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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. |
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. |
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Fifi's is her weight, Fritz's is babies, and Ben's is {{spoiler|insulting his human.}} |
* [[Berserk Button]]: Fifi's is her weight, Fritz's is babies, and Ben's is {{spoiler|insulting his human.}} |
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Ben is a genuinely gentle soul... right up until you press the [[Berserk Button]] detailed above. |
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Ben is a genuinely gentle soul... right up until you press the [[Berserk Button]] detailed above. |
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{{quote| It's gone very... cold, hasn't it? I can't remember ever feeling this cold...}} |
{{quote| It's gone very... cold, hasn't it? I can't remember ever feeling this cold...}} |
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* [[Jerk 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.}} |
* [[Jerk 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.}} |
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* [[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]].}} |
* [[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]].}} |
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* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Ginger. |
* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Ginger. |
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* [[Nice Guy]]: Ben. |
* [[Nice Guy]]: Ben. |