Furry Reminder/Playing With

Basic Trope: An otherwise completely anthropomorphic animal does something that reminds the audience what species he is.

• Straight: Jeff, an Anthropomorphic Dog is hanging out with his human buddies when he suddenly drops everything to chase a cat.
• Exageratted: Jeff a Sheepdog is driving his truck down a busy highway, when suddenly he spots a heard of sheep on the hillside, Jeff stops the truck and starts herding the sheep just as his ancestors have done for centuries.
• Downplayed: Jeff is hanging out at the bar with his friends, halfway between sips of beer he pauses to scratch his ear with his hind foot.
• Justified: Jeff may be more evolved than other dogs but he is still very much a dog and his instincts have a very strong hold on him
• Inverted: A Wild Child who acts like an animal most of the time does something slightly humanistic.
• Subverted: Jeff, an anthropomorphic dog, goes to chase a cat, but only to return it to it's proper owner.
• Double Subverted: Immediately after, he goes chasing some strays just for fun.
• Parodied: ???
• Zig Zagged: ???
• Averted: Jeff does absolutely nothing resembling dog behavior.
• Enforced: ???
• Lampshaded: "I almost forgot you were a dog."
• Invoked: Jeff occasionally relapses into dog behavior as to not forget his roots.
• Exploited: ???
• Defied: Jeff rejects all dog-like behavior to be accepted in human society.
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???

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