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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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