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Basically, this is any child character explaining to his teacher why he hasn't done his homework. This will be either a lie, which may or may not be believed, or a [[Cassandra Truth]]. If it is the latter, expect them to also bring in the evidence proving their case (such as moist bits from homework, or even the animal itself.) The most common variant involves a dog, but other animals can be used as well.
Though this has become a [[Dead Horse Trope]], and children rarely use this excuse seriously, the second variation on this trope is in fact [[Truth in Television]]. Many dogs do have a thing for paper, or are just [[Extreme Omnivore|Extreme Omnivores]].
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* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Mentioned in ''[[Discworld/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'', in that no dog dares to eat homework given to Susan's students. Instead, they sniff it out and carefully bring it to her class if the kid forgot. She is like that.
** In another Discworld book it's mentioned that at Unseen University, your homework could eat the dog.
* A ''[[Peanuts]]'' picture book has a literal version. Snoopy was playing [[WW 1]] Flying Ace and pretended Sally's book report was sensitive papers. She chased him and he swallowed the report. So she takes him to school the next day and takes him up in front of the class.
{{quote|''Sally'': I might have a little trouble reading it. *shakes Snoopy* I SAID...I might have a little trouble reading it!}}
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In one season 10 episode of ''[[M*A*S*H (television)]]'', Hawkeye gets in serious trouble because a goat ate the entire payroll (and, naturally, no one believes him; he is charged with stealing it). Later, Hawkeye is finally proven innocent when the goat subsequently eats a general's report on the issue. Seems sort of the same thing in spirit.
* Briefly mentioned in an episode of ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' when the Russos adopt a dragon that's been transformed into a beagle. At one point, the dragon dog sets Alex's homework on fire, to which she comments: "The dog burned my homework, that's a new one."
* In the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "The Nagus", Nog tries to explain why he hasn't done his homework. The only excuse he comes up with is that "Vulcans stole his homework".
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'''Rerun:''' I'll borrow a dog.
'''Snoopy:''' Write your homework on a doughnut, and I'll eat it. }}
* In ''[[Dilbert]]'', a kid tries to [[Invoked Trope|invoke]] [http://www.dilbert.com/fast/1991-03-27/ this with Dogbert.] It ends badly.
{{quote|'''Kid:''' A dog made me eat it.}}
* ''[[Garfield]]:''
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{{quote|'''Kronk''': Come on, "A llama ate my homework"? It's the oldest excuse on the book.
'''Yzma''': Exactly! It's so old, no one will believe him. }}
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* In one episode of ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'', the Brain deliberately flouts several superstitions to show there is nothing in them, then has a terrible streak of bad luck, including having a dog eat his homework, which causes him extra distress because he knows how the report will be received.
* In ''[[Animaniacs]]'', this is a joke waiting to happen when the Warners attend school. Even when it was their first day. Turned out the dog was ''Wakko''.
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