Even the Dog Is Ashamed/Playing With

Basic Trope: A character, probably facing something embarassing, turns to look at the dog, which also displays some sign of being ashamed.

• Straight: After doing something really stupid, the hero turns to look at his dog, who gives a disapproving woof and walks off.
• Exaggerated: The dog slaps the hero upside the head.
• Justified: The dog is, for some reason explained in plot, of the same intelligence as any other human, and is therefore reacting the same.
• Inverted:
  • A dog, after doing something ridiculous, looks to its owner, who shakes their head and walks away.
  • Alternatively: The human character does something wrong, looks to the dog, who gives him a thumbs up.
• Subverted: When the character gives a hopeful glance at their dog, it whimpers a bit... then walks over, tail wagging, to provide support anyway.
• Double Subverted:
  • The dog at first gives a little whimper, but then walks over to comfort the owner... before turning with a woof and walking away as soon as they reach out to pet it.
  • Alternatively: The dog at first gives a little whimper, but then walks over to the owner ... to shepherd the owner out of the room before things get worse.
• Parodied: A cat or some other unlikely animal gives a distinctly canine woof of disapproval and glares at the character who has done something wrong.
• Deconstructed: The character has actually offended God, and the dog's shame is just the first hint of a long Walk the Earth plotline where all living things shun him.
• Reconstructed: The dog and the owner share their moral condition, and the dog winces in the same shame that the owner is feeling.
• Zig Zagged: The dog flip-flops constantly between ashamed or showing sympathy, to the point where viewers suspect it's just trying to mess with the poor owner's head.
• Averted:
  • The character doesn't even look at the dog after doing something ridiculous.
  • Alternatively: The dog doesn't react at all, nor knows what's going on.
• Enforced: The dog is supposed to be a literal Morality Pet. Therefore, its whole purpose is to show whether the Hero is doing the right thing or not for the benefit of the viewers.
• Lampshaded: "Oh, great. Even the dog's mad at me."
• Invoked: A character standing next to the dog gives it a light kick to make it whimper when the character who's done something wrong looks over, in an attempt to get the point across of how bad their actions really were.
• Defied: The character, knowing in advance that he might be doing something stupid, keeps the dog far away to avoid further humiliating himself.
• Discussed: "...He's a dog. How does he even know to be ashamed, every single time?"
• Conversed: "Oh, look. The next scene's going to be the dog's reaction shot, just wait... see, I told you!"

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