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▲{{quote|'''Rudy''': Is '''everyone''' gonna be mad at me?<br />
▲''(Coney [[Dope Slap|dope slaps]] him)''<br />
'''Lindesfarne''': [[What the Hell, Hero?|Yup]].|''[[Kevin and Kell]]''}}
The protagonist has just done something stupid that he shouldn't have done. Everyone who knows what he did has abandoned him. The protagonist looks to his faithful Fido for
In comedic examples the dog, or another pet, may instead put the paw over its eyes and whine, as the animal equivalent of a [[Face Palm]].
A sub-category of the [[Animal Reaction Shot]].
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* In ''[[Legally Blonde]]'', the protagonist was showing off her first day of Harvard outfit and her dog ducked her head in shame.
* In ''Swing Time'', when Fred Astaire misses his wedding, he faces the anger of his fiancee's dog ''and'' cat. ([[Rule of Funny|And a glare from her ancestor's portrait.]])
* In "Funny People," Seth Rogen tells Adam Sandler's character that "Even the dog can tell you had sex!" as the dog skulks away.
* ''[[Village of the Giants]]'' features a moment where the dog buries its face under its paw as two teenagers make out.
** The ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' version of the film has Crow [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshade]] this:
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== Jokes ==
* Used in one description of a "Three-Bagger" hookup prospect: a girl so ugly you need three paper
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* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'': Harry Dresden experiences this occasionally after <s>adopting</s> being adopted by his [[Big Friendly Dog]], Mouse. The most notable example thus far probably comes from ''Turn Coat'':
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That didn't please anybody, and they gave me looks with varying degrees of irritation mixed with chagrin.
Except for Mouse, who sighed and said something like, "Uh-woof."
"Sorry," I told him at once. "[[Present Company Excluded|Four-footed nonvocalizing company excepted.]]" }}
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Married...
** Buck once walked in wearing a paper bag with eyeholes after Al was accused of planting an overdue library book to make it look like he returned it years ago.
** While Al was on a 'Dr. Shoe' commercial, he was begging for someone to call and Buck had his paw over his eyes while looking away from the camera.
* An episode of ''[[Suddenly Susan]]'' has Todd and Luis see a portrait of Susan from when she was a (nerdy-looking) teenager with the family dog. Todd whispers to Luis, "Is it just me, or does that dog look embarrassed?"
* On ''The Waltons'' when Olivia got her hair permed and everyone in the family said they didn't like
* Used several times on ''[[Frasier]]'' with Eddie the Jack Russel Terrier, who was so good at this he could reduce Frasier to delivering eloquent attempts at backpedaling...to a room with no human beings in it.
== Magazines ==
* [[The Onion]] has [https://web.archive.org/web/20100219075556/http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/television_character an article] that makes mention of this trope.
== Music ==
* Invoked by [[Warren Zevon]] in "Disorder in the House."
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It's a fate worse than fame
Even the Lhasa Apso seems to be ashamed }}
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* In ''[[Garfield]]'':
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'''Garfield''': ''(smacks him on the head)'' That was a stupid thing to do. }}
* ''[[Peanuts]]'': Snoopy did this to Charlie Brown many times.
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== Video Games ==
* If you fart or belch in ''[[
* In ''[[Duck Hunt]]'' the dog laughs at you when you lose.
* There's a few times in ''[[Shadow Hearts|Shadow Hearts: Covenant]]'' that [[Big Badass Wolf|Blanca]] turns his head away or just walk off if [[Idiot Hero|Yuri]] did something stupid.
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== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', both Abu and Carpet are disappointed in Al after he refuses to free the Genie.
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'', "Upgrade": Bronx reacts like this to Brooklyn, Broadway, and Lexington bickering.
* ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'':Upon Prince Eric's cluelessness over whether or not the now mute Ariel is the one he's been looking for, his dog Max rolls his eyes and blows hair out of his own face in annoyance, which Ariel mimics.
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode, "You Kent Always Say What You Want," a dog shows its shame by covering its eyes with its ears when Kent Brockman looks at it.
** Another episode justifies this, and actually the cat and the dogs are the most ashamed: Bart sold his soul, and animals have a sharper perception about this, apparently.
* ''[[All Grown Up!]]!'', "Bad Aptitude": Spike (and everyone else) is disappointed at Tommy Pickles' latest film ''Gesundheit''.
* ''[[Fillmore!]]'' "Even my dog is looking at me funny!"
* ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'': Gromit does it all the time with [[Absent-Minded Professor|Wallace]].
* Likewise [[Family Guy|Brian]] is often berating [[Family Guy|Peter]] for his behaviour.
* In [[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]], this happens when everyone thinks Woody killed Buzz. All the toys turn away from him while he's at Sid's, even Slinky the dog.
** This is less of an example as Slinky is generally treated as an equal, rather than a pet.
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