Delusions of Doghood: Difference between revisions

* Big part of ''[[The Animal]]''.

* The framing joke in ''[[Annie Hall]]'' is about someone like this.

* This is the overall theme of the early [[Nicolas Cage]] movie ''[[Birdy]]'', in which Cage's friend believes he's a bird after nearly being killed at war.

* The forgettable French comedy movie ''[[Didier]]'' is about a dog that's somehow turned into a human, but keeps a dog mind and [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* King Nebuchadnezzar from ''[[The Bible]]''.

* In ''[[Discworld]]'' books this is a speciality of witch Granny Weatherwax.

** '''Magrat:'''"I always felt sorry for Mr Wilkins...It was so sad watching him try to catch flies on his tongue."

** ''The Wee Free Men'' also has a frog who wonders if whether he's actually a man turned into a frog or a frog cursed into believing it. {{spoiler|The former}} is true.

== Live-Action TV ==

* In one episode of ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' Harry's pet from back on the homeworld tracks him down on Earth; the pet is transformed into a human ([[Bill Irwin]]) but acts like a dog.

::They cover by saying he [[Taking the Bullet|took a bullet]] to the brain for Harry in "that war."

* In ''[[Misfits]]'', one person gains this as a superpower. They go through bouts of thinking they're a Jack Russel, but don't shapeshift.

== Western Animation ==

* In the [[Looney Tunes]] cartoon "Hare Brush", Elmer Fudd thinks he's a rabbit. He gets put in a mental institution, where he escapes, leaving [[Bugs Bunny]] in his place. Bugs gets convinced by the psychiatrists that he's "Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht." He then goes rabbit hunting, and Elmer is the rabbit he's hunting. Ultimately subverted, though, as Elmer!Bugs gets arrested for tax evasion. Elmer knows he's not a rabbit; he's faking it so he doesn't go to jail.

** In another of the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts starring [[Porky Pig]] and Charlie Dog, Porky is [[Driven to Madness]] and at the end starts acting like a dog.

* In the [[Series Finale]] of ''[[Pound Puppies]]'', the stress of running the pound (and inability to escape it, even when on an attempted vacation) eventually broke the evil aunt Katrina Stoneheart, causing her to conclude that maybe she was a dog, too.