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Line 1: {{work}} '''''A Dog's Life''''' is a one-act play by Pam Valentine. It follows a day in the life of four dogs in a pound when a human comes looking to adopt. The dogs are an old mongrel named Ben, a German Shepherd named Fritz, an incredibly overweight poodle named Fifi, and a hyperactive puppy named Ginger. {{tropelist}} * [[Berserk Button]]: Fifi's is her weight, Fritz's is babies, and Ben's is {{spoiler\|insulting his human.}} * [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Ben is a genuinely gentle soul... right up until you press the [[Berserk Button]] detailed above. * [[~~Big~~Non ~~Lipped~~Sequitur ~~Alligator Moment~~Scene]]: While Ben and Fritz are discussing their pasts: {{quote\| '''Fifi''': I fell in love with a greyhound once.~~<br />~~ '''Fritz''': [[Lampshade Hanging\|What has that got to do with anything?]]~~<br />~~ '''Fifi''': Nothing. }} * [[Brick Joke]]: {{quote\| '''Ginger''': How many humans have you had, Fritz?~~<br />~~ '''Fritz''': Seven. Or is it eight?~~<br />~~ ''some time later...''~~<br />~~ '''Ginger''': What's [[Cops and Detectives\|fuzz]]? Is it food? Is it? Is it?~~<br />~~ '''Fritz''': [[Accidental Pun\|Nine]]! I have had nine humans. }} * [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: Hoo, boy... Line 26 ⟶ 27: * [[Fat Girl]]: Fifi. * [[I'm Cold... So Cold...]]: {{spoiler\|Ben's last words}} are along these lines, with a fair bit less [[Narm]] than is usually present. {{quote\| It's gone very... cold, hasn't it? I can't remember ever feeling this cold...}} * [[Jerk ~~With~~with a Heart of Gold]]: Fritz. He can be downright nasty, but he's had a pretty hard life. At the end, he {{spoiler\|comforts the dying Ben and offers him some of his uneaten biscuit.}} * [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Ben, after {{spoiler\|biting the human who came to adopt a dog because the warden pressed his [[Berserk Button]].}} * [[Naive Newcomer]]: Ginger. Line 33 ⟶ 34: * [[No Name Given]]: The humans are not named. * [[Running Gag]]: What's a gag? Is it food? Is it? Is it? * [[Suicide Byby Cop]]: {{spoiler\|Ben biting the visitor}} is functionally this, given that {{spoiler\|it causes the Warden to schedule him to be put down even sooner.}} * [[This Is My Human]]: This is how the dogs refer to their owners, although the humans are still clearly in charge. * [[The Tramp]]: Ben's master was one. {{spoiler\|Referring to him as such in front of Ben, however, is a ''spectacularly'' bad idea.}} Line 39 ⟶ 40: {{reflist}} [[Category:ATheatrical ~~Dogs Life~~Productions]] [[Category:Theatre]]▼ [[Category:A Dog's Life (play)]] ▲[[Category:Theatre of the 2000s]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Dog's Life (play), A}}