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Basic Trope: A character makes animal-like sounds to show their sadness.

  • Straight: Whenever Bob is sad, he howls.
  • Exaggerated: This happens every single time Bob gets upset about anything.
  • Downplayed: Bob briefly makes a dog-like whimper when he's disappointed.
  • Justified:
    • Bob is an animal of some sort, or at the very least has animal traits and/or is a were-creature.
    • Bob was so upset that he didn't know how else to express his grief.
  • Inverted: An animal cries like a person whenever it's upset.
  • Subverted: ???
  • Double Subverted: ???
  • Parodied: Bob makes giraffe noises when he's sad.
  • Zig-Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Nobody makes animal sounds to show their sadness.
  • Enforced: ???
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

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