Pet Heir/Playing With

Basic Trope: Deceased relative leaves fortune, or some of it, to his/her pet.

Straight: Great Aunt Hortense leaves most of her fortune to her Lap Dog, Mister Snuggles.
Exaggerated: Great Aunt Hortense has a humongous menagerie of all kinds of animals and leaves her entire fortune to them.
Downplayed: The family gets a sizable portion of the estate, while the Yorkshire Terrier gets the Aunt's collection of bottle caps.
Justified: The family was deemed inadaquite inherritors and Aunt Hortense wants her precious little dog to be taken care of.
- Great Aunt Hortense has no other family.
Inverted: Mister Snuggles leaves money to his fateful maid, Great Aunt Hortense.
Subverted: Despite the Old Aunt's stinginess during life, she leaves most of her money to her relatives.
Double Subverted: But Mister Snuggles gets her mansion and her sports car.
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Discussed: "I can't believe the dog got the estate and I get Aunt Hortense's collection of creepy dolls!"
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