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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