Caligula's Horse/Playing With

Basic Trope: The chairman of an organization appoint his pet to a senior position, indicating his insanity.

• Straight: President Bob appoint his pet parrot Alice as Minister of Defense.
• Exaggerated: President Bob resign and appoint Alice the parrot as his replacement.
• Downplayed: President Bob appoint his pet parrot Alice as the mascot of the country, replacing a freakin' eagle.
• Justified:
  • President Bob is insane.
  • Bob is surrounded by doublecrossers, and he would rather appoint Alice as Minister of Defense, as it would have made less damage to the country.
• Inverted: Bob is hired as a workhorse by the owner of the mill.
• Subverted: President Bob appoint his pet parrot Alice as Minister of Defense. Turns out Alice is an intelligent animal.
• Double Subverted: Turns out that everything Alice can say is taught by Bob.
• Parodied: After Alice the parrot is appointed Minister of Defense, the country's military is set on the right track, something unimaginable during the term of previous minister.
• Zig Zagged: ???
• Averted: President Bob doesn't appoint any animal, even if he's certifiably insane.
• Enforced: ???
• Lampshaded: ???
• Invoked: ???
• Exploited: President Bob appoint Alice the parrot, who obviously can't say things Bob didn't teach her to say. There's probably an aesop here.
• Defied: Realizing that their dear president has gone off the deep end, the senate knive him to the back and appoints a new president. And they cook Alice too, just to show that a parrot isn't meant to hold office.
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???

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