecies intercourse.
- Parodied:
- Bob marries his dog, Alice… and it's legally binding.
- Bob is under arrest for inappropriate behavior with underage turtles.
- Bob has sex with a jellyfish.
- Zigzagged:
- Some cases of interspecies intercourse are treated as disgusting, some are treated more neutrally, and even some are treated positively.
- Bob is in a relationship with a catgirl. Given that she does not speak, it's not clear if she has human sentience or not.
- Averted: Bob does not engage in any sexual behavior with animals. He is said to enjoy the company of his dog more than humans, but it's clearly shown that just means he enjoys walking her and playing fetch.
- Enforced:
- Rule of Funny.
- Alternatively, we need to show that Bob has no regard for laws, social norms and animal moralities.
- The work is a biography and it is a documented historical fact that Bob regularly had sex with animals.
- "Rape and animal abuse are really heinous. Why don't we combine the two."
- Lampshaded: "I hear Bob is a real dog-lover."
- Invoked: For some reason, Bob wants people to think of him as a freak and starts trying to initiate a sexual encounter with a dog in a place where he'll likely be caught.
- Exploited: Knowing that Bob is a zoophile, a major villain tries to lure him into the zoo.
- Defied:
- Bob thinks this is Squick, and does not have sex with Alice. He just takes her for a walk.
- Bob controls his zoophilic urges, and finds a way to redirect his energy away from animals.
- A law was passed making bestiality illegal. The fear of being imprisoned keeps Bob in check.
- Bob tries to have sex with a dog...but the dog fights back and bites off his genitals.
- Discussed: When Bob complains about his sexual frustration, his friend jokes about having to keep him away from her dog.
- Conversed: "Sex with animals… disgusting."
- Implied: Bob is the father of a Cat Girl daughter. Her mother is never seen, but occasionally mentioned, mainly in ways that imply she was way more housepet than civilized sentient being (e.g. "You know what your mother always used to say... Meow!").
- Deconstructed: This one really falls into the Don't Try This at Home category. Besides the ethical and legal implications, there is also additional risk of disease, and it could hurt the animal and/or you.
- Reconstructed: The majority of the population finds bestiality unthinkable to begin with, and the rest manage to come to terms with themselves through professional counseling or other such means.
- Played For Drama: Bob is arrested for bestiality, and embarrasses his family when word gets out about why he was arrested.
- Played For Laughs:
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