Basic Trope: A person begins to think s/he is an animal and act like one.
- Straight: Bob begins to bark, sniff everything, pant with his tongue out, and eat pet food.
- Exaggerated: Everyone in town begins to act like an animal.
- Downplayed: ???
- Justified: Bob is under a spell.
- Inverted: Bob's dog, Tropey, begins to walk upright, speak like a human, and likes cats and squirrels.
- Subverted: Bob begins acting like a dog...but then it turns out he and Alice were playing a game of charades.
- Double Subverted: However, then Alice starts to whinny and crawl on all fours.
- Parodied: Bob's family doesn't seem worried at all and decide to keep him as a pet.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: No one starts to think s/he's an animal.
- Enforced: The executives wanted more humor in the script.
- Lampshaded:Alice: Um, what do you think you are? A dog?Bob: Woof! [pants]
- Invoked: Dracone slips Bob a potion that will make him think he's an animal.
- Exploited: Charlie takes advantage of Bob's doghood to swipe his dessert.
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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